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Is anyone aware of a train that can be taken from Thailand to Vietnam? If not is there a recommended bus option? Any guestimates as to how long of a bus ride it is from BKK to Hanoi? Much appreciated!
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Bangkok to Hanoi Train? or Bus?
Is anyone aware of a train that can be taken from Thailand to Vietnam? If not is there a recommended bus option? Any guestimates as to how long of a bus ride it is from BKK to Hanoi? Much appreciated!
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There is no train from Bangkok to Hanoi, and I don't know of any direct bus. I think you would have to do a series of bus rides to get from Bangkok to Hanoi.
You might want to take a look at www.talesofasia.com and www.travelfish.org for more info on overland travel in SE Asia.
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If you have the time then making your way by surface transport is by far the more interesting option. But if there are time constraints Air Asia has cheap flights from BKK to Hanoi.
Also Thai it seems. Look here for budget airlines all over:
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There are trains from Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) to Hanoi. It's supposed to be a beautiful ride. So you can likely get to Saigon by bus and train from there to Hanoi. I plan to do it myself the other way before long.
For train information everywhere look here: http://seat61.com/
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The long way round would be via Siem Reap and PP to Saigon and the train to Hanoi - talesofasia.com will have the current details for that route. But the more direct way would be to take the train to the Lao border and go by bus or car from there. I haven't done it, but I'm sure if you ask over at Lonely Planet's thorntree you'll find someone who has.
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fly air asia or thai air or vietnam air
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fly air asia for the cheapest ticket. There is no train from BKK to Hanoi anyway.
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I always hesitate to recommend one specific solution if it's not part of the question. In this case the OP seems to be asking for surface transport options but since they've not come back to clarify we don't really know. If and when that happens we can then give more specific ideas. I mentioned Air Asia because I've used them and liked them but MY preference is always to go by surface transport when possible, train, bus, ferry, tuk tuk, whatever's available and adds, hopefully, to the whole experience, time permitting. Or sometimes I get tired and just want to be there, now, so fly. But right now, in this case, we don't know.
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I'm with joannay - I always prefer surface unless I have a particular reason to hurry, or I'm connecting two really separate destinations. And the OP asked about trains and buses. Much more interesting to go via Laos than to fly.
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The train journey from Saigon to Hanoi is an adventure in itself and, if you have the time, can be done in sections, much like a "hop on hop off bus". As has already been pointed out there is no straight through train but it is easy enough to link up by bus or car or boat via either Cambodia or Laos or indeed both. The train ride from BKK to the Lao border is a bit boring but doesn't take that long.
Border crossings between Cambodia and Vietnam and Cambodia/Laos are pretty straight forward but there are only a few legal crossings between Lao and Vietnam (or at least that used to be the case a few years ago.
Totally agree with thursdaysd and joannay. Time permitting, surface travel will provide a much better insight into the countries being visited than just jumping on a plane.
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The 05:55 train from Bangkok Hualamphong goes to Aranyaprathet, fare 48 baht ($1). Take a tuk tuk thge few remaining miles to the Poiphet border, cross into Cambodia and take local buses or taxi to Siem Reap, arriving late afternoon/early evening. You may then want to see the famous templs at Angor Wat nearby.
Then take a bus to Phnom Penh, this takes a few hours and buses leave regularly.
Then bus from Phnom Penh to Saigon, the bus takes about 5 or 6 hours. Again there's a range of buses every day from 07:30 to 13:30, fare $12.
I've put details at www.seat61.com/Cambodia.htm - they'll be updated and improved in a month or two, as I'm going up that way myself, all being well, at the end of October.
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I have done BKK to Vietnam (Hue) by bus. Its a long and tiring trip. I found it easier coming from Vietnam to Lao as you can get a visa at the border in a few minutes but going from Lao to Vietnam you need to have a visa before crossing. You cross the border from Lao into Vietnam at Lao Bao and continue past the ex US military base of Khe Sanh to Hue. The only problem with this method is that Hue is smack in the middle of Vietnam and Vietnam is a very long country. There are other crossings. See the travel guides for latest details as the last time I did this was around 1 years ago and things change almost daily.
As to going via Cambodia this may be a good option if you have the time. You will get to see Angkor wat. As the man in the seat says you can catch the train from BKK, I prefer the bus from Bkk. the markets in Arunyaprathet are worth a visit if you have the time. The border crossing is a bit chaotic, best to get a visa online first. The border crossing is renowned for scams, extra fees etc however we have been lucky and never experienced it. The road to Siem Reap is great now it has been done up from the bad old days.
If you are travelling from Siem Reap to PP try taking the fast boat down the Tonle Sap to PP. Its a bit more than the bus but much more scenic . We took my 80 year old father in law with us and he loved the boat. You have to sit outside on the deck to see since the windows are that crazed.
While I have never done it but you can get buses in PP to HCMC as detailed in other posts. This would put you at one end of Vietnam and so you could then see the whole country.
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ok so im sitting at a $10/20 table on ub... table is just how i like it, lots of preflop raises and that flop is usually heads up. im in the BIG BLIND!!! with 7 7. I look down and do backflips in my living room LOL!. Anyway.. 2 limpers which i think is strange, i put them on 6 6 and 5 5 meaning i have an overpair on both of them and have them suit dominated. I raise it up so fast their heads start to spin! Ok they both call. Ok I think, time to take down a monster pot. flop comes K 8 2 giving me a big pair and a flush draw. i pause for like 45 seconds to make it look like i dont know what to do (i am doing frontflips in my basement now lol!) i bet it out and the first limper calls, the second limper raises! lol he doesnt nkow what is coming!!! i smooth call to slow play, setting up my ropes for my trap! turn card. 5 hmmm i think.. ok, my one opponent doenst have 5 and 5 like i put it on but that is ok, i basically have my flush. this is also good for another reason because it is unlikely that anyone has a straight draw because i have 2 of the 7s in my hand and it would be difficult to make a striaght without a 7 since it is one of the middle cards ini the deck. i check, hoping to check raise (the best move in poker). person behind me checks and the guy in position bets (lol he is so stupid! some poeple just dont know poker!) i raise it up so slowly it makes his head spin! guy behind me folds... DAMN I WANTED HIS $40!!!! eh its ok ill just take all of this newbs money :) he calls which makes me know i am ahead... (side note, whenever someone raises you, you are behind, if they call, you are ahead) river card, cash card, coming.. OH WAIT, STUPID CARD!!! 10 on da river.. giving me my flush!!! i yell WOOT WOOT so loud that my neighbor comes over to see the end result of this hand... i bet out, he raises... i LOL so hard and 3 bet it.. he caps it and I call so fast!!! OH.... MY..... GOD..... this moron shows AK for the flush... HE WAS LIKE 1/147.5 TO MAKE THE FLUSH ACCORDING TO DOYLE!!!! I CANT BELIEVE HOW BAD SOME PEOPLE ARE AT THE GAME!!! they just dont understand when to fold their pathetic hands... anyway... i hope you enjoyed the worst beat ive ever seen at the tables in my 8 years of playing cards... GOOD LUCK... YOU WILL NEED IT OUT THERE!!!
