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1. Camping is available to self-contained units only, i.e. fold down campers, truck campers, travel trailers, 5th wheel trailers and motor homes.
2. The owner of the Camping/Motor home site will be responsible for all members of his/her party.
3. After 1:00am, any noise complaints from neighbors in all camping/motor home areas are grounds for immediate removal.
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5. Campfires are permitted in fire rings only. Guests must provide their own fire ring.
6. You are expected to leave your site as clean as you found it.
7. All roadways and walkways must be kept clear.
8. Alcohol may be consumed responsibly on your site only. You are not permitted to walk around the facility with an open container of any kind.
9. Illegal activities or activities that violate local laws and Camping/Motor home rules are not permitted. Lewd behavior, offensive signs, public intoxication and/or profanity will not be tolerated. Violators will be subject to arrest and/or removal from the facility as well as forfeiture of all renewal rights. NO REFUNDS!
10. The speed limit off the track is 10 miles-per-hour. All motor vehicle operators must have a valid state driver's license.
11. Pets must be kept on a leash and in your pit area, please clean up after them.
12. No glass containers of any kind are permitted on the grounds.
13. No fireworks of any kind are permitted on the grounds.
14. State and county health department rules must be obeyed. Dumping wastewater onto the ground on facility property is not permitted.
15. The Security personnel onsite may exercise his/her discretion in the enforcement and application of these rules.
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|It's all about the economy
|Written by K.C. Mason
By K.C. Mason
DENVER—That's the consensus of the four Republican men and one Democratic woman who will be representing most of northeastern Colorado in the 2009 General Assembly that convenes Wednesday in Denver.
To be sure, Sens. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, and Mary Hodge, D-Brighton, have other things on their minds, such as water, land use and natural gas regulations. And GOP Reps. Jerry Sonnenberg of Sterling, Cory Gardner of Yuma, and newcomer Kevin Priola of Henderson are concerned about such things as transportation infrastructure, energy development, consumer fraud and maybe even a bid for Congress.
But all that pales in comparison to the overriding issue of the state's budget, which may need to be cut by as much as $600 million by the time the current fiscal year ends on June 30.
"It's all about the economy and jobs," said Brophy, whose Senate District 1 encompasses most of the eastern plains. "These are very uncertain economic times and needs serious leadership."
Brophy couldn't resist taking a swipe at Gov. Bill Ritter and the legislature's majority Democrats, who hold a 21-14 advantage in the Senate and a 38-27 majority in the House.
"We are not seeing the serious leadership off the first floor (where the governor's office is located) that we should be seeing," he said. "It will be interesting to see the folks carping about all the cuts Republicans made in 2003 react now that they are in charge."
Hodge, who won the Senate District 25 seat vacated by the term-limited Stephanie Takis, said she would be taking her cues from a new select committee, which has been meeting for several weeks to find ways to stimulate job growth.
"The economy will define the session, said Hodge. "I'm hoping the select committee will be able to come up with something."
Sonnenberg said his approach to stimulating the economy would be to restrict government growth.
"Yes, the economy is the number one issue and I will continue to be a no-new-tax, no-new fees legislator," Sonnenberg said. "When things are tough, you don't put a larger burden on the working families of Colorado. We should be doing the same thing in government as every working family and that is tightening your belt."
Gardner agreed, citing the Republican creed on government spending.
"The government doesn't generate wealth and create jobs," he said. "If the only solution is government based, it will not succeed.The rebound will be found in the private sector. The government needs to reduce taxes, eliminate regulations and let private enterprise dig us out of the hole."
Priola, a farmer and businessman who won election to Hodge's former House District 30 seat, said he hoped the solutions could be found in bi-partisanship.
"We're going to have a lot of thoughtful decisions that have to be made," Priola said. "I want to sit down and focus on the areas of the budget where we can get the biggest bang for the buck for the taxpayer."
The first bill Brophy plans to introduce is one declaring a one-year moratorium on the oil and gas development regulations, which are scheduled to take effect in April.
"We are plowing ahead with devastating oil and gas rules and ignoring the fact that energy companies are reducing their exploration expenditures by 50 percent, Brophy said. "Energy production is the single biggest industry in the state and we need to enhance, not restrict the industry if we are going to grow jobs."
Industry officials claim between 30 and 40 percent of the drilling rigs that were active three months ago are expected to be idled or moved to another state within the next three months. They said the regulations are the biggest uncertainty in the industry and only add to the consternation caused by dropping prices and pipeline capacity.
Gardner said the oil and gas regulations could become the defining economic issue before legislators this year.
"The economy is all about jobs and helping Coloradans across the state make ends meet," he said. "The oil and gas rules will be a big indication of whether we are serious about keeping and creating good jobs."
Hodge and Brophy are expected to sponsor the two of the biggest water bills of the session.
Hodge said she would try again to pass a bill that would allow well users on the South Platte River to buy excess credits from senior water users for use in augmentation plans. The measure could only be used in "wet" years when unappropriated water becomes available.
"I will be carrying the son of 247," said Hodge, referring to Senate Bill 247, which was introduce and killed in the waning days of the 2007 legislative session. The measure was a desperate attempt to take advantage of last winter's heavy snowpack and give curtailed well users access to water to repay past depletions.
Brophy is planning a water bill to stabilize the infrastructure and financial arrangements for the Republican River Basin and fish hatchery at Wray.
"We need to help them with their funding issues," Brophy said, noting he still is working on details of legislature. "We thought we had identified some money to fund that, but now it's dried up. I'm not sure what we will be able to do."
Following is a snapshot of some other bills the region's delegation is pursuing this year:
Brophy: protection or property rights in a potential relocation of railroad tracks out of the Denver metropolitan area and eliminating the potential for abuse of an individual's right to keep and bear firearms;
Hodge: disposal of electronic (computer) waste, primary election requirements and conservation grants;
Priola: protection for consumers facing default mortgages, allowing out-of-state dental surgeons to practice and instruct at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, removing restrictions to membership on water and other special district boards;
Sonnenberg: taxing districts in urban renewal authorities, game damage reparations by the Division of Wildlife and increasing access to the general fund for transportation infrastructure;
Gardner: creating nuclear power commission, repealing sales tax on semi trucks and fuel efficient vehicles and oil and gas rules as they pertain to private landowners.
Gardner also acknowledges he seriously is considering a 2010 bid for the 4th Congressional District seat that went into the Democrat column last November when Betsy Markey defeated incumbent Marilyn Musgrave.
