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"Arise and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time." Winston Churchill
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United Nations
Our sucker-in-chief's U.N. outing
President Obama addressed the United Nations today. It's a fool's errand if you think about it, and Obama's remarks were duly foolish. He began by assuring the world of America's near-pacifism and lack of seriousness when it comes to fighting terrorism. Obama cited our retreat from Iraq and Afghanistan, new limitations on the use of drones, and his "diligent" work to close Gitmo. The world already understands how ineffectual you »
That old UN magic
Barack Obama fancies himself some kind of a deliverer and he has indeed delivered us. He has delivered us into a parallel universe. In this parallel universe the prince of peace serves as the president of the United States and argues in favor of a simulacrum of war. He disparages the United Nations as a fount of meaningless twaddle. Circumventing the United Nations can be a matter of high principle »
A thin case for action
I have been trying to keep up with the best articulation of arguments for and against our taking military action against the Syrian regime. I find myself agreeing with arguments on both sides, including Paul Mirengoff's here, though not strongly. I'm ambivalent. President Obama got us into this mess with his big mouth. For a handy reminder, check out this New York Times account of how we got here. "We »
The Three Rings of the Climate Circus
Late next month the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will begin releasing its massive Fifth Assessment Report (AR5 in the trade), starting with the report of Working Group I, on the science of climate change. The reports of Working Groups II and III will dribble out in 2014. In previous assessment reports, the entire report with the findings of all three working groups came out at once. I »
Samantha Power's unprecedented confirmation conversion
In 2003, Samantha Power wrote in the New Republic: We need: a historical reckoning with crimes committed, sponsored, or permitted by the United States. . . Instituting a doctrine of the mea culpa would enhance our credibility by showing that American decision-makers do not endorse the sins of their predecessors. When Willie Brandt went down on one knee in the Warsaw ghetto, his gesture was gratifying to World War II »
A problem from hell revisited
President Obama's nominee to serve as our ambassador to the United Nations is the vile Samantha Power, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Problem From Hell. I think the title of her book is a case of projection. At her confirmation hearing today, she was questioned about a statement from her 2003 New Republic article in which she wrote that American foreign policy needed "a historical reckoning with crimes committed, sponsored »
Lindsey Graham is in the tank for Samantha Power, naturally
I always expect the worst from Lindsey Graham, and he rarely disappoints. Today, Graham strongly backed Samantha Power for the U.N. ambassador post. But that wasn't the worst. The worst was his statement that Power "will be a strong supporter of our close friend and ally Israel." As I said, Graham rarely disappoints. I wonder what evidence Graham would cite in favor of his claim that Power, with her record »
Samantha Power, hater of Israel
Earlier today, I described Samantha Power, President Obama's nominee for ambassador to the U.N., as "virulently anti-Israel" and "Israel hating." These are harsh words. Even some good faith supporters of Israel may consider them unfair. But let's look at Power's harsh words about Israel. For example, as I noted in this post: Power has expressed outrage at the way Israel has treated the U.N.'s faux peacekeepers in South Lebanon, the »
Soft Power finds a perfect home
It was always just a matter of time until President Obama, once elected to a second term, handed a major position to his favorite foreign policy analyst, Samantha Power. Now, with Susan Rice moving from the U.N. to the White House as National Security Adviser, Obama is set to nominate Power as ambassador to the U.N. Power's selection for a highly visible position had to await Obama's second term because »
Did Boston Have It Coming? The United Nations Says Yes
Early this morning, Scott linked to this article by Anne Bayefsky. I want to give it some further attention. Anne pointed out, and responded to, a repellent column in Foreign Policy Journal by a man named Richard Falk, titled "A Commentary on the Marathon Murders." You almost have to read it to believe it, but here are a few excerpts: [T]he neocon presidency of George W. Bush was in 2001, »
Lessons of Boston
In a New York Post column Ralph Peters draws five "Lessons of Boston," all of them worthy of discussion. Lesson no. 3: "Our immigration system is one of terrorism's best allies." Victor Davis Hanson elaborates at length in the course of his NRO column "Obama's psychodramas." Analyze this: The checkered immigrant family of the two Boston bombers is a tragic advertisement of almost everything wrong with our current immigration policy. »
"Torture" — the new "racism"
If waterboarding, a procedure we inflicted on our own troops, can be considered torture, I suppose that almost anything one doesn't approve of can be so deemed. And given the proven effectiveness of throwing the term torture around, the temptation to apply it to anything one doesn't approve of must be difficult for the intellectually dishonest to resist. Thus, sure enough, we find U.N. bureaucrats attempting to define "torture" in »
UN Bureaucrats Would Have More Moral Authority If They Sobered Up
This is one of the litmus tests for liberalism: if you think the United Nations has more moral authority than the United States, you are a liberal. That thought was prompted by this brief AP story, which I'm guessing will not see the light of day in a lot of newspapers: Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella, who represents the U.S. on the U.N.'s budget committee, said in remarks Monday that the »
From the mixed-up files of Obama's trusted friend
In his most recent verbal assault against Israel, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has characterized Zionism as a crime against humanity along with anti-Semitism, fascism, and, of course, Islamophobia. Isn't leaving homophobia off such a list itself a crime against humanity? Prime Minister Netanyahu has issued this concise response: "This is a dark and mendacious statement the likes of which we thought had passed from the world." Netanyahu is constrained by »
Moynihan's Moment, with a Minnesota twist
Having read Suzanne Garment's column "With words we govern men," inspired by Gil Troy's new book on Daniel Patrick Moynihan and the American opposition to the UN's 1975 "Zionism is racism" resolution, I invited Professor Troy to write something for us following up on his book. He has graciously obliged with a column that highlights the local Minnesota connection to the story. Professor Troy writes: With President Obama's announcement that »
Coming soon: Moynihan's Moment, with a Minnesota twist
Suzanne Garment's excellent column "With words we govern men" alerted me to Gil Troy's new book, Moynihan's Moment: America's Fight Against Zionism As Racism. Moynihan's moment was his moment of greatness at the United Nations opposing the adoption of the Soviet-inspired "Zionism is racism" resolution by the General Assembly in 1975. The damage lives on, but the resolution was undone at the insistence of the United States in the administration »
Not Enough Buns for All the Green Weenies in Doha
The latest UN climate change meeting has followed the predictable script laid out here a week ago: the meeting had to go into overtime to "save" the talks from collapse. I especially like reading the weenie-friendly UK Guardian's coverage of these meetings, because their attempt at earnest coverage ironically underscores what a complete farce the whole thing is. From the latest dispatch: Poor countries have won historic recognition of the plight »


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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:46 am
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Yeah daddy held him and he stopped crying alot quicker than he did with me!
And then as he was putting him in the car he smiled at him!
I get the silent treatment for at least two hours before he falls asleep on me!
But once we got home I was the onlt one who he'd fall asleep on Mummy's boy when he's feeling all poorly!
He's ok now had another dose of calpol and has gone straight to bed bless his cottons
Thank you Tracie!
How is freya doing after her puke episode?

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|People in Tallinna Tuule Lasteaed
Laura Herne
Subjects: Pre-school Subjects
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Salve, Mi chiamo Laura, ho 28 anni, ho lavorato come la maestra di asilo 2 e mezzo anno. Prima queso periodo, ho lavorato on Italia come aupair. Per adesso sto lavorando con i bambini 5- 6 anni nel un asilo si chiama Tallinna Tuule asilo. Per cambiare e avere qualche idea e per fare collaborazione, mi piacerrebbe essere in contatto con un altra asilo da qualche altro paese. Sono molto aperta per tutte le nuove idea e mi piacerrebbe conoscere meglio un altro asilo. Hello, My name is Laura Herne, I´m 28 years old and I have worked as a kindergarten teacher for 2 and half years.Before that I have worked as an aupair in Italy. Now I´m working with 5- 6 years old children in Tallinna Tuule Kindegarten. For change different ideasa and have some collaboration, I would like to have contact with some other kindergarten from another country. I´m very openminded for all new ideas and would like to know better some other kindergarten.
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|eTwinning Projects - 9 projects
5 puud ja 12 kuud (Closed on 18.03.2015)
Ühe aasta jooksul pildistavad lapsed iga kuu esimesel kuupäeval viit erinevat puud ( vaher, toomingas, kask, kuusk, kastan). Puude pildid laetakse blogisse eri piirkondade võrdlemiseks/kirjeldamiseks erinevatel aastaaegadel.
A living map of Europe (Closed on 14.05.2009)
The project is based on covering a map of Europe with postcards sent from european schools.
ATB - Across the BIBLE across EUROPE (2006) (Closed on 04.01.2011)
Overriding aims of Across The Bible: Realizing the value of the Bible and its presence in our everyday language, in art, architecture, literature, law, films, commercials, music, street signs, personal relationships ... across countries; ...
Climate Change Project (Closed on 11.09.2010)
Students from Estonia, Iceland and Denmark collaborate on different climate issues.
Finish my picture, finish my thought (Closed on 16.05.2006)
Two schools are involved (Lasnamäe Lasteaed-Algkool from Estonia and Ruppin-Grundschule from Germany). Students will start the picture about summer and students from the other school will finish it. Students use computers to draw the pictures.
I want to know (Closed on 04.03.2007)
Children are very curious and the world is full of miracles. This project helps to discover new things about other children. You just have to ask. So let's ask questions! Children use pbwiki to ask and answer the questions. http://iwanttoknow.pbw...
Kindergarten craft (Closed on 05.03.2007)
Kindergarten teachers publish photos of children's craft in the blog to share ideas. http://kindergartencraft.wordpress.com/ In Estonia two teachers are involved: Ülle Sipul (ideas and craft) Ingrid Maadvere (publishing and communication)
Partageons l'Europe/Sharing Europe (Closed on 05.07.2010)
Chaque pays partagera les photographies des éléments de son environnement proche. Each country will share photographs revealing elements of its immediate environment.
We finish what you start (Closed on 16.05.2006)
For the topic "summer" the groups are drawing pictures - but only half of a picture. The other group is going to finish the pictures.


