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/showIncludes - List Include Files (Windows CE 5.0)
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This option causes the compiler to output a list of the include files. Nested include files, or files that are included from the files that you include, are also displayed .
When an include file is encountered during compilation, a message is output, for example:
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Nested include files are indicated by an indentation, one space for each level of nesting. For example:
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In this case, 2.h was included from within 1.h, and hence is indented one space.
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Operations in Iraq: Lessons for the Future
Key Lessons
Health and Medical Issues
9.1 The UK's Armed Forces are respected throughout the world for their professionalism, discipline and resourcefulness. During the operation in Iraq, they have again shown the resilience, commitment and courage that are fundamental to the success they have achieved on this and other operations in recent years. In the course of the operation, they have drawn on their excellent training and considerable experience of peace support operations to meet the many and diverse challenges that have confronted them. They can be justifiably proud of their achievements.
Operational Welfare Support
9.2 It has long been recognised that provision of satisfactory welfare support is linked to the maintenance of morale and is therefore key to the achievement of operational capability. Initial implementation of operational welfare provision for operations in the Gulf worked well and has evolved smoothly into the welfare provision for the sustainment phase of the operation.
9.3 The Operational Welfare Package in its present form was introduced on a tri-Service basis in 2001 and used with increasing success in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, and Afghanistan, and on SAIF SAREEA II and other exercises and deployments. It replaced the purely financial element of Local Overseas Allowance and, for this operation, included free telephone calls (20 minutes per individual per week), e-mail and internet access, 'blueys' (airmail letters) and 'e-blueys', TV and radio, books and newspapers, Combined Services Entertainment shows and a variety of recreational facilities. Whilst these measures were widely welcomed, a review of the package with a number of proposed enhancements is under way. The aim of the review is to ensure that, wherever possible, all forces - especially those deployed early to theatre - receive appropriate and timely levels of provision.
|Another consignment of letters from families and frends
9.4 It was decided in conjunction with the Royal Mail Group to provide a free postal service to theatre for packets up to 2kg for family and close friends of personnel serving in the Gulf. This service was well received, initially doubling the volume of mail dispatched to theatre to around 20 tons daily, at a cost of some £1.5m per month (the volume has now settled at about three tons per day). The Royal Mail Group's decision to waive the costs for packets delivered to the BFPO depot in UK was withdrawn in the middle of July with the costs subsequently transferring to MOD. The service will continue to cover the Christmas period.
9.5 Operational welfare provision continuously evolves to take account of the unique nature and circumstances of each deployment, based on the principles enshrined in the Department's review of operational welfare in 1999. This evolution is often conducted under the glare of the media, whose reporting of anecdote can create public pressure for reactive change. Levels of expectation are increasing and there is continued pressure from Service personnel to expand and improve facilities. Such expectations need to be managed to reflect what can sensibly, safely and securely be made available in the early stages of an operation, particularly in a war-fighting theatre.
Support to Families
9.6 Service families also have increasing expectations of entitlements and levels of support. As a new initiative, units were given a sum of £1 per week per individual deployed, to be used collectively for communications with and support to families back at the home base. The initiative was very favourably received. Early results from a survey undertaken by the Army Families' Federation (AFF) suggest that communication between families and Service personnel was good, but that families wanted more regular information on what was happening from the military unit. Respondents also requested more opportunity to contact other families in the same position. Feedback from RAF families indicates they hold similar views. Further means of providing information to families will be considered.
9.7 The families of reservists need particular consideration, as they may have had little or no contact with the Services and may not understand Service structures, administrative procedures, roles or jargon. Such families knew whom to contact, but the AFF survey showed that they still found it much more difficult than Regular Army families to find the information and answers they wanted. This will be borne in mind in considering how best to improve the support they need.
Life Insurance
9.8 Service and civilian personnel are finding it increasingly difficult to secure adequate life insurance that covers them comprehensively during conflict without exclusions. Specific exclusions often include WMD fatalities. Some specialist personnel (such as aircrew, parachutists and bomb disposal experts, who are required to pay extra premiums against particular Service risks) receive assistance from public funds towards the extra costs incurred. However, there is a need to ensure that all Service personnel and civilians being deployed have access to life insurance schemes that do not discriminate against them and cover adequately all likely combat risks.
9.9 The Armed Forces have suffered 53 fatalities in the Gulf, 33 of which occurred during decisive combat operations (up to 1 May). 20 Service personnel have lost their lives in the subsequent post-conflict phase. The nation's deepest sympathy goes to the families and friends of all who lost their lives.x
9.10 When a Serviceman died in theatre, initially only the broadest information on such incidents was released until the identities of casualties were confirmed and next of kin informed. However, this resulted in widespread concern among many other families whose relatives might have been involved. The policy was therefore reviewed during the operation to allow the earliest possible release of more specific information on an incident, thus reducing the number of families affected.
9.11 Casualty reporting procedures also need to take account of the increased speed of media and private communications, in order to address the needs and sensitivities of bereaved families given the inevitable media and public demand for rapid information. It was difficult to ensure that families' wishes were respected to avoid media intrusion. Some aspects of our support to bereaved families attracted intense media attention, with claims of insensitivity on a small number of occasions. A comprehensive review of bereavement procedures has been conducted to address these and other related issues raised by bereaved families. The review has resulted in harmonised and simplified tri-Service procedures that are more sympathetic to the needs of the bereaved family.
9.12 Welfare support to bereaved families is very important and is frequently reviewed. An extension of widows' benefits to unmarried partners of Service personnel was announced in September 2003. In order to ensure that these benefits were available during the Iraq campaign, an ex gratia arrangement was introduced in anticipation of this change for deaths relating to conflict. Six awards arising from the operation have been made.
9.13 Augmentation is the temporary re-distribution of individuals - whether regular forces, reservists or civilians - to enhance the manning of headquarters and other areas of critical importance to an operation. It is a crucial element of force generation and was much utilised, particularly during the deployment and combat phases of the Iraq operation. Augmentees also bring with them the perspective of their donating organisation, helping to build close links between different headquarters. For example, teams from the three front-line commands were embedded into or collocated with the operational planning staff at the Permanent Joint Headquarters, and provided valuable support to these organisations.
9.14 There was also a consistently high demand for good quality UK staff officers to support US and coalition structures. The importance of liaison officers working within key US headquarters was noted in Chapter 7. Following the conflict, the Coalition Provisional Authority was established in Iraq with responsibility for the temporary administration and reconstruction of the country. British military and civilian officials have filled positions in these organisations and liaison posts in US military structures where they could provide expertise. Inevitably augmentation often involves short-notice requirements, and mechanisms need to take this into account in prioritising postings and preparing individuals for their respective appointments. Augmentation policy is being updated to reflect the experience of this operation.
Civil Servants in Support
|MOD civil servants working with the UK logistic headquarters at Umm Qasr
9.15 A large number of civil servants from the Ministry of Defence and other Government Departments directly supported the Armed Forces during the operation, as described in First Reflections. Many provided a critical contribution within their normal jobs; others moved either to theatre or to help provide round-the-clock manning for operational headquarters and MOD's Defence Crisis Management Organisation in the UK. The ability rapidly to augment these structures during crises is a major part of the civilian component of preparedness for operations. While the quality of augmentees was high, it took time to move suitable people from existing jobs and to bring them up to speed in their roles, given the reliance on volunteers. The Department is considering how augmentation could be made more effective. This would involve better training, earlier preparation and an improved volunteer civilian skills database. Civil servants being deployed into theatre need to be well briefed on what to expect, and a greater number need to be sent early to deal with contractual and financial issues at the start of an operation.
9.16 The Government has planned and structured the Armed Forces on the basis that any major war-fighting operation would draw on support from the Reserve Forces. This is a prudent approach that allows the maintenance of full-time Armed Forces in no greater strength than is needed for normal peacetime activity and for meeting a limited range of contingencies. The more flexible use of reservists also gives MOD the opportunity to harness skills that are appropriate for operations, but are not needed in that number on a regular or frequent basis in peacetime, and therefore are not readily found within the Regular Armed Forces. The Reserve Forces Act 1996 worked well, though we are reviewing some of its regulations, particularly those relating to financial and disciplinary issues, in the light of our experience during the operation.
9.17 This operation involved the largest compulsory call-out of Reserve forces since the 1956 Suez Crisis. Over 8000 reservists were called out for the deployment and campaign phases, with over 5200 taken into service. Following further incremental call-outs in April and August 2003, an additional 3300 reservists were taken into service for roulement purposes, and a further requirement for some 1100 will be met by mobilisations in January. Further call-outs may be made for future roulements. Most reservists were drawn from the Volunteer Reserve Forces together with a smaller number from Army and RAF Regular Reserves, and Sponsored Reserves such as those manning our roll-on-roll-off ferries and employed in the Mobile Meteorological Unit. Their successful employment demonstrated that the vision in the Strategic Defence Review for more integrated, relevant and useable Reserve forces to provide additional capability in time of crisis has been realised. And in addition to the military skills in which reservists are trained, the professional skills and experience which many reservists brought from their civilian life proved indispensable to the post-combat reconstruction process. Examples include merchant bankers running Coalition Provisional Authority finances, pylon erectors, water plant workers and telephone engineers. Many reservists also possess very useful broader project management skills.
9.18 However, the utility of the Reserves will need to evolve further, to meet the need for compressed planning and preparation time-scales and a more rapid transition to expeditionary war-fighting. In future, Reserve forces may be required for a greater number of more frequent, short-notice operations. There is a balance to be struck between using Reserves to fill shortages in regular manpower (particularly specialist capabilities) for this purpose and in formed units providing key enabling capabilities. There is a risk that using reservists solely to plug shortfalls will affect recruitment, although nearly 10% of reservists demobilised after serving during the operation have expressed an interest in joining the regular forces or undertaking further full-time service.
9.19 The mobilisation of Reserves highlighted a number of issues. Some Reserve units that provide key specialist enabler capabilities where Regular capability is insufficient (e.g. movements and intelligence) were required during the early stages of the operation, and had to be called out more quickly than was desirable. Many specialist manning gaps within Regular units could only be filled by Reserves once their mobilisation had been authorised and their pre-deployment training completed, which adversely affected the pre-deployment preparation for these units. Furthermore, in some specialisations, Reserve force mobilisation afforded only a 'one-shot' capability: roulement for an enduring commitment remains a challenge.
9.20 The aspiration was to give reservists 14 days' notice of mobilisation, but for this operation, mobilisation time was clearly very short. Operational requirements meant that some 'early enablers' had to be called out at shorter notice. For example, the first tranche of the TA Port Regiment called up were given four to seven days' notice, as they were required to operate Marchwood Military Port, releasing regulars to deploy to receive shipping in theatre. Where possible, this was achieved by negotiation: for example, of the 57 Royal Naval Reserve Amphibious Warfare officers available, 14 were able to meet a three-day timescale (to sail with the Amphibious Task Group), and 12 were selected. Nevertheless, for the bulk of the call-out, 14 days was the intended notice time. That this was not always achieved was often due to reservists' absence from home, postal delays, and how soon the reservist could tell his or her employer.
9.21 It remains important to ensure that the volunteer ethos of the reservist and the goodwill of both families and employers are not prejudiced by mobilisation issues. The desired notice has therefore been revised to 21 days, and this aspiration has been achieved in subsequent mobilisations for Iraq. Inevitably, however, operational requirements may still require shorter notice periods on occasion.
9.22 The support of reservists' employers is crucial and much appreciated. The Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers (SaBRE) organisation played a key role during the operation, dealing with some 30 employers' enquiries per day during January and February 2003. This increased during the roulement phase, possibly because the continuing need for reservists was not widely understood. The Service Adjudication Officers took note of employers' needs, granting exemptions where operational conditions allowed within the terms of the relevant legislation. MOD has initiated a study to measure the degree of employer support for the mobilisation of Reserves.
9.23 Following the operation, MOD is adjusting the arrangements for the higher management of Reserves. This includes the reorganisation of the Directorate of Reserve Forces and Cadets under the direct command of the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.
Prisoners of War
9.24 The UK retained responsibility as Detaining Power for all UK-captured Prisoners of War (POWs) and for all other people captured and detained by UK forces - a total of 2628 up to the end of August. The handling of POWs is a complex and sensitive area that requires considerable preparation in the initial planning phase of an operation. Specific manpower assets and materiel resources need to be identified to undertake guarding and other tasks during the operation, and handling arrangements need to be discussed with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). A central MOD focal point for development and co-ordination of POW policy would help improve planning and liaison. A Memorandum of Understanding between the US, UK and Australia was negotiated to set out agreed joint procedures in advance. In the event, considerably fewer POWs were taken than had been predicted.
9.25 POW guarding responsibilities were split between the coalition partners: the UK took the lead in guarding during the opening phase of the campaign, until large US-run camps had been set up within Iraq. The UK then fulfilled its responsibilities using liaison officers, and working closely with the ICRC. POWs were detained in well-managed camps and were well treated. Interpreters deployed at the POW facilities eased the passage of information and reduced the risk of frustration and misunderstanding. However, personal possessions often arrived separately from their owners and (contrary to instruction) without labels, resulting in POWs being released without their personal effects. A small number of allegations were made of misconduct against POWs by individual UK Service personnel, which are currently under formal investigation.
9.26 The Geneva Convention seeks to protect POWs from public curiosity by not allowing the publication of photos from which they could be identified. The UK took rapid action in response to early transgressions, but not all of the media followed the practice of blurring faces. Military commanders will continue to do what they can to remind the media of the law, and ensure that cameras are not allowed into POW facilities.
9.27 Overall, however, the British Red Cross observed that "the MOD's commitment to respect international humanitarian law during the recent armed conflict in Iraq, both in words and in practice, was very positive", and that "it was evident that the MOD wished to help ensure that the UK conducted its operations entirely in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and any other relevant laws".
9.28 The short time available for deployment of forces before operations began did not allow for a long period of training in theatre. That UK forces can perform successfully and confidently with minimal in-theatre training demonstrates the value of having a training foundation that generates well-prepared and trained forces, and the importance of the maxim "train as you mean to fight" - i.e. that routine training should prepare units for the conditions and experience of warfighting. Most deployed land units and formations were at a high state of training, had trained in the UK beforehand, and undertook some desert training. At the individual level, UK Service personnel had been well trained in engendering fighting spirit, overcoming difficulties and addressing complex tactical problems. This was demonstrated in their ability to assume responsibility and display considerable initiative throughout the operation. Training must continue to be demanding and realistic.
Operational Experience
9.29 Of particular value was the considerable local operational experience gained by the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force since the 1991 Gulf Conflict, working with US forces in the region to enforce UN sanctions and patrol the no-fly zones. Indeed, with the no-fly zone operations now having ended with the removal of Saddam Hussein's regime, it will be a considerable challenge to find suitable training opportunities to maintain the momentum of integrated coalition activity for future aircrew and support personnel. More generally, the recent employment of UK forces on a variety of combat and peace support operations and exercises around the world clearly helped UK personnel prepare and adjust to the needs of an expeditionary campaign.
9.30 The need for training to simulate the conditions of operations was noted above. Many soldiers and marines observed that it took time to adjust to the shock, percussion effects, disorientation, smells and sounds associated with combat. Training constraints imposed by safety regulations, particularly in the urban environment, contribute to this difficulty. This was overcome in the Gulf by strong junior leadership and initiative during the early stages of land fighting. As training becomes more dependent on simulation and virtual environments, it will be essential to replicate the hard edge of battle as far as possible.
Joint Exercises
9.31 Operational experience is complemented by a variety of training methods. Two major exercises proved of especial benefit to the Iraq campaign, by bringing together and testing our personnel, logistics, equipment and procedures in operational scenarios. The UK's participation in the large-scale Exercise SAIF SAREEA II in Oman in 2001 provided our joint forces with valuable training experience and exposure to the practical difficulties associated with expeditionary operations in a very challenging environment. Lessons learned from this exercise also led to some significant equipment upgrades that resulted in the outstanding availability rates achieved in Iraq (see Chapter 5). However, large-scale exercises of this nature require considerable time and resources, and can occur only at four- or five-year intervals. An increased emphasis on joint training opportunities closer to home can supplement such exercises, serving to develop further effective co-ordination between the Services, and providing valuable training opportunities for joint commanders.
9.32 Shortly before the end of 2002, the UK participated in a long-planned US exercise, Exercise INTERNAL LOOK 02, run by the US Central Command. In practice, this also served for the US as a mission rehearsal for the Iraq operation, which was of course the contingency uppermost in planners' minds at the time. This not only allowed headquarters staff to practise and prepare for running a coalition operation with the US, but directly assisted the UK's ability to influence mission planning.
Cultural Knowledge and Language Training
9.33 The ability to communicate with the local Iraqi population was critical to the success of the operation, resulting in a requirement for large numbers of interpreters throughout. The Department will review the provision of interpreters for future operations. By recording the training which personnel (including Reserves) have undertaken in particular languages and cultures, good quality interpreters could be more easily sourced at short notice. This would enhance the UK's overall military capability in future operations.
Single Service Training
9.34 'All-arms training' involves combining training of armour, artillery, infantry, engineers and aviation. Elements of 3 Commando Brigade RM undertook an all-arms exercise with the US Marine Corps in the US in autumn 2002, while 1(UK) Armoured Division took part in similar exercises in Kuwait in April 2002 and the full programme of exercises with NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps that year. Many soldiers have emphasised the value of this high intensity training, with the facilities at the British Army Training Unit Suffield in Canada receiving particular praise. With the UK's defence posture increasingly based around expeditionary operations and power projection, collective training for high readiness, support and enabling forces will continue to play a vital role, based on the scenarios in which they are likely to fight, including the urban environment.
9.35 Land forces required more in-theatre training than their maritime and air counterparts owing to the environment. In the Gulf, this focused on command and staff training and field training - the latter essentially involving a live-firing exercise on the Udairi desert ranges in Kuwait. Limited conversion training was also conducted with new equipment procured specifically for the operation, such as NBC force protection equipment. Land training is built around training for high intensity war-fighting operations; however, the training emphasis for forces due to deploy to Iraq has now shifted to focus more on peace support activities. The ability of UK forces to move rapidly from high-intensity combat to stabilisation operations was much admired. It is a vital skill in campaigns such as in Iraq where peace support/internal security operations and humanitarian assistance need to be conducted concurrently with warfighting.
9.36 Maritime personnel prepared through a combination of traditional pre-deployment training in home waters and the recently introduced Flag Officer Sea Training Mobile Training teams. These teams provided training packages specifically tailored to the particular theatre for each ship, including Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, while they were en route. Amphibious forces integrated with their US counterparts in the Gulf; their training included full mission rehearsals in theatre.
9.37 Air operations were facilitated by the close professional relationship that has developed over many years between the RAF and the USAF, in particular through training and operating together in the Gulf region, the no-fly zones over Iraq and operations in Afghanistan. Personnel undertook a variety of pre-deployment training for operations both at home and overseas, and some units carried out a series of invaluable training deployments to the United States. The RAF is currently conducting a review of operational training to ensure that the enduring demands of training at home and overseas are met in the future.
9.38 Current training models are frequently reviewed to ensure they remain valid and relevant to evolving operations; the requirement to refine training on air/land integration identified in Chapter 6 is a good example. A balance will need to be established between the need to exercise with likely coalition partners and the need to exercise in particular parts of the world to foster relationships between the UK and potential host nations and allies.
Health and Medical Issues
|A soldier dries her hair after having to wash it in the desert for the first time
9.39 Overall, the provision of in-theatre medical care throughout the operation was very successful. Medical provision followed the model of previous successful operations with a comprehensive hierarchy of medical facilities. These ranged from life-saving first aid on the battlefield, through emergency aid and support at medical outposts, to land-based field hospitals and the Primary Casualty Receiving Ship (RFA ARGUS) all capable of providing primary surgery. In addition, all troops receive training in battlefield first aid with a proportion receiving enhanced skills training. Thankfully, the number of UK casualties was low, but the treatment of Iraqi civilians and combatants resulted in hospital occupancy being regularly in excess of 60%.
9.40 The Iraq operation saw the largest deployment of Service medical resources since the 1991 Gulf Conflict, with the majority of the UK's deployable medical facilities and around 2800 medical personnel present in theatre. Details of the units deployed were provided in First Reflections11. Medical manning has historically suffered from major shortages, particularly in certain key clinical specialities, and a deployment on this scale was only achieved by using some 760 medical reservists from all three Services. The Reserve medical personnel not only provided support to Regular medical formations as individual reinforcements, but also deployed and manned a complete 200-bed field hospital. The close working relationship developed with the Department of Health in recent years helped minimise difficulties when NHS employers were required to release reservists. The combined deployment of Regular and Reserve medical personnel contributed to a most successful military campaign, where all medical objectives were achieved.
9.41 Medical equipment modules were not available off-the-shelf and needed to be constructed by the Medical Supplies Agency. With up to 200 different suppliers per module, procurement was a challenge. Because of the lead-time for the supply of some key items of medical equipment, some modules arrived in theatre incomplete. Deficiencies were rectified as soon as supplies became available from manufacturers. There were also shortfalls in some medical stocks, including ComboPens (self-injection antidotes for nerve agent poisoning) prior to deployment. However, procurement of additional stocks, redeployment of stocks from ships to ashore, and a programme that extended the shelf life of ComboPens ensured there were sufficient supplies to meet the requirement.
9.42 At the beginning of combat operations the take-up of immunisation against anthrax among deployed personnel was around 70% overall and higher in some front-line units. This represents a marked advance since the 1998 operations in the Gulf (when it was around 30% overall) but there is still room for improvement. The Department must continue efforts to make immunisation against anthrax routine; this should help to allay the concerns of some Service personnel, increase take-up to levels similar to those of public health immunisations, and improve readiness.
Medical Treatment of Civilians
9.43 The Defence Medical Services are configured to deliver medical support to coalition military personnel and POWs. This role dictates the clinical specialities and equipment modules required to deliver requisite levels of medical capability. However, as the campaign progressed, military medical facilities were approached by Iraqi civilians (including women and children) who requested treatment. The military medical personnel had neither the equipment nor the requisite clinical breadth to deal comprehensively with this diverse patient base. Policy on the medical treatment of the local civilian population is being reviewed, taking into account the positive impact that effective medical treatment of the local population through military means can have on 'hearts and minds'.
Post-Operational Health
9.44 The arrangements for post-operational healthcare for personnel returning from the Gulf were described in First Reflections12. These included research that MOD has commissioned from King's College, London into the physical and psychological health of personnel who deployed. The research involves the issue of questionnaires to a representative group of those who were deployed, seeking data on health status and exposures. The same questionnaire will be distributed to a control group who did not deploy to provide a comparison. Researchers have conducted interviews with over 60 personnel to collect data on any emerging concerns about exposures and health effects. The issues raised will be followed up in a major study due to commence early next year. However, to date, we are not aware of any unusual pattern of ill-health in returning personnel. A detailed paper on the health lessons identified since the 1991 Gulf Conflict, taking account of experience on recent operations in the Gulf, will be published in the New Year.
11 First Reflections: Para 5.7, page 29
12 First Reflections: Para 5.13, page 30
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Cervélo announced today the second generation of ultra-lightweight, ultra-pricey carbon-fiber frames to come out of its Project California skunkworks lab. The Rca replaces the R5ca, which, three years ago, was the first frame to be developed at the Southern California R&D and manufacturing facility.
At 667 grams for a painted size-54 frame with hardware, the Rca is now the lightest frame on the market, and at $10,000 a pop, it's also one of the most expensive and exclusive.
Cervélo only plans to manufacture 325 frames, and will retire the model after those are sold, similar to the R5ca, which took about two-and-a-half years to sell through.
Over two days last week, Cervélo invited journalists to see and ride the frame on the serpentine canyons rising out of the tony town of Malibu, so long as we signed a 7-page non disclosure agreement promising to keep mum on the Rca until this morning.
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Cervélo also partnered with 3M to inject its new nano silica filled resin to its carbon to toughen up the downtube behind the headtube and the back of the seattube. It's the first time the system has been used in composites, but it's also seven times more expensive than typical epoxy resin, so Cervélo used it sparingly. Other Rca features include internal cable routing with click-in stops for mechanical or electric systems and an integrated power meter magnet.
In many ways, White views the Rca as a concept bike because its development allowed engineers to experiment with new design processes and materials, knowledge that will eventually trickle throughout Cervélo's entire line.
Sure, it's more expensive to build bikes in California than Asia, but it allows for more control of the finished product and for engineers to constantly push to make better products.
"It's not a profitable business running this operation," White said of the Garden Grove facility. "It's profitable in terms of what we learn, but in dollars it's not the best decision."
Garmin-Sharp riders will compete on the Rca this season, and frames sized 48 to 61 will be available in retail shops next week.