"I am considering it and will make a decision soon," Gardner said. "But first and foremost is House District 63. I won't let anything take precedence over that."


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There has never been a better time to fine tune the "patient experience" – but it can seem a daunting task. Sam Hudson looks at how it can be achieved in manageable steps.
If you have been working hard to promote patient engagement and experience you could feel that your time has come – never before has this area of work had such a high profile – but how can we make the most of this opportunity to achieve a real difference for patients?
On the face of it, experience can seem quite simple – we all have experiences, every day, both good and bad, but have you noticed that the better or worse the experience is from the average, the more people you tell?
It is true that we all experience things slightly differently and each experience itself is made up of a number of experiences, or "moments" that are all measured against our original expectations.
In the retail, travel and hospitality industries these moments are big business and often carefully orchestrated so that our senses are stimulated and emotions evoked without us consciously realising it.
NHS services have the potential to do just that – to plan for experience.
Imagine an NHS service that starts with the patient – a service that listens to patient and family needs, and then designs the experience to meet those needs.
However, as healthcare providers, this can feel overwhelming – how on earth can the service respond to all of these differing patient needs? How can it provide a positive experience for all patients?
The philosophy of "no decision about me, without me" now sits alongside a number of national policy drivers requiring healthcare organisations and professionals to continually measure and improve patient experience, such as the outcomes framework and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines for patient experience and mental health service user experience.
The aim of these policy imperatives is to provide a patient-centred healthcare service that meets the physical and emotional needs of the population.
Practical steps
New help for commissioners and providers is available to improve the patient experience: Transforming Patient Experience: the essential guide. It includes evidence from King's College London and King's Fund research titled What Matters to Patients? Developing the Evidence Base for Measuring and Improving Patient Experience.
People value efficient processes, want to feel informed, supported and listened to so they can make meaningful decisions about their care – and the one thing we hear again and again is that they want to be "treated as a person, not a number".
In practice, this will be about training and focusing on staff delivering the relational aspects of care such as: good communication, emotional support, respect, empathy, involvement in decisions and good information provision.
This has to happen alongside the development of systems that support the functional aspects of care, like joined-up services and providing physical comfort. These aspects are described by the NHS patient experience framework.
The business incentive
What we can learn from the commercial sector is that the staff experience and the organisational culture that supports it are the most important elements of any customer experience programme.
In successful commercial organisations, customer experience data constantly informs training and support decisions made for staff.
There are, of course, a number of reasons why people choose to work in public services and I would imagine that in many cases this would include a range of values that are potentially a powerful lever to build interest in delivering positive patient experiences and the service improvements that are required to make this happen.
Experience impacts on organisational reputation and can be linked to better health outcomes. It is imperative that the NHS now makes a concerted effort to collect a body of evidence that will convince business leaders across the service of the importance of investing in improving patient experience.
This way of working will require cultural change. Any programme intended to improve patient experience needs to influence staff who have direct patient interaction, and those who work more indirectly, such as managers and corporate staff.
Services and the groups that commission them will need to work in partnership. The development of a new landscape for commissioning is an ideal opportunity to learn from existing effective practice and build on it in innovative ways.
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Your assessment of the situation is spot on, but my sense is that the need for cultural revolution within the NHS in order to bring about a wholesale refocusing of the organisation around the needs and expectations of the public is massively underplayed.
Of course progress has been made is in recognising the the need for change. But, as ever within the NHS. change towards WHAT, is left totally unscripted. If the Operating Framework is anything to go by, the full strategic and transformational role of patient experience is not understood at all. And the reality is that many a private provider with an embedded service ethos and culture will have a field day within the NHS in the next 3-5 years proving the commercial value of effective customer focus and alignment.
Improving patient experience through evidence-based interventions can only be welcomed. It may prove challenging at first; the national patient experience CQUIN goal has run for the past couple of years, but at a national level at least has struggled to yield improved results.
There needs to be a related programme of work, looking at exactly what patients can reasonably expect from the NHS. In the case of marginally-effective drugs or unevidenced alternative treatments, there will naturally be a conflict between satisfying the patient and effectively using resources.
Perhaps the societal change which will prove the greatest challenge to the NHS is a move from the postwar society with its values of shared sacrifice for a common good to an individualised consumerist worldview which asks "what about me?"
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SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. - As we turn the page into 2013, a South St. Paul artist hopes you can help support his monthly mission, a calendar created to highlight four legged heroes, the resilience of Minnesota's remarkable rescue turned therapy dogs.
Paul Sansale is an illustrator and painter inspired to bring a dozen inspiring dogs to the page.
In his second calendar, Sansale and his wife Lynn combined two of their passionate causes, veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and rescue dogs, specifically in the case of veterans, their canine comrades who save them and help heal invisible wounds.
"Unforgiving love, they love you no matter what happens, and they have a real sixth sense of what people seem to need," said the couple.
The idea came they met Lucy, a life changing therapy dog belonging to Lynn Sansale's co-worker. The Sansales' then adopted their own rescue dog, and their project was soon born.
The 2013 calendar cover features Fitz, an English cocker spaniel that calms a Cannon Falls National Guardsman who served in Iraq. Hector, a pit bull mix, is another star. He was rescued from the Michael Vick dog fighting ring and is a now therapy dog at Mayo Clinic. Toby, a Great Pyrenees rescue wraps up the year as Mr. December. He was once a sickly humane society pup whose gentle nature now soothes kids with autism when he regularly visits an autism day treatment center, where his owner, Yvonne Duperon works.
"It looks like he is smiling all the time, the kids just love it, they are climbing all over him and he is not bothered a bit by it," said Duperson and husband Larry Quinn, of Minnetonka.
The calendar is sold at all 18 Frattelone's Hardware locations across the metro for $14.99. Every penny will go toward finding a service dog for MN veterans with PTSD. Sansale hopes to sell 1,000 calendars for the cause. Turn to every page, and read each hounds' heartwarming story, and it's hard to tell who exactly has been rescued.
"Saving dogs and saving vets is the perfect thing for this calendar,
the couple said. "They are rescues, helping rescue vets."
Sansale is currently painting his 2014 calendar, which will entirely feature the service dogs of veterans around the country, in which he and Lynn traveled more than 6,000 miles to interview veterans with PTSD personally, as well as photograph their dogs for the future paintings.
