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Archive for 'Misc. Photos':
A Few From Dubai ::
Above :: From my first OneLight here in Dubai.
Above :: Joe McNally in old Satwa
Above :: I'm being interviewed for an Arab television station.
Above :: A friendly TV repairman in Satwa.
I'm having an amazing time here at Gulf Photo Plus. The Internet sucks here in our building. I can get online a few minutes a day right now. More to come!
Cheers, Zack
I Feel Like I'm In A Tool Video :: Julia with the 5d Mk II
The image above states the exact feeling one has when shooting at this old prison in East Atlanta.
Here are some more images I shot this week of Julia. She needed one or two new pieces for her portfolio and I needed to run the CaNikon 5z Marc Too (as I call it) through the paces. Overall I'm really happy with this camera. For this shoot I used the 24-70/2.8L and the 90 2.8 Tilt Shift. I have to be very, very, very careful with the T/S lens because if I am not very, very, very careful I will use it WAY too much. The reason I don't own a fisheye lens is because I would use it all the time. I fear I may do that with the T/S. It's like instant creativity! My initial thoughts on the 5d after the images.
In addition to the stills, I shot video as well. I don't have the time right now to get the editing done on that but I hope to cut a short clip together soon.
Things I love about the 5d vs. the D3 I normally Shoot :: • Color and Contrast straight out of the camera. • A remarkable skin tone quality when shooting natural light. • HD video
Things I don't like about the 5d vs. the D3 :: • The AF system sucks in low light situations. Every Nikon I have ever owned from the D100 to the D3 can lock focus faster and more accurately than the 5d does in low light levels. • Nikon still pwns Canon at ISO 3200 and up. • It's slow as Christmas compared to the shooting speed and buffer of the D3. • The ergonomics. The 5d feels like a brick in my hands even with the grip. The D3 feels like a glove.
And yes, I'm aware that I'm comparing a mid level Canon to the top of the food chain Nikon.
The number one reason I have this 5d is for the video as I've stated before, but I also love that there is a specific quality to the images this camera produces that I find other cameras do not have. Back in the days of film you would choose one film over another based on the characteristics of that film and the type of color, contrast, and quality that you desired for the shoot you were doing. Since we can't simply change sensors in our camera bodies like we could change film, this particular time in digital photography requires us to change the entire body. In the studio the cameras are nearly identical.
It is in the available light photography that I find the 5d to perform remarkably different. Skin tones have a smoother quality to them akin to something with warm butter all over it. The Nikon can be a little too cool and too sharp for my liking. You can spend time in post trying to replicate one look or the other but when you study enough images online and you KNOW an image was shot with a 5d without looking at META data then you know the camera has something special about it.
The same could be said for my D70. I could do things with that camera in post production that I have yet to fully replicate with any other digital camera I have owned. The camera body is now the film base and you choose the one you want for the look you desire. That's why the 5d is going to have a permanent spot in my bag in addition to the video capabilities.
Cheers, Zack
Air Stephanie :: In Studio With The CaNikon
One From Today :: Julia
I've decided I'm going to start an entire personal series on fabric. I was influenced to do so from the photo above. I love moving fabric.
It's 1:30am and I have another full day of shooting again tomorrow. The image of Julia above was shot with my D3. Once I finished the studio work today we hit the prison location from yesterday with my new camera. I call it the CaNikon 5z Marc Too. I am not switching but I'm not hating this camera at all either! I have a few things to say about it. Imagine that.
If you have been following my tweets today I'm sorry if you were expecting photos from the CaNikon. Those will hit the blog this weekend.
Cheers, Zack
Elopement Risk ::
My Wife Shines ::
My wife, Meghan, really does shine. I would not have made it this far without her. The fantastic thing about our relationship is Valentine's day is just another day for us. We have nothing special planned. When we were talking about it in the last few days we realized that we have a great life together. We have regular date nights and we spend a lot of time together. We are each other's best friends.
If she and I were to do something "special" and "different" for Valentines, it would involve sitting on the couch while eating microwave dinners and bicker about the kids during commercials.
Cheers, Zack
Escalate :: No… This is not a workshop announcement ::
I found these images yesterday as I was helping Marc get set up for a bridal show he is doing today.
I'm the kind of photographer who would LIKE to be the kind of photographer that always has a camera around his neck. My darling wife hooked me up with a Canon G10 for Christmas last year and I'm doing my best to take it with me where ever I go. I love this camera.
Not counting a cell phone, do you have a small camera that you take along with you on a regular basis?
Cheers, Zack
Back From The (near) Dead ::
I have been tumbling slowly toward total burn out. Dad is still in the hospital. I can't make that any better. Meg ended up in the hospital for a few hours this week as well. When it pours it floods.
In a final attempt to save my sanity, we lined up A LOT of shooting this week and I have barricaded myself in the studio to work, work, work. Not on paper work, not on filing crap, not on networking opportunities, not on the workshop, not on the branding, not on the web site, not on any of that crap that has nothing to do with pushing that big fat effing black button on my big black effing camera. I've nearly lost my mind because I have NOT been shooting. I'm a photographer damn.it.all. Not a bookeeper, web master, janitor, whatever. The studio is TRASHED and I love it because it is from shooting. Up first…. Tyrell.
Coming up shortly for blog posts of their own…. Justin, Daniel, and Liz.
I feel as though my pulse is returning. I'm a photographer. That's not my entire identity but it sure is something I need to be doing with some part of my life.
More and more and more to come. I'm shooting. Need something? Hire me. I'll almost pay you to shoot.*
Cheers, Zack
* Key word – "almost"
Father & Son :: Turning The Strobes Off! ::
Assignment :: Father & Son photos for my friend Chad Shearer. Gear Used :: Nikon D3 with Nikon 105mm f2 lens. Lights Used :: Available window light with reflectors and scrims where needed.
While I don't market family photography I end up shooting a lot of portraits for family and friends looking for original Christmas presents. My friend & kick a$$ graphic designer Chad Shearer of Caren West PR came in earlier this week for some photos of he and his son. With the studio at 98% completion, I'm shooting quite a bit in here now. I still have studio blogging to do. I have a lot of things to do. I need 48 hours in each day to catch up right now. Here are some more photos from this session.
Cheers, Zack
Seamless Corporate Work ::
My good friends at Elekta called me this week to come in and shoot some images for a new service campaign they are working on. They wanted images shot on white seamless. Having been to their office a number of times I knew that there was no need to take a roll of white seamless with me and set it up. I just needed a white wall of which, they had many to choose from.
