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Fact Sheet No 161
Revised December 1997
Monkeypox is a viral disease with a clinical presentation in humans similar to that seen in the past in smallpox patients. Smallpox no longer occurs, following its worldwide eradication in 1980, whereas monkeypox is still seen as a sporadic disease in parts of Africa.
The virus responsible for monkeypox is related to the virus that used to cause smallpox (both are orthopoxviruses). Vaccination against smallpox (no longer necessary) also gave protection against monkeypox. Before the eradication of smallpox, vaccination was widely practised and protected against both diseases. However, children born after 1980 have not been vaccinated against smallpox and are likely to be more susceptible to monkeypox than older members of the population. The death rate from monkeypox is highest in young children, reaching about 10%.
Most cases occur in remote villages of Central and West Africa close to tropical rainforests where there is frequent contact with infected animals. Monkeypox is usually transmitted to humans from squirrels and primates through contact with the animal's blood or through a bite.
Following reports of ongoing cases of human monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("DRC", formerly Zaire) representing a new pattern of the disease, the Ministry of Health in DRC and the World Health Organization (WHO) organized two investigations in February and October 1997.
In the past, an outbreak of monkeypox in DRC would have been limited to the village and would not last long because it did not spread extensively after the first patients recovered. However, the present study indicates that monkeypox disease is changing its pattern of infection in humans. The outbreak had a much higher rate of person to person transmission than seen previously, and spread through many generations of transmission, thus maintaining the outbreak for more than a year.
Previous studies over a twenty-year period had shown that the rate of transmission of monkeypox within households was low, suggesting that the disease had a low potential for transmission from person to person. Outbreaks were generally self-limiting after one or two sequential transmissions. However, the two recent WHO studies have to-date shown that :
- The outbreak in DRC presents the largest cluster of monkeypox cases - albeit with less severe clinical disease - ever reported: 511 suspect cases were identified with onset of disease between February 1996 and October 1997; some of these suspect cases are thought to be chickenpox and laboratory confirmation studies are underway;
- The proportion of suspect cases who were 16 years of age or older (21%) was higher than previously reported (8%). Young children had mostly been affected in previous outbreaks;
- The percentage of suspect cases from person to person transmission (78%) was higher than previously reported (30%). This was associated with the clustering of cases in household compounds and prolonged chains of transmission from person to person;
- Secondary attack rates among contacts of primary cases (those thought to be infected by animal contact) have been calculated, on a preliminary basis, at 8%, which is similar to secondary attack rates of 4-12% estimated in Zaire in the early 1980s;
- The proportion of deaths (2%) was lower than previously reported (10%); all were aged under eight years and died within three weeks of disease onset.
The ending of vaccination programmes against smallpox in the late 1970's has probably led to an increase in susceptibility to monkeypox and could explain the larger size of the most recent outbreak, the higher proportion of patients aged 15 and over, and the spread through many generations of transmission.
WHO is concerned that monkeypox could pose a public health problem in this region of DRC and therefore vigilance must be maintained by strengthening detection systems for monkeypox and completely investigating future outbreaks.
Further WHO studies are planned in the region to determine the need for additional risk-reduction measures.
In May 1996, the 49th World Health Assembly decided that the last remaining stock of smallpox virus held in two research centres in the Russian Federation and the United States of America should be destroyed as the last step in the complete and final global elimination of smallpox. It also decided that WHO would keep 500 000 doses of smallpox vaccine (which is also effective against monkeypox). The smallpox vaccine seed virus (vaccinia virus strain Lister Elstrea) will be maintained in the WHO Collaborating Centre on Smallpox Vaccine at the National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection in Bilthoven, Netherlands, so that new stocks of vaccine can be produced if needed.
For further information journalists can contactHealth Communications and Public Relations, WHO, Geneva. Tel. (+41 22) 791 4458. Fax (+41 22) 791 4858.All WHO Press Releases, Fact Sheets and Features can be obtained on Internet on the WHO home page http://www.who.ch//


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I recently had a meeting with the manager of my local WHSmith (where you can now pick up 7 Keys to a Winning CV) and he shared with me how the number of walk-in job enquiries they receive in the run up to Christmas always increases dramatically. "Unfortunately," he added, "the quality of candidates do NOT!"
I probe further and he reveals how just last week, a young woman had come in to the store casually dressed in stained tracksuit bottoms and trainers with what looked like dental floss hanging from her mouth. Bob (not his real name, of course) politely told her that they had no vacancies at the moment – which was true – but he said he couldn't let her get away without telling her the truth about her appearance and how incredibly off-putting it was to a potential employer! Luckily the young woman took it well and Bob felt better for engaging in this "heroic" act.
Unfortunately Bob isn't the only employer with horror stories of walk-in job enquiries from misguided jobseekers (if you're an employer and have your own horror stories, feel free to share in the comment box). Although these types of face-to face interactions are becoming rarer these days with even local branches of main shops recruiting through head office, there are still some high street outlets who recruit directly so if you're thinking of making a walk-in job enquiry as the busy Christmas period approaches (although to be honest, it is a little late at this stage), here are seven tips that will help you impress at first sight:
1) Bring your CV
There's no point turning up to ask for a job without having your CV in tow. Make sure your CV is up to date, clearly and neatly presented, and printed on one side of an A4 sheet per page. To make your CV even more memorable, use a brightly coloured highlighter to highlight your name and contact details at the top of the page. If you make a good impression, this will help the manager to quickly remember who you are. For extra brownie points on presentation and professionalism, insert each copy of your CV into a clear plastic wallet before handing it over (preferably at home before you get into the store).
2) Pick the right time
This is probably the most important point because if you turn up at a time when the store is rushed off their feet and short of staff (usually around lunchtime), the chances of you getting "fobbed off" with a "no jobs here" answer is very high. For a better response, generally aim for first thing in the morning within an hour of the shop opening, just before lunchtime when it's still a bit quiet, or towards the end of the day when things are winding down.
3) Dress the part
It almost goes without saying that you need to look presentable when directly approaching an employer in any capacity. It's not necessary to wear a three-piece suit and tie if you're a man, but a pair of smart trousers (or really smart jeans) and a clean shirt would do just fine. For ladies, again smart professional clothing and accessories is best – stay away from tracksuits, excessive flashy jewellery, extra-tight skinny jeans, or any other overly-revealing outfit (well, I would have thought it'd be too cold for this anyway!). Remember, you only have one chance to make a first impression.
4) Wear a smile
There are few things more unpleasant to look at than a scowling face. A smile is such a simple but powerful tool or weapon (depending on how you choose to use it). A warm smile can disarm even the meanest of managers or shop staff so smile, look friendly and approach with confidence.
5) Always ask for the manager
This is even more important when you're making a speculative application as opposed to applying for a job that is advertised. The manager would know whether or not there is room for more staff so it's best to speak to him or her directly. In fact, if they are looking, they may ask you some questions there and then, as well as your availability for interview or to start, so be prepared for this. It may not always be possible to speak to the manager directly so if you do happen to speak to a staff member instead, be nice – they may end up being your co-workers!
