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A U.S. indictment announced in May charged Bout with four terrorism offenses, including conspiring to kill Americans, conspiring to kill U.S. officers or employees, conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, and conspiring to acquire and use an anti-aircraft missile. Federal prosecutors accuse him of offering a deadly arsenal of weaponry to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the communist narco-terrorists who control much of Colombia. The proposed arms sale was to have included hundreds of surface-to-air missiles, thousands of guns, high-tech helicopters, and airplanes armed with grenade launchers and missiles.
The elusive Russian, who had been lured to Thailand to consummate the deal, learned after his arrest that the "FARC terrorists" he was dealing with were actually DEA agents. Viktor Bout, who was the alleged inspiration for the amoral, death-dealing arms merchant in the 2005 movie, Lord of War, starring Nicholas Cage, has fueled the killing fields of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Uganda, and Sudan, and run arms to the Philippines, Libya, Afghanistan, Zaire, Kenya, Lebanon, and Iraq.
Most news reports on "Viktor B," as he is known in arms-trafficking and intelligence circles, describe Bout as a "former KGB agent" who is now a freelance businessman. However, he is one of the old Soviet hands who have enabled the "new" Russia of Putin & Company to carry on the old Kremlin program of spreading global revolution, terror, and chaos under a shallow veneer of deniability. But his cover is so thin that only the completely naïve or willfully blind could believe his "I'm just a capitalist doing business" line. Bout, who has been on "wanted" lists worldwide for years, runs his many front companies and global air transport operations out of Moscow and uses multiple Russian passports under a variety of aliases. This protective sanctuary under the aegis of Putin's KGB-FSB regime, together with Bout's apparent ties to Russia's military intelligence (the old Soviet GRU), through which he obtains the arms for his customers, provides a few "clues" to the sensible that "Viktor B" is still an intelligence operative working for his old Kremlin masters.
There are many more clues to support this thesis of Bout as a continuing KGB-FSB-GRU agent. Such as his close ties to Major General Vladimir Marchenko, the KGB-FSB operative who headed Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs from 1998 to 2002. Or his business associates, such as Andres Smulyan and Ernst Werner Glatt, who also have curious ties to the KGB-FSB and other former Eastern Bloc intelligence services. Then there is the extraordinary effort on the part of the Putin regime to free Bout, as if he might hold secrets that the Russian government does not want revealed.
Even more interesting (and especially relevant) in light of America's continuing so-called "war on terror" is the apparent conflict within the U.S. government over whether or not to press for Bout's extradition. Certain forces within the DEA and Justice Department appear to be gung-ho to prosecute him, but other high-level forces in the State, Defense, and Homeland Security Departments seem to be more amenable to allowing him to slip off the hook again. Will the Justice Department/DEA gung-ho team get the telephone call ordering them to drop the case and let Bout walk, as actor Ethan Hawk's character did in Lord of War, allowing the Nicholas Cage character to carry on his murderous business? Very possibly. There certainly are many government officials who don't want to have to explain why they hired Bout's companies for millions of dollars to make hundreds of flights into Iraq and other hot spots, while at the same time denouncing him and tasking other agencies to search the globe for him as a fugitive criminal.


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Release Date: 2003
DVD Release Date: October 26th, 2004
Not Yet Rated|1 hr 23 min
Plot Summary
In this dreamlike film, a nameless father (Andrei Shchetinin) and his son, Aleksei (Aleksei Nejmyshev), live together in an apartment in St. Petersburg. Aleksei's mother has died and consequently the two have a very close relationship. When Aleksei acquires a girlfriend, she refuses to take a back seat to his bond with his dad, and breaks up with him. Aleksei is also experiencing nightmares, dreading separation from his father to be a part of the military as his father was.
Cast: Andrei Shchetinin, Aleksei Nejmyshev, Aleksandr Razbash
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Genres: Drama
Production Co: Isabella Films B.V.
Keywords: Son, Offbeat, Father, Girlfriend, Growing up, Death, Love, 2000s, Moving


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|Good practices on Active Ageing
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|1.3 - Social, health and labour networks
|Since 2009, the Province of Rovigo is pursuing a special policy for the elderly population of its territory, with a continued commitment to give a direct response to many situations of fragility and recognizing the elderly as a resource and then as active and indispensable actors in the organization of family life and volunteering. In a network logic with institutions and local associations of the territory, several interventions are already been made. For the Province of Rovigo, the need to promote active ageing of the population of its territory is a priority, through the adoption of healthy lifestyles and a dynamic participation of our older people in their community. The Province of Rovigo is looking to meet this need with new projects that leverage all actors involved at the institutional level or as a volunteer on the elderly sector.
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The Maple Leafs, so very thin at centre, are looking abroad for instant help.
Two days after bringing back centre/winger Leo Komarov as a free agent, they're on the verge of signing another Finn, Petri Kontiola to a one-year deal. Sportsnet's Chris Johnston reported the signing is imminent on Thursday. General manager Dave Nonis likely set the table forthe deal last weekend while on a secret trip to Finland to woo Komarov.
Kontiola is a six-foot, 29-year-old centre, a late round pick of the Chicago Blackhawks in 2004, who spent the past few years in the KHL. When his contract ran out with Chelyabinsk this season and he recently declared an intention to play in North America, about a half dozen NHL clubs had strong interest.
