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Could a few cups a day keep the doctor away?
Non-smokers who follow cancer prevention guidelines lower their risk of death.
Women from some cultural and ethnic backgrounds are more worried their disease will return.
How do you balance your medical needs with your professional life?
A proposed NIH center aims to move science from bench to beside faster.
Doctors and pharmaceutical companies must find solutions to shortages of some tried-and-true medications.
Dr. Susan Love talks about highlights from SABCS.
Improved understanding of breast cancer subtypes can lead to better treatments for the disease.
Scientists now have a greater understanding of how breast cancer works.
A new study found major regional differences in end-of-life care for cancer patients.
There are more options than ever for cancer patients who want to protect their fertility.
Minority women with health insurance don't get breast cancer diagnoses as quickly as they should.
CR magazine contributing writer Cynthia Ryan talks about her experience reporting on homeless men and women who are living with cancer.
For patients with no place to call home, cancer comes with an extra set of challenges.
When a woman has breast cancer, her partner suffers too.
Jai Pausch talks about the importance of connecting with other caregivers and survivors.
New research suggests that palliative care should be considered sooner.
For folklorist and radio host Nick Spitzer, music and culture are a part of healing.
In the future, scientists hope to detect cancers with a simple blood test.
Randy Pendergrass promotes simple diet changes for an overall healthy lifestyle.
Know your test—and its pros and cons—when getting screened for cancer.
Undergoing cancer treatment while raising children can be a daunting challenge.
Harold Varmus takes the lead as the new head of the National Cancer Institute.
Dorothea Lange, who died of esophageal cancer, photographed the nation's troubled times.
New research sheds light on liver cancer risk factors.
A new trial aims to get breast cancer drugs approved faster.
Oncology social worker Les Gallo-Silver focuses on the needs of cancer patients during and after treatment.
New research shows how exposure to arsenic may increase cancer risk.
A caregiver talks about how to be an advocate.
Childhood cancer survivors have an increased risk of heart disease.
A medical journalist finds herself at the center of the story.
The discovery of two new genes is helping scientists learn more about an aggressive form of brain cancer.
Subha Barry reconsidered the focus of her ambition after her cancer diagnosis.
New recommendations raise questions about current breast cancer screening guidelines.
Susan Band Horwitz helped develop a cancer drug now used to treat millions of people with cancer.
Social interactions impact cancer risk in mice.
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A man who spent his career designing clinical trials becomes a trial participant.
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Many terminal patients aren't aware of how hospice can help them.
A survivor learns the importance of good bedside manner.
Hear the latest news and impressions from attendees and speakers at the AACR 100th Annual Meeting 2009.
Documentary filmmaker and lymphoma survivor Julia Reichert has faced cancer at work and at home.
Two new studies in the New England Journal of Medicine question the benefit of a common cancer screening test.
A new program from the Lance Armstrong Foundation and Penn Medicine's OncoLink website helps cancer survivors plan for long term care.
The new federal stimulus package will increase funding for cancer research.
Geriatric oncologist Lodovico Balducci cares for his patients like a small-town doctor.
Many young survivors have an increased risk of early breast cancer but aren't getting appropriate screening.
Hair stylists and barbers in South Carolina are trimming more than just split ends. Thanks to the Shop Talk Movement, they're cutting colorectal cancer rates as well.
New research questions vitamins' preventive powers.
Kara Amey and her mother share the challenges of facing a childhood cancer diagnosis.
After treatment, Heather Alberts faced a surprising side effect: depression.
When it comes to cancer prevention, exercise alone may not be enough.
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The man who discovered human papillomavirus's connection to cervical cancer wins a Nobel prize.
By joining a clinical trial, three-time osteosarcoma survivor Connie Mielich hopes to help others who have the same rare cancer.
Welcome to a new series of six podcasts about cancer survivorship.
An African-American Catholic priest and prostate cancer survivor promotes cancer awareness.
For some men, prostate cancer screening may cause more harm than good.
Her parents' deaths direct a young scientist toward cancer research.
New research suggests that young women are developing melanoma at an alarming rate.
Many of the struggles cancer patients face are universal.
The FDA goes on the attack against companies that falsely claim to have cancer cures.
Stand Up To Cancer aims to increase funding for cancer research.
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CR reports from a meeting of cancer researchers in the Middle East.
Tiny new devices and materials may help in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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Is there a link between dietary supplements and cancer?
Advocate Austin Gaines discusses how to raise funds and get involved in the cancer community.
Avoiding weight gain may help improve breast cancer survival.
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Patient advocates and community leaders are finding effective new ways to reach out to their communities with information about cancer and health.
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Stem cells, personalized medicine, cancer vaccines and health care costs were among the hot topics of discussion at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Los Angeles.
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The 04/08/17, timetables: Punt de Trobada(20:45h)a la Plaça Escoles Pies. Comença a les 21:00h.
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culture and gastronomy, in a unique experience that surprises
the guests by taking them back in time to the era of the Borgias,
but not only through the recreation of the environment but also
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Evarist Miralles, "Best cook in Spain 2011-2012", will be in charge
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A completely surprising experience for the palate in a special atmosphere
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with the best chamber music that will accompany the guests throughout the dinner.
The meeting point of the diners will be outside the Palace.
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Zero Motorcycles, the global leader in the electric motorcycle industry, had another record breaking day of racing this past Sunday, July 21, 2013, at the 2013 FIM eRoadRacing World Cup at Laguna Seca MotoGP. Following very impressive performances at last month's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Zero Motorcycles continues to showcase the high performance results possible with their 2013 production-based line up. With four motorcycles qualifying to compete at this year's event, Zero took both second and third places on the podium. Kenyon Kluge, Director of Electrical Engineering for Zero Motorcycles, won not only the eSuperStock Production Award, but also took second overall amongst all electric motorcycles competing and recorded the fastest times ever for a production-based Zero Motorcycle (1:48:706).
"This weekend was incredible and the Zero team really put an incredible bike under me to get the job done. My qualifying time was nearly 12 seconds faster than our best time from 2012 and our factory improvements to the 2013 model line really helped to make up the difference," said Kenyon Kluge, Director of Electrical Engineering for Zero Motorcycles. "All of the riders on Zeros this weekend showed how impressive our production-based bikes are and big congratulations go out to everyone at Zero, the individual racers and most importantly of all, the support crews."
Finishing third overall behind Kluge was Jeremiah Johnson, sponsored by BE-EV.com, who also scored his impressive race result on a production-based Zero Motorcycle. In addition to Kluge's and Johnson's podium results, both Brandon Miller, well-known as the "Electric Cowboy," and Ted Rich, sponsored by SBKtraining.com, also competed on minimally customized 2013 Zero S ZF11.4 models. All Zero Motorcycles entered in the event used 2013 production-based technology with racing modifications applied.
"This is simply amazing," said Scot Harden, Vice President of Global Marketing for Zero Motorcycles. "We're still riding the high from our historic showing at Pikes Peak and now we've done it again. Kenyon and the entire Zero team should be very proud of the results they achieved. This only confirms how much of the success we are currently enjoying, both on and off the track, is due to the passion and commitment of our engineering and manufacturing teams who supported the Laguna Seca MotoGP. Congratulations to everyone involved."