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The other morning I was lying in tender afterglow with the (much younger, HIV-) man I am seeing. For a blissful moment everything in my world was in place: I felt healthy, cared for, safe, at ease Idly, my companion ran his finger down my forearm. What I like most about your body, he said, are the veins on your arms and legs. I notice details The statement was sexy, even warm, but unbeknownst to him, loaded.
In one sense, Ive finally arrived: I have the body I always wanted: lean, muscular, masculine, definedless useful than when I danced for Twyla in the 70s, but more sculpted. There is a catch: At least in part, it is the result of an anti-viral side affect, lipodystrophy (the medical condition in which body fat disappears or redistributes in odd ways). Currently, I am experiencing its advantages, no hump or hard belly, just the evidence of something is happening.
I have been on a perpetual diet since I was a teenager. That means that I have been more or less hungry for 30 years. I have dieted out of desperation; I have dieted for professional reasons; I have dieted as a pastime of sorts. Mostly, I think I have dieted to banish the roly-poly baby I was, and the Pillsbury Doughboy child I thought I was, however long ago that might have been; then I dieted to avoid acne, then I dieted before a photo shoot for cheekbones and to fit into an Italian bikini; there were diets to maintain a 30-inch waist because a 32-inch waist would mean defeat. I lusted for perfection. The best little boy in the world was thin. I even became that rarity, a (borderline) male anorexic. Dieting became a habita way of life.
Therefore, I had no trouble adjusting my eating habits for the difficult Crixivan regimen. I actually have a fondness for my medications, as they represent a return to health. The biggest challenge was dieting to gain weight after a bout with PCP. It was a brief time-out from vanity, a time when there was such a thing as too thin (yes, the Duchess of Windsor was wrong). My weight rose, my strength and vitality returned, and so did my obsessions. I returned to weight-lifting, ever more attached to pictures of perfection. At times, Ive been acting out of latent anorexia and biggerexianever thin enough and never big enough.
I first saw lipodystrophy in clients and friends. Bodies changed, faces collapsed. I didnt know where to look or what to say. There is nothing to say, at least until they bring it up and talk about their feelings: Anger, sadness, loss, acceptance. As one friend said: Its a small price to pay for health. Once again, the good news and the bad news come in the same package
Additional side effects are higher cholesterol and bone density loss. Small prices for so much gain. And, yet, my cocoon of safety is penetrated: What will the next side effect be? And, perhaps most troubling: Am I such a slave to vanity that I would consider risking my health to forestall side effects which only impact how I look?
Right now, nothing is really wrong, yet every compliment or admiring glance reminds me of my attachments and of my mortality. What I didnt say to my potential boyfriend that other morning: This body is brought to you by AIDS.


