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HEALTH GROUPS URGE CONGRESS TO DO THE RIGHT THING LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Cancer Society,
American Heart Association and American Lung Association want to know why Rep. William Dannemeyer, R-Calif., voted against a federal reauthorization bill amendment that would have required states to enforce existing laws prohibiting tobacco sales to minors.
"We are concerned that there are members of Congress who are looking out for the interest of the tobacco industry rather than the health interests of their constituents," said Kenneth G. Hickman, Ph.D., chairman of the American Cancer Society, California Division. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., was attached to bill H.R. 3698, a reauthorization of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration Block Grant program, which provides funds to states for programs such as alcohol and drug abuse prevention and rehabilitation. The amendment would have required states to enforce laws prohibiting the sale or distribution of tobacco products to persons under 18 in order to receive the block grants. States that do not have existing laws would be required to adopt such laws. "This should have been a sensible and reasonable amendment for everyone who is committed to reducing smoking among young people," said Hickman. According to Hickman, the Waxman amendment was defeated and replaced with a "watered-down," "tobacco industry-backed" amendment that would not require states to enforce existing laws on selling tobacco products to minors. "We can't see any reason to vote against this proposal except to please the tobacco industry," said Hickman. Rep. Danneymeyer is a member of the House Health and the Environment Subcommittee which voted on the amendment to H.R. 3698. Hickman noted that these actions by our representatives in Congress bring into question whose interests are being served when consumer health and safety legislation is being considered far away on Capital Hill. "Tobacco products kill more than 434,000 Americans each year and yet the tobacco industry is still blatantly targeting young people, through ad campaigns like "Joe Camel" and "Kool Penguin," to take up this deadly addiction. How can our members of Congress choose to ignore these facts?" said Hickman. Hickman noted that the most recent national school-based Youth Risk Behavior Survey, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control, found that 32.1 percent of 9th graders (14-15 year olds) had used tobacco within the past month. "National leaders including the U.S. Surgeon General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the new national Drug "Czar" have joined virtually every health and medical organization worldwide in recognizing the health hazards of tobacco use and in calling for a stop to the shameless marketing of tobacco products to young people," said Hickman. "It's time our representatives in Congress paid attention to this national outcry and said no to tobacco interests and yes to public health." -0- 11/12/91 /CONTACT: Carmen Ulmer of the American Cancer Society, 213-736-5075/ CO: American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association ST: California IN: HEA SU: SE-EH -- LA029 -- 3704 11/12/91 19:26 EST
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CEO of Jet Aviation Group, one of the world´s largest service provider in Business Aviation.
FLUG REVUE: You took over in May as the new CEO of Jet Aviation. Did you find the company in the state you thought it would be?
Peter Edwards: Generally yes. I´ve been very familiar with the company for many years. At the high level there were no great surprises. My expectation were very high for the company. But nevertheless, once you come in to a new assignement, there´s always a period of discovery. But the company I joined was the company I intended to join.
FR: Have you identified sectors of Jet Aviation that you would like to change sooner than others?
Edwards: The pricipal area of exmination was our very ambitious growth program. And although that was well underway, as the incoming CEO, I wanted to validate the planing and assumptions behind that very large investments to make sure, we would be comfortable with the plan.
We looked at the market and the deeper we looked in the market context, the more confident we became that it not only would meet, but very likely would exceed the benchmark requirement thresholds we had set. It really is an extraordinary period. The depth and the quality of that backlog particularly in the widebody aircraft and high end business aircraft that we´re engaged in completion operations in, extends out quite a bit into the future. That was more robust than we had anticipated.
At the same time we´ve the maintenance side of the business, which is the core of our businesses. It´s extremly important to us. But we are reaching capacity limits. The overall MRO industry is growing between five and six percent and we wanted to grow at rates substantially above that. We´ve the reputation and the customer network to do that, but we´re running up against capacity constraints. So we really want to look at our capacity issues and make sure we´re matching up the long-term capacity in both maintenance and completions against the appropriate market drivers.
FR: So what was the next step?
Edwards: The next step was to examine internal processes and controls. And there we found there was a bit more work to do. Jet Aviation throughout its history and evolution had done an outstanding job of building very high quality products and taking extremely good care of its customers. But it was managed more than a small enterprise. As part of the overall plan for growth, we had to go in and modernise the business and prepare it for growth. Because managing growth is one of the most challenging things that a company can undertake. And we had to be sure that we upgrade our core systems and proceses and yet deliver the integrety of the schedules and the quality.
FR: So Jet Aviation is in a conversion from a family owned type of company to a normal corporate company? Does it help that you´re from the US corporate world?
Edwards: It´s been less a question of nationalities. We´re already a very international organization. It was more about structuring the business in a correct way to insure clear lines of authority and proper span of control. While the organisation was extremly flat in the past, we needed to put some vertical structures in it to strengthen the management of each of our two primary groups. It has simply outgrown its flat structure.
FR: Do you see constraints to your growth plan by the lack of availability of qualified employees?
Edwards: Certainly the personel element of growth is one of the central questions. But it´s always an important factor. But is has to be approached in a number of ways. You create the capacity for growth in your staffing through bringing in experienced people when they are available. But when they are not available, it´s a question of mentoring, training and teaching.
The second part is productivity programs. We examine our processes, our in-house manufacturing. Taking hours out of our manufacturing system, we create hours of additional hands. That helps ease the manpower issue.
And than we have to look at balancing the internal and external. We bring in contractors. But you never want your percentage of contractors outside to have a too great portion of your total workforce.
FR: Could acquistions be one means of growing your business?
Edwards: It certainly can be. When I came in, we had a fairly long list of interesting companies that might fit well with our growth in our lines of business. I felt that this list was far too long and too diversified. So the initial task was to narrow it down. We do have an interest in some businesses we think that might have value to the growth of the business. If the right opportunity at the right price comes along, and if its a good fit with the business, than we keep an pretty open mind on acquisitions.
FR: How many aircraft does Jet Aviation manage right now?
Edwards: More than 200 worldwide.
FR: Do you see growth on the FBO and jet management side, also?
Edwards: Yes. We clearly expect to expand the system. If you look at the United States in particular, we´re not well represented in the Western part of the United States. So that might be an area that we might have an interest in. In terms of the international market, setting up FBOs with a larger capacites like maintenance and other services, these would certainly be part of our overall growth and geographical expansion strategy. In terms of aircraft management: This is a particular interesting area of growth. There might be some consolidation out there, some changes in the industry. We might have the opportunity to pick up some managed aircraft and support a larger fleet. I like to do that. We see great synergies between our managed fleet and our other businesses.
FR: NetJets and Lufthansa offer a extender service with business aicraft which can be booked with Lufthansa´s CRS. Could you imagine a similar cooperation between Jet Aviation and another major airline?