The eRoadRacing World Cup is a successor series to both the TTXGP and e-Power electric motorcycle series. It replaces both series, and is sanctioned by the FIM. Held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the racetrack is 2.238 miles in length with a 180 feet elevation change. It has eleven turns, including the famous "Corkscrew." Zero's recent successes at both the 2013 FIM eRoadRacing World Cup at Laguna Seca MotoGP and Pikes Peak International Hill Climb further validate the impressive performances specifications available from the 2013 Zero Motorcycles model line-up. With 68 ft.-lbs. of torque, 54 hp, top speeds of 95 mph and up to 137 miles on a single charge, the Zero S is available to consumers through Zero's North American dealer network and global distributors. For more information on Zero Motorcycles visit www.zeromotorcycles.com.


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7 Ways to Help Older People Stay Safe Online
For many of us, the internet has made life easier and is an excellent source of information. But it's important to use the internet safely and protect any device that connects to the internet. This can prove tricky for some older people who may struggle with certain aspects of the web or technology in general.
The internet can be a powerful and positive tool for older people, and is something we actively encourage the use of in our home, but using it cautiously and understanding potential scams and pitfalls is key. A recent report suggests older people are increasingly at risk of cyber fraud, with more than a million older people duped by email scammers in the UK.
Here are some tips to share with your loved ones to help them stay safe online:
Practical tips for staying safe online
1. Ensure all devices have the latest software and app updates - these often contain vital security upgrades which help protect devices from viruses and hackers.
2. Creating strong and secure passwords is another crucial step to mitigate the risk of becoming a victim of a hack. The official advice from the Cyber Aware campaign is to use three random words, which a third of over 55s (34%) already do.
3. Use a separate password for email accounts – access to email accounts can allow hackers to take control of many personal and business accounts.
4. Securing smartphone and tablets with a screen lock – this will provide an extra layer of security to the device.
5. Back-up important data regularly – safeguard important data such as photos and key documents by backing them up to an external hard drive or a cloud-based storage system.
6. Try to avoid using public Wi-Fi to transfer sensitive information such as card details when purchasing online. Hackers can set-up fake WiFi hotspots, which might enable them to intercept sensitive information.
7. Beware of a common scams. One of the most common is fraudsters phoning and claiming to be from a well-known IT company, asking you to follow a few simple instructions to get rid of a virus, update your software etc. What they are really trying to do is gain access to your personal details. Legitimate companies never contact customers in this way. Never respond to a phone call from someone claiming that your computer has a virus. If you get a call like this, hang up straight away.


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Agricultural University of Kamza, Faculty of Economics, Albania
The site is located in the grounds of the Agricultural University of Kamza, about 10 km north of Tirana, capital city of Albania.
In Situ Balkans carried out a ground investigation for T.T. – Soil & Earthquake Consulting to determine the ground conditions close to the Faculty of Economics, whose building has severe damage in the foundations and cracks in the walls.
3 CPTUs were carried out by using our 1 Tonne rig. Its dimensions (Length 2.54 m, Width 1.12 m and Height 1.52 m) helped us to reach the required locations without cutting trees or causing any environmental damage to the site.
One of the tests carried out on this project was demonstrated at the 1st CPT Training Course in Albania (event supported by In Situ Site Investigation), where over 100 people attended the demonstration session including the National News Television of Albania.
Seismic Research Project in Folkestone with Imperial College
We have just completed a research project in Folkestone with a student from Imperial College London. The tracked rig and seismic equipment was used. The aim was to verify a projected geological model of the ground underneath the seismic station as well as investigating the likely shear wave (seismic) speeds in the top few metres of ground. The testing went very well and the resulting data will be used to improve modelling of such station sites, hopefully increasing the safety of sensitive infrastructure in the future.
Isle of Wight
When you think the holiday season has gone for another summer there was just enough time to for a quick break to the Isle of Wight with In Situ's White Crawler aka Erik.
Madagascar, Fort Dauphin
In the South Eastern area of Madagascar, In Situ also carried out a project for Rio Tinto close to the town of Fort Dauphin. The investigation was similar to another project we carried out in Mozambique where we were investigating the density of the high mineral content sands.
Birmingham City University
In Situ has been involved in an exciting project for a new building for Birmingham City University. Our part of the project was to clear areas of the site for Unexploded Ordnance.
Swansea Bay
In Situ have been involved in an exciting renewable energy project at Swansea Bay. The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project is aiming to be the world's first man-made, energy-generating lagoon, with 250MW of installed tidal power capacity.
The project involved carrying out combined CPT and Magnetometer tests at locations in the intertidal zone where the proposed lagoon is to be built.
Seismic Research Project
In Situ have recently finished working with a University of Birmingham 4th year Civil Engineering student, developing geophysical research relating to the maximum shear modulus values of a soil, for a final year MEng geotechnical project.
Seismic cone penetration tests were undertaken before and after the installation of vibro-stone columns to establish the effectiveness of the ground improvement technique, and the feasibility of using geophysics.
Agricultural University of Kamza, Faculty of Economics, Albania
The site is located in the grounds of the Agricultural University of Kamza, about 10 km north of Tirana, capital city of Albania.
In Situ Balkans carried out a ground investigation for T.T. – Soil & Earthquake Consulting to determine the ground conditions close to the Faculty of Economics, whose building has severe damage in the foundations and cracks in the walls.
In Situ was involved in a large geotechnical investigation for one of Rio Tinto's exploration projects in Mozambique. The job entailed carrying out over 200 CPTs in the densely vegetated jungle of Jangamo close to the town of Inhambane.
River Crossing
In Situ carried out an over-water based ground investigation for the client. The aim of this investigation was to determine the ground conditions on the river bed, and the locations for the proposed bridge foundations.
In Situ Carried out a project investigating an old clay pit on the putskirts of Telford. The project involved carrying put 136 CPTs to depths between 1 and 10m across the site.
The site had been backfilled up to its present level, leaving a relitively flat area for the construction of a housing estate. Before the building work commenced information was required regarding the thickness and geotechnical parameters of the variable fill on the site.
Durres, Albania
In December 2013, In Situ Balkans, carried out 7 CPTs and 1 DMT in the area of Golemi beach, in Durresi city, Albania. This was a research project and the client will use the results of the In Situ investigation to study the liquefaction potential of the 7 km long area.
Albania, Trans Adriatic Pipeline
Research Project with University of Ireland, Galway at Keller's Yard
As part of In Situ's continued research into Cone Penetration Testing we have teamed up with the Civil Engineering department at the University of Ireland, Galway and Keller.
This site had been identified for the installation for a windfarm, the site was agricultural land and was unsuitable for the wheeled CPT truck, however the blue tracked crawler was perfect for the terrain.
The Wash, Lincolnshire
In Situ Site Investigation carried out a survey for a cable route at The Wash in Lincolnshire; the survey was to investigate a cable route from an offshore windfarm.