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Put down the frozen meatball, now… dirtbag. The New Jersey-based company Buona Vita Inc. has just recalled over 300,000 death-meatballs that are apparently spiked with listeria. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service made the discovery late last week, describing the potential health risk as "high."
Although there have been no meatball-related deaths or illnesses reported yet, listeria is not your average frozen meatball bacteria, as it offed more than 30 people last year after tainted cantaloupe was sold to the public.
Buona Vita Inc also had to recall their chicken and beef patties, and loafs of chicken, which leads us to our next point. Why are you eating frozen meatballs, anyway? They taste awful and look more like Dunkin' Donuts' munchkins than something that once made up a living, breathing thing. Please, invest in some ground beef and ward off death for another few months.
Source: Reuters | Photo: Flickr/bobo1522


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Top 10 Credit Myths
Credit of any sort, from mortgages to credit cards, has never been handed out freely. You have a better chance of getting the deals you want if your credit report shows lenders that you are in control of your finances and are likely to make any agreed repayments on time and in full.
The lender always decides whether to accept or refuse your application. If you've been turned down, only the lender can tell you why because only they know. If you ask, they should be able to give you the main reason. This is useful because it might identify action you can take to address the situation, such as registering on the electoral roll, checking your credit report or asking the lender to reconsider their decision, especially if you can provide additional evidence to support your application.
The lender may have said no because they don't think you're in a position to take on further credit. If you are struggling to make existing repayments, talk to your lender as they could help you to work out a schedule of repayments you can afford or arrange a temporary payment holiday. You can also get help from providers of free debt advice, such as the Citizens Advice Bureau, StepChange Debt Charity, the Money Advice Service, National Debtline and Payplan.
Your credit report includes any credit accounts you have had in the last six years and how you have managed them. Adverse information on your credit report - such as late repayments, defaults or court judgments, may suggest to a lender that you are unlikely to repay future credit on time.
If you've been refused credit because of the information on your credit report, you should check your credit report carefully and take the necessary steps to improve it or your financial situation generally.
Fill out your application form carefully, and don't just guess at answers such as how long you've lived in a property. Supplying false information may lead to delays or cause the lender to refuse your application. It may even be viewed as fraud.
If you have made a mistake on your application form, ask the lender if they will allow you to correct it and resubmit your application.
Plan your credit applications carefully and try to spread them out where you can. Each time you apply for credit, the lender is likely to check your credit report and leave a credit application search, otherwise known as a footprint. Although being refused credit isn't registered on these footprints, simply making several credit applications close together can worry lenders as this can be a sign of financial difficulties or even fraud. So target your applications carefully and always investigate any credit refusal before applying elsewhere.
Other types of search footprint, such as those left by identity checks or quotations, are not used by lenders to help calculate your credit score.
Lenders have different lending policies and sometimes target particular types of customers - those with high or low incomes, for instance. Lenders should be able to tell you if this is the reason they've refused your application, so ask them. It's certainly worthwhile checking any guidance the lender provides before you apply, to help avoid wasted applications.
Checking your credit report online before you apply for credit can help you spot any potential issues in advance, allowing you to take the necessary action to get them resolved.
Top tips to improve your chances of getting credit when you want it:
If you are finding it difficult to get credit, you may find it easier to apply to a lender you have an existing relationship with, such as your bank.
One of the best ways to stay in control of your finances is to check your Experian Credit Report with Experian CreditExpert*.
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The 2007 AAAS Annual Meeting in San Francisco will focus on "Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being." John P. Holdren, AAAS president, will open the Meeting with a plenary lecture at 6:30 PM on Thursday, 15 February 2006.
Dr. Holdren is Director of the Woods Hole Research Center, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and Professor of Environmental Science and Policy in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard. His work has focused on causes and consequences of global environmental change, analysis of energy technologies and policies, ways to reduce the dangers from nuclear weapons and materials, and the interaction of content and process in science and technology policy. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The multidisciplinary AAAS Annual Meeting program will feature 175 symposia; plenary and topical lectures; a poster competition; career fair; career workshops; and an exhibit hall. Seminars will offer in-depth looks at global health, robotics and virtual worlds. Specific details about the scientific program and speakers will be available in October, 2006 at the Annual Meeting's main Web site.
Embargo Notice -- Please note that specific content related to the 2007 AAAS Annual Meeting will remain strictly embargoed until the time of the scientific session or lecture, or the related news briefing, whichever comes first.
The focus of the meeting, "Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being," represents a challenge not just for developing countries (where large proportions of the population still lack the most basic ingredients of material and social well- being) but also for the industrialized ones (where many of the practices that support the levels of material well-being already achieved are not sustainable in resource and environmental terms and where widening gaps between rich and poor within countries, and fraying social safety nets, threaten sociopolitical sustainability as well).
The meeting will deal with global issues such as climate change, health, energy, environment, development, and education as well as frontiers in fundamental and applied science.


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Idaho State got a crucial win in conference play by beating Northern Colorado. The win signifies ISU's first Big Sky win in two years as the Bengals are off to their best start since 2005.
Idaho State Beats Northern Colorado for first Big Sky win in Two years
Bengals offense dominates from start to finish
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Soaring crop prices and access to unlimited insurance led U.S. farmers to convert wildlife habitat into farmland, says a new study from two environmental groups.
Farmers converted more than 23 million acres of grassland, shrub land and wetlands between 2008 and 2011 in order to plant more corn, soybeans, wheat and other crops, according to a report released Monday by Environmental Working Group and Defenders of Wildlife.
The report, which used U.S. Agriculture Department satellite data to estimate the rate of conversion, said the influx of wilderness to row crops included more than 8.4 million acres of corn, more than 5.6 million of soybeans and nearly 5.2 million to grow winter wheat. Most of the habitat was in states in the Great Plains and Upper Midwest, but some of the highest rates of habitat conversion were in drought-plagued portions of West Texas and Oklahoma.
In Iowa, Adair, Madison, Adams, Union, Clarke, Taylor, Ringgold, Decatur, Appanoose and Wayne counties saw between 30,001 and 50,000 acres converted during the four-year period.
"Policymakers are right to attend to the short-term crisis created by the current drought, but what we've lost sight of in recent years is the long term crisis," said Ken Cook, president of EWG. "A generation of conservation gains has been wiped out because costly, misguided government policies have caused tens of millions of acres of fragile land and wildlife habitat to be plowed under."
The report, titled "Plowed Under," found that 11 states had habitat losses of at least 1 million acres each over the three-year period, and a total of 147 counties lost at least 30,000 acres each. The losses were greatest in counties that received the largest amounts of crop insurance subsidies.
The groups said in writing a new farm bill Congress must fully fund conservation programs that mitigate damage from severe weather and restore wildlife habitat. Lawmakers also must not extend unlimited insurance subsides for farmers without corresponding environmental protections.