6) Have a great opening sentence
Simply approaching the manager and asking, "Have you got any jobs?" doesn't count as a great opening statement – chances are he or she gets asked that question at least 50 times a week so make your opening creative, unique, and most importantly make sure that it sells you. If you have "engaged your intro" well enough on your CV (that's a cheeky plug for key number 3 in 7 Keys to a Winning CV), you should be able to use this as your opening sentence.
So if for example you're making a walk-in enquiry at your local PC World, you might say something like this: "Hi, my name is John Doe and I've been a Fiction Town local for 12 years. I am currently at university studying Computer Science and I have great knowledge and passion for computers. I would love the opportunity to work here during the holidays and beyond, if possible. Do you have any vacancies at the moment?"
7) Prepare your rejection statement
If you're hitting a lot of shops in one go, the fact is you're bound to come across a "no jobs here, sorry" answer at least once. Take this on the chin (well, not literally) and deliver your prepared rejection statement which should say something like this: "Thank you for letting me know. If you don't mind, I would like to leave a copy of my CV with you in case you do need someone in the future. Please feel free to call me at any time." Leave with a firm handshake and again, a smile; try not to sulk, storm off, or look disappointed as you never know when the next opportunity might come up…
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8July 23, 2012 by Kat Richter
Evidently my grandmother used to vacuum in the nude. I won't tell you how I came across this little tidbit of information but I will tell you this: it's genetic.
It all started a few Saturday mornings ago when I woke up and realized that if I did not get out bed that very minute and vacuum the house before heading to Manhattan for the day, my parent's would probably disown me (and seeing as my parents are also my landlords, I'd end up being not only disowned but also homeless).
So I got out of bed, and as it's too hot to sleep in anything more than a pair of underwear this time of year, I threw on my robe and got to work.
But my robe is rather thick. Like hotel-quality thick, with long sleeves and a navy terry cloth belt. By the time I'd finished the first two floors, I was beginning to… you know… sweat. I realized I had a choice: I could stop vacuuming, take a shower and change into something a bit more suitable for housework, or I could simply strip and finish the job in my birthday suit, just like my grandmother used to.
Obviously, I chose the latter. I was home alone, after all, and I hate vacuuming. I knew that if I stopped to take a shower, I'd never finish.
So I stripped down to my underwear and finished the main floor in record time. I made my way down the steps, and into the office on the first floor without incident. But when I headed into the guest room, which has not one but two windows facing the street, I found myself face to face with a garbage man who was sitting in his truck just a few feet beyond the window pane.
I'm not sure what my grandmother would have done had she found herself in this sort of situation but I dropped to my knees and crawled out of the bedroom, up the stairs and back into my robe.
I mean, what other choice did I have?
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NB: vacuuming in underwear does NOT count as naked in England – you either do it nude or clothed. In our family – it's nude in summertime, and clothed in 15 layers the rest of the year! And regards your eyes meeting a rubbish (garbage) collector through the windows? Well, I follow this rule – if YOU look away first and keep your head down, then they're the pervert for staring, and so you don't know they're staring, 'cos you're looking down… everyone's happy. : )
ahem, the grandmother mentioned (and notice we are not saying which one) did the task in her b'day suit, so on her end it would count in the UK
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We recently celebrated your 95 years of life;
A historically significant life and
Mythically engraved in the minds and in the hearts of the 7 billion neighbors.
Here in Nara in Mali, at more than 10,000 km from your place of rest,
in the deep Sahel, even tormented by insecurity, malnutrition, irredentism and terrorism,
our thoughts go to you, your struggle and your works.
Africare, of which you are the Honorary Board Chairman, is fighting against food insecurity, disease, and poverty to improve the quality of life of men, women and children in your honor.
The world will remember that even at the cost of your life, you said No to Injustice and
Through forgiveness and reconciliation, you have made emerge a rainbow nation with justice, tolerance and living together.
You have shown the way forward for Africa and for the world.
Thank you Madiba!
So that the torch of justice, equality, forgiveness and reconciliation that you've worn above your life during turns ever.
You will forever remain in our hearts.
Africare/Mali Bamako Office Staff
Africare began operations in Mali in 1974.
Since that time, Africare/Mali has invested more than $40,904,720 through projects addressing…
•Agriculture & Food Security
•Civil Society Capacity Building
•Health, HIV & AIDS
•Humanitarian and Emergency Relief
•Good Governance
•Natural Resource Management
•Private Sector Capacity Strengthening
•Water Management
•Women's Empowerment
…reaching an estimated 705,600 beneficiaries.
Africare/Mali's Portfolio Today:
Africare Seed Assistance Project
[$150,000 – AngloGold Ashanti]
Emergency Operation Project in Timbuktu
[$309,000 – United Nations World Food Programme]
Multi-Year Assistance Program, Reprogramming in Nara
[$1,101,330 – United States Agency for International Development]
West Africa Water Management Project
[$500,000 overall based in Senegal – Australian Agency for International Development/Australia-Africa Partnerships Facility]
Success in Mali
Africare introduced the System of Rice Intensification to Mali's Timbuktu region, successfully increasing average rice yields from 4.86 to 9.1 metric tons per hectare while reducing water requirements, chemical fertilizer dependency and input-related costs. This resulted in substantial gains in income, and the project earned an Interaction Best Practice Initiative Award in 2011.
The results of Africare's Timbuktu Food Security Initiative (TFSI) in building community resilience were tested in 2012 when northern Mali was occupied by armed groups, forcing Africare to relocate out of Timbuktu. Commerce slowed, and access to agricultural inputs became a great challenge. Members of the local federation of rice cooperatives, confident in the systems and capacities developed by TFSI, implemented a plan to maintain their value-chain, and their work enabled one of the best rice campaigns in more than 10 years.


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The Stone, John Zorn's new performance space at Avenue C and 2nd Street is so minimal that the Yamaha grand piano in the middle of the long, narrow room seems displaced. The floors are bare concrete and the room is lit like a mine shaft, with a series of 150-watt bulbs hung inside small, canary-yellow cages. It's my second visit to this jazz and avan t-garde club, and I can't shake the idea that if I come back next week, it might have vanished. The East Village's raucous nightlife hasn't stretched this far yet, so it's not likely you'll stumble across the Stone on your way to anywhere. The isolated location, the small lettering on the door, the pointed absence of publicity or inclusion in any of the city's hip event listing magazines/websites/blogs — all signs point to the Stone being a place for people who seek it out. But what is it?
