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University Hospital Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Plastic reconstruction of the pelvic organs in Uterine prolapse (program ID: 86403)
Walther Kuhn
Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology
Specialized in: oncology, gynecology, mammology
The Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology at the University Hospital Bonn aims at achieving the best possible quality in patient care, research and student teaching. The head of the Department is Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Walther Kuhn. In accordance with the "pillar concept" of the professional association, the German Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, all areas of the field are represented in the Department of Gynecology. In addition, the spectrum of the Department of Gynecology is expanded by the functional areas "gynecological psychosomatics" and "plastic and aesthetic surgery".
The Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology offers the entire spectrum of gynecological operations and specializes in the therapy of benign and malignant cancers. The Breast Center and the Gynecologic Cancer Center along with other university disciplines form part of the Department. These Centers are certified by independent experts according to the recommendations of the German Cancer Society. The Comprehensive Cancer Center CIO Cologne-Bonn (Center for Integrated Oncology) has been established since 2007. The German Cancer Society recognized it to be one of the best 10 German Cancer Centers.
The Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology at the University Hospital Bonn includes the following focuses:
- Gynecological Cancer Center Bonn
- Certified Breast Center
- Gynecological psychosomatics
- Gynecological outpatient clinic
- Oncological daytime clinic
- Counseling on dysplasia
- Outpatient surgery
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Counseling on urogynecology
The key focuses of the Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology at the University Hospital Bonn under the direction of Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Walther Kuhn are:
- Conservative and surgical treatment of inflammatory or benign diseases
- Urogynecology with both conservative and surgical treatment for urinary incontinence and genital prolapse (vaginal, uterine prolapse and prolapsed bladder)
- Early detection, surgical and conservative treatment as well as the further care of patients with malignant breast diseases and malignant oncological tumors (ovary, uterus, fallopian tubes, vulva)
Program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- physical examination
- review of medical records
- laboratory tests:
- complete blood count
- general urine analysis
- biochemical analysis of blood
- TSH-basal
- indicators of inflammation
- indicators blood coagulation
- pelvic ultrasound
- gynecological examination
- transvaginal ultrasound
- colposcopy
- scraping with subsequent analysis
- preoperative care
- plastic surgical reconstruction of pelvic organs in order
to fix pelvic floor organs
- symptomatic treatment
- control examinations
- cost of essential medicines and materials
- nursing services
- full hospital accommodation in 2 bed shared room
- explanation of future recommendations
About hospital
Accommodation in hospital
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nephrology, Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology
- Bonn, Germany
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Program [Description]
Plastic reconstruction of the pelvic organs in Uterine prolapse
- Hospital: University Hospital Bonn
- Department: Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology
- Head physician: Prof. Dr. med. Walther Kuhn
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- Interpreter 3 hours
- Interpreter 10 hours
- Translation of medical documents 4 pages
- Insurance in case of extra expenses for the treatment of foreign patients


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Banners for ideaJam (25 Oct 2010)
Ah, that one ... but this is more a kind of a "wallpaper" and no banner ;-)... Its tooooo big to be a banner.
Banners for ideaJam (24 Oct 2010)
I´m sorry but I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about...
I would prefer a simple text banner (468x60)... That can be used in my banner rotator. For the use of a widget I need to change the complete website to find a space for it ;-).
AND it might happen that badly formated widget will destroy my complete website design ;-) [CSS used only, no table elements].
Shortcut key for the sametime screen capture tool (29 Sep 2010)
sure, yes ... but this doesn´t allow to put a circle around something, to put a arrow in the picutre, or to cut out only sections. The PrtSc is very limited in features...
And ... the 3rd party software must be installed, must be maintained, ... that costs time, so why wasting it if sametime could do that ;-)
Let users set individual default custom font, color, size, background, etc. for their email AND replies. (28 Sep 2010)
... and let us control that via policy, so that we can push that out if a company has a corporate standard.
Sidebare Widget for Rooms and Reservation Database (28 Sep 2010)
A good idea... in combination with a good documentation this could allow developers to build own plugins. It is often easier to learn from a existing working plugin then starting with a "Hello World" example.
Full client install with latest fixes incorporated (28 Sep 2010)
Another good idea would bao allow us to "slipstream" hotfixes and FPs...
For example IBM could allow us to put the hotfixes and FPs into a special folder in the installer package, so that the installer pick them up for installation.
This will limit the need to build new clients on the IBM side and for us admins this will allow to install FPs and Hotfixes a little bit faster.
Create a full install kit for Fix Packs (like 8.5.1 FP2) (28 Sep 2010)
Another good idea would bao allow us to "slipstream" hotfixes and FPs...
For example IBM could allow us to put the hotfixes and FPs into a special folder in the installer package, so that the installer pick them up for installation.
This will limit the need to build new clients on the IBM side and for us admins this will allow to install FPs and Hotfixes a little bit faster.
Move the screen capture utility from Sametime to Notes client (28 Sep 2010)
A good idea... I would also like to have a "shortcut key" which works from every application as long as Lotus Notes is open.
Create an install kit that does not include Symphony (28 Sep 2010)
It take around 2-3 min. to remove symphony from the installer kit.
Here is a short howto: { Link }
So I would vote against such a package.
By the way... the tool to remove eclipse components is in the tools folder in your Notes Client installation. There is no need to download it.
license model for universities and schools (education) (28 Sep 2010)
Exactly ... students are the key for new business...
By the way Microsoft allow them to download every kind of software (not office) so that they can work with it for free. BUT there is no way to download any kind of IBM software for the students, so they will see it, and if they didn´t see it they will not know it...
Cleanup process for mystery problems (28 Sep 2010)
I would vote for a "kill cache" option... but a "reset config" or something is toooooo dangerous for the normal user. They often didn´t ask what this feature does, they try what happen... and in the end they lost there complete workspace.

So I would not vote for that feature. But maybe it could be disabled/enabled via policy, to prevent such problems from above...
Cleanup process for mystery problems (28 Sep 2010)
I would vote for a "kill cache" option... but a "reset config" or something is toooooo dangerous for the normal user. They often didn´t ask what this feature does, they try what happen... and in the end they lost there complete workspace.
So I would not vote for that feature. But maybe it could be disabled/enabled via policy, to prevent such problems from above...
SMS (txt) user from sametime (28 Sep 2010)
I think this is more a part which should be integrated by a 3rd party.
Maybe the people from ExtraCom are happy to integrate that:
{ Link }
Every modern mobile device will notify you about a meeting via sound or popup. And with Lotus Traveler you can connect nearly every kind of device to your infrastructure.
So I think this isn´t really needed.
Failover Without Requiring Me to Exit Database (09 Jun 2009)
some more infos for: HidePromptFailoverInc
{ Link }
Domino Upgrades ReAdd Removed ServerTasks to the Notes.INI (09 Jun 2009)
I would also use the SetupLeaveServerTasks as described here:
{ Link }
Update Site for Traveler Client (03 May 2009)
A button in the menu like "Check for updates" would be also a nice option to allow the user to keep his client up to date.
He could use it to check if there exist an update or not.
Traveler on Domino for Linux (21 Apr 2009)
Yes... a good idea :)
Strip attachments from delivery failure reports (20 Apr 2009)
I would vote for this (a serverbase setting please which we can activate or not)... I have here many user who send 200 MB to there private mail address and it bounced back because of the size... the bounce/NDR will be send to there mailfile, but in this time they tried it again and WOPA... the mail size is more then 400 MB and the user is over quota.
This feature could help to fix this... the user will get a NDR without attachment and without enlarging the quota (I know teaching users will help to solve this also, but thats not always possible).