They hope to someday bring a veterans service dog training program to Minnesota.
You can also purchase calendars on their website.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Have you always wanted to drive a Zamboni? Well, now you can own one. The original Zamboni used at the St. Paul Civic Center can be yours for $2,000 or best offer.
KSTP-TV reports that particular ice-cleaning machine is known affectionately as the Spamboni.
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I have a self managed Zimbra installation using Red Hat Ent. with about 150 user accounts.
I've experienced the same problem twice in the last 2 months: All the emails in my Inbox are lost!!!! Curiously, the email contained in the remaining folders (Sent, Trash, etc.) remains in place.
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WASHINGTON,D.C. (WUSA) - A Virginia man was among two soldiers who died Sept 1, in Batur Village, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with small arms fire, according to the Department of Defense.
Staff Sgt. Jonathan P. Schmidt, 28, of Petersburg, Va., had been assigned to 192nd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, 20th Support Command (CBRNE), Fort Bragg, N.C.


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The Slant Six 29er tire is Kenda's newest addition to their line, and promises to be a winner. Blending treads from two of mountain bike legend John Tomac's winningest tires, the Small Block Eight and the Nevegal, the Slant Six is built for fast aggressive riding. Designed to be an all around tire on hard pack to intermediate terrain; the Slant Six gives you low rolling resistance but keeps things grippy with Nevegal shaped knobs.
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I love these tires. I ride in a lot of decomposed grainte. The Slant Six hook up like no other tire. They have the soft rubber on the side nobs. They help this tire corner amazing. I run them on every bike I have
I have been running the front and rear for about a year, the tires are overall very good! Although best in dry packed (not mud) single track. They remind me of a bmx tire and having come from that background I fell in love with the predictably of the tire. They have handled everything from technical rocky climbs to flat dry packed single track. My only gripes would be weight, a bit porky, and they don't wear graciously. But none the less they are very well priced so I'll be one these for a while.
I decided to try this after running a Performance Bike Forte Tsali and having the sidewall give out after about six months. I ride in damp to dry conditions that include sand, hardpack, rocks, roots, and the occasional loamy area. I like the fast rolling profile, and this tire seems to stick well even on wet roots. Pressure is critical. I run it tubeless with Stan's at around 27-28 psi and that seems to be where it performs best. Not the best in mud but I would not expect that with the knobs being so low. In the sand it does surprisingly well. I run the 120tpi dual tread compound version and it grips well.
Had slant 6s on both frt and rear. Didn't grip trail well enough in front for me not to worry coming into fast corners. Works well in rear for speed and no problem climbing. Good setup on rear paired with a more aggressive front tire.
I've been using the Slant 6 as a rear tire for about 18mo. Nearly all rocky desert trails. I'm happy with it, and it bites better than the tread looks like it will. Lower pressures help too. It's a sticky tire, so it wears out faster than some other tires with harder rubber, but I think it's a good trade off. Plus it's cheaper than most of the competition. I have had a few spinouts punching up looser climbs, but none while sitting and spinning.
These tires came stock on my Orbea Alma. They are pretty decent tires. Awesome grip on hardpack and cornering. Not the best on rocks, but the sidewalls have held up great. Where I ride there are lots of sharp and jagged rocks. Tread lasted for a decent while as well. Very easy to set up tubeless.
This tire seats well on Stans Arch Tubeless Rims and provide good all around performance on North Texas Trails as a front and rear tyre.
This is the stock tire on my Elsworth. I ran with Rocket Rons and really liked the performance, but I ripped the sidewalls on rocky terrain. I put these on and I'd give them a "C" for average performance. They don't do well on wet limestone, sand or mud. They are also lacking in good climbing bite in loose, rocky climbs. The Rons hooked up much better by comparison, and I have to slow down a lot in corners now. They just don't feel confident in turns, and the front drifts. I'm currently shopping for their replacement. I will say, the Slant seems to have good construction and the sidewall has held up on the rocks so far. The large volume helps as well. Good for maybe urban assault.
This tire came stock on Razzo X9 and I am really happy about it. It is alot like the racing ralph however the wider outer nobs allow you to corner better and this tire climbs alot better. It is easy to mount tubeless and has a long wear life. Will definitely buy more of these.
The tire arrived on time as promised in good condition with its original packaging. The Slant Six provides good grip for both steering and climbing traction. The usable wear life is approximately 400 miles hardpack/loose mix with 15 percent of the mileage being concrete path.
This tire came on my Sette Razzo X7. So far the tire has been okay. All the trails I ride are in Western PA that are comprised of clays, roots, and rocks. Almost all the trails are wet whether it is raining or not. When I have traction these tires roll fast and stick well on drier surfaces. Once you begin riding in the wet clay, everything goes down hill. Its frequent that I find myself spinning out on most of my climbs. I would like them better if they could shed some mud. The mud seems to stay on the tire until I brush them off. I am giving them a four because they should work well in drier hard packed areas, but they sadly came on the bike.
This tire came on my Sette Razzo X7. This tire is horrible for mud. This can be seen from the design, you can visually tell it will work best on hard packed surfaces. Sadly were I ride those rarely exist. I have lost traction or spun out more than I like too. The tire is poor at wicking away the mud. I have to let the mud harden than ride on a hard surface (concrete/ asphalt) to clean it. It is not entirely the tire's fault as it seems it is more for drier conditions. If your riding takes place with any amount of mud do not buy this tire. Hope this helped. I am giving it a four because of the philosophy of use. I am sure that if I used this tire in a drier area it would preform well. It would be a better tire if it wouldn't clump the mud on.


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Some potentially good news for WWE in regards to the upcoming return of Sheamus. He was very well received when he made an appearance at a Wizard World convention in Winnepeg. A large amount of people reportedly waited in line to meet the former world heavyweight champion and take a photo with him. Management will view that as a sign that his popularity has not waned despite being on the sidelines for the past several months.
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Quarter-Wave Transformer
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Transmission lines are used when the frequency of the electromagnetic signals is so high that the wave nature of the signals must be taken into account. A consequence of the wave nature is that the signals are reflected if there are abrupt changes of the characteristic impedance along the transmission line. Similarly, the load impedance, Z(L), at the end of the transmission line must match its characteristic impedance, Z(0). Otherwise there will be reflections from the transmission line's end.