It's easier to begin with what the Stone isn't. Unlike Irving Plaza, the Knitting Factory, or even the downtown venue where John Zorn used to play a lot of gigs, Tonic, the Stone is a not-for-profit operation. Also unlike the aforementioned venues, 100 percent of the door proceeds go directly to the musicians. This is shocking, but what will be even more shocking (or disappointing) to some is that there's no alcohol at the Stone. The website says "Only Music," and it's not fucking around. The Stone doesn't accept demos, because every month a different musician curates the shows, two a night (8 and 10 pm), Tuesday through Sunday.
My first visit to the club was a random Tuesday evening, a performance chosen because I wanted to hear a piano player, and the Stone's website said that Satoko Fujii's visit from Japan was a rare one. She would be playing with Natsuki Tamura (trumpet) and Elliot Sharp (guitar/soprano sax). I was surprised to find the black folding chairs lining the room almost full, with a crowd ranging from late twenties to mid-seventies. The vibe was strangely familial; many people seemed to know an elderly woman in the front row (who I later learned was Stefanie Stone, the wife of Irving Stone, the club's namesake).
The musicians started, unceremoniously and without introduction, right at 10. Their improvisation had all the dramatic tension of Kabuki theater, with the cinematic scope and dynamic contrast of Radiohead. Fujii alternated between striking the piano strings with a mallet and playing ornate fugue-like figures. Tamura produced noises I've never heard from a trumpet before; if I hadn't been watching him I would have thought a flute player and a DJ scratching records had joined the show. The slide guitar added ancillary effects from scraping wires to old blues riffs.
At certain points in the performance, noise filtered in both from the street (two men conversing in Spanish, a motorcycle backfiring), and upstairs (heavy footsteps across the length of the ceiling, the noisy whoosh of water through pipes). I was so transfixed by the performance that the background noise almost heightened the music's effect. Part of this deep concentration stemmed from my feeling that the musicians were teaching me how to listen to their music as the performance progressed. Satoko Fujii was the first of four shows I saw that week, including Beck's not-so-secret show at Hiro, and it was by far the best. I left the Stone with a Zen feeling of calm, resolving to go back as soon as possible.
My second trip could not have been more different, though the crowd was similarly eclectic. The manager of the space, Daniel Goldaracena, took my $10 at the door, keeping track of the turnout with pencil marks on a sheet of paper. He appeared semi-somnolent, and a battered copy of Fernando Pessoa poems, in the original Portuguese, sat beside him. I chatted with him about the month's performances while I was waiting for Douce, a German vocal act with percussion, to begin.


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National Running Day is Today!
5th June 2013
In Honor of National Running Day
Why do I run?
- Because I can
- Because I can run solo, with my dog or with my running group buddies.
- Because it's cheaper than therapy
- Because I really enjoy working up a serious sweat
- Because I want to send that cupcake packing
- Because I love to feel the after-effects
- Because there are no techniques to learn, moves to master or equipment to buy
- Because it's my personal time to think, train, create and unwind.
Although I might…
National Running Day - June 5
31st May 2013
To acknowledge the impact of running on the lives of so many, Wednesday, June 5 has been designated National Running Day—a day of celebration for those who already run and a day to spread encouraging words and an inviting hand to those yet to discover this healthy, beneficial and wonderful activity.
Fun facts about running:
- There are more than 75 million runners in the United States
- Over one billion pairs of running shoes are sold worldwide each year
- You can "run on air." …
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Lay Day for Billabong Pro Tahiti, Final Day Tomorrow
Pictured: Kelly Slater (USA), 38, past nine-time ASP World Champion, will take on rookie Adam Melling (AUS), 25, in Round 4 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti. Credit: © ASP / ROBERTSON
TEAHUPOO, Taiarapu/Tahiti (Thursday, September 2, 2010) - Small surf and heavy rains have forced event organizers to call a lay day for the Billabong Pro Tahiti.
Event No. 5 of 10 on the ASP World Tour season, the Billabong Pro Tahiti has one day remaining in which to complete the final day of competition.
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"The surf today is largely uncontestable and we've called competition off for the day," Richie Porta, ASP International Head Judge, said. "We have one day remaining in the waiting period and we'll look to complete competition tomorrow."
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow at 6am to assess conditions for a possible 6:30am start.
When competition resumes, up first will be Dane Reynolds (USA), 24, against C.J. Hobgood (USA), 31, in the opening heat of Round 4.
Surfline, official forecasters for the Billabong Pro Tahiti, are calling for a small mix of south and southwest swell will prevail for the last day of the waiting period along with moderate to strong easterly trades.
Highlights from the Billabong Pro Tahiti will be available via http://www.billabongpro.com/tahiti10/
FUEL TV will be broadcasting the Billabong Pro Tahiti LIVE in Australia. Check out http://www.foxsports.com.au/fueltv for details.
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
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Billabong Pro Tahiti Round 4 Match-ups:
Heat 1: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. C.J. Hobgood (USA)
Heat 2: Tiago Pires (PRT) vs. Adriano de Souza (BRA)
Heat 3: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
Heat 4: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. Manoa Drollet (PYF)
Heat 5: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Adam Melling (AUS)
Heat 6: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Michel Bourez (PYF)
Heat 7: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Damien Hobgood (USA)
Heat 8: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
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Crowdfund A $65 Robot That Runs Like A Maniac Cockroach
This insect-inspired robot, made of cardboard and plastic, can sprint off a table and just keep on runnin'.
The Dash, created by Dash Robotics, is an insect-inspired simple robot kit that runs like the fastest, most rectangular cockroach ever. There's a crowdfunding campaign and beta test, with 27 days left to get one of the first 1,000 robots available.
Dash stands for "Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod," which is a great forced acronym for "six-legged robot that recovers when it falls." It was first developed in 2009 by a team of students working at UC Berekley's biomimetics lab, which focuses on designing machines that imitate animals.
Dash's springy body can keep it running even after a fall from over 90 feet, and it can run straight at 1.5 meters per second, up to a mile. After years of development, the robot is entering a beta testing stage.
Made largely of cardboard and plastic, the key to the robot is a special polymer layer sandwiched between layers of cardboard, giving the body something of an organic flexibility while still remaining cheap to produce. Dash's creators say the $65 kit can be assembled in about an hour, and an already-assembled version can be ordered for $100.
The first version of the robot, called the Alpha Dash, only runs in straight lines. The next version, called Beta Dash, will work with Arduinos, a popular open-source single-board microcontroller, and will be steerable. Both versions come with gyroscopic sensors, visible light and infrared sensors, LED lights, and electronic ports for expansion. The creators are developing a mobile app to control Dash robots over Bluetooth.
Right now, it might just be a fast robotic cockroach that can fall 90 feet. If the crowdfunding project goes well, it will be a fast robotic cockroach that can fall 90 feet and then chase people around a quad while being remotely controlled by smartphone app.
Watch it fall over and over again in the video below:
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'A' is for 'Altdorf'... learn about the many provinces of the Empire!
I don't care about the rules. Pass the machete.
Did you fail the throne of vines roll to prevent miscast damage?
Odo drops the bombs and laughs at all the clucking.