The right-hand shot had 37 points in 53 games last season. He had five assists in 12 games for Chicago in 2007-08, splitting that season on the farm.


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I think Sony is setting a record this year. The E3 2014 game lineups are coming in, and the Sony booth this year is huge. Really, it's ridiculous. There are going to be 12 PS3 games, 38 PS4 games, and 25 Vita games there. That's 75 games in all, in case you didn't feel like doing the math. I'm sure there will be even more games than that, because as I look at the list, I'm not seeing any first party games. So expect that to grow by… let's say at least 20 games after Sony's E3 2014 press conference.
Now, since the lineup at the E3 2014 Sony booth is so huge, I can't possibly list everything. (Well, I could, but my fingers would never forgive me.) So here are what I think are the top 10 games in each section at the Sony booth.
Sony Booth's PS3 Section
- Counterspy
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Reborn
- Hohokum
- Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
- Starwhal: Just the Tip
- Tales of Xillia 2
- Teslagrad
- The Swapper
- Zen Pinball 2: The Walking Dead
Sony Booth's PS4 Section
- Destiny
- Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
- Driveclub
- Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign
- Lego Batman 3
- Nidhogg
- Road Not Taken
- The Crew
- The Order: 1886
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Sony Booth's Vita Section
- Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
- Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited
- Freedom Wars
- Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
- Invizimals: The Alliance
- Murasaki Baby
- Race the Sun
- Rogue Legacy
- Super Exploding Zoo


text: Every now and again when I put my indicator on the indicator light just sticks in the on position and doesn't flash on and off. This has gotten progressively worse - it use to happen the odd week, now it happens every day. When this happens, if I mess with it for a while sometimes it comes back to normal and flashes on and off. What I usually do is turn it on and off a few times. Try holding the stalk firmly down near the base and turning it on. Turn the engine off. Does this sound like a problem with the relay or the stalk? I've read other posts about the indicators, such as http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/showthread.php?t=61244, but they all seem to have a problem where the indicator flashes to quickly?


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SoC offers active dynamic motor control feedback
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When subject to rough automotive operating conditions, digital motor control (DMC) with position sensing and speed acquisition calls for inexpensive and highly integrated solutions. In order to meet the specific requirements of active motor feedback, iC-Haus has developed a system-on-chip (SoC) with a resolution of 12 bits.
The objective of the iC-MH design was to integrate a complete incremental and absolute encoder, an interface for direct commutation signals (for the three motor phasesU,V, and W), and RS422 line drivers onto a single silicon chip. This architecture would ensure that an entire motor feedback unit could be built into small motors using just one device measuring 5x5 mm and a diametrically magnetized permanent magnet with a diameter of 3-6 mm.
Requirements for active motor feedback
The energy-saving digital control of an electric motor requires a precise logging of rotor position to calculate the angle, speed, and acceleration. This can be determined either directlywithout a sensorby measuring the current and voltage, or by using a motor feedback device with an incremental encoder, resolver, or Hall sensors in the motor. Often, however, the cost of active motor feedback is higher than that of the motor itselfespecially with small motors. Thus, for many high-volume applications active feedback is not feasible as low costs are a priority.
The chief technical demands made of a sensor in a feedback loop are accuracy and a certain robustness against negative "industrial" effects, such as dust, dirt, or "disturbance" fields, and high temperatures. In critical applications error protection is also a decisive factor. The systems engineer is thus challenged when it comes to effecting an optimum balance between the cost of the feedback loop and a necessarily high degree of precision.
Hall sensors have long been in successful use in automotive applications. For a while now integrated Hall encoders have proved their worth in position sensing applications where cost is an issue. By effecting a complete CMOS system integration (SoC) of the motor feedback loop these basic demands have been met in iC-MH, with a resolution of 12 bits.
Single SoC functionality
In addition to the Hall sensor array and a programmable preamplifier with amplifier power control (APC) and automatic offset compensation, five other functions have been integrated on the iC-MH, resulting in a one-chip encoder. These functions are:
The figure below shows these functions as a block diagram with the interfaces which are accessible externally. The incremental encoder interface (upper right) consists of A and B quadrature signals and a programmable index pulse (Z output). The 8 MHz step rate permits motor revolutions of 120,000/min at the highest resolution.
The integrated interpolator is freely adjustable and can output up to 4,096 angle steps per revolution. Even at the highest number of revolutions the absolute value of the angle position can be read out with a resolution of 12 bits. An adjustable angle hysteresis prevents loss of pulses when the direction of rotation is reversed. The position of the index pulse can be set in 256 steps (1.4° per step) using an 8-bit register via the serial interface (lower left).
Another important functional block is the commutation control unit (at right). This section can be used in parallel to the incremental interface for the commutation of two- and four-pole motors and generates the three phase signals U, V, and W. The rising edge of the U signal marks the zero position and can also be programmed in 192 steps with a step angle of 1.9°.
To effect fast communication with the DMC controller an SSI (synchronous serial interface) commonly used with encoders has been integrated onto the device as one of its basic functions. As the SSI is only unidirectional and intended for simple applications, an advanced serial interface has also been included, which is suitable for systems with data rates up to 10 MHz.
This advanced interface serves for the readout of the absolute angle position and for the programming of the encoder system. The programming of the 16-byte one-time programmable ROM (ZROM) is intended to correct mounting tolerances and is used to calibrate the device (e.g. the offset) and control the parameters and mode of operation. Programming takes place after the device has been mounted in order to achieve maximum accuracy.