Policy setting for Recent Contacts (20 Apr 2009)
Do you know the DisableDPABProcessing notes.ini entry?
{ Link }
this can be set via desktop policy.
Out of the box FAQ template for users (20 Apr 2009)
Do you know this here:
Using the Domino and Notes 6 Help Template (helpex6.ntf) to create a Help database
{ Link }
Create an add "-jc" to Windows as a Service, install checkbox (20 Apr 2009)
oh yes... voted for it :-)
Ability to exclude Symphony for remote Smart Upgrade downloads (20 Apr 2009)
Mail in-out proxy for DMZ (20 Apr 2009)
This can be done already with lotus domino.
Open the configuration document for a server Router/SMTP -> Basic Tab.
There is for example a option called:
Relay host for messages leaving the local internet domain:
I think this could be used for that what you wish to implement.
Ability to sort functions/subs alphabetically in Script Library/Agent (20 Apr 2009)
Oh yes... that would be really helpfull... :-)
Close ideas when implemented or rejected by IBM/Lotus (20 Apr 2009)
Yes that would be really helpful... I have here 3 ideas open which where included in 8.5 but there is no way to close it. I send a email in the past to the ideajam owner, but they are still open.
Allow users to define the font characteristics for new mail and replies. (20 Apr 2009)
Great idea... I would like to see it in the policys as well. So that we can push out company settings without changing the mailfile design.
Push out Notes.ini parameters with a Desktop policy (21 Mar 2009)
Thats possible right... :
Using a Desktop Policy to set notes.ini and Location parameters
{ Link }
More information can be found ini the admin help
Out of office (no end date for long absence) (10 Dec 2008)
a goode idea. I like it. We sometime have some user who left the company... and use this function to tell the user they sould send this email to person xy.
autom. deactivate "move to folder rule" when the user deleted the folder (10 Dec 2008)
my idea was more like "There exist a active rule, which need this folder. When you remove this folder this rule will be deactivated. Do you wish to process?"
Install Modemfiles as "optional" and not as default (12 Sep 2008)
From the Admin Help:
Support for direct dialup modem (X.PC) connections is available only in releases of Domino earlier than release 8.5. You may continue to use Domino Administrator 8.5 to configure and maintain direct dialup modem support, but only on servers running pre-8.5 releases.
{ Link }
add the option to view MS Office 2007 documents with the bild in the lotus notes viewer (14 Jun 2008)
With Lotus Notes 8.5 is it now possible to view Office 2007 files.
Subgroups in the sametime contact list (08 May 2008)
The 8.0.1 client... but the basic client... not the eclipse one (the java framework need to much space at the moment).
Subgroups in the sametime contact list (06 May 2008)
thanks for the info... BUT I posted this here in the "IdeaSpace: Notes Client" section. I wish to have subgroups in the Lotus Notes Client (basic client)... I need extra licences for the standalone client. This is the reason why it will not be rolled out in my company.
Preload DLL's for faster Performance (05 May 2008)
I think "manageable through policies" wouldn´t work due to OS restrictions. But maybe a same construct like the "Single Sign On" ... a service which can be installed as a admin.
add the option to view MS Office 2007 documents with the bild in the lotus notes viewer (30 Apr 2008)
There exist a Technote:
Unable to view attachments created as Office 2007 file formats .docx, .pptx, .xlsx
{ Link }
And a SPR LMMS6WGSYN which can be raised via PMR (if a company need this feature in a coming lotus notes version).
add the option to view MS Office 2007 documents with the bild in the lotus notes viewer (30 Apr 2008)
thanks for the info. BUT MS Office 2007 is born. We or the Lotus Notes Client couldn´t change it. I like Opendocuments and Open Office too:
(add the option to view open office documents with the bild in lotus notes viewer)
{ Link }
but the problem is now that many MS-Office 2007 documents are send out, and they will be read from the people who get them... and... if there is no Lotus Notes Client which can be used they NEED to install MS-Office 2007 to read them.... AND they will send also MS-Office 2007 documents. So not adding a MS Office 2007 viewer to Lotus Notes is the wrong way to push the ISO format.
Mail Rules should allow for Trash not Junk (29 Apr 2008)
Oh yes... a big vote for this... I have many user who create a rule which delete eMails directly... and then they ask why some emails are removed from the system...
Grey Workspace, still after all these years? (29 Apr 2008)
There is a new plugin available which can be used to "skin" the Lotus Notes Workspace.
Have a look on this page:
{ Link }
"Enabled" property for buttons (21 Apr 2008)
Hm, I prefer hiding a button... In the past I saw a very ugly windows application. There was a screen called mainscreen 32 buttons are grayed out and 3 are available to click on them. For the user it wasn´t easy to find the needed button because there are a lot of icons.
Restrict access to server configuration info (21 Apr 2008)
I clicked on "no opinion", because I use the extended ACL since R6 for me and many customer without problems. BUT the extended ECL isn´t easy. You need to do a good plan bevor you kick it in place.
Registration Dialog Box - Advance options...pls have ticked by default (21 Apr 2008)
It would be nice if we can set this via registration policy.
Allow HTML file with image in signature (10 Apr 2008)
This product isn´t usefull... because of the reason that it runs as a server task we would lost out email encryption or signaturing features.
Hello José, you are right with this what you say. BUT this what you wish to have is another feature. In this idea I need only the option to use Images in html signatures. But if you have created a ideajam for the option to move the HTML file into the mailfile I would vote for it too :-)
Creation of meetings "on behalf of" (04 Apr 2008)
oh yes... this is a great idea... a doublevote for this ;-)
If a Folder is deleted be able to Restore from Trash (27 Mar 2008)
oh yes... this is a great idea :-)
Attachments placed in their own pane and not at the bottom of emails (27 Mar 2008)
I promote this idea... BUT I would have a "show them in both places" option...
reason... sometimes I send tables via Lotus Notes. And add a description in one column and the file in another column. If these attachments would be moved into another section from my mail I would lost this option.
Raise the limit on the number of mail rules above 100 (27 Mar 2008)
wow... 100 Mailrules is a lot. And I think 1.000 user with 300 mailrules (1000x300=300.000) will have a bad impact on the router system. So I think this is the reason for the limitation.
But a autom. system which can optimize rules would be nice. For example... the user created a rule to move mails from XY into folder ZZ. After some days he remove the folder but forgott the rule. A cleanup task should deactivate this rule (I will create a new ideajam for this).
Or another example... the user blocked eMails from XY via rule 1 and via rule2 for user UU and with rule3 he blocked user WW. The autom. cleanup system should merge all these rules into only one.
Oh, and I would like to crosslink this here when we discuss the rule system:
Allow us to use X-Spam-Level in rules
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Add a IP Adress to the Internet lockout Documents (12 Mar 2008)
I created a Feature Request/SPR for this: PSUH7CNHE9
I wish to have the information from the console.log (wrong login from IP) into the inetlockout.nsf. If you think this feature is usefull for you please raise the SPR. Open a PMR by IBM with the following content "Hello IBM, please add a customer report to/ please raise the SPR PSUH7CNHE9"
"do not create database redirection file" when user will be deleted via adminP (03 Mar 2008)
I created the SPR ASOY7BYGEY at IBM... If somebody would like a cleanup tool or a option box where you can say "create this file or not" should open a PMR with the info: "Hello IBM, please add a customer report for SPR ASOY7BYGEY. I wish to raise it. ".
Give the user a option to attach his ID to his Mailfile when he change the password (02 Mar 2008)
I think this is a security question... Some people wouldn´t like to have there ID in the mailfile... so I think the best option is do disable it by default...