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Research Update: Italy-Based IFIL SpA 'A-' Rating Placed On CreditWatch Negative On Announced Fiat Investment Sep 05
- September 2005
- Standard & Poors
On Sept. 16, 2005, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services placed its 'A-' long-term corporate credit rating on the Italian investment holding company IFIL SpA on CreditWatch with negative implications. At the same time, Standard & Poor's affirmed its 'A-2' short-term corporate credit rating on IFIL. The CreditWatch placement follows the announcement that IFIL will spend €535 million ($640 million) in order to avoid being diluted by the upcoming capital increase at the industrial group Fiat SpA (BB-/Stable/B) and to maintain its current share (about 30%) in Fiat's capital. We are concerned that, after the announced investment, IFIL's Fiat stake will account for a significant proportion of its holdings portfolio (48%), thus increasing concentration of the portfolio and exposure of the...
Companies mentioned in this report are:
- EXOR SpA
Action: On CreditWatch:Negative
Standard and Poors RatingsXpress Credit Research provides in-depth coverage of international corporates, financial institutions, insurance companies, utilities, sovereigns and structured finance programs. RatingsXpress Credit Research lets users determine the credit rating of holdings and identify key factors underlying an issuer's creditworthiness, distinguishes the different risk exposures for new and existing deals, and provides an understanding of how their analysts interpret key regulatory, political and environmental events and their economic impact.
Product Type: Research Update
Research updates complement media releases. They offer more depth and detail than summary analyses by incorporating all information published in the media release. They are more up to date than summaries in that they are published simultaneously with media releases.
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Price for two biotechs
Porto – Two Portuguese biotech companies have won the national idea contest for bio-entrepreneurs (Concurso de Ideias Bioempreendedor 2006), organized every year by the Portuguese Association of Bioindustries (APBio) and the government agency, the Institute for the Support of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (IAPMEI)
At the end of April, Infogene, a spin-off from the Institute Pedro Nunes at Coimbra, and Gene Predit Lda, a biotech start-up located in the Biocant incubator at Catanede since its foundation last year, each received the prize money of a5,000.
Gene Predit focuses on biomarker identification and screening for pharmaceutical compounds for these new targets. For these purposes, the company relies on comparative in-silico- and in-vivo genomics.
Infogene puts its focus on genetic studies in the area of cancer. The company has developed a non invasive home-brew test for the detection of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), the most common cause of cervical cancer, and a test for detection of colorectal and uterus cancer. The alternative to the common Pap test for HP-Virus detection will be launched this September, according to the company.


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Attention students, faculty and staff: Parking procedures for Fall 2016. Click here for details.
Lesley Bogad
Dr. Lesley Bogad teaches undergraduate and graduates courses in foundations of education and research methods at Rhode Island College. As a part of the TESL programs, she teaches FNED 547: Introduction to Classroom Research to help guide practicing and aspiring teachers to become more reflective practitioners in the field. Lesley received her B.A. from Barnard College at Columbia University, and her Master's and Ph.D. in Cultural Foundations of Education at Syracuse University. Her research examines issues of social justice as they relate to schooling and public life in the US. In 2005, she served as a NECIT Fellow sponsored by the New England Center on Inclusive Teaching. In 2007, she received a Leadership Award from the Rhode Island College Unity Center recognizing her advocacy work in multicultural affairs, and her service to underrepresented groups on the RIC campus. Dr. Bogad is currently an Associate Professor of Educational Studies and Gender and Women's Studies.
Rebecca Bueno
Rebecca Bueno is an adjunct instructor in the Educational Studies Department, where she teaches English as a Second Language. She completed a Masters Degree in Education with a concentration in TESL from Rhode Island College. She began her professional career after earning a Baccalaureate degree from the University of Rhode Island with a concentration in English and Elementary Education in 2003. For over ten years, she has taught urban youth of diverse languages and cultures in Providence, RI. Rebecca is proficient in Spanish and an active member of RITELL.
Nancy Cloud
Nancy Cloud, Cooridnator of the M.Ed. in TESL Program and Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at Rhode Island College, is a specialist in ESL, bilingual and dual language education. Prior to her work in Rhode Island College she coordinated the M.S. TESL and Bilingual Education Programs at Hofstra University for ten years and federally funded projects at the Institute for Urban and Minority Education at Teachers College, Columbia University for six years. She served on the TESOL Board of Directors (2000-2003) and was on the committee that produced the first national ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students in 1997. She began her career as a middle school bilingual/ESL teacher in San Francisco. Dr. Cloud publishes regularly on topics pertaining to the appropriate assessment and instruction of English Language Learners K-12. She received her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University and is proficient in Spanish.
Janet Johnson
Janet Donnell Johnson is an assistant professor in the Educational Studies Department at Rhode Island College, where she teaches courses in literacy and English education. She earned her doctorate from Indiana University-Bloomington in 2005. While working on her degree, Janet served as the English Education Coordinator for IU, teaching courses in composition, writing methods, and practicum; serving as liaison between the English Education program and the teachers in the community; and coordinating the activities of the Indiana English Teachers Collaborative (ETC). Before that, Janet taught English for six years at an alternative high school. These experiences helped shape her pedagogical and research priorities, which include social justice in education, the literacy practices of non-mainstream students, and teacher research.
Mustafa Ozcan
Dr. Ozcan, a native of Turkey, began his professional life as an elementary school teacher and taught bilingual students for four years. He continued his education, became certified for secondary school teaching and completed his Master's degree in Social Foundations of Education at the University of Ankara, College of Educational Sciences in 1981. Dr. Ozcan worked as a high school teacher and administrator, and also as an assistant superintendent in different parts of Turkey. He came to the United States in the spring of 1988 and completed his Ph.D. degree in the Sociology of Education at the University of Iowa in 1993. Before finishing his Ph.D. began to teach courses in multicultural education at the University of Iowa and became a full time instructor at Clarke College in Iowa in 1992, where he taught for nine years. In 2001, he came to Rhode Island College. His research focuses on the impact of culture and socioeconomic status on learning and teaching. His teaching strategies reflect the social constructivist approach in education.
Since 1992, he has taught FNED 502, Social Issues in Education to students in the M.Ed. in TESL and other graduate programs. He also teaches Cultural Foundations of Education, Educational Research, Measurement and Assessment, Multicultural Education (under various titles). From 2002-2004, he ran the workshop, Service Learning Projects in K-12 Classes for Rhode Island teachers. Since 2005, he has offered a Cultural Competency workshop for teachers from Providence, Central Falls, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, and Newport school districts. His latest article, The Education We Need: Democratic, Diversified, and Experiential was published in 2006 in Issues in Teaching and Learning.
Barbara Al-Sabek
Barbara Al-Sabek teaches ESL to adults enrolled in the Intensive ESL Program on campus and also at the Genesis Center in Providence. She holds an M.Ed. in TESL from Rhode Island College which she received in 1994 as well as a B.A. in History and Political Science received in 1988. She presents regularly at Adult Education conferences on topics involving pronunciation, alphabetics & literacy instruction, error analysis, workforce readiness, health literacy and persistence among adult learners.
Amanda Sox Agudelo, program director
Amanda Sox Agudelo is an Assistant Professor with the TESL Program in the Educational Studies Department. Dr. Sox Agudelo also serves as the Coordinator for the ESL Certification Cohort III and for Bilingual and Bicultural Certification. Dr. Sox Agudelo is also a member of the Rhode Island Roadmap to Language Excellence Project. Prior to working at Rhode Island College, Dr. Sox Agudelo had 10 years public school experience as a Spanish teacher, ESL teacher, and ESL school-level curriculum specialist. She also has had experience coordinating and implementing a Kindergarten dual language program. Dr. Sox Agudelo received her PhD in Language, Reading and Culture from The University of Arizona in 2011. Her research interests include preparing PK-12 teachers to work effectively with English learners, especially in regions with new populations of or rapid growth of immigrant and EL students; the development and implementation of dual language and bilingual education programs; and development of biliteracy and bilingualism for all students.


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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:16 pm
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Hi everyone I,ve posted my birth story in birth annoucements. Had baby Nathan this morning.
:ope u are all well.xxx
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:39 pm
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Huge congratulations A81 & Charlene on the safe arrival of your little men! Hope you're both feeling well. Hope Bunny has had her baby now too!
How is everyone little bundle. We're doing well so far, he not too bad at sleeping which is nice. I'm dreading next week when my husband goes back to work
Hope everyone is well!
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:47 pm
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hi.me and my crew are doin well. finley is 18wks now.im just consideri g weaning as he was droppibg weight after exclusive bf. hes refusing the bottle but iv been tryibg a cup. anyways he had 5 spoons of baby rice today. ill give that awk the try carrot.love him to bits. how are u?
Baby Dust to all!x!
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:57 pm
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Glad this tread has started again as we have started weaning due to Emilia waking fir night feeds she hadn't done for a couple of months
Loving motherhood, we do baby massage and music and rhyme groupsas well as a b feeding group
Started on baby rice week and a half ago now tryin carrott and sweet potatop she loves
Going to miss b f when we eventually stop.
Weight is 16;8 but she's long
Love to hear how you all are
Emma xx
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:20 am
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Hi ladies,
We are also weaning now and Noah LOVES it!! He is having just one meal a day and that is either baby rice, mashed ripe banana or fruit puree. He seems to be going off his milk a little now though and i know its still vital at the moment so dont want to give im too many meals yet xx
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Oh hello it's good to see a few back on here! Glad that your lo are all doing so well! I've also started weaning W, I realised that I needed to when he started diving for whatever food I was eating and trying to eat it himself
I have to admit I found him hard work and very demanding, but is so cute and has the most beautiful smile he just makes me melt! Bless him! His eldest has been really good with his arrival and I can't wait until they can start to play together.
Although at the minute he has got chicken pox
How is everybody lo doing with sleep? He not quite there with the sleeping through, hopefully he wont be like his brother and not do it until 18 months!
Anybody thinking about ttc? We are talking about trying for number 3 very soon we must be mental!
Hope that you're all well x
Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:16 am
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Hi all
We have cut breast feeding in the day now, only first and last thing. Back at work end of June.
Emilia eating well, combination of lumpy/ purée spoon fed and finger food sandwiches.
She is nearly sitting up alone and rolling over lots!
Not thinking of number 2 until she's at least 2 yr old due to how ttc took over our lives and cost.
Hope you and babies all doing well dnot know where time has gone!