A quarter-wave transformer is a component that can be inserted between the transmission line and the load to match the load impedance to the transmission line's characteristic impedance. This model exemplifies some of the characteristics of a quarter-wave transformer. In particular, the model simulation shows that the transformer only provides matching for one particular frequency, namely that for which the transformer is a quarter of a wavelength long.


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FreeMotion EPIC Lateral Raise
The FreeMotion EPIC Lateral Raise builds strength in the shoulders for sport-specific movements in boxing and swimming. Unilateral arm movements allows the arms to move independently for single or dual exercises.
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Republic of Armenia
Area: 29,800 sq. km. (11,500 sq. mi.); slightly larger than Maryland. Cities: Capital--Yerevan.
Terrain: High plateau with mountains, little forest land.
Climate: Highland continental, hot summers, cold winters.
Nationality: Noun--Armenian(s). Adjective--Armenian.
Population (unofficial est.): About 2.6 million (Government of Armenia is currently conducting a census, with results due early 2002).
Ethnic groups: Armenian 95%; Kurd 2%; Russian, Greek, and other 3%.
Religion: Armenian Apostolic Church (more than 90% nominally affiliated).
Languages: Armenian (96%), Russian, other.
Education: Literacy--99%.
Health: Infant mortality rate--20/1,000. Life expectancy--72 years.
Work force (1.6 million): Industry and construction--30%; agriculture and forestry--35%; other--35%.
Type: Republic.
Constitution: Approved in 1995 referendum.
Independence: 1918 (First Armenian Republic); 1991 (from Soviet Union).
Branches: Executive--president (head of state) with wider powers relative to other branches, prime minister (head of cabinet), Council of Ministers (cabinet). Legislative--unicameral National Assembly (parliament). Judicial--Constitutional Court.
Administrative subdivisions: 10 marzer (provinces) in addition to the city of Yerevan, which has the status of a province.
Political parties: Republican Party of Armenia, Armenian Peoples Party, Agro-Technical Peoples Union (formerly Stability Faction), Constitutional Rights Union, Armenian National Movement, National Democratic Union, Republic Party, Social Democratic Union, Liberal Democratic Party, Ramkvar-Christian Democratic Party, Communist Party of Armenia, National Accord Party, Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun, Country of Laws (Orinats Yerkir) Party, plus 84 registered marginal parties, many of which are now dormant.
Suffrage: Universal at 18.
Economy (2000)
GDP: $1.9 billion.
GDP growth rate: 6%.
Per capita GDP: $503.
Inflation: 0.4%.
Natural resources: Copper, zinc, gold, and lead; hydroelectric power; small amounts of gas and petroleum.
Agriculture: Products--fruits and vegetables, wines, dairy, some livestock.
Industry: Types--chemicals, electronic products, machinery, processed food, synthetic rubber, and textiles.
Trade: Exports--$212 million (75.6% to countries outside the former Soviet Union): precious stones and jewelry 40.4%, machinery and equipment 10.3%, minerals and metals 14.7%, prepared foodstuffs 9.1%. Imports--$542 million (80.4% from countries outside the former Soviet Union): minerals and metals 20.1%, machinery and equipment 13.3%, precious stones and jewelry 12.8%, vegetable products 11.2%. Major trade partners--EU 34.6%, Russia 15.3%, U.S. 11.9%, Iran 9.5%.
The dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991 brought an end to the Cold War and created the opportunity to build bilateral relations with the New Independent States (NIS) as they began a political and economic transformation. The U.S. recognized the independence of Armenia on December 25, 1991, and opened an embassy in Yerevan in February 1992.
The United States has made a concerted effort to help Armenia and the other NIS during their difficult transition from totalitarianism and a command economy to democracy and open markets. The cornerstone of this continuing partnership has been the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets (FREEDOM) Support Act, enacted in October 1992, under which the U.S. to date has provided nearly $1.2 billion in humanitarian and technical assistance for Armenia.
In addition, the U.S. has played a leading role in the Minsk Group, which was created in 1992 by the Conference of Security and Cooperation in Europe--now the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)--to encourage a peaceful, negotiated resolution to the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. That conflict has cost several thousand lives, created nearly one million refugees and displaced persons, and caused economic hardships for Armenia.
U.S.-Armenian Economic Relations
In 1992 Armenia signed three agreements with the U.S. affecting trade between the two countries. The agreements were ratified by the Armenian parliament in September 1995 and entered into force in the beginning of 1996. They include an "Agreement on Trade Relations," an "Investment Incentive Agreement," and a treaty on the "Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investment" (generally referred to as the Bilateral Investment Treaty, or BIT). Armenia does not have a bilateral taxation treaty with the U.S. The 1994 Law on Foreign Investment governs all direct investments in Armenia, including those from the U.S.
Approximately 70 U.S.-owned firms currently do business in Armenia, including such multinationals as Procter & Gamble, M&M-Mars, Xerox, Dell, and IBM. Recent major U.S. investment projects include the Hotel Armenia, the Hotel Ani; a Greek-owned Coca-Cola bottling plant; petroleum exploration by the American-Armenian Exploration Company; upgrading of the wine and brandy production at Ararat winery; a large perlite mining and processing plant; and the joint venture Jermuk, which produces one of the more popular brands of mineral water in Armenia.
U.S. Support To Build A Market Economy
The U.S. continues to work closely with international financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to help Armenia in its transition to a free-market economy. Armenia has embarked upon an ambitious reform program, which has allowed a gradual transition from humanitarian aid toward more developmental assistance. U.S. economic assistance programs, primarily under the administration of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have three objectives: to help create a legal, regulatory, and policy framework for competition and economic growth in energy, agriculture, housing, and other sectors; to promote fiscal reform; and to develop a competitive and efficient private financial sector. Other agencies, including the State Department, Peace Corps, Department of Treasury, Customs Service, and the Department of Defense also sponsor various assistance projects. The U.S.-Armenia Task Force, established in 2000, is a bilateral commission that meets every 6 months to review the progress and objectives of U.S. assistance to Armenia.
Specific USAID programs focus on the development of a private sector and small and medium-size enterprises, including microcredit programs; energy sector reform, including preparation for privatization of energy distribution companies; democracy and good governance programs, including the promotion of a well-informed and active civil society; social sector reform, including funding for medical partnerships and social insurance programs; and earthquake zone assistance, which provides housing and economic reactivation for victims of the 1988 earthquake.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Marketing Assistance Project (MAP) provides advisory services and support to private farmers in all Armenian provinces, facilitates the formation of farmer associations and marketing initiatives, provides micro-credits for agricultural producers, and has laid the groundwork for several agribusiness associations. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Cochran Fellowship Program provides training to Armenian agriculturists. USDA and USAID also have launched efforts to revive production and export of Armenian vegetables, fruits, and other agricultural products.