......, it would really help if you did research before spouting your opinion...
One common mistake I have see many empire players, including myself, is that we try to much each enemy block with one of ours. This isn't working very well cuz out troops need support from each other. To hold back one turn longer and let the arty do what arty do best could help a bit.The problem is when you are not out numbring your enemy but then you have to try to deploy as much of your army at one side or use mass artillery to break a whole in the flank and get behind with knights or something, even if the knights doesn't break anything anymore a small units in the rear can still hold up a enemy block for some time. Of course I don't know if you made that mistake, you have really bad luck in this game but as a new player it is a good chance that you eventually do some rookie mistake, we have all been there
Quote from: MrDWhitey on April 17, 2013, 04:25:32 PMTo be fair, Philly does mock rape victims.If they weren't so weak, they wouldn't be raped.
To be fair, Philly does mock rape victims.
Thats right double six for the miscast, followed by a one on the ToV save followed by two more ones, I could have cried. It would have been nice to have my Arty support the rest of my troops, but unfortunately it all blew up It hasn't put me off though as soon as the new Cannons arrive we'll be straight back into it. And no my stuff wasn't painted which is probably the source of my utter bad luck.
In our circle of friends we have a saying, "Painted models roll better." is your army painted? I suggest painting the artillery at least so that the guns feel better about themselves
Quote from: Wolfsgaum on November 04, 2011, 01:25:24 AMSo, what would you guys do if some dude came at you with a belt that way?Make sure I've got the safeword memorised.
So, what would you guys do if some dude came at you with a belt that way?
You can pray, bribe, appease, bargain with and cajole the Dice Gods. However sometimes their answer is simply "&*%$ You"
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1. So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)
2. Love Don't Care Where It Grows
3. Come on Down
4. Storms Never Last
5. Constantly
6. I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore
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It would have been gross dereliction of birding duty not to pop back and look at the Weld Road Shorelark in daylight today, so that's just what I did.
The bird did fly off once or twice, but returned to the same muddy area just north of the car park, giving great views to the waiting crowd - smashing to see so many folk down to enjoy it.
Lovely little critter, especially when the sun came out, but, just like last night it was feeding like crazy. Hopefully it'll stick around for awhile.
Only down side to the morning was the discovery by SiG that he didn't have the bottle of wine in his bag that he thought he did - you can't have everything I suppose.
A half-hearted hunt for Jack Snipe after a scope-full of Shorelark was predictably unsuccessful, but there were Common Snipe, Stonechat, Reed Bunting and Skylark around Taggs as normal.
Didn't see the finch flock today, but I believe some folk had Twite down here this morning, it's about time they came back.
Finished the day off with a visit to Hesketh Out Marsh, which was looking suitably wintry in the fading November light - few small flocks of Whoopers and commoner wader species, plus Mipits and Pied Wags.
The Great White Egret was reported down at Banks this pm, but there were only Littles up at the Out Marsh.
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High-Tech Prostate Scan May Boost Cancer Detection
By Dennis Thompson
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FRIDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) -- An innovative fusion of MRI and ultrasound might be a better way to detect and assess prostate cancer, while helping men avoid unnecessary biopsies, researchers say.
The technology blends real-time imaging from both MRI and ultrasound devices, allowing doctors to more accurately direct the biopsy needle that draws cell samples from suspected tumors.
"This approach does detect cancers that can go missed by standard biopsy," said Dr. Art Rastinehad, assistant professor of urology and radiology and director of Interventional Urologic Oncology at Hofstra University-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine in Hempstead, N.Y.
In particular, the MRI/ultrasound fusion technique can guide physicians to tumors at normally neglected regions of the prostate gland.
"There are two screens in front of you, and the MRI is capable of pointing out areas that might contain cancer," explained Dr. Scott Eggener, associate professor of surgery and director of translational and outcomes research in the University of Chicago Medical Center's urology section. "Using the two screens, you can more intelligently direct your biopsy needles toward those areas."
The technology is part of an overall approach to first use MRI scans to best determine which men need to undergo prostate biopsy, and then use the MRI/ultrasound fusion to perform the most efficient biopsy possible.
Right now, doctors typically rely on blood tests to look for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen, or PSA. A man with an elevated PSA is often urged to undergo a biopsy, most often conducted using a needle guided by ultrasound that draws cell samples from the prostate.
However, these biopsies only sample a small portion of the prostate, leaving the rest of the gland unchecked. Such random sampling can easily miss tumors, experts say.
Under the new approach, a man with elevated PSA levels would first undergo an MRI that would provide a visual scan of the entire prostate, Rastinehad explained. If potentially cancerous areas are found on the prostate, then the man would undergo a biopsy.
Studies have found that using an initial MRI scan to figure out who needs a biopsy can reduce the overall number of biopsies by about a third, according to a review of the data published this summer in the journal European Urology.
"We are working toward a goal that if you have a PSA that is elevated, you would instead get an MRI," Rastinehad said. For some patients, that may mean that "you may never need a biopsy," he said.
MRI also would be used during the biopsy itself. In that scenario, an electro-magnetic field generator is placed over the patient's hip, creating real-time MRI images that are combined with ultrasound readings to guide the needle biopsy. Images from the earlier MRI screening can then be overlaid with the real-time images to provide visible "targets" for the doctor to biopsy.