To keep system costs and space to a minimum the RS422 line drivers are on chip. This is the case with the UVW and ABZ signals. If the incremental interface is not required, the UVW commutation signals can also be transmitted differentially to the power electronics. The type (push-pull or tristate) and driver current of the RS422 driver outputs can be configured so that they can be adjusted to suit the line impedance.


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Orthodox Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Teachings. Official website of Amidaji temple.
a serene day
thinking about Amida
His Holy Name
resounds in my thoughts
and in my feelings
how great He is!
this master of all Buddhas
shines His light
on my darkened mind
I offer my thanks
to Amida Buddha
who has saved me
from myself
and from my karma
it is simple
this faith in Amida
nothing to it
but simple entrusting
in gratitude
the word may sound frightening
but it is not
it is the word of knowing
that I am saved by Amida
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Sprint Confirms FaceTime Over Cellular Won't Cost Extra
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Actually I think that policies like this are the reason Sprint has struggled to make a profit....it's hard to remain profitable if you give everything away....moreover people don't value what they don't pay for....so paradoxically, charging for Facetime over cellular can help to turn Sprint around...
first i want to admit i'm a fan boy of sprint. but i'll argue that if they didn't have unlimited, they would be out of business by now, its what differentiates them from AT&T and Verizon. They would die without it. But you are probably right, they could be alright and make some extra $$ and people would pay for the facetime. But they're not charging for it, so i they must feel its in their interest to keep it included.
if they are all moving over to LTE 4g, it wont cost them anything. it would be cheaper for the data and might as well start profiting from customers coming over than making money off loyal customers like the other companies do.
Who knows - maybe if they didn't offer truly unlimited, maybe their 3G network would be less used than it is right now, and actuially be a usable network.
Truly unlimited is great for everything except the network. Probably just from iPhone + Android users streaming netflix 24/7.
Truly unlimited is great for everything except the network. Probably just from iPhone + Android users streaming netflix 24/7.
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Carrying on a tradition of building technology in support of current and emerging standards, Atego has a long history in support of the Java language and its deployment in embedded and real-time systems going back to Java's earliest days.
As early as 1995, Atego's Chief Technology Officer for Java, Dr. Kelvin Nilsen published an initial description of the design, principles, and theory upon which real-time execution of Java is based. This publication culminated nearly ten years of academic research on real-time garbage collection and the use of high-level programming languages in real-time systems. Dr. Nilsen has been a continual presence and participant in establishment of Java standards ever since. Prior to joining Atego, Kelvin served on the faculty of Iowa State University where he performed seminal research on real-time Java that led to a clean-room Java technology and ultimately to the PTC Perc family of virtual machine products now deployed in hundreds of thousands of systems.
Atego has participated in a number of Java real-time related community efforts including the J Consortium which hosted the Real-Time Java Working Group, and more recently , the Java Community Process (JCP) in which we are currently active and contributing members, including specification, creation, and review within JSR-282 and JSR-302 expert working groups. The JCP is the mechanism for developing standard technical specifications for Java technology.
Launched in 2005, JSR-282 is an expert working group tasked with refinement to the original JSR-1 that produced the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ). RTSJ was designed to support both hard and soft applications with provisions for periodic and sporadic tasks, support for deadlines and CPU time budgets, and tools to let tasks avoid garbage collection delays.
JSR-302 is an expert working group, formed mid-2006, tasked with specifying a safety-critical Java standard. The initial proposal calls for the features to include a minimal set, with such specific characteristics as static resource allocation and usage, minimal temporal conflicts, and without dynamic loading, leading to the ability to validate implementations using a variety of standards, including DO-178B / ED-12B. And, that the features chosen can be validated using formal models, schedulability analysis, and modified condition/decision coverage (MC/DC) analysis.
Atego is actively promoting the theories and product implementations yielded from our JCP activities within other standards bodies including The Open Group and the Object Management Group.


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The complaint I heard from a friend of mine, about President Obama's speech last night, was that it was disingenuous on the count of "policing." The President cited messages he'd received from concerned American citizens with skepticism and reservation about his proposed action, among these that we should not be "the world's policemen." The President said he agreed how we should not, my friend complains, and then went on to explain how we would be.
I understand my friend's point, but I wonder if the President wasn't confronting a complexity that needs confronting, even if it means standing accused of contradiction. If not the world's policeman, maybe what he proposes is that we act as the citizen we are, the human being.
If you see your neighbor mercilessly abusing his child and it's plain that for corrupt reasons his actions are not being policed, that he is behaving monstrously and with impunity, to the point of committing obvious crime, and you are confident in your own judgement and in your ability to intervene effectively against the criminal abuse and confront the conscience of not only the abuser, but the many who had allowed and enabled him, then you act. Indiscriminate restraint has just as many dangers as indiscriminate action. If the prospect of your action succeeds in wakening the conscience of those around you from their complacency and complicity then you welcome them into the effort they should have been joined in all along. That's not policing. That's citizenship.
I think President Obama's call to act has already had some positive effect. As an American, as a citizen, and as a human being, I am proud of him.
Dirk Coburn permalinkSeptember 11, 2013, 8:07 AM
"We discourage self help." –M. Coakley
September 11, 2013, 8:20 AM
Dirk: context and citation please!