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Google launched version 7 of its Google Earth app for iOS on Thursday, but a comparison between its 3D imagery and the 3D Flyover feature set to arrive with Apple's iOS 6 shows that, despite being the first 3D mapping app for iOS, Google's maps are lower in detail and resolution than Apple's.
Apple Insider has published a side-by-side comparison of Apple's version of Maps found in the iOS 6 beta and the new Google Earth app for iOS, both picturing San Francisco's Moscone Center, where iOS 6 was first revealed.
The first comparison shows that Google Earth's map is lower resolution than Apple's, and shows "blocky" 3D structures. For a clearer example, Apple Insider points to the trees shown in both images. Apple's version shows leaf and branch details, whereas Google's map shows post-rendering that has caused squared edges and a lack of detail.
Google's map also shows wobbly walls, whereas Apple's show straight lines leading to a more accurate rendition of the building.
A second comparison shows that Apple's Maps have a higher saturation than Google's, making grass, buildings and other landmarks look brighter and more appealing.
Google's 3D object rendering approach uses a "blurry-to-sharp" solution, but Apple continues to use the grey grids as seen in its current default iOS map app when areas have not yet loaded. These two approaches render the maps at about the same speed, says the report.
Apple Insider does note that Apple's iOS 6 is in beta stage, so the Maps app is still subject to change before public release.
Google Earth 7 is available for iOS now, but the 3D functions are only supported on the iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and new iPad, says the company.
iOS 6 is set to launch this autumn, possibly alongside the sixth-generation iPhone, and will include Apple's new Map app, as well as turn-by-turn navigation provided by TomTom, Facebook integration and more.
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Google hypes 'next dimension' of Maps ahead of Google Maps
Amazon joins Apple, Google in maps war
Images from Apple's 'Android killer' Patent 8,223,134
Massive Apple patent win could kill off Android completely
Ex-Google Engineering Director driven to iOS by Android fragmentation
Patent war unlikely to bring Androidocalypse
Android security unaffected by Adobe dropping Flash
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Breakpoint Debugging
Firebug's Script tab contains a powerful debugger that lets you pause JavaScript execution on any line. You can then step forward line-by-line to analyze how the state of the program changes in real time. Breakpoints need not be triggered indiscriminately; Firebug lets you specify the circumstances under which a breakpoint is triggered.
Setting Breakpoints
The simplest way to set a Firebug breakpoint is to find the desired script in the Script tab, then click on the number of the line at which execution should stop. The debugger pauses execution upon reaching that line and shows you the current call stack (Figure 2). The watch pane on the right lets you inspect the value of local variables. If the value is an object, you can click on the object to view its properties, just as you can in all other Firebug contexts. You can also enter arbitrary JavaScript expressions and trace their values as execution progresses.
While the debugger is stopped, the Firebug toolbar contains a horizontal view of every function in the call stack. Click a function to move to the file and line where its execution stopped and inspect the local variables in that context.
Conditional Breakpoints
Sometimes you'd rather not have the debugger stop every time a line is hit, but rather, only when certain conditions are true. Right-click a line number in Firebug's Script tab to open a little bubble where you can enter a JavaScript expression. The debugger pauses execution only when the expression evaluates to be true.
Error Breakpoints
One of the most common reasons to use the debugger is to investigate an error that you weren't expecting. When an error occurs in JavaScript, a detailed description of the error is logged to Firebug's Console. After reading the message, you might wish you could have been in the debugger when the error occurred so that you could inspect the objects and call stack when it occurred.
Error messages have a red button that you can toggle to set a special kind of breakpoint that stops whenever the exact error occurs again. Toggle this button on, then try to reproduce the error. Firebug switches you to the debugger when it happens.
Sometimes, Firebug can save you the trouble of having to reproduce the error. Error messages have an attached stack trace that you can see by expanding the description. The trace exposes not only the names of the functions on the stack, but also the values of each of the arguments that were passed to each function.
The debugger Keyword
When working in your editor, it's sometimes easier to locate the spot where you want to set a breakpoint than to switch to Firebug and find it separately. JavaScript has the built-in keyword debugger, which comes in handy. Put the debugger keyword on any line where you want the debugger to stop, and script execution pauses when that line is reachedjust as if you'd set a breakpoint within Firebug.


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Gandhi famously answered the question "What do you think of Western Civilization?" by saying "I think it would be a good idea." That phrase might come in handy the next time somebody asks what you think of a two-party democracy: It would be a good idea. As the economy burns to the ground, nobody's calling the Fire Department. Both parties want to throw gasoline on the fire, and their only disagreement is whether to use regular gas or unleaded.
Here's a challenge, if anyone's willing to take it: Can you read the statistics below without concluding that our current debate is a national disgrace? Both parties are pushing radical and counterproductive cuts that would devastate middle class and lower-income Americans, compounding the misery for ninety percent of us. Neither asks the top one percent of earners, some of whom caused this crisis, to help repair the damage after enjoying historically low tax rates.
And this isn't just somebody's opinion. These are the numbers talking, not me. John Boehner's plan is a radical right-wing assault on government that would have embarrassed previous generations of Republicans. Nevertheless, his party's base and members of the House will probably reject it. Harry Reid's proposal is also devastating – and his party's rank and file may very well support it. It's hard to know which is a sadder statement on the degraded state of our politics.
Both proposals would defer the most brutal cuts until after the election. Both try to insulate their architects from the consequences of their actions – actions which the public strongly opposes – by placing them in the hands of an unelected 'Super Congress' whose directives would be given a high pressure up-or-down vote. That's cowardice, not courage. A vote for either plan is a vote against democratic process, and a vote against the middle class and those in need.
Democratic failure of leadership
There are sane and courageous Democrats and independents, to be sure, like the Progressive Caucus in the House and Bernie Sanders in the Senate. But the party's leadership have become "leaders" in name only. Even Nancy Pelosi, who could once be counted on to be a voice of reason, has suddenly begun murmuring the mad mantra of austerity economics as her friends and supporters struggle to decode her words for a hidden explanation.
""It is clear we must enter an era of austerity," said Pelosi, "to reduce the deficit through shared sacrifice," "She said 'we must ,'" one told me yesterday, "so she might have meant 'she has no choice.'" But that's like trying looking for hidden messages in the gestures of kidnapped soldiers as they make their taped confessions to a hostile government. This is a time for clear calls to action, not coded signals sent by semaphore.
The Democratic failure starts at the top. The President has relentlessly sought to cut Social Security and Medicare, apparently to prove his "post-partisan" nature before the 2012 elections. He appointed a "deficit commission" led by two entitlement haters; had senior Administration officials privately tell people (including this writer) that "a deal will be done" to cut benefits (although Social Security doesn't contribute to the deficit); planned to include Social Security cuts in the State of the Union message, until a political backlash loomed: and now insists on including entitlements in these negotiations by saying "let's do all of it at once." (Who insists on negotiating cherished programs when your opponent has something as effective as the debt ceiling to use as leverage?)
It's a replay of health and financial reform. The President's relentless pursuit of a deal – any deal – that he can hang on his wall means he's eager to sacrifice popular and needed programs, both for expediency and to burnish his own chosen image as "above left and right." His focus on process over policy has led him to chide members in both parties of Congress to "eat their peas" by embracing explosive cuts that will harm the economy. This "ap-peas-ment" strategy would sacrifice the middle class in pursuit of "peas in our time."