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Physcial Science Courses
PHYSICAL SCIENCE G100 - 4 Units
Introductory Physical Science
This course provides an introductory level coverage of the physical sciences, including physics, chemistry, geology, the atmosphere and astronomy. Emphasis is placed on applications of the laws of physical science. A background in the physical sciences is developed starting with physics and chemistry, followed by the application of these fields to the study of geology and meteorology, and finally, to the solar system and universe. Appropriate laboratory activities and mathematical calculations will reinforce the physical, chemical and geological concepts. UC credit limitations: No credit if taken after a college level course in Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology or Physics. Lecture & lab. Letter grade only. Transferable to CSU; UC.


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Character Role Analysis
Claudius kills Hamlet's father and then makes repeated efforts to murder Hamlet himself. He's also helped himself to Old Hamlet's wife and crown, which was supposed to go to young Hamlet. (The crown, not the wife. It's not that kind of tragedy—or is it?)
In either case, it's pretty clear that Ol' Claud is our antagonist.
Well, obviously. Hamlet is seriously his own worst enemy. All that thinking, feeling, and brooding about his father's murder and his mom's sex life gets in the way of Hamlet's quest for revenge. In fact, Hamlet admits it: he says "Hamlet is of the faction that is wrong'd;/ His madness is poor Hamlet's enemy" (5.2.252-253). Sure, the madness is alleged—but he still seems to think he's at war with himself.


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RemBrand developers, the Town of Schijndel and MVRDV have completed the Glass Farm, a multifunctional building in the market square of the small Dutch town. The building with a total surface area of 1600m2 contains shops, restaurants, offices and a wellness centre. The exterior is printed glass with a collage of typical local farms; a monument to the past but 1,6 times larger than life. This concept can be seen as a contemporary response to retro-architecture whilst respecting the public's wish for vernacular authenticity. In 1944 the small Brabant town of Schijndel which is the birthplace of Winy Maas suffered from WWII Operation Market Garden damages resulting in an oversized market square. In 1980 the then 20 year old Winy Maas urged the mayor to fill in the gap, 23 years after this first initiative the building has been completed.
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images © Image Persbureau van Eijndhoven – courtesy of MVRDV


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I have fiber connection, a fast VPS and the slowest FTP client.
Time for a change.
Which FTP Client Folks ???
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I have fiber connection, a fast VPS and the slowest FTP client.
Time for a change.
Which FTP Client Folks ???
I've used SmartFTP and FileZilla. FileZilla is free.
If you're transferring large files you can realize the transfer speed but if you are transferring lost of small files you won't because FTP makes and breaks connections for each individual file transfer.
1,000mb in 2500 files will take a *lot* longer to transfer than 1,000mb in 2 files even if you and your server were connected together via a gigabit link :)
I use FileZilla and love it. It is free and updates frequently. I highly recommend it.
Your right, I downloaded the update for WHMCS and it was averaging 40kbs. Big files download around 1000mbs.
By the way I use both WinSCP and Coffeecup FTP clients. Coffeecup won't do SFTP even though it says it will and WinSCP requires me to drag and drop from my Windows Explorer.
I would really like to have one program that will do SFTP, FTP and Edit Files so I don't have to keep changing programs.
Our office uses CuteFTP, highly recommended, not free though.
FileZilla will work just fine for you.
didn't we just have a thread just like this? everyone said filezilla for windows, gnome-ftp for linux and some other thing for macosx.
don't forget if you're using encryption, and you should be, it will leave quite an overhead - plain ftp is one of the fastest of all transfer protocols, adding ssl/ssh will slow it down, also try turning on compression, or tar'ing up lots of small files into one big one, which will also be faster to write to your local disk.
I recommend FileZilla, as you can use several connection to the same server, if you have 1000+ files to upload it will speed up process.
I use www.coreftp.com its free and fast and does ftp,scp,sftp and much more.
I am a big fan of Filezilla. I have used numerous FTP clients in the past and it out performs them all.
another vote for filezilla - I've used cuteftp before but it never stuck with me.
I also used to use another one...forgot the name - also started with a 'C' - it was really good and it was installed on my old old computer.
Highly recommend FlashFXP, not free but one of the best FTP/FXP client out there if you are looking for free FileZilla but really hate it! :)
its the best
Anytime I need to upload files I always zip or rar them up and uncompress them in the websites control panel. Its a faster upload that way. 1 connection only.
But I have been using filezilla a little bit and flashfxp. They both seem really good to have.
WinSCP as it not only does FTP but SFTP, FTPS and SCP. One client to rule them all :)
FileZilla is the bomb! You won't find a better FTP client. :)
Been using FlashFXP for 8 years now... I've tried Filezilla, CuteFTP, CoreFTP, etc and always go back to my FlashFXP...
CuteFTP Pro. Always have, always will. I think it's the tie. The tie keeps me coming back!
FireFTP integrates with Firefox and supports SFTP (ssh) port 22.
Yea Flashfxp is great but it cost.
Filezilla hands down


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© Robbie Federer
Estoril Open
03.05.2010 | Tennis
Roger is back in action at the ATP 250 Series tournament in Estoril this week. After a first round bye he will either meet Germany's Björn Phau (ATP 138) or a qualifyer. Roger has been defeated by Phau in the past - dating back to 1999 when Roger was 18 years old, though (in the first round in Washington).
Roger could meet Juan Ignacio Chela (ATP 54) in the quarter finals. Roger defeated the Argentinian in all of their four previous matches, the last time being four years back in Rome on clay. A semi-final against Albert Montañes (ATP 34) is possible after that: Roger has never lost in their three encounters so far.
Good Luck Roger! And save some of the energy for the French Open, I'm looking forward to some good matches.
Roger - supportive wishes aren't going to do it Roger - a little more concentration on the game is essential! Your likely opponents in Paris certainly aren't going to be overly concerned at your level since the Australian Open. Having said that, we are ce
hope you WIN this time to boost your confidence in RG!!YOU can DO it!!
GOD BLESS YOU FOR EVER mohie
GOD BLESS YOU FOR EVER mohie
good luck roger!!!!!!!!!
Roger¡¡ I am going to see you to the Estoril Open with my boyfriend¡¡ Please he needs a picture with you, he loves you¡¡ Help me, only a picture you and he¡¡¡
You are the best¡¡
You are the best¡¡
Good luck in the tournament Rog!!!
congrats roger u can do do it
I also forgot .... don't take all the 'beginners' for granted. Everyone is getting good now even in round 2, 3, 4. They are all copying you, your style of play and studying your tapes, so, ... no one for granted. Be strong, concentrate and be patient.
I forgot to mention that I am also very happy that you won your first match. also happy for you.
Want you to win so, so badly... please God... and thank you.
marie in mtl
Want you to win so, so badly... please God... and thank you.
marie in mtl


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School of Rock
In the 30+ years that I've been playing music professionally, I've been lucky to have many incredible experiences performing all around the world. There are lots of variables that go into creating a great show: the venue, the crowd, the sound, and of course, the rapport with other musicians. It's a rare occasion when everything comes together, but when those magical moments happen it's powerful for everyone fortunate enough to be in the band or in the audience.
Recently, in New York City, I played a concert that immediately found a spot high on the list of my all-time favorite gigs. The sold-out show was at a great theater (Symphony Space) on Broadway and my backing band was a group of phenomenal children. The kids who played with me are the stars of the hit Broadway musical "School of Rock."
In many ways, working with Brandon, Evie, Dante and Ethan was similar to rehearsing and performing with grown-up pros. I sent them mp3's and chord charts of the songs before we met, and they showed up prepared having done their homework. We had one short rehearsal and then played the show. Read the rest of this entry »


