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By Ms. Katherine Belcher (Japan)September 23, 2013
OKINAWA, Japan (Sept. 19, 2013) -- U.S. Army Pacific Command instructors were on Okinawa last week training Soldiers from different units how to use Improvised Explosive Device Effects Simulation training kits.
The kits are available through the Training Support Center on Torii Station and consist of wireless and manual tripwires and control devices to simulate the IED threat that Soldiers might face in combat situations around the world.
Six Soldiers from 1-1 Air Defense Artillery, 53rd Signal Battalion and 10th Regional Support Group participated in the train-the-trainer instruction, which was conducted on Torii Station and at Range 17 on Camp Hansen.
The Soldiers will take back and share with their units the knowledge they gained during the week of training, which included classroom instruction and hands-on demonstrations at the range. Soldiers utilized a non-pyrotechnic kit comprised of pressure devices, suicide vests and push-pull booby traps. The devices use carbon dioxide canisters, white powder and small plastic cups to create the visual and audio effects of an explosive device -- and they are incredibly realistic.
Instructors trained participants on how to operate the non-pyrotechnic scalable signature device, which is used indoors and outdoors to simulate large and small IEDs. The NPSSD is activated using a module control unit that remotely detonates the device.
This is the first time this particular training has been offered on Okinawa, according to instructor Lewis Jefferson, who was joined by lead trainer Aaron Nakashima -- both of whom work with the USARPAC mobile training unit at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii.
"This training is incredibly beneficial for Soldiers because it prepares them for being down range and teaches them what to do if and when they come across an IED," said Jefferson. "This training is needed more than ever as USARPAC expands. Isolated locations like Guam and Okinawa need access to this kind training and that is why the mobile unit is so important."
One Soldier taking part in the training is a medic with 1-1 ADA at Kadena Air Base. SPC Michael Douglas was grateful for the opportunity to attend and said the training will make him a better medic.
"Our leadership likes the concept of training as you fight and this is a higher level of training. It is curriculum development level and you can tell the leadership put a lot of thought into this training," said Douglas. "It is multi-purpose and a great tool for anyone going down range and I want to thank my leadership for allowing me the opportunity to attend such a realistic exercise."

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Recovering From Christianity Can Make You Mad
Recovering From Christianity Can Make You Mad
by Tawnya Clark
Richard Dawkins was confronted by more born-again Christians at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia on October 23, 2006 than he would have been if he had gone to Sunday School the next day. I watched Book TV from my couch in Buffalo, NY. I applauded along with the RMWC students as the professor expertly handled each question that visiting Liberty University students threw his way.
Somehow, a RMWC student did manage to find a spot for herself among the born-again students at the microphone. She asked Professor Dawkins "Is anger a common symptom of a person who is going through the de-conditioning process of their parent's religion?"
This seemed to be a new topic for the Professor, and he directed a general question towards the entire audience. "Is that a common experience?" he asked, referring to the emotion of anger.
There was a general murmur of assent and Professor Dawkins expressed interest in learning more about this emotion. He seemed surprised and curious at this new discovery.
I was rather surprised, myself, that the topic had not come up before in the multiple conversations I imagine he's had with former religious folk. Anger and resentment are primary emotions I would assume all former born-again Christians feel towards their past and their former mentors. It is certainly so with myself.
As an atheist who used to be a born-again Christian, I find many things to be angry about.
I am angry that my esteem for myself was beaten down over and over again. My heart and mind were dark and sinful and I was to constantly try to allow God to mold me into his own image—whatever that was. Is it no wonder that my journals from 2nd grade on are filled with dark, suicidal thoughts? It angers me that reverence for myself was never an option.
I am angry at the waste of my talents and imagination as a young person. Rather than writing and drawing and reading with an open mind and a free imagination, I spent a gross amount of time trying to figure out how to live up to the expectations that I thought God, my parents, and my mentors had for me. I wrote often in notebooks and diaries. It is difficult for me to read my own words:
"I hope I don't sound stupid, but when I read that Bible verse I start crying, because just this past week I kept thinking, 'I'm slipping back again. It seems all I do is slip back and get lazy,' and I feel so dumb because God's love is so obvious in everything and I just can't trust enough, it seems like."
I was fourteen years old. I was consumed with becoming a woman of God.
I am angry at the waste of my physical talents. I was not allowed to play sports or do any other extra-curricular activities, because it interfered with Wednesday night church and I could not get home in time enough to be ready for Youth Group. I am angry at the church leaders, youth group workers, and pastors who brainwashed me. This anger is sometimes short-lived as I work through the probability that most of them have simply been brainwashed by their own mentors. It is sparked anew, however, when I sense their laziness in researching and truly understanding what it is that they have set up as the very foundation of their lives and the lives of their children.
Anger extends to friends and family whom I see compromise, constantly, their strict line of morals. A woman and I have been friends since the seventh grade. A few years ago she discovered her brother was gay. One day I inquired about his partner, but she put her finger to her lips and nodded toward her daughter in the back seat of my car. I was not to discuss this in front of her. Now, even as I write this, she and her children are spending a whole week with her brother and his partner in their apartment in New York, having a glorious time.
I am happy she has come to accept her brother's homosexuality, but how did she come to this new awakening without becoming an atheist or at least an agnostic? Do I expect too much?
I am angry that she has compromised in this area, allowing her children to be around an 'abomination' (according to her beliefs and her God) without recognizing the hypocrisy that I so clearly see.
I am angry with her husband, whom I also grew up with. He does not attend church anymore, but allows his children to go every Sunday with their mother. I become angry imagining what those children could be going through.
I know what they will go through and so does their father.
They will be cornered, confronted—"Have you accepted Jesus yet? Why haven't you been baptized? Do you have Jesus in your heart? Why didn't you bring any friends with you today?"
They will be sat in front of a television and they will watch movies created with the sole purpose of making their viewers feel entirely responsible for the eternal salvation or damnation of any human being they come in contact with.
Those impressionable minds, those precious hearts will be made to feel sinful, guilty, unworthy and blamed. They will learn it is their fault Jesus suffered. There is so much waste, so much pain, and so many traumas.
I know that Professor Dawkins feels some of this anger when he recognizes the wasted potential of the thousands upon thousands of children cloistered away in these strict religious communities.
Now imagine how that anger is compounded when you wake up one day and realize the waste of your days, the waste of your imagination, the waste of your very own childhood and young adulthood. It has passed, it is gone, and the scars manifest themselves as a thick knot in my stomach and a sickening sense of loss.
