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On 10/05/2010 01:28 AM, Johannes.Lichtenberger wrote: > Hello, > > ok, I think the subject is a bit misleading. I wonder if there's a > better way to create a new StAX-Parser, which should be moved to the > event where another StAX-Parser currently is in a file. > > I did the following, because I've found no method or constructor to > create a new EventReader out of another: > > int level = 0; > boolean foundParsedElement = false; > mParser = createReader(null); > while (mParser.hasNext() && !foundParsedElement) { > final XMLEvent xmlEvent = mParser.nextEvent(); > switch (xmlEvent.getEventType()) { > case XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT: > level++; > if (level == mLevelInToShredder && > checkStAXElement((StartElement)xmlEvent, mElem)) { > // Found corresponding start element. > foundParsedElement = true; > } > break; > case XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT: > level--; > break; > default: > // Do nothing. > } > } To describe the code a little bit I'm checking the Level as well as Element with all attributes and namespaces, but it's for sure error prone, so maybe I'll just have to create a counter at the original parser and then move the new parser to the position where the current parser is. regards, johannes _______________________________________________________________________ XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS to support XML implementation and development. To minimize spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@l... subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@l... List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php
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In terms of group performance, the idea that "The whole is equal to more than the sum of its parts," is the fundamental point in the concept of:
A top-management team
The group of managers who are responsible for designing the long-range strategic plan for the organization is known as:
Self-managed work teams
Teams that are empowered to take responsibility for acting autonomously on identifiable pieces of work are referred to as:
Task interdependence
The degree to which the work of one member of the group affects the work performed by other members of the group is known as:
Sequential task interdependence
When the members of a group must perform their tasks in a specific order, this is known as:
A group role
The set of behaviors and tasks that a member of a group is expected to perform because he is a member of the group is known as:
The members of a task force have disagreements because some members do not want to do what some of the other members want them to do. This stage of group development is known as:
Group cohesiveness
The degree to which the members of the group are attracted to membership in the group is known as:
Social Loafing
The tendency of group members to exert less effort when they work in groups than they would exert if they were acting alone is known as:
In which stage of the communication process is a common understanding reached between the participants?
The specialized language and words that members of an organization develop to facilitate communication among one another are referred to as:
Information distortion
When the meaning of a message changes as the message passes through a series of senders and receivers, this is known as:
Management by wandering around
When managers pass through work areas and talk informally with workers, this is known as:


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Pursuant to Section 406 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002
Table of Contents
I. Covered Officers/Purpose of the Code
II. Covered Officers Should Handle Ethically Actual and Apparent Conflicts of Interest
III. Disclosure and Compliance
IV. Reporting and Accountability
V. Other Policies and Procedures
VI. Amendments
VII. Confidentiality
VIII. Internal Use
I. Covered Officers/Purpose of the Code The Code of Ethics (this "Code") of the Investment Company Complex for the investment companies within the complex (collectively, the "Funds" and each, a "Fund") applies to the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of each Fund (the "Covered Officers" each of whom are set forth in Exhibit A) for the purpose of promoting:
honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;
full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a Fund files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and in other public communications made by the Fund;
compliance with applicable laws and governmental rules and regulations;
the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code; and
accountability for adherence to the Code.
Each Covered Officer should adhere to a high standard of business ethics and should be sensitive to situations that may give rise to actual as well as apparent conflicts of interest.
II. Covered Officers Should Handle Ethically Actual and Apparent Conflicts of Interest
Overview. A "conflict of interest" occurs when a Covered Officer's private interest interferes with the interests of, or his/her service to, the Fund. For example, a conflict of interest would arise if a Covered Officer, or a member of his family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his/her position with the Fund.Certain conflicts of interest arise out of the relationships between Covered Officers and the Fund and already are subject to conflict of interest provisions in the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Investment Company Act") and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Investment Advisers Act"). For example, Covered Officers may not individually engage in certain transactions (such as the purchase or sale of securities or other property) with the Fund because of their status as "affiliated persons" of the Fund. The Fund's and the investment adviser's compliance programs and procedures are designed to prevent, or identify and correct, violations of these provisions. This Code does not, and is not intended to, repeat or replace these programs and procedures, and such conflicts fall outside of the parameters of this Code.Although typically not presenting an opportunity for improper personal benefit, conflicts arise from, or as a result of, the contractual relationship between the Fund and the investment adviser of which the Covered Officers are also officers or employees. As a result, this Code recognizes that the Covered Officers will, in the normal course of their duties (whether formally for the Fund or for the adviser, or for both), be involved in establishing policies and implementing decisions that will have different effects on the adviser and the Fund. The participation of the Covered Officers in such activities is inherent in the contractual relationship between the Fund and the adviser and is consistent with the performance by the Covered Officers of their duties as officers of the Fund. Thus, if performed in conformity with the provisions of the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act, such activities will be deemed to have been handled ethically. In addition, it is recognized by the Funds' Board of Directors ("Boards") that the Covered Officers may also be officers or employees of one or more other investment companies covered by this or other codes. Other conflicts of interest are covered by the Code, even if such conflicts of interest are not subject to provisions in the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act. The following list provides examples of conflicts of interest under the Code, but Covered Officers should keep in mind that these examples are not exhaustive. The overarching principle is that personal interest of a Covered Officer should not be placed improperly before the interest of the Fund.
Each Covered Officer must:
not use his/her personal influence or personal relationships improperly to influence investment decisions or financial reporting by the Fund whereby the Covered Officer would benefit personally to the detriment of the Fund;
not cause the Fund to take action, or fail to take action, for the individual personal benefit of the Covered Officer rather than the benefit of the Fund;
not use material non-public knowledge of portfolio transactions made or contemplated for the Fund to trade personally or cause others to trade personally in contemplation of the market effect of such transactions;
report at least annually, affiliations or other relationships related to potential conflicts of interest set forth in the Fund's Directors and Officers Questionnaire.
service as a director on the board of any public or private company;
the receipt of any nominal or non-nominal gifts in excess of $100;
the receipt of any entertainment from any company with which the Fund has current or prospective business dealings unless such entertainment is business-related, reasonable in cost, appropriate as to time and place, and not so frequent as to raise any question of impropriety;
any ownership interest in, or any consulting or employment relationship with, any of the Fund's service providers, other than their investment adviser, principal underwriter, administrator or any affiliated person thereof;
a direct or indirect financial interest in commissions, transaction charges or spreads paid by the Fund for effecting portfolio transactions or for selling or redeeming shares other than an interest arising from the Covered Officer's employment, such as compensation or equity ownership.