Edwards: Our customers can charter aircraft for extender services. We can participate in those kinds of programs. Having a good relationship with service providers like NetJets both in Europe and in the United States, is very important to us. We talk to NetJets at many levels and we want to be certain that we provide the best service to them and their fleet.


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Appearing in "The Coming of... Stegron the Dinosaur Man!"Edit
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- Various Swamp Men
- Prince Rey (Behind the scenes)
- Keeper of the Flame (Behind the scenes)
- Tyrannus (Behind the scenes)
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- Curtis Connors (Only in flashback)
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Synopsis for "The Coming of... Stegron the Dinosaur Man!"Edit
At the request of Curt Connors, Spider-Man travels to the Savage Land to track down Dr. Vincent Stegron, who has gone there to reproduce Connor's experiments which turned him into the Lizard on Dinosaurs. After a brief battle with some Dinosaurs, Spider-Man is met by Ka-Zar and Zabu who agree to help the wall-crawler on his quest.
After fighting Swamp Men and Dinosaurs, the two heroes find Stegron all right: But Stegron has succeeded in duplicating the Lizard-formula in dinosaurs and has transformed him into a humanoid Dinosaur. Being able to mentally control Dinosaurs, the two heroes have their work cut out for them. Fighting Dinosaurs and Swamp Men at all sides, the two fail to stop Stegron who escapes in an airship loaded with Dinosaurs. Although their foe is escaping, Spider-Man is able to catch a ride on his ship thanks to a web line.
This story is continued next issue...
- Ka-Zar's cover logo image is "flipped" and recycled art from Ka-Zar #1
- This issue contains a letters page, Mail It To Team-Up. Letters are published from Leslie Matyas, Verde, and Roger Flake. The letters page also contains a Series "A" Marvel Value Stamp #90 Hercules.
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- Fleet includes three windjammer-style tall ships that carry 10 to 30 passengers
- Casual and social onboard atmosphere
- Fares include drinks and snorkeling equipment
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Diamant, a 101-foot-long schooner, is the first vessel acquired by Island Windjammers. Accommodating only 10 passengers at maximum capacity, Diamant offers a mix of charters and booked-by-the-cabin sailings. Diamant is scheduled for a renovation in summer and fall 2016 and will rejoin the fleet in October 2016.
Built originally as a Swedish navy vessel, Sagitta is a 125-foot, three-masted motorsailer that accommodates 24 passengers. While crew members raise the sails, the vessel relies mostly on engines. Sails are used for auxiliary power.
Vela, formerly Tole Mour, is a 155-foot three masted sailing schooner that Island Windjammers acquired in November 2014. Vela was converted from a sail training ship to a passenger vessel, and it debuts in December 2015. Vela accommodates 26 people.
Island Windjammer's three sailing ships, Diamant, Sagitta and Vela, wholeheartedly embrace the concept of casual cruising. Swimsuits, cover-ups and T-shirts are typical daytime attire, and dressing for dinner usually means nothing more than putting on a clean shirt.
The fleet's three vessels are intentionally short on typical cruise ship amenities, such as fitness centers, spas and theaters. But with their gleaming wood salons, teak decks and intimate outdoor dining areas, they are big on atmosphere.
On a windjammer cruise, the upper deck is always a popular place to congregate, both when the waters are rough and for sunning when anchored. Diamant and Sagitta feature outdoor dining areas with cushioned benches, providing convivial alfresco dining, in addition to indoor dining rooms. Passengers can also use the space as an area to gossip, read and even nap. Vela, which begins sailing in December 2015, will have a spacious indoor dining saloon and an outdoor area for casual buffet meals on deck.
The three ships have similar shipboard dining routines, serving up three squares and a hearty snack daily from their tiny galley kitchens. For those used to specialty restaurants and endless buffets, the one-option menus on a sailing cruise might seem simple. But food on all ships is fresh and well above average, incorporating island flavors.
Standard double staterooms are compact yet cozy. All are air-conditioned, and even the smallest cabins have drawers and hooks for belongings. Sagitta and Vela feature Owners' Suites with en suite bathrooms. Diamant's Owners' Suite will debut in October 2016.
Sagitta and Vela also cater to solo travelers offering two tiny, private Solo Sailor cabins on each ship. The two solo cabins share a bathroom.
Cruise fares include all meals, snorkeling equipment, draft beer, wine and soft drinks.
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"Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young "star-cross'd lovers"[1] whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers."
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OMD return to complete synth-pop circuit
Huge in the 1980s and chased out of fashion by guitar rock, British synthesiser pop icons OMD are set to release their first album in 15 years.London - Huge in the 1980s and chased out of fashion by guitar rock, British synthesiser pop icons OMD are set to release their first album in 15 years highlighting the movement's new-found credibility.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark were at the vanguard of the early eighties British synth-explosion along with fellow chart-toppers, The Human League and Depeche Mode, selling 25 million singles since their formation in 1978.
As quickly as the scene erupted into life, it retreated back into the shadows, eclipsed by the return of guitars and the rise in popularity of harder electronic music at the turn of the 1990s.
In an interview with AFP, OMD frontman Andy McCluskey explained why two decades on the time was right to record the band's 11th studio album, "History of Modern," which was released in Britain this month.
"We stopped making records 15 years ago because we were patently banging our head against a brick wall at the height of Mancunian mono-brow music," the singer said, in a thinly-veiled slight against British guitar giants, Oasis.
"Every generation throws the previous generation out with the bathwater, so in the 1990s the 1980s was considered passe.
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"With the passage of time, things get reassessed and currently electro is very in fashion and sounding like OMD is very cool.
"We thought if anyone's allowed to sound like OMD, hopefully it's myself and (bandmate) Paul Humphreys."
The resurgence of synthesisers, either in the form of traditional hardware or as a computer programme - known as a softsynth - has been bubbling under the surface for the last decade.
American rockers, The Killers, relied heavily on the instruments to add some spice to their indie-orthodoxy but it wasn't until the arrival of Lady Gaga and her synth-driven pop that the genre was fully welcomed back into the mainstream.
With many of today's chart-toppers reaping the rewards of the conceptual and technological leaps made by artists of the early 1980s, the legacy of this era's music on modern society is now the subject of high-brow discussion.
"I think it's been more influential than theatre, film and dance modernism," McCluskey said. "We are told we live in a post-modern era yet the charts are dominated by a sort of retro-futurism.
"People have reinvented modernism for themselves in 2010. It's something I'm interested in and is one of the reasons why the album is called 'History of Modern.'
"Music is not going to end war or feed flood victims, but music as part of a social mirror mechanism reflects and encourages changes."
Looming large over the whole genre is the brooding influence of enigmatic German quartet Kraftwerk.
The Duesseldorf band are universally cited by artists young and old, pop and techno, as representing the year zero of electronic music and OMD are in no doubt of the debt they owe.