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Madison County Sheriff Clayton Lowe formally announced Jan. 30 that he will seek re-election to the office he has held since 1997.
Lowe, a life-long resident of the county, was an officer with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department prior to becoming sheriff. Qualifying for the office begins April 28 and goes through May 2.
"My mission since I took office over 10 years ago remains to contribute to the preservation of life, the protection of property and the safety of our community," Lowe said in a prepared statement.
During his time in office, Lowe said the number of calls has increased dramatically, resulting in an increase in the size of the investigations division from one investigator to five. The patrol division has increased from three deputies per shift to five to provide for a quicker response time to calls from the public.
Lowe also assigned a deputy, through a contractual agreement, to patrol Colbert, a deputy to handle civil papers and orders and a deputy to provide security at the county's Government Complex.
Lowe said he attributed a majority of these changes "to a supportive public and elected officials, without whom these accomplishments would not have been possible."
The sheriff also pointed to collective efforts to improve the 911 system, a detention center and a DARE program for the schools, all of which he said have benefited public safety.
To combat the drug problem, Lowe said the department cooperates with the Piedmont Northern Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad.
"This partnership is on-going and is responsible for numerous arrests, convictions and seizures of illicit narcotics," he said. Currently the department is training a Strategic Response Team, which can handle such problems as hostage and barricaded suspects.
Lowe said the department cooperates with the local Pilot Club and is working with the Madison County Board of Education to determine if a school resource officer is needed.
Patrol cars are equipped with video recording devices, and is in the process of equipping patrol units with mobile data terminals to provide deputies with instant access to the criminal justice database, which will help in completing incident and accident reports on the scene, Lowe said.
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Biology is one of the most popular Science Leaving Certificate subject and studied by over 50% of Senior Cycle (Timthriall Sinsearach) candidates. Geography is also very popular and a significant amount of what is being learnt for both subjects can be experienced first-hand whilst on an expedition and the Opwall office can show you which topics are covered in an OpWall expedition. Students will experience these topics when they become involved in collecting data, observing scientists at work and following a series of activity lectures and an appropriate course specific to each country.
Opportunities in the Transition (Idirbhliain) Year
Most schools in the Republic of Ireland follow a 'transition' year and the main objective is – 'to promote the personal, social, educational and vocational development of pupils and to prepare them for their role as autonomous, participative and responsible members of society'. Participating in an Opwall expedition would provide a wonderful opportunity to fulfill many of these objectives. The experience can also be combined with learning fundraising techniques, team building, long term planning, extended writing projects and contributing personally towards international conservation management.
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One of the best uses of the expeditions is to enhance your application for university entry. In Ireland every potential university student has to complete their CAO entry form and within this 'explain the relevance of their life/educational experience to their application and state their educational goals and objectives' and this is quite often followed up by a university entrance interview. Many students will be able to relate their experiences gained on their expedition and this will be something that makes them stand out from other similarly qualified students.
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Opwall's research expeditions provide an ideal opportunity for students to meet university academics and also, depending on the expedition, to work alongside university students doing degree courses of potential interest to them. These expedition provide an excellent way of making contacts and many of the students that have joined previous Opwall expeditions have then completed degrees in relevant subjects and gone on to careers in wildlife conservation or field research.