Adam and Cal... my UB tag is BigHems... just give me the $20 now THANK YOU!!! LOL :)
wow, what were u smokin when u played that hand and when u wrote this? let me know, cus that must have been some strong stuff.
are you just trying to be funny? the guy had you on the flop.
This was one of the funniest posts I have seen on this site...
i put them on 6 6 and 5 5 meaning i have an overpair on both of them and have them suit dominated
Maybe Adam will start giving $20 to the most unintentionally funny post each month?
At least I learned something new today. 3 to a flush after the flop is still considered a flush draw, and even if two overcards come on the flop when I'm holding a pocket pair, I know I'm still ahead.
Thank God for Ultimate Buddy....
No kidding, great post.
Hahaha. Sweet bad beat story. I really don't know what's funnier though, the post or some of the serious-sounding replies. Suit dominating, overpair sevens rock! :D
UM What Was So Great About Your Hand All U Had Was 77? And The Guy Had U On The Flop And All U Had Was A 7 High Flush Buddy So What The Hell Are U Talking About
OMG CMoney you are a total rookstick. Read the replies afterward. And way to improve on your punctuation. I see a question mark in there!
Well I don't know about the rest of you but I want to find BigHems on a table, I need his chips
Webster's poker dictionary describes BigHems; a legend but only in ones own mind
I liked it too. The narrator makes pretty much every bonehead mistake in thought that people make in these games. Assuming people have whatever cards are convenient to assume (55 and 66 if you have 77), staying in on any draw that you think might have a chance to win the hand, being unable to release a pocket pair, thinking he was unlucky simply because he lost a big pot---everyone else is bad, he's unlucky. While this post was obviously comical, it's also brilliant. I wish I could do a first person narrative of what my opponents are thinking.
Very Nice BigHems. As you may guess, I rarely laugh when reading this forum, so this was a pleasure.
Damn you Hems! And I thought I had a good story this month. Very very funny.
that was the funniest post I ever read on any fourm, great stuff..give that man the 100,000 now!
I Love this post. I printed it out and posted it in my home. My favorite is that, having 77, you put your opponents on 66 & 55...so convenient...and I guess if you had QQ you had them on JJ and TT...priceless! Keep it rolling!
I'm kinda new to poker but I don't think you have to be a seasoned pro to enjoy "have them suit dominated." Big Hems should get $20 just for that line alone! Hysterical! Pumps
"I raise it up so fast their heads start to spin! ... " i raise it up so slowly it makes his head spin! "
I'm just replying to this to bring it back up front. I read it from time to time and still laugh my ass off. Good partying!
Man I feel for you Big Hems. I hate when you make the perfect read and lose to frieken idiots! They were SOOOOT DOMINATED!!!!
Hems thats just too funny man...u crazy you know that those crazy idiots will beat you with crap like AK...rofl
That is the funniest thing I have ever read!
Give the man a prize....
i want to fight you bighems you think you're big shiz you're not funny i hate you
hahahahahaaaaaaaaa that shit is funny! so you have the 7 7, and you for some reason, out of the blue, you put the other two players on 5 5 and 6 6? damn you have some great opponent reading skills. how the fu-k can you put two players on underpairs when you only have a 7 7? shit next time i'll see 2 2 i will automatically put the other two players on Joker Joker and two blank cards, go all in and Bam! I am the winnner! Wanna make a Bet?
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I didn't realize there were so many donks on P5's. Adam and Cal please include I.Q. test as prerequisite for posting on this site. We cant allow these morons that have no sense of humor or ability to scroll down and see other replys befor replying themselves, to post on this site!! Ahhhhhhhhhh just kiddin, these donks are almost as funny as BiG Hems!!!!!! WOOOOOOT
p.s i went all in to see where i was at. LMFAO
I personally like "i LOL so hard and 3 bet it"
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cardboard box. Not a K&O product. I'd like to find a mint one
of these.
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plastic motor that was seen in the 1965 Fleetline/Craft Master ads. They
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popular motor. The motor on the right was professionally restored by
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it. I especially liked the handle on the back of the cowl just like the real
motors. These are becoming very rare, especially in unbuilt
condition. The same motor was offered already built by Fleetline in the
standard box.
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Meretz Chairwoman Zahava Gal-On paid her last respects to Shulamit Aloni: "We must find the strengths to fight for Shula's way."
"We have a cowardly leadership, that cannot take a stand against the most ugliest acts of violence. We have a Minister of Education that does not have a shred of courage and integrity to protect Adam Verta, the teacher from Kiryat Tivon who's accused of leftism," Gal-on added. (Attila Somfalvi)


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April is a giant month for #TV as many popular shows are returning and a few highly anticipated series are set to premiere. In just a few short weeks, the schedule includes the return of Doctor Who, Veep, Silicon Valley, Fargo and the premieres of The Handmaid's Tale and American Gods. And that is just some of the shows!
What about the ones that have not been as heavily promoted but deserve an equal chance from viewers? Here are a few shows that you may or may not have heard about:
1. Brockmire
- Network: IFC
- Premiere Date: April 5, 2017
- Starring: Hank Azaria, Hemky Madera, Amanda Peet, Paul Rae, Tyrel Jackson Williams
A major league baseball announcer (Azaria) has an on-air meltdown following the revelation of his wife's infidelity. Jim Brockmire's career takes a hit, but a decade later he looks to a small-town minor league baseball team for another chance. Actress Amanda Peet plays the owner of the struggling team, the Morristown Frackers. The character of Brockmire first appeared in a Funny or Die short video, with the popularity influencing the idea for a series.
2. The Son
- Network: AMC
- Premiere Date: April 8, 2017
- Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Henry Garrett, Zahn McClarnon, Paola Nunez, Sydney Lucas
The multi-generational southern drama follows the life of Eli McCullough (Brosnan) spanning two time periods — the first being Eli's kidnapping by a tribe of Comanches in the mid 1800s, and the second showing the problems that Eli is facing 60 years later while maintaining the family business during the Bandit Wars in Texas. The series is based on a book by Philip Meyer.