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weighted blankets
I am wondering if anyone has any personal experience with the use of weighted blankets in infants?
I have joked since my son was born that he would probably sleep great with one and now at 5months old I have decided I am going to make one and see if it helps him sleep at night. He is constantly in motion and the more mobile he gets the worse his sleep is getting. He wakes himself up with every little twitch. He has been in bed for 90min and I have already put him back to sleep twice.
How are weighted blankets made? I never heard of them before. A quick search indicates they're used with autistic children and children and adults who have sensory processing problems. I find this very interesting because I prefer heavy covers on my bed, I sleep better and if I don't have heavy blankets on my legs they often hurt. Anyhow, I don't really know anything about them.
ETA: Has he ever slept well? I think my GS was about 5 before my daughter got anywhere near a full night's sleep and he has Asperger's. I hope you aren't dealing with something like that.
Sounds normal to me. I've never heard of weighted blankets and I'd be afraid they'd wiggle under it. Honestly it doesn't seem like a good idea to me. :shrug:
Reading again, I saw that he's 5 mos. Somehow I thought before it said 5 yrs. Yeah, Jan's right, that's not so unusual.
your are correct, weighted blankets are used to increase prioceptive feedback in people with sensory processing disorders. My son used to sleep great when I could swaddle him or side-lay him in a wedge. Now that he is so mobile he wakes 3-4times night and on his own in the crib will only nap 30-45min. If I keep him in an Ergo carrier or within arms length of me, with my hand on him, he sleeps for hours. A weighted sleep blanket should never exceed 10% of body weight so his would only be btwn 1.5-2lbs. The weight would be spread over a 12" x 16" square. My thought was to figure a way to attach it to his sleepsac so that he cannot wiggle under it, yet still be comfy if he is on his back or rolls to his side.
Interesting! I didn't know this.
I wouldn't use a weighted blanket for a baby so young since it might smother him. In fact, I used to put my son to bed in a bunting made in fleece, and used no blanket at all. He only started to sleep several hours together when he was about 5 months old. The fact that he later was diagnosed with autism is purely coincidental. When my younger son, who is typically developing, was a baby, I couldn't check on him because he would wake right up when I opened the door. These are the joys of motherhood.
I've never heard of a weighted blanket either; however, I know someone who needs one . . . . . my husband. That man wiggles and tosses and turns and throws covers around more than anyone else I know. He's so bad that I've threatened to install snaps on the mattress and blankets and just snap him in!
What are sensory processing disorders? Okay, off to look it up.
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Randy Park wrote:
> This is a second attempt to post this question. My news server sometimes
> fails to post messages and I've waited 4 hours for it to appears. My apologies
> if it shows up twice.
> I've been called in to help with a port to Itanium on some software that I was
> the prime developer for many many years. I haven't touched a VMS system in
> 4 years, plus I only worked part time on VMS for the previous 6 years. So here
> goes.
> The application is a commerical tool sold into the VMS marketplace. It supports
> many databases (Rdb, Oracle, etc.) plus RMS. All at the same time. But not all
> customers have all databases, let alone even one database. In order to make
> one set of images work for all customers we would go through the following
> generalized build procedure:
> 1. Compile all source code
> 2. Link executable images with all databases up and running.
> 3. Shut down database A.
> 4. Link again, and note all unresolved symbols.
> 5. Create shareable image(s) with stub routines containing entry points from step 4.
> 6. Redefine logicals relevant to database A to point to shareable image from stop 5
> 7. Run and test software with database A missing
> 8. Repeat steps 3 through 7 for every database system.
> 9. At this point we now have an executable that can run with or without various
> databases being present.
> Notes:
> 1. All databases used shareable images.
> 2. During startup time, DCL procedures would look to see which databases were
> present and define logicals to point to stub images for missing databases.
> This general build process would work for almost all databases on Vax and Alpha.
> There were some strange things regarding CDD that I don't recall right now.
> The developers involved in the port are telling me that this general process no longer
> works on Itanium. They're getting some kind of "ELF" error message. (I'm trying to
> get the exact error message from them.)
> Any idea if this general approach should still work, or do we need to look at a
> different method?
Step 5 is problematic on a VMS system any version, if you are intending
the same binary image to work with either your stub or with the real
shared image from the database vendor.
For this, not only must you have all the symbols that are in the shared
image in the stub, you must also have them in the same place in the
symbol vector. And with out cooperation from the database vendor, it is
hard to get sufficient information to get it right.
You will also run into problems where a vendor obsoletes a routine, and
puts the replacement into a different location in the transfer vector.
Otherwise, you have to link your application at the customer site, and
if they ever add a database, you must relink your application to it.
And if you are doing that, there is no need for your stubs to be shared
My guess is that in the past someone worked out the minimum transfer
vectors for VAX and ALPHA images in right order on VAX and ALPHA, and
with Itanium as either the ELF format is too different, or one or more
of the database vendors has reorganized how the symbol vector is set up.
The hack you were using was high risk and high maintenance before, and
Itanium has exposed it.
A recommendation:
Find out if the shared images for each database that you are currently
linking against can be loaded through LIB$FIND_IMAGE_SYMBOL of dlsym()
depending on the language used. If so, stop linking against them, and
dynamically load them as needed.
[Take a look at how Python on VMS supports various databases]
If they do not support direct dynamic loading, then it may be possible
to put wrappers around them that you can dynamically load.
This way you do not have to provide stub routines, and you do not have
to go through such a complex build procedure.
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ALEX BRUMMER: Troubled Euroland stumbles again towards economic precipice
The eurozone's stumble towards an economic precipice is not surprising. The recovery across the region has largely been in the peripheral nations in the 18-country currency union and they alone are far too small to fuel an expansion.
Any sustainable upturn has to come from the three bedrock economies of Germany, France and Italy, all of which face considerable problems.
Germany, the powerhouse of the region, represents 27.2 per cent of total output and has tipped into negative territory with the geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
ECB chief: Mario Draghi promised in 2012 to do what was necessary to save the euro, but he is largely unable to act, writes Alex Brummer
Business confidence has plummeted for eight months in a row amid fears of a tit-for-tat trade war between the West and Moscow.
In France the belief by Francois Hollande's government that it could tax its way out of budget deficit problems proved hopelessly wrong. Enterprise has been stifled and the heavy hand of the state reaches into every sector of the economy from car production to energy.
Despite a robust manufacturing sector, Italy has stagnated, showing no signs of recovery from the Great Recession or the euro crisis of 2010.
The difficulty is that Brussels – and, to a lesser extent, the European Central Bank – has never fully recognised the scale of the crisis that hit the global economy in 2008-10.
Mario Draghi at the ECB promised in 2012 to do what was necessary to save the euro, but he is largely unable to act because of the belligerence of the German Constitutional Court.
It still sits on proposals for long-term refinancing operations (LTRO), the equivalent of the quantitative easing, or printing of money, that has helped the United States and Britain expand and sharply reduce unemployment.
Equally damaging has been the failure of the eurozone to mend its banking system. The two sets of stress tests carried out by the European Banking Authority turned out to be farcical and the task of policing the significant banks has been passed over to the European Central Bank.
German policymakers, including senior members of the Bundesbank, argue that the ECB should have no role in banking regulation and focus on the fight against inflation. Meanwhile, a crisis at Portuguese bank Espirito Santo has sent shock waves across the Continent and caused serious damage to Credit Agricole in France.
One of the lessons of the financial crisis was how important it was to fix the banking system quickly since it provides the lubricant to a recovering economy.
America was off the blocks very quickly and the UK banks gradually have returned to business as usual, funding consumers and businesses. Repairing Europe's banking system, still loaded down with over-valued sovereign bonds of the ClubMed, has barely begun.
The sharp fluctuations in the pound since the crisis may look to be destabilising. Sterling first fell 25 per cent and has since recovered by 14 per cent over the past year.
The flexibility offered by having control over our own currency has served the UK well and helped us to avoid the severe internal adjustment – such as cutting real wages by up to 50 per cent – seen in some peripheral economies.
If Europe remains in the eurozone straitjacket it at the very least will need to give the ECB the same freedoms as the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England to take emergency measures in times of crisis without having to report bank to political masters.
Smart thinking
Of all Britain's big grocers Asda is the one which has dealt most smartly with the discounters.
It recognised early on the challenge from Aldi and Lidl as well as newcomers in the fast-moving consumer goods market Poundland and B&M and acted appropriately. Asda eschewed the gimmicks of the Hudl, the vouchers, coupons and other marketing devices and concentrated on price, recognising that UK food margins – typically more generous than in other markets – would have to be savaged.
The firm delivered £1billion in price cuts and is now ruthlessly engaged in a television advertising campaign that targets Tesco and mocks its milk-led discount.
As a result Asda has managed a 0.5 per cent rise in same store sales in the latest quarter.
What helps is having a rich godfather in the shape of Wal-Mart. But some local street smarts were also necessary.
Bad call
During a weekend stay with friends in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains in 1985, one suggested I invest in a few shares in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, which were then trading at $2,070 each.
At the time, the idea of shelling out so much on a single share seemed like madness. In latest trading the same shares soared above $200,000 each for the first time.
How wrong you can be.
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One that is of a slutty nature and one that has cheated on every single one of her boyfriends. This person often has bad breath and a lack of friends.
ayon kay SpeakTheTruth91392832 ika-22 ng Nobyembre, 2010
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Can you define these popular missing words?
A fat scouser in a leather suit who's only purpose is to be ass fucked.
ayon kay Anonymous ika-24 ng Setyembre, 2003
The area around the ankle that fast bowlers aim for in Cricket. Normally as a means for malicious injury.
Ouch. That was a nasty weeksy you copped there mate.
ayon kay Brett Lee ika-13 ng Agosto, 2003
Geeky Homeboy who packs bling and is a major toght arese with the $. The anithesis of ladies man.
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Bloke who fancies philipa and has a defined a perfect girl as "one with tits, blonde hair and who doesn't care about how I'm feeling".
Aka a servant of jonny tutcher
Aka a servant of jonny tutcher
Man he's such a weeksy
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Phish last played Keswick Theatre on 1992-11-25, which was 1095 show(s) ago.
0.06% of Phish performances took place there.
View setlists from Keswick Theatre
Keswick Theatre appears in our data on the following 1 date(s):
1992 one show(s)· 1992-11-25 (Phish, Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA)
You can view Phish stats for Keswick Theatre.