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I don't remember whether I posted about this or not - Last December I recorded a tutorial that shows how simple it is to build a Windows CE Headless device (link to video on my site) - I thought I had posted this to MSDN, but it's not on the Windows CE tutorials page - I will get this uploaded over the next couple of days.
BTW - I'm recording another Windows CE 5.0 tutorial tomorrow, should be posted within a week or so.
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It's been standing room only in Humberto Ascanio's room at Arcadia Methodist Hospital since
the 64-year-old trainer suffered a stroke last Tuesday.
That's a tribute to the popularity of the long-time assistant to
the late Bobby Frankel. Visitors are coming in droves. Take it from
Jimmy Allard, a Runyonesque race tracker who describes himself as "a
professional horse player" and who carries a nickname right out of Guys
and Dolls: "The Hat."
"He's in good spirits and he's one of the sweetest, nicest guys
that ever walked on to a race track," said Allard, who visited Ascanio
at the hospital's rehab facility Friday evening. "When I walked in to
visit him, the nurse said, 'My God, this guy's popular. I can't believe
how many visitors he has.' And when I walked in his room it was full of
people. I had to joke with him. I said, 'Geez, Umberto, after 37 years
with Bobby Frankel, you dealt with him and all that pressure, and now
he's gone for two years and now this?
"If you can deal with him for 37 years, you can deal with this.
It won't be a big deal. I got a little bit of a chuckle out of him, so I
was glad I went over and saw him. I love the man, I respect him and
he's one of the great horsemen in our country. He has incredible
compassion for the horses."
Allard has battled medical issues himself, overcoming facial and
scalp cancers, which is the main reason he wears a hat. The Rochester,
N.Y., native came to California on Sept. 1, 1974 when he
was 20 years old.
"My first full time year at the race track was 1986, so this is
my 27th year," said Allard who touted Sham Stakes winner Out of Bounds
as "the best-looking horse I've ever seen" when he caught a glimpse of
him before his maiden win at Hollywood Park on Dec. 10.
"Obviously it's going to be a long road in terms of any kind of
full recovery, but his mental faculties are fine," Allard said of
Ascanio. "I spoke with him; he's alert, sharp, can speak, but there's
definitely some paralysis and unfortunately he's going to have a long
road ahead of him in terms of rehabilitation.
"I just pray to God that he can come back good enough so that he
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US Steel (X) was a significant gainer in the sector, rising 9.5%. The stock closed at $20.15 with 14.9 million shares moving. The stock traded in a range of $18.67 to $20.27. The stock has lost momentum over the last three months, losing $9.32 (-31.6%) from $29.47 on March 22, 2012. CF Industries Holdings (CF) was another big mover, climbing $9.95 (+5.8%) to a closing price of $180.86.
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THE mother of a little girl seriously injured in a road accident wants to see new safety measures put in place to help avert future collisions.
The call comes after a four-car accident yesterday morning in Jarrow's Leam Lane, to the west of the Lindisfarne Roundabout, left a woman injured and caused huge tailbacks.
That crash followed a five-car collision on the east side of the roundabout on Tuesday, March 4.
A four-year-old South Shields girl suffered serious head injuries in the March crash, necessitating an emergency operation.
She had to have part of her skull removed as doctors tried to reduce pressure on her brain and is still being treated at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.
The section of skull she had taken out might not be replaced for another sixth months until after her condition stabilises.
Her mother, who does not want to be named, said: "This is the second accident on that stretch of road in a month, and someone should be taking a long, hard look at how safe it is.
"I don't know if a speed camera would be a solution, but something has to be done."
Her daughter was strapped into in a child seat in the family's stationary Volkswagen Golf when it was hit from behind by another vehicle.
The mother said: "The left-hand side of her skull has been removed, and she only has limited use of the whole right side of her body.
"She's obviously not allowed home, and I've been at the hospital with her since March 4.
"The doctors and nurses have been fantastic, but no one can say she will fully recover from this.
"The plan at the moment is that they replace the missing piece of her skull in six months, when the pressure on her brain has reduced.
"That will mean another operation and another period of rehabilitation. Her recovery could take a year, and we have no idea what the long-term prospects are."
A man was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
A 53-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after yesterday's crash, at about 8.25am.
The injured woman was taken to hospital. Police say her injuries are not life-threatening.
A South Tyneside Council spokesman said: "Road safety is an important issue for the council and we are constantly assessing road traffic accident information to give us a clearer picture of the hazards involved on the borough's roads.
"We have been made aware of the serious incident that occurred at the Lindisfarne Roundabout on Friday morning, and our Highways and Traffic Services teams will look closely at the accident data to see if any immediate works need to be delivered.
"The council is in the process of considering a major improvements scheme for the junction at Lindisfarne Roundabout, and it will hopefully be delivered in the near future as part of the Local Transport Plan."
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There are a lot of problem areas for the Seattle Seahawks, but defensive end is their biggest weakness. However, pinpointing exactly who should be labeled as a defensive end on this roster is not easy. Seattle looks to be set up well to run a variety of schemes up front on defense. Expect to see some true 3-4, classic 4-3 and varieties of both this season.
The players I am lumping in as defensive ends are Lawrence Jackson, Chris Clemons, Nick Reed and fourth-round pick E.J. Wilson. Although he struggled in his final season, obviously someone with Patrick Kerney's pedigree in this league is missed from this group.
Wilson is unknown at this point and might develop, but counting on him for serious production as a rookie probably isn't going to happen. Reed is a very hard worker who didn't log many snaps in 2009, but overall, he held his own. Clemons has bounced around the league and is very up and down. He is as much linebacker as he is defensive end. As ends go, he is athletic and fast, but he can be run at and can't handle a large workload.
The uninspiring supporting cast at defensive end puts a lot of stress on Jackson. He has the most ability of the group and Pete Carroll is very familiar with him from their time together at USC, but Jackson has been underwhelming since entering the league as a high draft choice. In the last 14 games of the 2009 season, Jackson registered a meager 1.5 sacks. That isn't going to cut it.