"I always wanted to do something special, different and forward moving," McCluskey recalled.
"I found it on September 11, 1975, at the Liverpool Empire in seat Q36 when I had what turned out to be the first day of the rest of my life.
"I saw Kraftwerk play live and that was my 'Eureka' moment. I was hooked on so many levels. These guys came on with short hair, suits and ties playing electronic tea-trays. I thought, 'that's it, that's what I want to do.'"
This is no idle boast as making electronic music at that time required much more commitment and sacrifice than in today's environment of cheap, high quality music-making possibilities.
"We both come form working class families," McCluskey explained. "I had a bass guitar and we bought an electronic piano and an organ, all second hand.
"The one and only synthesiser we bought was from my mother's catalogue and cost seven pounds 76 pence a week for 36 weeks.
"It really didn't feel like it was going to be the future at the time."
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Tim Tebow is a great guy.
Tim Tebow is a good football player.
Tim Tebow is a Christian.
Tim Tebow is a wonderful role model.
Tim Tebow is not a religion, and that's where my problem lies with all the Tebow hype. The fervor surrounding this young man is bordering on cult like. When we started calling kneeling in prayer as "Tebow-ing" and referring to his accomplishments in one game as "Tebow 3:16″ we are mangling Christian beliefs and putting importance on a man and taking it away from God. People are defending any criticism of him as if he is being attacked for his beliefs and those criticizing him are being ridiculed and judged harshly because of their criticism. Seems a bit hypocritical to me.
Let's get real. Tim Tebow is a man who happens to be a good football player. Believing God is intervening because it's Tim Tebow or that Tebow is a special football player because he believes in Jesus Christ is distorted thinking. It's true; he is blessed. Blessed with talent, but so are the other 95 quarterbacks and the other 1600 position players in the NFL, some more than others, but blessed nonetheless.
Looking back over the years there have been other players and teams who have accomplished seemingly impossible odds to achieve greatness. Kurt Warner comes to my mind. He played good college ball but did not get drafted into the NFL. He went home and to stock groceries in a Hy-Vee grocery store (my favorite grocery store by the way). He turned to arena football and played there for three years before he was signed to the St. Louis Rams in 1998 where he did amazing things. On his Wikipedia page, he says he had a religious conversion in 1997, but his conversion was never attributed to his rise and prominence in the league.
Over the course of this season, my favorite team, The Denver Broncos, have managed to make it to the playoffs. AS A TEAM. Tim Tebow didn't and couldn't do it all by himself. No really! He couldn't! I had my doubts and voiced them early in the season when everyone was shouting and stomping about Kyle Orton being the starter. Tebow was not being heralded as a good player because he was a good play. He was being heralded as a good player because he is a Christian and believes in Jesus Christ. His record and his abilities were a side note to every argument and reason given.
My belief is in the team as a whole to do what they can do as a team. Yes. I have rooted against them because I didn't have confidence in Tebow as a long-term quarterback for the team. He made a lot of mistakes and lacked his own confidence. He committed 19 turnovers and completed 46.5% of his passes. PLEASE go compare his full stats against the other playoff QB's in the league. I had cause to be skeptical. Their best chance if he was not that QB was for them to lose so they could cut their losses and have good positioning in the draft.
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If Tebow continues to do good and proves my skepticism wrong, then great! But it didn't have anything to do with God. It had to do with his ability as a player at the NFL level. He has a lot of room to improve and grow and he's incredibly lucky to be able to work under one of the true great quarterbacks, John Elway. I'm still a Bronco girl. I've been a fan going back to when you had to wear a bag over your head to be a fan of the team. I love my team and I'm proud of their accomplishments as a team.
Watching the rest of the season is going to be hair pulling, frustrating, exciting and hopefully rewarding but it could be all that and disappointing if they lose. Just like every other year they have made the playoffs and caused us, the fans, to gnash our teeth and gain grey hairs watching them.
Let's Go Broncos! Let's Go!


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via The Times News: Despite wearing an ankle bracelet monitoring device while on pretrial release, a man charged in a Burlington shooting last year is now believed to be among those responsible for the murder of another man earlier this month.
It was that very monitoring device that alerted law enforcement on Wednesday to Leobardo Angel Flores' location, traveling on Interstate 40/85 from Burlington to Mebane, where he was ultimately arrested by troopers with N.C. Highway Patrol.
The device was previously issued to Flores by his bail bond company, according to the Burlington Police Department.
Though it was unclear when Flores began wearing the device, police reported in March 2015 he was placed in the Alamance County jail under a $250,000 bond for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury for the shooting of Terrence Jamar Smith at DP Mini Mart on Rauhut Street.
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He is being held in the Alamance County jail without bond.
N.C. Highway Patrol reported on Thursday that three Alamance County-based troopers assisted Burlington police with apprehending Flores, who was taken into custody following a brief foot chase at Cedar Hill Apartments in Mebane.
Sgt. Michael Baker, of Highway Patrol, said Burlington police contacted Highway Patrol's communications center for assistance and three troopers on routine patrol were instructed to follow the vehicle as Burlington relayed Flores' location.
Though the troopers weren't able to locate Flores on the interstate, they found him at the apartment complex and took him into custody without having to use force, Baker said.
He was then given over to the custody of the Burlington Police Department.
Police say charges are forthcoming against others believed to be involved in the murder.
On Feb. 11, Ronald Rings, 29, of 113 S. St. John St., was charged with obstruction of justice after providing false information related to the murder investigation.
SCOGGINS WAS SHOT in the chest around 11:15 p.m. the night of Feb. 2. Upon arrival, police located him lying in the road on Sellars Street, next to a corner residence at 202 Holt St.
That residence, an apartment building, was described by neighbors as a crack house and a hub of illegal activity.
During the course of the investigation into Scoggins' murder, Burlington police determined that, indeed, the residence next to where his body was found was "a hub of social activity involving drug use," said Lt. Chris Gaddis.
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In this season, especially, it seems more and more that 'things' are occurring that never occurred before. Benching is one of them…along with the constant bad press and bad news that NFL players are bringing to the national stage. But even though fans are screaming about various benching practices, it's not exactly a 'new theory.' And it most definitely has been done before.
The benching of Jonas Gray of the New England Patriots when facing the Detroit Lions made the blood boil. Of course, it would have made fans' blood boil far hotter and heavier if the Patriots hadn't sliced and diced the Lions and won another game. Yes, Jonas Gray had a previous week scoring four touchdowns. But what one must remember is that he was uniformed. He was ready to go…just in case. Gray was benched for oversleeping and being late for practice. People roll their eyes about this. After all, this isn't high school. This guy is an adult. He's a pro. He's one of the 'best of the best' and, who cares if he missed or was late for a practice…he'll do just as perfect of a job anyway. Right?