Recovery is not as bad as one would think. After all, around every corner is something glorious. Every new thing learned is a treasure. Every song, every book that was banned is now something incredibly precious. Moving forward and looking forward—these are the keys to recovery.
I am slowly learning to curtail my anger towards the past, but what do I do with these new offenses? I live in a culture where I feel I have to tiptoe around believers. I feel it is as uncouth as belching to call a Christian out on their beliefs and hypocrisies. I am tired of biting my tongue.
I would challenge all atheists and agnostics to remember the offenses perpetrated on the children of the world by fundamentalist religion before biting their own tongues.Tawnya Clark graduated from the University of Iowa with a major in English and a minor in Religion, with a focus on Early Christianity Studies.
Appeared in Secular Nation—Vol 11, Number 4, pages 20-21. (Published April 2007)
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SIGN CLASSES OFFERED: American Sign Language classes are offered by the Community for the Deaf at the Youngstown Hearing & Speech Center on Southern Boulevard in Boardman. This class will help participants develop expressive and receptive skills by learning spelling, language, grammar / structure and deaf culture. ASL I — 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, today to March 27; $115 (includes workbook). ASL II — 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, today to March 27; $90. ASL III — 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays to March 26; $90. ASL IV — 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday to March 22; $85. To sign up, contact Rebecca Somintz at 330-726-8855 or via email at RSSomintz@yohsc. com. TMH HEALTHY WOMAN PROGRAM SET: The Trumbull Memorial Hospital Healthy Woman program, "Have a Skin-tastic New Year," is set for 5 p.m., Wednesday at Elm Road Medical Park, Building C, 2662 Elm Road, Cortland. Featured speakers are board-certified plastic surgeon Peter Sarkos and board-certified radiologist Roger P. Tokars. Learn about ways to care for skin year round and about skin health and what to watch for. A variety of displays will be available. Refreshments will be served. Register for the free program at www.TrumbullMemorial.net/ HealthyWoman or call 330-841-5600. SAFETY COUNCIL OFFERS COURSES: The National Safety Council, Northern Ohio Chapter, 23 E. Boardman St. Ste. 343, Youngstown, is offering a basic life support class and a defensive driving course. To register or for more information, call 330-747-8657. Course: Basic Life Support: Healthcare and Professional Rescuers — 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 1. Course meets CDC, OSHA and NFPA guidelines, as well as current CPR and ECC guidelines. Cost is $50 or $32 for a refresher course. Course: Defensive Driving Course, DDC-4 — 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 9. Approved course for ODOT & ODA, rate reduction by some insurance companies & violation remediation for some counties & states. Cost is $30. Registration deadline is Thursday. MENDED HEARTS TO MEET: Mended Hearts, Chapter 7, a heart support group for heart survivors and their families, will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Elizabeth Boardman Campus in the Azalia Room. Guest speaker will be Ellen Ford, R.N., who will speak about exercise. The public is invited. For more information, contact Joe Clark at 330-702-8859. A speakers bureau is available to local organizations at no charge. Bookings are now being accepted for 2012. For available dates, contact Lee Meadows at 330-793-2531. ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION HOSTS ANNUAL RED AND WHITE: The Arthritis Foundation will host more than 700 attendees at its 15th Annual Red & White from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, a strolling wine and food event that raises funds to support local programs and services for people with arthritis. The event, presented by Akron General, will take place at the John S. Knight Center in Akron. More than 18 area restaurants and 70 global wineries will serve guests. The event will feature live and silent auctions, including a white gold and diamond pendant from Sterling Jewelers Inc., a ride on the Goodyear blimp, a Vegas roll-off dice game and "Key to a Cure" auction. Tickets are $85 in advance or $95 at the door. V.I.P. tickets are $125 and include general admission. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. For more information, call 216-285-2829. VALLEY COUNSELING HOSTS CLIENT ART SHOW: Valley Counseling Services, along with Valley Community Mental Health Foundation, will host its second annual client art show and reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Trumbull Art Gallery in Warren. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature artwork from all mediums created by those dealing with mental illness. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibit will remain on display through Feb. 1. For more information, visit www.vcsinc.org. 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A bill that would give New Jersey drivers the option of paying motor vehicle surcharges in installments was approved by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee today.
The legislation, sponsored by Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer) and Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D-Bergen), would also give motorists more time to pay fines on traffic violations.
"Any driver who prefers to pay their fines in installments would not be able to under current law," Gusciora said in a statement. "It should be taken into consideration the ability of a resident to pay their fines. It is more important for the fine to be paid, not how long it takes to do so."
Currently, the ability to pay fines in installments is left to the discretion of motor vehicle officials. But today's measure would require the commission to honor any request.
Lawmakers said the installment option would let cash-strapped drivers avoid further penalties unrelated to their performance behind the wheel.
"An unpaid fine can result in suspension or loss of driving privileges," Wimberly stated. "When many rely on driving to get to and from work and to care for their families, allowing a payment plan to reconcile motor vehicle surcharges would benefit individuals who are working hard to make ends meet."
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Audience and critics admire authentic vibe
Kathy Griffin. Cesar Millan. Anthony Bourdain. They and their shows couldn't be more different in style and subject, but these masters of television's unscripted and semiscripted milieu all bring their audiences the same thing: a distinct perspective that viewers trust as authentic.
Auds bank on such unscripted stars as Griffin, Millan and Bourdain by watching them navigate hurdles no one could predict, and with their own unique authority.
"It's a first-person essay always," says Bourdain of his "No Reservations," which is nominated for a nonfiction series Emmy. "I have the luxury of being honest or cranky or happy or unhappy or drunk. If I hate a city or I hate the food, I have the freedom to say so. I don't have to pretend things are great all the time."
Griffin — whose "My Life on the D-List" received a nod for reality program — hasn't held back, even when it meant that her visit to the Apollo Theater in a recent episode ended with her being yelled at by the stage manager over a tawdry zinger and receiving a letter banning her from ever returning.
"Either I can play by the rules and the two people who make up those rules, or I can play for everyone else and be honest and make them laugh," Griffin says. "I think I can say the things I say — whether I'm in Iraq or at Walter Reed — because people know my only agenda is that I want them to laugh."
Millan — whose "Dog Whisperer" is a nominee in the reality program category — is also trying to tease out the truth of a situation with his own methods when he enters the house of someone who's struggling with a pet.
"Americans needed some kind of common sense," says Millan of the rationalizing people do when it comes to a dog's actions. "That's my simple way of saying it."
Of course, sometimes honesty is not enough in television. It often helps to have a little something extra if you want viewers to come back.