But a policy would be nice ... one which can be used to control this option (Desktop Policy).
Allow us to use X-Spam-Level in rules (01 Mar 2008)
I created a Enhancement request (#NKEY7CALEQ / V80). If somebody like to raise it... please open a PMR @ IBM like this : "Hello IBM, I wish to raise Enhancement request (#NKEY7CALEQ / V80). Please add a customer Report to this, thanks" I think this would be enough...
Birthday sync (29 Feb 2008)
This idea already exist:
Show birthdays from my contacts in my calendar
{ Link }
Allow multiple addresses for group and mail-in database docs like person docs do (29 Feb 2008)
in our config we disabled this feature which jan (3) speaks from... it opens our environment to a lot of spam... So we disabled the eMails to groupnames.
I would like also a option to add more then one eMail address to groups.
Bookmark.nsf (29 Feb 2008)
not sure if some user who use a handy to sync there mails would like to download a 16MB-32MB new bookmark.ntf... if this will be implemented then this feature should look at the location document... and maybe it should ask if the user wish really download this template via handy connection...
Extended Database Properties - Attachment Information (29 Feb 2008)
I think such a feature would have a very bad impact on the database performance. So I would demote if this would be a tatabase feature... but if this can be a agent... maybe a kind of summary agent which runs at night and create some statistic docs in a seperate DB it would be ok I think :-)
Replace letterhead logo with Directory photo (29 Feb 2008)
I like the Idea but on the other side I think it would have a bad impact on the Network because of the lookup every time.
Give the user a option to attach his ID to his Mailfile when he change the password (29 Feb 2008)
Feedback from IBM: There exist already such a Feature Request: SPR # BSCT7CAJ7K but at the moment there are no plants to address it.
Lotus Support Contact Database (25 Feb 2008)
I would have it also in the webform... I can add a 2nd eMail Adress... so why not two telephone numbers and some other stuff like worktime?
Allow us to use X-Spam-Level in rules (25 Feb 2008)
Hello Christian, this sounds very interesting. Which mailrules does we need to customize? The rule form in our mailfile template?
But it would be nice to have it by default in a mailtemplate (IBM Supporting reason).
Remove "Block this sender" option (25 Feb 2008)
I need to demote it too... I really like and use this feature... also my agents. But I agree that in some environments it is a good idea to hide it... Maybe via Mail Policy?
Recipient name type-ahead (24 Feb 2008)
I use Notes 8.0.1 and I´m unable to see this?!?!
Failover Without Requiring Me to Exit Database (16 Feb 2008)
I just found this here:
{ Link }
The following scenarios have added failover functionality beginning with Notes 8.0.1:
-- when you open a view,
-- when you scroll a view, or
-- when you press F9 to refresh a view.
If a failover condition occurs in the above scenarios, Notes will close the current tab and prompt you to switch to a different replica of the database, allowing you to attempt the action again.
A notes.ini variable has been introduced to prevent the failover prompt when the server holding the current application is no longer responding, To suppress these prompts, use the client notes.ini variable:
Note: Suppressing the prompts does not prevent Notes from failing over.
"do not create database redirection file" when user will be deleted via adminP (15 Feb 2008)
this is a option in R8. But it doesn´t move a mailfile when a user is deleted. It will delete the mailfile AND will create a redirection file for the deleted mailfile.
But I was wondering too ;-), but IBM toled me this is worked as designed.
Emoticons in Lotus Notes Client (e.g. eMail) (14 Feb 2008)
yes this is what I mean... as immage ressource would be possible yes... but for each DB???
What I would like to see is a kind of Aktion Bar... a new one... with maybe 10 Smileys (the same like in Sametime maybe)... so the user can activate the action bar if he would like to use it... and can press the smileys to add them so emails, DBs, what ever... :-)
"do not create database redirection file" when user will be deleted via adminP (13 Feb 2008)
Ninke is right... I mean per year ;-). And the redirection files are a feature in R8. They aren´t bad... I really like them. BUT not when I remove a user. I think in this case a redirection file isn´t needed... If a user need the mailfile (archive reason or something else) I will not remove it, and when I remove it, I´m sure nobody will need it, also no redirection file.
Admin Client for Linux (08 Feb 2008)
I promote this idea... but the Adminclient should also include the designer ;-)
Keep the C++ API alive (08 Feb 2008)
We have many stuff here which use the C API... If it will die this would be a big problem for us.
Group topology (08 Feb 2008)
What I would like to have is a kind of tree...
It doesn´t help me to customize my directory... because it didn´t solve the problem:
"Paul Test" is in the in the Group xy_Teamleader. This group is part from xy_team, and this group is part from xy_project group.
At the moment there is no way (which I know) to see that Paul Weber is part from xy_project...
Show birthdays from my contacts in my calendar (31 Jan 2008)
yes... this is a good idea... maybe with a short checkbox "show bithday in the calendar"...
Create a replica on more than one server (26 Jan 2008)
I wouldn´t have this option in the notes client... it isn´t usefull for the normal users and there will be "a new function" which they didn´t understand... The lotus notes client should be free from all the admin stuff/tools.
IBM Lotus Client Single Sign On (26 Jan 2008)
Do you read what will come in R8.5? I saw some infos in the Lotusphere 2008. I think that R8.5 could do what you will have.
Secondary Locations - "Location Pet" (24 Jan 2008)
Oh yes... this is a great idea...
I´m working with my Lotus Notes Mailfile and with a POP3 Client often simultaneously.
I tired to use POP3 and my Lotus Notes Mailfile simulatan, but it mixed my private emails and my company emails.
Let DB Manager see "private views" (22 Jan 2008)
Sure VNC would help... but not all users are a friend from "a tool from the IT, where they can look on your PC what you are doing" ;-).
@mailserver and @directoryserver (17 Jan 2008)
thanks this is very usefull:
{ Link }
when IBM could make @LocationGetInfo as an "official" command and add a [DirectoryServer] I would be happy.
DeveloperWorks database icon/clip art gallery (10 Jan 2008)
"Open Mail File" button in view "Mail-in-Databases and Resources" (10 Jan 2008)
I added this button to my DB (years ago), but having it in the original template would be great :-).
Send mail to all users in an Organisational Unit (09 Jan 2008)
Yes... I promoted the idea also...
What I would like to have is the option to use wildcards (*/OU/O) in groups. So I can put a readersfield on this group and can so prevent bulk eMails.
Smaller Notes 8 Smart Upgrade kits (24 Dec 2007)
There is a tool called "Installshield tuner" which can help you to create an autom. installation. BUT it doesn´t modifized the *.cab or *.msi files. It created only a *.mst file... This means the tuner couldn´t be used to shrink down the package. The only way would be to use a 3rd Party tool and create a complete new notes installation pack.
... I never tried, but what happen if you create a small winrar file with all the new files in it including some registry settings? The notes (basic) client need only 1 regestry key so I think this could maybe a idea to play with :-).
Admin tool to Add/Remove Database Icon From User's Workspaces (24 Dec 2007)
Seamed to be similar like:
{ Link }
(New function "Clean-up workspace/bookmarks")
Implement Sender Policy Framework / Sender Rewriting Scheme (16 Dec 2007)
I just found this in the IBM Website:
Do any versions of Lotus Domino Support the Sender Policy Framework (SPF)?
The Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is essentially an extension to the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and allows for a degree of SPAM protection.
Currently there are no plans in place for any versions (including Version 8) to support SPF.
IBM are actively working on other anti-spam initiatives.