Other side of the equation? This is NOT high school, which means oversleeping while being paid a great deal of money to do your job is unacceptable. Coach Belichick, quietly and calmly as he always does, told reporters: "We do what we think's best, and that's what we did today." In other words…it's none of your business. I'm head coach and I will do as I wish for punishment. When you're top of the heap in the AFC and things look golden, he can do whatever he wishes.
There are other teams bringing benching to the equation… Not that benching matters for the Jets one iota. But Rex Ryan benched Vick and gave Geno Smith another shot. End result being…oh, well, same as always, really. The Bills, out of their own stadium because of a winter storm blast, beat the heck out of them easily in a 38-3 win. Vick, Smith – for the Jets as far as skill and talent seem to be concerned this year these two are truly interchangeable. Smith who is most likely hoping for a job elsewhere and Vick, who apparently thought he would be such a savior that he would win a starting QB job for himself next season, both looked far worse than anyone in high school who had missed practice. They, in fact, looked like they were actually oversleeping on the field during the games.
RGIII? This may be the worst for many fans, considering this WAS the savior and came in looking at a Hall of Fame career. Colt McCoy will be replacing him, attempting to grant the Redskins some type of bright side before the season ends in total depression. Should RGIII remain benched? Is it over for the guy? Well…stranger things have happened in the NFL than a model player turning horrific than resurrecting themselves into the pride and joy of a team, but the tone of voice and the basic dulling of the eyes during his interviews makes it seem like RGIII is looking for another career already. Head coach Gruden will attempt to keep his own job, putting McCoy back in and telling the world that he thinks McCoy can give them a better chance at winning. But he can't be blamed for everything; after all, the Redskins gave up three first-round draft picks and a second-round pick in order to nab RGIII in 2012, and that decision cannot be put on Gruden's shoulders. But the future because of these decisions looks rather bleak for D.C.
But remember, people. Tom Brady was benched. Other top names in the NFL that WILL and HAVE gone into the Hall of Fame were benched. They had bad days, too. It will be more than interesting to see where some teams go from here and whether or not their QB is even in the line-up when things start up again.
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Background and Purpose: Clonidine is an a2-adrenergic agonist which can be used as an adjuvant in epidural drug mixture and is interesting for its diverse responses, including analgesia and sympatholysis. Many surveys reported contradictory hemodynamic effects of clonidine.We wanted to determine if postoperative epidural clonidine causes hemodynamic instability in patients undergoing lung surgery. We were interested in hypotension and bradycardia and required administration of additional i.v. fluids or drugs during early postoperative period. Materials and Methods: In a prospective randomized double-blinded study we enrolled 24 patients with lung carcinoma scheduled for thoracotomy. They were randomly assigned to morphine group (M) or clonidine group (C). Before operation we inserted an epidural catheter at level T6-7. Group-M received a bolus of 40 μg/kg of morphine in 10 mL saline and group-C additionally to that 4 μg/kg of clonidine. For postoperative analgesia we used a mixture of 4 μg/kg/h of morphine and 10 μg/kg/h of bupivacain in saline for group-M, and additionally to that 0.2 μg/kg/h of clonidine for group-C. Blood pressure, heart rate, amount of fluids and atropine given were monitored during operation and throughout the first 42 hours after operation. Results: The results of this trial demonstrate a marked reduction in systolic, diastolic and mean arterial pressure as well as heart rate throughout the early postoperative study period in group-C. Hypotension demanded treatment with i.v. fluids. Conclusion: High thoracic epidural clonidine used for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing lung surgery lowers the heart rate and causes hypotension.


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Move Over Hollywood, No-Glasses 3D Is Taking Over Fast Food SignageDigital Menu Boards Become Infotainment Boards (June 06, 2012)
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -- (Marketwire) -- 06/06/12 -- Hollywood has been releasing many 3D movies, but until now, 3D has been mainly been limited to the entertainment industry. Zinger Digital Signs, a leading digital signage solution company, has just introduced 3D-video menu boards for quick service and fast casual restaurants. Unlike movies, which require wearing special 3D glasses, Zinger's 3D menu boards require no glasses, giving customers the "wow-factor" and an element of entertainment.
Now you can walk into a fast food restaurant and see a mouth-watering hamburger literally popping out from the menu board in 3D. Most people have yet to see this technology, which isn't available for consumers yet. 3D-Video menu boards can make an instant appetizing appeal to the viewer and dramatically increase food sales and brand recognition. And, it could have customers starring at menu boards for longer periods.
Zinger's 3D digital menu board technology allows restaurants to incorporate video promotions into their menu displays, and instantly update content to account for last-minute product and price changes for a single location or multiple locations, from anywhere in the world. "An operator can have a cross- promotion with a Hollywood 3D movie release, showing 3D clips to customers along with the product promotion. It's a natural and the 3D creates additional profit opportunities," states David Bawarsky founder of Zinger Digital Signs.
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Video_Game_Czar 4 years ago#241
I love this generation of gaming.
You run for office, You have my vote.
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NejiHyuga900 4 years ago#242
I only agree to 1, 2, maybe 3, and maybe 6 of your reasons. I didn't like the 7th generation of video games that much because there is so much hate and competition between games and gamers.
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Majin_vegeta_ 4 years ago#243
go back to Nintendo they have all those things
To quote another poster: "It's a game where you ride motorcycle into space and punch god into the sun". -the game Bayonetta
Sytherantis 4 years ago#244
Older generations had Call of Duty.
Except, back then, it was called "Doom", "Quake", "Counter-Strike", or "Halo". And yes, gamers went out every year to get the latest one.
Massively popular competitive FPS is nothing new.
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The_Despair 4 years ago#245
The first point caught my attention.
I still think games are something special that are given to us. Even if they have some seriously reality-like graphics, I can escape into the story, the universe, the characters, what they feel, what they see, what they live. I've played Metal Gear Solid 4 cause I love the characters since the beginning, I know their story and I want to be a part of the end. I've played BlazBlue cause I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard 'cause of a videogame, thanks to you, gag reels. I've played LittleBigPlanet cause it makes me remember that when you got imagination, anything can happen. I've played Resonance of Fate because the gameplay is original. It made me think about what to do, how to defeat this ennemy. I've played DragonAge and Mass Effect because you wrote your own story. I've played Saints Row because it's own of the most f**ked game ever and it is awesome this way. I've played Uncharted because it's different and exciting.
But first of all, I still play video games because it's a passion and they are special. The same as a movie or a song can be.
I agree with reason 2,3,4, and 5. But I don't hate games from this gen. I just didn't like them as much as last gen's games.
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Littlejeffery posted...
Dark_Soldier42 posted...Number 2.
Please....Valkyrie Profile used to cost $70 - $100. Now it's $500
If you're thinking today's generation of gaming sucks, then you have been influence by today's generation. All my years, I've been waiting RPG games to have amazing graphics, and here they are. I can sense that exploring taste much more.