U.S. Humanitarian Assistance
Over the past decade the U.S. has provided $1.2 billion in assistance to Armenia, the highest per capita amount in the NIS. Humanitarian aid originally accounted for up to 85% of this total, reflecting the economic effects caused by Turkish and Azerbaijani embargoes related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, destruction in northern Armenia left from the devastating 1988 earthquake, and the virtual paralysis of most of the country's factories.
As conditions in Armenia have improved, with the stabilization of the economy and increased energy production--including the restarting of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant at Metsamor--U.S. assistance programs have moved away from humanitarian goals to longer term development ones. Nevertheless, humanitarian programs, which make up approximately 15% of total assistance in fiscal year 2001, still provide an important source of food, medical supplies, and other necessary items to needy Armenians.
U.S. Support To Achieve Democracy
Technical assistance and training programs have been provided in municipal administration, intergovernmental relations, public affairs, foreign policy, diplomatic training, rule of law, and development of a constitution. Specific programs are targeted at promoting free and fair elections, strengthening political parties, and promoting the establishment of an independent judiciary and independent media. This includes financing for programs that support civil society organizations, local non-governmental organizations (NGO) capacity building, National Assembly professional development, and local and community-level governance.
State Department and USAID educational exchange programs play an important role in supporting democratic and free-market reforms. Assistance in the translation and publication of printed information also has been provided. Exchange programs in the U.S. for Armenian lawyers, judges, political party members, business people, government officials, NGO activists, journalists, and other public figures focus on a range of topics, including the American judicial and political system, privatization, specific business sectors, the media, and civil society. The State Department has funded an ongoing project to provide Internet connectivity to schools at various levels throughout the country; these centers provide both educational and community-building opportunities.
USAID has funded international and domestic groups to monitor national elections. USAID has also funded programs to educate voters and to strengthen the role of an array of civic organizations in the democratic process.
Principal U.S. Embassy Officials
Ambassador--John Ordway
Deputy Chief of Mission--Patricia Moller
Political/Economic Chief--Paul Wickberg
Economic Officer--David Gehrenbeck
Consular Officer--Lily Kosier
Administrative Officer--Robert Bryson
Regional Security Officer--Bartle Gorman
Agricultural Officer--Craig Infanger
USAID Director--Keith Simmons
Public Affairs Officer--John Balian
The U.S. embassy in Yerevan, Armenia is at 18 Marshal Bagramyan; tel: 3741-54-3900 or 3741-52-4661; fax: 3741-52-0800.
Armenia first emerged into history around 800 BC as part of the Kingdom of Urartu or Van, which flourished in the Caucasus and eastern Asia Minor until 600. After the destruction of the Seleucid Empire, the first Armenian state was founded in 190 BC. At its zenith, from 95 to 65 BC, Armenia extended its rule over the entire Caucasus and the area that is now eastern Turkey, Syria and Lebanon. For a time, Armenia was the strongest state in the Roman East. It became part of the Roman Empire in 64 BC and adopted a Western political, philosophical, and religious orientation.
In 301 AD, Armenia became the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion, establishing a church that still exists independently of both the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches. During its later political eclipses, Armenia depended on the church to preserve and protect its unique identity. From around 1100 to 1350, the focus of Armenian nationalism moved south, as the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, which had close ties to European Crusader states, flourished in southeastern Asia Minor until conquered by Muslim states.
Between the 4th and 19th centuries, Armenia was conquered and ruled by, among others, Persians, Byzantines, Arabs, Mongols, and Turks. For a brief period from 1918 to 1920, it was an independent republic. In late 1920, the communists came to power following an invasion of Armenia by the Red Army, and in 1922, Armenia became part of the Trans-Caucasian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1936, it became the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union on September 21, 1991.
Armenians voted overwhelmingly for independence in a September 1991 referendum, followed by a presidential election in October 1991 that gave 83% of the vote to Levon Ter-Petrossian. Ter-Petrossian had been elected head of government in 1990, when the Armenian National Movement defeated the Communist Party. Ter-Petrossian was re-elected in 1996. Following public demonstrations against Ter-Petrossian's policies on Nagorno-Karabakh, the President resigned in January 1998 and was replaced by Prime Minister Robert Kocharian, who was elected President in March 1998. Following the assassination in Parliament of Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsian and parliament Speaker Karen Demirchian and six other officials, on October 27, 1999, a period of political instability ensued during which an opposition headed by elements of the former Armenian National Movement government attempted unsuccessfully to force Kocharian to resign. Kocharian was successful in riding out the unrest. The next presidential elections are slated for 2003.
The unicameral parliament (also called the National Assembly) is dominated by a coalition, called "Unity" (Miasnutyun), between the Republican and Peoples Parties and the Agro-Technical Peoples Union, aided by numerous independents. Dashnaksutyun, which was outlawed by Ter-Petrossian in 1995-96 but legalized again after Ter-Petrossian resigned, also usually supports the government. A new party, the Republic Party, is headed by ex-Prime Minister Aram Sargsian, brother of the late Vazgen Sargsian, and has become the primary voice of the opposition, which also includes the communists, the National Accord Party of Artashes Geghamian, and elements of the former Ter-Petrossian government.
The Government of Armenia's stated aim is to build a Western-style parliamentary democracy as the basis of its form of government. However, international observers have questioned the inherent fairness of parliamentary and presidential elections and constitutional referenda since 1995, citing polling deficiencies, lack of cooperation by the electoral commission, and poor maintenance of electoral lists and polling places. Observers noted, though, that opposition parties and candidates have been able to mount credible campaigns and proper polling procedures have been generally followed. Elections since 1998 have represented an improvement in terms of both fairness and efficiency, although they have not met international standards. The new constitution of 1995 greatly expanded the powers of the executive branch and gives it much more influence over the judiciary and municipal officials.