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Saturday afternoon I went to a very nice baby shower in Adrian. When I arrived home around 2 p.m., I sat in the car enjoying the beautiful weather with the sunroof down.
The magnolia tree that the kids gave me for Mother's Day about seven years ago is beside our drive, and a pair of juvenile cardinals flew into it. I've been watching the cardinals at our feeders for the past four years and it has come to my attention that they must raise their young over the winter. In December the young are small and don't have red feathers, their feathers are brown with a pinkish cast.
All winter I watch them grow and change color. The females don't change a lot, they just darken up, but the males are glorious to watch change. The males change color from front to back and the tufted crown on their heads becomes very prominent when they are almost full grown.
The pair in the magnolia were very close to being full grown. The male was a very vibrant red with just his tail feathers still brownish pink. It isn't often that you get very close to these birds. They don't like to feed when other birds are at the feeders and they are skittish with noise and activity.
The odd thing about our cardinals is they tolerate the squirrels. They will be at the feeder with a squirrel feeding on the ground under them.
As I write this, it is Sunday afternoon. My husband is building a new garden fence and I am sitting in an Adirondack chair beside him. It is lovely out and just like the country song says, "it's what I like about Sundays."
There is a very old maple tree between our drive and the neighbor's drive. It is in awful shape and a third of it came down in last May's high winds. This tree probably should have been taken down years ago due to decay, but it is home to so many animals we all tolerate it. At the present time, it is alive with birds and squirrels. A red headed woodpecker has residence in it and he is working very hard today. The ratta-tat-tat of his drilling for bugs is an interesting and soothing sound.
Our other old maple tree out front has a great horned owl that lives in it. We have seen him on rare occasions in the summer evenings and we often hear him calling out in the night in the summer. Living on Main Street you hear a lot of traffic noise, but I have grown accustomed to ignoring that and focusing on what really matters—the sounds and smells of nature. By smells, I definitely don't mean that semi full of hogs that goes through town every so often.
This has been the perfect weekend to be outside and do all the clean-up and fix-up we can't do in the long winter months. Please, fellow gardeners, resist the urge to uncover and prune your plants. Let sleeping plants wake up slowly and give Mother Nature a little time. I know things are greening up—my crocus bloomed and my sedum is putting up green shoots—but they need the cover of the dead tops and leaves to protect them against Mother Nature's final hurrah. Trust me, she'll have one more at least, she always does. If it's a hard, cold one it can burn tender plants.
Fix the fence, pick up the blown in trash, clean up the debris in the lawn but leave your babies covered a bit longer. However, and I know I've said it before but here's another reminder, it's time to trim the lavender back and pull the dead raspberry canes out. The dead canes are the gray brittle ones. They will not bud or produce anything and they will bite when you pick your fruit, so get them out now prior to every good cane leafing out. Do these two things now and be happier in June when they look great.