Let me reply to every one of your complaints.
1. ) Games still feel special. Not all of them, but some of the titles. I don't know maybe from your feeling they aren't. But whenever I see a new game I like is going to come out, I feel thrilled, and keep saving money until then. I don't give a f*ck how long, I just want to play it. If you're playing to escape reality, then that's not what games are "all" about, sometimes they are, but to seclude yourself? That's wrong. Iconic characters? Of course we can't stay on the same path forever. Human advances technology, if change didn't happen, do you really think that would be fun? No, change is permanent as they say, and it's what makes this world go round and round.
2.) As a lot already said here, games cost way more or atleast the same back then. Truth be told, they actually cost less nowadays after a few months of being out, back then even after a year, they still costs like brand new.
3.) DLC? DLC was just made so you could download off the internet so you won't get your lazy ass off the couch. Back then it wasn't DLC, it was expansions. So of course, today we have a lot of DLCs, than expansions back then. But it was to keep the game going. If they were to invent DLCs back then, I'm sure they'll do the same thing today. Since they're also on Blu-Rays, or HD DVDs, they would also lack the memory space. MGS4 was a dual-layered Blu-Ray, because it was so big, they had to put two-in-one. You can't expect newer games to not consume large capacities. Back then it was kilos to megas, now it's gigs to teras, DLCs are made so it would consume the consoles memory, not the medium's low space. A single layered is 25, and dual is 50GB. Also, you can't ban that. As technology advances, so does the need for money and employees of certain companies. This isn't the 90s, kid, you can't expect them to stay on a low budget. That's how they work. Either you buy the DLC or not, they're not forcing you.
4.) ^ again...
5.) COD, as we all know still sucks. I liked the few, but not today. I mean, sure same game, same items, same everything...yea, that's why it just sucked. BUT YOU CAN'T BLAME THE ENTIRE GENERATION 'cause of one meezly game. There's a hella lot out there. Don't be an idiot.
6.) They're sports...how the f*ck can you expect to change the gameplay? Oh you want lazers coming out from Aaron Rodger's asscheeks? Don't compare it to an FPS game.
And with all you've said, and my replies. I hope you can see the understanding here that is there. The golden age of gaming was back then, now it's the survival of the wealthiest.
Again, understand what and why's it happening before you go blabbering your rectum outside.
This generation of gaming sucks because King Of The Hill got cancelled and Propane isn't invloved in gaming anymore...
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Littlejeffery posted...
Dark_Soldier42 posted...Number 2.
I'm from '73.
You're hilarious.
As someone who started gaming in the 80's, I'm perma-facepalmed at how each generation of gamers gets more spoiled and entitled as the games get better and better. The things people complain about in games these days is a joke. Get off my lawn, all of you.
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Professor. Taquet, the French paleontologist said: I am so grateful for the invitation by the SBUK and pass the warm regards of the French Academy of Sciences to you. I am so happy to be in Kerman, since Kerman has great paleontological and geological values and I am so optimistic about its future. Kerman is a geological book including all the geological periods and its valuable history. Kerman could have a paleontological museum like the one we have in France. Of course, they do have one in Kerman but it needs more attention.He then presented the results of his studies in Algeria in PowerPoint and said: in 1972, the first denticle of a dinosaur was discovered in Kerman and 10 years later, Italian scientists could find another one in Kerman. This shows that Kerman has been the residence of dinosaurs millions of years ago.The head of natural museum of Paris then stated: we would have a joint project with the SBUK and we are ready for future cooperation.In the end, Mr. Tajrobekar, collector of fossils and paleontologists was acknowledged for his contributions by the administration of cultural heritage and the chamber of commerce.
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BAK Architects have completed the JD House, located in the forest of Mar Azul, in the Argentinian province of Buenos Aires.
JD House, by BAK Architects via:Contemporist
Madrid-born artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle's latest work, Gravity is a Force to be Reckoned With, realizes one of Mies van der Rohe's unbuilt projects–albeit upside-down. The installation is an inverted, replica of Mies' 50×50 House project from 1951. The small, house is completely enclosed in glass, with black leather Barcelona chairs, glass-topped tables, and a wood partition, containing a kitchen with a small range, countertop and a French Press with a teaspoon.
Gravity is a Force to be Reckoned With, by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
The house was built as a vacation home for a family living abroad. It is situated directly on the coast in the center of the country. The buildings architectural design is based on three central masses that surround a large internal courtyard with a swimming pool at its center. The masses comprise the border and the barrier between the street, the neighbors and the home's interior and between the internal courtyard and those same spaces. The central theme was to create dynamic walls that allow, on the one hand, the elimination of the boundary between the central courtyard and the internal spaces, and on the other hand, the creation of a changing and dynamic facade that allows for the total closure of the façade or different levels of exposure or concealment.
The side the sea to the west, allows for a richer relationship between the exposed and the concealed. A partition created from six equal metal sections and adjustable wooden slats allows for the total closure of the façade or different levels of blurring between the inside and the outside. The dynamism of the large accordion doors and the adjustable wooden slats allows natural light that enters through them, to play a central role in the homes internal spaces and for the creation of geometrical displays of light against the vertical and horizontal areas and so enrich the material restraint in which the homes spaces are fashioned.
Herzliya Home, by Pitzo Kedem Architects, in Cooperation with Tanju Qzelgin, via: Arch Daily
Originally built in 1956, Richard Neutra's Troxell Residence perched high above the Pacific Coast Highway underwent a rigorous renovation and expansion to 3,000 square feet. Hughes Umbanhowar Architects followed cues from the original post and beam structure over which interior and exterior finishes of wood, stone, plaster and glass are applied in a simple refined technique to refine the play of space, light and views. A pile supported pool and deck, included in the original plans but never executed, now clings to the natively planted hillside, defining the limit of expanded outdoor living space and void below. 3 bedrooms are located off a common corridor facing west to the hillside, making for consistent, calm morning light. A seamless addition to the master bedroom projects the house further out into space – reemphasizing the overall horizontal composition of the building. From this room and the open plan dining and sitting areas large expanses of fixed and sliding glass welcome framed panoramic views that include downtown Los Angeles and Catalina Island.
Troxell Residence (Paseo Miramar) by Richard Neutra, Pacific Palisades, California, Renovation by Hughes Umbanhowar Architects, Interior Design: Brad Dunning
ie-tag was part of the exhibition, "Earth: materials for design," which took place at the Miraikan in Tokyo over the summer. The post-its, created by Naruse Inokuma Architects, are made from the recycled wood of homes and buildings that were torn down. Once used as the material of a home, the wood was recycled into stationary, maintaining it's original shape but in completely different form.
ie-tag (House Tag), by Naruse Inokuma Architects, via: Spoon and Tamago
Atop a hill on Long Island removed from the fog of the shoreline, architect Wallace K Harrison in the early 1930s purchased land to design a house for his wife and himself. However, after the purchase of the land, the young architect had inadequate funds to pay for construction. Then, while touring the annual Architectural League show in Grand Central Palace, he paid around $1000 for what many consider the first prefab home, the Aluminaire House designed by A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey. In 1931, Harrison designed what he considered a summer-use extension to the "Tin House" adding a series of circles, "an exercise in how to fit circles together".