Assignment :: B&W portraits on a pure white background. Tight crops, low angles, normal angles, plenty of negative space for text and graphics. Gear Used :: Three Nikon SB-25 flashes (paid $89 for each one!), Nikon D3, Nikon 35mm f2, Pocket Wizards. Modifiers Used :: 10º grid spot for first image (cover shot) attached to flash via a bungee cord and a LightSphere that was painted black (DarkSphere), Westcott 60″ reflective umbrella for portraits.
Here is the set up for the cover shot…
For the following portraits I took the DarkSphere and grid off of the flash and put the 60″ umbrella on. Is it the most ground breaking photography you have ever seen? Of course not. As I say in the OneLight workshop though, this is the type of work I do to pay the bills. Simply understanding how to use off camera light can increase the jobs you are able to take on.
Here are some of the portraits…
Don't forget to add to your fine art portfolio while you are out shooting.
Cheers, Zack
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text: 10.3886/ICPSR34006.v1 Coulibaly, Massa Gyimah-Boadi, E. Logan, Carolyn Bratton, Michael Mattes, Robert Afrobarometer Round 4: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Mali, 2008 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 2012 AIDS citizenship community involvement corruption democracy economic conditions government government performance information sources living conditions macroeconomics markets national interests political attitudes political change political corruption political participation political systems presidential performance presidents public confidence public opinion quality of life schools social attitudes standard of living trust in government 2012-08-14 2012-08-14 2008-12 survey data 34006 1 The Afrobarometer project was designed to collect and disseminate information regarding Africans' views on democracy, governance, economic reform, civil society, and quality of life. This particular survey was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of Mali. Respondents in a face-to-face interview were asked to rate their president and the president's administration in overall performance, to state the most important issues facing their nation, and to evaluate the effectiveness of certain continental and international institutions. Opinions were gathered on the role of the government in improving the economy, whether corruption existed in local and national government, whether government officials were responsive to problems of the general population, and whether local government officials, the police, the courts, the overall criminal justice system, the National Electoral Commission, and the government broadcasting service could be trusted. Respondents were polled on their knowledge of the government, including the identification of government officials, their level of personal involvement in political, governmental, and community affairs, their participation in national elections, and the inclusiveness of the government. Economic questions addressed the past, present, and future of the country's and the respondents' economic conditions, and respondents' living conditions. Additional topics include corruption of religious leaders, possession of pieces of personal identity for proof of citizenship status, the crisis in the schooling system, the rebellion in the North, and decentralization of government structures. Background variables include age, gender, ethnicity, education, religious affiliation and participation, political party affiliation, language spoken most at home, whether the respondent was the head of household, current and past employment status, whether a close friend or relative had died from AIDS, and language used in the interview. In addition, the interviewer's gender, race, and education level is provided.

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I have often heard that this plays a role in women ending up in poor relationships with men, them not having a dad growing up. I can vouch for myself, I really don't feel like I know what the love of a man looks like, because due to circumstances beyond my control, my dad disappeared from my life when I was about 13. Not saying this issue is the whole problem with single parents, just another factor being considered. So what do you all think? Do you have "daddy issues", and if so, what role do you think they play in the choices you have made in your relationships?
Spin-off: Did YOU have a father growing up?
Nope! I used to be mad about it but I'm not anymore. I don't understand his logic, though. There's no way I could do what he did and then expect to have a relationship with my child. I was kind of surprised when he got mad about the STBXH not doing much (financially) to help out with DD but I can say that the STBXH has done more for DD in her 8 months than my punk ass "father" has done for me in my 27 years. He's worthless ("father") and I don't like him at all.
♥ Sure she's missing a few teeth, but she thinks I'm cool ♥
My dad was and still is the best..My parents seperated when i was 5 and i lived with him from 8 to 15 yrs old..He NEVER had women in the house and he taught me how a man should treat me..I LOVE MY DAD
August 16th 2009 (Blessed with a Leo Baby) Mia Rose aka My Rosey Bear aka Mama Mia LoL
April 2015 Waiting on my Aries Bean
My dad was full time dad from birth to age 8 then my parents got divorced and my dad got on crack and there was always an excuse as to why he didn't see us- but the truth was he was doing his shit and didn't have time. I was a daddy's girl so it took a toll on me as a teenager- I looked for that "Father Figure" in men older than me. Now my dad is somewhat a part of my life but he thinks he can make up for what he missed and he can't he can only be there for me NOW.
Love looks beyond what people are to what they can become.
Your SD sounds like my SD except for the part were he trys to do better. Uriahs dad doesn't even try to see him and the only time he pays CS is when they lock him up and let him pay to get out before the six months are up. Uriah loves my BF and that is all that he knows; he doesn't even call his daddy daddy; he calls him by his name. Thats so crazy to me because hes only five; I hope and pray that every thing works out with my BF and I because I don't ever want to bring another man into my kids life and were not going to be together.


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The Department of State placed in the top five "ideal employers" in an annual poll of professionals conducted by Universum Communications. This first-ever U.S. Ideal Employer survey was based on the responses of more than 10,300 professionals.
The Universum ranking of ideal employers is based on professionals' responses to questions about their career expectations, how they perceive companies as employers, and what they associate with those employers. The survey took place from November 2010 to January 2011.
Out of 150 employers, the Department of State ranked:
To view all the rankings, visit: http://www.universumglobal.com/IDEAL-Employer-Rankings/Professional-Surveys/United-States
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All 20 female senators urged Obama in a letter to pursue severe international sanctions on Boko Haram. A smaller group of mostly male senators urged Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to address the root causes of unrest in his country.
Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. had been in touch with Nigeria "from day one" of the crisis. But repeated offers of U.S. assistance were ignored until Kerry got on the phone Tuesday with Jonathan amid growing international concern and outrage over the fate of the girls in the weeks since their abduction.
Kerry said Nigeria apparently wanted to pursue its own strategy, but now realizes more needs to be done.
"I think now the complications that have arisen have convinced everybody that there needs to be a greater effort," Kerry said at a State Department news conference. "And it will begin immediately. I mean, literally, immediately."
A statement from Jonathan's office said the U.S. offer "includes the deployment of U.S. security personnel and assets to work with their Nigerian counterparts in the search and rescue operation." The statement added that Nigeria's security agencies are working at "full capacity" to find the girls and welcomes the addition of American "counter-insurgency know-how and expertise."
Nigeria's Islamic extremist leader, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed responsibility for the abduction and has threatened to sell the girls. Shekau also warned that Boko Haram will attack more schools and abduct more girls. Boko Haram means "Western education is sinful."
The State Department on Tuesday warned U.S. citizens against traveling to Nigeria.