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Storms Quotes
The flesh endures the storms of the present alone, the mind those of the past and future as well. (Quote by - Epicurus)
Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it, Making it momentany as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!' The jaws of darkness do devour it up: So quick bright things come to confusion. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
The storm is master. Man, as a ball, is tossed twixt winds and billows. (Quote by - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller)
The earth is rocking, the skies are riven-- Jove in a passion, in god-like fashion, Is breaking the crystal urns of heaven. (Quote by - Robert Williams Buchanan)
Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll, And vivid lightnings flash from pole to pole, Yet 'tis Thy voice, my God, that bids them fly, Thy arm directs those lightnings through the sky. Then let the good Thy mighty name revere, And hardened sinners Thy just vengeance fear. (Quote by - Sir Walter Scott)
The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain. The meanest Italian in the gallery far up beneath the ceiling, the most exalted of the land in the boxes and the stalls, leaned indulgently forward, to be swept by this sweet storm of song. (Quote by - Gilbert Parker)
I'm not afraid of storms for I'm learning how to sail my ship. (Quote by - Louisa May Alcott)
A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. (Quote by - John Muir)
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm. (Quote by - Euripides)
Roads are wet where'er one wendeth, And with rain the thistle bendeth, And the brook cries like a child! Not a rainbow shines to cheer us; Ah! the sun comes never near us, And the heavens look dark and wile. (Quote by - Mary Howitt)
It is a tempest in a tumbler of water. (Quote by - Paul I)
As far as could ken thy chalky cliffs, When from thy shore the tempest beat us back, I stood upon the hatches in the storm, And when the dusky sky began to rob My earnest-gaping sight of thy land's view, I took a costly jewel from my neck, A heart it was, bound in with diamonds, And threw it toward thy land. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
A storm in a cream bowl. (Quote by - James Butler, first Duke of Ormonde)
My boyfriend's idea of a lesson was to take me on a black diamond run in the middle of a hail storm and say, 'Go!' Ski patrol had to escort me to another lift to get me down the mountain. No, that wasn't humiliating, not at all. (Quote by - Claudia Black)
The snow, which had fallen quietly at first, was now pelting against the windowpanes, driven by a wicked wind; the storm was rapidly assuming proportions of a blizzard. (Quote by - Frances Parkinson Keyes)
Faith is not a storm cellar to which men and women can flee for refuge from the storms of life. It is, instead, an inner force that gives them the strength to face those storms and their consequences with serenity of spirit. (Quote by - Sam J. Ervin)
Our Thoughts Determine Our Happiness High above hate I dwell, 0 storms! Farewell. (Quote by - Louise Imogen Guiney)
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky. (Quote by - Rabindranath Tagore)
Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love. (Quote by - Dean Koontz)
I hold it, that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rain-storms and did my duty faithfully. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)
Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man, Dressed in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured His glassy essence--like an angry ape Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens, would all themselves laugh mortal. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron. (Quote by - Lee Trevino)
O Cicero, I have seen tempests when the scolding winds Have rived the knotty oaks, and I have seen Th' ambitious ocean swell and rage and foam To be exalted with the threat'ning clouds; But never till to-night, never till now, Did I go through a tempest dropping fire. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
A little gale will soon disperse that cloud And blow it to the source from whence it came. Thy very beams will dry those vapors up, For every cloud engenders not a storm. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Lightnings, that show the vast and foamy deep, The rending thunders, as they onward roll, The loud winds, that o'er the billows sweep-- Shake the firm nerve, appal the bravest soul! (Quote by - Mrs. Ann Ward Radcliffe)
He used to raise a storm in a teapot. (Quote by - Cicero)
Ride the air In whirlwind. (Quote by - John Milton)
Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends; White are the decks with foam; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud: Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on every wave appears. (Quote by - Homer)
Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine. (Quote by - Mario Fernandez)
Times of general calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storms. (Quote by - Charles Caleb Colton)
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings: Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine into flowers, the winds will blow their freshness into you, and the storms, their energy and cares will drop off like autumn leaves. (Quote by - John Muir)
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. (Quote by - Louisa May Alcott)
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. (Quote by - Willa Cather)
No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm. (Quote by - Charles Kettering)
Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm. (Quote by - George Canning)
The winds grow high; Impending tempests charge the sky; The lightning flies, the thunder roars; And big waves lash the frightened shores. (Quote by - Matthew Prior)
Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. (Quote by - Joseph Addison)
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. (Quote by - Thomas Mann)
They sicken of the calm that know the storm. (Quote by - Dorothy Parker)
Methinks I am a prophet new inspired And thus, expiring, do foretell of him: His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, For violent fires soon burn out themselves; Small show'rs last long, but sudden storms are short; He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes; With eager feeding doth choke the feeder; Light vanity, insatiate cormorant, Consuming means, soon preys upon itself. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
This world to me is like a lasting storm,Whirring me from my friends. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. (Quote by - Golda Meir)
Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow. (Quote by - Alice M. Swaim)
At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven, The Tempest growls; but as it nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The Lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The Noise astounds; till overhead a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide, then shuts, And opens wider; shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze. Follows the loosen'd aggravated Roar, Enlarging, deepening, mingling, peal on peal, Crush'd, horrible, convulsing Heaven and Earth. (Quote by - James Thomson)
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice. (Quote by - Arnold Toynbee)
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)


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BRATTLEBORO — A new and expanded emergency department at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is opening to the public after the completion of the first phase of a $7.5 million expansion and renovation.
The department opened on Monday and the new entrance and service area will open to the public today.
Before the upgrades the emergency department was designed to handle about 6,000 patients a year. It now handles about 14,000 patients a year.
Gov. Peter Shumlin, who was born at the hospital, attended an opening ceremony on Monday where he said the upgrades were important to keeping the region modernized in the face of a changing health care system.
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Members of Congress can't blame the FAA for the sequester. They have the power to end this nonsense.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
It's one thing for the sequester to bar 4-year-olds from the Head Start door. The pre-schoolers won't grow into their political voice for at least another 14 years. But it's quite another thing for the sequester to make traveling Americans cool their heels in airport lounges or, worse, squeeze into tiny seats in a stuffy plane waiting and waiting and waiting for their flight's clearance to take off.
Those Americans are capable of pounding out emails, texts and tweets to their congressperson during the moment of their discomfort.
And those Congress people, especially the Republican ones, want it to stop. As the nation enters Day 4 of the Federal Aviation Administration's rolling furloughs of air traffic controllers, Republicans demand the FAA quit playing politics with air travel. But the FAA isn't. It's simply complying with a previous demand by members of Congress, especially Republican ones, to make foolish across-the-board spending reductions.
Congress wanted to reduce spending, only the so-called leaders of the free world could not agree on what to cut. So in the summer of 2011, they and the White House concocted the "sequester," making cuts so ludicrous that our elected representatives would be forced to come up with something better. Only they didn't. Predictably, those congressional members making the most fuss that the FAA could cut somewhere else have yet to accept that they hold the power to end the sequester.
Meanwhile, the FAA, like every other government agency, has no choice but to follow its marching orders. And when 70 percent of an agency's budget is personnel, as the FAA's is, and another large chunk goes to contractors to provide the equipment and communication systems to enable those workers to do their jobs, there isn't much choice but to reduce labor costs.
Starting on Sunday, the FAA employee furloughs began, meaning that 10 percent of its employees are furloughed on any given day. Roughly 1,500 of the 15,000 controllers nationwide take off on a scheduled day, unpaid. Fewer eyes on the sky means larger gaps between planes; hence, the delays. While Roanoke Regional Airport has not been notified by the FAA how exactly the furloughs will unfold here, make no doubt, delays will occur. Travelers will know who to thank.
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Rumours about the deployment of international troops under the blue flag in Sahrani :
I'm working on generic (no specific country) UN soldiers in olive drab uniforms. I just wanted to show you several screenshots of the Alpha version to seek some feedback from the forum.
No release date yet, there is still a lot of work to do and some issues with the textures, the funniest one being that although the flashy blue helmets look fine in daylight they glow in the dark when night comes
I also have several other problems to solve (folks on the forum might help me here) :
1/ I figured out (lots of trials and errors) how to edit the config files, skinning is no problem (I created myself some templates based on the RACS pilot's skins), but I really don't know how to edit the P3D files ?
2/ Do you know a good site where to easily upload mods ? (cannot send around 40 Mb by email).
Thanks in advance for your help.