Around 1940, the Tin House was relocated on the property and a second, linear wing with bathrooms and baths was added to the former circular forms. The Harrison Estate, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, represents the leading edge of the International Style. It has now undergone a complete restoration and expansion, designed by SchappacherWhite Ltd., that honors Harrison's original design intent while satisfying the needs of a 21st century family. The Harrison Estate was a laboratory for ideas Harrison expressed in his architecture. The home's signature element, the circle, is found in the forms of the living room, small former dining room, pool, and even concrete pavers used for walkways, all of which have been restored by SchappacherWhite. Spaces were winterized and built to today's sustainable standards.
The Harrison house was not only a place for architectural exploration, but also a home for many artists and a canvas for site-specific works. In 1942, Fernand Leger, escaping the war in Europe, came to the house and painted a canvas for the large round living room and also painted figurative swimmers on the bottom of the circular swimming pool. Existing and restored is the only remaining Leger artwork, a skylight located at the new dining room. Amongst the many artists and friends whom enjoyed the house were Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Mary Callery, Robert Moses, and Le Corbusier.
Wallace K Harrison Estate, Restoration by SchappacherWhite, via: Arch Daily
With interiors that defer to the elements of art, light, and views, Rees Roberts + Partners creates spaces that are tailored to both the context of each location and the character of the individual. While inventive and informed by a well-rounded knowledge of architectural styles, the designs of the firm remain true to the practical realities and varied lifestyles of its clients. The Company is known for its innovative landscape design, and in particular, its skill in integrating the built structure with its natural environment.
Montauk Residence, by Rees Roberts + Partners
In the Middle Ages, where the building is situated, was a cannon foundry. Client bought a site where stood the old yellow brick lodge with a basement. Cleaning the plaster of a house revealed that the lodge had been built by ancient bricks which were made in a old Vilnius brick factories. Because of a historical and physical value of a house were considered to preserve it by wrapping it with outer glass shape. The historical house structure have been carefully restored.
Family House, Pavilniai Regional Park by Architectural Bureau G. Natkevicius and Partners
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Math professor Dr. James Stewart, who is also a former violinist with the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra near Toronto, Ontario, has made millions writing calculus textbooks. When he decided to spend most of his fortune on a residence, he could have used any architect anywhere in the world. Instead of an international star, he selected the then-relatively unknown pair, Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe of Shim Sutcliffe to create his residence in a ravine in the posh Toronto neighborhood of Rosedale. Stewart was not looking to build just a residence, though. He also wanted a private concert hall and lots of curves. Other than that, he gave the architects unprecedented and probably never-to-be-repeated freedom. No schedule, and no design restrictions. A decade after the initial discussions with Shim and Sutcliffe, the $24 million US, 18,000-square-foot Integral House was completed. It does, indeed, have a multitude of seductive curves, massive amounts of floor to ceiling glass and a spectacular staircase. And, Dr. Stewart now gives concerts and throws parties and costume balls in his 150-seat concert hall.
Integral House, Toronto, Canada, by Shim – Sutcliffe
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Fogo Island lies outside of Newfoundland, Canada and is home to a gentle, independent people who have lived for centuries between wind and waves in pursuit of fish. Fogo Islanders live in the untamed landscape of the North Atlantic. The people are subtle and unpretentious yet have seen their traditional way of life by threatened by forces largely beyond their control.
The concept of the long studio responds to the transition of the seasons. The studio is organized in a linear from that consists of three different spaces. An open but covered area representing the spring marks the entrance to the studio and the beginning of the seasonal activity. The central portion is left open and mostly exposed to be fully immersed in all that is offered by the long summer days on Fogo Island. The end and main body of the studio is fully enclosed to provide an area of protection and solitude from the outside environment while still providing a connection to the landscape through a strategically framed view of the dramatic surrounding.
The long linear structure of this artist studio maximizes the amount of open wall and floor space. Large windows at either end and a skylight on the roof of the studio allows the maximum amount of natural light to flood the space. We have made one of the walls 1m deep to house storage, toilets and washbasins, with doors that are flush to the wall, thus avoiding any visual distraction inside the space.
The studios are placed on pillars at the end towards the sea, while the entrance area has a small concrete foundation for anchoring the construction to the landscape. With this type of construction, the studios can be placed in almost any place on the island. In addition, this allows for the studios to be pre-fabricated in a local workshop during the winter months, and then placed in the landscape in the spring.
The Long Studio, Fogo Island, Canada, by Todd Saunders
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"Our government abandoned our ally Israel when she needed us the most," House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said in a story by The Associated Press. "It is time to repair the damage done by this misguided hit job at the U.N."
A similar bipartisan measure to reprimand the U.N. has been introduced in the Senate. Republicans and other supporters of Israel accuse President Obama of turning his back on the Jewish state.
The U.S. has traditionally used its veto power as a permanent member of the Security Council to kill such anti-Israel resolutions in the U.N. Our country's position has long been that Israel and the Palestinians must resolve their disputes through direct negotiations.
It seems clear that President Obama has not embraced America's long-time support of Israel, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the president of a "shameful ambush" in the Obama administration's silence in the Security Council in December.
There are many viewpoints on the history of U.S.-Israel relations and policy, and the underlying sympathies and history involved in the Jewish state, from Exodus to the Holocaust, make for emotional divisions within our own country about our involvement with our brethren by the Mediterranean Sea.
Israel has been a staunch ally in a hotbed of hostility in the Middle East. So making a deal with Iran, which blatantly calls for the destruction of Israel, and failing to maintain our traditional support in the heat of continuing attacks in the U.N., certainly makes it appear we have undermined our long-standing relationship with this nation.
Secretary of State John Kerry's speech added fuel to the fire in late December when he declared that the U.S. was standing up for a two-state solution when it abstained on the U.N. resolution. And, the AP reported, he criticized Israel for settlement building and blamed Netanyahu for dragging Israel away from democracy.
As Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green, Ohio) said after Thursday's House resolution, "Standing with our closest ally in the Middle East ... has been a longstanding, bipartisan tradition. The Security Council's resolution was another tired attempt to undermine Israel at the U.N., and I was profoundly disappointed that the president and his administration stood by idly as this occurred. Today's vote by the House shows the strong support that exists for the Israeli people and their government. It's time to turn the page on the last eight years, and I welcome a new administration that has made it clear that they value rebuilding this critical relationship."