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Ground-water quality in the Calumet Region of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois, June 1993
Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4244
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- Richard F. Duwelius, Robert T. Kay, and Scott T. Prinos
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AbstractWater samples were collected from 128 wells in a large industrial and urban area in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois during June 1993. Samples were collected from wells completed inone of four geohydrologic units: surficial sand aquifer (Calumet aquifer), clay confining unit, confined sand aquifers, and a carbonate-bedrock aquifer (Silurian-Devonian aquifer). Samples wereanalyzed by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contract laboratories for selected water-quality properties, common ions, trace elements, volatile and semivolatile organic compounds, pesticides, andpolychlorinated biphenyls. Water from wells in the Silurian-Devonian aquifer is predominantly a sodium bicarbonate type. Water types in confined sand aquifers and the confining unit are varied. Water types from wells in the Calumet aquifer also are varied, although approximately 42 percent of the wells in thisgeohydrologic unit produced water in which calcium and bicarbonate were the dominant cation-anion pair. Samples from several shallow wells in theconfining unit and the Calumet aquifer, and one well in a confined sand aquifer, were classified as sodium chloride-type water. The largest concentrations of trace elements and organic compounds were detected in samples from wells located in or near industrial areas or areas of waste disposal. A total of 14 volatile organic compounds and 23 semivolatile organic compounds on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's target compound list was detected in 20 and 56 samples. A total of 18 pesticide compounds was detected in 29 samples. Compounds containing polychlorinated biphenyls were detected in three samples.
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- Ground-water quality in the Calumet Region of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois, June 1993
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Weekend Chit-chat with ... St. Francis girls soccer's Taylor VanThournout
St. Francis' Taylor VanThournout had quite the introduction to the Spartans' girls soccer program, playing on varsity last year as a freshman and helping the Spartans win the IHSA Class 2A state championship. The St. Charles resident is charting her own athletic course after her older sister, Meghan VanThournout, was a standout golfer for the Spartans. In this week's Weekend Chit-chat with Chronicle sports editor Jay Schwab, VanThournout touches on her new role this spring, upcoming facility upgrade plans at St. Francis and the Spartans' strong start to the 2013 season. The following is an edited transcript:
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Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), will be participating in a jam-packed month of events planned across the country as it continues its support of the Armed Forces Foundation (AFF) Rumble With a Cause sweepstakes. The campaign has a goal of raising $150,000 for AFF while providing the opportunity to win one of two custom-painted motorcycles.
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, is supporting the Armed Forces Foundation's (AFF) "Rumble With a Cause" sweepstakes as it partners with the Green Bay Packers and the Wisconsin National Guard to sponsor the Green Bay Packers' Military Appreciation Game. Game attendees will get an up-close look at an MRAP All Terrain Vehicle and have the chance to participate in the Rumble With a Cause sweepstakes.


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1995 Video Music Awards
Host: Dennis Miller
Venue: Radio City Music Hall
City: New York City, NY
Date: September 7, 1995
Video of the Year:TLC "Waterfalls"
1995 Video Music Awards
Using long words we didn't know and delivering rapid-fire jokes we admit we still aren't swift enough to understand, Miller nonetheless made us laugh and kept the evening moving along. Not that we really needed his help, as the '95 VMA show was an action-packed fun fest that equaled no other.
Once again, Michael Jackson opened the VMAs. But instead of laying a really creepy kiss on Lisa Marie Presley, he instead stuck to what we've always loved about MJ: performing. He whipped out a medley of hits "Billie Jean," "Beat It," "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" and "Black or White." On the first song, Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash surprised the crowd when he joined Michael onstage to lay down a few smokin' riffs. Not content with performing a medley of so many hits, Jackson also laid out full versions of "Dangerous" and "You Are Not Alone." Not a bad way to kick off the show.
Michael was also a winner that night, sharing three Moonmen with his sister, Janet Jackson. The superstar sibling pair's "Scream" netted the Best Dance Video, Best Art Direction and Best Choreography awards.
But alt-rock favorites Weezer and R&B supertrio TLC were the biggest winners, each taking home four awards. For Weezer, it was their Happy Days-inspired "Buddy Holly" that took a quartet including Breakthrough Video and Best Alternative Video. On the TLC front, "Waterfalls" was honored with four, including the biggest prizes: Video of the Year and Viewer's Choice.
Seal reiterated the fact that the only good thing about Batman Forever was his "Kiss From a Rose," which took Best Video From a Film. And Hootie & the Blowfish won the Best New Artist Moonman for "Hold My Hand." At that point, college campuses around the U.S. erupted in spontaneous applause because baseball hats and polo shirts were now OFFICIALLY deemed cool.
Hootie were among the night's performers, which included not only the likes of Green Day, R.E.M., Alanis Morissette and Eric Clapton on the Radio City stage, but Bon Jovi rocking out in the middle of Times Square.
But the most outrageous moment of the night wasn't part of the show broadcast. Instead, a "decision-impaired" Courtney Love earned that honor as she interrupted Kurt Loder's VMA post-show interview with Madonna. She first caught their attention by throwing things up onto the MTV News platform outside the venue, and then climbing up to stumble into the conversation. After Madonna tactfully extracted herself from what she wisely sensed was a train wreck about to happen, a shambling Courtney commandeered the conversation, confronted Tabitha Soren about a heretofore unknown slight and fell off a chair.
Once again, the MTV VMAs were pure spectacle and we were riveted.