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2. Combat Service Support Operational Capabilities Requirements
CSS01: Logistics Command, Control, Communication, and Automation (C3A). Logistics C3A is required for effective command and control of logistics operations supporting force projection. This includes application of technology to support CONUS-based management of theater logistics operations, and must accommodate the linking of communications and automation technologies to provide total integrated CSS/CS/CBT situational awareness. There is a requirement for integration of (or seamless access to) existing logistics Standard Army Management Information Systems (STAMISs) into an Integrated CSS STAMIS (ICS3). To ensure interface between the strategic, operational, and tactical areas of operation CSS units require low cost seamless, global, wireless, high data communication links. There is also a requirement for identification and development of joint interactive decision aid systems to enhance strategic, operational, and tactical logistics operations. These simulations should have the dual capability of being an effective training tool during normal unit training, and large-scale training exercises, and while also providing logistics interfaces into Louisiana Maneuvers (LAM) and into Distributed Interactive Simulations (DIS). They also need low cost seamless, high data rate, reliable communication links and the capability to interact with constructive and virtual simulations. Logistics C3A includes the use of automatic identification technology (AIT) for source data automation of supplies, maintenance, personnel (friendly, enemy prisoners of war), and equipment. Due to the large amounts of information which could overwhelm the soldier, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are required to assist soldiers in organizing and displaying key information, and to act as a primary input interface between the soldier and the logistics C3A systems. Advanced technologies are sought to provide the capabilities to model logistical operations and concepts and provide tools (such as simulation engines) that will allow verification of the impact of new technologies or concepts on logistical operations. Also, CSS units need a capability to rapidly (within minutes) retrieve (from remotely located national and multi-national sources), store, distribute (electronically or physically), and print color digitized maps on varying sizes of paper-based products. This is needed for individual and organizational use in a field environment to support operations with host nation/coalition forces and to support logistics movement in undeveloped theaters of operations.
CSS02: In-Transit/Total Asset Visibility/Distribution Management. Total distribution management requires total asset visibility with in-transit visibility as a critical component of all classes of supply, unit equipment, units, and movement platforms. Improvements are needed to track and control customer and supply location and delivery points. CSS units need the ability to seamlessly incorporate AIT (e.g., active and/or passive tagging systems, microelectronics devices, radio frequency (RF) wireless tags, bar codes, etc.) with read/write capability into the distribution system. They must also have the ability to fix location of items moving through the system on a real-time or near real-time basis.
CSS03: Containerization and Packaging. Improvements are needed in the technology used to optimize load configurations in CONUS, rapidly plan ship loading and stowage, identify and develop intermodal and multimodal platform concepts, and increase efficiency of material handling equipment (MHE) that is positioned to handle containers. There is a requirement for "smart" packaging that is recoverable, recyclable, lightweight, with little or no dunnage, and capable of being decontaminated and monitored for integrity and environmental parameters (e.g., susceptibility to temperature, moisture, etc).
CSS04: Operations Other Than War (OOTW). There is a need to incorporate technologies which will permit CSS units to operate in wartime like they operate in peacetime. This includes the use of low cost airdrop, food, clothing, housing, and medical technologies for humanitarian relief and contingency operations.
CSS05: Medical Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I). A requirement exists to provide a seamless state-of-the-art system of combat health support command and control across the operational continuum, supporting joint and combined forces and OOTW. This system must support split-base operations on a continual operational basis and must be strategically deployable. Appropriate combat health support staff representation must be available at all Army command levels. C4I must provide for and manage horizontal technology insertion into all organizational designs, including advanced medical diagnostic communications for combat casualty care.
CSS06: Preventive Medicine. The preventive medicine system must improve soldier sustainability through prevention of endemic disease or injury from environmental, occupational, and biological or chemical warfare agent hazards. The preventive medicine system must be modular in design to provide a comprehensive support package adaptable to a full continuum of operations. It must conduct disease surveillance from the forward line of own troops (FLOT) to the continental United States using state-of-the-art automation and communication systems to produce a real-time, tactically significant disease profile. Preventive medicine must be capable of providing versatile, mobile, and enhanced disease vector control support to reduce vector-borne diseases in a theater of operations. It must possess the ability to provide rapid and comprehensive environmental monitoring to assess acute and chronic health risks encountered during military operations.
CSS07: Treatment of Battlefield Wounds, Injuries, and Disease. The medical treatment functional area includes those measures necessary to recover casualties, resuscitate, stabilize, and maintain stabilization during evacuation to the appropriate level of care. It incorporates the basic principles of preventive medicine, the treatment of acute trauma to include maxillofacial injuries, and the treatment of minor injuries and illnesses to include dental emergencies and diseases, and combat stress. Rapid casualty location and acquisition combined with prompt, effective resuscitation, and early surgical management will provide focus on reducing morbidity and mortality. Improved methods of physiologic resuscitation, improved diagnostic and treatment capabilities at unit-level and area-level treatment facilities, and enhanced enroute patient care during evacuation will reduce lost duty time for minor illnesses/infectious diseases or improve survival for the severely wounded or critically ill. There is a need to evaluate the impact of ocular laser exposure and strategies to minimize the performance degradation from such injuries as well as devices designed to protect against laser effects on the eyes. Integration of medical communications for combat casualty care and automated medical records are key to seamless medical care and will aid in the reduction of mortality and morbidity.
CSS08: Far-forward Surgical Support. The requirement to project surgery forward increases as a result of the extended battlefield. Highly mobile forward surgical teams are required to perform urgent resuscitative surgery for casualties who require surgical stabilization prior to further evacuation. Forward surgical teams require improved shelter systems that allow for strategic deployability, quick set-up, and a rapid-response surgical capability under environmentally controlled conditions. Forward surgical teams require future technology insertion, including medical communications for combat casualty care and reliable communications.
CSS09: Battlefield Hospitalization. Hospital care must be provided to all classes of patients across the operational continuum, including the unique medical aspects of OOTW. Inpatient medical and surgical services and outpatient clinic and consultant services on an area support basis are required. The deployment of functional hospital increments will support the requirements for task organization, incremental deployment, and split-base operations. Wired and wireless internal and external communications and information management systems are required to support the transmission of voice data and digital images between a11 echelons of care, including fixed medical treatment facilities within the continental United States. Continued development is required to reduce the weight, cube, and logistic requirements of Tables of Organization and Equipment (TOE) hospitals.
CSS10: Patient Evacuation. The Army Medical Department (AMEDD) must be able to provide a "seamless" medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) system throughout the operational spectrum, including the evolving missions of OOTW, combat search and rescue, and shore-to-ship MEDEVAC. Ground and air evacuation platforms must have the capability to provide continuous MEDEVAC support in all environmental conditions. Ground and air evacuation platforms must be able to communicate with supported and supporting units as well as with the medical infrastructure. They must also possess the ability to maintain situational awareness on the future, digitized battlefield. Medical evacuation organizations must be modular in design. Medical evacuation units must also provide state-of-the-art medical care compatible with the medical structure on the battlefield, and additionally must provide aviation medicine support to attached units. Ground and air evacuation platforms require increased patient transport capacity and enhanced enroute monitoring and treatment capability through integration of advanced medical diagnostic communications for combat casualty care.
CSS11: Combat Health Logistics System (CHLS) and Blood Management. The CHLS must be modular in design to provide the necessary flexibility, mobility, and increased capabilities required to support a force projection Army. The system must be anticipatory and project its support in multiple locations through split-base operations. Division-level Class VIII support includes receipt, storage, processing, disposal, and distribution of medical materiel; unit-level medical maintenance; receipt of type O red blood cells; and single optical fabrication and repair. Corps and echelons above corps support includes receipt, storage, processing, contracting, disposal, and distribution of medical materiel, unit and direct support/general support level medical maintenance; blood distribution and the limited capability to collect blood; single and multi-vision optical fabrication and repair; medical gas production and distribution; and the building of medical assemblages/resupply packages. The CHLS must centrally manage critical class VIII items, patient movement equipment, blood products, medical maintenance, and Class VIII contracting. It must be capable of coordinating logistics and transportation support with non-medical logistics organizations for all medical logistics activities within an area of operations. It must be able to support reception operations for prepositioned afloat medical materiel at ports of debarkation. The CHLS must employ state-of-the-art standardized medical logistics information management and communication systems to facilitate total asset and in-transit visibility, automated transmission of optical fabrication requests, management of blood and blood products, management of medical equipment readiness, and management of captured enemy medical materiel and equipment. These systems must be compatible with and connected to all services to accomplish the single integrated medical logistics management mission of the AMEDD.
CSS12: Medical Laboratory Support. Medical laboratory capabilities must be modular in design and retain the adaptability and flexibility to support split-base operations, OOTW, and force projection. Combat health support within the division requires limited laboratory capabilities including analytical procedures and blood products in support of disease diagnosis, patient monitoring, and surgical resuscitation. At corps and echelons above corps, laboratory support must provide appropriate capabilities to prevent or minimize the effects of endemic disease (including sexually transmitted diseases), hemorrhage and injury, and the medical effects of weapons systems. The Area Medical Laboratory is an independent laboratory that provides the capability to identify and evaluate health hazards in the area of operations through the use of unique medical laboratory analyses and rapid assessments of endemic disease, environmental and occupational health threats, and biological/chemical warfare agents. The Area Medical Laboratorys analytical, investigative, and consultative capabilities must provide responsive medical assessment and field confirmation of medical threats, infectious agents, and other hazardous substances. The medical laboratory support system must exploit state-of-the-art science and technology to provide a tailored package of analytical capabilities in a multi-disciplined array of services and professional consultation to sustain the health of the command.
CSS13: Provision of Combat Health Support in a Biological/ Chemical Environment. The combat health support system must be capable of operating in biologically and chemically contaminated environments. The biological/chemical environment markedly inhibits combat health support operations, seriously degrading the ability to triage, diagnose, and treat casualties while in protective equipment. Contamination renders medical equipment and supplies unusable. Collective protection shelters are not available to provide patient protection and treatment. Decontamination of patients by present methods is labor intensive, slow, and tedious and may aggravate injuries.
CSS14: Combat Stress Control. Combat stress control operational capabilities require far-forward prevention and intervention for combat stress over the continuum of operations. Prevention of stress induced error, disability, and misconduct during and after war and OOTW requires ongoing command consultation, company-level stress monitoring and unit debriefings, and immediate far-forward intervention and treatment for stress cases. Corps combat stress control assets and teams organic to divisions/brigades require tactical mobility, telecommunications, and advanced biofeedback capability. Effective combat stress control requires that Army stress control activities be conducted routinely with supported units in training and in garrison, including assistance to unit family support groups.