September 11, 2013, 8:49 AM
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, talking about criticizing the father who punched out the guy he caught molesting his 4-year-old son in a supermarket men's room (and, who was subsequently arrested for his morally just actions).
"All I'm saying is that…we really try and discourage people from self-help."
September 11, 2013, 9:02 AM
Well, Martha Coakley doesn't know everything. I'm surprised the cops, if they really knew the father's actions were in response to the molestation of his son, would arrest the father.
September 11, 2013, 8:54 AM
Who decides who is to intervene and when to intervene andwhat the intervention will be when it is a sovereign nation involved and not your personal neighbor next door or across the street?
September 11, 2013, 9:03 AM
The President and Congress. If they do their jobs.
September 11, 2013, 9:15 AM
I guess we are the new Rome. Samantha Powers for President!
September 11, 2013, 9:40 AM
I meant, decide if the US is to intervene. I should have added the UN to my original list, but that herd of cats is never likely to decide much.
rob meltzer permalinkSeptember 11, 2013, 9:09 AM
You support Obama because you are mentally ill. You need treatment.
rob meltzer permalinkSeptember 11, 2013, 9:11 AM
We need to take the wall we are building in Mexico, extend it up the atlantic and pacific coast and across Canada, and tell the world to screw itself. We are nearing both energy and food independence, everyone has an IPhone, so we don't need the rest of the planet any longer.
September 11, 2013, 7:58 PM
What an incredibly naive remark.
Tom Driscoll permalinkSeptember 11, 2013, 12:21 PM
I think the model I've suggested is worth reconciling with. As yet we've not acted as the policemen. We've acted as the citizen. Maybe Martha Coakley thinks we should mind our own business with Syria. If she does, I believe she is mistaken. We are right to step forward as an able citizen and challenge not only Syria, but those who would be complacent and complicit with her crimes.
Tom Driscoll permalinkSeptember 12, 2013, 2:55 PM
I think that's been the problem with this debate all along, Rick. There are a lot of people fighting the last war, or opposing the last intervention, and not coming to terms with the very important distinctions, not confronting the actuality at hand.
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James Salter was a Jacksonville firefighter for 40 years and remained active after his 2004 retirement, playing golf three times a week.
But in 2009 he was hospitalized for 10 days with a severe bout of pancreatitis and didn't feel well for five years afterward. He lost his appetite and about 50 pounds. He hardly wanted to get out of bed, much less play golf.
"I had ongoing discomfort, stomach pains," he said. "I don't consider myself a wimp, but the pain would make me lay on the floor."
Then his doctor, gastroenterologist Jose Nieto, told him about a new medical device called the Hot AXIOS stent. An incisionless treatment with the new device, Nieto said, could eliminate the inflammation and fluid buildup in his abdomen that was causing the pain and do it more safely, quickly and easily than traditional methods.
Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville said it was the first hospital in the United States to use the device and Salter would be only the third Jacksonville patient treated with it.
"I was to the point where anything Dr. Nieto thought might make me feel better, I was willing to try," Salter said.
Almost a month ago he was anesthesized and underwent a brief procedure at Baptist's downtown campus. Nieto inserted the stent through Salter's mouth with ultrasound guidance and in seconds drained the fluid buildup.
Three days later, he was a new man.
"I was able to do anything I wanted to do. … I felt myself getting better," he said. "Dr. Nieto is a godsend. I can't express how much better I feel. I look forward to doing things. Everything is a blessing."
The stent is used to treat pancreatic pseudocysts, which are fluid collections in the abdomen that result from pancreatic inflammation due to pancreatitis, trauma or pancreatic ductal obstruction.
Untreated pseudocysts can become infected and lead to sepsis. That condition can injure adjacent organs and penetrate adjacent vascular structures, causing severe internal bleeding. Such complications can potentially lead to death.
"This new technology … allows our patients to have a better quality of life," said Nancy Marlett, nurse manager of Baptist Jacksonville's Center for Endoscopy.
In addition to draining the fluid, the stent creates "a tunnel between the stomach and the cyst," allowing natural stomach acids to prevent infection, Nieto said. The stent stays in place for a month and is then removed as easily as it was inserted.
Baptist is one of 10 sites in the United States — and the only one not affiliated with a university — that are part of a clinical trial studying the stent. Nieto, chairman of the Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Center at the Borland-Groover Clinic, is the principal investigator for the study.
The traditional stent procedure can take more than an hour and requires more steps to insert into the pancreas, he said. Also, the traditional stent was susceptible to migrating out into the stomach, preventing the cyst from thoroughly draining and in some cases causing the cyst to reoccur, he said.
The new stent, made by hand by a California-based company called Xlumena, is more effective and requires far less patient recovery time, the doctor said. But it is not for everyone with pancreatic issues.
"This is for patients who have chronic pancreatitis who have developed a pseudocyst, similar to an inflammatory cyst that gets infected," Nieto said. "The cyst can grow large in size that it causes a significant amount of pain."
But the stent could be used for other kinds of cysts.
"This is the application for cysts from now on," he said. "The possibilities of this are going to be amazing."
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Efficacy of Drug and Risk Counseling Among Methadone Patients in Jakarta, Indonesia (JAKPRO)
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In a frenetic year which saw the likes of AC/DC, U2, Bon Jovi, Metallica and the Eagles tour these shores, the market's live biz soared to an all-time high of Australian $1.327 billion ($1.4 billion) in gross ticketing revenue, up 22.6%, according to trade body Live Performance Australia's 2010 "Ticket Attendance & Revenue Survey."