III. Disclosure and Compliance
Each Covered Officer should familiarize himself/herself with the disclosure requirements generally applicable to the Fund;
each Covered Officer should not knowingly misrepresent, or cause others to misrepresent, facts about the Fund to others, whether within or outside the Fund, including to the Fund's directors and auditors, and to governmental regulators and self-regulatory organizations;
each Covered Officer should, to the extent appropriate within his/her area of responsibility, consult with other officers and employees of the Funds and the advisers with the goal of promoting full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in the reports and documents the Funds file with, or submit to, the SEC and in other public communications made by the Funds; and
it is the responsibility of each covered Officer to promote compliance with standards and restrictions imposed by applicable laws, rules and regulations.
IV. Reporting and Accountability
Each Covered Officer must:
upon adoption of the Code (or thereafter as applicable, upon becoming a Covered Officer), affirm to the Board that he/she has received, read, and understands the Code;
annually thereafter affirm to the Board that he/she has complied with the requirements of the Code;
not retaliate against any other Covered Officer or any employee of the Funds or their affiliated persons for reports of potential violations that are made in good faith; and
notify the Chief Compliance Officer promptly if he/she knows of any violation of this Code. Failure to do so is itself a violation of this Code
The Chief Compliance Officer is responsible for applying this Code to specific situations in which questions are presented under it and has the authority to interpret this Code in any particular situation. However, any approvals or waivers sought by a Covered Officer will be considered by the Board of Directors ("Board").
The Funds will follow these procedures in investigating and enforcing this Code:
the Chief Compliance Officer will take all appropriate action to Investigate any potential violation reports to him/her.
if, after such investigation, the Chief Compliance Officer believes that no violation has occurred, the Chief Compliance Officer is not required to take any further action;
any matter that the Chief Compliance Officer believes is a violation will be reported to the Board;
if the Board concurs that a violation has occurred, it will consider appropriate action, which may include review of, and appropriate modifications to, applicable policies and procedures; notification to appropriate personnel of the investment adviser or its board; or a recommendation to dismiss the Covered Officer;
V. Other Policies and Procedures
This Code shall be the sole code of ethics adopted by the Funds for purposes of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and forms applicable to registered investment companies thereunder. Insofar as other policies or procedures of the Funds, the Funds' adviser, principal underwriter, or other service providers govern or purport to govern the behavior or activities of the Covered Officers who are subject to this Code, they are superceded by this Code to the extent that they overlap or conflict with the provisions of this Code. The Funds', their investment adviser's and principal underwriter's codes of ethics under Rule 17 j-1 under the Investment Company Act are separate requirements applying to the Covered Officers and others, and are not part of this Code.
Any material changes to this Code must be approved by the Board of Directors, including a majority of independent directors, of each Fund, no later than six months after adoption of such material change. Before approving any such amendment to this Code, the Board of Directors of each Fund must receive a certification from the Funds that it has adopted procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Covered Officers from violating the Code.
All reports and records prepared or maintained pursuant to this Code will be considered confidential and shall be maintained and protected accordingly. Except as otherwise required by law or this Code, such matters shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the appropriate Board.
The Code is intended solely for the internal use by the Funds and does not constitute an admission, by or on behalf of any Fund, as to any fact, circumstance, or legal conclusion


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Student Health Insurance
Landmark College requires that all students be covered by health insurance.
The Landmark College Student Health Insurance Plan is administered by Gallagher Student Health & Special Risk.
All new and returning Fall 2016 students will be automatically billed for and enrolled in the Student Health Insurance Plan unless they have other, comparable coverage AND complete the Online Decision Form to decline the insurance AND submit a copy of their health insurance card to Landmark College Health Services. The deadline to complete the Online Decision Form and remove the charge for Fall 2016 students is in September. (Exact date to be announced.)
The decision form must be done once per academic year in order to decline coverage.
Declining the Student Health Insurance Plan
If you are already covered for the Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 year by another insurance plan, you can decline the Student Health Insurance Plan by completing an online waiver.
- IMPORTANT: To decline the Student Health Plan, your other coverage MUST be considered "comparable" to the Student Health Insurance Plan. For information on how to determine if your coverage is comparable, please see the Frequently Asked Questions document at the Landmark College Gallagher website.
- You must also send a copy of your health insurance card to Landmark College Health Services:
- Landmark College Health Services, 19 River Road South, Putney, VT 05346, OR email@example.com OR by fax: 802-387-1644
Enrolling in the Insurance Plan
If you would like to enroll in the Fall 2016 Landmark College Student Health Plan, please complete the Online Decision Form. You'll be automatically billed the premium for the plan on your tuition bill.
Online Decision Form
All students will asked to submit a decision form to indicate whether they accept or decline the Student Health Insurance. Parents may complete this form on behalf of students. Any student who DOES NOT complete an Online Decision Form by the deadline will be automatically enrolled in the Student Health Plan, and this cannot be changed after the deadline has passed.
Decision Form Deadline
Online decision forms must be submitted by the September deadline. Any student who has not submitted a decision form by that date will be automatically enrolled in and billed for the Student Health Insurance Plan, and no exceptions will be made after that date.
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Contacts for Questions
- Coverage/Benefit Questions: For specific questions regarding plan coverage or benefits, please contact Gallagher directly via phone, live chat, or email.
- Online Form Assistance: If you need assistance completing the online waiver, Gallagher provides assistance via email, live chat, and phone--please see the contact information on the Landmark College Gallagher Student Health Plan website.
- Tuition Bill: Please contact Ginny Irish at firstname.lastname@example.com
- Health Services: For questions related to the services provided by Landmark College Health Services, please contact Cindy Brown at email@example.com.
- All other questions: For general questions related to the Health Insurance requirement at the College, please contact Student Affairs.
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Parkrose School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free/smoke-free workplace.
Thank you for your interest in Parkrose School District. We encourage you to pursue rewarding career opportunities available in our district.Current Openings
- Administrative
- Administrative Support
- Certified/Licensed – teachers, counselors, special education, speech pathologists, psychologists, etc.