The observance of human rights in Armenia is uneven and is marked by serious shortcomings. Police brutality still goes largely unreported, while observers note that defendants are often beaten to extract confessions and are denied visits from relatives and lawyers. Public demonstrations usually take place without government interference, though one rally in November 2000 by an opposition party was followed by the arrest and imprisonment for a month of its organizer. Freedom of religion is not always protected under existing law. Nontraditional churches, especially the Jehovah's Witnesses, have been subjected to harassment, sometimes violently. All churches apart from the Armenian Apostolic Church must register with the government, and proselytizing is forbidden by law. The government's policy toward conscientious objection is in transition, as part of Armenia's accession to the Council of Europe. Most of Armenia's ethnic Azeri population was deported in 1988-89 and remain refugees, largely in Azerbaijan. Armenia's record on discrimination toward the few remaining national minorities is generally good. The government does not restrict internal or international travel. Although freedom of the press and speech are guaranteed, the government maintains its monopoly over television and radio broadcasting.
Principal Government Officials
President--Robert Kocharian
Prime Minister--Andranik Margaryan
Foreign Minister--Vartan Oskanian
Defense Minister - Serge Sargsian
Ambassador to the U.S.--Arman Kirakossian
Ambassador to the UN--Movses Abelian
Armenia's embassy in the U.S. is at 2225 R Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20008; tel: 202-319-1976 or 202-319-2983; fax: 202-319-2984.
Armenia is the second most densely populated of the former Soviet republics. It is a landlocked country between the Black and the Caspian Seas, bordered on the north and east by Georgia and Azerbaijan and on the south and west by Iran and Turkey. Up until independence, Armenia's economy was based largely on industry--chemicals, electronic products, machinery, processed food, synthetic rubber, and textiles--and highly dependent on outside resources. Agriculture accounted for only 20% of net material product and 10% of employment before the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. Armenian mines produce copper, zinc, gold, and lead. The vast majority of energy is produced with imported fuel, including gas and nuclear fuel (for its one nuclear power plant) from Russia; the main domestic energy source is hydroelectric. Small amounts of coal, gas, and petroleum have not yet been developed.
Like other New Independent States, Armenia's economy suffers from the legacy of a centrally planned economy and the breakdown of former Soviet trading patterns. Soviet investment in and support of Armenian industry has virtually disappeared, so that few major enterprises are still able to function. In addition, the effects of the 1988 earthquake, which killed more than 25,000 people and made 500,000 homeless, are still being felt. Although a cease-fire has held since 1994, the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh has not been resolved. The consequent blockade along both the Azerbaijani and Turkish borders has devastated the economy, because of Armenia's dependence on outside supplies of energy and most raw materials. Land routes through Azerbaijan and Turkey are closed; routes through Georgia and Iran are inadequate or unreliable. In 1992-93, GDP fell nearly 60% from its 1989 level. The national currency, the dram, suffered hyperinflation for the first few years after its introduction in 1993.
Nevertheless, the Government of Armenia, helped by the cease-fire that has been in effect in Nagorno-Karabakh since 1994, has been able to carry out wideranging economic reforms which paid off in dramatically lower inflation and steady growth. Armenia has registered strong economic growth since 1995, building on the turnaround that began the previous year, and inflation has been negligible for the past several years. New sectors, such as precious stone processing and jewelry making, information and communication technology, and even tourism are beginning to supplement more traditional sectors such as agriculture in the economy.
This steady economic progress has earned Armenia increasing support from international institutions. The IMF, World Bank, EBRD, as well as other IFIs and foreign countries are extending considerable grants and loans. Total loans extended to Armenia since 1993 exceed $800 million. These loans are targeted at reducing the budget deficit, stabilizing the local currency; developing private businesses; energy; the agriculture, food processing, transportation, and health and education sectors; and ongoing rehabilitation work in the earthquake zone.
Continued progress will depend on the ability of the government to strengthen its macroeconomic management, including increasing revenue collection, improve the investment climate, and accelerate the privatization process. A liberal foreign investment law was approved in June 1994, and a Law on Privatization was adopted in 1997, as well as a program on state property privatization. The government has made major strides toward joining the World Trade Organization.
Environmental Issues
Armenia is trying to address its environmental problems. It has established a Ministry of Environment and has introduced a pollution fee system by which taxes are levied on air and water emissions and solid waste disposal, with the resulting revenues used for environmental protection activities. Armenia is interested in cooperating with other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (a group of 12 former Soviet republics) and with members of the international community on environmental issues. The Armenian Government is working toward closing the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant as soon as alternate energy sources can be identified.
Armenia established a Ministry of Defense in 1992. Border guards subject to the Ministry patrol Armenia's borders with Georgia and Azerbaijan, while Russian troops continue to monitor its borders with Iran and Turkey.
The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty was ratified by the Armenian parliament in July 1992. The treaty establishes comprehensive limits on key categories of military equipment, such as tanks, artillery, armored combat vehicles, combat aircraft, and combat helicopters, and provides for the destruction of weaponry in excess of those limits. Armenian officials have consistently expressed determination to comply with its provisions. Armenia has provided data on armaments as required under the CFE Treaty. There are indications that Armenia is trying to establish mechanisms to ensure fulfillment of its arms control obligations. Armenia is not a significant exporter of conventional weapons, but it has provided substantial support, including materiel, to separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh.
In March 1993, Armenia signed the multilateral Chemical Weapons Convention, which calls for the eventual elimination of chemical weapons. Armenia acceded to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapons state in July 1993. The U.S. and other Western governments have discussed efforts to establish effective nuclear export control systems with Armenia.
Armenia is a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, the International Monetary Fund, and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
In 1988, the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly ethnic Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan, voted to secede and join Armenia. This eventually developed into a full-scale armed conflict. Armenian support for the separatists led to an economic embargo by Azerbaijan, which has crippled Armenia's foreign trade and restricted its imports of food and fuel, three-quarters of which transited Azerbaijan under Soviet rule.
Peace talks in early 1993 were disrupted by the seizure of Azerbaijan's Kelbajar district by Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian forces and the forced evacuation of thousands of ethnic Azeris. Turkey in protest then followed with an embargo of its own against Armenia. A cease-fire was declared between Azeri and Armenian/N-K forces in 1994 and has been maintained by both sides since then in spite of occasional shooting along the line of contact between the two. All Armenian governments have thus far resisted domestic pressure to recognize the self-proclaimed independence of the "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic," while at the same time announcing they would not accept any peace accords that returned the enclave to Azerbaijani rule. Some 750,000 ethnic Azeris who fled during the Karabakhi offensives still live as internally displaced persons in Azerbaijan, while roughly 400,000 ethnic Armenians who fled Azerbaijan since 1988 remain refugees, although around 35,000 have accepted Armenian citizenship since 1998.