Leader Reid and Leader Pelosi may feel that these are the only proposals that have a chance of being enacted. But they're not saying that. And they're certainly not proposing urgently-needed solutions to our jobs and housing crisis. Where is the real debate we should be having? Where is the distinction being drawn between Republican and Democratic policies, so that voters have a choice and not an echo? Not in Washington.
What do the numbers tell us about the debate we should be having? Here are the flickering vital signs for an economy on life support:
A dying middle class
Jobs and Wages
- The real combined figure for unemployment and under-employment is approximately 22 percent
- The number of Americans who "live paycheck to paycheck," has gone from 43% in 2007 to 61% today, and more people are tapping their 401(k) accounts and other retirement savings.
- Total wages have fallen 5% from 2007, or about313 billion (in fixed dollars). But incomes went up at the very top, so the real figure for everybody but the wealthiest among us is even worse.
- The median wage fell by $159 to $26,261 between 2009 and 2010, which means half of all workers made $505 a week or less. The median wage is now $196 less than it was in 2000.
- From 1930 to 1980, income for the bottom 90% of Americans grew by 74%. Since 1980, the year of Ronald Reagan's election, it's grown 1%.
- The average cost of a house nearly doubled between 1975 and 2008. Prices have been falling since the crisis, but tens of millions carry a worthless debt burden and can't unload their houses to achieve relief. Only the top 5% earners have seen their incomes increase enough to cover this explosion in housing costs.
- The number of employed Americans grew by more than 21 million between 1992 and 1990, but only 2.8 million more were on the employment rolls nine years later.
- 108 million people, 45 percent of working-age Americans, are either unemployed, underemployed, or "not in the labor force" (which often means they've given up altogether – there are 85 million people in that category).
- Residential real estate has lost more than six trillion dollars in value since 2008, after 57 consecutive months of decline – although a large chunk of that money is still being repaid as bank loans.
- Housing values are down by a third over the last three years. Even more ominously, they're down 4.6% since their 2009 lows, and they're still falling.
- Overall, middle-class Americans have lost an estimated $7.7 trillion in assets – and the end is not in sight.
Generational Decline
- College tuitions have gone up 900% since 1978. The country's total student debt is now greater than its credit card debt, and will reach1 trillion this year.
- Only 44% of those polled believe that children will have "a better life than their parents." Ten years ago that figure was 71%.
The bottom line? For the middle class, the dream is over. And it's not coming back unless strong action is taken.
Poverty USA
The overall figures are staggering:
- Since the financial crisis, more than two million Americans have fallen into poverty.
- More than 43 million Americans now live below the poverty line. More than 20% of this country's children now live in poverty, more than twice the figure for children in Great Britain or France.
- More than one household in twenty lives with "extreme food insecurity," which means normal eating patterns have been disrupted "at times" during the year because they didn't have money for food.
A new study by the Pew Research Center shows how devastating the new economy has been to minorities:
- Median wealth of Hispanic households fell by 66 percent from 2005 to 2009 (versus 16 percent for white).
- Median wealth for African Americans fell 53 percent.
- Median wealth of whites is now 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic household, twice the difference that existed before the year 2000. (And that disparity was disgraceful.)
- Wealth disparities in this country are the greatest they've been in a quarter century, since this data was first collected.
Party on, Rich America!
Ready for some good news? When it comes to the wealthy, there's plenty:
- 66% of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans.
- The average income for Americans earning 50 million or more surged from91.2 million in 2008 to518.8 million in 2009. In the midst of the recession, there were fewer of these high earners, but the survivors – just 74 people – made as much as the 19 million lowest-paid people in America.
- The top 5% of American households have seen their income increase by 103% since 1975 (as opposed to a 1% increase since 1980 for the bottom 90%).
Burning Down the House
By failing to fight for job-creating infrastructure programs, Democrats are losing a chance to put people to work and save the economy trillions. As a new report explains, "the nation's deteriorating surface transportation infrastructure will cost the American economy more than 870,000 jobs, and suppress the growth of the country's Gross Domestic Product by $3.1 trillion by 2020." Savings include lost productivity and added travel time as well as safety and travel costs.
Austerity measures in Great Britain, on the other hand, have weakened the economy more than expected. The International Monetary Fund notes that a cut of themagnitude being debated here " typically reduces GDP by about 0.5 percent within two years and raises the unemployment rate by about 0.3 percentage point." And since both the Boehner and Reid plans leave the tough decisions until later, the actual impact could be even greater.
Austerity's already hurt us. As a senior Goldman Sachs analyst (not one of the trading guys you probably despise – an analyst) explains,"fiscal adjustment … (in) the first quarter of 2011 showed the largest negative impact of government spending (cuts) on real GDP growth since the mid-1980s…" He estimates that we've already lost more than 1% of our growth through austerity measures like those being proposed by Reid and Boehner.
Who would be affected most by these cuts? The poor, as programs for them are cut back. Seniors, as Social Security and Medicare are slashed. (Yes, Mr. President and Leader Reid, the "chained CPI" and a raised retirement age are "slashes.") The middle class, as their taxes go up through a "chained CPI" and the elimination of deductions that benefit them. In other words, between 90% and 99% of the country would suffer.
Real Solutions
Where are the real solutions? We need an 18-month "job surge," where governments invest in job-creating programs that also build up our crumbling infrastructure. That will prime the pump and get the economy moving again.
If we can restore $313 billion in lost wages and then build to an acceptable employment level we'll see billions of dollars billions in added income — which will leaded to new spending, which creates even more jobs. And the taxes paid by these newly-employed people would go a long was toward reaching the Boehner and Reid goals for cutting the deficit. The remainder could be addressed in a couple of years, once the economy's moving again.
Democracy Fail
The political posturing by leaders of both parties isn't just ruthless, or foolish, or cynical, though it is all of those things. It's counterproductive. The nation's two capitals – its political capital in Washington and its financial capital on Wall Street – aren't just refusing to help the suffering majority. They're actively working to inflict more damage. Don't believe for a moment our leaders will be there for you when you need them. The public will need to pressure them through calls, votes, and demonstrations.
The economy's burning, and the leaders of both parties are treating you the way Rhett Butler treated Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind: Frankly, my dear, they don't give a damn. Or if they do, they've either miscalculated badly or they're too intimidated to say so. Either way, it's up to us to act.


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C# is a new programming language from Microsoft designed specifically to target the .NET Framework. Microsoft's .NET Framework is a runtime environment and class library that dramatically simplifies the development and deployment of modern, component-based applications.
When the .NET Framework and C# language compiler were shipped in final form in January 2002, both platform and programming language had already garnered much industry attention and widespread use among Microsoft-centric early adopters. Why this level of success? Certainly, the C# language and the .NET Framework address many of the technical challenges facing modern developers as they strive to develop increasingly complex distributed systems with ever-shrinking schedules and team sizes.