3. Guerrilla
- Network: Showtime
- Premiere Date: April 16, 2017
- Starring: Idris Elba, Freida Pinto, Rory Kinnear, Babou Ceesay, Bella Dayne, Daniel Mays, Zawe Ashton
In this six-part miniseries set in the U.K. during the political unrest of the 1970s, a couple (Pinto, Ceesay) heavily involved in politics free a political prisoner (Elba) and form a radical underground London resistance group. The series is written by renowned director Ridley Scott.
4. Girlboss
- Network: Netflix
- Premiere Date: April 21, 2017
- Starring: Britt Robertson, Johnny Simmons, Ellie Reed, Alphonso McAuley, Dean Norris
The series is an adaptation of Sophia Amoruso's autobiography, #Girlboss. Produced by Charlize Theron, the show will chronicle Amoruso's rise as one of the world's most successful self-made women with her online retail business, Nasty Gal. The story will also go on to explain the hardships of her business and how she ultimately had to step down as the business filed for bankruptcy.
5. Genius
- Network: National Geographic Channel
- Premiere Date: April 25, 2017
- Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Flynn, Nicholas Rowe, Samantha Colley, Jon Fletcher
Genius is Nat Geo's debut scripted series, and they are off to a great start considering the series is produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. The series follows the life of Albert Einstein and his struggles while finding a teaching job — plus, some of his family issues many might not be aware of. The man obviously goes on to become a monumental influence in the world of science, but there was a lot more going on, which the show will explore. Einstein will be played by the great Geoffrey Rush, while a younger Albert will be played by Johnny Flynn.
Which shows will you tune into this April? Are any of these five on your list? Comment below!


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Full Unicode with all bells and whistles is much to complicated
to have any chance of becoming a full ASCII replacement in the
near future. Therefore, people will stick with simple 8-bit
character sets for many more years and we will not enter the
16-bit character set area very soon. Just look at the many new
ISO 8859 extention proposals to see that this is what is going
What can we do against this problem? Not the idea of a 16-bit
character set scares people, but the gigantic size of Unicode
and all the complex mechanisms that are involved (bidi,
combining chars, etc.)
On the Web page
there is a description the Minimum European Subset of ISO/IEC 10646-1
(MES) defined in ENV 1973:1995.
Are there any plans to make MES or something close to it a new
ISO standard?
I think, it would be an excellent idea to draft a new standard
ISO 15646:1998 -- Multi-byte coded character set for
European languages
that specifies MES or a very similar Unicode subset with around
1000 characters. These characters should all have the
following properties:
- all are from left-to-right scripts
- all are of approximately the size of latin characters
(such that say 9x14 pixel character cell terminal emulators
like xterm, VGA text-mode, and VT100 emulators can display
them in one single cell)
- all are non-combining characters and from scripts that
can be represented using non-combining characters
These are exactly the properties that characters in most ISO 8859
parts also have, and therefore upgrading from ISO 8859-1 to
ISO 15646 will cost only a fraction of what upgrading to full
Unicode (with combing chars, bidi, large ideographic and dingbats
glyphs, etc.) would cost.
Let's make the idea of a 16-bit character set attractive to
developers by defining an ISO character set that is apart from
being a 16-bit character set in no way any more complicated than
ISO 15646 should be a superset of all ISO 8859 parts (except
arabic and hebrew because of their bidi requirements), as well as
of IBM code pages 437 (DOS) and 1252 (Windows). I think,
MES is already exactly that.
What do you think?
-- Markus Kuhn, Computer Science grad student, Purdue University, Indiana, US, email: email@example.com
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By: Adam Wagner
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (StarNewsOnline.com) — Brunswick County's 900 employees will receive a long-awaited pay raise, as the board of commissioners on Monday approved an across-the-board raise for the next fiscal year.
"I am still of the opinion if you look at the unemployment rate of Brunswick County, we aren't out of this mess yet," said Phil Norris, the board's chairman. "However, we asked all of you to sacrifice and hold the course for another year, you've done more with less, and I appreciate that, and I'm sure all the taxpayers of Brunswick county appreciate that as well. So I think it's time for us to do something."
The county's tentative 2013-14 budget presented by Ann Hardy allots $2.5 million that will be used to fund the raises. Every employee will receive a raise of at least 3 percent.


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Points and levels at which law and politics intersect. What is distinctive about legal forms; how these legal forms influence, and are influenced by, politics. Conceptions of law, courts and public policy, law and bureaucracy, civil and criminal justice, and the legal profession.
Class description
This seminar introduces graduate students to a field of interdisciplinary scholarship known as "law and society" or socio-legal studies. The course serves as a core course for students in Political Science who work in the field of Public Law. As such, it covers some canonical works by political scientists on the role of courts and judges in politics. However, the seminar is consciously designed to appeal to graduate students in other departments who are looking for an introductory overview of the law and society field. The authors of the readings are trained or teach in a variety of academic disciplines, including History, Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science.
The course is organized around some core themes in the law and society tradition: The roles of courts and other legal institutions; individual and group disputing processes; institutional and discursive mechanisms of social control; colonial and post-colonial legacies for social ordering and disputing; and comparative analyses of legal cultures. Socio-legal scholarship has developed as an alternative to the work of more conventional legal scholars who focus on official rules, judicial doctrines, or judicial decision-making. The course thus focuses on the content of legal rules and doctrines only incidentally and in order to illustrate broader theoretical points.
The readings will showcase different methodologies used by scholars in the field. The course also aims to provide a basic understanding the historical development of the law and society field. Readings include by established classics in the field and recent work by younger scholars. Because the entire field cannot be covered in 10 weeks, the course does not aim to be comprehensive. Readings are consciously chosen to highlight socio-legal scholarship in areas that connect with faculty and graduate students at the University of Washington.
The majority of the readings focus on the United States, but there are also numerous readings that look outside the United States. Students who are interested in other places are welcome in the class and can focus outside the United States on assignments.
Student learning goals
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Beyond the threshold : afterlife beliefs and experiences in world religions
Beyond the threshold : afterlife beliefs and experiences in world religions
Place Published:
Lanham, Md
Rowman & Littlefield Pub
x, 301 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Synopsis: In every culture throughout history, people have asked the same fundamental question about what will happen to them when they die. From the underworld to the light at the end of the tunnel, beliefs and experiences of death abound. And even though we cannot know for sure what happens to us after death, our understanding of the afterlife can have a profound impact on how we live. Beyond the Threshold is the first book to seriously examine the afterlife through the lens of both world religions and metaphysical experiences. Christopher M. Moreman includes an introduction to the afterlife beliefs of ancient cultures, which are essential to understanding the roots of many modern ideas about death. He examines the folklore and doctrines of major world religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. He also discusses psychic phenomena across traditions, such as mediums, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and past-life memories. While ultimately the afterlife remains unknowable, Moreman's unique, in-depth exploration of both beliefs and experiences can help readers reach their own understanding of the afterlife and how to live. No other book in the field approaches the issue of the afterlife from so many angles, but Moreman weaves them skillfully together into an accessible and engaging book.