CSS15: Dental. Dental units must have the ability to provide emergency, preventive general, and specialty dental care across the entire range of military operations to include OOTW, joint, and combined operations. They will achieve the highest possible level of soldier dental fitness for America's Army. Dental units must be modular in design for task organization, strategic deployability, tactical mobility, and the ability to be deployed in functional emulative increments (FEI). Far Forward Dental Treatment requires that dental modules are 100 percent mobile, have the capability to provide emergency and preventive dental care, and ensure the immediate return of the soldier to duty with no evacuation of dental emergencies to the rear. Dental assets will amplify and augment medical care during combat and mass casualty situations. Dental Corps officers will provide command and control, technical supervision, and planning and training guidance to a11 dental units. Dental units require reliable communications and the capability for Medical Communication for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) throughout the theater of operations. They require a continuous/ seamless, digitized patient health record.
CSS16: Veterinary. The Army Veterinary Corps is the Department of Defense (DoD) executive agent for all theater-level veterinary services and support. Comprehensive veterinary medical and surgical programs are required to maintain the health of Government animals. Training of animal handlers and assessment, prevention, and control of militarily significant animal disease (zoonotic) threats are necessary for a thorough veterinary preventive medicine program. The treatment of Government animals for biological and chemical injuries requires comprehensive monitoring and diagnosis. Veterinary inspections are required in the following areas: subsistence at point of origin; DoD operational rations; commercial food, water, and ice establishments; and surveillance of biologically/chemically contaminated subsistence.
CSS17: Logistics Mobility. Mobility enhancements are required to address the strategic, operational, and tactical implications of the CONUS-based Force Projection Army. This involves prepositioning of materiel and supplies in or near critical regions, unit stationing, infrastructure to support mobilization and rapid joint deployment, and the movement of equipment and supplies through ports of debarkation. There is also a need for highly mobile resupply including actual weapon system rearm, improved airdrop capabilities (i.e., higher capacity, more accurate, greater efficiency, and improved survivability), domestic policy, and other modifications to better support highly mobile offensive operations (to include enemy prisoner of war evacuation). This includes use of lightweight materials, robotic and high mobility MHE, and enhancement of the forward area container handling system. Also requires day/night all weather capability for the tactical wheeled vehicle (TWV) fleet to allow support vehicles to keep pace with supported combat vehicles. There is also a requirement to have the availability of a Super Short Take-Off and Landing (SSTOL) cargo aircraft capability to deliver 30 tons onto an unimproved runway 350-750 long.
CSS18: System Sustainment. There is a need to improve CSS systems to better sustain Army, Joint, and Coalition current and Force XXI systems on the battlefield. This includes the need to provide continuous support during all movements in and outside of a well developed, mature theater and to provide immediate essential support and services to combat, combat support, and other CSS units under a variety of circumstances and conditions. All CSS systems/equipment are required to be compatible with Force XXI digitization objectives to include controls, gauges, sensors, automated logistics data reporting, etc. There is a need for all CSS maintenance systems to be highly mobile and modernized to provide anticipatory capabilities for forward repair, emergency service, and recovery support to all wheel/track systems. There is a requirement to enhance the capability of soldiers and equipment to accomplish their mission; to improve the quality of hand and power tools; and to improve maintenance enclosures/shelters. CSS diagnostics and prognostics must be modernized to support Force XXI system needs. Test, measurement, and diagnostic automatic test equipment (TMDE) capabilities for electronic and mechanical systems are required as well as enhancement of BIT/BITE capabilities and artificial intelligence technology to enhance prognostic capabilities, and to predict maintenance, fuel, and ammunition requirements and automatically feed information to the centralized CSS managers and automated systems. Improved TMDE must reduce No Evidence of Failure (NEOF), resulting in time and monetary savings for ground and aviation units, and must have connectivity with fielded or projected automation systems. Improved BDAR kits are required to execute emergency repairs in training and combat situations. BDAR kit development is required in the areas of composite structures and fiber optics.
CSS19: Power Sources and Accessories. There is a requirement for lighter, smaller, all temperature, longer lasting, more energetic, and maintenance free power sources for communications/electronics equipment, all vehicles, air and water craft, individual soldier systems, and medical equipment. Power sources include but are not limited to batteries (primary, rechargeable, reserve, thermal, solar, or any new concepts), capacitors, fly wheels, or similar purpose technologies, and stand alone power sources such as fuel cells, generators, or photovoltaics. Also needed are easy-to-use tools and test equipment to include but not be limited to a universal all chemistry, smart/interactive, small, lightweight, portable battery charger, state of charge indicators (internal or external to the battery or the system), and load/no load testers. It is also required that supported systems or equipment have power reduction circuitry and facilitate the use of power management techniques and practices to allow longer intervals between power source replacement. All power sources must, to the maximum extent possible, be environmentally friendly.
CSS20: Field Services. Requirements exist for enhanced procedures and equipment to improve water treatment (including black and gray waste waters), storage, distribution, and water quality monitoring for chemical, biological, and radiological warfare agents in water provided to the individual soldier. Improvements of CSS capabilities are needed in the areas of airdrop, to include "just in time" air drop resupply capabilities; ration support (availability of hot, nutritious, performance enhancing meals); and the ability to rapidly, safely, and efficiently prepare meals. There is a need for small group coolers/ice-makers. There is a need for rapid erect/strike tents and shelters, lightweight reusable rigid tent floors, flexible multi-use field furniture, improved tentage heating equipment, and efficient and environmentally safe laundry and bath operations. Clothing and individual equipment, textile repair and renovation, equipment and personnel decontamination, lightweight field latrines (including self-service capabilities) incinerators/trash compactors, and human waste disposal are all in need of improvement. Improvements in quality of life for the individual soldier in austere field conditions for extended periods is needed. There is a requirement to provide responsive, flexible support to soldiers during any environmental or tactical situation. To support Force XXI, improvements are needed to enhance tactical fuel distribution equipment and rapid tactical refuel capabilities. There is also a requirement to improve petroleum quality analysis, and enhance quality of fuels and lubricants to improve performance of mechanical systems, and to develop single fuel systems.
CSS21: Logistics Survivability. There is a need to develop technologies to improve the survivability of critical materiel (munitions, fuels, and various other low density/high cost materiel) during all operations. Solutions are required to protect vital logistics nodes (ports, airheads, and storage areas) from mass destruction due to accidents or enemy attack. When applied, these technologies must provide efficient, multi-modal movement and handling survivability, storage and staging survivability (the capability to rapidly regenerate storage areas following an attack), and use of simulations and modeling to plan and train for logistics survivability. Movement and handling survivability capabilities must be developed to increase the velocity, flow control, and effectiveness of materiel distribution; prevent or minimize explosive reactions; enhance the use of CONUS pre-configured loads; improve logistics-over-the-shore (LOTS) operations; optimize shipload configurations for rapid off-loading and rapid movement of materiel away from vulnerable ports and airheads; and to provide responsive emergency resupply to forward forces. Storage and staging survivability capabilities must be developed to provide soldiers with computer software to better design survivable early entry storage areas; reduce enemy detection and identification of critical supplies; prevent mass detonation and explosive propagation of munitions stacks and fuel storage areas; and rapidly cleanup unexploded/unburned ordnance/ fuel and regenerate damaged storage areas.
CSS22: Personnel Service Support (PSS). PSS functions (Personnel, Finance, Chaplain, JAG, and Public Affairs) must be performed at the highest possible level, and must minimize the footprint by projecting functions of modular units, trained and equipped to perform split-based operations, in a Joint/ Combined War or OOTW environment. There is a need to integrate PSS and experimental Army Battlefield Systems to redesign functions, use personnel and medical source data information for casualty, readiness, replacement, information management, personnel accounting functions, and Army Battlefield command and communications systems in an integrated Force XXI Army. Requirements exist for a system that provides near real time tracking of personnel from unit level (division, battalion, company, etc.) to individuals across the battlefield presented on a digitized map. A system such as the Enhanced Position Location Reporting System (EPLRS) might be used for a wireless personnel management information system (MIS) with a knowledge-base (Artificial Intelligence) user friendly, easily accessible to other MIS, menu and voice driven real-time information capability. The system must have the capability to immediately examine data and provide cursory analysis to the G1, Personnel Group, Battalion, and Detachment Commanders. There is a need for a casualty tracking system that can immediately identify a casualty as it occurs, inform the joint chain of command, and alert medical support personnel (i.e., small unintrusive device attached to a soldier that sends bio-signals to a central information collection point). Requirements also exist for an automated mail tracking system that provides in-transit visibility and direct delivery from sender to receiver regardless of the number of location changes of the receiver; for a portable automated office/staff management system providing desktop computer applications VTC, FAX, E-mail, Internet access, satellite link, and print capability for G1s, Personnel and Finance Group, and Detachment Commanders. There is a need for a deployable Defense Finance Battlefield System (DFBS) that can provide access to the full range of functional Finance and Accounting systems (across all services) to include military and civilian personnel pay, travel, disbursing, commercial accounts/vendor services, Host Nation/Coalition Support, Imprest Funds, and Enemy Prisoner of War Payment Information System. The system must also provide accounting with dedicated support in-theater communication networks, such as Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE), Streamlined Automated Logistics Transmission System (SALTS), International Maritime Satellite (INMARSAT) Defense Data Network (DDN), Tri-Service Tactical Communication System (TRI-TAC), or the independent Tactical Satellite (TACSAT). The system must interface with current and projected joint systems.
CSS23: Logistics Force Design. Force structure changes are necessary to support force projection. Force design changes may be the result of modifications to other operational capabilities or structure changes established in their own right. An example of the latter is establishing modular structured Active and Reserve component (AC/RC) CSS units to support deployments of any ultimate end strength throughout the theater maturation. Technologies are needed that can help model the force to be selected, rapidly analyze the readiness, availability, and deployability of these modular AC/RC components, and assemble them with maximum capability.
CSS24: CSS Training Support. There is a requirement to free soldiers from the need to rely solely on prior learning to perform procedural or problem solving tasks by providing easily usable performance support aides. Technology advancements are needed in the application of artificial intelligence/expert systems to performance support aides and to enable the Army training system to be flexible and responsive in meeting the varied demands of immediate contingencies. There is also a need to provide training-on-demand to geographically dispersed active and reserve units and individual soldiers for immediate use in sustainment/ enhancement training.
CSS25: Employment of Non-Military. There is a need for the employment of non-military in military operations. Civilians will have a greater role in functions that become "CONUS-bound" as well as being deployed to provide critical in-theater capabilities which may not be regionally available to sustain operations. Examples include contracted aviation maintenance and AMC's Theater Support Group. Technologies such as telemaintenance, remote tutors, direct PC broadcast systems, etc., that facilitate employment of non-military in remote areas or in split-based operations are needed.