"I've been in this business a long time, and I've never seen someone as charismatic as Cesar," says Michael Cascio, senior vice president of production for National Geographic Channel. "The audience can see that what he does works, but it's the way he does everything that makes it interesting to watch again and again, and it's very intimate to watch someone deal with the relationship with their dog."
Frances Berwick, Bravo's general manager, believes Griffin creates a sense of closeness with her audience that keeps them loyal by pulling back the veil on what her daily life is like and not pretending that all is perfect.
"You're given this view of a celebrity life, but it's told from the perspective of someone who seems more like all of us," Berwick says, "You see her talking about how much her feet hurt on the red carpet and trying to find her next gig."
"No Reservations" exec producer Charlie Parsons thinks viewers stick with Bourdain for similar reasons.
"Viewers can smell a rat," Parsons says. "They know when something isn't for real, and they want to know that this person whose perspective they've decided they like is being honest with them about what they're seeing because, otherwise, what's the point of watching?"


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†Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab, India.
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Lamotrigine is an effective oral anticonvulsant agent used as an adjunctive treatment for refractory epilepsy with few minor adverse effects, including dizziness, double vision, headache, coordination problems, blurred vision, nausea, and vomiting, but the most life-threatening side effects include hypersensitivity reactions. These idiosyncratic reactions commonly manifest with clinical symptoms ranging from mild rashes to Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. Hepatitis and other immune-mediated reactions are also known.
Liver involvement with this drug has been documented in the form of acute hepatitis resulting even in fulminant hepatic failure (1). Cholestatic pattern of liver injury has never been reported with this drug. We encountered a 12-year-old male child who developed progressive cholestatic jaundice after starting lamotrigine, and his investigations including liver biopsy confirmed it to be rare case of vanishing bile duct syndrome (VBDS). The rare occurrence of VBDS in a child and its association with lamotrigine prompted us to document the present case, which has never been reported in the literature earlier.
A 12-year-old male child presented with focal seizures in December 2008 for which he started taking carbamazepine. While taking carbamazepine, the child developed maculopapular rash, which subsided after stopping carbamazepine. He started taking valproate, which did not control his seizures, and he started taking lamotrigine in September 2009. After 2 weeks of starting lamotrigine, child started developing macular rash. Lamotrigine was stopped after the onset of rash. This rash persisted for approximately 1 month and then healed with residual hyperpigmentation.
One month after starting lamotrigine, when rash started subsiding, child developed conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (total bilirubin of 14.8 mg/dL with conjugated fraction of 10.8 mg/dL) with elevated transaminases (aspartate aminotransferase [AST] 322 IU/L, alanine transaminse [ALT] 234 IU/L). In view of persistent hyperbilirubinemia, child was referred to pediatric gastroenterology in January 2010. On examination, he had icterus, multiple postinflammatory healed hyperpigmented macules, and scratch marks with firm hepatomegaly. There was no splenomegaly or ascites. Investigations revealed normal hemogram, AST 134 IU/L, ALT 321 IU/L, alkaline phosphatase 123 IU/L, with normal prothrombin index (100%) and low serum albumin (2.1 g/dL). Workup for viral hepatitis A, B, C, and E, autoimmune, and Wilson disease was negative. Ultrasonography abdomen showed mild hepatomegaly with normal hepatic echotexture and normal biliary apparatus. A possibility of drug-induced liver injury was considered and a liver biopsy was done, which showed absence of interlobular bile ducts in 6 of the 9 portal tracts examined (Fig. 1) suggestive of drug-induced cholestasis. He started taking ursodeoxycholic acid (30 mg · kg−1 · day−1) and vitamin supplements. Child initially showed clinical as well as biochemical improvement (in May 2010, AST and ALT were 42 and 41 IU/L and ALP was 350 IU/L, GGT was 96 IU/L with bilirubin of 4.5 mg/dL).
In June 2010, child again showed signs of worsening in the form of increasing jaundice and pruritus. Biochemical markers revealed elevated AST 110 IU/L, ALT 59 IU/L, and bilirubin 7.8 mg/dL. In view of no clinical improvement, repeat liver biopsy was done, which showed marked ductular proliferation with paucity of interlobular bile ducts (absent in 7 of the 8 portal tracts examined as evident on immunohistochemical stains for cytokeratin CK7/CK19). There was also evidence of bridging fibrosis (Figs. 2 and 3). In view of the above findings, a diagnosis of VBDS was considered. Subsequently, child started taking 2 mg/kg prednisolone and later azathioprine in a dose of 1.5 mg · kg−1 · day−1, and continued till November 2010. But there was no improvement. In view of worsening liver functions including coagulogram and hard liver on clinical examination, he was counseled for liver transplantation and is waiting for the same presently.
Ductopenia is a term used to describe a decrease in the number of interlobular bile ducts in >50% of portal tracts in a pathologic specimen that is adequate for interpretation (2,3). Loss of a bile duct is recognized in an individual portal tract when no duct is identified in proximity to the parallel hepatic arterial branch. Ductopenia is an end result associated with multiple insults, ranging from congenital and genetic diseases, developmental disease, immunological diseases, infectious diseases, neoplastic disorders, and drugs or toxins. In the present case, lamotrigine was the offending agent. These disorders result in progressive loss of intrahepatic bile ducts, which is coined as VBDS. VBDS is a rare condition in the pediatric population and sparsely reported (4). It has been described in adults as a final result to multiple causes of liver injury. Among the various causes of VBDS, drugs have an increasing importance (5–7). Deggot et al (3) reported 8 cases of persistent drug-induced cholestatic syndrome, of which 4 showed persistent ductopenia, up to 76 months after the onset of jaundice, with severe reduction of the interlobular bile ducts/portal tracts ratio. In these cases, there was minimal portal inflammation without evidence of hepatic necrosis or cholestasis (3).
Cholestasis is a common result of drug toxicity, explaining 2% to 5% of hospitalizations for jaundice and up to 20% of cases of jaundice in the geriatric population (8). In a minority of cases, cholestasis persists for >6 months and is associated with an increasing risk of progression to the rare occurrence of VBDS. There are only anecdotal reports showing improvement with immunosuppressive therapy, but our index child did not show any improvement with prednisolone and azathioprine during 6-month time, so liver transplantation was contemplated.
Lamotrigine has been associated with a number of adverse reactions, of which hypersensitivity reactions are the most important. Drug-induced hepatitis has been reported with lamotrigine (9). To the best of our knowledge, it is the first report of bile duct injury associated with lamotrigine requiring liver transplantation.