- Classified/Non-licensed – bus drivers, custodial, educational assistants, food service, secretarial, etc.
- Extra Duty
|Apply By*
|There are no current postings at this time.
The Parkrose School District uses the TalentEd Application System for administrative positions. TalentEd can be accessed at:
https://parkrose.cloud.talentedk12.com/hire/Index.aspx*Applications received by this date will be given first consideration [ Back to Top ]
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|Temporary 1.0 Special Education Teacher
|Parkrose Middle School
|9/19/16 at 4pm
The Parkrose School District no longer accepts hard copy applications for licensed teaching positions. We utilize the TalentEd Application System that can be accessed at https://parkrose.cloud.talentedk12.com/hire/Index.aspx
The district will maintain and review all complete applications that it receives through this website. Job postings will appear on the district website and TalentEd. These postings are updated when new vacancies occur. To be considered for a position, applicants must have a current application on file with TalentEd and must include:
- Letter of Introduction
- Completed TalentEd application
- Resume
- Three (3) current letters of recommendation
- Copy of License
- Transcripts
Following the closing date of job postings, district officials will review applicant materials and contact those who will be given further consideration. Due to the large number of applicants, you will only hear from us if you are selected for an interview. After a candidate is selected, he or she is recommended for employment to the Human Resources department for final approval. The Human Resources department will review all materials and contact you for an appointment.
If you have questions about this process, please email firstname.lastname@example.com
Additional Information
- Benefits
- Certified Application
- Affirmative Action Information
- Salary Schedule
- Certified Substitute Info
Licensure Information
The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) is the teacher licensing agency for the State of Oregon. Maintaining appropriate licensure is a condition of employment. For information about how to apply for an Oregon Teaching License, please contact TSPC at:
The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC)
465 Commercial Street NE
Salem OR 97301
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|Part-time Cashier & Food Service Helper
|Parkrose High School
|Until Filled
|Part-time Bus Drivers
|Parkrose School District
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|Part-time Food Service Helper
|Russell Elementary School
|Until Filled
|Part-time Educational Assistant
|Sacramento Elementary School
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|Part-time Educational Assistant
|Shaver Elementary School
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If you are interested in applying for a vacancy, you must complete our District application for that specific position. At the time of hire, you will be required to have a fingerprint-based criminal history check through the Oregon Department of Education. The cost of this criminal history check is $77.00 payable by check, cash or automatic payroll withdrawal.
If you require more information, please e-mail Mary King in the Human Resources Department at email@example.com
If you want your application on file, but there are no current vacancies, you may still complete the application process, monitor our website for vacancies and when you identify a vacancy for which you wish to be considered, notify email@example.com
Additional Information
- Benefits
- Classified Application
- Supplemental Doc to Classified Application
- Affirmative Action Information/
- Salary Schedule
- AVID Tutor Applcation Form
- Classified Substitute Info
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|Assistant Girls Basketball Coaches
|Parkrose High School
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|Head Wrestling Coach
|Parkrose High School
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Coaching Application Procedures
By law, the listed position requires fingerprinting and a criminal history check due to unsupervised contact with students.
High school coaching positions require an ASEP (American Sport Education Program) certification. A current first aid card and bloodborne pathogen training are required BEFORE beginning duties.
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Parkrose School District uses the EMS SmartFind Express for ALL licensed substitutes.
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Parkrose School District uses EMS SmartFind Express for ALL educational assistant substitutes. Educational Assistant substitute pay rate is $9.25 an hour.
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JACKSON — For people with a sense of Mississippi political history, former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove's appearance Aug. 2 (election night) on a Jackson television station as a political analyst had a sense of irony.
Musgrove referred to a $1.2-billion budget shortfall the Legislature would face in 2012. A spokesperson from Gov. Haley Barbour's office called in to ask Musgrove to correct that figure.
Musgrove calmly explained he got that number from the report he was holding in his hand — done by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Musgrove, paused, and said surely everyone has a great deal of respect for the Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber is, generally speaking, a Republican-leaning organization that supported Barbour who defeated Musgrove in 2003 — partly by hammering him on what candidate Barbour said was a $700 million budget deficit.
Musgrove disputed that figure — just as the outgoing Barbour is disputing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce figure.


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Simulation Training Program
Program Overview
The foundation for the UW Simulation Training Program began in 1997 when Drs. Barbara Goff and Gretchen Lentz launched a series of studies, modeled on work done in general surgery showing that bench or inanimate trainers and live animal models (porcine) can improve the surgical skills of untrained OB/GYN residents before they enter the operating room. Further studies here and around the country continue to demonstrate that repetitive simulated practice of technical and inter-professional of virtually improves performance. Because curricula are designed to capture data on performance and to immediately provide feedback, residents train in a safe environment to reduce or eliminate errors. Residents are trained and assessed annually on evidence-based models and scenarios including fundamental surgical skills, Gynecologic and Obstetric procedures as well as Obstetric emergencies.
Mission Statement
Improve the education and evaluation of technical skills and inter-professional communication for obstetrics and gynecology using simulation.
Program Objectives
Training Sites
Institute for Simulation and Inter-professional Studies (ISIS)
The primary goal of ISIS is to provide leadership in the use of simulation technologies to improve the quality of health care education, patient safety and outcomes. Our nationally recognized center has placed UWMC at the "virtual" cutting edge in surgical skills and simulation. The UW Ob/Gyn Simulation Training Program uses ISIS to train fundamental surgical skills such as knot tying but also uses the virtual LDR to simulate obstetric emergencies such as post-partum hemorrhage and eclampsia. ISIS received accreditation as a Level I Comprehensive Education Institute of the American College of Surgeons in 2006. For more details, refer to their website at www.isis.washington.edu.
Center for Videoendoscopic Surgery Training Lab


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Create A Super Fast Search with Sphinx
Sphinx (acronym for SQL Phrase Index) is a full-text search engine, it runs as a daemon and serves to requests of client applications. Client applications need to access Sphinx daemon via the native SphinxAPI, for which libraries are available in almost all popular languages like PHP, Perl, Ruby, Java, C# etc. The client can also access the search daemon via Sphinx's own MySQL network protocol called SphinxQL or via a MySQL storage engine called SphinxSE.