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After a full year in operation, Reliant Energy is offering up the results of its "living laboratory," Innovation Avenue.
On Innovation Avenue stand 12 homes ranging from new to century old. In October 2011 each received a customized set of energy efficiency upgrades and smart energy technology products and services, designed to provide them with detailed information about their electricity usage and costs.
The tools include home energy monitors, weekly summary emails detailing energy usage and estimated costs, solar panels, and home automation, as well as an air conditioning inspection and tune-up where needed. Residents were also part of a smart appliance pilot program.
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By Juergenkress-Oracle on Jan 03, 2013
Adaptive case management (ACM) is also known as "dynamic case management", is getting a lot of interest lately. BPM vendors identified this need while engaging with companies to manage existing business processes. And so ACM tools are emerging as complements to BPM. They provide a human-centric combination of process, content and collaboration to support knowledge workers to be more productive.
What is case management?
Case management is a way of organizing the work and activities in a company around a case instead of around a process or data. A Case is the coordination of multiple tasks – planned or unplanned - and associated content, towards a concrete objective or goal. Case oriented systems allow more flexibility and adaptability compared to process oriented solutions. Case oriented systems are better equipped to handle unstructured or less structured data compared to data oriented solutions.
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Say "No Thanks" to Cnooc at Your Own Peril, Banker Warns Government
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London's annual Oil & Energy conference—taking place now —is typically a flurry of speeches, parties and closed-door meetings that attracts investors eager for the next big energy frontier. Canada's long, warm welcome of such prospectors isn't typically a topic of conversation there. This year, it is.
One of Canada's top bankers—a former industry minister, no less—used the event to warn the current government back in Ottawa that its ongoing review of Cnooc's $15.1-billion proposed takeover of Canada's Nexen could be crucial for the country's future success in attracting foreign investors. The government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to approve or reject the deal by early next month, and it has promised clearer guidelines for state-owned enterprises, like China's Cnooc, in future investments.
Jim Prentice, vice-chairman at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, told a London audience that whatever Ottawa decides about the proposed Beijing-led $15.1 billion acquisition will mark a watershed moment in terms of how Canada treats foreign investment from SOEs. The proposed Cnooc-Nexen deal has sparked a fiery debate about Chinese investment in Canada, and public opinion polls suggest a majority of Canadians oppose the transaction.
Mr. Prentice–whose bank has underwritten offerings for Nexen in the past–said he doesn't know what the Conservative government's new guidelines will entail, or when they will be released.
But he noted that Canada is trying to diversify its energy markets, with an eye toward Asia. Indeed, last week Mr. Harper led a week-long-plus trip to India, the Philippines and India that focused heavily on trade. Canada's efforts come as the U.S. dramatically increases its energy production and is poised to become the world's largest oil producer by 2020, and as pipeline bottlenecks contribute to what Mr. Prentice describes as a "staggering" discount on Canadian oil prices.
"In such an environment, saying no thanks to the largest new market opportunity, namely China, would be patently unwise – particularly in circumstances where the transactions do not imperil Canadian values or environmental and labor laws," Mr. Prentice said, according to a copy of his prepared remarks.


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> NET-SNMP is distributed with MIB data bases which is in
> ${PREFIX}/snmp/mibs/ path, as far as I understand. My question is what
> is syntax used for these files? ASN.1? or the syntax is mixed with
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> I would like to learn the syntax to write my own mibs files... can you
> please give me a link to quick user guide or something like? if
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I don't think there's an easy route, since syntax writing is so unforgiving. Studying RFC2578 and then "lifting" bits from existing MIBs seems to be the common strategy. I recommend studying some RFC based MIBs, as you will get a concise, reviewed description of the behavior coupled with a reviewed and test MIB definition. The VACM and USM MIBs have lots of interesting behavior and syntax.
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