1995 VMA Winners
Video of the Year
- Green Day - Basket Case
- Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - Scream
- Weezer - Buddy Holly
Best Male Video
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- Chris Isaak - Somebody's Crying
- Elton John - Believe
- Lucas - Lucas With The Lid Off
- Seal - Don't Cry
Best Female Video
- Des'ree - You Gotta Be
- PJ Harvey - Down By The Water
- Annie Lennox - No More I Love You's
Best Group Video
- Green Day - Basket Case
- The Rolling Stones - Love Is Strong
- Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
Best Rap Video
Dr. DreClose
- Brandy & MC Lyte & Queen Latifah & YoYo - I Wanna Be Down
- Da Bush Babees - Remember We
- Craig Mack - Flava In Ya Ear
- Public Enemy - Give It Up
- Rappin' 4tay - I'll Be Around
Best R&B Video
- Boyz II Men - Water Runs Dry
- Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - Scream
- Jade - 5-4-3-2 (Yo! Time Is Up)
- Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
Best Dance Video
Michael Jackson & Janet JacksonScreamClose
- Paula Abdul - My Love Is For Real
- C+C Music Factory - Do You Want To Get Funky
- Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
- Madonna - Human Nature
- Salt-N-Pepa - None Of Your Business
Viewer's Choice
- Green Day - Basket Case
- Hootie & The Blowfish - Hold My Hand
- Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - Scream
- Live - Lightning Crashes
- R.E.M. - What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
Best New Artist
Breakthrough Video
- Green Day - Basket Case
- Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - Scream
- TLC - Waterfalls
Best Metal/Hard Rock
White ZombieMore Human Than HumanClose
- Green Day - Basket Case
- Meat Puppets - We Don't Exist
- Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
Best Alternative Video
- The Cranberries - Zombie
- Green Day - Basket Case
- Hole - Doll Parts
- Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
Best Video From A Film
- Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman
- Jim Carrey - Cuban Pete
- U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
- Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
Best Direction
Best Choreography
Best Special Effects
The Rolling StonesClose
- Bj�rk - Army Of Me
- Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - Scream
- Madonna - Human Nature
- TLC - Waterfalls
Best Art Direction
Michael Jackson & Janet JacksonScreamClose
- Madonna - Take A Bow
- Jill Sobule - I Kissed A Girl
- TLC - Waterfalls
Best Editing
- Green Day - Basket Case
- Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - Scream
- Jill Sobule - I Kissed A Girl
- TLC - Waterfalls
Best Cinematography
The Rolling StonesClose
- Boyz II Men - Water Runs Dry
- Green Day - Basket Case
- Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - Scream
- Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
- TLC - Waterfalls
Video Vanguard Award
1995 VMA Performances
Michael Jackson Medley
Live "I Alone"
TLC "Creep" / "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" / "Waterfalls"
R.E.M. "Wake Up Bomb"
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Warped"
Bon Jovi "Helter Skelter" / "Something For The Pain"
Alanis Morissette "You Oughtta Know"
Hootie & the Blowfish "Only Wanna Be With You"
Hole "Doll Parts"
Green Day "Stuck With You"
White Zombie "More Human Than Human"
1995 VMA Photos
1995 Highlights Anybody who's awake and under 30 in 1995, remembers their first respective run-ins with Weezer and TLC. No wonder they take home all of the awards!


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It's possible to "confuse" the bootloader so that it never starts your sketch. In particular, if you send serial data to the board just after it resets (when the bootloader is running), it may think you're talking to it and never quit. In particular, the auto-reset feature on the Diecimila means that the board resets (and the bootloader starts) whenever you open a serial connection to it. To avoid this problem, you should wait for two seconds or so after opening the connection before sending any data. On the NG, the board doesn't reset when you open a serial connection to it, but when it does reset it takes longer - about 8-10 seconds - to timeout.
See the bootloader development page for information on burning a bootloader and other ways to configure a chip.
The bootloader is a small piece of software that we've burned onto the chips that come with your Arduino boards. It allows you to upload sketches to the board without external hardware.
When you reset the Arduino board, it runs the bootloader (if present). The bootloader pulses digital pin 13 (you can connect an LED to make sure that the bootloader is installed). The bootloader then listens for commands or data to arrive from the the computer. Usually, this is a sketch that the bootloader writes to the flash memory on the ATmega168 or ATmega8 chip. Then, the bootloader launches the newly-uploaded program. If, however, no data arrives from the computer, the bootloader launches whatever program was last uploaded onto the chip. If the chip is still "virgin" the bootloader is the only program in memory and will start itself again.
The use of a bootloader allows us to avoid the use of external hardware programmers. (Burning the bootloader onto the chip, however, requires one of these external programmers.)


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Research Studies
by Principal Investigators
|Principal Investigator
|Funding Source
|Abdala, Nadia
|Alcohol and HIV Risk Reduction in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
|NIAAA Ntl Inst Alcohol Abuse (NIH)
|Aksoy, Serap
|Tsetse Transmitted African Trypanosomiasis
|FIC Fogarty Intl Ctr (NIH)
|Evolutionary Genetics of Tsetse and its Symbionts
|NIAID Ntl Inst Allergy Infect Dis (NIH)
|New Strategies for African Trypanosomiasis Control
|Ambrose Monell Foundation
|Tsetse Transmitted African Trypanosomiasis
|FIC Fogarty Intl Ctr (NIH)
|Evidence Based Control Strategies of Sleeping Sickness Vectors
|FIC Fogarty Intl Ctr (NIH)
|Molecular and Functional Characterization of Olfaction Genes in Tsetse Flies
|FIC Fogarty Intl Ctr (NIH)
|Factors in Emergence of New Sleeping Sickness Foci in Uganda
|FIC Fogarty Intl Ctr (NIH)
|Molecular Aspects of Tsetse and Trypanosome
|NIAID Ntl Inst Allergy Infect Dis (NIH)
|Tsetse Fecundity Reduction for Tryopanosomiasis Control
|NIAID Ntl Inst Allergy Infect Dis (NIH)
|Benoit, Joshua
|Lipid Metabolism During Tsetse Reproduction
|NIAID Ntl Inst Allergy Infect Dis (NIH)
|Bradley, Elizabeth
|Understanding Hospital Practices Among Hospitals Enrolled with the State Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizations (STAAR) initiatives
|Commonwealth Fund
|Presentation of Management Courses in Africa for Health Care Managers
|Foundation for Professional Development Ltd.
|Fudan University Education Agreement
|Shanghai Fudan Hospital & Healthcare Management Co
|Health and Social Service Spending and Health Outcomes: A State-level Analysis
|Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
|Developing the Long Term Capability of Ethiopia Health Care Extension Program Platform Phase II
|Harvard School of Public Health
|VA H2H Survey
|VA Palo Alto Health Care System
|Hospital Strategies to Reduce Risk-Standardized 30 Day Mortality for Patients with Heart Attacks
|Commonwealth Fund
|The Impact Of Hospice Preferred Practices On Patient Outcomes and Hospice Costs
|Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
|Improving Care for Patients with Irreversible Conditions and their Families
|CT Hospice
|Ethiopian Hospital Management Initiative (EHMI)
|Clinton Health Access Initiative
|Hospital Strategies to Reduce Risk-Standardized 30-Day Mortality for Patients with Heart Attacks
|Donaghue Foundation
|Building Human Resources for Health: Yale University and the Ministry of Health of Rwanda
|Ministry of Health, Rwanda
|Sustainable Leadership, Management, and Governance
|Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
|Yale Training Program in Health Services Research
|Agency for Healthcare Rsch & Quality
|Busch, Susan
|Implementation of Federal Mental Health Parity
|Johns Hopkins University
|Comparative Effectiveness Research Diffusion and Mental Health Care Disparities
|Cambridge Health Alliance
|Expanding Treatment for Opioid Dependence Among the Privately Insured
|NIDA Ntl Inst on Drug Abuse (NIH)
|Cartmel, Brenda
|Effect of Exercise on Cortisol Dysregulation in Ovarian Cancer Survivors
|NCI Ntl Cancer Inst (NIH)
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Christopher Harz takes a look at the growing 3D field of Geographic Information Systems and the COVER system.