Sphinx can load data from various sources like MySQL, PgSQL, ODBC, XML file, etc. and then it creates indexes, you can also update indexes from time to time from the data source. In this article we'll see how to install and setup Sphinx and then use it from a PHP script.
Installing Sphinx
Get the latest release of Sphinx from from http://sphinxsearch.com/downloads/release/ and extract everything from the tarball, and run configure:
All should go well, configure will automatically figure out the location of MySQL libraries, in case you face any trouble visit http://sphinxsearch.com/ and get help from the docs.
Configure & Setup Datasource, Indexes & Daemon
I am going to use MySQL as my datasource, and in the example I'll be have only one table which is a table containing articles with the following fields:
Now, let's go through the config file I am using, the comments will be self explanatory.
Our config it ready, now let' create the indexes.
If you'd like your index to be updated, setup a cron to run at an interval of your choice like this:
Now, we'll start the Sphinx search daemon:
Search daemon running, let's try some code.
Search with PHP
You'll need to the PECL extension for Sphinx installed for PHP, if you don't have it installed check here how to: http://www.php.net/manual/en/sphinx.installation.php
The code below it a simple example:
Code: PHP
Happy building search engines :-)
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Source: TechCrunch
quote: The government is ridiculously larger than any logic would have it be.
quote: FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski told TechCrunch, "[The] ban raises competition concerns; it raises innovation concerns."
quote: The thing is, the number of Federal Government employees per-capita has gone down: from ~13% in 1963 to ~8.4% in 2010.So, the Federal Government is actually hiring less people (in real dollars) but is spending much more money. This is a result of mainly increased spending on: military spending, subsidies and entitlement programs.
quote: I love this senseless "cut the government's size" theory. Cutting the government's size only allows groups with immense amounts of money to spend their money controlling society in other ways.


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It has been an awesome week and start to the season and the best is yet to come! We look forward riding with you in Ontario's Best Park while helping riders reach their potential… Caleb Bosse, Mark McElroy, Ryan Caesar, … Continue readingread more
Thanks to all the girls who came out to ride with us on Thursday! We are stoked to start our ROXY Ride Days at Beaver on Sunday Jan 9th. Ride times are 10am-noon & 1pm-3pm. Eve Northmore & Julia Griffenread more
Hey Snowboarders! It's time for King & Queen of the Park Jam Series, see you at 2pm Jan 8 in the BV Park. An event for all levels, no entry fee, tons of prizes from Quiksilver….SWEET 😎read more
Hey Boarders, Come out and meet the new coaches and learn about the new opportunities in park programs! This meeting will cover: Event Schedule, new training opportunities, Introduction to new coaches, Roxy Ride Days All Girls program,New addition to the … Continue readingread more
Hey Girls! Join the Roxy Ride Sampler Day this Thursday December 30th. It's free and a great way to have fun shredd'in with a pack of girls! Meeting time is 10 am, in front of the Clubhouse! By the By … Continue readingread more
Lift are turning from 9am-1pm on December 24th Santa stopped by to check out the snow at Beaver Valley today. He was very impressed with all the good boys and girls at the Club! He was most impressed to … Continue readingread more
Smooth sliding everyone and ride safe! Stop by our Information Desk on the second level for Badge Pick Up, Event Tickets and new Logo Wearread more
Matthew thanked The Toronto Sun recently at the 2010 Special Olympics Festival Breakfast fundraiser for their support. He is now training for the January 2011 provincial games in downhill skiing. The winner of two bronze medals in July, he is … Continue readingread more


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Packers' 2013 schedule starts with 49ers game
Packers get chance at redemption
The Green Bay Packers will start their 2013 season with a chance at redemption as they face the San Francisco 49ers in a rematch from last season on Sept. 8 at 3:25 p.m.
Other key match-ups include a trip to Baltimore to face Super Bowl champions Baltimore Ravens and the season finale in Chicago. The game on Nov. 4 at home against the Chicago Bears will be on WISN 12.
Below is the full schedule: (home games in Bold)
Sept. 8: at San Francisco 49ers (3:25 p.m.)
Sept. 15: Washington Redskins (12 noon)
Sept. 22: at Cincinnati Bengals (12 noon)
Bye Week
Oct. 6: Detroit Lions (12 noon)
Oct. 13: at Baltimore Ravens (12 noon)
Oct. 20: Cleveland Browns (3:25 p.m.)
Oct. 27: at Minnesota Vikings (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 4: Chicago Bears (7:40 p.m.)
Nov. 10: Philadelphia Eagles (12 noon)
Nov. 17: at New York Giants (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 24: Minnesota Vikings (12 noon)
Nov. 28: at Detroit Lions (11:30 a.m.)
Dec. 8: Atlanta Falcons (7:30 p.m.)
Dec. 15: at Dallas Cowboys (3:25 p.m.)
Dec. 22: Pittsburgh Steelers (3:25 p.m.)
Dec. 29: at Chicago Bears (12 noon)
Copyright 2013 by WISN.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Nate Dunlevy quotes my all-time favorite NFL stat passer rating differential as he breaks down what went wrong for the Colts last year. Passer rating differential essentially compares offensive passing to defense against the pass. It's the best predictor of championships we have–a point the Colts woefully proved in 2011:
The Colts were a cataclysm at quarterback, ranking 30th in team passer rating. They also fielded one of the worst secondaries in the league, ranking 31st in defensive passer rating. The net result is a PRD of minus-31.7.
So, who has the No. 1 pick in the draft again?


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The Democratic-led New Jersey Senate unleashed a double-barreled political shot at Gov. Christie on Thursday, approving both a bill and a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage and provide automatic cost-of-living increases in it.
Should Christie veto the bill or strip it of the automatic increases, legislative leaders plan to put the proposed amendment to voters in November 2013, when Christie would be up for reelection.
The Republican governor said Wednesday that he was "willing to consider a responsible minimum-wage package." But with many businesses struggling to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy, Christie said, he has concerns about the bill, which would increase the hourly rate to $8.50 from $7.25 by March 1.