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Working moms (and dads) manage the greatest balancing act you could ever imagine. Whether these parents work from home or leave the house – and the kids – every day, there are so many things running through their mind on a regular basis that it's overwhelming the amount of things they can accomplish on any given day.
Mother of three and Managing Editor of Real Simple, Kristin van Ogtrop , somehow managed to find the time to put together a great encyclopedia of "Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom" in her new book, " Just Let Me Lie Down ."
In alphabetical order, van Ogtrop lists the phrases that many working parents will recognize. I found myself nodding in agreement and laughing out loud at the many experiences Kristin shares from her own experience as a multi-tasking, very sleepy, mother and full-time employee of the corporate world.
Here is a sample of what you'll find inside:
Accounting error: The irrevocable mistake you make when you decide to have one more child than you can actually handle.
Best of luck: The happy realization that you have accidentally stumbled upon a career that you really love.
Confidence man: The guy in your life who believes in you above all others, thinks you are smart and beautiful, and loves you despite your manifold flaws.
Delusions of SAHM grandeur: The phenomenon by which a working mom will actually believe that just because she is at home for a few days with the kids, it means she will be as talented/capable/patient/sane as her full-time stay-at-home-mom friends.
Emotional intelligence: A fundamental part of the grand human machine that, mysteriously, many people seem to lack.
Friends with benefits: Will pick your child up from school when your babysitter is sick; Will go out of her way to fill you in on school gossip that you may have missed; Will not be offended when you are too busy to socialize.
Guilt curve: The process by which your feelings of shame and inadequacy about being a working mom grow and then diminish.
Heartbreak by babysitter: The unique, surprising loss you experience when the person who has been watching over your children exits your little world, even if you have forced that exit.
It takes a village: The nifty if unrealistic notion that we can all just band together to attain the unattainable when it comes to the care of our children.
Juggler's lament: The daily complaint you inflict upon anyone who will listen that enumerates, in tedious detail, all the balls you are dropping because no one can possibly manage to have so many in the air at once.
Kingdom of No: A magical land that exists only in your fantasies, where "no" is always the answer and you never feel guilty for saying it.
List paradox: The Catch-22 of managing your life. You make a to-do list because it enables you to feel as if you are in control of your life and helps you see what you can accomplish. Therefore, it boosts your self-esteem. However, there will always be more items on your list than you can actually cross off, which makes you feel worse. And so you start to cheat: writing things on your list that you have already done just so you can cross them off.
Mid-conversation screen saver: The thing that unexpectedly happens when your husband is talking and suddenly you start thinking about whether you should take that chicken out of the freezer to defrost and if you should wear your black pants to work tomorrow because it's only Monday and you might be able to get away with wearing them twice this week without anyone noticing if you put enough days in between.
No child left behind: The reminder running through the head of nearly every working mother after just one brush with disaster… (All mothers have a story about leaving their child somewhere, or locking them in the car, or…)
Oppositional advantage, or Newton's law meets your life: The fact that having two opposing forces in your life – work and children – vastly improves your ability to put things into perspective…to every action (pursuing a career) there is an equal and opposite reaction (trying to raise children).
PTSD (Post-Thanksgiving stress disorder): The state of extreme anxiety you experience during the month of December.
Quest through the chaos, a.k.a. quest that leads straight to madness: The search through your entire house for an important document, photo, or piece of memorabilia that your child needs to take to school – tomorrow.
Ravages of time: The damage you inflict upon those around you when you find yourself with too much to do and not enough time to get it all done.
Separate issue: The children you bear who will, inevitably, spend most of their lives apart from you. And your issue? That you will never stop missing them, and there's nothing you can do about it.
Triumph of the caregiver: When children injure themselves (or damage valuable property, or get into physical fights, or just generally make really bad decisions) not on your babysitter's watch, but on yours.
Unmilestones: Important developmental moments in the lives of your children that no one notices but that, regarded as a whole, present the depressing truth that your kids are growing up and away from you…Part of the reason people have more children is to relive the moments they weren't paying attention to the last time around.
Very, verrrryyyy sleeeeepy…: Your constant state. No hypnosis required.
Women not on the verge of a nervous breakdown: The rare working moms among us who are in charge of every committee and board and project and task force and who still have time to run marathons and make birthday cakes from scratch.
X marks the spot: The imaginary end of the imaginary treasure map you wish existed for all the times – that is, about a dozen every day – when your child claims he can't find something that is either right in front of him, lost in the disaster zone that is his bedroom, or left in his locker at school.
Young and restless: Your children at the dinner table…eating dinner as a family is so stressful that it feels like it should be part of the workday.
Zip it: What you must tell yourself when you are at that conversational tipping point when you really want to say the thing that will anger your husband, make your child storm out of the room, or cause a co-worker to think you are unreasonable.
Let's face it, the above concepts are all too familiar to all of us parents who are honest with ourselves – and who still have some sense of humor remaining. That's the only thing that gets us through it, the humor and those adorable kids that wake up on the right side of the bed when we least expect them to.
Kristin captures life as a working parent perfectly in this great compendium of experiences we've all gone through at one time or another (or will at some point in the near future). She said it best when she described the great balancing act working moms and dads manage on a daily basis: "There are things we do because we love our families and there are things we do because we love our jobs, and sometimes these things try to cancel each other out."
If you're reading this at work, on your lunch break, after the kids are in bed or before they wake up, you may be a working parent and I commend you for taking a few moments for yourself.
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Is it possible to do misty with JUST squire towers?
I don't have any other characters with high enough stats let alone high enough level to do misty.
I've seen it done before, just don't remember how. Of the things I do recall, it involved placing bouncers on spider spawns, spikes facing backwards, and lots of harpoons.
is there someplace i can check out to see where the spiders spawns are?
http://ddplanner.com gives you everything you could possibly want to make an awesome build, including spider spawn locations.
with the addition of sharken and djinn to NM mode, i seriously do not think it is possible to do any NM maps with only one hero type anymore.
i would highly suggest running easier NM mode maps and use your other characters to alter your builds until you can get them to a respectable level. its not the best, but if you can get an ev and a monk at least to 500ish in their tower stats, it will open up MANY MANY more options for you.


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The bigotry is in not allowing them the same rights as heterosexual couples. And it is idiotic to think being fair means our country is finished.
I think it's idiotic for government to dictate to me what marriage is and what marriage is not. Feel free to do whatever you want to your boyfriend in the bedroom. The same goes for heteros because heteros can be disgusting and perverted as well. Just don't make it my business.