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Am I wrong, or is his name in the film "Septimes"?--Rodolphus 10:44, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
- No, it's Septimus. You can see the second part of the U next to the S. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 16:20, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Re Bilius
I am struggling with this sentence & don't want to just edit it without checking if I'm missing the point
"Bilius may be another of Septimus and Cedrella's sons; this cannot be confirmed, however, as it is only known that he was the uncle of Ron Weasley and his siblings, not whether he was born, as he is not married to, a Weasley or a Prewett."
.......not whether he was born???
I think I got it: "Bilius may be another of Septimus and Cedrella's sons however, this cannot be confirmed. It is only known that he was an unmarried uncle of Ron Weasley not whether he was born into the Weasley or the Prewett family.
inssesed: if victoire weasley and teddy lupin were dating wouldnt that make them inssesed beacuse his mom (tonks) is rellated to the black family and victoire is a weasley in a way they are inssesed in a distant relation —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nosmoreswthenu (talk • contribs).
- First of all, the word you are looking for is incest. And, yes, technically most pureblood families are related. Ginny and Harry are of the same family tree as well (at least, if we consider Dorea Black and Charlus Potter to be Harry's grandparents). I may as well point out that, past second cousins or so, genetic diversity is such that such a relative is physically no different than a complete stranger. -- 1337star (talk) 18:30, December 4, 2011 (UTC)


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Freedom isn't free It costs folks like you and me And if we don't all chip in We'll never pay that bill Freedom isn't free No, there's a hefty in' fee. And if you don't throw in your buck 'o five Who will?
Who are the big free agents left?
For now let's exclude Franchise and Restricted free agents
1)Randy Moss 2)Michael Turner 3)Antwan Odom 4)Calvin Pace 5)Alge Crumpler 6)Maurice Williams 7)Rod Coleman 8)Rosevelt Colvin 9)D.J. Hackett 10)Clark Haggans
The market has certainly thinned out, however theres still a lot of talent to be had.
Obviously you can't discuss Free Agency without mentioning Randy Moss.
I would be shocked if he didn't end up a Patriot next year.
Every team in the league would to have Moss, that's a given. But what Moss are you getting?
Are you getting motivated 23 TD Moss? Or Oakland lolly gagging Moss?
For the money he is going to command it is a huge risk to bring Moss to a team that doesn't have either; A) Championship hopes or B) A strong locker room presence.
So besides the Pats I see only a few potential suitors for Moss; Green Bay and Dallas.
Dallas doesn't seem to have the cap room and only god knows how the Owens/Moss tandem would turn out. Green Bay seems logical, especially with the year to year status of Farve, however you wonder if interest is mutual. Green Bay has done a wonderful job assembling young talent and acquiring draft picks. I don't know if they'd risk upsetting their young nucleolus for a 31 year old receiver who's going to command 10 million a year (Remember they go deep at WR right now with Driver, Jennings, Jones and Robinson.)
The one wild card suitor for Moss could be the Jets. Before I go any father this has about a 0 percent chance of happening....but it's certainly fun to think about. Moss would love the attention/endorsements that come with playing in NY, he'd get to have two revenge games against the Pat's every year, and he'd be reunited with former college QB Chad Pennington.
...We are!
The Jets certainly have the money to make it work, and if you factor in their other additions and a top 10 draft pick...well it certainly starts to make you think.
The other guy on the above list I'm surprised to still see around is Michael Turner.
Last year when he was a RFA there was talk he might be signed and traded. Now on the free market he's been getting little play.
What can we attribute this to?
For starters this is an insanely deep running back year and teams think they can get first round talent at RB as late as the mid 2nd round.
Secondly teams more and more seem to be less inclined to spend big bucks as a position that is viewed as both interchangeable as well as having a short life span.
I'm shocked that the Texans haven't shown interest in Turner. He seems like he would be a perfect fit in an offense with a ton of potential. It'd also free them up to use their first round pick on other needs.


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Donna W. Scott, a native of North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she majored in dance and communication. At a young age, Donna began competing in beauty pageants, accumulating numerous titles and made her state proud when she was crowned Miss North Carolina, USA. At the same time, she became a favorite of advertising agencies and did numerous television commercials, making her film debut at 18 in Rich Hall's "Vanishing America".
Moving to New York, Donna became a successful model and studied acting at HB Studios. Her life changed when she landed a role in the blockbuster film "Days of Thunder" starring Tom Cruise and Robert Duvall. She later married the director, Tony Scott.
Donna's versatility as an actor is apparent with diverse roles in MGM's "Get Shorty", "Dark Breed", a comedic turn in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery", "Enemy of the State", "Idle Hands", the Indy film "Beat Boys Beat Girls", the action-thriller "Domino", and the upcoming Disney film "Deja Vu".
On television, Donna had recurring roles as "Tamara Van Zant" on "Nash Bridges" and "Lieutenant Grace" on "Soldier of Fortune, Inc.". Television guest starring roles include "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Tracey Takes On..." and "The District". Currently, she can be seen in The N's new teen-oriented drama "South of Nowhere".
Donna works tirelessly for several charitable organizations and was delighted to lend her support to Sojourn Services for Battered Women and Break the Cycle by appearing in VDAY West LA's benefit production of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues.
Donna's greatest joy is being a mom to twin 6-year-old boys Max and Frank.
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A few years ago the M2M/IoT industry set its sights on a common objective. Standards were to make seamless data interchange between heterogeneous devices possible and thereby take the Internet of Things forward. A problem with existing Internet technologies was that they were not designed for communication between connected machines. For one, these devices have limited resources and need to operate energy-efficiently. For another, they feature special communication patterns such as periodic status reports. Several standards and protocols now exist that take these aspects into consideration:
The Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol was originally developed by Dr. Andy Stanford Clark and Arlen Nipper in 1999. Its architecture is based on the publish/subscribe principle. Messages are characterized by subscribers being able to receive them without knowing in detail who their publisher is. MQTT is considered to be a simple, lightweight protocol and is specially designed for low-bandwidth data transfer in high-latency networks. TCP/IP Port 1883 is reserved for MQTT and Port 8883 for MQTT over SSL. Since October 29, 2014, MQTT has been an OASIS standard. You don't need to be an M2M expert to have come into contact with the protocol. Facebook Messenger is based on MQTT.
The IETF Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) working group has been taking the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) forward since 2010. It is described as an Internet standard in RFC 7252. CoAP is designed mainly for use in sensor network nodes, be they switches, sensors, or valves. The protocol is based – like HTTP – on the REST (REpresentational State Transfer) style of architecture. REST models things as resources that have certain states and can be manipulated by a uniform interface. Its proximity to HTTP offers enormous advantages. Requesting the status update of a machine is no more difficult than requesting the value of a Web API. Furthermore, CoAP can simply be translated into HTML, thereby building an important bridge between the world of machines and the conventional Internet.