GIS is a rapidly growing field that is strongly dependent on animation, yet most graphics professionals are not aware of it. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will eventually create hundreds of companies and thousands of jobs, and change many of the ways in which we look at our world including education, design, architecture and homeland defense. Let's take a look at this huge new field, see who some of the chief the players are, and examine a specific application of GIS that illustrates a raft of its challenges and opportunities.
Geographic information has long been a relatively low-tech profession involved with associating representations of places on earth (on maps, models, globes or digital databases) with information about those places, such as plans for construction sites, concentrations of certain types of cars in particular cities or measurements of pollution. What has brought GIS into the forefront is the recent convergence of several new phenomena, including the availability of satellite photos, the New Internet, cheap global positioning system (GPS) chips, 3D animation techniques and displays and wideband wireless.
High-resolution satellite photos have been around for a long time, but they were so secret that the very office in the U.S. that controlled them (the NRO, or National Reconnaissance Office) did not officially exist until recently. All this changed when Russia, seeking hard currency, made photos from its spy satellites widely available. Suddenly the race was on to collect, organize and sell high resolution photos of just about any place on earth along with the photos came animation tools to turn 2D photos into 3D models of things on the ground (this animation was also originally developed by the military). Next came the New Internet (officially called Internet Protocol version 6 see www.usipv6.com for shows and details), which will slowly replace the Internet we are familiar with. One of the properties of the New Internet is the ability to place billions of sensors (including Webcams) all over the place, each with its own Internet address, and give them the ability to report directly and give live updates from their locations via wireless connections. The recent price drop of GPS chips to below seven dollars each means that those thousands of people and/or sensors can all know where they are located when they make their reports.
All this means a flood of data and the need to make it intelligible, which is where 3D animation comes in. The best way to comprehend a tsunami of information is often with 3D overlays (showing objects, structures or people) on top of basic earth topography. The uses of such overlays are manifold. A manager at a car factory could get an update on car sensors displayed on a map of the country, and plan what parts he will have to ship to which dealers in case of a recall (Toyota and others are working on prototypes for this). A town council could generate a 3D model of its city for interactive exploration by visitors (Berlin is doing this with ViewTec www.viewtec.ch), even allowing a "fly-through" in the downtown area (see Columbia, S.C. at www.richlandmaps.com). A medical team could look at a 3D model of a country and see where an outbreak was originating from (this is being done with cholera in Bangladesh).
Much of the push in 3D GIS is for security applications. A DHS (Department of Homeland Security) manager can use 3D models of a city to track where his teams are going into action, and where the threats are located. He needs 3D models rather than 2D maps or photos because his team might be on different levels of a tall building urban areas are inherently three-dimensional. Israel is one of the first countries to use 3D animation for its homeland security forces. Several Israeli companies are modeling major parts of the country in 3D, so that emergency response units can plan operations in photorealistic city blocks.
Players in the Field
Major players in GIS include four key vendors: ESRI (www.esri.com), Intergraph (www.intergraph.com), MapInfo (www.mapinfo.com) and Autodesk (www.autodesk.com). There are also dozens of startups and many small companies in the business (for a sample, see www.urbansimulation.com). ESRI is a major mover, with close to $500 million in GIS related sales a year, including animation and data collection tools within ESRI's basic toolset, ArcGIS. The company conducts a yearly user's group meeting, usually in the San Diego area, that is a who's-who of the GIS crowd; this year's confabulation drew more than 12,000 attendees. Autodesk seems especially well placed in the GIS area, since it has toolsets to cover either wide-area projects such as models of cities (including its Map and Civil Engineering tools) or detailed projects such as individual buildings (with its AutoCAD toolset) and users can then generate characters and motion in those environments via Autodesk's popular 3ds max animation package (from its Discreet division). Whereas some companies are developing specialized software, others are adapting their basic software packages for GIS applications. SketchUp, for instance, is developing a plug-in for its easy-to-use software (www.sketchup.com) that allows interaction with ESRI's geographic information system product line.
Art Reflects Reality: Creating Virtual Environments
Whereas it will sometimes suffice to use rough city models generated from photos (this is done by taking different aspect angles and stretching the 2D shapes of buildings into 3D), for many applications this isn't good enough. Using CAD drawings is one way to generate models of buildings. But what if no CAD drawings are available? GIS artists then use a familiar technique: they scan the objects. Entertainment animators have used scanning for years for instance, by using a digitizer (a stylus attached to a base) or a laser scanner to mark points in 3D space on a small object such as an hourglass, which then translates into a 3D digital model with the proper software. But how do you digitize something like a football field? Or a freeway overpass?
What you need for that is an industrial-strength scanner, such as the Riegl 3D LMS Scanner series. A scanner of this type sends out millions of laser beams and forms a "point cloud" outline of an area such as a building or a roadway overpass; this is then translated into a basic 3D shape or wireframe of the object(s). An associated digital camera can capture textures that can then be applied to the object(s) to result in a photorealistic 3D representation. The 3D scanner (which is about the size of a loaf of bread) can be mounted on top of a vehicle, which can be driven around a large area or a complex building such as a cathedral in order to capture all the sides of the object. Whole city streets can be modeled this way, from 3D scanning systems mounted on vehicles or helicopters (UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) have been used for scanning in dangerous urban areas).
An Application of GIS and the New Internet: the COVER System
An interesting application of 3D GIS merged with New Internet technology is COVER (Collaboration Operations Vehicle for Emergency Response), a type of mobile command post that enables collaboration between different elements of a response team, such as military, law enforcement, firefighters and HAZMAT (HAZardous MATerials) technicians. COVER consists of a protected vehicle with an internal electronics suite that puts up a WI-FI "bubble" a circular area several miles wide within which digital devices such as laptops or online PDAs can all be connected and can communicate with each other. Because COVER uses New Internet (IPv6) technology, it can "discover" relevant digital devices in any area it is entering both the COVER base station and all the players (and sensors) within the bubble know where and who everyone is. A key aspect to enabling everyone to communicate is that everything must be digital for incoming messages from outside of the bubble, COVER incorporates a "debabelizer," a box that accepts normal (analog) radio transmissions at one end and outputs digital (VoIP) transmissions at the other end; at present, firemen, policemen and military teams cannot talk to each other their radios are generally incompatible, creating a Biblical "Tower of Babel" effect.