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Maria Yolanda Catejo-Munoz loved to dance, and on one of the last nights of her life, that's just what she did.
The 35-year-old mother slipped on a black dress and left her Joline Avenue apartment in Long Branch late Saturday night to go to a Tinton Falls nightclub with some friends, according to her landlord, Rafael Lara.
But when she didn't return the next morning, Lara grew concerned.
"It was strange," he said. "Because if she go out she's always coming back the next day."
Catejo-Munoz's family shared those fears, and reported her missing to the Long Branch Police Department a few hours later, officials said. By Monday afternoon, everyone's dread had become a reality.
The woman and her boyfriend, 33-year-old Feredis Venturo, were found dead inside Venturo's Sairs Avenue home on Monday afternoon, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni.
Authorities have yet to release a motive or manner of death in the twin slaying, leaving a slew of questions unanswered about the town's second and third homicides this year. A fatal stabbing occurred in January.
A prosecutor's office spokesman, Charles Webster, said it was unclear how the two lovers died or when. An autopsy was conducted Tuesday but the results were not made public.
Webster said officials do not believe Catejo-Munoz and Venturo were killed in a murder-suicide, but would not say why, citing the ongoing investigation.
The 35-year-old woman had been living in Long Branch for at least five years, according to Lara, who said they met after she responded to an ad he posted in a local laundromat about a room for rent.
Above all, Catejo-Munoz was a devoted mother to her 4-year-old son and spent most of her time taking care of him. The boy was staying with a babysitter on Saturday night, when Lara last saw the woman.
Catejo-Munoz also "liked to work" at her job cleaning houses and loved listening to music, according to Lara, who said her favorite style was reggaeton. The landlord didn't know much about Venturo, and while Webster said the couple were involved in a "romantic relationship," he didn't know how long they had been together.
In a brief phone interview Catejo's uncle, Claudio Catejo, said the authorities have not shared any details of their investigation into his niece's death. "We don't know anything about what police have been looking into."
"She was young, happy and charming and a hard-working housekeeper," he said.
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The Bitterroot Boltz, a traveling baseball team made up of 13 year olds from throughout the Bitterroot made a big splash in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, this last week. The team cruised through pool play last Wednesday and Thursday and came away with the No. 1 seed for the championship bracket for the Triple Crown World Series for 13 year olds and under.
The Boltz defeated Broomfield, Colorado's RMHC5 team first, winning 13-5. They then ran over Parker, Colorado, 23-0. That set up the championship bracket for the Bitterroot team. In their first game of the bracket, the Boltz topped Salem, Utah's Diamond Dawgs, 7-6. The Boltz then 10-runned Centennial Colorado, 14-4. They moved on to top Brawley, California, 9-0. The Dirt Dogs of Selah, Washington met up with the Bitterroot team in the semi finals. The Boltz edged out another 7-6 win and sent the Dirt Dawgs to the loser's bracket. They came back through to play in the championship game where the Boltz ran over them, 18-8.


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Following up on the brand new Air Jordan exclusive that we spotted Chris Paul with this morning, we're now going back in time to his days with the New Orleans Hornets via this Air Jordan V. The sneaker is a pretty bright affair thanks to the trademark creole blue and mardi gras gold sections that sneak onto the white base. See more of this Air Jordan V for Chris Paul right after the jump (Complete with #3 embroidery) and see what it takes to own them yourself courtesy of bluphi1 on eBay.
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The summit of Mount Kinabalu is one of the highest points in the Malay Archipelago, and it is famously easy to ascend. The typical route takes just a few days, and there are clearly marked paths, fixed ropes and stairs that make the journey feasible for anyone other than the very young, aged or infirm. There is also perfectly adequate, dormitory-style lodging roughly two-thirds of the way up the mountain. If you're really looking for a challenge, however, and you're not a seasoned climber, try tackling the summit "via ferrata" (Italian for "iron road"), a mountain route equipped with fixed cables, stemples, ladders and bridges that would otherwise only be accessible to experienced climbers.
The via ferrata established on Kinabalu is reputedly the highest of its kind anywhere in the world. That doesn't mean your trip won't involve at least a little bit of rest and relaxation. The newly established Pendant Hut offers shelter and bunk beds along the ascent, and while it isn't heated, it's likely to feel like a home away from home by comparison to a sheer cliff face.
Whether you are searching for someplace to stay en-route to your climb, or someplace to recuperate after, consider the city of Kota Kinabalu. It has been growing in popularity for years now, but it remains far enough off the beaten track to escape the notice of many travelers planning a trip to Malaysia. For a proper view of the city center and the mountain beyond, take a short hike to the Signal Hill Observatory. Kick back after your climb and bask in the sight of your recently conquered route, or gather your strength and prepare yourself for an ascent in full view of what you're up against.
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Happy holidays, everyone! I know we all are in for a pretty challenging 2012 and for several years beyond. It is likely to get much tougher for many of us. All the more important to get yourself free of as much distress as possible so you can handle what's coming at us all in this very chaotic and rapidly changing (deteriorating?) world .
It can be pretty scary the way things are going. So it is even more important, and indeed even urgent, to get your psychological house in order. And there's no better way to do that better than by using BSFF to eliminate the many distresses that you already have and to prepare yourself to I have to react to the challenges ahead in the next year or two or three. So begin to diligently clean house and your subconscious mind.
I urge you TO USE BE SET FREE FAST set yourself free. You won't find a way that works as easily, simply and effectively as BSFF. Yes, I understand that this may be hard to believe. But, I know that is true. And if you use BSFF you will also know it, too.
So if you're trying to overcome fear of public speaking or eliminate public speaking anxiety BSFF will do that for you extremely quickly. You'll be amazed at how easy and fast it is clear that all up.
If you're coping with depression, or trying to get some self-help for depression, then BSFF is the best tool for you. Want to clear up all kinds of anxieties? You have physical symptoms that seem to hang on or keep recurring? It is quite possible that some of those physical problems have emotional roots. Spell check
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Bitter Seeds is an examination of the debate surrounding biotechnology and the future of farming.
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An intimate portrait of Rocky Braat, who traveled to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he met a group of children with HIV living at an AIDS hostel, a place of unspeakable hardship, he decided to stay and devote his life to them.
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For many, the drummer is the joker in the group, Phil Selway explains within the ranks of Radiohead, there is not too much light hearted banter but he does see his role as a supporting one for the others to be creative.