The Open Mobile Alliance developed the Light-Weight M2M protocol (OMA LWM2M) specially for device management of connected objects. It aims to provide essential M2M functionalities such as firmware updates, access controls and connectivity statistics. OMA 2012 was the first draft. Version 1.0 was published in 2013. OMA LWM2M falls back on the above-mentioned CoAP protocol and is thus ideally equipped for sensor networks. In addition to communication via UDP at the transport level the standard supports communication by SMS. The Eclipse project Wakaama provides a framework on which to create LWM2M clients or servers.
Of course this is only a short overview of some recent developed standards. There are many more. As the U.S. computer scientist Andrew S. Tanenbaum once said: "The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from." While developers will have the task of finding the right one for each solution or use case, users will probably rest easier knowing that at least one problem with different standards is already served. Thanks to IoT platforms like the Deutsche Telekom "Cloud of Things," interoperability of different standards is easily possible. If you want to learn more, you might find this blog post helpful. It explains how IoT platforms can help you to manage the growing number of connected objects.


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PERSON OF THE WEEK: Paul Clifford is president of Simplifile, a software company founded in 2000 that connects lenders, settlement agents and counties. Simplifile leads the nation with the largest e-recording network, having securely e-recorded over 40 million land record documents to date. MortgageOrb recently interviewed Clifford to learn more about e-recording adoption rates and the last obstacles to achieving an end-to-end e-mortgage.
Q: Can you provide an update to our readers on county adoption rates – how many counties have adopted e-recording, and how many more to go?
Clifford: Currently, 1,372 counties are e-recording across 45 states, including the 20 largest U.S. counties by population. Though that is only 38% of the total number of recording jurisdictions, it represents 74% of the U.S. population.
In general, we have found that counties have started to adopt e-recording faster, as the technology has been proven and is no longer considered something new or scary. Some counties, however, simply feel that it's easier to keep doing things the way they've been done for decades. In many of these cases, the county recorders become pressured to adopt e-recording because their customers and their market need them to be e-enabled. With our years of industry experience and knowing both sides of the process, we understand why the transition from a 100-year-old process of paper document recording to e-recording can seem overwhelming at first. But, no matter how big or small a county is, it's always rewarding to help it finally make the switch and hear it say, 'Why didn't we start e-recording sooner?'
Q: Do you agree that county adoption of e-recording is one of the last obstacles to achieving an all-digital, end-to-end e-mortgage?
Clifford: Although this is a common assumption, our experience challenges that thought, and the adoption of e-recording is broader than most people are aware.
Oftentimes, lenders think that 100% of counties must be e-recording before they adopt an e-mortgage solution. We often hear customers say that they don't want to change from paper recording until all of their counties are able to e-record, and they don't want to manage a bifurcated workflow internally. The truth is that 74% or more of a lender's documents can be e-recorded, which is significant adoption of an e-initiative in the mortgage industry.
At Simplifile, we believe that if settlement agents enable 'e' as soon as a county is enabled, they would be able to move away from their remaining paper and transition to fully electronic over time and enjoy the efficiency and cost savings with the 'e' process along the way.
Q: What barriers to adoption still exist, and how can they be overcome?
Clifford: The two most common barriers include a lack of local demand and fear of the unknown. With regard to local demand, if local settlement agents are not asking the county to enable e-recording, the recorder may not see it as a priority.
We think the new American Land Title Association (ALTA) Best Practices (driven by the new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure, or TRID, regulations) may change this. E-recording supports timely recording of documents, as well as the ability to track rejected documents. Both of these are recommendations in the ALTA Best Practices.
With regard to the fear of the unknown, a combination of continuing education efforts along with the real-world experience of 1,372 counties, some of which have been e-recording for more than 14 years, will help the remaining counties understand two things: 1) that this technology is not only reliable, but also provides a better customer experience and 2) that it helps create a more reliable public record.
Another barrier we hear about from counties is that they would love to begin receiving documents electronically, but their current software and equipment doesn't provide them with the capability, and they don't have the money in their budget to upgrade their software. For this reason, Simplifile provides an e-recording QuickStart solution at no cost to any county.
Simplifile is also focused on continuing discussions for things such as e-notary. In spite of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and ESIGN Act, there is a lack of clarity regarding the acceptability of electronically notarized documents, which is key to fostering a full electronic mortgage transaction. If we can clarify the rules relating to e-notary in each state and combine that with the already broad adoption of e-recording, then we will see a great deal of momentum added to the e-mortgage and e-closing initiatives.
Q: Why are certain counties slow to adopt?
Clifford: A majority of the remaining counties are smaller in size, which often limits their access to technology support. This is where Simplifile's QuickStart product provides the solution. QuickStart is designed with small jurisdictions in mind. The connection to the county's land records system is semi-manual, but it supports the submitter's ability to leverage the benefits of e-recording. For many small jurisdictions, the old adage of 'simpler is better' certainly applies.
Surprisingly, there are also counties that still work exclusively with paper. Their documents are not stored electronically but in traditional recording books, and some county offices do not have Internet access. We have some counties that are just now beginning to work with email as a communication tool, so they are slower to adopt current technology while they work to improve their infrastructures.
Q: Do you believe that there will be 'holdouts' at the end?
Clifford: I guess it depends on how you define 'the end.' Certainly, there will be counties that lag way behind the adoption curve – given that we currently are already able to service nearly three-quarters of the transactions. When compared with many other electronic initiatives in the mortgage space, we are closer to 'the end' than most people are aware.
There will probably always be counties that just don't want to do anything different from how they have been working for the past 10 years, and it will likely take the county recorder retiring before that county will adopt new technology. Seeing as they have a lot of autonomy at the county recorders offices, I believe there will be a few holdouts. One hundred percent participation is certainly a goal that several states have already been able to accomplish, and we hope to facilitate many more states to follow their lead.
Q: What are the challenges of implementation?
Clifford: Perhaps the biggest challenge to implementation is the nuances between counties, even within the same state. In many ways, every county connection we maintain is a custom integration. Yes, there are baseline similarities provided by the Property Records Industry Association standards and our ongoing partnerships with over 70 land records management system vendors – but, as anyone who submits paper documents knows, there are unique requirements in every jurisdiction. Making all of these unique requirements transparent and easy to accommodate is a key value-add that Simplifile brings to our customers.
Sometimes, we run into folks on the county side that may not have the best information or fail to look at successful implementations of other counties and develop their own way of doing things. In most cases, this greatly increases the complexity and cost of working with that county and, in-turn, slows the adoption by document submitters. Some examples of this non-standard implementation at a county have included exclusion of certain types of submitters, the selection of only certain document types that are allowed to be recorded electronically, not allowing electronically signed documents, charging submitters for rejected document, and not allowing automated clearinghouse payments, just to highlight a few. We believe that, over time, these counties will recognize that there is a better way to embrace this technology, and we will see much better adoption when they do.