Other Information :
Category : Planning and Design
Organization : Techline Europe
from here: { Link }
Use rules (afterwards) for already existing mails (14 Dec 2007)
oh a good idea... it would be also usefully for sorting a bigger (+- 6GB) Mailbox ;-)
Autom. Purge agent for perweb.nsf (14 Dec 2007)
@Harkpabst Meliantrop
yes it does, but only for a poweruser, here are some reasons why it doesn´t "work" for 99% from the normal users.
1.) You as admin couldn´t enable it for all workstations
2.) The user must know how to set it up. If you try to explain it to your users it took your time and the user will ask you why Lotus Notes isn´t so easy like Outlook.
3.) The user must click on the icon. This took time or they will forgot it. Result: they will never do it (or do you know some people who delete stuff from the tempfolder???)
4.) The user will see a "strange error message" and will click on no, because he doesn´t know what this means to him. Or they will call you and ask what they sould do now and this will take your time.
Such a feature should be easy. The "remove documents not modified in the last XX days" wouldn´t work for the most users I think.
Allow .png and .svg image resources (11 Dec 2007)
I vote also for *.png, *.svg AND *.ico files ;-)
Failover Without Requiring Me to Exit Database (09 Dec 2007)
I know this technote: When does Domino cluster failover occur while in a database?
{ Link }
Add console commands to create/delete/move DB (09 Dec 2007)
Do you know this here:
{ Link }
You can also do a:
CL delete dbname
Remove the "Random Password Generator" (28 Nov 2007)
I think this is a good security feature for some... but yes... I think a option to hide it via policy (to give the user a cleaner UI) is a idea...
New function "Clean-up workspace/bookmarks" (28 Nov 2007)
oh a very great idea... I often got calls from people where they asked why they couldn´t access DB XY on Server Z... BUT Server Z is removed since 3 years ore more :-)
Maybe it can be combinated with a timestamp. So that all "chicklet" can be removed if I didn´t used them for X days/months...
Firefox instant spellchecker doesn't work when submitting an idea but does when you paste in text (28 Nov 2007)
220.127.116.11 on XP+SP2 = Same problem...
Add full gzip support to the Domino server (28 Nov 2007)
Does anybody know this link here:
{ Link }
In Admin Client, Files tab, ability to Right-Click to open in Designer (28 Nov 2007)
I just found this here: { Link }
Allow Notes Database icon to have 24-bit (=16.7 million) colors (28 Nov 2007)
100% I agree... a 16 color icon let looks my applications very old :(

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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (322 votes).
In short: Beautiful race, lovely day outIn full: No one seemed to know what was happening with where to put your bags. Odd start we all were walked to the start line and could see that those in front had already started. At least we had the chips so the time will be right but I didn't get that great sense of everybody starting together. Other than that it really was great, I shouldn't really be complaining.Date of review: October 14, 2007
In short: Not as flat as I remembered it!!In full: Sorry for a bit of a picky review.Why did we have to go all the way to the Sands centre to collect the numbers/chips - If they couldn't be posted then I'm sure there is a corner of the Sheepmount could have accommodated us. The start was a bit chaotic - we were shouted at to stay right,then stay left for the faster runners - surely the lap of the park could have been left til the end so that the faster runners could have a much clearer run out. Once we got away from the start everything was fine. Great atmosphere,fantastic support and marshalls,quality goody bag.Date of review: October 14, 2007
In short: Great Route and I will definitely do it again - Top mark to the organisersDate of review: October 14, 2007
In short: Second time for me and enjoyed it very muchIn full: Start was a bit chaotic but otherwise brilliant race as usual. Disappointed with my time but that was my fault for not being serious about my training! Date of review: October 14, 2007
In short: a beautiful race on a beautiful autumn dayIn full: another Great cumbrian run - though yet again the start went sort of belly up. Hadn't even got to the start when was overtaken by the 'runners'. was screamed at to keep right then had to cross in front of these faster people to do the lap around the park. Mmm, surely there is a better way.Another gripe was the alleged bag storage. Where exactly was this. We were given a slip of paper with a number 10 on an that was it. couldn't find corresponding changing room and ended up leaving bag in a different changing room. luckily I live in the area so I didnt really have much stuff or valuables but it really needs sorted.Well done to MIke for trying to improve on last year, he obviously takes on board comments that are given.Aside from these little gripes it really is a wonderful race and it was nice to see so many people doing it and out and about cheering us on.Next year i'm sure i'll make sure i put the training in. ha haDate of review: October 14, 2007
In short: 2007 my third time in this race positively addictive. great event Date of review: October 14, 2007
In short: Lovely race. Start could do with a couple of tweaks though.Date of review: October 14, 2007
In short: Great day out, bring the kids and do the Familly run before handDate of review: October 29, 2006
In short: This was a really nice day out and a good course to run. No attitude and the volunteers helping on the course did a fantastic job.Date of review: October 27, 2006
In short: A very good eventDate of review: October 26, 2006
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Today, I joined U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in kicking off the first-ever U.S.-India Higher Education Summit at Georgetown University. The Summit, which was co-hosted by Secretary Clinton and Indian Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal, was first announced during President Obama's trip to India last November.
Today's events allow us to explore how government, universities, and the private sector can work together to create innovative and sustainable partnerships. The Summit provides a platform for government and education leaders from both countries to outline their vision for 21st century education engagement to more than 300 leaders from academia, non-governmental organizations, foundations and the private-sector. We also reached new audiences both at home and abroad by both live steaming the event and engaging them via Twitter, where people posed questions to panelists.
This unprecedented event also highlights the importance of education between our two countries. Academic exchange programs provide deep roots for our countries' relationship. Our ties are anchored by the more than 12,000 alumni of U.S. Department of State's public diplomacy programs in India, the 104,897 Indian students studying in the United States in 2010, and the more than 2 million Indian-Americans living in the United States. And the Fulbright Program has laid the foundation for this relationship since its inception in 1950. Today's events are the next step in developing our relationship.
I co-chaired a roundtable with India's Secretary of Higher Education focusing on a strategic vision for the future of our countries' higher education relationship. We heard from the most respected leaders in the field on how this relationship fits into a global strategy, while examining the opportunities and challenges ahead.
As Secretary Clinton said this morning, "We want our relationship between these two great democracies to be as interconnected as possible at every level. Yes, government to government, but that is just the beginning and is clearly not the most important of the lasting collaborations that we seek."
Thanks to today's Summit, I'm truly confident that we are well on our way to reaching the Secretary's vision of a truly 21st century bilateral relationship.
Arun S. in New York writes:
Nice summary. I enjoyed being at this (amazing) summit, both for the formal sessions and the wealth of information from informal conversations between sessions and at the receptions. Probably the most useful 1.5 days I have spent in a long time, with a remarkable concentration of intellect and experience.
There was an interesting contrast between the longer-term ideal of scaling higher education for the masses in India and the short-run focus on "entry by top universities" (like NYU) that the participant mix reflected. It seems like getting creative with technology-based delivery has to be part of the solution, and it will be fascinating to see what socio-technical infrastructures for the delivery of higher education emerge over the coming years.
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STATEN ISLAND—The New York Power Authority (NYPA)
announced today the donation of $1,500 to the Staten Island Zoo to
continue enhancement of the Zoo's educational programs.
"This funding will allow the Staten Island Zoo to
expand its educational programs for young people. It will help teach
young people about the importance of energy efficiency and how they can
help conserve energy," said Congressman Vito Fossella (R-NY13).