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Keith Ratliff, who ran a popular pro-gun YouTube channel where he showed off his collection of guns in numerous videos, was found dead of a single gunshot wound to the head, and police are investigating the death as a murder. [Source and even though the story's been out a few days, Huff Post this morning finally links to it.]
In the video below, Keith shows off his GLOCK in his gun belt from a month ago.
Murdered By The Weapon He Loved
THIS LOOSE CANNON, PARANOID CONSPIRACY GUN NUT REALLY, REALLY SCARES ME. I think the men in white coats with the big butterfly net need to take him in for an evaluation. This dude calls Prozac a "murder pill." He needs to be taking it. Look at his histrionics. He's taking out all his paranoid delusions about the government on Piers Morgan, a talk show host.
[This video is the complete interview with Alex Jones.]


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By Sheena Barnett/NEMS Daily Journal
Performing as his favorite artist is an honor for Bill Cherry, and it's doubly so when he's asked to perform in that artist's hometown birthday celebration.
Cherry has been an Elvis tribute artist for more than 20 years, and the past few years have been extra sweet to him. He won the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Competition preliminaries at the Tupelo Elvis Presley Festival in 2009, and took the grand prize home that same year in Memphis.
"As a result of that, I got to work with the Legends in Concert tour and begin part of the Ultimate Elvis tour," Cherry said. "It was quite an experience, getting to see places I'd never seen and seeing the fans. It was just an amazing year."
Keeping busy
Cherry, who lives in St. Louis, just released two new CDs as well.
One is a Christmas record, while the other is a gospel CD.
Cherry's father was a minister, so he grew up surrounded by gospel music.
"The gospel stuff just means so much. I was raised in church, and you can tell when you listen to (the CD)," he said. "And you can really tell when Elvis sang those songs – you could feel it, because he could relate to it, because of Elvis' roots and his upbringing."
Cherry was also featured prominently on the cover of "All the King's Men," a book about Elvis tribute artists written by Joseph Clough. Cherry wrote one of the book's forwards.
"It's an honor and a pleasure, especially for a book that's honoring the tribute artists," he said.
Home and beyond
Tupelo has always been welcoming to him, he said, and he's honored to perform in the King's hometown to celebrate his birthday.
"It's a home feeling to me, as a fan," Cherry said. "It's just kind of unreal to be on the stage performing Elvis songs in his hometown and during his birthday. What an honor."
Cherry specializes in Elvis' concert years. His set for the Friday show will highlight some of Elvis' lesser-known songs.
"We're going to try to touch base on a lot of the favorites, and do some obscure songs that people probably haven't heard in a while. Being in the tribute circle, I'm sure people get tired of hearing the same old stuff, so I try to make it a little different by doing some more obscure stuff," Cherry said.
The rest of 2011 holds more touring for Cherry.
He's working on a spring cruise and a possible summer Australian tour.
"We're looking kinda busy," he said, laughing. "We'll just keep on rocking and rolling, keeping the memories of the King alive."
– Who: Ultimate Tribute Artist Bill
Cherry and the EAS Band
– When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
– Where: The Lyric Theatre, Tupelo
– Cost: $39/VIP,$29/general admission,
plus service fees
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EINet Alert ~ Oct 26, 2007
*****A free service of the APEC Emerging Infections Network*****
APEC EINet News Briefs offers the latest news, journal articles, and notifications for emerging infections affecting the APEC member economies. It was created to foster transparency, communication, and collaboration in emerging infectious diseases among health professionals, international business and commerce leaders, and policy makers in the Asia-Pacific region.
In this edition:
- Global: Cumulative number of human cases of avian influenza A/(H5N1)
- Global: WHO expects pandemic vaccine capacity to soar
- Cambodia: FAO to focus on training in HPAI surveillance
- Indonesia (Banten): Young child is latest avian influenza H5N1 fatality
- Indonesia (Riau): 7 new suspected human cases of avian influenza H5N1 infection
- Myanmar (Bago): Official excerpts from OIE report on avian influenza H5N1 in poultry
- USA: Pandemic vaccine proposal favors health workers, children
- USA: Provides funding for FAO's bird flu program
- Avian/Pandemic influenza updates
1. Articles
- CDC EID Journal, Volume 13, Number 10--Oct 2007
- Sialic acid receptor detection in the human respiratory tract: evidence for widespread distribution of potential binding sites for human and avian influenza viruses
- Study says H5N1 has varied effects in small land birds
- Bird flu virus in Europe – a hidden danger
- Study: Cold, dry air favors spread of flu in lab animals
- The Pandemic Vaccine Puzzle
2. Notifications
- WHO Interim Protocol: Rapid operations to contain the initial emergence of pandemic influenza
- ACIP endorses FluMist for 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds
- White House aims to transform public health preparedness
Global: Cumulative number of human cases of avian influenza A/(H5N1)
Economy / Cases (Deaths)
Total no. of confirmed human cases of avian influenza A/(H5N1), Dec 2003 to present: 332 (204).
Avian influenza age distribution data from WHO/WPRO: http://www.wpro.who.int/sites/csr/data/data_Graphs.htm.
WHO's maps showing world's areas affected by H5N1 avian influenza (last updated 10/23/07): http://gamapserver.who.int/mapLibrary/
WHO's timeline of important H5N1-related events (last updated 10/19/07): http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/ai_timeline/en/index.html.
Global: WHO expects pandemic vaccine capacity to soar
Cambodia: FAO to focus on training in HPAI surveillance
FAO's activities in Cambodia to control and prevent the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have just been boosted thanks to a US$ 1.9 million grant from the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The money is part of a new US$ 38 million package for the FAO's HPAI programme worldwide. FAO will use the grant to support ongoing activities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to control avian influenza at its source in domestic poultry and waterfowl for the next 2 years. A major component of this project will be to continue the training of veterinary staff and village animal health workers (VAHWs) in the techniques of surveillance, and the recognition and systematic recording and reporting of suspected cases.
In Nov, FAO will commence a routine surveillance of wild birds together with the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), focusing on sites and waterfowl species selected for their association with past outbreaks and/or the likelihood of mingling or sharing habitat with domestic fowl. The aim is to collect and test some 3,000 wild bird samples during a 6-month period. To complement the enhanced surveillance capacity, FAO has expanded the laboratory capacity of the National Animal Health and Production Investigation Centre to conduct serology and virus isolation on an increased number of samples. The FAO programme currently focuses on markets in Phnom Penh , Takeo and Kampong Cham but now that the laboratory's testing capacity has been enlarged, the surveillance is being expanded steadily to cover major live bird markets in all provinces in the country. Surveillance will focus on ducks, which the primary asymptomatic carriers of the H5N1 virus.