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I wonder, however, if there's a missing factor at work since Backblaze is operating in a climate-controlled data center environment with what I'd suspect is cleaner and better regulated power.
it seems my paranoia of watching my drive temperatures are still warranted
SO.. it looks like the lesson is, IF YOUR DRIVES ARE ALWAYS RUNNING RELATIVELY COOL, trying to run them cooler won't improve reliability.
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I got the impression that it could/would be an extremely time-consuming process, since, in bad drive sectors, Spinrite apparently goes down to the level of individual bits of data on the disk, and then resorts to an almost analogue-type approach where the bit has an indistinct magnetic polarity.
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This morning, Bono released his weird poetry skills to the world by unveiling a raw tribute to Elvis Presley on Radio 4.
Recorded two years ago, Bono delivered a fast-paced, 14-minute tribute to Mr. Presley. Written in 1994, the poem, entitled "American David," contains a wide range of odd and racy rhymes set to a musical backing track made up of Elvis numbers and other pop culture recordings from the last 50 years.
While Bono considers himself a huge fan of Elvis, he didn't shy away from trying to tell it like it is. Bono stepped up an delivered a weird rhyme about The King's constant weight battle: "Elvis the bumper stickers/ Elvis the white knickers/ Elvis the white ni**er ate at Burger King and just kept getting bigger."
A warning about the poem's language preceded the airing, as a series of offensive words including "ni**er" and "spastic" were employed.
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Soldier is not a deep movie. It's a sometimes too-violent film, but it's never boring. At least, I never found it to be boring. The plot is a simple one: old supersoldier Todd and his group of supersoldiers, trained since birth to be killing machines, are replaced by another group of supersoldiers led by Cain who are not trained, but genetically-engineered to be killing machines. In a contest between the old and the new, Todd is injured and considered killed, because fixing an obsolete soldier is not worthwhile. He's thrown out along with the old garbage and ends up on a garbage dumper, a spaceship that hauls garbage, and unceremoniously dumped on a garbage planet.
Soldier stars a pumped-up Kurt Russell as Todd, the killing machine who begins to ponder his own existence when his primary reason for being is ripped away. When Todd lands on the garbage planet, he finds a group of shipwrecked colonists who have been scratching a livelihood from the planet's garbage, literally turning a part of the landfill into a colony. Todd is clearly not welcomed, but because he's hurt , the colonists grudgingly takes him in. Thus begins Todd's healing process and his struggle to leave behind his soldiering ways and try to actually live life as a human being for the first time in his life. It's a hard road for Todd, since he's 40 years old and he's never known anything besides killing.
I consider this to be one of Russell's best works. Todd is an inhuman machine in the guise of a man, and Russell plays it perfectly. In fact, throughout the whole movie, Russell barely speaks, and lets his eyes and grizzled, tattooed face do the acting. He lets the audience know what he's thinking, his confusion and his inability to communicate, all while barely saying a word.
Connie Nielsen is Sandra, the wife of Mace (Sean Pertwee), the man who takes Todd into his home while he heals. Through Sandra, Todd begins to discover the human side of himself, long dormant and unexplored, but unfortunately she's another man's wife, and it isn't long before Todd loses favor with the colonists through no fault of his own. He's kicked out, abandoned once again, but this time Todd feels it. Having begun to learn to cherish life, being unceremoniously abandoned a second time hits him like a ton of bricks.
And that's when Act Three rolls around, and the movie falls apart. It could have been an excellent movie, with the only conflicts being Todd and his own inner demons and his coping with life as a man at age 40. It would be an internal, contemplative movie with a sci-fi backdrop. Admittedly this wouldn't get the kids into the theaters, but in its current form, Soldier didn't get the kids into the theater anyway.
Instead, the filmmakers inject a showdown with the genetically-engineered supersoldiers who had made Todd obsolete. The showdown is bloody and very violent, and doesn't serve the film very well. Take out the entire Act Three and focus instead on Todd's struggles to regain his humanity and shed the killing machine mentality, and Soldier would be a terrific film. As it stands, Soldier is only slightly above average, and that's if you like this sort of genre.
Director Paul Anderson (Event Horizon) does a competent job, although there's nothing really outstanding to point out. You could describe the direction as workmanlike. The film looks good, is obviously the slick product of a big Hollywood budget.
The writing is dead on until Act Three, when the movie de-evolves into a bloody shoot-out that really has no reason for being in the first place. Russell, as mentioned, is terrific and embodies Todd from head to toe, bringing life to a character that shows, or knows, very little emotion. As Sandra, Connie Nielsen (Gladiator) does a good job showing Sandra as a loving wife who starts to feel something approaching a motherly love towards the child-like Todd. The rest of the cast is competent, but nothing of merit.
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Jason Scott Lee …. Caine 607
Jason Isaacs …. Colonel Mekum
Connie Nielsen …. Sandra
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Rockstar finally confirms microtransactions for GTA Online
Last week, it was discovered within the source code of Grand Theft Auto 5 that GTA Online, the game's multiplayer portion, will support microtransactions; however, Rockstar Games had yet to confirm it -- until late last night. In a post revealing more details about Grand Theft Auto Online, the developer acknowledged the ability to purchase in-game cash with real money.
Rockstar explained that cash in GTA Online can be spent on cars, clothes, guns, properties, and much more. It can be accumulated through "profitable" activities such as knocking over armored cars, winning street races, doing stick-ups, or other criminal endeavors. Rockstar then notes, "Or if you're the completely instant gratification type, you can choose to buy denominations of GTA$."
"You will have the option to purchase GTA$ through the in-game Store," Rockstar revealed. Now before we go crying about pay-to-win, Rockstar promises, "The game and its economy have been designed and balanced for the vast majority of players who will not buy extra cash."
"There is no in-game paywall and nothing that should disrupt the balance of the game," they explained. "You don't have to spend real money to attain the cars, guns, clothes, flash and style of a high-roller in Los Santos, but can if you wish to get them a little quicker. The economy is balanced differently from the single player economy, and cash earned in one cannot be taken over to the other. Most players will earn cash much faster Online than in Story Mode."
Rockstar didn't detail exactly how in-game purchases will work, but according to the leaked code, there appears to be four spearate Cash Cards ranging in value from $100,000 to $1,250,000.
In the same post, Rockstar also prepared gamers that Grand Theft Auto Online's servers -- at launch -- may not be large enough to accommodate the sheer number of players.


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OAK BROOK, Ill. (January 26, 2010) — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced it has concluded an agreement with the American College of Radiology (ACR) to include the Breast Imaging and Data Reporting System (BI-RADS®) lexicon in RSNA's radiology lexicon, RadLex®.
"The inclusion of the BI-RADS® lexicon in RadLex® brings us closer to our goals of improved communication and accurate, clear and uniformly structured radiology reporting," said Daniel L. Rubin, M.D., chair of the RadLex® steering committee.
RadLex® is a single unified source of radiology terms that is designed to assist radiologists in organizing and retrieving online imaging reports, images, medical records and literature.
RadLex® is sponsored by RSNA, which enlisted the collaboration of other radiology organizations, including ACR, to develop the comprehensive radiology lexicon. The lexicon was designed to satisfy the needs of software developers, system vendors and radiology users by adopting the best features of existing terminology systems, while producing new terms to fill critical gaps.
"A uniform system of terminology is critical in unambiguously communicating radiologic information, not only in clinical practice, but also in education and research," Dr. Rubin said.
The ACR BI-RADS® Atlas provides standardized breast imaging terminology, report organization, assessment structure and a classification system for mammography, ultrasound and breast MRI. The ACR's development of BI-RADS® was supported by the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons and the College of American Pathologists.
As part of the agreement between RSNA and ACR, the organizations established a liaison relationship between their breast imaging committees. RSNA will designate a representative to serve on the ACR BI-RADS® Lexicon Committee, and an ACR representative with serve on the RadLex® Breast Imaging subcommittee.
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RSNA (RSNA.org) is an association of more than 44,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and related scientists committed to excellence in patient care through education and research.
RadLex: A Lexicon for Uniform Indexing and Retrieval of Radiology Information Resources (Radlex.org, RSNA.org/RadLex)
ACR retains the copyright on the ACR BI-RADS® Atlas. Vendors wishing to incorporate ACR BI-RADS® into commercial reporting systems must contact ACR to obtain a license to use BI-RADS®.