In a BBC Radio 4 documentary 'Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer' you can hear drummers Stewart Copeland, Phil Collins, Clem Burke, Kenny Jones and Phil Selway talk about their role in the band. Is the drummer the joker of the band? Phil Selway laughed: "The joker and Radiohead generally doesn't really go together". And if you want to hear some good drummer jokes, have a listen at 15:30 hrs (GMT) on BBC Radio 4 or right now through the BBC iPlayer below.


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The higher the fixed cost on the left side of the blue line,
the more volume is needed to get the revenue above the total expense.
Health care is getting really crazy lately.
After decades of growth at a pace everyone agreed was unsustainable, waves of health policy lurches, insurance company plan design tweaking, public and business outrage over premiums and prices, and government fears of loss of international competitiveness of American products, it's beginning to be clear that some fundamentals have shifted.
The new payment models, appropriately labeled "risk," are impacting providers and patients more rapidly than many of us anticipated. Right now, for providers in markets who are experiencing the tipping point into more than 50 percent of revenue coming from such risk contracts, the speed of change seems suddenly striking.
The growth in volume of services does seem to be waning. Is the cause the dramatic drop in prices, forced by government and commercial payers? Is it the emergence of higher co-pays and deductibles forcing patients to make new economic decisions? Has the effort to improve coordination of care yielded enough results that chronically ill patients are no longer over utilizing unneeded emergency room and inpatient resources? It's probably all these things. Already several health systems here in Western Mass are showing signs of shrinking.
Several major shifts in healthcare payment are creating a storm of challenges in executing appropriate change management. Prices per unit of service are falling. Variable costs have been reduced, but this is a high fixed cost industry, at least on the hospital side. With a drop in revenue per unit, the breakeven point for volume increases.
Now enter the contracts that pay a significant portion of revenue based on quality scores and "shared savings." Shared savings are usually calculated on the basis of a recent run rate of costs for the local population projected forward in a "budget." If the provider group can provide the care for the population at lower cost, the provider group gets to keep some of the savings. The proportion of savings that becomes revenue depends directly upon the quality scores.
So now there are two critical sources of revenue entering a system with high fixed costs. In order to be successful, health systems will need to think of volume more in terms of the size of the population served, then the number of units of service, although the latter will remain important for some time.
From a budget standpoint, there are three variables that must be maximized at the same time.
1) Volume of services has to be sustained above the breakeven point for fixed expenses, for those services still paid on a unit basis.
2) Provider groups have to get really good at achieving highest quality scores to gain access to shared savings, which must also be achieved.
3) To succeed in both of the first two items, the total population has to grow. That allows adequate volume to cover the fixed costs in services continuing to be paid in units. The growth in covered lives also provides scale so that savings generated are adequate to cover the increased expenses in infrastructure required to succeed in quality/shared savings payments.
Most health systems are gearing up for the first two. As volumes drop, the third factor will lead to consolidation of provider groups and health systems. If the population utilizes fewer high-end expensive services because of improved coordination, and a reduction in fees paid for these high-end services, then provider groups will need a larger population to sustain themselves. The aging of the population will have some impact, but the consolidation is likely to happen quickly in the next five years before the demographics of aging, obesity, and chronic illness create enough need.
The short, pithy conclusions I reach for provider groups are consolidate, standardize/improve, and become indispensable to those we serve, because the business model requires we care for a larger population.
To do so means competing with other provider groups. To do that, a cultural commitment to continuously understanding the needs of those we serve, focusing on the experience of our customers by truly listening to them in caring about their individual needs, will lead to successful health systems.
I am optimistic because all of these things are the right thing to do, and are what everyone who works in healthcare desires for their patients. If we act smart and with heart, we will be okay.
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Ke$ha's party anthem "Die Young" is fading fast from the airwaves in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn., last Friday.
The polarizing track off of her new album "Warrior" was No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 radio-playlist chart the day of the tragedy. That day, it reached 167 million listeners nationwide, according to Mediabase data reported by TMZ.
But by Monday, the song's reach had dropped 19 million listeners, to 148 million, as a result of stations dropping it from the rotation. A decline in radio play that steep is uncommon.
Co-written by Nate Ruess of fun., the single was released Sept. 25. Lyrics go, "I hear your heart beat to the beat of the drums/ Oh what a shame that you came here with someone/ So while you're here in my arms/ Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die young."
Star-Ledger music critic Tris McCall described "Die Young" as "worthy of standing in the golden gutter alongside 'TiK ToK' and 'Take it Off.'"


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A complete description follows this diagram:
The sun heats the ground.
The warm ground in turn heats the air above. (In the above diagram, the warm ground and air are shaded in red.)
The warm air at the ground is lighter and less dense than the surrounding air above, so it begins to rise.
The rising air takes on the shape of a round "parcel."
Several things happen as the parcel rises up through the atmosphere:
The higher up into the atmosphere you go, the lower the pressure. As the parcel of air rises, it experiences this drop in pressure. As the pressure on the air parcel drops, the parcel expands and increases in size. (In the diagram I drew the rising parcel getting bigger as it rises.)
Anytime air expands due to a drop in pressure, it also gets cooler. So, as the parcel rises and expands, it also cools. (In the diagram, the green and blue colors indicate the parcel getting cooler.) The parcel cools at a rate of approximately 10 degrees C per 1000 meters of rise (or 5.5 degrees F per 1000 feet of rise.) This is called the
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Warm air is able to hold larger amounts of
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out of the air parcel in the form of liquid cloud droplets. When water vapor begins to condense into liquid droplets (moisture), this means the air parcel is
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The rising, expanding, cooling air parcel finally rises so high that the surrounding atmospheric air is the same temperature as the cooled parcel. This is called
temperature. When equilibrium is reached, the parcel loses momentum and stops rising.
By the time the air parcel has reached equilibrium temperature, enough moisture has condensed out of it to form a visible cloud!
Cloud heights and shapes vary according to the atmospheric conditions. On a hot day, clouds will tend to form higher, because the rising air parcels must rise higher in order to cool enough to reach dewpoint. When air parcels continue to rise after dewpoint has been reached and condensation has occurred, the cloud becomes very tall. This is how cumulus congestus and cumulonimbus clouds form. If air parcels only rise a short distance over a large geographical area after reaching dewpoint, layer clouds (such as stratus) will form.
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In an era of rapid transit, electronic communication, international commerce and worldwide environmental challenges, global connections abound. Reflecting those realities, a growing number of course listings sport an international or global focus with titles like Atlantic Economic History, World Agricultural History and Global Environmental History. At the same time, heightened interest in cross-cultural comparative approaches; approaches and insights from environmental and cultural history; and perspectives from related disciplines in the Social Sciences and Humanities are enriching the field.