At the same time, attendances across the board grew 13.5% to 17.2 tickets, of which 15.36 million were paid stubs. The average ticket price in 2010 was A$86 ($90), slightly more than 7% up on the previous year.
Music concerts pulled more than seven million ticket-holders through the gate, up more than 50.1%, largely thanks to "strong international touring activity largely due to Australia's buoyant economy," admits LPA CEO Evelyn Richardson.
Rock 'n' roll, it would seem, made a mockery of the GFC.
With the Australian currency nudging record highs of nearly US$1.10 to the local dollar (until the recent stock-market turmoil caused it to dip this week), the trade body admits the combination of the strong buck coupled with weaker economic conditions in traditional northern hemisphere touring markets may have helped attract a greater number of international artists Down Under.
Accountancy giant Ernst and Young compiled the data on behalf of LPA, drawing stats from a sample which included ticketing firms Ticketmaster and Ticketek and, for the first time, digital firm Moshtix. Also reporting for the first time is the Darwin Entertainment Centre. Richardson and the LPA are quick to point out that "caution should be applied" to comparing the data across recent years as inconsistencies may exist in the data collection methodology. And in the years ahead, the range of data-reporting sources will continue to grow. Nevertheless, the LPA's study provides the most comprehensive snapshot of Australia's thriving live market.
Impressive as they are, the results published this week are no surprise to the ranks of Australia's impresarios. "We have just gone through the busiest summer period (2010/11) in the history of our business and most promoters came out relatively unscathed," says promoter Michael Chugg, chairman of Michael Chugg Entertainment, whose company in 2010 toured the likes of AC/DC, Gorillaz, Tim McGraw and John Mayer.
"Overall," says Chugg, "touring has never been stronger. And over the last couple of years, live has been fantastic on all fronts. There is no doubt Australia is the healthiest touring market in the world right now."
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- Administration of orlistat in a patient with familial hyperchylomicronemiaThemistoklis Tzotzas
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- Prevalence and trends of obesity in children and adults of South EuropeThemistoklis Tzotzas
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Panagia General Hospital, Thessaloniki Greece
Pediatr Endocrinol Rev 1:448-54. 2004..Genetic factors could also play a role. Preventive and treatment strategies are urgently needed to stop the obesity epidemic in children of Southern European countries...
- The use of sibutramine in the management of obesity and related disorders: an updateKonstantinos Tziomalos
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Panagia General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Vasc Health Risk Manag 5:441-52. 2009..To review the major trials that evaluated the efficacy and safety of the use of sibutramine for weight loss and the impact of this agent on obesity-related disorders...
- The effects of incretins on energy homeostasis: physiology and implications for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesitySpyridon Karras
Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Curr Vasc Pharmacol 10:781-91. 2012..These agents exert several beneficial effects that minimize cardiovascular risk...
- Plasma phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP): review of an emerging cardiometabolic risk factorT Tzotzas
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Technological Educational Institution, Thessaloniki, Greece
Obes Rev 10:403-11. 2009..This review article presents the state of knowledge on the implication of PLTP in lipoprotein metabolism, on its atherogenic potential, and the complexity of its implication in obesity, insulin resistance and T2DM...
- Short-term administration of orlistat reduced daytime triglyceridemia in obese women with the metabolic syndromeThemistoklis Tzotzas
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Panagia General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Angiology 58:26-33. 2007..This reduction could offer cardiovascular benefits in these high-risk patients. Long-term studies with more patients are needed to reach definite conclusions...
- Early decreases in plasma lipid transfer proteins during weight reductionThemistoklis Tzotzas
Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1038-45. 2006..To determine the effect of short-term weight loss in obese women on concentrations of plasma cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) and phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP), two new risk factors for cardiovascular disease...
- Obesity, weight loss and conditional cardiovascular risk factorsT Tzotzas
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes andMetabolism, Panagia General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Obes Rev 12:e282-9. 2011..The significance of considering these factors in weight management intervention is an issue that needs further investigation...
- Use of somatostatin analogues in obesityThemistoklis Tzotzas
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Panagia General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Drugs 68:1963-73. 2008....
- Determinants of body mass index in Greek children and adolescentsG E Krassas
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Panagia Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 14:1327-33; discussion 1365. 2001..These measures should be directed at families that are affected and/or concerned with obesity...
- Effects of a low-calorie diet associated with weight loss on lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) activity in healthy obese womenT Tzotzas
Department of Biochemistry, Medical School of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 18:477-82. 2008..Increased plasma Lp-PLA(2) levels have been associated with increased cardiovascular risk in large clinical trials...
- Rising serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels after weight loss in obese women correlate with improvement in insulin resistanceThemistoklis Tzotzas
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Panagia General Hospital, 55132 Thessaloniki, Greece
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95:4251-7. 2010..The objective of the study was to examine changes of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25OHD) and PTH blood levels 4 and 20 wk after low-calorie diet-induced weight loss...
- Prevalence and trends in overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Thessaloniki, GreeceG E Krassas
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Panagia Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 14:1319-26; discussion 1365. 2001..This study demonstrates that the prevalence of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren is 22.2% and 4.1%, respectively, and has been increasing in the last decades, especially among boys...