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July 18, 2011
1. Off We Go
Two pilots flying private airplanes last week looked out their windows and saw they had company in the form of U.S. F-15 fighter jets. The jets intercepted the planes because they were flying in a no-fly zone over Camp David, where President Obama and his family often stay when not in the White House. According to an Associated Press article, the pilots most likely were unaware that they had violated the no-fly zone. The restricted airspace above Camp David normally is 12,500 feet with a radius of 3.5 miles, but that changes to 18,000 feet and a radius of 6 miles when the President is at the retreat. With family and friends, look in the newspaper for stories about military jets or activities. Write a paragraph describing what training and education you think are needed to be a jet pilot. Then do some research and find out the key things pilots need to know.
Learning Standards: Using organizational features of electronic texts and printed texts to locate information; acquiring information from written, visual and electronic sources and then organizing and analyzing it.
2. Baseball's Second Half
Major League Baseball has had its break for the All-Star Game, and now players are back with their teams for the second half of the season. With family or friends, read stories about Major League Baseball this week in the newspaper. Talk about some of the topics the newspaper writers are discussing and writing about. Then pick a player, team or issue you think will be important in the second half of the baseball season. Write a paragraph or two talking about your choice. For extra fun, rewrite your paragraph as a rhyming poem or rap, and perform it for friends!
Learning Standards: Engaging peers in constructive conversation about topics of interest or importance; locating and describing the cultures of communities; writing fluently for multiple purposes.
3. Save the Whales
An empty plastic grocery bag skips down the beach and into the ocean. What's one plastic bag in a sea covering thousands of square miles? A lot when it comes to marine life. At a recent international whaling forum, scientists said that hundreds of whales, dolphins and porpoises have been sickened or killed by marine litter, according to an article from Agence France-Presse. In 2008, two sperm whales were stranded on a California beach and one of them had 450 pounds of fish nets and plastic debris in its stomach. Cuvier's beaked whales in the northeast Atlantic "have particularly high [rates] of ingestion and death from plastic bags," said scientist Mark Simmonds. Find an article in the newspaper about litter and its impact on the environment. Or find an example online. Write a letter to the editor to start a letter-writing campaign to help raise awareness of the problem in your area, or to organize a clean-up day at a local park or beach.
Learning Standards: Describing helpful or harmful effects of humans on the environment (garbage, habitat destruction, land management, renewable and non-renewable resources); writing fluently for multiple purposes.
4. Farewell, Harry
The final battle between good and evil rages on movie screens this week in the last installment of the Harry Potter films. But before there were the movies, there were the Harry Potter books, which are some of the best-selling books of all time. The books follow the adventures of the young wizard who was orphaned as a baby and raised by his non-wizard aunt and uncle. He heads off to the magical school Hogwarts, where he meets his best friends Ron and Hermione. He runs afoul of some of the teachers, such as Severus Snape, but finds allies in teachers like Minerva McGonagall and headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Look for a story or review of the movie in the newspaper. Write about one of the characters in the books/movies and tell why you like that particular character.
Learning Standards: Identifying and describing characters' thoughts and motivations, story level themes (good vs. evil), main idea and lesson/moral (fable); developing critical standards for personal use.
5. Motor City Celebration
Happy birthday, Detroit! On July 24, 1701, the city of Detroit, Michigan, was founded by a Frenchman named Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. He established a trading post along the banks of the Detroit River, which helps link Lake Huron and Lake Erie. In the late 1800s, the son of a farmer named Henry Ford built his first motor car in the city, and Detroit would become known as the Motor City because of its car manufacturing. In the newspaper find an article or advertisement about an American automobile. Write a paragraph describing what you like best about the car. Then use what you found to design and draw your own idea for a car of the future.
Learning Standards: Demonstrating scientific concepts through various illustrations, performances, models, exhibits and activities.


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For the past two years foreclosure activity has been in decline. According to RealtyTrac, foreclosure filings fell 29 percent in 2011 and 15 percent in 2012. But while we're seeing fewer foreclosures, some properties which were once thought to be saved are again facing the auction block — a problem generally known as "re-default."
The Treasury Department says that as of November more than 1.1 million homeowners had received "permanent" mortgage modifications through the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). The typical modified loan meant savings of $544 a month, a big number for most households.
The catch is that many of the modifications are anything but "permanent." In many cases modifications are simply a pit stop on the road to foreclosure.
In 2010, Fitch Ratings projected that as many as 75 percent of all subprime and Alt-A loan modifications would re-default again within a year. Essentially, these were toxic loans such as option ARMs and interest-only loans as well as mortgages created with little documentation.
The 2010 prediction was better for prime loans, for such financing between 55 and 65 percent of all modifications were expected to slide back into default according to Fitch.
Modification critics will cite the re-defaults as evidence that federal programs to help distressed borrowers fundamentally don't work. In fact, what the re-defaults show is that without the government's Making Home Affordable effort foreclosure numbers would be far worse than they are today — and that would mean lower home values and a slower housing recovery, assuming that by now we would even have a recovery.
To understand why first consider that virtually every home which is a candidate for modification would otherwise be foreclosed. The miracle is not that re-default rates are high; it's that many homes have been saved.
But what about today?
Diane Pendley, the Managing Director with the Operational Risk Group at Fitch Ratings, told us that the re-default picture is changing.
Here's why:
First, we have to view loans the way we view wine; we have to look at the vintage. The 2010 analysis was based on modifications made in the first quarter of 2009 for loans with 12 months of seasoning, loans that were a year old. Today, 48 months later, those same modifications have re-default rates in the range of 85 percent to 90 percent, according to Pendley.
Second, things have gotten better. Later modifications, says Pendley, such as "those made in early 2011, show improved performance with average re-defaults after 12 months running 40 percent to 45 percent."
Why the better results with more recent loans? Pendley says the answer includes larger payment reductions, smaller claims against borrowers for unmade payments, plus more principal forgiveness.
The real problem we're having is not re-defaults; it's that the toxic loans now being modified should never have been originated in the first place. The evidence can be seen not only in the massive number of loans which have failed since 2006, but also with the huge awards paid by lenders to settle claims from mortgage investors and insurers that required loan standards were not made in the first place.
From this point forward one can expect that re-default activity will generally decline as home values rise, the economy stabilizes, short sales increase, principal write-downs grow and the final rules under Dodd-Frank block any return to toxic mortgages.
As of late December, Pendley says the percent of subprime loans having received at least two modifications was approximately 55 percent. The last of the toxic loans are being scrubbed from the system and as that happens re-default rates will keep dropping.
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Foreclosure Loan Modifications Helping or Hurting?
How Much Could Mortgage Write Downs Cost U.S. Taxpayers?


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National Budget: Are the commitments to the children of Bangladesh being kept?
This study highlights the gaps that have existed in past Bangladeshi national budgets, focusing specifically on child-related issues. The study shows that the share of national budget resources devoted to children is low, amounting to only 4.1 per cent of the national budget for Financial Year 2010-2011. This study critiques the extent of resources made available for children in the country's national budget and makes ten specific recommendations to create a larger window of resource availability for children. The study advocates for an increase in funding for child-related issues and aims to provide policy and decision makers with the analysis necessary to take informed and decisive action to achieve the Millennium Development Goals with equity and to realise Vision 2021 as the country transitions into middle-income status.


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By Koseli. Images from This is Glamorous.
I just came across these shots of the Valentino couture collection for Spring 2013. Absolutely stunning. I've been thinking about them all day.
I'm following New York Fashion Week updates here and here. Are you as curious about the fashion world as I am? Do you have a favorite designer?