Desiring to promote and extend these fertile developments, the program committee for the 2008 meeting of the Agricultural History Society invites submissions from scholars at all levels and in all disciplines on topics related to the history of agriculture, broadly conceived. We extend a special invitation to graduate students. The committee welcomes proposals of all types and formats, from the traditional papers/commentary format to less formal thematic panel discussions to roundtables on recent books. The program committee will also do its best to organize individual or "orphan" submissions into panels.
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Outdated building codes could be dangerous: Guest Voice of Pete Albaugh
My first car, a 1964 Chevy, didn't have any seat belts installed at the factory. The most recent automobile I purchased has many safety features that were not even thought of when I started driving. Auto manufacturers now make better, safer cars and still make money. Why can't we do that with buildings?
I joined the volunteer fire department in 1973. I've been to more than 400 fires, of varying degrees of loss, and I've seen the damage that can result in buildings with outdated safety standards. The sad reality is that Pennsylvania has stopped regular updates of its building codes, which set minimum standards for building safety and durability.
Every three years, Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code Review and Advisory Council evaluates proposed revisions to building codes and decides whether the state will update its codes. In 2012, the RAC decided not to update the codes -- opting out of vital safety and energy-saving improvements to building practices. The RAC was able to get away with this because it is dominated by builders who care more about their profits than protecting the people who live and work in the buildings they make, or the firefighters like me who risk their lives saving the lives and property of others.
As a firefighter, too often I've arrived at a burning house to find the floor collapsing into the basement, a situation that's dangerous and hinders our efforts to safely put out a fire. Updating building codes will include provisions that increase safety for both residents and the firefighters.
We are learning more every day about how to build homes and other buildings in a way that keeps our families safe and saves money. The newest and best building codes have a wide variety of advantages. They keep costs and safety risks lower, and ultimately, make the buildings constructed with better codes better, safer places to live and do business.
For example, there are many energy-saving advantages of new building codes that can save residents plenty of money, such as more insulation, better windows, and more efficient lighting. An analysis by the Building Codes Assistance Project found that a home in Pennsylvania constructed to the latest codes would save its residents between $7,623 and $19,191 on energy over the life of a 30-year mortgage. That's a significant savings that can either stay in your wallet or be wasted on higher utility bills.
Plus, buildings constructed to the latest standards stand up better to natural disasters and cost less to insure. Many Pennsylvanians saw their flood insurance skyrocket after Superstorm Sandy. A recent Federal Emergency Management Agency investigation into post-disaster recovery efforts found that the money savings for owners of code-compliant buildings through lower insurance rates and by avoiding damage from flood, wind and other disasters would vastly outweigh the relatively small additional cost of building to updated codes from the start. FEMA concluded: "Updated building safety codes are one of the most cost-effective means of reducing damage from natural disasters," and that for every $1 spent in constructing to the most up-to-date codes, we'd save $4 in rebuilding costs.
The new code review cycle started in June, and the RAC has 12 months to evaluate thousands of code changes. At its last meeting, the RAC acknowledged that it could not review the codes in accordance with the current law. Even more surprising, the RAC recently decided not to even try. It will not even start its review process until September, wasting four precious months. This pointless delay shows that the RAC is acting in bad faith -- it does not intend to review the codes at all.
State lawmakers have an opportunity to develop and pass legislation that would remove some of the politics of the code adoption process and get new codes adopted. It is incumbent upon lawmakers to address the issue now because the RAC has clearly demonstrated that it is in no hurry to review codes under the existing system.
Until building codes are updated, our state is doing a disservice to residents and firefighters alike. Let's not let this gross negligence continue. Pennsylvanians deserve better, and safer, buildings.
PETE ALBAUGH is a veteran volunteer firefighter and fire marshal of Summit Township in Crawford County. For information about building codes and energy efficiency, visit www.pennfuture.org.


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Indians Chatter
- Score: Brewers 4, Indians 3.
- Attendance: 5,665 at Maryvale Baseball Park.
- Indians record: 12-8-1.
- In the pen: Jerry Gil retired the side in order in the fifth. Joe Smith pitched out of a first-and-third, two-out jam in the sixth. Scott Barnes retired three straight in the seventh. David Huff loaded the bases in the ninth, but escaped.
- Ouch: Catcher Yan Gomes left the game in the fourth inning after suffering a cramp in his right hamstring running out a double. Brian Jeroloman pinch ran and should have scored on Juan Diaz's single, but he missed third on the way home and was called out.
- Choo who? Drew Stubbs threw out Norichka Aoki at third with a one-hop throw from right field after Aoki doubled off the fence in the third.
- Short and long of it: Mark Reynolds had an RBI ground out in the first and a booming homer in the ninth that cleared the left field fence at 365 feet and cleared a sidewalk and hit a concrete wall on the top of the hill about 80 feet behind the fence.
- Next: RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-1, 7.88) faces San Francisco RHP Chris Heston (0-1, 16.88) at 10:05 p.m. ET. Indians.com will carry the game.
Here's a look at the highlights and lowlights from the Indians Cactus League game against the Brewers on Friday.
— Paul Hoynes
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PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Asked when he would start to worry if Brett Myers keeps pitching the way he did Friday against Milwaukee at Maryvale Ballpark, manager Terry Francona said, "I don't know ... July?"
Myers allowed four runs on seven hits in four innings as the Indians lost to the Brewers, 4-3. It took Myers an estimated 77 pitches to get through his day's work. The Indians gave him a 2-0 lead in the first, but it was gone by the second.
"I thought he fought his command a little bit," said Francona. "It was hot out there (89 degrees for the first pitch).
"He never gives in. He threw strikes with all his pitches. I think you can see when he pitches why he always has the ability to pitch deep into the game once he gets (his arm) built up."
Myers pitched strictly in relief last year, making 70 appearances with Houston and the White Sox. He signed a one-year, $7 million deal on Jan. 4 with the Indians to be one of their top three starters. He's made 249 starts in the bigs and as recently as 2011 made 33 starts and pitched 216 innings for the Astros.
In his last two starts this spring, Myers has allowed seven runs, six earned, on 14 hits and six walks in 7 2/3 innings.
"I don't put any concerns on [spring] numbers," said Francona. "I think he's going to be a good pitcher for us."
Tough gig: It used to be that hitting .400 would take you a long way in baseball. The Indians seem to be changing that way of thinking.
On Monday, they released outfielder Ben Francisco, who was hitting .400 (8-for-20). Francisco had an out clause in his contract and he exercised it because he saw little chance of making the big-league club. The Yankees signed him within hours.