However, in addiction to its technical merits, one of the main reasons for the success that the language and platform has enjoyed thus far is the unprecedented degree of openness that Microsoft has shown. From July 2000 to January 2002, the .NET Framework underwent an extensive public beta that allowed tens of thousands of developers to "kick the tires" of the programming environment. This allowed Microsoft to both solicit and react to developer community feedback before finalizing the new platform.
Additionally, the key specifications for both the language and the platform have been published, reviewed, and ratified by an international standards organization called the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA). These standardization efforts have led to multiple third-party initiatives that bring the C# language and the .NET platform to non-Microsoft environments. They have also prompted renewed interest among academics in the use of Microsoft technologies as teaching and research vehicles.
Lastly, although the language and platform are shiny and new, the foundations for the C# language and the .NET Framework have been years in the making, reaching back more than half a decade. Understanding where the language and platform have come from gives us a better understanding of where they are headed.
Reports of a new language from Microsoft first started surfacing in 1998. At that time the language was called COOL, and was said to be very similar to Java. Although Microsoft consistently denied the reports of the new language, rumors persisted.
In June 2000, Microsoft ended the speculation by releasing the specifications for a new language called C# (pronounced "see-sharp"). This was rapidly followed by the release of a preview version of the .NET Framework SDK (which included a C# compiler) at the July 2000 Professional Developer's Conference (PDC) in Orlando, Florida.
The new language was designed by Anders Hejlsberg (creator of Turbo Pascal and architect of Delphi), Scott Wiltamuth, and Peter Golde. Described in the C# Language Specification as a "...simple, modern, object-oriented, and type-safe programming language derived from C and C++," C# bears many syntactic similarities to C++ and Java.
However, focusing on the syntactic similarities between C# and Java does the C# language a disservice. Semantically, C# pushes the language-design envelope substantially beyond where the Java language was circa 2001, and could rightfully be viewed as the next step in the evolution of component-oriented programming languages. While it is outside the scope of this book to perform a detailed comparison between C# and Java, we urge interested readers to read the widely cited article "A Comparative Overview of C# and Java," by co-author Ben Albahari, available at http://genamics.com/developer/csharp_comparative.htm.
Over the last 10 years, programming techniques such as object-oriented design, interface-based programming, and component-based software have become ubiquitous. However, programming language support for these constructs has always lagged behind the current state-of-the-art best practices. As a result, developers tend to either depend on programming conventions and custom code rather than direct compiler and runtime support, or to not take advantage of the techniques at all.
As an example, consider that C++ supported object orientation, but had no formal concept of interfaces. C++ developers resorted to abstract base classes and mix-in interfaces to simulate interface-based programming, and relied on external component programming models such as COM or CORBA to provide the benefits of component-based software.
While Java extended C++ to add language-level support for interfaces and packages (among other things), it too had very little language-level support for building long-lived component-based systems (in which one needs to develop, interconnect, deploy, and version components from various sources over an extended period of time). This is not to say that the Java community hasn't built many such systems, but rather that these needs were addressed by programming conventions and custom code: relying on naming conventions to identify common design patterns such as properties and events, requiring external metadata for deployment information, and developing custom class loaders to provide stronger component versioning semantics.
By comparison, the C# language was designed from the ground up around the assumption that modern systems are built using components. Consequently, C# provides direct language support for common component constructs such as properties, methods, and events (used by RAD tools to build applications out of components, setting properties, responding to events, and wiring components together via method calls). C# also allows developers to directly annotate and extend a component's type information to provide deployment, design or runtime support, integrate component versioning directly into the programming model, integrate XML-based documentation directly into C# source files. C# also discards the C++ and COM approach of spreading source artifacts across header files, implementation files, and type libraries in favor of a much simpler source organization and component reuse model.
While this is by no means an exhaustive list, the enhancements in C# over Java and C++ qualify it as the next major step in the evolution of component-based development languages.
In addition to deeply integrated support for building component-based systems, C# is also a fully capable object-oriented language, supporting all the common concepts and abstractions that exist in languages such as C++ and Java.
As is expected of any modern object-oriented language, C# supports concepts such as inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism, and interface-based programming. C# supports common C, C++, and Java language constructs such as classes, structs, interfaces, and enums, as well as more novel constructs such as delegates, which provide a type-safe equivalent to C/C++ function pointers, and custom attributes, which allow annotation of code elements with additional information.
In addition, C# incorporates features from C++ such as operator overloading, user-defined conversions, true rectangular arrays, and pass-by-reference semantics that are currently missing from Java.
Unlike most programming languages, C# has no runtime library of its own. Instead, C# relies on the vast class library in the .NET Framework for all its needs, including console I/O, network and file handling, collection data structures, and many other facilities. Implemented primarily in C# and spanning more than a million lines of code, this class library served as an excellent torture-test during the development cycle for both the C# language and the C# compiler.
The C# language strives to balance the need for consistency and efficiency. Some object-oriented languages (such as Smalltalk) take the viewpoint that "everything is an object." This approach has the advantage that instances of primitive types (such as integers) are first-class objects. However, it has the disadvantage of being very inefficient. To avoid this overhead, other languages (such as Java) choose to bifurcate the type system into primitives and everything else, leading to less overhead, but also to a schism between primitive and user-defined types.
C# balances these two conflicting viewpoints by presenting a unified type system in which all types (including primitive types) are derived from a common base type, while simultaneously allowing for performance optimizations that allow primitive types and simple user-defined types to be treated as raw memory, with minimal overhead and increased efficiency.
In a world of always-on connectivity and distributed systems, software robustness takes on new significance. Servers need to stay up and running 24x7 to service clients, and clients need to be able to download code off the network and run it locally with some guarantee that it will not misbehave. The C# language (in concert with the .NET Framework) promotes software robustness in a number of different ways.
First and foremost, C# is a type-safe language, meaning that programs are prevented from accessing objects in inappropriate ways. All code and data is associated with a type, all objects have an associated type, and only operations defined by the associated type can be performed on an object. Type-safety eliminates an entire category of errors in C and C++ programs stemming from invalid casts, bad pointer arithmetic, and even malicious code.
C# also provides automatic memory management in the form of a high-performance tracing generational garbage collector. This frees programmers from performing manual memory management or reference counting, and eliminates an entire category of errors, such as dangling pointers, memory leaks, and circular references.
Even good programs can have bad things happen to them, and it is important
to have a consistent mechanism for detecting errors. Over the years, Windows
developers have had to contend with numerous error reporting mechanisms, such as simple failure return codes, Win32 structured exceptions, C++ exceptions,
COM error
HResults, and OLE automation
IErrorInfo objects.
This proliferation of approaches breeds complexity and makes it difficult
for designers to create standardized error-handling strategies. The .NET Framework
eliminates this complexity by standardizing on a single exception-handling
mechanism that is used throughout the framework, and exposed in all .NET
languages including C#.
The C# language design also includes numerous other features that promote robustness, such as language-level support for independently versioning base classes (without changing derived class semantics or mandating recompilation of derived classes), detection of attempts to use uninitialized variables, array bounds checking, and support for checked arithmetic.
Many of the design decisions in the C# language represent a pragmatic world view on the part of the designers. For example, the syntax was selected to be familiar to C, C++, and Java developers, making it easier to learn C# and aiding source code porting.