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Sen. Tammy Baldwin first won election to the US Senate in 2012, defeating former Governor Tommy Thompson to fill retiring Sen. Herb Kohl's seat. Baldwin is the first openly gay woman elected to Congress and represented Wisconsin's Madison-based 2nd Congressional District from 1998 to 2012. Prior to serving in Congress, Baldwin served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, Madison City Council, Dane County Board of Supervisors, and practiced law for several years. She is a strong supporter of Israel and two-state peace and was also endorsed by JStreetPAC in her 2010 campaign for re-election to the House of Representatives, as well as her 2012 election to her full term in the United States Senate.
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Picture: LA Chief of Police William Bratten Barbara Walters honored with the 2340th Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at Hollywood & Highland Hollywood, California...
Former Police rocker ANDY SUMMERS has slammed former colleague Sting's recent music as boring and "middle-of-the-road".
The message in a bottle bassist hopes the legendary band will reform for a worldwide tour, but is worried about Sting's current tastes in music.
He says, "Sting did a couple of good albums after we split up but most of the recent stuff isn't to my taste.
"I just don't get it. He listens to all this great jazz music yet he comes out with really middle-of-the-road music of his own. I just don't get why he has to work with Mary J Blige."19/04/2004 14:02


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Camelia Guest House in Bloemfontein offers you individually decorated comfortable en-suite north-facing rooms - two with double beds and one with two single beds. Rooms have separate garden entrances, private patios and other amenities including...
Come and experience real comfort and hospitality at Janmar Guest House in Bloemfontein. Janmar was awarded three stars, by the South African Tourism Council, for its excellent service and homely atmosphere. We pride ourselves on being attentive...
Odessa Guest House, 3 star graded by the TGCSA, is situated conveniently close to N1 as well as to Nelson Mandela Drive, which is the main road into the city in a quiet, up market suburb of Universitas Ridge in Bloemfontein and offers you excellent accom
Shalom is situated in Universitas, a leafy suburb close to the University of the Free State. We have family rooms, single and double rooms, all with en-suite bathrooms, TV's, fridges and microwaves. There is a swimming pool and also a lapa with braai
B&B @ Bloem is 1 km from the N1 and within 4 km from most places of importance in Bloemfontein. Each room has its own entrance with en-suite bath or shower.
We are proud to be one of the first established Guesthouses in Bloemfontein, SINCE 1993. We can accommodate from VIP persons to business travellers, families, small/large groups and even long term accommodation needs.
African Footprints Lodge is situated opposite the University of the Free State, Universitas Hospital, in the same street than all major sport stadiums (Vodacom Park etc.) All government departments and shopping centres are within 1.2km from African Lodge.
African Lodge is situated opposite the University of the Free State. We offer comfortable, stylish and African decorated en-suite bedrooms. Most of our rooms have private entrances to the garden and parking area...


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Diwali is the time to dress up in your best clothes and dazzle the world around. But Deepavali is a festival that puts you in close contact with fire. Every year we hear several accidents during this beautiful festival of lights. While tradition dictates that you must be dressed in all your finery for celebrating Diwali, common sense says that it is better to be safe than sorry.
You need not think too hard to realise that it is the women who are at greatest risk during Diwali. They are dressed in silks, muslin and other highly inflammable clothes. On top of that, it is usually women who have long flowing hair and leave it open as a style statement. If women try some safe Indian hairstyles during Diwali, then a lot of these accidents can be avoided. Most Indian hairstyles are elaborate but they hold the hair firmly in place.
Also Read: Bollywood Hairstyles To Steal From For Your Diwali Attire!
Moreover, when you are decked up in such fine clothes, it really makes sense to complete your look with a chic braided hairstyle or an elaborate bun hairstyle. Most young women feel that Indian hairstyles are out of fashion and will make them look aged. Girls, if that were true, why would all the celebrities and top fashion designers still use these hairstyles?
The typical Indian bun is a hairstyle that has immense potential. You can improvise it in a million ways to get a really cool festive look. In fact, the braided hairstyles that go with Indian outfits have a wide variety. Choose the one that suits you the best. To make your job easier, here is an ensemble of Indian hairstyles that are safe for Diwali.
Ash's Apsara Look
Aishwarya Rai adopted the ancient apsara look to flaunt her Indian look. First she has made a beehive and then braided her hair. The tiara sets of the hairstyle magnificently.
Rosy Roll
This hairstyle that can be best described as a horizontal roll was very popular in the 60s. Re-invent it by sticking half a dozen roses into it.
The Parted Bun
The special feature of this bun is that the hair in the front is neatly parted and fixed. This is again a style from the 30s and 40s but add some orchid to make it look trendy.
The Flowering Bun
All you have to do is make a simple knotted bun behind your head. Decorate it with a huge flower like sunflower or dahlia on the side. The flower should cover atleast half of your bun.
The Curly Top Knot
The top knot is one of the safest hairstyles for Diwali. But it can make your face look a little flat. That is why Deepika curled her hair to give the hairstyles some bounce.
The Flower Net Bun
It is obvious that Kareena has used a net to keep her bun neat. But the interesting part is that she has stuck little white flowers within the net to make it look like a flowery net.
The Flamboyant Top Knot
Rani's hairstyle is just as flamboyant as her role in the movie 'Aiyya'. The hair has been dived into several parts and then intertwined to make an interesting top knot.


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Issue No. 10 - October (1969 vol. 18)
pp: 923-939
H.R. Hwa , IEEE
In this paper we shall study the problem of nonlinear separation. As usual, a Boolean function F of n binary variables, x<inf>l</inf>,..., x<inf>n</inf>, x<inf>i</inf>S{1,0}, i=1,..., n, will be represented by a set of vertices C in the n-dimensional Euclidean space Enwhere each vertex has n binary-valued components, {1,0}.
Contradiction equation, discriminate function, echolon matrix, high-order threshold function, homogeneous equation, miniimum degree ? function, orthogonal function, positivization, statistical recognition, successive higher ordering method, ? function of degree r, variable weight, vertex weight method, vertex weight.
C.L. Sheng, H.R. Hwa, "An Approach for the Realization of Threshold Functions of Order r", IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 18, no. , pp. 923-939, October 1969, doi:10.1109/T-C.1969.222548


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Brisco aka The Opa Locka Goon took the stand yesterday to testify in the trial of one of four men accused of pistol whipping and robbing him.
The incident happened in August 2009 at a Miami barbershop. The Cash Money artist was getting a haircut when four men stormed the place, ordering everyone to lie face down before robbing them.
Brisco, who was also pistol whipped, had his Range Rover stolen as well as his Louis Vuitton wallet, more than $1,000 in cash, and more than $35,000 worth of jewelry.
In court Brisco was asked to identify one of his attackers.
"Out of these pictures right here he looks like the guy," Brisco told the court. "One of those guys hit me with a gun--like on the side of my head."
The rapper has evidently been catching some flack for testifying. He retweeted several messages of fans supporting him and wrote: "Them crackers will twist your words!!!!!!!"
What do you think of Brisco taking the stand?
Brisco testifying in robbery case
Video footage of Brisco being robbed
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Echoing the same with others who already commented.
It would be much much better if this display the error message raised using RAISEERROR.
(Let it show the default current message if not specified)
Also emailing should be there for very critical database access attempts.
Please have this in a hotfix at the earliest conveniece if its not making a big DEV , TEST impact.


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National Gallery of Canada, national art museum founded in Ottawa in 1880. Its holdings include extensive collections of Canadian art as well as important European works. Its nucleus was formed with the donation of diploma works by members of the Royal Canadian Academy. In 1911 the drawing collection was formed (1913–24) with important works by Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt, and the photography collection was begun in 1967. A new building opened in 1988; the Canadian Centre for the Visual Arts opened in 1991 and a multimedia learning centre in 1996. The museum circulates several hundred exhibitions to other cities throughout the country each year.
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