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Diversionary's Falling: rarely happy
Autistics lack internal brain map
Jeff Smith 12:30 p.m., Nov. 22
One day after Irwin Jacobs announced that he was putting a hold on the Plaza de Panama project, the Save Our Heritage Organisation couldn't hold back the excitement over the decision.
"[Save Our Heritage Organisation] is grateful that the bypass bridge is no longer an issue for Balboa Park. We believe that George Marston would be very pleased with this outcome, as this was exactly the type of massive urbanization project he fought so valiantly to keep out of the People's Park."
Ever since the proposal to build a road off Cabrillo Bridge emerged, the preservation group has lashed out against the plan, calling it "the most destructive" project in Balboa Park's history. During one community meeting, SOHO president Bruce Coons said the project "had no substance, only fatal flaws...a waste of time, just a big snake-oil sales pitch."
While celebratory in tone, SOHO's June 9 statement did, however, offer praise to Jacobs for his efforts.
"SOHO would like to thank Dr. Jacobs for his role in elevating the dialogue to the level that it deserves. Overwhelming public opinion prevailed, but we have Dr. Jacobs to thank for reminding everyone how much they care about their park and how much it needs them today."
Pictured above: Old postcard image of Cabrillo Bridge
whats the term?, indian giver comes to mind
The question to ask is "Why was a paid-parking facility located inside Balboa Park so important to Jacobs and Sanders et al.?"
The number of parking spaces in the Plaza is small and needn't be replaced, if just clearing the Plaza for pedestrian-only use is the only issue.
Would the City (Park and Rec) not be able to collect the revenue from a paid-parking facility located outside the Park, if the facility was not on city-owned land? One might think that the whole silly scheme was just a means to make Balboa Park a pay-to-park revenue-generating Park. One might think....
Jacobs didn't say he was killing the plan. He said he was putting it on hold. Jacobs has a way of buying whatever he wants. I'd love to think he's actually capable of listening to something other than his inner voice. Don't count that bypass road/parking garage idea dead yet. It might not die until Jacobs does, and maybe not even then. His money is massive and his might could be the same. He's made gifts to organizations that are larger than the cost of this plan; he could fund the whole thing himself by writing a check if he decided to take it off hold.


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Safety and Efficacy Study of Tendril MRI™ Leads in Standard Bradycardia Pacing Indication (TendrilMRI™)
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|Study Type:
|Observational [Patient Registry]
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Target Follow-Up Duration:
|12 Months
|Official Title:
|Clinical Investigation to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Tendril MRI™ Leads, as a Part of the Accent MRI™ System, in Patients With Standard Bradycardia Pacing Indication.
- Freedom From RA and RV Lead-related Complications [ Time Frame: up to 12 months post-implant ]Safety of the Accent MRI™ system with the Tendril MRI™ lead will be evaluated in terms of freedom from Right Atrial (RA) and Right Ventricular (RV) lead-related complications for the acute (implant to 2 month visit) and chronic (2 month visit through the 12 month visit) timeframes.
|Study Start Date:
|February 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Accent MRI System
Accent MRI system will be implanted = Accent MRI Pacemaker + Tendril MRI Leads
Detailed Description:
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a diagnostic method to view high quality two and three dimensional images of the body. However, magnetic resonance imaging systems generate three electromagnetic fields that are used to produce an image. These include a static magnetic field, a time varying gradient magnetic field, and a radiofrequency field. All three of these fields interact with implanted devices and could create hazards for the device, the patient, or both. Due to these issues, currently marketed pacemaker systems may be contraindicated for use in an MRI environment.
St. Jude Medical has developed a system, the Accent MRI™ system, comprised of the Accent MRI™ device and the Tendril MRI™ lead, and an investigational MRI Activator™, designed to mitigate such interactions.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Approved Class I or Class II indication per: European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for implantation of a dual chamber pacemaker or single chamber pacemaker, OR American College of Cardiology (ACC) / American Heart Association (AHA) / Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) guidelines for implantation of a dual chamber pacemaker or single chamber pacemaker
- Require a new Accent MRI™ pacemaker and Tendril MRI™ lead (either initial implant or complete system change out with no abandoned devices).
- Is ≥ 18 years of age.
- Able to provide written informed consent prior to any investigational related procedure.
- Willing and able to comply with the prescribed follow-up tests and schedule of evaluations.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have an existing pacemaker or ICD (abandoned devices and/or leads are not allowed. A new pacemaker and lead or complete system change out is required for enrollment).
- Have an existing active implanted medical device (e.g., Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), neurostimulator, etc.).
- Have a non-MRI compatible device or material implant (e.g., intracranial aneurysm clip, non-MRI compatible devices or material, metals or alloys, etc.).
- Have a lead extender, plug or adaptor.
- Have a prosthetic tricuspid heart valve.
- Are currently participating in another investigational device or drug investigation.
- Are allergic to Dexamethasone sodium phosphate (DSP).
- Are pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the duration of the study.
- Have a life expectancy of less than 12 months from Screening due to any life-threatening condition
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01528150
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01528150
|Principal Investigator:
|Rob RW Breedveld, MD
|Medical Center Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
|Responsible Party:
|St. Jude Medical
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01528150 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|February 3, 2012
|First Posted:
|February 7, 2012
|Results First Submitted:
|December 2, 2015
|Results First Posted:
|August 31, 2016
|Last Update Posted:
|August 31, 2016
|Last Verified:
|July 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Pathologic Processes


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Nursing Education: Humor and Healing
Steve Wilson, psychologist, author, speaker, and great friend of JNJ, recently spoke to the National Institute of Health's Staff Training in Extramural Research.
The name of his presentation is "ARE WE LAUGHING ENOUGH?" PERSPECTIVES, REFLECTIONS AND A FRAMEWORK FOR HUMOR, LAUGHTER, AND HEALING VIS-À-VIS THE WORLD LAUGHTER TOUR, INC. It's a great read and contains much useful information for the nurse who wants to integrate humor into their own practice.
Steve has been gracious enough to share the presentation with all of the JNJ readership. To download your copy of this insightful, informative report, just click here! (PS: Click regular download to get the file free and fast!)