While C# provides many useful, high-level object-oriented features, it recognizes that in certain limited cases these features can work against raw performance. Rather than dismiss these concerns as unimportant, C# includes explicit support for features such as direct pointer manipulation, unsafe type casts, declarative pinning of garbage-collected objects, and direct memory allocation on the stack. Naturally, these features come at a cost, both in terms of the complexity they add and the elevated security privileges required to use them. However, the existence of these features gives C# programmers much more headroom than other, more restrictive languages do.
Lastly, the interop facilities in the .NET Framework make it easy to leverage existing DLLs and COM components from C# code, and to use C# components in classic COM applications. Although not strictly a function of the C# language, this capability reflects a similarly pragmatic world view, in which new functionality coexists peacefully with legacy code for as long as needed.
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I don't know how you feel about Jean Hsu (Jean who?) but that broad knows how to get into a tennis tournament. Somehow, she and a friend scored front row seats to an Andy Roddick match. Yeah, it's the national championship of tennis, but Andy Roddick? I guess they they just have a penchant to see overrated athletes, and they couldn't score tickets to the Clemson game last night. Anyway, Hsu spilled the beans on how she and her friend got into the arena.
During our (long) trek from the parking lot to the front door, S would randomly go up to couples on their way home and ask for their ticket stubs. Out of the kindness of their hearts, and also a little help from my beaming, innocent smile, people were pretty willing to dig into their pockets to find their crumpled tickets. We landed our first set of tickets, and I was already satisfied. But S would not stop there. He wanted to score some pimp seats. We collected a few pairs of ticket stubs, but none that were of baller status. We then walked by the VIP area, and quickly asked a foreign couple for their ticket stubs as they exited the section. By distracting the doorman with ice cream, we were quickly allowed reentry, and the entire VIP floor area was at our fingertips.
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About the AuthorDan Tompkins is a writer/editor at the National Institute of Justice and Editor of the
NIJ Journal.
On December 23, 1975, Seattle Police Department Patrolman Raymond T. Johnson stood in the checkout line at a local market when a robbery suspect entered the store and brandished a weapon. Johnson lunged for the suspect's gun. In the violent struggle that ensued, the suspect emptied his .38 caliber pistol, striking Johnson in the left hand and twice in the chest before fleeing.[1] Johnson survived with severe hand injuries, chest bruises, and a unique distinction—the first law enforcement officer saved in a field test of a new generation of soft body armor being conducted by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ).
Johnson was wearing body armor made with Kevlar®, an extraordinarily strong fabric developed by DuPont. NIJ, in partnership with the U.S. Army, began a program in the early 1970s to develop lightweight body armor woven from Kevlar®. Field testing began in the summer of 1975, with 5,000 armors provided to 15 urban police departments. Less than 6 months later, Johnson was the first officer saved by one of the field test armors. In all, 17 other armor-wearing officers were saved during the 1-year field test.
About the same time, NIJ developed a performance standard for body armor in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, then known as the National Bureau of Standards),[2] followed by a voluntary testing program. The standards and testing program, which still exists today, enables body armor manufacturers to certify the performance and safety of new body armor.[3] The NIJ standard establishes minimum performance requirements for armor, and the testing program evaluates armor against the standard.
Twenty-eight years later, on the night of June 23, 2003, Forest Hills, Pennsylvania, Police Officer Edward Limbacher, wearing body armor constructed primarily of a fiber called Zylon®, threw open the side door of an unmarked Econoline van and stepped out to move in on a drug suspect. The suspect fired, striking Limbacher in the arm and abdomen with .40 caliber rounds. The shot to the abdomen penetrated the body armor Limbacher was wearing. He survived but sustained severe injuries.[4]
The Forest Hills shooting was the first case ever reported to NIJ in which body armor compliant with the NIJ standard failed to prevent penetration from a bullet it was designed to defeat.
In the 28 years between those two incidents and in the time since, at least 3,000 officers survived shootings or other incidents because they were wearing body armor meeting NIJ performance standards.[5] But the Forest Hills incident caused great concern within the law enforcement community and within the U.S. Department of Justice: Are we keeping our officers safe?
In November 2003, in the aftermath of the Forest Hills incident, then Attorney General John Ashcroft announced a Body Armor Safety Initiative to address the reliability of body armor used by law enforcement and to review the process by which body armor is certified.[6]
As part of the initiative, NIJ tested both new and used ballistic-resistant vests made with Zylon®.[7] NIJ also tested upgrade kits distributed by the manufacturer of the armor in the Forest Hills incident to retrofit some models of its Zylon®-based vests. And NIJ began a review of its standards and testing program for ballistic-resistant vests, which has resulted in interim changes to the standards and testing process. Read on for the results of these tests and a summary of changes to the standards and testing program.
Even before the announcement of the Attorney General's initiative, NIJ staff contacted representatives of the Forest Hills Police Department and the Allegheny County Police Department (the agency handling the criminal investigation of the shooting) to examine the vest, the weapon, and the ammunition used in the shooting to determine why the vest failed. The examination found that:
NIJ also developed a detailed test plan simulating the Forest Hills incident to isolate the factors deemed most likely responsible for the vest failure. Test designers identified five potential causal factors: ballistic material tensile strength, bullet type, the gun barrel twist, the shot angle, and the location of the shot on the armor.
NIJ obtained and tested 32 ballistic panels of the type worn in the Forest Hills incident. Half of the panels were tested new, and the other half were artificially aged for 5 months in a chamber exposing the panels to controlled temperature and humidity conditions until the tensile strength of fibers in the vests matched those of fibers from the rear panel of the Forest Hills vest.
Each of the 32 panels was shot six times. None of the 192 shots penetrated the panels. NIJ is continuing efforts to determine the cause of the Forest Hills failure but is still unable to draw a definitive conclusion.
As part of the Attorney General's initiative, NIJ was directed to test any upgrade kits offered by body armor manufacturers to retrofit existing vests. The tests would determine if the upgrade kits met the NIJ performance standard when used with the original vest they were designed to supplement. One manufacturer, Second Chance Body Armor, Inc. (the manufacturer of the body armor worn in the Forest Hills incident), offered an upgrade kit to users of some models of Zylon®-based body armor—an additional ballistic panel to be inserted into the armor. At NIJ's request, Second Chance provided 50 sets of armors and matching upgrade kits for three soft armor protection levels—Level IIA, Level II, and Level IIIA.[8] The samples included both new and used upgrade kits, and the majority of the armors had been previously worn.
NIJ's testing found that the Second Chance upgrade kits added protection when used with the existing used body armor. However, the level of protection did not meet existing NIJ performance standards for new body armor.
Also, the vest/upgrade kit combinations in all three protection levels experienced excessive "backface signatures." This means that the bullets didn't penetrate the vest, but the impact of one or more bullets created a "dent" of more than 44 mm (almost 2 inches) into the clay in back of the vests during testing, a depth that may cause serious injury. Six of eight Level IIA armors, two of eight Level II armors, and five of eight Level IIIA armors ultimately tested experienced excessive backface signatures during testing.