Other activities to be supported by the new funds include the setting up of a rapid response outbreak fund, and public awareness and education campaigns promoting biosecurity measures on farms, markets, households and elsewhere to reduce the risk of introduction and/or the spread of infection. FAO will also support the strengthening of the governance of the veterinary authority and the development of sound veterinary law in which the veterinary authority has clear responsibilities and adequate powers in all key areas of animal disease prevention.
Indonesia (Banten): Young child is latest avian influenza H5N1 fatality
Indonesia (Riau): 7 new suspected human cases of avian influenza H5N1 infection
Myanmar (Bago): Official excerpts from OIE report on avian influenza H5N1 in poultry
Start date 19 Oct 2007; Date of previous occurrence 28 Jul 2007
USA: Pandemic vaccine proposal favors health workers, children
A federal interagency working group released a draft report detailing how the government would allocate limited vaccine supplies if a severe influenza pandemic grips the US, offering a tiered approach that flags key health and public safety personnel and children as top priorities. The report says the vaccine allocation plan is designed not only to save lives, but also to reduce the medical, social, and economic impacts of a pandemic. Vaccinations will be administered in tiers, which include 4 target groups: healthcare and community support services, critical infrastructure, homeland and national security, and the general population. For some of the target groups, the priority tier level would change depending on pandemic severity. Prioritizations were based on the most recent scientific research on pandemics and vaccines and on meetings with the public and stakeholders. The working group also sought the input of ethicists, including from the National Institutes of Health and a group from the Minnesota Center for Healthcare Ethics (MCHCE).
The highest-priority groups include deployed military and other critical national security personnel; emergency medical services, public safety workers, and key government officials; medical providers and public health workers; and pregnant women, infants, and toddlers. In adjusting priorities for different levels of pandemic severity, the rationing plan marks a shift from the federal pandemic plan released 2 years ago, which assumed a moderate pandemic. Compared with the older plan, the new proposal changes the priorities for a number of groups. For example, the proposal puts elderly people and other high-risk adults in the fourth tier, whereas high-risk adults ranked second, right after medical and public health workers, in the older plan. Also, essential utility and communications workers are in the second tier 2 under the new plan, but ranked near the end of the line under the old one.
Dorothy Vawter, associate director of MCHCE, said that the working group's recommendations represent a big step forward in pandemic planning. She expects that some disagreements with the prioritizations will arise out of the public comments and will probably prompt the group to fine-tune the report. Some people may be surprised to see the report's focus on social roles and responsibilities, and questions may be raised about the status of students and people who are unemployed, she said. Vawter said one prioritization issue in the report that surprised her was a category in a lower tier that lumps young adults with health problems comorbidities in a group with people as old as 105. "There's no distinction in that tier, and it seems like too big of a bucket," she said, adding that it's likely the group will make some adjustments in that category. The group said it will take public comments for 2 months and then revise the document, which will be considered a final interim report.
USA: Provides funding for FAO's bird flu program
"Avian influenza will probably stay with us for several years to come. The support from the United States will enable FAO to continue and strengthen avian influenza prevention and control campaigns in affected countries," said FAO's Chief Veterinary Officer Joseph Domenech. "Our latest contribution reaffirms the confidence we place in FAO to contain and control Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza at its animal source. Lending support to countries through FAO remains a key element in managing the global risk," said Ambassador Gaddi Vasquez of the US Mission to FAO. The new money will go into ongoing and new surveillance and response, planning, training, logistics, technical, laboratory, and communication projects and activities in western, eastern and southern Africa, Southeast Asia, the Indian sub-continent, Central Asia, central/eastern Europe, Indonesia and Egypt.
Cross-border surveillance and the more active involvement of local communities and village animal health workers in control and response activities will be some of the priority areas to be supported with US funding. Fresh money is also being directed at FAO's current work on the socio-economic impact of HPAI, biosecurity and wild bird surveillance. USAID specified that as part of its support to FAO's efforts to control HPAI globally, it was particularly interested in backing the UN agency's aim to establish an avian influenza communications capacity. New US funds will also go to the Crisis Management Centre – Animal Health, an emergency response unit run by FAO, which in collaboration with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) supports governments' response to avian influenza and other transboundary animal diseases through the rapid provision of technical and operational expertise.
The main donors to FAO's avian influenza programme, amounting to around $180 million, are: the US ($63 million); Australia ($14 million); Japan ($13 million); the United Kingdom ($10 million) and Sweden ($10 million); followed by UN Development Programme administered funds; Canada; Germany; the Asian Development Bank; France; Norway; Switzerland; Belgium; the European Commission and Spain. The avian influenza programme is also supported by financial resources from FAO's Technical Cooperation Programme.
Avian/Pandemic influenza updates
1. Articles
CDC EID Journal, Volume 13, Number 10--Oct 2007
CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal Oct 2007 issue is now available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm. Influenza-related articles: Preparedness for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Pandemic in Africa by R.F. Breiman et al.; Influenza A and B Infection in Children in Urban Slum, Bangladesh by W.A. Brooks et al.; Confronting Potential Influenza A (H5N1) Pandemic with Better Vaccines by A. Haque et al.; Personal Protective Equipment and Antiviral Drug Use during Hospitalization for Suspected Avian or Pandemic Influenza by A. Swaminathan et al.; Chlorine Inactivation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) by E.W. Rice et al.; Multifocal Avian Influenza (H5N1) Outbreak by R.D. Balicer et al.; Super-Sentinel Chickens and Detection of Low-Pathogenicity Influenza Virus by P.I. Marcus et al.
Expedited articles can be viewed at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/upcoming.htm. Expedited influenza related articles are: Protection and Virus Shedding of Falcons Vaccinated against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A Virus (H5N1); Role of Terrestrial Wild Birds in Ecology of Influenza A Virus (H5N1); Pandemic Influenza and Hospital Resources; Medical Students and Pandemic Influenza; Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching.