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text: All three openly gay or lesbian U.S. representatives will be returning to Congress in 2005, each having won a decisive victory. Democrat Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, who some observers thought might be vulnerable, won handily, as did Democrat Barney Frank in Massachusetts and Republican Jim Kolbe in Arizona. For a comprehensive list of openly gay and lesbian candidates and how they fared at the polls, including a number of remarkable victories on state and local levels, go to Advocate.com's ELECTION 2004 page, via the banner link on the home page of this site.


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'44 Under 40' honored for safety contributions
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tonight, the National Safety Council will recognize its latest class of NSC Rising Stars of Safety, at a National Awards Celebration held in conjunction with its 2012 NSC Congress & Expo Celebration of the Century. The NSC Rising Stars of Safety program, presented by DuPont Sustainable Solutions, recognizes these leaders of tomorrow for their commitment to safety, influence on safety culture, promotion of continuous workplace safety improvement and creation of safety initiatives producing measurable outcomes – foundational pillars of the Council's Journey to Safety Excellence philosophy.
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"It is always a pleasure to interact with and recognize our NSC Rising Stars of Safety," said Janet Froetscher. "Their energy, innovation and commitment to safety is just what is needed to propel us into the next century of safety progress."
Chosen among more than 160 nominations, the 44 honorees for the Class of 2012 are listed below and featured in the October issue of Safety+Health magazine:
About the National Safety CouncilFounded in 1913 and chartered by Congress, the National Safety Council (nsc.org) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to save lives by preventing injuries and deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the road through leadership, research, education and advocacy. NSC advances this mission by partnering with businesses, government agencies, elected officials and the public in areas where we can make the most impact -- distracted driving, teen driving, workplace safety and safety beyond the workplace.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Reader's Guide - Discussion Questions
- Why does Janie choose to tell her story only to her best friend Pheoby? How does Pheoby respond at the end of Janie's tale?
- Hurston uses nature — the pear tree, the ocean, the horizon, the hurricane — not only as a plot device but also as metaphor. Describe the ways these function as both. Can you think of others?
- The novel's action begins and ends with two judgment scenes. Why are both groups of people judging her? Is either correct in its assessment?
- Many readers consider the novel a bildungsroman, or coming-of-age novel, as Janie journeys through three marriages. What initially attracts her to each man? What causes her to leave? What does she learn from each experience?
- In the novel, speech is used as a mechanism of control and liberation, especially as Janie struggles to find her voice. During which important moments of her life is Janie silent? How does she choose when to speak out or to remain quiet?
- Is there a difference between the language of the men and that of Janie or the other women? How do the novel's first two paragraphs point to these differences?
- The elaborate burial of the town mule draws from an incident Hurston recounts in Tell My Horse, where the Haitian president ordered an elaborate Catholic funeral for his pet goat. Although this scene is comic, how is it also tragic?
- Little of Hurston's work was published during the Harlem Renaissance, yet her ability to tell witty stories and to stir controversy made her a favorite guest at elite Harlem parties. Identify several passages of wit and humor in Their Eyes Were Watching God.
- How does the image of the black woman as "the mule of the world" become a symbol for the roles Janie chooses or refuses to play during her quest?
- What do the names of Janie's husbands — Logan Killicks, Jody Starks, Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods — tell us about their characters and their relationships with Janie?
- What kind of God are the eyes of Hurston's characters watching? What crucial moments of the plot does the title allude to? Does this God ever answer Janie's questioning?
- Re-read the last three pages of the novel. How do the imagery and tone connect with other moments in the novel? Does Janie's story end in triumph, despair, or a mixture of both?
Toni Morrison's Jazz (1992)
Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place (1982)
Alice Walker's Meridian (1976)
Langston Hughes's The Weary Blues (1926)
James Weldon Johnson's The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922)
Jean Toomer's Cane (1923)
-Zora Neale Hurston
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Garside to Deliver Annual Lindquist Lecture on Community-Based Learning
"From the Towers to the Trenches: Voices of Community-Based Learning" will be the topic of communication professor Colleen Garside's 2010 John A. Lindquist Lecture.
Garside was named the 2009 John A. Lindquist Award recipient for her ongoing commitment to service-learning in her courses.
Her presentation will be held March 24, at 1 p.m. in the Stewart Library Hetzel-Hoellein Room.
The event is free to the public.
Visit weber.edu/wsutoday for more news about Weber State University.
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Chinese Taipei Powers Their Way Past Canada
Source: South Williamsport, Pa.
Date/Time: Sunday, August 23, 2009, 6:00pm ET
In their first game at the Little League World Series, Kuei-Shan Little
League (KSLL) scored sixteen runs recording a no-hit shutout.
For an encore, the Asia-Pacific Region Champions from Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei, shut out Hastings Community Little League (HCLL) from Vancouver, British Columbia Sunday at Volunteer Stadium by an 8-0 count.
Winning pitcher Hung Yuan Lin, the second Chinese Taipei hurler, allowed only one hit in 4.1 innings of work, scored two runs, and hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Manager Cheng Ta Lee removed Lin from the game after his 45th pitch, leaving the option open for Lin to pitch again in Kuei-Shan's next game.
"Batting is all about timing," Lin said. "As soon as you can control timing, you'll be at the top."
Lin's teammate Wen Hua Sung opened the scoring barrage in the third inning by tatooing a two-run homer. Sung's swat keyed the ignition for a team not used to needing three innings to score.
"The coach told me to keep focusing, keep my eye on the ball, to relax myself, and put the bat on the ball," Sung said. "I did it, and the ball just went over the fence."
A massive throng of Chinese Taipei fans erupted in response to Sung's at-bat. Ironically, Lee thought their presence loomed over his crop of reserved players.
"Before the game started, we saw a lot of the crowd supporting Chinese Taipei," Lee said. "The kids felt really nervous, but after Sung hit the home run, they started gaining confidence."
Their confidence was obvious in the fifth inning when Chung Yao Chang, Tang Fu Cheng, and Hao Yu Lin combined to knock in five runs and seal the victory for KSLL. Hao Yu Lin was especially zeroed in on the ball, reaching safely in both of his at-bats and scoring two of the five runs in the fifth.
Hastings manager Vito Bordignon, whose team dropped an extra-inning 2-1 decision to Mexico in their first game of the World Series, felt frustrated with his team's performance, but he thought starting pitcher Matteo Vincelli pitched well against a powerful lineup.
"I fully expected it to be a tough game," Vincelli said. "They're a very good hitting team. We only made two mistakes and they were home runs."