Further, two of the eight Level IIIA vest/upgrade kits (designed to offer protection against high velocity 9 mm and 44 magnum bullets) experienced penetrations.
Despite the safety questions raised by these test results, it is important to note that the upgrade kits did add some measure of protection. Officers who have received these upgrade kits should wear them.
Heat, moisture, ultraviolet and visible light, detergents, friction, and stretching may all contribute to the degradation of fibers used in the manufacture of body armor. Body armor manufacturers design their armor and provide care instructions to minimize the effects of these degrading properties.
Because the evidence showed an unexpected degradation rate in Zylon®-based armor, NIJ conducted ballistic and mechanical properties testing on 103 additional used body armors containing Zylon®. Law enforcement agencies across the United States provided these vests to NIJ. Sixty of these used armors (58 percent) were penetrated by at least one round during a six-shot test series. Of the armors that were not penetrated, 91 percent had backface deformations in excess of that allowed by the NIJ standard for new armor. Only four of the used Zylon®-containing armors met all performance criteria expected under the NIJ standard for new body armor compliance. Although these results do not conclusively prove that all Zylon®-containing body armor models have performance problems, the results show that used Zylon®-containing body armor may not provide the intended level of ballistic resistance.
In addition, armors were visually inspected and given one of four condition ratings from "no visible signs of wear" to "extreme wear and abuse." Testers found no correlation between the level of visible wear of the body armor panels and the ballistic performance of those panels. This finding is important because even used Zylon® body armor that appears to be in good condition may not provide an acceptable level of performance.
With funding provided by NIJ, polymer scientists at NIST are probing down to the molecular level to learn more about how Zylon® degrades. They are examining the chemical changes that occur as the fibers degrade, the trace contaminants on fibers that may contribute to degradation, the moisture content of fibers, and mechanical strength differences among individual fibers and what causes those differences.
Initial findings have isolated the ballistic performance degradation to the breakage of a small part of the Zylon® fiber molecule. Breakage of this part of the molecule, called the oxazole ring, occurs as a result of exposure to both moisture and light. When there was no potential for external moisture to contact Zylon® yarns, there was no significant change in the tensile strength of these yarns. Therefore, it appears that external moisture is necessary to facilitate the degradation of Zylon® fibers.
In addition to this work, NIJ is also funding research on other personal protective equipment to better understand how and why ballistic-resistant materials degrade over time.[9]
NIJ has undertaken a complete review of its performance standard for ballistic-resistant armor and the compliance testing program. It solicited input from law enforcement and corrections agencies, fiber and armor manufacturers, and standards and testing organizations.
NIJ's 2005 Interim Requirements for Bullet-Resistant Body Armor, issued in August 2005, take into account the possibility of ballistic performance degradation over time. These interim requirements will help ensure that officers are protected by body armor that maintains its ballistic performance during its entire warranty period.
Under the 2005 interim requirements, NIJ will not deem armor models containing PBO (the chemical basis of Zylon®) to be compliant unless their manufacturers provide satisfactory evidence to NIJ that the models will maintain their ballistic performance over their declared warranty period.
NIJ recommends that agencies that purchase new ballistic-resistant body armor select body armor models that comply with the NIJ 2005 Interim Requirements. A list of models that comply with the requirements is maintained at:
NIJ is also encouraging manufacturers to adopt a quality management system to ensure the consistent construction and performance of NIJ-compliant armor over its warranty period. In the future, NIJ will issue advisories regarding body armor materials that appear to create a risk of death or serious injury as a result of degraded ballistic performance. Any body armor model that contains any material listed in such an advisory will be deemed no longer compliant with the NIJ standard unless the manufacturer satisfies NIJ that the model will maintain ballistic performance over the declared warranty period.
There are at least 3,000 other stories like that of Seattle Police Officer Raymond T. Johnson. That's 3,000 families spared the anguish of death or debilitating injury to a loved one in the line of duty. And cases like that of Forest Hills Officer Limbacher's are rare—a testament to the reliability of soft body armor. Even so, that single failure prompted NIJ to review its body armor program and to conduct an intensive examination of why that failure occurred. Through this review and research, NIJ remains committed to working for the safety of law enforcement officers.
The evidence is clear: An officer not wearing armor is 14 times more likely to suffer a fatal injury than an officer who is. Therefore, the most important message for the law enforcement community is that officers should continue to wear their body armor.
At least 3,000 officers would second that advice.
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[note 1] The suspect was arrested 6 weeks later and charged with first-degree assault and attempted robbery. He was convicted and sentenced to 15 to 30 years' imprisonment.
[note 2] Commercial body armor was being manufactured and sold even as NIJ's field test began, accelerating the need for a standards program. In fact, the first documented "save" unrelated to NIJ's field test occurred in May 1973 in Detroit, Michigan.
[note 3] More information about NIJ's body armor standards and testing program can be found at NIJ's National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center Web site,
[note 4] The suspect fled but was arrested later that night. In April 2004, he was convicted of 2 counts of attempted homicide, 11 counts of aggravated assault, and 9 counts of reckless endangerment related to the June 23, 2003, incident.
[note 5] In 1987, DuPont and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) created the Kevlar Survivor's Club, which recognizes law enforcement and corrections officers who survive life-threatening or disabling events because they were wearing personal protective body armor. In March 2006, IACP commemorated Atlanta Police Department Officer Corey B. Grogan as the 3,000th documented save. A
Website keeps a tally of survivors, maintains a database of survivor stories, and provides criteria and instructions for membership.
[note 6] A Web site supporting the Body Armor Safety Initiative is located at
[note 7] Zylon fiber is manufactured by Toyobo Co., Ltd., of Japan.
[note 8] For a description of the protection levels, see
NIJ's Ballistic Resistance of Personal Body Armor, NIJ Standard-0101.04.
[note 9] The most recent NIJ solicitation for concept papers, "Officer Safety Equipment," is available at
National Institute of Justice, 810 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC 20531


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Syria's health care system is on the brink of collapse, with medics forced to engage in "brutal medical practices" in order to save lives: knocking out patients with metal bars because of lack of anesthesia, or amputating infants' limbs for lack of other ways to treat their injuries, an international charity organisation said in a report published on Monday.
Newborns die in hospital incubators during power outages, while millions of children have been exposed to deadly diseases, some of which are preventable with vaccinations and basic medical equipment, Save the Children said.
The conflict has ravaged Syria for three years and has hit the country's heath facilities and health providers hard. Hospitals have been bombed by government forces in rebel-held areas. Armed men with the opposition have forced their way into clinics to have their fighters treated. Many doctors have fled the country to escape harassment from the warring sides.
"This humanitarian crisis has fast become a health crisis," Save the Children's regional director Roger Hearn said in a statement. "The desperate measures to which medical personnel are resorting to keep children alive are increasingly harrowing."
Simply finding a doctor is a matter of luck, Mr Hearn also said. Finding one with the necessary equipment and medication to provide proper treatment has become almost impossible, he added.
The report quotes a doctor saying that most children brought to his clinic suffer from burns and fractures. The doctor, who is not named in the report, says they need complicated operations that cannot be performed in his small facility.