On Friday, Mike McDade was optioned to Class AAA Columbus after hitting .400 (12-for-30) with two doubles, one homer and 10 RBI. First base is suddenly a stacked position for the Indians with Nick Swisher and Mark Reynolds, but at least the switch-hitting McDade is only a phone call away.
"He made a really good impression," said Francona. "He came from Toronto and there were so many different scouting reports [from several organizations] on him. I mean they were all over the map on him.
"Seeing him in person, he can hit and he can hit from both sides and he can play first. One report said 'I like his bat, but you have to pinch run for him.' I don't see that. He's not going to steal any bases, but his not a base clogger."
McDade is 6-1 and 250 pounds. Francona says he'll have to watch his weight, but baseball isn't as fixated on that as it once was. "If you can play, you don't necessarily have to look the part," he said.
Infielder Nate Spears was re-assigned to minor-league camp along with McDade.
Skipper, it's me: Francona has asked all his players participating in the World Baseball Classic to stay in touch with him while they're away.
"A couple of days ago I got a call from Carlos Santana," said Francona. "He was just sitting in his hotel room. I thought that was pretty cool."
Santana is playing for the Dominican Republic, which advanced to the semifinals in San Francisco with Thursday's victory over Team USA.
Testing, testing: Yan Gomes left Friday's game with a tight right hamstring after doubling in the fourth inning.
"It's just a cramp, it wasn't a pull," said Francona.
Finally: Closer Chris Perez (right shoulder) will throw about 10 pitches off the mound Saturday. ... Daisuke Matsuzaka, who left his last appearance Monday with a cramp in his right calf, will throw a minor-league game on Saturday.
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Lawyer charged in bank robbery attempt
An Evans attorney was nabbed in a bank parking lot after what police say was an attempted robbery Monday afternoon.
Ronald Jin Man Pak, 47, of the 4200 block of Aerie Circle, was arrested as he was leaving the Wells Fargo Bank at 489 Furys Ferry Road in Martinez, said Columbia County Sheriff's Capt. Steve Morris.
Pak is an Augusta-based attorney specializing in immigration and nationality law.
Teen hurt in fall from golf car
An Appling teen was injured Wednesday after falling off the back of a golf car.
Joshua McCarty, 16, of Whiteoak Road, was listed in fair condition at Georgia Regents Medical Center, a hospital spokesperson said.
McCarty was taken to the hospital's trauma center shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday after falling from the golf car and striking his head on the pavement, said Columbia County Sheriff's Capt. Steve Morris.
Case continues against woman charged in tot's stabbing death
Prosecution of an Augusta woman charged with the stabbing death of her toddler will continue.
Columbia County Magistrate Judge Jason Troiano determined at a preliminary hearing Tuesday morning that there is enough evidence against Marina Mae Middlebrooks, 29, to proceed with prosecution in Superior Court.
Middlebrooks is charged with murder and cruelty to children in the death of her daughter, Sky Lyric Allen, 2.
Harlem woman killed in crash
A Harlem woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon.
Dawn Demaggio, 48, of Freeman Harriss Road, was pronounced dead by Columbia County Deputy Coroner Bonnie King.
Just before 4 p.m., Demaggio was driving west on the 5700 block of Wrightsboro Road just west of Water Branch Baptist Church outside Grovetown when she ran off the right side of the road, said Columbia County Sheriff's Capt. Sharif Chochol.
Two burglary suspects caught following chase
Authorities on Sunday arrested a North Augusta couple accused of burglary after they led deputies on a high-speed chase into South Carolina.
A Grovetown man called deputies at about 10:45 a.m. Sunday, stating they saw a man go into their neighbor's garage and come out carrying a backpack leaf blower. The man, later identified as Jack Holt, 24, threw the blower into the trunk of a white Dodge Intrepid and sped away.
Richmond County deputy hurt in crash
A Richmond County Sheriff's Office motorcycle deputy was critically injured Thursday afternoon when he crashed his personal motorcycle on Interstate 20.
Deputy Alton Creech, who was off duty, was approaching the Belair Road westbound exit on his Harley-Davidson shortly after 5 p.m. when he hit the back of a 1999 Toyota Camry, said Columbia County sheriff's Capt. Steve Morris.
Creech, 32, was airlifted to Georgia Regents Medical Center and listed in critical condition, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
The following accounts were taken from reports from the Columbia County Sheriff's office:
Male shoplifters caught using purse for thefts
Two Hephzibah men were arrested Thursday after they were caught using a purse to shoplift from Walmart.
Altaye Levelle Knight, 20, and Nathaniel James Pace III, 18, both of Storey Mill Estates, were charged with shoplifting.
Pedestrian robbed along Appling road
A man called authorities early Tuesday stating he'd been robbed at gunpoint while walking along an Appling road.
The 35-year-old said he was walking east on Cobbham Road at Marshall Road at about 5:30 a.m. when a white passenger car passed him. The car turned around and pulled up beside him.
Ex-treasurer charged with $260k thefts
The former treasurer of an Evans neighborhood association has been charged with stealing more than a quarter-million dollars from the organization.
Laurie Wainwright Vanover, , of the block of, was charged with multiple counts of financial transaction card fraud, computer theft, theft by taking and theft by conversion after turning herself in Tuesday morning at the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, said Capt. Steve Morris.
Vanover was released after posting $40,400 bond, Morris said.
Augusta teens charged with armed robbery
Two Augusta teens were arrested early Tuesday after authorities say one robbed a Martinez convenience store at gunpoint and then led deputies on a brief chase.
James Eric Gibbons, 17, of Sasser Lane, and Evan terry Ramsey, 17, of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, were charged with armed robbery and are being held in the Columbia County Detention Center without bond, according to Columbia County sheriff's Capt. Steve Morris.
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It has been quite some time since my last blog, almost a month. I would have written one a long time before this, but no ideas came to mind. What's funny is that in that month more has happened to me game-wise than any other month this year.
I'll start off by listing the games I have bought and played last month. I bought Final Fantasy VIII, Bioshock and Left 4 Dead. I also rented Call of Duty: World at War and Modern Warfare (again). All are great games, but I have barely played Bioshock or Left 4 Dead. Final Fantasy VIII has been taking up most of my time.