Sialic acid receptor detection in the human respiratory tract: evidence for widespread distribution of potential binding sites for human and avian influenza viruses
Study says H5N1 has varied effects in small land birds
Scientists have fleshed out some H5N1 patterns in waterfowl species, which have been shown to shed the virus for prolonged periods and are thought to play some role—along with poultry—in the geographic spread among the world's poultry populations. However, less is known about small terrestrial birds, which also intermingle with waterfowl and poultry. To gauge how the H5N1 virus behaves in small birds, the researchers inoculated sparrows, starlings, and pigeons with 4 different strains that were isolated from birds. 2 of the strains had previously been shown to infect waterfowl in Thailand, and 2 were recently isolated during wild-bird surveillance in Hong Kong. At the start of the study, the authors obtained cloacal swabs from the birds to rule out existing influenza A infections.
After the birds were inoculated with the H5N1 strains, researchers placed them with uninfected birds of the same species for 14 days to gauge virus transmission. The ratio of infected to uninfected birds was 1:1 for sparrows and starlings and 2:3 for pigeons. The birds were monitored each day for death and illness, and oropharyngeal and cloacal swabs were collected on days 2, 4, 6, 8, and 11 for sparrows and starlings and on days 3, 5, and 7 for pigeons. At the end of the 14-day period, the investigators collected serum samples from the inoculated and contact birds for hemagglutanin-inhibition testing.
Death rates were highest for the sparrows: 66% to 100% of them died, depending on the H5N1 strain they received. High viral loads were detected in dead sparrows' brain and lung tissues. However, none of the starlings or pigeons died. Regular testing after inoculation showed that all of the sparrows and starlings were infected, but infection in pigeons depended on the strain of the virus. 1 of the Hong Kong strains infected both sparrows and starlings, as well as all of the inoculated pigeons, though the authors found the viruses replicated relatively poorly in the pigeons. Virus titers showed sparrows and starlings shed similar amounts of the virus, but titers from cloacal swabs of sparrows were higher than those from the starlings. The researchers found no evidence of spread of the virus among the sparrows and pigeons. Only 1 starling showed evidence of transmission, involving 1 of the Hong Kong strains.
The authors concluded that that the birds varied in their susceptibility to the H5N1 viruses but that transmission to the contact birds was infrequent. Compared to earlier reports on the susceptibility of sparrows, starlings, and pigeons to a 1997 Hong Kong H5N1 virus, the current study suggests that the bird species are more susceptible to the more recent H5N1 isolates used in the study. A key question is whether smaller wild birds can be intermediate hosts or long-term reservoirs for the H5N1 virus. The results in sparrows suggest that they could potentially infect poultry and mammals, but, given the high death rate, wouldn't likely serve as a reservoir for prolonged viral shedding. Starlings, because they survived and shed the virus longer, could act as an intermediate host, but transmission evidence in the study was limited, the report says. The authors suggest that the role of pigeons in spreading the virus may be minor because they shed only small amounts of the virus and didn't transmit the disease to other pigeons. The researchers conclude that terrestrial wild bird species vary considerably in their susceptibility to H5N1 virus strains, and some species, such as sparrows, could suffer substantial losses during H5N1 outbreaks.
Boon ACM, et al. Role of terrestrial wild birds in ecology of influenza A virus (H5N1). Emerg Infect Dis 2007 Nov;
Bird flu virus in Europe – a hidden danger
The link between the H5N1 virus and domestic ducks and geese has recently been confirmed in Germany. Scientists of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut have detected the H5N1 virus in diseased young ducks on a farm at the end of August. Further scrutiny at 2 other farms revealed that, despite the absence of clinical signs and mortality in these ducks, the animals had been in contact with the H5N1 virus, because their immune defense system showed antibodies, developed in response to the virus. Intensified monitoring finally confirmed pockets of H5N1 on one of the farms.
FAO considers that risk assessment, surveillance and virus search strategies should be reviewed, Domenech said. Countries with significant domestic duck and geese populations in Western and Central Europe as well as the Black Sea region should consider the incidence in Germany as a wake-up call and should not limit the virus search to chickens. Good surveillance is already in place in many European countries and the European Commission has issued in 2007 very comprehensive guidelines. But there are countries where more monitoring is urgently needed including more focus on ducks and geese which should be considered as particularly risky populations. After Asia and Africa, Europe could become the third continent where the H5N1 could become endemic in some areas, FAO said.
Study: Cold, dry air favors spread of flu in lab animals
The researchers used guinea pigs because they learned that guinea pigs kept for research purposes in 1919 at a New Mexico army base died during the 1918 flu pandemic, Peter Palese, senior author of the study, said. "We didn't know guinea pigs got the flu. They are no longer popular lab animals, and no one had tried them," he said. To tease out the effects of temperature and humidity on virus spread, the group performed 20 trials at different humidities and temperatures, each involving 8 animals For each trial, 4 guinea pigs were intranasally inoculated with influenza A virus. Then pairs of infected and uninfected animals were housed individually in adjoining cages. Nasal wash samples were collected from the animals about every other day, and serum samples were collected before infection and on day 17 after infection.
5 different humidity levels were tested at 20C: 20%, 35%, 50%, 65%, and 80%. The researchers found that transmission was most efficient at the 2 lowest humidity levels, at which 3 or 4 of the exposed guinea pigs became infected. At 50% relative humidity, only 1 of 4 animals contracted influenza. More were infected in 65% humidity, but no disease transmission was noted at 80% humidity. In the temperature experiments, animals were exposed to 5C, 20C, and 30C at different humidity levels. The investigators found that transmission was more efficient when guinea pigs were kept at 5C than at 20C, and at 30C they detected no disease spread. In addition, the duration of peak viral shedding at 5C was 40 hours longer than at 20C. In assessing the effect of low temperatures on innate immune response, the authors found that housing animals at 5C didn't greatly impair their immune response when compared with that of animals housed at 20C. This finding runs counter to the conventional wisdom, the authors asserted.