Lee thought the potency of Kuei-Shan's bats got in Hastings' heads.
"For three innings both teams felt nervous," he said. "Their team lost confidence after Sung and Hung Yuan Lin hit home runs. This is why we think we saw what we did in the game."
Kuei-Shan matches up with the Mexico Region Champions, Guadalupe Trevino Kelly Little League (GTKLL) from Reynosa, Mexico on Tuesday at 6 p.m. GTKLL hopes to replicate the success of last year's International Bracket Champion from the Mexico Region.
Having lost in extra innings to this year's Mexico representative, Bordignon was able to compare Kuei-Shan and GTKLL.
"I think (Kuei-Shan) has a lot more power hitting," he said. "I think the pitching was similar."
Lee thinks his team has the potential to dispatch Mexico and every other international team in the field.
"When we're making the national team, we always think our final goal is to win the championship," Lee said. But, our first goal is to win an international championship," Lee said.
The test begins on Tuesday when KSLL opposes Mexico at 6 p.m. in the next-to-last pool play game of the tournament on Tuesday. Canada will play their final game of the World Series against Europe on Tuesday in a 2 p.m. contest.


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How copy editing is like cleaning a room—YOUR room
Here is an elegant defense of copy editors by the Baltimore Sun's John E. McIntyre, who makes occasional appearances in this space.
McIntyre is weighing in here on a little kerfuffle that sprang from a New York Times blog post by Tim Parks, an English writer lamenting the process by which his prose got Americanized by a copy editor at his American publishing house.
Parks' point has to do with America's place in the world, though that discussion is outside the scope of this post. But the piece elicited a response from Mark Liberman of the Language Log blog, who argued that the problem wasn't the inflexibility of the American reader, it was just a garden-variety lousy copy editor.
"God save us from such copy editors," Liberman wrote, accusing this one of, among other things, imposing zombie rules, defined as grammar rules that are enforced despite having no grounding in usage or anything else that matters. The "rule" against splitting infinitives is a zombie rule.
Liberman's post, in turn, inspired McIntyre to jump in and defend "those damn copy editors" by explaining what they do. And here at last we've come to the point of this blog post. If you had the fifth paragraph in the pool, congratulations. Here's McIntyre:
Think of a copy editor as a parent trying to clean up a teenager's room. You open the door and, God above, there are discarded articles of clothing on every surface. You start to dig in and discover dirty plates, some with unconsumed food on them; notes and uncompleted homework assignments; still more malodorous articles of clothing, along with the unspeakable sheets; and, under the bed, dust bunnies the size of tumbleweeds.
The basic function the copy editor performs, in all circumstances, is cleanup. We regularize the punctuation, correct the misspellings and typos, fix lapses in grammar and usage, untangle knotted syntax, and the like. And in public perception, that's about it; we are essentially proofreaders, and we can keep our opinions about the prose to ourselves. (Some writers share that perception.)
But copy editors who are allowed to edit do more. They are not merely hauling the teenager's dirty clothes down to the laundry room; they are putting the room to rights.
Remember that, while there are still copy editors—including the squadrons of them at Bleacher Report—there aren't as many as there used to be, and at B/R and elsewhere, it's on you to be your first, last and best copy editor. So when McIntyre is writing here about the poor, unheralded, unsung heroes of the copy desk, he's also talking about you, that glorious superstar, the writer.
You're cleaning your own room.
And this is a good way to think about that last step before you publish your piece, the copy edit. It's not just a proofread. It's an edit. It isn't just picking up that stray sock and putting it in the hamper. It's thinking, "Would it be smarter to have that dresser over by the window instead of next to the closet?"
Two advantages of copy editing over cleaning a filthy room: You can see what your idea would look like without having to drag a dresser around, and it doesn't smell bad.


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Hook Launch Ramp Ribbon Cutting
Last week the CGWA, the Port of Hood River, and the Hood River Parks Department got together to ceremoniously cut the ribbon, with the help of the Hood River Chamber of Commerce, to our new launch. Please head down to the Hook and check out this great new spot to get in the water! Here are a couple photos:
The Hooks New West Edge Launch
The Hook is well underway in obtaining its new western edge access ramp. See the photos bellow of the progress as of last week.
New Access Ramp at the Hook
Our work on revamping the Hook is finally coming to fruition. Pictured here is the creation of a new, user friendly access ramp on the outside of the Hook. Along with some beach improvements and topside improvements (paved path, rigging area, etc.) to be completed in a future phase, the Hook will continue to improve as a great recreation access point.
The goal is to have a multi-use ramp, that was designed with the intermediate windsurfer in mind. Quick, easy, uniform access to the outside of the Hook makes the site an ideal place to dial in those water-starts before heading out into the middle of the Columbia.
Construction is expected to be finished in timely manner and will be ready for use come summer.
Photos of Phil Soltysiak Freestyle Clinic
FREEstyle Clinic with PWA sailor, Philip Soltysiak
PWA Freestyler to do pre-King of the Hook Clinic
PWA freestyle windsurfer Philip Soltysiak is in town and is going to do a FREE clinic for the CGWA Groms Program and participants of King of the Hook. Come on down to the Hook on Saturday at 3:00PM to perfect, learn, and practice any moves to bust out at King of the Hook, which starts at 5:00PM on Sat.
Space is limited so please e-mail Greg at email@example.com if you will be attending.
Open to kids and adults. Must be a member of the Gorge Groms program to use CGWA gear, OR you can bring your own.
King of the Hook
Killer Action from Ricardo Campello and Graham Ezzy
This isn't from The Gorge, but check out these two sweet edits to get you stoked for the weekend. It looks like wind in the Gorge and on the Oregon Coast this weekend. Go get some!
Ricardo Campello | PWA Gran Canaria 2014 – SALT 2015 from Point-7 on Vimeo.
"Sick day at the Wall on July 17th"
THE wall – July 2014 from Hauser's Lifestyle on Vimeo.


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So I'm finally getting lights for this season and have done a little bit of research. Currently I'm thinking of getting the NiteRider TriNewt for the handlebar, and a NiteRider MiNewt X2 Single for my helmet mount. The Tri pumps out 500LUM and the X2 dishes out 150LUM.
Each run for 3 1/2 hours on high and 7 hours on low, each come with a Li-Ion battery and charge in about 4 hours. I can get the TriNewt for $290 USD and the X2 for $135 USD. Is there anything better that should be looking at? Any bad experiences with these? Any help appreciated....
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THE European Union's Charter on Fundamental Rights was "a major milestone for Europe as a political force", the European Commission said yesterday.