Once the bubble is established, the base station can pick up data from hundreds, possibly thousands, of sensors in the area. One of the advantages of the New Internet is that all of these sensors will have their own Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (the New Internet allows an almost unlimited number of IP addresses for almost every conceivable object, including webcams and RFIDs), allowing direct access to any one of them. For instance, a policeman about to enter an area can first get a bird's-eye-view of that area, see (on a 3D animated display, which he can rotate and interact with) where video cameras are located, and then address a particular camera and get a video feed from it. He can do the same with gas or radiation detectors. (Precisely this type of interaction has been tested in "shadow exercises" for Homeland Security by San Diego State University, where Eric Frost and Bob Welty, co-directors of the Center for Information Technology and Infrastructure (CITI) supported emergency response teams operating throughout the Super Bowl and other events see www.shadowbowl.com.)
The COVER base station merges the different types of GIS data (both 2D and 3D) on advanced high-speed onboard computers and storage and makes it available to the teams operating in the area. The availability of 3D virtual versions of the urban terrain allows the team elements to conduct "mission rehearsals" traveling through the virtual terrain, interacting with each other and with simulated crisis elements such as dirty bombs or terrorists before moving into the actual physical space. This use of 3D animation was widely practiced before each of the two recent Gulf wars, where military crews used networked simulators to conduct missions in digitized versions of Iraq's landscape and towns, with the ability to make mistakes (such as getting lost) while still in a safe place, BEFORE the actual operation started. COVER will bring this type of simulation capability to joint military/civilian teams, which will enter the virtual world with their on-hand digital displays connected to the base station via the wireless WLAN.
COVER (which is supported by military, civilian and university sponsors) will serve as a 3D GIS center during future responses to crisis operations. It will contain 3D versions of the areas it is moving through; if these databases do not exist, COVER will conduct its own scanning operations. Organizing, storing and retrieving the vast amounts of terrain-based data will be a major challenge; for this, COVER can use versions of the existing DAM (digital asset management) tools from the entertainment community (such as NXN's Alienbrain Studio), which are adept at letting users look for data graphically (by thumbnails or previews) rather than by long technical descriptions, and also enable collaboration with graphic interaction such as letting a user circle a window in a photo with a digital marker pen and ask his teammates, "What's this?" (He can also attach other photos or video clips as reference material.)
Discovering the 3D World
3D GIS will have several effects on our community. One will be a tremendous volume of work it will take untold thousands of man-hours to digitize just the major areas of large American and other global cities, not to mention the miles of oil and gas pipelines, airports, petrochemical plants and other construction projects that will be re-created as high-resolution virtual environments. As aforementioned, this will keep both large and small GIS and graphics companies busy for years to come. But there is another effect that may well take place. We will start looking at the world and our knowledge about it in a different way. The traditional means of educating someone about the world was far away from an actual location, in a school of some sort, where volumes of facts (geography, history, economics, text and photos) were funneled into the student (in a fashion somewhat similar to stuffing a turkey or a Christmas goose), in the hopes that he/she would coordinate related facts and remember them many years later when arriving at a particular locale. For future generations, the relevant facts for any particular location may be tied to that place as a dataset, to be discovered by the interested visitor that comes to that particular neighborhood. In a way, coming upon such a location-based treasure could be similar to grabbing a "power-up" in a videogame. Discovering multimedia packets of information having a particular place literally "speak to us" could alter our mindsets and expectations about the world around us. The GIS professionals especially the graphics wizards working in the many projects in this area are looking forward to that day.
Christopher Harz is an executive consultant for new media. He has produced video games for films such as Spawn, The Fifth Element, Titanic and Lost in Space. As Perceptronics svp of program development, Harz helped build the first massively multiplayer online game worlds, including the $240 million 3-D SIMNET. He worked on C3I, combat robots and war gaming at the RAND Corp., the military think tank.


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antdude Aug 1, 2012 10:17 AM
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I am seeing this problem in my updated 64-bit Mac OS X 10.7.4 (Lion) as well. I haven't tried 10.8 (Mountain Lion) yet. It is easily noticeable with connected servers (Windows and Apple) through Finder.
RBeast Aug 6, 2012 6:40 PM
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I am liking this little gem:
Just place it in the top bar.
seagullmouse Sep 10, 2012 3:49 AM
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This is an excellent solution, exactly what I was looking for!
Jay Imerman Feb 9, 2013 9:20 PM
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Poppycock, this turns out to be easy. Found it at http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2009091413423819
1. Run Automator, create a new Service (follow instructions).
2. Open Prefs, go to Keyboard / Shortcuts.
3. Disable current F5 key (under Keyboard and Text, moves focus to the window toolbar)
4. Go to Services, scroll to the bottom, and click on the service you created. Click in the add shortcut, and press F5 (keeps it compatible with Windows).
Voila. You are done. Now press F5 in a Finder window.
k.khiz Jun 7, 2013 5:09 PM
in response to Thor HoG
I agree with Thor HoG in that it would be a great practice that people learn why somebody needs that feature inspite of suggesting that he/she should not be needing it.
Anyway I find it awful that the machine I spent 1200 bucks is behind my 250 buck windows in several ways...one of them is NOT having REFRESH option in finder.
babowa Jun 7, 2013 5:24 PM
in response to k.khiz
As an example, can you explain the necessity to refresh the Finder window listing Applications?
Unless I install a new application, nothing changes, so there is no need to refresh. Or give us an example of what type of info in a Finder window needs refreshing on Mac OS X.
smarty p4nt5 Jun 11, 2013 8:16 AM
in response to babowa
For me Finder frequently fails to update it's listing of a folder - just now I used wget to download a bunch of files but in Finder you'd never know they are there!
babowa Jun 11, 2013 8:39 AM
in response to smarty p4nt5
You mean the Downloads folder in Finder column or list view does not show your downloads when you highlight/open it?
smarty p4nt5 Jun 11, 2013 8:46 AM
in response to babowa
In my case this can happen with any finder folder
Sometimes I'll have a terminal shell open and use wget to retrieve files over HTTP, in others I use an OS X application to create a folder e.g. Word, Pages etc. and the folder isn't visible from Finder.
Only was to overcome the problem is to relaunch Finder.