"Building on the Power Authority's partnership with
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The Staten Island Zoo, owned by the City of New
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Affairs, receives, like all City-owned facilities including schools,
police and fire stations and hospitals on Staten Island, low-cost power
from the Power Authority. The Staten Island Zoological Society, a
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (159 votes).
In short: My firstDate of review: December 14, 2007
In short: Well run race, where times were spoilt for the second year by Gale force windsIn full: A very good race, well marshalled good track start/finish, just a shame about the wind 2 years in a row otherwise my PB would certainly be here.Date of review: December 6, 2007
In short: Nice course, but far too windy for a personal best!! Hopefully will be better next year.Date of review: December 4, 2007
In short: great race. Definite pb course given right weather conditions. In full: Great race despite the wind yet again. I preferred the start this year with the whole track free of cones. It made it much easier to negotiate and safer too. Would defo do it again. Date of review: December 4, 2007
In short: many thanks to the marshalls for braving the wind and rain,In full: considering the weather this turned out to be quite a pleasant run. slightly disappointed with the medal and how come by paying on line before the event did i have to pay more than someone paying on the day! i know it ensured that i had a place but doesn't seem much incentive to book early.Will be back next year for a crack at a PB.Date of review: December 4, 2007
In short: Despite the best efforts of the weather, a good race on a flat and uninspiring course that given the right conditions would be perfect for speed and PBsIn full: A hectic start around the running track led to a number of people cutting runners up in the early stages, especially on leaving the stadium and heading on to Stamshaw promenade. However after first mile, jostling settled down. Good to see a number of supporters out cheering despite the appalling weather. Final mile was real slog into that 35mph wind, one day I wll run a race in Portsmouth when it isn't blowing a gale or lashing down with rain.Date of review: December 3, 2007
In short: Cold ,wet and windy.In full: It has the potential to be a very good race but, nobody can control the weather. Same as last year the wind was in your face for a lot of the time. The start was a bit "iffy" as it seemed to take a lot of runners by surprise and the timing display at the finishing gate wasn't working.I PB'd but didn't really enjoy the race but that says more about me than the event.Overall it was good and I will enter again.Date of review: December 3, 2007
In short: Poor weather for second year in a row,still loved it!Date of review: December 3, 2007
In short: Windy but still fastIn full: Well the weather couldn't be helped - but blimey it was like running in a wind tunnel at the end. Please keep the drinks coming for the slower runners next year!Date of review: December 3, 2007
In short: OK race but could be alot betterIn full: The only real thing going for this event is the PB but last two years the wind has killed that. The Mountbatten Centre is a bit of a dump now, a complete rabbit warren and parking a problem. Hopefully there will be better facilities when the extension is finished. PS Why no clear finish, and why no clock on the line?Date of review: December 3, 2007
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LONDON — With economic data thin on the ground Monday, financial markets have started the week on a subdued note.
But as the focus of attention remains on whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will start to reduce its monetary stimulus next month, investors will have a raft of key events to digest toward the second half of the week.
Recent economic data and public statements by Fed policymakers have led investors to conclude that the Fed will begin winding down its $85 billion a month in asset purchases as early as September.
The policy, which is intended to lower interest rates to shore up the U.S. recovery, also has been credited for boosting stocks over the past few years as investors look for better returns than have existed in bond markets.
Key events this week include U.S. housing data, the minutes to the last policy meeting of the Fed and the start of the annual meeting of global central bankers and policymakers in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Though Fed chairman Ben Bernanke will not be attending the symposium, his deputy, Janet Yellen, is due to make a speech. Yellen is one of the favorites to replace Bernanke if he stands down later this year.
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Skip to comments.City turning red-light cameras back on
Posted on 07/06/2011 10:57:36 AM PDT by Ron H.
The city of Houston will turn its red-light cameras back on today, Mayor Annise Parker announced after this mornings City Council meeting.
According to a statement from the mayors office, tickets will be issued after a short period of equipment testing.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.chron.com ...
Cities coffers and donut fund must be running low...
I'm really surprised, since Houston is in Texas, that people haven't shot those cameras off the pole. They did in some town in KY a few years back.
Guess the turnips need to be squeezed one more time to see if there may not be a drop of blood left. Houston stinks.
They need the money for their lucrative government retirement pensions...
What's the legal explanation for this ability to turn them back on?
There was an article here a few months ago about accidents being DOWN since they turned off the cameras. There were all sorts of silly explanations:good weather, fewer drivers, etc.
So, I wonder what "safety" statistic caused them to decide to turn them back on? Or was it an "income" statistic?
Houston ping!
Someone I used to work with claimed she had used her Glock to shoot not one, but two of these in a certain western state.
Code Section A-7, HPD-PC-187-334190: We need more money, pay up.
The judge ordered the cameras back on because she believes the referendum was passed to late. Red Light camera opponents should begin with a new referendum to mandate no less than a delay of 10 seconds after red before the cameras are triggered to capture an image.
or how about a referendum slapping about a billion petty bureaucratic regulations and specs on the cameras that will ultimately cause the contractor to just throw-up their hands and walk away?
Just one more reason I am glad I moved to the suburbs. The city is a disaster because of years of total liberal mismanagement.
Shot noise generator might do it too.
Big Brother is ticketing you, all in the name of "public safety".
easier to use them as targets
Houston sure has turned into a sewer. Can't say God at military cemeteries anymore either. I can't believe it's part of Texas. Katrina definitely hit the wrong city.
In opticsIn optics, shot noise describes the fluctuations of the number of photons detected (or simply counted in the abstract) due to their occurrence independent of each other. This is therefore another consequence of discretization, in this case of the energy in the electromagnetic field in terms of photons. In the case of photon detection, the relevant process is the random conversion of photons into photo-electrons for instance, thus leading to a larger effective shot noise level when using a detector with a quantum efficiency below unity. Only in an exotic squeezed coherent state can the number of photons measured per unit time have fluctuations smaller than the square root of the expected number of photons counted in that period of time. Of course there are other mechanisms of noise in optical signals which often dwarf the contribution of shot noise. When these are absent, however, optical detection is said to be "photon noise limited" as only the shot noise (also known as "quantum noise" or "photon noise" in this context) remains.
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The shot noise of a coherent optical beam (having no other noise sources) is a fundamental physical phenomenon, reflecting quantum fluctuations in the electromagnetic field (due to the so-called zero-point energy. This sets a lower bound on the noise introduced by quantum amplifiers which preserve the phase of an optical signal.
FoxyTag.com is a website that offers free software that you download onto your cell phone to alert you of nearby red light cameras.
Houston-—too hot, too big, too many illegals, and now too many liberal politicians. Why is it that every major city eventually becomes a liberal rathole.
Los Angeles has been contemplating turning the red-light cameras off.
They're not bringing in the revenue. Judges refuse to enforce the tickets.
Here are a couple of Google links that provide a number of articles on the subject.
This is Houston. Houston is no longer the conservative bastion it once was. Hence the lesbo mayor
I would think you could burn the CCDs with a laser pointer.
Because Republicans grow up to be successful businessmen or hard working employees. They try to be self-sufficient.
Democrats grow up to go to work on the government payroll, get connected, live on that the rest of their lives. Either that or they try to get burrowed into the government assistance infrastructure. They are mostly forever dependent.
Cut the size of government, and you'll notice a drop off of people who consider themselves Democrats. When forced to go to work, you suddenly see things different. You want to keep what you work for.
No problem, just put the squeeze on the local serfs a little more any time you need more revenue (TAXES). It's a lot easier than deciding who and where to reduce bloated waste in government spending.
Or to a neighboring county as in my case. Good riddance to the ever expanding barrios of Houston.