The statement contradicts the Government's public claims that it will have no impact on British national life.
Antonio Vitorino, the Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner, said the 54 articles of the rights bill "will mark a turning point in the integration of Europe, moving it away from the essentially economic logic of its origins to become a real political union." He was speaking after the conclusion on Tuesday of the long-running drafting process.
The final text of what the Tories say will be the blueprint for a European super-state constitution will be available late next week.
The commission also said the charter should be incorporated in the next EU treaty as a legally binding document, but added that the new social and economic rights would have legal force anyway because they "derived" from clauses in existing European treaties. The Government had hoped to limit the effects of the charter by ensuring that it was a mere declaratory showcase of rights.
Francis Maude, the shadow foreign secretary, renewed his call on the Government to veto the charter. He said: "This is a significant statement of intent by Brussels. The EU Commission is making it clear: this job-destroying charter is designed to be a key stepping-stone to a single European super-state."
Mr Vitorino gave explicit support to Article 50, Paragraph One - one of the charter's most controversial clauses that could be used to suppress the rights of EU citizens when "necessary" to "meet objectives of general interest being pursued by the union".
The clause has caused alarm among constitutional scholars. Martin Howe QC, an expert on European law, described the wording as "sinister", saying that it could be exploited for authoritarian purposes.
The different components of the 62-strong drafting "convention" - the national parliaments, the 15 governments, the European Parliament, and the commission - have each submitted their final changes to the draft text. A five-man "presidium" will meet in secret to thrash out a formula that will be presented to EU leaders at the Biarritz summit next month.
Tony Blair's special envoy, Lord Goldsmith, made a last effort on Tuesday night to soften a series of rights that threaten Britain's free market economy, but EU sources say he was given "short shrift". He failed to eliminate Article 25, which states that workers "must be guaranteed information and consultation on matters which concern them".
Labour is afraid that this article would give employees co-decision powers in management affairs, making Britain a less attractive place for investment. "This amounts to accepting through the charter what at the moment the United Kingdom is not prepared to accept," he said, acknowledging that the clause would erode Britain's power to regulate its own economy.
The Tories claim that the new rights will introduce out-dated socialism through the back door of civil litigation. The charter includes a right to rest periods and annual leave, a right to just and fair working conditions, and a right to housing, but some of the articles are so vague as to mean almost anything.


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From: "Glorisabel" <>
Subject: Re: Photographs of Puerto Rico
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:37:27 -0400
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These pictures bring back so many memories I almost cried. Although I never
got to see this stuff, my mother, who was born in Bayamon and grew up in
Bayamon and San Juan always talked about these things. She passed away six
years ago. I know she would have enjoyed these photos so much!
I remember Cortal (Corta el dolor . . .), Sal de Picot, Refrescos Mambru,
Cataplasmas de Sebo de Flandes, Chinita Pal (a soft drink), Brillantina
Sirena (Que buena es la brillantina, la Brillantina Sirena, cabello corto o
melena . . .),
pilones (lollipops) shaped like little hens, rabbits, hands . . .
My maternal grandfather, whom I never knew, never left the house without his
"sombrero pra-pra".
Thank you for the memories!
Gloria in Puerto Rico
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Subject: Re: Photographs of Puerto Rico
> In a message dated 6/21/02 4:12:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> > Here is a webpage with some of those pictures in various towns from the
> > 1890s to the 1940's. http://www.jibaros.com/history1.htm
> Joe,
> Thanks for sharing.
> BTW, the pictures that you have uploaded are great.
> In their spirit,
> Felicia
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The Lathrop Canyon Trail goes from the main road coming into Island In the Sky, and goes down to White Rim Road just above Lathrop Canyon. From that point there is a 4-wheel drive road that goes down to the Colorado River, if you want to continue hiking on a road. The trail is 6.8 miles long, the road is 4 miles long. Unless you have someone to drive your car to meet you, or you hitch a ride, you will have to hike the trail round trip.
Hiking time should be between 2 and 4 hours up and 2 to 3 hours down. I started at White Rim Road, it took me 2 hours and 10 minutes to hike up and 1 hour and 55 minutes coming down, but I was trying to see how fast I could do it.
It is a fantastic trail, with extremely beautiful views, that climbs up the canyon wall. It kept me guessing most of the way as to which route it would take. I hiked from White Rim Road up to the top, and then returned down the same way, as a day hike. I also hiked down to the river and back on the Lathrop Canyon Road as a backpacking trip.
I forgot my camera for the hike, if anyone has pictures from the trail, please add them.
Getting There
From the Island in the Sky Visiter Center, continue past the Shafer Canyon Overlook and the Neck Spring Trail. About 2 miles from the visiter center, there will be a sign on the left for the Lathrop Canyon Trail. There isn't really a parking lot there, just a parking lane along side the road. The other end of the trail is on the White Rim Road, which is a 4-wheel drive road that goes down in the canyon, from just before the Visiter Center. The start of the road is called the Shafer Trail Road. At (or after) the Potash Road, it is called the White Rim Road. Just before the Lathrop Canyon Road, there is a sign for the Lathrop Trail on the right side of the road. There is really no parking here, it is best to go a few hundred feet farther to the Lathrop Canyon Road, where there is room for a few cars to park.
It is also possible to get to White Rim Road from Moab by using the Potash Road, turn left when you reach the Shafer Trail Road. In this case you will need to get your permit ahead of time, I think it is possible to do this in Moab. I went in through the Island of the Sky and out on the Potash Road, which is shorter and quicker, with less bad 4x4 road.
Route DescriptionThe trail starts in Greys Meadow and the first mile is a sandy trail across the meadow. From there the trail gets more interesting, first crossing an area of large flat boulders. After it goes over the rim, it becomes a fabulous trail with many hundreds of rock steps going down the canyon wall. Near the bottom of the wall, there are numerous old mines shafts near the trail. The ones I saw had been closed off with wire mesh. From this point, the trail follows an old road, probably a mining road. When it reaches the lower level it follows a dry wash until it reaches the White Rim Road.
If you want to continue to the river, turn right on the road for a few hundred feet and the Lathrop Canyon Road will be on your left, there is a sign for it as well. There are picnic tables and an outhouse at the river.
Essential GearThere is no drinking water anywhere in the Island in the Sky so you need to take plenty of water. When I was there (April 2008) the Visitor Center was selling gallon jugs of drinking water, for I think $1.59, even though the printed information says there is no water available. I'm not sure if they will continue do this or if they always have water there.
There is no shade on the trail, so be prepared for this if you are hiking during the summer. The best times to hike are spring or fall, winter is OK if you don't mind cold weather. The trail could be dangerous if there were snow.