- Do obese children become obese adults: childhood predictors of adult diseaseGerasimos E Krassas
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Panagia General Hospital, Thessaloniki Greece
Pediatr Endocrinol Rev 1:455-9. 2004..Avoidance of accelerated weight gain in children should be investigated as a toll of adult obesity prevention...
- Epidemiology and predisposing factors of obesity in Greece: from the Second World War until todayMaria L Roditis
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Panagia General Hospital, Greece
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 22:389-405. 2009..Other predisposing factors in Greek children are parental obesity, frequent television viewing, low rates of breastfeeding and, in adolescent girls, smoking and alcohol consumption. Emerging measures are needed to confront this epidemic...
- [Body composition analysis in obesity: radionuclide and non radionuclide methods]Themistoklis Tzotzas
Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Panagia Hospital, N Plastira 22, 551 32 N Krini, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
Hell J Nucl Med 11:63-71. 2008..Measurements of skin fold thickness combined with BIA are quite sufficient for routine clinical practice. However, in specialized clinics and in research, more sophisticated methods like ADP or DEXA are used...
- Epidemiological survey for the prevalence of overweight and abdominal obesity in Greek adolescentsThemistoklis Tzotzas
Hellenic Medical Association for Obesity, Athens, Greece
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1718-22. 2008..AO, mainly in adolescent girls, also appears high. Preventive and treatment strategies are urgently needed to combat this OB epidemic in Greece...


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I have been drinking Guinness for 10 years now. It started when I could not face lager due to a stomach ulcer. Now I won't touch anything else. Only real men drink Guinness, it can be taken any time of day and in any quantity, as a swift pint or a whole session. You can expect to get the same taste where ever you are in the world, which is unusual for any pint. You could have the worst landlord on the planet and he can still produce a perfect pint of black {as long as someone has shown him how to pour it}.
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Sammy accidentally makes a deadly mistake, but all clues point to her nemesis, Heather, and she gets blamed. As Sammy struggles with her conscience, she should confess, but there's a certain justice in Heather finally getting what she deserves, and she gets distracted helping an ailing senior citizen in her fight against urban renewal. There's a local council member who seems to be on both sides of the issue, and neighborhood vandalism that could be a clue to what's really at stake. While Sammy's trying to sort out those truths, her own haunt her, along with her feelings for Casey, Heather's brother, whom she's agreed to attend the Farewell Dance with on a "non-date".
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Identifying the best candidate for a higher ed job seems like a very subjective process. What makes one candidate's interview better than another's can often be hard to quantify, yet you must do so to remove the appearance of bias from the process, and, properly done, it can help you to select the best candidate.
When interviewing candidates for university jobs, prepare a set of questions to be asked of each candidate. Then identify what you would like to hear in the answer to each question and make a list with those points.
Ex: Tell us about a time when you had to deal with an upset student?
Points you might want to hear in the response:
Listen to the candidate's answer and put a checkmark by each bullet point that is included in the answer. You can even use a + or – sign to indicate answers that exceed or don't quite meet your criteria. If the response contains elements you like that are not listed in your bullet points, then make a note of that and give "extra credit."
This way you can assign a value to each candidate's interview. You can also include overall points for factors such as:
Many candidates talk a lot without actually answering the questions. By identifying what you are hoping to hear in the answers, you can focus on the content of what they say and not be distracted by someone who may be likable but doesn't have the skill set one needs for college employment.
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Bob Casale, one of the original members of Devo, passed away Monday from "conditions that lead to heart failure" at the age of 61, according to his brother and bandmate Gerald Casale.
"As an original member of Devo, Bob Casale was there in the trenches with me from the beginning," Casale wrote on the band's Facebook page. "He was my level-headed brother, a solid performer and talented audio engineer, always giving more than he got. He was excited about the possibility of Mark Mothersbaugh allowing Devo to play shows again. His sudden death from conditions that lead to heart failure came as a total shock to us all."
Devo is an American New Wave band that was formed in 1972, in part, by brothers Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh and Bob and Gerald Casale. At first an underground band — bursting onto the scene with debut album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! — Devo soon found widespread fame 1980's Freedom of Choice and the single "Whip It," the video for which received massive airplay on MTV.
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They're inevitably going to be lumped together all off-season, Dion Phaneuf and Jason Spezza, the captains of the NHL's two Ontario-based teams, both coming off disappointing seasons.
What put them in the news together over the weekend were renewed trade rumours, which are a mild surprise for Phaneuf and old news for Spezza.
These, however, are two different situations, save for one important similarity.
As with most of the teams that missed the playoffs, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators are both seeking a shakeup.
But what they really need is some clarity about what they're trying to be.
That's been an issue for roughly the last decade for the Leafs. More than five years after former general manager Brian Burke pronounced he didn't want to be part of a five-year rebuild, no one seems to have an answer as to whether this team is working to contend now or years down the road, an essential question when it comes to Phaneuf.
How exactly would moving the team's top minute-eating defenceman put them further ahead in the near term, especially if the Leafs have to retain salary – for the next seven (!) years – in the deal?
While cap space is nice, there's little available to use it on in free agency to replace Phaneuf. And whatever return they get would likely be more of the futures variety, which is fine if a rebuild is the direction new president Brendan Shanahan and Co. intend to go.