What is a city? Which city are you referring to? There are at least 275 municipalities in the US with populations over 100K.
A headline like "City turning red-light cameras back on" is about as useful as "Team wins game!"
Nope, do what Brits do....hang a gas-soaked tire on it and let it burn
As per the posting rules around here. Try either clicking on the article link to see the precise title or the FR posting rules to answer your own question. How many times must this simple rule be explained?!
Texans are a breed apart. This could never happen there.
Must be some other Texas.
A lot of digital cameras have mechanical shutters, so you'd have to be lasing it directly while a red light runner was being photographed.
The city I live in put a few in but now has removed all red light cameras. There is still some sanity left in SoCal.
I would suggest you take it up with the moderator. I followed the rules posted here for posting titles. I agree that it would make it better the way you suggest.
I don't know if the moderators accept my calls any more.
Houston PING
Can't wait to see the police cheif's excuse when accidents go up again. He claimed they went down with the cameras off because gas prices were high and the weather's been dry.
A convenience store (Pak's) was robbed again last month, this time they shot one of the customers. 4 robberies there, a camera on site, and never has HPD made an arrest.
Cameras don't prevent crime or create "safety". It's about revenue, much of which goes to a private company.
Good !
Yep, the bottom line as always. It's about finding new ways to pick the pockets of the average every day hard working citizen. When that isn't enough they'll shorten the yellow light, install radar cameras on the freeways and anywhere else they can and try to get away with it. But, it will always be about safety or for the kid's or whatever else these tax and spend thieves can think up to separate you from your hard earned money.
When can we vote this POS out?
Wonder who is getting a favor?
I told my hubby if they didn't get rid of those things they would find a way to bring them back on. Apparently they did without informing the voter. I have had it with these losers in government. It's not only time to throw them out; it's time some of them need to go to jail.
Not to mention the high cost of the best health insurance other peoples money can buy for the overworked, overstressed public servant.
i was getting found of the tire and gas route...hee hee heeee
Did they ever catch those folks that did that???
If they won't listen to a vote to shut them down by the people...Then my call to my City Counselman was to look into when the contract with ATS is over...Then push to not renew it...
Mayor "Light in the loafers" Parker said she reluctantly ordered them turned back on, so when the contracts over, then she can find it easier at that time, perhaps...
Ask me if I'll hold my breath though...
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Adam Brement soloed April 18 in a bright-red Cherokee 140 at Griffiss International Airport (KRME) in Rome, N.Y. Here's his story.—Ed.
I have been flying my entire life. I grew up around aviation, all thanks to my grandfather, Luigi Bottini. Luigi is a Master CFII. He owned and operated a flight school called Galaxy Aviation. I officially started logging hours back in 1992 but never had the consistency to apply the knowledge and hours to solo. Back then dating my high school sweetheart had taken priority over flying.
But over the years after high school and college I married my high school sweetheart, started a family, and am now the proud owner of Galaxy Aviation Flight School & Pilots Club. Since taking over the reins of the flight school, I figured I should get serious about getting my license.
On April 18, 2014, I finally got the opportunity to solo! What a surreal feeling. After all these years of flying with my grandfather (best friend) by my side, I was now about to be all by my lonesome. It was awesome. I took what seemed like an eternity to do my preflight check/runup, double checking everything, I didn't want to miss a thing. The tower cleared me for takeoff, and down Runway 15 I went.
Takeoff went beautiful. I climbed to 1,500 feet, made left traffic, and proceeded to fly the pattern. As I came around for my landing I had everything lined up and it was smooth. I did it!
I talked to myself out loud through the whole thing making sure not to forget anything. My grandfather is 80 yrs old, and is my best bud. We fly every chance we get. I spent my summer vacations from the age of 12 till I was 18 flying cross-country to Oshkosh, Wis. I know my grandfather couldn't be more proud of my accomplishment.
On top of running the flight school, I am the director of maintenance for Saint John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Rome, N.Y. I am in charge of the maintenance for the buildings and grounds of two churches in our parish. In the winter I am a level 1 hockey coach, and I coach my son's hockey team. My wife and I also run the Cub Scout/Boy Scout program in the city of Rome. I have two kids, son Kyle, 7, and daughter Emily, 10. I hope to someday pass this experience on to my kids.—Adam Brement
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Issue Brief #3695 on Latin America
August 7, 2012
August 7, 2012 | Issue Brief on Latin America
Recently, Ecuador opened a new chapter in its long-running legal campaign against U.S.-based Chevron Corporation. Government-backed lawyers purporting to represent residents of Ecuador's Amazon rain forest filed a lawsuit to seize Chevron's assets in Brazil in an attempt to collect a multi-billion-dollar award won last year in an Ecuadorian court.[1] Regrettably, the Chevron case is but one of many recent examples of the destructive anti–free market and anti-democracy policies being pursued by Ecuador's President Rafael Correa.
Correa Has Weakened Rule of Law in Ecuador
As soon as President Correa was elected in 2006, he began laying the groundwork to bring "21st Century Socialism" to Ecuador. Following the playbook of his political mentor, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, Correa quickly convened a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution—the 20th in the 182-year history of the Republic of Ecuador.
Former George W. Bush Administration official Jose R. Cardenas noted recently that the "hallmarks of [Chávez and Correa's] reigns have been class warfare, polarization and intolerance of dissent, and both have rammed through new constitutions that trample on separation of powers and rule of law."[2]
Correa also immediately ended anti-narcotics law enforcement cooperation with the U.S. According to the U.S. Department of State's 2012 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, the Correa government closed the door on extending a decade-long agreement to permit U.S. military aircraft to patrol the region from an airbase at Manta, Ecuador, looking for air- and ship-borne illegal drugs. Simultaneously, the report notes that Correa opened the door to "Mexican, Colombian, Russian, and Chinese transnational criminal organizations [that] are present and actively working in Ecuador."[3]
Additionally, Correa's reign has created a nation of corruption and distress:
Environmentalism and the End of Free Trade
Re-elected in 2009, Correa has ended free trade negotiations with the U.S. He has also ramped up claims against U.S. companies. In the case of Chevron, Ecuador claims that the rain forest was contaminated by oil operations in the Ecuadorian Amazon dating back to the 1970s involving Texaco, which Chevron bought in 2001. Chevron makes a compelling case that the $18.2 billion judgment against it by an Ecuadorian court was obtained fraudulently and notes that in filing the case in Brazil (after already filing a similar case in Canada), the Republic of Ecuador is in direct violation of an award by an international tribunal at The Hague.
The two enforcement actions were filed in the face of the tribunal's Second Interim Award ordering the Republic of Ecuador—and all of its branches, including the judiciary—to prevent enforcement and recognition of the $18.2 billion "Lago Agrio" judgment both "within and without Ecuador."[4] The second award expanded on a prior award requiring Ecuador to "take all measures at its disposal to suspend or cause to be suspended the enforcement or recognition within and without Ecuador of any judgment."[5] Both binding awards were mandated under the terms of the U.S.–Ecuador Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).
Ecuador has had many opportunities to fulfill the binding award mandated by the BIT arbitration panel in The Hague. To date, however, it has not taken any measures, let alone "all measures necessary" to meet its obligation. Instead, Correa has denounced the arbitral award, and an appellate court in Ecuador has taken steps to continue the judicial process against Chevron, essentially repudiating the arbitral award. Rather than acting in good faith, Ecuador has acted with contempt for the arbitral process and for the award favoring a U.S. firm.