My time with Final Fantasy VIII has been made up mostly of small chunks. I am usually only able to play in small increments. Way too much schoolwork this month. But what I have played has been really great. The story is one of the best so far. The characters are also really great. The Junction system is also easier and better than I thought it would be. However, the few things that I think are wrong with the game are the weapons systems and the random battles (they usually don't bother me, but this time I can't stand them). The weapon system also feels broken to me. In other FF's, I looked forward to going on a quest to find a better weapon. Having to find parts to upgrade feels completely wrong for a FF game. I am on disc 3 right now, 30 hours in and haven't been able to upgrade Squall's weapon at all. But those are the only things that are wrong with it in my opinion.
Bioshock is pretty amazing. I have thought about getting it ever since it came out. I only now got around to playing it, and it is EPIC. The plasmids are amazing, and the enemies (especially the Big Daddy's) are very cool.
Left 4 Dead was kind of a disapointment. It is still cool though, but since I don't have Live, I can't really play any of the game except campaign.
Other than that I haven't really done anything. I read a book or two, and finally got around to watching, Hot Fuzz. Anyone see the new Dragon Age trailer? It was really cool. Look it up if you haven't done so already, it's worth it. Only a couple weeks until it releases. Another bit of news is that there is a new Final Fantasy XIII character. The black-haired girl at the end of the TGS 09 trailer. Apparenly her summon is Bahamut and she uses a spear as her weapon. Hopefully more news comes out soon.


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In this episode of Tech Teardown , Erin Kennedy discusses the latest developments in the tech sector with Evan Niu, CFA, our tech and telecom bureau chief.
Activist investor Carl Icahn revealed in a 13F filing the growing size (and value) of his position in Apple.
Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty estimated that Android OEMS are now collectively generating more revenue than Apple.
Despite being the dominant mobile-chip maker, Qualcomm has underperformed this year. Is this new optimism the beginning of something bigger?
Pandora's hitting new highs on analysts' bullishness, but are the valuations fair?
LinkedIn is slowly recovering from the beating it took post-earnings, and it got some help on Friday in the form of a buy rating from Stifel Nicolaus.
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This is a discussion on SailFin-CAFE GreetingService Demo - Solaris Rss ; SailFin-CAFE provides functionality to create conversation between User and MediaGroup . For instance, a simple snippet for playing an announcement to a user would look like: Player p = session.createParticipant(Player.class, "myPlayer"); Conversation conv = session.createConversation(p); conv.addParticipant("firstname.lastname@example.com"); CommunicationBeans can be used ...
SailFin-CAFE provides functionality to create conversation between User and MediaGroup. For instance, a simple snippet for playing an announcement to a user would look like: Player p = session.createParticipant(Player.class, "myPlayer");
Conversation conv = session.createConversation(p);
CommunicationBeans can be used to listen media events, DTMF signals and many other events, based on which application logic can be decided.
Listener for media event when a player(announcement) is finished would be:
@CommunicationEvent(type = CommunicationEvent.Type.MEDIAENDED)
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DTMF Signal is intercepted through CommunicationEvent type MessageArrived:
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void handleMessage() {
DtmfSignal ds = (DtmfSignal) ctx.getMessage();
String signal = ds.getSignal();
At the same time Communication API makes it very handy to replace participants in a conversation. eg. Replacing a user with media group or vice-versa.
All this makes it quite simple to write applications like GreetingService. The basic idea of a GreetingService is to allow users to record messages to be played to their friends at a particular date and time.
Following image illustrates the above:
Greeting Service Example
In the above scenario Alice wants to wish Bob, so she logs in and schedules a greeting for Bob. GreetingService calls Alice for recording the message, CommunicationBean is used to play initial announcement and receive DTMF signals to start/stop recording the message.
Once the recording is finished, an agent(GreetingAgent) is invoked to schedule the Greeting. GreetingAgent calls recepient at scheduled time and plays announcement informing about the Greeting.
Based on the DTMF response of the recepient, greeting is either played or rejected. Sender is informed about the status of the Greeting through an InstantMessage.
- The sample can be checked out at : http://svn-mirror.glassfish.org/sail...eetingService/
- Useful Links : http://weblogs.java.net/blog/binod/a...ans-and-agents
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I just had a fleeting thought wondering how you were going to use this strategy for step 3 of your plan (find a nice chick). Guess we'll hear how that goes in 6 months time after you've succeeded with Paelo the way you have with smoking :-)
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As funny as it sounds, it could work. Stop watching internet porn and jacking off allday everyday certainly helps pushing the drive to go out and meet new people.


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Eric LeGrand, the former Rutgers football player who was paralyzed during a game in 2010, was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers today.
Ex-Rutgers coach Greg Schiano is now Tampa Bay's coach, and he was instrumental in the process of signing LeGrand. As the news was released today, there was a wave of positive reaction around the web.
LeGrand, who has received tremendous support over the last two years for his inspirational efforts, said it made his NFL dream come true. Below is a roundup featuring some of the the social media reaction to the news, including celebrity reaction at the end.


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Next time your dog destroys a pair of your shoes, remind him of Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania.
It's a lake in Africa that turns all animals who come in contact with it to stone, and some of its victims are featured in photographer Nick Brandt's new book, Across the Ravaged Land.
According to New Scientist, the lake takes its name from natron, a naturally occurring compound made mainly of sodium carbonate mixed with a dash of baking soda. When animals take a dip in it, they are calcified, like something out of a horror film. To see the shots, click here.
Brandt discovered the bird carcasses laying along the shoreline and posed them for the images he took. "I could not help but photograph them," he said. "No one knows for certain exactly how they die, but it appears that the extreme reflective nature of the lake's surface confuses them, and like birds crashing into plate glass windows, they crash into the lake."
Lake Natron Turns Animals to Stone ... Really!
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Sept 25th 2:30pm trip with Capt Jeff and Derek on Goldwing
Started out on our way to Race Rocks lighthouse. At about 1.5 miles southeast of Albert Head, we picked up a Humpback whale. We spent a bit of time with the Humpback traveling south and then off to Race Rocks where we saw lots of Stellar & California sea lions and harbour seals. From Race Rocks we traveled northeast over to San Juan Island. We picked up the whales at Eagle Point. We had J and K pod super spread out, fishing and foraging. We followed the whales from Eagle Point up to False Bay then back to Victoria. Roundtrip was 60 miles.
Sept. 25 2:30 pm Trip
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by Tim Slade and Joanna Buggy
In four corners of the globe on four different days throughout the year, four violinists and a small ensemble of their musician friends come together to perform one of the most well loved pieces of music in the world; Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
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Last Days of the Arctic
by Margret Jonasdottir and Magnus Vidar Sigurdsson
RAX is a photographer who has made a career of capturing the human faces of climate change, and the vanishing lifestyles of the Far North.
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