In that case, the teardown will need to go well beyond Phaneuf, and dealing young players Nazem Kadri and Jake Gardiner – two other Leafs in the rumour mill of late – would make even less sense than the little it does already.
Whether Phaneuf stays or goes, Toronto's brass have to pick a path here instead of trying to dance in two directions, making changes for the sake of changes and signing veteran players to long-term deals months before contemplating moving and/or buying them out.
They only need to look back over their recent franchise history to see where that leads.
The decision is much different in Ottawa. Spezza has only one year left on his deal, with a high cap hit but a low actual salary ($4-million) that should be appealing to a budget team looking to upgrade down the middle.
There's also a growing sentiment there far more than in Toronto that both sides are ready for a change, with Spezza creeping up on his 31st birthday and having played his entire career in the same fishbowl. He has been an uneasy fit in the captain's role after assuming it from Daniel Alfredsson, and Ottawa has plenty of young centres anxious for more ice time.
If you're placing bets, Spezza is much more likely to get a change of address in the coming months than Phaneuf.
Both players have become lightning rods in their markets – which is why the latest trade talk was everywhere within 24 hours after the initial report – and it's true they have their flaws. The Leafs have counted on Phaneuf to do far too much defensively and played a style that has hurt his numbers, while the Senators asked Spezza to be more than he was capable of, especially for a franchise down a leader and trying to get by on a budget.
But both players also have considerable value, and the challenge for the general managers here will be flipping them for something that fits with the bigger picture of what these teams want to be.
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What It Will Take For Better Beef Market
As goes the general economy, so goes the beef economy.
That point was brought home forcefully at the 2010 Cattle Industry Convention by economists from CattleFax, an industry market analysis firm. CEO Randy Blach told beef producers anxiously looking for some good news that the drop in beef demand in 2008 and 2009 took over $140 a head from their pockets. Average fed cattle prices dropped about $10 per hundred pounds in that time span.
"But we noticed that the drop in beef demand flattened out in the last half of 2009," he told the cattle producers. "While there might be some further declines in 2010, it won't be as drastic," as the general economy is expected to continue to strengthen.
Combined with further shrinking of the U.S. beef herd (down another 1% from last year), cattle prices are expected to rebound, perhaps back to a point of modest profitability for most producers in 2010.
CattleFax thinks the price of 350-pound steer calves will average between $111 and $113 per hundred pounds in 2010, up from the $107 average of 2009. Highs could peak around $117 per hundred in the spring.
That good news comes as a result of the incredibly shrinking cow numbers, which means fewer calves for feedlots to chase. Total cattle numbers were down another 1% on January 1, after a 2% drop last year.
The calf crop that will be marketed in 2010 is also down 1%, making it the nation's smallest calf crop in almost 50 years of records.
While that's not good news for beef producers who haven't survived the crunch, it speaks well for those who have hung on.
"Calf prices have bottomed and are on the verge of a several-year uptrend that could see prices climb 20¢ to 30¢ a pound by 2013 or 2014," CattleFax analysts say. By then, we could be looking at the smallest calf crop in the U.S. since 1950, they project.
As for fed steer prices, they expect prices to average $86 to $88 per hundred in 2010, with tops in the mid-$90s. That's up from an average of $83.50 last year.
CattleFax told producers that excess feedlot capacity chasing a smaller supply of calves will continue to squeeze feedlot margins. Cow-calf and stocker operations will be the beneficiaries.
USDA charts showed to producers at the Cattle Industry Convention illustrate the sobering facts about the last 25 years in the beef industry. Per capita supply of beef in the U.S. peaked at near 80 pounds in 1985 and 1986. This year, due to population growth and the shrinking beef herd, per capita supply will be under 60 pounds, a 25% retreat in beef production on a per-person basis.
CattleFax projects that the 750-million-pound drop in beef production this year will be offset by a bump up in poultry production of 800 million pounds. Meanwhile, pork will drop 440 million pounds this year, it projects.
Growing demand for beef in export markets should help prices this year. South Korea is the brightest spot, and it could boost overall exports by 8%.
Art Douglas of Creighton University, CattleFax's weather outlook expert, told cattle producers that with the weakening El Niño odds favor a good growing season for the Midwest this year. It may be wet early, then it will dry out to allow crops to be planted timely and to develop normally. CattleFax expects corn to average near $3.75 a bushel this year, with a price range of $3 to $4.50.
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SHINING glass objects have given a new look to the normally historic ambience of Bede's World in Jarrow.
Showcasing a varied selection of artworks, A Journey in Glass and Ceramics is an exhibition featuring work by MA students from the University of Sunderland.
With exhibits on show both in and outside the museum, the display explores the full artistic possibilities of glass and ceramics, with students drawing on facilities available at The National Glass Centre in Sunderland.
Wearside-born Jonathan Smith said the exhibition project started last autumn, when MA students began working towards the Jarrow exhibition.
He said: "For me, a lot of glassmaking is about technique and the bare essentials of what's possible in glass.
"I'm interested in classic forms and also with creating objects which look functional and have a purpose."
Appropriately enough, Mr Smith's exhibits include a glass plate and vessel, which were both created at The National Glass Centre.
Asked what the future holds for a glassmaking artist like himself, he added: "I would like to either take a PhD in glassmaking or get involved in research projects."
Glass objects both large and small feature in the Jarrow exhibition, which is open at Bede's World until April 29.
Artist Li Yuanman has created the largest object in the exhibition, called Memory Record: Coka Coka, 2012.