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Out-of-the-box working cards
Cards working without any special configuration
- Ambicom - AMB8610 (10 Mb)
- Hamlet HA-HCF450 (10 Mbit)
- billionton CFLT-10B (10 Mbit)
- Hawking - CF686TX (10/100 Mbit) -- worked out of the box with 2.0.37
- Pharos PE-CF100 (10/100 Mbit)
- Sitecom CF-002 (10 Mbit) -- out of box with rom v3.10
Good cards
Searching the internet suggests the following CF Ethernet cards can be made to work
- Socket - EA-2900-117
- Pretec - CXL 10BT-3RP
- Xircom - !CompactCard Ethernet 10
- Zonet ZCF1400 CF
- Conceptronic 100CF - 10/100 Mb
Not so good cards
People have reported difficulty getting these to work
- Socket 10/100 (note their 10BT-only card is said to be OK).
- Zonet ZCF1400 CF. (but some say it works great)
Other cards
The Socket appears to be the cheapest of these available (in the UK). Also the Hamlet is very cheap (~ 50 euros in Italy). However I found an unbranded CF Ethernet card at half the price claiming NE2000 compatibility, and Tamarack 3299CE chipset compatibility. This worked following the basic procedure below.
Howto - basic.
The procedure appears to be ...
- Insert card.
- Press the Home button to get to the Settings page...
- Select "Network & Sync".
- On the "Services" tab press the "Add" button.
- Add a "LAN-TCP/IP" service.
- Fill in the details for your network.
Howto - if problems
- Install the terminal app.
- Insert card.
- Open terminal and type command: cardctl ident.
- This should show that your card is recognised. e.g...
Socket 0: product info: "CF", "10Base-Ethernet", "1.0", "" function 6 (network)
- Edit /etc/pcmcia/config ...
- Add a section for your card if missing.
- Use the pcnet_cs driver for NE2000 compatible cards.
- Save the file and run /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart.
- Press the Home button to get to the Settings page...
- Select "Network & Sync".
- On the "Services" tab press the "Add" button.
- Add a "LAN-TCP/IP" service.
- Fill in the details for your network.
- The "Network & Sync" app's "Current" tab should show the IP-address as active.
- The /sbin/ifconfig eth0 command will show the cards hardware address
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My thoughts are with this mans family. Whatever he did, they have lost a son and brother. America needs to tighten up its gun laws, you really do have too many people running around with firearms.
by your comments (America needs to tighten up its gun laws)( you really do have too many people running around with firearms)
where are from and what right do you have to tell us what we need to do.
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Here are some questions I had from a college in Ohio wanting to plan for Exchange Server 2010:
What does the Exchange 2010 architecture look like?
The 5 Exchange 2010 roles are the same but there are some major changes in the way things work:
Outlook 2007+ MAPI clients now connect through CAS rather than directly to the mail server. CAS also provides access to directories for any Outlook needs.
Plan on scaling out CAS arrays with NLB or HWLB based on the core ratio below.
Hub transport now has a shadow redundancy feature and new dumpster changes.
The shadow redundancy feature would be where a shadow copy of each sent email is retained on the hub and until the hub received a ack of successful delivery. In the example above if Edge1 has a failure after the message has left the hub, the hub would not receive a discard ack and after 3 retries (15 min) the hub transport would then resend the shadow copy of the message to Edge2. It can also work with some downstream MTAs (Exchange, SMTP, etc) where the hub transport can wait for a specified interval for an Ack and resubmit.
The hub also has a new dumpster feature where the hub communicates with the mailbox server around replication and availability status. This communication determines whether or not to purge older messages in the dumpster until all logs have been replicated and communication has been re-established.
What are the beta HW recommendations for ballpark HW estimation? (note: this is with beta and subject to change) :
Client Access Server (CAS)
CAS to Mailbox ratio = 3 : 4 processor cores
8 cores recommended, 2GB RAM per core
Hub Transport server
Hub to Mailbox ratio : 1 : 7 (no A/V on Hub) or 1 : 5 (with A/V Hub) processor cores
4 cores recommended, 1GB RAM per core
4-8 cores, 4GB RAM base + 2-8MB per mailbox based on mail profile
4 cores, 4-8GB RAM total
Edge guidance expected to be very similar to Exchange Server 2007
2 to 4 cores
Global catalog to Mailbox ratio 1 : 4 (32–bit GC) or 1 : 8 (64-bit GC) processor cores
What storage do I need?
Since the IOPS per user is proposed to be another estimated 70% reduction, this translates to several new storage options in Exchange Sever 2010 where you can use cheaper SATA direct attach storage or even JBOD SATA with DAG. See our storage post here.
When we launched OCS 2007 Rim shipped a client for OCS 2007. This client requires that the customer have a BES Server and a CWA server and used UC AJAX. Since we launched OCS 2007 R2 RIM hasn't released an update for the software yet. So how do I support Blackberry users in OCS R2?
This has been posted elsewhere but wanted to get info to our education customers.
The Unified Communications (UC) AJAX SDK that is avail for CWA R1 will not be re-released for CWA R2. Therefore customers with UC AJAX apps need to deploy a CWA R1 server.
Migrating from OCS 2007 to OCS 2007 R2:
Customers who have CWA 2007 successfully deployed against an OCS 2007 server and who want to upgrade to OCS 2007 R2 but want to keep the CWA 2007 server setup to use with their UC AJAX applications must install OCS 2007 R2 into the existing domain. For more information, refer to the OCS deployment guide. Make sure that you leave the existing CWA 2007 server in place. Users should automatically sign in through CWA 2007 to OCS 2007 R2 without any further configuration that is required.
New customers who is installing OCS 2007 R2 for the first time:
Customers who want to set up CWA 2007 against OCS 2007 R2 starting from a clean environment should follow these steps:
1. Before you install OCS 2007 R2, prepare Active Directory by using OCS 2007 Setup.
2. Install CWA 2007 into the domain.
3. Install OCS 2007 R2. Note For more information, refer to the OCS 2007 R2
Deployment guide. Users should automatically sign in through CWA 2007 to OCS 2007 R2 without any further configuration.
Already have OCS 2007 R2 installed but want to now install CWA 2007:
New customers (did not have OCS 2007 deployment prior) who have already installed OCS 2007 R2 but now want to deploy CWA 2007 within the environment must follow these steps:
1. You need to perform a Forest Prep and a Domain Prep with the 2007 (R1) RTM Setup, not the command line.
2. You just need to add the OCS 2007 CWA (R1) to an existing R2 pool. No need to create a 2007 (R1) pool.
Done! Hopefully we will see updated guidance on RIM's site soon. In the meantime enjoy. :)
There is nicely written whitepaper to help you troubleshoot and understand how Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging works. I pasted in a few whitepaper highlights below:
Exchange UM architecture:
Shows a nice breakdown of the UM services and worker processes and what they do and how they talk.
UM Call flows:
Has a nice inbound call flow showing the call from either an IP PBX (direct SIP) or legacy PBX (TDM) which requires a SIP gateway to translate TDM to SIP, etc. UM server than does a directory lookup and hands off to the hub server which then routes the voicemail/fax to the inbox.