"In some cases, we have to cut their limbs off to try to save their lives, because if we don't they will bleed to death," the doctor told Save the Children.
Also worrying is the re-emergence of deadly and disfiguring diseases such as polio and measles, which can permanently maim and paralyze, the charity said. It estimates that up to 80,000 children are likely to be infected by polio's most aggressive form, and are silently spreading the disease.
Most illnesses affecting children in war-torn Syria are treatable, the report says. Many like measles, diarrhoea and respiratory illnesses would be preventable by a functioning health system.
The charity says a total of 26 measles cases were reported in Syria in 2010, before the war. In contrast, in the first week of 2014, 84 cases of measles in children under five were recorded in northern Syria alone.
Syria's crisis began as largely peaceful protests against President Bashar Assad's rule in March 2011. The revolt transformed into civil war in which more than 140,000 people have been killed. Millions of Syrians have fled from their homes, seeking shelter in neighbouring countries or in safer parts of their homeland.
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|New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham recently flew a plane over the Superdome. (@TheJimmyGraham/Twitter/)
It's May. The usual flood of NFL stories has slowed down.
But I'd like to think that Around The League never would be so busy that we couldn't post a photo of New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham flying a plane over the Superdome. Just because it's cool.
Sometimes the photo says it all. We could spin this into a discussion of where Graham will land on our "Top 100 Players of 2013" list, but that would just be taking up space so our word count was long enough to make it to the end of the photo. ... And we're there.
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Darren Collison's job when Chris Paul sat out 18 games because of a separated right shoulder was to help the Clippers stay the course without their All-Star point guard.
Collison did, leaving Clippers Coach Doc Rivers to say they "weathered the storm" with Paul down.
Paul was back in the starting lineup Sunday night against the Philadelphia 76ers and Collison was back playing with the second unit.
"DC was the key," Rivers said. "He logged a lot of minutes. Some of the things that he was doing well for us he couldn't do anymore. He couldn't pressure the ball anymore.
"One of the reasons we wanted him is because he could pick the ball up and shorten the clock. Well, when you're playing 35 minutes, you're not going to be picking the ball up anymore, and he didn't. That'll be nice to see again if we can get back so that second unit can be an energy group now again for us."
As a starter during Paul's absence, Collison averaged 13.3 points per game, 6.5 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 32.6 minutes.
He shot 47.4% from the field, 43.1% from three-point range and 89.5% from the free-throw line.
The Clippers went 12-6.
"With DC, we were basically down to a single point guard team and DC was it," Rivers said. "We were using Jamal [Crawford] as the backup. We signed [Darius Morris] to [two] 10-day contracts and used him as a backup. So it was a tough stretch for us. We weathered the storm, obviously."
Perhaps even more impressive is that Collison has been playing most of this stretch without Paul with a strained left big toe.
Collison played in pain most nights.
"He has not mentioned it," Rivers said. "I think he's gotten better. It's not 100%. I know that."
Redick still out, Turkoglu back
Clippers starting shooting guard J.J. Redick sat out his third straight game with a sore right hip.
But Hedo Turkoglu, who missed the last game with a bruised right knee, suited up Sunday night.
Rivers said Turkoglu practiced Saturday but labored.
"He didn't look great," Rivers said. "He was still limping around."


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Mike Lowell's Bid For MVRP
In three rehab games with Pawtucket, Mike Lowell is hitting .357.
Before and after those games, he is batting 1.000.
(photo courtesy of Louriann Mardo-Zayat)
The four-time All-Star is making an impressive bid to be Pawtucket's 2010 MVRP (Most Valuable Rehabbing Player) with the generosity he has displayed toward his teammates, and the fun he is having while spending a week in the minors.
As I've described many times, it's customary for a rehabbing big leaguer to buy a post-game "spread" for his minor league teammates on his first night in town, but Lowell has sprung for feasts after each of his three starts.
Thursday: Steaks and chicken from Russell Morin Fine Catering and a buffet from the Dominican Restaurant in Central Falls, RI.
Saturday: P.F. Chang's China Bistro (if you've never been to one, I highly recommend the Spicy Ground Chicken and Eggplant).
Sunday: Outback Steakhouse (steak + shrimp = happy clubhouse).
Lowell was not in the starting lineup on Monday in Columbus, but he still treated his mates to a pre-game feast of sandwich wraps and sushi. Then when we all piled on the bus to head to Toledo, Lowell paid for 12 large pizzas from Little Caesars.
There was even enough for two hungry radio guys.
As one Pawtucket player put it, "I think I have a serious man-crush on Mike Lowell."
But it's not just the free food. Lowell has embraced the nostalgia of returning to places that he had not seen since his last full season in the minor leagues in 1998.
"When he walked into my office last Thursday, he said, 'I can't wait to get back on the field, I can't wait to get back into baseball mode, and I can't wait to take the bus trip from Columbus to Toledo,' PawSox manager Torey Lovullo said with a laugh. "I said, 'That's absurd Mike.' But he's really excited to be back in this environment and I guess the meaning of that to me is that when you're in it, you don't appreciate it. When it gets taken away from you, you really miss it. The camaraderie and the fellowship are more meaningful than you realize."
In 1998, Lowell was named the Columbus Clippers Player-of-the-Year, and on Monday night, the Clippers held a special pre-game ceremony to present him with a portrait of his much-younger self that had been hanging in the team's Hall of Fame Bar.
Lowell also took the time to tour the shrine with Clippers' Team President Ken Schnacke (My pal Rick Medeiros has the full story and some great photos on his blog "Rollin' With Rick").
Terry Francona told reporters in Anaheim yesterday that there's a good chance that Lowell will be activated on Friday when the Red Sox return to Fenway Park to play the Tigers.
I think I might cry.
(By the way, the interview that I did with Lowell on Sunday for the PawSox pre-game show can be found online here)
Lowell is expected to be back in the lineup on Tuesday as the PawSox open a 4-game series in Toledo at 7:00. I hope you'll join us for radio coverage beginning with the pre-game show at 6:45 on the PawSox radio network and pawsox.com.
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American Memory Project
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Getty Research Institute
www.getty.edu/research/library: The institute developed The Art and Architecture Thesaurus and The Union List of Artists' Names. You can search its databases through an online catalog.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
www.loc.gov/rr/print: About half of the division's holdings are accessible through its online catalog.
Making of America
moa.umdl.umich.edu: Search online digitized books and journals from the antebellum period through Reconstruction.
National Portrait Gallery
www.npg.si.edu: Search by subject of the painting and then look for biographical data. You can specify the artistic medium you're looking for—painting, engraving, caricature and others.
www.otherdays.com: Use this site's online library of digitized photographs from the Lawrence Collection (1870 to 1910) or its prints and drawings galleries to find scenes of Ireland.
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American Antiquarian Society
185 Salisbury St.
Worcester, MA 01609
(508) 755-5221
www.americanantiquarian.org: The society has strong collections of 18th- and 19th-century engravings, which you can search online. Researchers must apply to use the collections.
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Print Collection
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
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www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/print.html: Learn about the history of printing and search the library's collection.
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American Printing History Association
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