It appears something somewhere is corrupted but I've not found where, a refresh button would make life much easier in this situation
michaelfromcupar Jun 20, 2013 2:12 AM
in response to babowa
OK. Today I was editing some RAW photo files which I've downloaded from the camera to a directory on my local hard disc. I worked my way through to the directory with Finder to list the files, and opened them one by one for editing with GIMP.
Once I'd done some cropping and editing of the files, I saved them as drafts in GIMP's XCF format, and also exported JPG versions for transfer to a website.
Going back to the Finder window I'd started the process from, I found no sign of the files I'd just saved, only the original RAW image files.
In a Windows environment, it's a simple matter of pressing F5 to refresh the directory listing, and in Linux the listing is refreshed automatically with no user intervention.
Closing down and re-opening Finder works, but it's tedious to have to traverse the directory tree to get back to get back to the directory my images are stored in.
I'm using OS X version 10.8.4.
The utility mentioned above ( http://www.soderhavet.com/refresh/ ) works fine for me, but I think there should be a built-in facility to refresh directory listings, or an automatic refresh feature.
Changing the definition of the F5 key for compatibility with Windows strikes me as "robbing Peter to pay Paul".
babowa Jun 20, 2013 8:05 AM
in response to michaelfromcupar
Once I'd done some cropping and editing of the files, I saved them as drafts in GIMP's XCF format, and also exported JPG versions for transfer to a website.
Going back to the Finder window I'd started the process from, I found no sign of the files I'd just saved, only the original RAW image files.
Whenever I work on anything - a text document, a .jpeg, or a video or anything else - I check where the 'save' dialog window wants to save it (by default) and change that, if necessary. If I'm in a new movie project, I will create a "new movie" folder in my Documents folder and save all the files to it. It will show up nicely in any Finder window and the saved files will be there.
In this screenshot example, the destination is the desktop:
So, if you save your files as you say you do, what is the 'save' destination? Your saved files will be wherever you've chosen them to be; if they're not, then you have a different problem.
michaelfromcupar Jun 20, 2013 10:33 AM
in response to babowa
Short answer - I put the edited files in the same directory as the originals, and they end up there, as instructed.
Longer answer - images I took today are imported into a directory like ./Pictures/.../.../2013/06/20. I open this directory with Finder, and select the images I want to work on one by one, saving the edited versions in whatever form I'm going to need as I go.
Once I've finished one image, I go back to Finder for the next one. I would like to see the edited versions listed there to keep track of the work I've already done, and I'd also like to see them there after I've completed the editing, so that (for example) I can drag-and-drop them into an email or a website etc.
Having to shut down Finder and find my way through the directory tree again works, but is very tedious.
Thor HoG Jun 20, 2013 11:31 AM
in response to michaelfromcupar
I was having a similar problem with Lion, but I'm on 10.8.4 now and it works perfectly for me. Even if I'm in photoshop eding a tiff or jpg, if I have finder open in coverflow or icon view, even the icon previews update immediately in the finder window while I'm still in Photoshop. I would look somewhere other than the OS itself.
babowa Jun 20, 2013 1:07 PM
in response to michaelfromcupar
Once I've finished one image, I go back to Finder for the next one. I would like to see the edited versions listed there to keep track of the work I've already done, and I'd also like to see them there after I've completed the editing, so that (for example) I can drag-and-drop them into an email or a website etc.
Well, you may be having a different problem since you said you do put them in a folder - that is the workflow I use (I don't use icon view (ever), but that should not matter). I also do not ever use iPhoto as I do not care for its filing system, but have my own folders/subfolders, but that should not matter either. If I save a photo or file, it will be immediately available in the folder I directed it to as soon as I make that folder active (I may have it open in the background behind my Aperture window for instance and will minimize/move over the Aperture window to expose the folder. If I move over my active Aperture window, I can see the saved copy appear in the (inactive) folder just as it should.
michaelfromcupar Jun 20, 2013 2:58 PM
in response to Thor HoG
I've just tried an experiment to exclude applications other than those supplied with the OS.
I opened a Terminal session, and changed the current directory to the directory I had opened in Finder for my image-editing session.
I had already opened this directory in Finder, and it displayed the current contents of the directory (i.e. with my original image files, and the edited versions.
I now typed the following command...
ls > temp
...and confirmed with a subsequent...
...that the new file ("temp") had been created.
I'm still waiting for this file to appear in the Finder directory.
It occurs to me (especially considering Thor HoG's comment about the problem going away when he moved from and earlier version to 10.8.4), that there may be some configuration option for Finder which would make it refresh its display periodically, and that it happens to be switched off on my computer.


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Inside Story | 24 Dec 2013 10:58 GMT
Commemorations have been held in the US, UK and Scotland to mark 25 years since Pan Am flight 103 crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people. But after all these years, there are still questions about who was responsible for one the most infamous attacks in modern times.
If you are looking [for evidence] in the wrong place then you are not going to find the right people. I am afraid that the enquiry spent rather a long time looking in the wrong place.
Morag Kerr, the author of 'Adequately Explained by Stupidity? Lockerbie, Luggage and Lies'
The UK, US and Libyan governments have promised to work together to reveal the full facts of the bombing.
On December 21, 1988, the quaint Scottish town of Lockerbie was about to become the scene of one of the world's most infamous attacks.
The airliner had just left London's Heathrow airport – on its way to New York.
Less than half an hour after takeoff a bomb detonated, triggering an explosion and killing all 259 people on board. Most of the passengers were American while 11 others on the ground were also killed.
Three years later, a joint indictment by the US and Scotland implicated two Libyans for the bombing.
One of them was Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was accused of 270 counts of murder, conspiracy to murder and breach of aviation security.
In April 1999, the suspects, including al-Megrahi, surrendered and were flown from the Libyan capital, to the Netherlands, where the case was heard.
Over the last 25 years, a lot of the focus has been on the perpetrators of the bombing … What about the victims' families?
Jim Swire, who lost his daughter in the bombing
When the trial began in 2000, al-Megrahi pleaded not guilty but he was later convicted. In 2002, he re-launched an appeal which was unsuccessful and al-Megrahi started his life sentence behind bars in a Scottish prison.
The Libyan authorities formally accepted responsibility for the attack, and even paid out $2.7bn in compensation to the relatives of those killed. That move prompted the United Nations to lift its sanctions.
Six years into his prison sentence, it was revealed that al-Megrahi suffered from advanced prostate cancer. He was given just a short time to live, and on those grounds, a Scottish judge decided to free him.
He arrived home to Libya to a hero's welcome, which upset people around the world and triggered international condemnation.
The last interview al-Megrahi gave, was while he was on his death bed in 2011.
When we did the investigation, we collected all the evidence that was available … and when it was all said and done the evidence we collected pointed to Megrahi, Fhimah and Libya.