The Pandemic Vaccine Puzzle
The first article for the series, "Flu research: a legacy of neglect", discusses the following:
Upcoming articles for this series:
2. Notifications
WHO Interim Protocol: Rapid operations to contain the initial emergence of pandemic influenza
Updated October 2007: This document replaces previous versions of the protocol. In brief, key changes include: More emphasis on rapid containment and less on rapid response which is covered in WHO guidelines for investigation of human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) published in 2007; An expanded discussion of the decision-making process; Refinement of the containment strategy emphasizing the localized geographical approach and describing the key activities for Containment and Buffer Zones; A proposed approach for estimating the duration of a containment operation; New or updated annexes on ethical issues, non-pharmaceutical interventions, communications and laboratory preparedness. Annexes on antiviral stockpile planning and preparedness issues are under revision and and will be added in the near future. The protocol will be updated and revised as new information becomes available and more detailed guidance and tools are developed.
(WHO http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/draftprotocol/en/index.html )
ACIP endorses FluMist for 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds
White House aims to transform public health preparedness
The directive calls on the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a national epidemiologic surveillance system that builds on existing networks and provides public health agencies with incentives to build new systems. HHS, with the assistance of other federal agencies, has been asked to establish a federal epidemiologic surveillance advisory committee task force. Among several measures to improve distribution plans and more closely manage stockpiles, the directive orders HHS and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop templates to help communities dispense medical countermeasures within 48 hours of an official order.
To better manage the nation's Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) of drugs and medical supplies, HHS will ensure transparency concerning stockpiling priorities and, with input from other federal agencies, will establish a system to annually review SNS inventories. HHS and other federal agencies will develop protocols for sharing countermeasures and medical goods between the SNS and other federal stockpiles and will explore developing reciprocal stockpile-sharing arrangements with other countries and international organizations.
The directive orders HHS, in coordination with the Defense, Veterans, and Homeland Security departments, to engage the help of state, local, academic, professional, and private groups in reviewing the nation's disaster medical system and surge capacity. HHS is to submit a report on gaps in those 2 areas and give a plan that addresses key deficits. HHS has also been asked to define how federal facilities can be factored more effectively into medical surge-capacity plans. To address potential legal, regulatory, or other barriers to public health preparedness, HHS, working with other agencies, must submit a report on possible regulatory or legislative solutions. Recognizing that addressing mental health consequences of a disaster can contribute to a more effective public health response, HHS and other agencies are to put together a federal advisory committee on disaster mental health.
HHS, along with the Defense, Commerce, Labor, Education, Veterans, and Homeland Security departments, is ordered to develop a plan to promote community preparedness and present it to the White House. DHS and HHS are assigned to develop a risk-awareness briefing for state and county officials and establish a mechanism to regularly update the public health risk briefings. HHS and DHS will develop and maintain a process for coordinating federal grant programs for public health and medical preparedness.
To further bolster preparedness, HHS and other agencies have been asked within the next year to develop core curricula and training exercises on disaster preparedness for federal executive departments and agencies. The directive calls for setting up, within the next year, the "National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health". The center is to lead federal efforts to develop core curricula, training, and research in various aspects of civilian and military medical preparedness. The White House has asked HHS to commission the Institute of Medicine to lead a forum to engage government officials, academic experts, professional societies, and private stakeholders in developing "a strategy for long-term enhancement of disaster pubic health and medical capacity" and the propagation of related training. HHS will submit to the White House a plan to use current funding programs to create incentives for private health facilities to enact preparedness measures that don't increase healthcare costs. The directive also establishes an Office for Emergency Medical Care within HHS to promote and fund emergency medicine research, promote regional emergency medicine partnerships, and promote local preparedness.


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Can I create expandable volumes on my setup?
I have a server with a Perc5/i RAID controller and 8 drive bays. I'd like to use it primarily as a storage server, with the idea of buying 4 drives now and expanding later. I'd like to put ESXi on the server and OpenFiler (or FreeNas) ontop of that. I don't need any drive redudancy (there's an attached tape controller), but I'd like to be able to pop in a new drive and expand it like you'd be able to do with LVM. Is this possible? [more inside]
Standalone NAS recommendations?
Does anyone have any recommendations for an off-the-shelf NAS that can handle at least 1TB and may be expanded as needed? Drobo, Buffalo TeraStation, etc.? [more inside]
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Brooklyn Nets' Joe Johnson (7) defends a driving Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade (3) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in New York. The Heat won 105-85. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)


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This afternoon, the laundry waits as do the dishes but rest feels good and the company of my best friend; my partner in the good and hard of this life, my companion on this reclining sofa and I look to an evening ahead of us without obligation and it is honeysuckle sweet.
As I stumble along, counting carbs, keeping appointments, remembering birthdays, I am all the while working hard to cultivate some sort of balance between the life inside of me, the fire that always burns and the physical limitations of life in this body, this time, this space.
I am reminded that making time, creating space, the keeping of the garden of the soul is crucial but also is Jesus' charge to "…watch and pray" (Mark 14.38, Matthew 26.41), the Faithful and True Witness' word to hear what the Spirit is saying (Revelation 2,3). I am reminded that one must not only cultivate space but one must also be able to read to exegete her life, to see and hear God on the wind, to recognize the presence of the Divine in her midst.
And so, somewhere between Trader Joe's, a hair appointment and making returns at Macy's I heard this, and it blessed me so I share it with you.
From the poet Marie Howe after the passing of her brother, an excerpt "What the Living Do"
Johnny, the kitchen sink has been clogged for days, some utensil probably fell down there. And the Drano won't work but smells dangerous, and the crusty dishes have piled up waiting for the plumber I still haven't called. This is the everyday we spoke of.
It's winter again: the sky's a deep, headstrong blue, and the sunlight pours through the open living-room windows because the heat's on too high in here and I can't turn it off.
For weeks now, driving, or dropping a bag of groceries in the street, the bag breaking, I've been thinking: This is what the living do. And yesterday, hurrying along those wobbly bricks in the Cambridge sidewalk, spilling my coffee down my wrist and sleeve, I thought it again, and again later, when buying a hairbrush: This is it.
Parking. Slamming the car door shut in the cold. What you called that yearning. What you finally gave up. We want the spring to come and the winter to pass. We want whoever to call or not call, a letter, a kiss — we want more and more and then more of it.
But there are moments, walking, when I catch a glimpse of myself in the window glass, say, the window of the corner video store, and I'm gripped by a cherishing so deep for my own blowing hair, chapped face, and unbuttoned coat that I'm speechless: I am living. I remember you.


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