Ecuador's disregard for the award amounts to encouragement to the plaintiffs in the case, who have now sought to enforce the fraudulent judgment in Canadian and Brazilian courts. Yet Ecuador has still taken no steps to forestall enforcement of the judgment in order to preserve the status quo while the BIT arbitration proceeds.
Moreover, Chevron is not the only one complaining about the treatment of American companies in Ecuador. In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 31, Jodi Bond of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce noted that "not only has Ecuador withdrawn from the World Bank's Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States and stated its intention to terminate the U.S.–Ecuador BIT," but Ecuador's "disregard for international standards of justice and its own treaty obligations…sends a negative message to the global business community contemplating making investments in Ecuador."[6]
The U.S. State Department, in its "2012 Investment Climate Statement" about Ecuador, warns that "the legal complexity resulting from the inconsistent application and interpretation of its existing investment laws complicates enforcement of contracts and increases the risks and costs of doing business in Ecuador."[7] Ecuador's scores were very low on the rule of law indicators in the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, published annually by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal (143rd in property rights and 129th in freedom from corruption out of 179 countries).[8]
Restore U.S. Influence
The actions (and inactions) of the Ecuadorian government provide strong justification for removing Ecuador's trade preferences under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. In late 2011, ATPDEA was extended by Congress through July 2013. In March 2012, similar behavior by Argentina led the U.S. government to suspend its GSP benefits. Similarly strong action should now be taken against Ecuador.
The rise of Hugo Chávez and his protégés has signaled a depressing return to the days of leftist "caudillos" (strongmen) who ruled Latin America in decades past. Correa may have seemed an unlikely caudillo, but his actions to date demonstrate a blatant disregard for international standards of justice.
In response, the U.S. should increase its influence in the region through additional support for democratic, market-based institutions. A strong and resolute U.S. government should seek to encourage true reform in the region.
James M. Roberts is Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth in the Center for International Trade and Economics (CITE) at The Heritage Foundation. CITE Intern Dylan DelliSanti made valuable contributions to this paper.
Show references in this report
[1]Cassandra Sweet, "Update: Ecuador Plaintiffs Sue Chevron in Brazil," Nasdaq, July 27, 2012, http://www.nasdaq.com/article/update-ecuador-plaintiffs-sue-chevron-in-brazil-20120627-01495 (accessed July 31, 2012).
[2]Jose R. Cardenas, "Meet Latin America's Next Hugo Chavez," The Washington Times, April 6, 2012, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/6/meet-latin-americas-next-hugo-chavez/ (accessed August 2, 2012).
[3]U.S. Department of State, 2012 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, March 7, 2012, http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2012/vol1/184099.htm#Ecuador (accessed August 2, 2012).
[4]Chevron Corporation and Texaco Petroleum Company v. The Republic of Ecuador, PCA case 2009-23, Arbitration Tribunal, February 16, 2012, http://www.chevron.com/documents/pdf/ecuador/SecondTribunalInterimAward.pdf (accessed August 6, 2012).
[6]Jodi Bond, "Doing Business in Latin America: Positive Trends but Serious Challenges," testimony before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs, Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, July 31, 2012, http://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Jodi_Bond_Testimony.pdf (accessed August 2, 2012).
[7]U.S. Department of State, "2012 Investment Climate Statement," June 2012, http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/ics/2012/191141.htm (accessed July 31, 2012).
[8]Terry Miller, Kim R. Holmes, and Edwin J. Feulner, 2012 Index of Economic Freedom (Washington: The Heritage Foundation and Dow Jones & Company, Inc., 2012), p. 176, http://www.heritage.org/index/download.


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By ED WALKER
Published April 21, 2007
The biggest news in Nature Coast fishing this week has been the strong run of kingfish that has taken place offshore. From 5 to 25 miles out, the action has been great.
As is usually the case, the smaller, "schoolie" fish are in big schools, and the "smokers" have been more solitary. For light-tackle fun, it is hard to beat a school of kings. Once located, they can be chummed into a frenzy and caught on just about anything you cast to them. Spinning rods or baitcasting gear in the 10- to 12-pound class are perfect, and flycasters can join in as well.
When fly-fishing for kings, having a combination of live and dead chummers is helpful. Wounded live baits wander around, eventually finding the kings and inspiring them to feed. A steady trickle of dead baitfish will then drawn them right up to the back of the boat. One helpful hint for flyrodders is to use a white and silver fly that is shiny, but don't move it fast. If the fish are eating dead chum, we hook more fish while the fly is sinking than we do stripping it in quickly.
When looking for kings in open water, there are a few indicators that may give away their location. The best is jumping fish. If you see more than one kingfish leap from the water, you are definitely in the right place. When they're not that easy to see, watch for birds. While terns and pelicans can be helpful, nothing says "fish here" better than gannets. They can dive to depths of more than 20 feet and feed on the deep bait pods that other birds cannot reach. During the spring and fall, if you find gannets high-diving offshore, there is a good chance you'll find kingfish there.
Wrecks in 45 to 60 feet of water are good spots to check for kings. Those with the highest vertical relief attract the bait that draws the kings.
When looking for trophy kings, target areas of hard bottom and ledges, similar to the ones where you might fish for grouper, whether you see bait there or not. The big boys will eat just about anything and are not as dependent on shoals of minnows to survive.
In the Florida State Freediving Championship last week, we anchored over a patch of rocky bottom in 40 feet of water off New Port Richey and deployed a steady chum line of dead sardines and chum blocks. After landing a nice gag grouper, I drifted back behind the boat and began the breathing techniques required to dive to the bottom in these depths. As I tried to relax and slow my heart rate I looked down to see a 4-foot kingfish swim into the chum and begin to eat the small pieces of fish drifting by. I took a deep breath and slowly eased down to his level, in the 30-foot range. He began to move away from me, but I managed to close the gap and get within range. When he turned slightly broadside to me I lined up the shot and pulled the trigger - and missed completely. The 35 to 40 pound beast then departed the scene for good, leaving me with a terrible "big one that got away" story.
We did end up with a good catch for the day with respectable stringers of grouper, hogfish, mangrove, snapper, and cobia, but the missed kingfish opportunity still haunts me. The winning crew for the third year in a row, was Team Pescasub with Brad Kenyon at the helm and Kyle Kenyon, Jose Santiero, Michelle Lechuga diving.
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I got nipped by the cameras for speeding on Chester Ave, as I was rushing home from the airport in order to catch the kickoff of the OSU-ND Fiesta Bowl. (I went to Chicago for New Years)
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This week marks the 38th anniversary of the release of Born to Run — the album that, arguably, saved Bruce Springsteen's fledgeling career and propelled him toward one of the most durable and impressive careers in rock history. To mark the occasion, this extended excerpt from Glory Days: Springsteen's Greatest Albums attempts to explain some of the album's lasting mystique.
So does Born to Run, recorded when Springsteen was just 24, deserve to be thought of as his greatest album? Listen to the first track, �Thunder Road,� and it�s hard to argue against it.
With its cinematic imagery and sonic energy � kicking off with Springsteen�s mournful harmonica set against Roy Bittan�s plaintive piano, and building spectacularly through Clarence Clemons� towering closing saxophone solo � it was and remains one of the most perfectly recorded tracks of the rock era. There may be more iconic images than Mary dancing across her porch with her dress swaying, but I can�t think of a more evocative one.
But one song doesn�t a career or even a greatest album make, or else this book might be about the collected works of Norman Greenbaum. The rest of Born to Run is almost equally as impressive, anchored in particular by two ambitious efforts with a depth that belied Springsteen�s young age: �Backstreets� and �Jungleland.�
�Backstreets� at 6 � minutes and �Jungleland� at 9 � are impressive in length, certainly, but anybody can record a long song � just ask Iron Butterfly. In this case, it�s their scope that makes them such crucial centerpieces of Born To Run.