Negotiations to peacefully resolve the conflict have been ongoing since 1992 under the aegis of the Minsk Group of the OSCE. The Minsk Group is currently co-chaired by the U.S., France, and Russia and comprises Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, the U.S., several western European nations, and representatives of the Armenian and Azeri communities of Nagorno-Karabakh. The talks have focused on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, the return of refugees, the lifting of blockades, the withdrawal from occupied territories, and the status of the Lachin corridor, which connects Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.
Karabakhi Armenians, supported by the Republic of Armenia, now hold about 15% of Azerbaijan and have refused to withdraw from occupied territories until an agreement on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh is reached. Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to observe the cease-fire which has been in effect since May 1994, and in late 1995 both also agreed to OSCE field representatives being based in Tbilisi, Georgia, to monitor the cease-fire and facilitate the peace process.


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Kitty, a shy young (estimated DOB 11/4/12) spayed female Australian Shepherd/Border Collie mix, arrived at the HSDC Adoption Center from the county animal control shelter. She is very cautious but responsive to people who are patient with her. Sweet Miss Kitty is working on kennel training and will do even better in her own home. Up to date on vaccinations, Kitty is waiting for a family to call her own. Call the Adoption Center at (336) 751-5214 to meet lovely little Kitty.
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Anglers planning a trip to North Carolina�s mountains to fish for trout now have a new resource. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) new trout fishing webpage provides information on where to go, seasons and limits and the seven classifications of trout streams. It also includes current stocking information as well as material on the life history of our state�s three mountain trout species. The site is located online at ncwildlife.org/fishing/trout.
Nov. 2-3 � The annual Camp Vandemere Speckled Trout Fishing Tournament will begin with dinner on Friday night, Nov. 2. Fishing will be on Sat., Nov. 3. A $50 entry fee includes fishing, meals on both days and lodging in the camp�s bunk houses. Contact Rick Price at 252-670-9775 for more details.
Nov. 3 � It is time to register for the 5th Annual Roanoke River Ramble, presented by the Halifax County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Participants will paddle approximately nine miles on the scenic Roanoke River from River Falls Park in Weldon to Historic Halifax. A shuttle, early morning snacks and lunch will be provided. For information, contact Christina Wells at email@example.com or 252-519-2603.
Nov. 3 � The non-profit Fishermen in Support of Heroes will host a free day of fishing at the Seaview Pier in North Topsail Beach, NC for all military veterans and active-duty military personnel. Pier passes will be free and no license will be required. Participants, who can bring up to two non-military family members for free, should register by emailing email@example.com. They should include "free fishing trip" on the subject line and provide the names of those who will be fishing. More information is available at www.fishheroes.org.
Nov. 6 � The East Carolina Saltwater Fishing Club will hold their regular monthly meeting at Famous Subs and Pizza on Neuse Blvd. in New Bern at 7 p.m. All anglers are invited. Contact Jack Morton at 252-259-4736 for more information.
Nov. 9-10 � The 2012 Robbie Adams Memorial Deer Classic will be hosted by Cove City Fire and Rescue, Inc. Entry for the Open Division is $40 and $20 for the Youth Division. All early entries (by Oct. 22) will receive a free t-shirt. First place for the biggest buck in the Open Division will earn $1200. The biggest doe will earn $800. Additional information is available online at www.raclassic.com or by phone at 252-229-7271.
Hunting Seasons
Rails, Gallinule & Moorhens: thru � Nov. 9
Deer: through Jan. 1
Raccoon, Opossum, Grouse, Bobcat & Gray Squirrel: through Feb. 28
Fox Squirrel: through Dec. 31 in Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and certain other counties (Check NCWRC Regulations for complete list.) Note � there is no open season on fox squirrels in Craven & Pamlico counties.
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Man of the House
|Release Date: February 25, 2005
|Running Time: 97 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG 13
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Summary:A by-the-book Texas Ranger Roland Sharp tracks down a key informant with the help of an ex-con turned preacher Percy Stevens. But when the informant is offed, the hard-headed Sharp is assigned to protect the only witness to the crime--a group of University of Texas cheerleaders--by going undercover and moving in with the five uncontrollable coeds. For a guy used to ducking bullets and confronting heavily armed drug dealers, he's now up to his elbows in poms-poms.


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Mac's first-drawing program. He also created HyperCard, the first popular software
for creating presentations that linked different types of media, including
text, graphics, sound. A longtime photographer, Atkinson now specializes in
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HealthBuzz September 21: 7 Fall Family Activities, Jennifer Aniston's Smartwater Commercial, and Banana Filled Recipes
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What's the deal with showering on yom tov? I am asking not about shabbos, but specifically about yom tov.
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Using the hot water itself is no problem. Some poskim say to use liquid soap (to avoid memareach, smoothing), although I believe that R. Moshe Feinstein did not even allow liquid soap. Some say to avoid squeezing the water from your hair, although R. S.Z. Auerbach allowed drying hair directly into a towel.
My rov told me that showering is yontif is muttar, and kol shekein (all the more so) on yom tov sheini. He said that you have a two or three-day-yontif, and are trying to be "machmir" and refraining from taking a shower, then you are being oveir on bal t'shaktzu and not showing kavod to other human beings. Especially with all that dancing on Simchas Torah!
edit: Also, according to the opinion that permits electricity on yom tov, you could also use a hair dryer to dry your hair, which would get rid of the potential problem of using a towel.
here's an audio from Rabbi Nissan Kaplan of Mir Yeshiva, Jerusalem
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Communities in 19 states, working in partnership with non-profit organizations and state and federal agencies, removed 65 dams in 2012, American Rivers announced today. Outdated or unsafe dams came out of rivers across the nation, restoring 400 miles of streams for the benefit of fish, wildlife and people across the country.
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The goal is to implement a program in Python+Twisted (using PB for network access) under Windows XP or 2000+, that can be run before a user logs on, so it has to be a windows service, launched automatically, at boot. Another goal is to show some developement patterns in Twisted. You will find a lot of 'theoretical' patterns about how to make singletons/borgs, proxy, and stuff, but I never found patterns about 'Twisted code', except for the wonderful 'finger tutorial' by the squishy moshez. This tutorial can be split in two parts: The first one is about writing a good skeleton for your Twisted development. The second part is about making a Windows service.