Here are the basics of a simple Unified Messaging call flow:
Some nice UM troubleshooting basics for example:
When an incoming call to voice mail fails, the problem usually happens at one of the following stages of the call flow:
Troubleshooting Play on Phone:
The Unified Messaging server and Client Access server use mutual TLS to establish the session. For mutual TLS negotiation, both the Unified Messaging server and the Client Access server must have a certificate that has the corresponding FQDN as the Subject Name or the Subject Alternate Name.
Backing Up a Unified Messaging Server
A backup plan for any organization is critical for maintenance and successful recovery. With the introduction of a Unified Messaging server, you need to incorporate new strategies for backing up that server. This section discusses specific files and data that are relevant only to the Unified Messaging environment. In addition, some disaster recovery techniques are described.
To successfully recover a Unified Messaging server, certain files must be backed up. These files aren't Exchange database files, so they aren't automatically selected if you choose an Exchange-aware backup and use the Exchange option only. You need to do a file-level backup of these files. These files don't need to be backed up every day because they are mostly configuration related. The following files need to be backed up from a Unified Messaging server:
Useful UM PowerShell commands:
Test-UMConnectivity -ListenPort 5060
Get-UMActiveCalls -Server ServerName | export-csv c:\temp\activecalls.csv
UM Diagnostic event logging:
Logging level Value
Expert 7
High 5
Medium 3
Low 1
Lowest 0
Set the following categories to a value of 7 to indicate Expert level logging:
Start Registry Editor (regedit). Scroll to the following keys and then set the value of each key to 7:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange Unified Messaging\Diagnostics
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange Unified Messaging\UMWorkerProcess
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange Unified Messaging\UMCore
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange Unified Messaging\UMManagement
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange Unified Messaging\UMService
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange Unified Messaging\UMClientAccess
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange Unified Messaging\UMCallData
Value: Lowest – 0x00000000 (0), Expert – 0x00000007 (7)
How to analyze a UM sniff trace:
INVITE sip:firstname.lastname@example.com;transport=tcp SIP/2.0Via: SIP/2.0/TCP 220.127.116.11;branch=z9hG4bKac791424417;aliasMax-Forwards: 70From: <sip:email@example.com>;tag=1c741078876To: <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com;user=phone>Call-ID: firstname.lastname@example.com: 3 INVITEDiversion: <tel:2501>;reason=no-answerContact: <sip:email@example.com;transport=tcp>Supported: em,100rel,timer,replaces,path,resource-priorityAllow:REGISTER,OPTIONS,INVITE,ACK,CANCEL,BYE,NOTIFY,PRACK,REFER,INFO,SUBSCRIBE,UPDATEUser-Agent: Audiocodes-Sip-Gateway-MP-118 FXS_FXO/v.5.00A.035.003Content-Type: application/sdpContent-Length: 227v=0o=AudiocodesGW 741070197 741070070 IN IP4 184.108.40.206s=Phone-Callc=IN IP4 18.104.22.168t=0 0m=audio 6010 RTP/AVP 0 101a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000a=rtpmap:101 telephone-event/8000a=fmtp:101 0-15a=ptime:20a=sendrecv
Most of the Unified Messaging call answering issues can be resolved by analyzing the first SIP INVITE request from the IP gateway. The first SIP INVITE request gives you a good idea about the rest of the call flow. Consider the following:
For the full Exchange 2007 UM troubleshooting whitepaper download it here.
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What a way to start a blog. Geneva. It sounds important and it is. Geneva is the code name for our next generation identity services. At PDC we announced our new identity platform and that Microsoft IT (MSIT) is rolling this out for software corporate wide. Geneva will support 59 identity applications in the cloud with 29 different business partners.
Geneva went into public beta last month. This is the platform we are moving our hosted services to. Today connectivity to Exchange Online is accomplished by using a SSO client that can be used on Windows and Mac clients. This client needs to be installed and configured on each client. The reason for this is that the Exchange Online uses a separate identity system than our customers and you need to authenticate to it via the SSO client. I believe this was a great start to introduce Exchange Online but one that will be shortlived. Geneva is next.
Geneva is made up of a Geneva Server, Geneva Cardspace client, and the Geneva Framework. Also part of the platform is the Microsoft Service Connector, the Microsoft Federation Gateway and the .NET Access Control Service which provide our infrastructure for our cloud services.
How does it work?
1. User clicks link for service
2. User taken to Microsoft Services Connector for authentication
3. Connector validates credentials with Active Directory
4. Microsoft Service Connector issues a login token and redirects to the Microsoft Federation Gateway
5. Gateway validates token and transform claims
6. Federation issues service token a directs to the service
7. user accesses the service.
One of the great things about the use of Geneva is that we have an opportunity to look at Active Directory Federation as well as other identity systems because of our support of WS-* and SAML. Some great documentation on Geneva is posted here on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287610.aspx
So I look forward to having federation for Exchange Online and other Microsoft cloud services. Stay tuned for more.
OCS For Blackboard consists of the following:
· Rich Web Client
The Web Client was built using Microsoft .NET and is a sophisticated client that allows users to access many of the OCS features and have relevant information from BB.
· Powerlink Connector to the BlackBoard systemThe BB system has an API that is used to access the core data such as Coarse, Users, Teachers, and Institution. This data is utilized to populate the OCS for BB Web Client with relevant information based on the user's personal information.
In addition this connection to BB allows the OCS for BB to write data and statistics to enable reporting.
Courses and Admin Tabs automatically populate with Teachers from BlackBoard:
Please contact Enabling Technolgies Corporation for evaluations and pricing for OCS- Blackboard Client.
Enabling Technologies Corp.12226 Long Green Pike | Glen Arm, MD email@example.com
The Goal of this UC kit is to distribute UC materials and support for 3 key end user groups: IT Professionals, Help Desk teams, and Trainers.
• Training & Adoption Materials for IT Pros, Helpdesk, and Trainers
• Scales Training and Adoption materials to all UC customers
Download the kit here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/communicationsserver/HA103624691033.aspx
Please provide feedback and ways to improve this kit to firstname.lastname@example.com
Content includes:
o IT Pro - Planning Checklist, Benefit Statements, E-Mail Campaign Samples, Success Metrics Examples, and User Education Materials
o Helpdesk - Planning Checklist, Frequently Asked Questions, and Troubleshooting Guides.
o Trainer - Planning Checklist, Quick Reference Cards, Tips and Tricks Flash Cards. How-to's, Getting Started Tours, and Web-based Tutorials and Training


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Kizer Advance Powerblading – Modified Powerblock by David Mounigan
Hugo Pena of Bordeaux sent us a work in progress last month. David Mounigan was enjoying the speed you can get from Advance but wanted to test out his idea for an H-Block. Here is an edit they put together to show the benefits.
Skater/ "Pimp my frames": David Mounigan
Filmed by: Max Babine, Roro, D.Mounigan, Mono, C. De la Duche.
Shot with Canon 550D and 7D.
Location: Bordeaux, France.
Edited by YOURS prod.