Richard Marquise, head of FBI's taskforce on the Lockerbie investigation
He spoke about the man whose testimony helped convict him - Tony Gauci, a shopkeeper in Malta - who said Megrahi bought clothes in his store that were found wrapped around the bomb on the plane.
"If I have a chance to see him [Gauci] I am forgiving him. I would tell him that never in my entire life have I been in his shop. I never bought any clothing from him. And ... I would tell him ... that he dealt with me very wrongly," Megrahi said in his last interview.
Last year, the man known as the Lockerbie bomber died. Al-Megrahi has always said he is innocent, and his family, to this day, say they want an appeal against his sentence and demand the truth be revealed.
As the world remembers Lockerbie 25 years on, divisions remain between those who believe he was really guilty of the crime and those who do not.
So do we know who was really behind the bombing? Have investigators failed to nail the perpetrator? Was al-Megrahi a scapegoat? And how strong were the evidences that convicted al-Megrahi?
To discuss this, Inside Story presenter Folly Bah Thibault is joined by guests: Jim Swire, who lost his daughter in the bombing and led a high-profile campaign for justice on behalf of the UK victims' relatives; Richard Marquise, then head of FBI's task force on the Lockerbie investigation; Morag Kerr, the author of Adequately Explained by Stupidity? Lockerbie, Luggage and Lies; and Anas el-Gomati, the director general of Libya's first public policy think-tank Sadeq Institute.
"In 1988-1990 there was talk of Iranians being involved, Syrian's being involved, Palestinian's being involved .... Gaddafi's ego is central to the way in which this story played out .... Because of Gaddafi's need to become relevant he was very happy at the time to take credit for this ... In that sense the culpability of the international community here is quite possibly the darkest of the components of this kind of story ... There was a lot of political pressure."
Anas el-Gomati, the director general of Libya's first public policy think-tank Sadeq Institute
Source: Al Jazeera
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The Guns N' Roses European tour ended without Axl Rose. Unable to finish the band's final show at London's Wembley Arena, Skid Row's Sebastian Bach filled in on "Night Train" and "Paradise City." Claiming that he was diagnosed with low blood pressure and low blood sugar on the morning of the show, Rose asserted he was advised to sit this one out altogether; but he didn't want to let the G N'R fans down. Perhaps Rose just needed a nap: the evening before the band played a late-night acoustic set which ended at around 4:00 a.m.
On the overall trip overseas, Axl Rose commented, "We have had an amazing tour and it has been fantastic for the band and I to experience this. I approached this last show with equal parts determination, obligation, responsibility and insanity. It was an amazing night. I want to thank everyone in Europe and the UK for inspiring us and for giving us the opportunity to play for them. We are now looking forward to the US in September."
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Former President Bill Clinton stumps for Senator Ted Deutch
Jack Shifrel of Coconut Creek, an area leader of the Broward Democratic Party, attended the Ted Deutch fundraiser featuring former President Bill Clinton.
Clinton devoted most of his remarks to health care, Shifrel said, and also touched on the decline of American politics in which partisanship is so strong Democrats and Republicans often don't work together.
Clinton, who is the U.N. special envoy on Haiti, discussed the situation in the earthquake-ravaged nation. The former president had just returned from a visit to Haiti.
"He went into a great deal about the situation in Haiti and about how important it is to do what has to be done," Shifrel said.
Palm Beach County Democratic Chairman Mark Siegel said more than 300 people packed themselves into the St. Andrews Country Club in suburban Boca Raton where Clinton spoke for about 20 minutes.
"I just remember how really brilliant and well informed and down to earth and in touch with reality Bill Clinton is," he said.
Siegel said Deutch has that same charisma: "They see in him many of those wonderful human qualities that exist in Bill Clinton," he said. "It's about people. And individual people, not the faceless mass."
Deutch was a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign and was a Hillary Clinton delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
Bill Clinton was familiar with Deutch and his background, Shifrel said. He said Clinton emphasized several of Deutch's issues including the legislation he spearheaded that ended investments of Florida pension funds in entities that do business in Iran. Clinton identified Deutch as the first in the country to pursue that legislation and said his wife, the secretary of state, is working on the same issue on the international level.
Besides Shifrel, people from Broward at the event included county Democratic Chairman Mitch Ceasar; Broward's state Democratic committeeman, Mike Moskowitz; Broward's state Democratic committeewoman, Diane Glasser; and Coconut Creek Mayor Marilyn Gerber.
Palm Beach County officials at the event, Shifrel said, included Tax Collector Anne Gannon and County Commissioner Burt Aaronson.
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November 20, 2013
"The House on Tuesday cleared legislation that would extend for five years certain authorities related to federal efforts to combat HIV and AIDS around the world, sending the bill to the president's desk," CQ Roll Call reports (Kim/Tomkin, 11/19). "Members passed S. 1545, the PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversight Act, in a voice vote," The Hill's "Floor Action" blog notes, adding, "President Obama is likely to be in a position to sign the bill into law as early as this week, as the Senate passed the same bill on Monday" (Kasperowicz, 11/19). "In the House, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce and ranking Democrat Eliot Engel both backed the bill," the Associated Press/ABC News writes (Jackson, 11/20). Additional information on the bill is available from the Kaiser Family Foundation's "Policy Tracker" (11/18).
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Henley guarantee you a warm, safe and comfortable Studio.
Full insulation
Fully insulated buildings throughout. Keeping the heat in and the cold out.
Made in Britain
All of our offices are manufactured right here within the UK.
The Compact Mini is less than 10 cubic metres in volume, which means you can now avoid planning
permission even when sited near listed buildings and in areas of outstanding natural beauty.
And because it's so small, it's inexpensive to heat in the winter months. Price includes:
Full specified Henley Compact Mini:
· 2m X 2m interior floor space
· 84mm insulated floor
· 84mm insulated ceiling
· Plastic coated steel roof
· 1x large (triple) double-glazed window
· Key operated window locks
· Household quality, PVCu reinforced door with laminated glass panel
· Brass door handle
· 5 lever door lock conforming to BS
· 3 x double electric sockets
· 3 x ceiling downlights
· RCD Fuse Box
· All internal cabling
· Attractive & hardwearing interior
· Laminate flooring or office grade fitted carpet in a choice of colours
· Marine-Ply exterior cladding treated with premium "Flood" - 5 year no maintenance coating with choice of colours
· All exterior items sprayed and pressure treated for long life
· Tanalised timber base
· 3 year structural guarantee
· Delivery & installation by our own experienced fitters.


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