If you are used to hiking in low shoes or trail runners, they will be fine for the trail. Trekking poles would be good if you use them for going down hill as there is rapid descent on the way down.
Camping, Permits
There is a small campground called Willow Flat, which is located 6 miles past the Visiter Center in the Island of the Sky. No permit is needed but there is a nightly charge, I think it was $8 per campsite, self pay by envelope.
There are a number of primitive campsites, with outhouses, on the White Rim Road. There is no nightly charge for these but you do need to get a $30 permit at the Visitor Center. The permit is good for up to 7 days but you need to specify where you will be camping each night, either a specific campsite, or a general area for backcountry camping. The closest campsite to the trail is Airport Tower, which is about 5 minutes past the trail head by car.
The entry permit for the park costs $10 per car, or $5 per person if you walk in, and is good for 7 days.
No permit is needed to hike the trail or to drive on White Rim Road, if you do it as a day trip and do not spend the night in the canyon.


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The Commons, 235 Hodges Library, has designated a group room to be a Practice Presentation Room. UT students, faculty, and staff can use a laptop and SMARTBOARD with an interactive screen to project PowerPoint slides and practice making presentations in a realistic environment.
Reservations may be placed up to two weeks in advance. To make a reservation for using the room, simply fill out the form at http://web.utk.edu/~start5/commons/Reservation.htm. A brief training session is required for first-time users.
Students from the START program will provide assistance with the presentation equipment. (START–Student Technology Assistants for Research and Teaching–is an Innovative Technology Center-sponsored program that employs technology-savvy students to assist others in using technology to enhance instruction.)
The Commons, a collaboration between the UT Libraries and the Office of Information Technology (OIT), brings together some of the most frequently used library and technology resources in a single location, open around the clock for much of the week.
The Commons offers more than forty computers with over sixty different software packages, as well as loaner laptops, scanners, and laser printing capabilities. Available services include reference assistance, computer support, statistical consulting, and book retrieval during late-night hours when the libraries' other floors are closed.


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WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday President Obama failed to settle the controversy over the National Security Agency.
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said on CNN's "State of the Union" that Obama's speech on the NSA last week was too fuzzy and failed to press home the legality and necessity of the agency's so-called metadata mining operations.
"We really did need a decision on Friday, and what we got was lots of uncertainty," said Rogers, a staunch defender of the NSA. "In my conversations over the weekend with intelligence officials, this new level of uncertainty is already having a bit of an impact on our ability to protect Americans by finding terrorists who are trying to reach into the United States."
Rogers said Obama was correct in portraying the program as fully legal and vetted by Congress and NSA overseers. But he was disappointed in Obama's plans to add another layer of reviews for the program.
"Only in Washington, D.C., can you announce you have a review board, and then announce in your big decision that you're going to review the review board, and then review the decision in 70 days. I'm for it, but I don't think it should go here," Rogers said.


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For many senior citizens, waiting for the mailman to bring their Social Security checks and other federal benefits will soon be a thing of the past.
For many senior citizens, waiting for the mailman to bring their Social Security checks and other federal benefits will soon be a thing of the past.
The U.S. Treasury has required recipients to switch to electronic payments.
In an effort to cut spending, federal officials are working to eliminate paper checks, favoring instead direct deposits and prepaid "Direct Express" debit cards.
Getting the word out to seniors about the change and helping them make the switch to one of the electronic transfer options has been the challenge.
In Onslow County, the Department of Veteran�s Services has worked hand-in-hand with the Department of Veteran�s Affairs to ensure as many veterans know about the change as possible.
�Basically the VA has mailed out letters to vets and surviving spouses and those affected by the change,� said Amelia Grissett, the director of Onslow County Veterans Services. �We�re letting everyone know about the change when they come in. So far I think our combined efforts have been successful.�
According to Grissett the department has received a lot of calls from veterans who are ready for the switch.
�People call with their banking information so it tells us they are getting the word and are able to do it,� Grissett said. �When they call, we try to assist them as much as possible.�
Onslow County Senior Services is taking a similar approach, as are some national banks that have proactively spread the word through fliers and displays.
According to Sara King, the senior center administrator, they have notified seniors within the county through various ways.
�We have sent it out in our newsletter both in email and paper form to about 1,000 senior citizens,� King said. �We also give them a heads up at the senior centers in Jacksonville and Richlands.�
King said that the change shouldn�t come as a surprise to any seniors.
�They�ve gotten a lot of things in the mail from various agencies so it shouldn�t be a shock,� King said. �But then again we aren�t getting a lot of feedback so we don�t know what to expect.�
As of March 1, checks won�t stop for those who have not selected an electronic payment option, said Brad Benson, with the Department of Treasury�s Financial Management Services. But those individuals will start hearing from the Treasury Department regarding compliance.
Though they haven�t heard complaints, those who work with seniors think some aspects of the change may cause problems for some seniors.
As for some older seniors unfamiliar with computers and those who don�t have bank accounts, knowing what to do with a debit card and having to use ATM machines can create other concerns.
Benson says senior centers can play a significant role in the education process that extends beyond spreading the word about the change.
He says educating seniors, particularly the "unbanked," about how to use their debit cards will be important.
The Treasury department, Benson says, is depending on help from their regional partners, community groups and senior centers to help with that education effort.
People older than 91 and a few others are exempt from the requirement. For more information visit the Go Direct website or call 800-333-1795.
The Wilmington Star News also contributed to this report. Contact Daily News Military Affairs Reporter Thomas Brennan at 910-219-8453 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @thomasjbrennan.


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UL Warns of Counterfeit UL Mark on a Power Adapter
Apr 30, 2013, 09:00 ET from UL
NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a notification from UL to consumers and retailers that the power adapter identified below bears a counterfeit UL Mark for the United States and Canada. This power adapter has not been evaluated by UL to the appropriate Standards for Safety and it is unknown if it complies with any safety requirements.
Name of Product: Model PA-1900-15C2
Identification: On the product: This power adapter bears a counterfeit UL Mark with the company references of "HP" and "COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION."
Photographs of this product can be found at www.ul.com/newsroom.
About UL
UL is a premier global independent safety science company with more than 118 years of history. Employing more than 10,000 professionals with customers in over 100 countries, UL has five distinct business units – Product Safety, Environment, Life & Health, Knowledge Services, and Verification Services – to meet the expanding needs of our customers and to deliver on our public safety mission. For more information on UL's family of companies and network of 95 laboratory, testing, and certification facilities, go to UL.com.
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