Inspired by a dark childhood memory of a crow living in a cage, the artwork is made up of an upright chair, encased within a large frame, decorated with crows fashioned from glass.
Exploring the idea of human entrapment, the artist explained how the image of the crow inspired the work, stating: "Sometimes, I thought he was dead, lifeless, not a live crow.
"Now when I think of this, I realise he needed freedom to fly."
Artist Christine Sinclair explores what can be achieved by mixing silk and colours in shapely glass objects, while fellow student Chi-son Chang is inspired by what he called "chaotic and unpredictable" patterns of colour.
Glasgow-born Alex Brown opted for an outsize artwork, which takes pride of place on a grassed area outside historic Jarrow Hall at the museum.
Called Growth Type, the clay and porcelain creation is a highly tactile piece, exploring the idea of movement and expansion.
Alex said: "Ideally, I would like to work in public art."
Although inspired by the relationship between humans and the animal kingdom, Runming Li creates glass-made human 'uniforms,' which catch the eye in the exhibition's main area.
Holly Shand, meanwhile, takes her inspiration from her Scottish roots, while Amanda Elliott is interested in capturing – to use the title of her exhibit – Frozen Moments.
Hanging down from the ceiling of the museum, like an intricate lamp, a highly complex creation in glass by artist Nuttawadee Bhamornsuwarn is aimed at reflecting a stress-free existence.
The Vessel of Memory is the title of a piece by Gareth Fuke, with several glass containers representing a metaphor for storing and recalling memories.
A Journey in Glass and Ceramics has been organised in partnership between Bede's World, The University of Sunderland and The National Glass Centre, with the exhibition curated by Professor Sylva Petrova.
Running side-by-side with the glass and ceramics exhibition is a separate display called Second Glance – Alternative Narratives on Peace and Conflict. Taking up an alcove area at Bede's World, Second Glance uses work by an international field of artists to explore apartheid, geopolitics, the natural world and the imagination.
Artworks in the display examine everything from the brutalities of life in South Africa to the Kashmir earthquake of 2005.
Another partnership project – this time, between Bede's World, The Peace Museum, Alchemy and the Ryedale Folk Museum – Second Glance is open until May 7.
Call Bede's World, in Church Bank, Jarrow, on 489 2106 for more details about both exhibitions.
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John Weston, the chairman of embattled NHS software group iSoft, fended off an attempt last night to eject him from the chairmanship of telecoms group Spirent Communications.
Mr Weston and two other key Spirent directors have been placed in the firing line by dissident investors aiming to seize control of the company.
The former chief executive of BAE Systems is already under pressure at iSoft, where he is part of a new management team dealing with investigations by the FSA and the accounting disciplinary body. The software firm has put itself up for sale and incurred investors' wrath over pay at its annual meeting last month.
In a statement to the City yesterday, Spirent revealed it had rejected an approach from US activist investor, Sherborne, which has built up a 14.7% stake in Spirent since August.
The New York-based fund demanded four seats on the board including the chairmanship for its chief executive, Ed Bramson, in exchange for the resignation of Mr Weston and two other board members: Fred d'Alessio, the former Verizon executive who is chairman of the remuneration committee, and Andrew Given, the chairman of the audit committee. Spirent's chief executive, Anders Gustafsson, who is based in California, and the finance director, Eric Hutchinson, would have been retained on the board under Sherborne's plan.
Spirent claimed the proposal would have ceded "de facto control" of the company without offering shareholders a premium or a chance to vote on the proposed changes. It said it would have breached the combined code by giving Sherborne's four nominees a majority among the company's non-executive directors.
The company added that it had offered a compromise that would have given Sherborne the deputy chairmanship and the chairmanship of the audit committee. "This offer has been rejected by Sherborne on the grounds it would not give them sufficient control over the company," Spirent said in the statement. The company's board already includes a nominee from Lexa, a Swedish investor with a holding of 13.5%.
Spirent, which makes broadband testing and measuring equipment, conceded that Sherborne could exercise its rights as a holder of more than 10% of shares to call for an extraordinary general meeting at which it could push for boardroom representation.


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Facebook is storing your private data for unknown reasons. Google's keeping a record of what kinds of websites you're visiting. Whatever smartphone you have has built-in GPS technology that can be used to trace your current location. To live in the modern world is to accept your every movement is being tracked. The whole thing's easy to put out of your mind. That is, until the New York Times publishes a creepy article about consumer statisticians.
The piece is a profile of Andrew Pole, statistician for the ubiquitous Target retail chain, and begins with a Big Brother-esque question asked by one of his colleagues: "If we wanted to figure out if a customer is pregnant, even if she didn't want us to know, can you do that?"
From there it goes through the process that Target — and, presumably, most other big chains — use to collect information about each consumer as soon as they walk through the door:
Target assigns each shopper a unique code — known internally as the Guest ID number — that keeps tabs on everything they buy. "If you use a credit card or a coupon, or fill out a survey, or mail in a refund, or call the customer help line, or open an e-mail we've sent you or visit our Web site, we'll record it and link it to your Guest ID," Pole said. "We want to know everything we can."
It's easy to think of the positives that come with this kind of extreme direct marketing — say, whenever one of those coupons gets spit out at the grocery store for the particular brand of food you're buying. But the whole thing is just a creepy reminder of how little privacy we truly have anymore.