�Backstreets,� which again owes much to Bittan�s theatrical piano parts, is practically suffused with the sweat and promise of a �soft infested summer.� Its heroes (friends? more than friends?) are allies against an oppressive world, until they�re not � and all the pain, hatred and betrayal that youth can hold is captured in Springsteen�s howling groan and frantic guitar. It�s telling of Springsteen�s outlook at the time that the worst possible fate the narrator can imagine is to find out you�re �just like all the rest.�
And with �Jungleland,� Springsteen magnifies the sprawling nature of �Backstreets� even further, producing a cross between a tragic epic poem and a sad, astonishing aria. In doing so, he unleashes some of the most striking tableaus concocted by Springsteen or any rock artist: The image of a �barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge, drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain,� a line that�s more literary than lyrical, is beautiful in its simplicity and succinctness � it�s practically an entire novel in 17 words.
�Jungleland� is full of those moments, with its poets who don�t write and doomed rats who can�t even manage to die, and all the while the song bucks and rolls among mournful violins, Springsteen�s rock-operatic guitar and Clemons� meticulous, tender 2 �-minute sax solo.� That Springsteen even attempted it all seems audacious, even today. That he succeeded is actually kind of miraculous.
Some of the other songs, though slighter, lay the groundwork for important future themes in Springsteen�s work, among them attempts to escape the numbing effect of oppressive labor (the explosive, rollicking �Night�) and the salvation to be found in the bonds of friendship (�Tenth Avenue Freeze Out�). The soul-infused horns and vocal delivery of the latter song speak as much as anything to Springsteen�s influences, and his desire to transcend the limitations of what defined rock music in the mid-�70s.
Elsewhere on the album, �Meeting Across the River,� the moody tale of a would-be low-level criminal, stands out for its melancholy quiet among the boisterousness of the rest of the record, and could be a blueprint for much of what would later become Nebraska. And �She�s The One,� with its Bo Diddley beat, is pure and simple rock and roll.
But in the end, it�s the driving title track � No. 21 on Rolling Stone�s list of the 500 greatest all-time songs � that most continues to stun and soar, despite its near-constant airplay over the last 35 years. There�s a reason it�s still one of the only songs you�ll hear at almost every Springsteen show � it�s simply explosive, both its music and lyrics encompassing the joy and fear of escaping the familiar and embracing whatever it is that comes next.
Taken as a whole � and despite its individual glories, Born To Run is most definitely designed to be heard beginning to end � the album stands alone in its era for its grand theatricality, its anthemic melodies, its tough yet tender lyrics and universal themes. In fact, many still associate this album with the �Springsteen sound,� even though he abandoned much of it almost immediately afterward: its combination of power and beauty proved stunningly, remarkably resonant.
Ultimately, unlike so much �classic rock,� Born to Run still sounds fresh; in reaching into the past for his inspiration, Springsteen actually crafted an album equipped to engage audiences well into the future.
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- bolerun 1
- für louisa
- für eli
- bolerun 2
- la pluie
Jocelyn Robert's approach towards the Disklavier is quite different than what I usually encounter. Typically, I find the Disklavier used in a hyper-kinetic way, a way that simply overpowers conventional fleshy pianists with a flashy and thick stream of harmonies and rhythms at semi-ludicrous tempi. Robert's approach is refreshing in its sparseness, using the Disklavier to evoke an almost piano-as-wind-chimes aesthetic. What Robert embraces in his music is an underlying nature and humanity. The textures get thick at times and while portions of each piece might be playable by a human many portions are not. The fact that my ear loses the exact moment when that possible/impossible shift occurs makes me like this disc even more.
The two bolerun works assemble grander textures from extremely simple repeated figures. Robert is quite adept at filling in the blank spaces with new material while simultaneously expanding the original looping material. As usually happens in a work of interlocking ostinati, my ear drifts from layer to layer in an almost hypnotic fashion. bolerun 1 is shorter and a bit less forceful than bolerun 2 but the overt use of looping material seems to be what binds these works together (as well as the loudest activity happening in the mid/low range of the piano).
The two für pieces are significantly different from each other. für louisa is a staccato and spritely monophonic work which arpeggiates through fairly conventional harmonies. The work abruptly cuts off at the end, keeping it just under 60 seconds but I could have easily listened to his melody for a while. für eli is a 26 minute work which slowly unfolds while maintaining a lot of open space between gestures. A rich harmonic progression seems to be the glue which binds this piece together and an almost random articulation of the tones in the progression make the work infinitely listenable to my ears. Tendency tones are well established and the underlying dissonances are resolved in a leisurely yet timely manner. At 26 minutes, I could still listen to more of this piece unfold. Any systemic or mechanical processes are kept invisible to the ear (at least to mine). The final work on the disc, la pluie, delves even deeper into the ideas of resonance and space than für eli and relies less upon a motivated harmonic progression. The attacks are sometimes sharper than in für eli and, while la pluie does more to coalesce its energies, at 17:25 in duration the work is still relatively directionless (in a good way).


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Thanks to an improving economy, 2010 proved to be a strong year for WOCCU's International Partnerships Program as activities escalated after a hiatus on travel in 2009. The Partnership Program also maintained its strong level of credit union support, with all 25 partnerships having at least one of the parties monetarily support the program, with financial contributions from 39 program participants.
In 2010, WOCCU added two new partnerships: SICREDI, a Brazilian credit union system, partnered with the Texas Credit Union League; and GESRO CU in Ghana partnered with Jefferson Financial Credit Union in Louisiana.
Many partnership activities and other events sponsored by the Partnerships Program were picked up by the media. Articles and stories on international partners and departmental programs periodically run in league newsletters, CUNA's News Now, Credit Union Times, and foreign local media, including mentions in Credit Union Magazine. The department was the source of 24 releases in trade media and local media in 2010. Twenty of those releases pertained to the international partners and four others pertained to the study tours.
Although the Spanish Immersion Program drew only one participant in 2010, WOCCU found a new market for customized learning tours. In 2010, the partnerships department hosted a record nine international study programs throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Panama, engaging 161 participants.
Finally, the Partnerships Program experienced a slightly subdued year with its volunteers program. A total of four U.S. credit union and league volunteers traveled to training events in Belize, Panama, Russia, Romania and Fiji. The training events focused on league growth strategies, lobbying and youth financial education.
Among the goals for 2011, the Partnerships Program will expand its activities through new partnerships, and also offer regional training and workshop opportunities to members and partner credit unions. These training opportunities will most likely cover the topics of lobbying and advocacy, risk-based lending and PEARLS utilization.
In 2010, WOCCU's International Partnerships Program supported 25 different partnerships:
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2. Bahamas/ Massachusetts
3. Belize/ Southwest Corporate
4. Brazil/Texas
5. Costa Rica/ League of Southeastern Credit Unions
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8. Ghana/Jefferson Financial CU
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11. Mexico Alianza/ New Mexico
12. Mexico Caja Morelia/ North Carolina
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14. Nicaragua/ Washington, D.C. & Maryland
15. Panama/ Iowa
16. Paraguay/ Minnesota
17. Peru/ Vermont
18. Poland/Georgia (direct relationship)
19. Puerto Rico/ New York
20. Russia/ Louisiana
21. Solomon Islands/ Idaho
22. St. Lucia/ Michigan
23. Suriname/ North Carolina
24. Trinidad & Tobago/ Connecticut
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