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2 Segelman AB, et al. Sassafras and herb tea: potential health hazards. JAMA . 1976;236:477.
3 Stich HF. Carcinogens and Mutagens in the Environment . Boca Raton, Florida: CRC; 1983:7–9.
4 Tan D, et al. Both physiological and pharmacological levels of melatonin reduce DNA adduct formation induced by the carcinogen safrole. Carcinogenesis . 1994;15:215–218.
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The Royals have had a few roster moves since Sunday's game. Yesterday, outfielder Coco Crisp was placed on the bereavement list by the Commissioner's Office.
Today, the Royals place right-handed pitcher Sidney Ponson on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 30 with a right elbow strain. Closer Joakim Soria and shortstop Tony Pena, Jr. were activated from the disabled list and will be available for tonight's game at Tampa Bay.
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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Synopsis86 year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companions, his 8 year-old Grandson Billy in "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. This October, the signature Jackass character Irving Zisman (Johnny Knoxville) and Billy (Jackson Nicholl) will take movie audiences along for the most insane hidden camera road trip ever captured on camera.
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Merlin focuses on inferring a better specification to static analysis tools for security such as Microsoft CAT.NET. These tools are designed to look for bugs such as cross-site scripting and SQL injection. With the help of Merlin we find more and heigher quality vulnerabilities.
The last several years have seen a proliferation of static and runtime analysis tools for finding security violations that are caused by explicit information flow in programs. Much of this interest has been caused by the increase in the number of vulnerabilities such as cross-site scripting and SQL injections. Tools checking for these vulnerabilities require a specification to operate. In most cases the task of providing such a specification is delegated to the user. Moreover, the efficacy of these tools is only as good as the specification. Unfortunately, writing a comprehensive specification presents a major challenge: parts of the specification are easy to miss leading to missed vulnerabilities; similarly, incorrect specification may lead to false positives.
This paper proposes Merlin, a new algorithm for inferring explicit information flow specifications. Such specifications greatly reduce manual labor, and enhance the quality of results. Beginning with a data propagation graph, Merlin infers an information flow specification. Merlin models information flow paths in the propagation graph using probabilistic constraints. For scalability, we approximate these path constraints using constraints on chosen triples of nodes, resulting in a cubic number of constraints. We characterize this approximation as a probabilistic abstraction, using the theory of probabilistic refinement. We solve the resulting system using factor graphs, a well-known structure for probabilistic inference.
We experimentally validate the Merlin approach by applying it to 10 large business-critical Web applications that have been analyzed with CAT.NET, a state-of-the-art static analysis tool for .NET. We find a total of 167 new confirmed specifications, which result in a total of 302 additional vulnerabilities across the 10 benchmarks. More accurate specifications also reduce the false positive rate: in our experiments, Merlin-inferred specifications result in 13 false positives being removed. This constitutes a 15% reduction in the CAT.NET false positive rate on these 10 programs.
- Benjamin Livshits, Aditya V. Nori, Sriram K. Rajamani, and Anindya Banerjee, Merlin: Specification Inference for Explicit Information Flow Problems , in ACM SIGPLAN 2009 Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI), Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., June 2009.
- Anindya Banerjee, Benjamin Livshits, Aditya V. Nori, and Sriram K. Rajamani, Merlin: Specification Inference for Explicit Information Flow Problems, no. MSR-TR-2008-169, 15 December 2008.


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Just ran a 50k in these. Very comfortable, agile, and responsive. Best trail shoe I have used. Haven't had it long enough to comment on durability. Works well on both smooth and rocky trails.
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I'm a huge fan of the Peregrine and Kinvara and have had at least 6 pairs of each and used them on runs of 50 miles. I was excited to try these and while they fit exactly the same of the Kinvara and Peregrine they don't work as well. The Peregrine and Kinvara are very flexible shoes and when I push off they flex with my foot and the heel cup remains firmly wrapped around my heel. The strike plate in these shoes is noticeably stiffer and when I push off my heel slips a bit. So far I've only done 5-8 mile runs and it hasn't been an issue but I worry about developing blisters on longer runs. If there are a lot of rocks on the trails where you run these are probably the way to go but if your trails are more dirt than rock I'd stick with the Peregrine or even the regular Kinvara.
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Great shoe. Have been searching for the best trail running shoe for years and I found it with this one. Enjoy.
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Slightly more narrow than the Kinvara road editions but they are much more spacious than the Kinvara Trail 1s. I like where this shoe is going, much better than huge clunky trail shoes.
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I have been using kinvara 3 to run trail because I just love the ride on this shoes but they keep on tearing from the side due to rocks and roots , the kinvara trail has the same feel is the road version but seems a lot more durable so far I done 5 and 11 miles on this and so far so good.
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I could not wear the first version due to a very tight toe box.Saucony listened and this version fits my wide forefoot perfect.My second run in them was a 11 mile "all trail" and had i no issues with blisters or anything.Although the traction is good the first two runs in them I hit a hidden root or rock and went head over hills!But I saved my Ambit watch!Haha Bottom line great trail shoe that makes you want to run faster!!Only thing I would recommend to Saucony is put the Peregrine tread under neath and it would be awesome!The Peregrine is the ONLY shoe I've found that works well on wet trails!
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Published: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 9:01 a.m.
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MIAMI — The National Park Service says it's losing thousands of dollars a day in fees at two South Florida parks because of the federal government shutdown.
In a statement last week, park service officials said Everglades National Park gets an average of 2,723 visitors each day in October. The park stands to lose roughly $2,435 in entrance fees each day of the shutdown, along with $612 in other daily fees. More than 230 park employees are furloughed.
Dry Tortugas National Park gets an average of 107 daily visitors in October. Officials say the park will lose roughly $1,500 in entrance and concession fees each day during the shutdown. Five park employees have been furloughed.
Officials say visitors to both parks spend tens of millions of dollars in surrounding communities each year.
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The Wauneta-Palisade speech team will be represented in two categories at the state speech competition in Kearney on Friday, March 28. Cameo Rector, right, placed second in humorous interpretation of prose literature at districts earlier this week. The Oral Interpretation of Drama (OID) team, above, also placed second at districts. OID members include, clockwise from top, Hayden Pollmann, Leiauna Alberts, Landon Jutten, Christi Christner and Nicole Strand. (Photos by Sara Behrends)
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