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Facing modest growth over the next decade, the San Dieguito Union High School District is nevertheless planning for several modernization projects, a possible high school expansion and a new middle school over the long term.
A lot of what happens depends on how the Pacific Highlands Ranch area, at the south end of the school district near Canyon Crest Academy, grows in coming years. But district officials say it's clear that several campuses will need to be upgraded regardless of growth.
The public school district, which has 12,500 middle and high school students at nine campuses from south Carlsbad to Carmel Valley, recently launched a planning process to prioritize school improvements and new construction projects.
A list of recommendations is expected to go to the school board this summer.
The project furthest along is a planned performing arts center at the 71-year-old San Dieguito Academy campus, the district's oldest. The $9.5 million center will finally give the school's young musicians and actors a central place where student artistry is honed and celebrated.
Construction could begin this summer, if the state releases more than $7 million that is now frozen because of the state budget crisis, said Stephen Ma, associate superintendent for business services. The district has set aside an additional $1.8 million for the project, and the school's foundation has raised $1 million more.
"There's a wonderful program for performing arts at the academy, and they certainly deserve a venue that is equal to the caliber of the program," said Joyce Dalessandro, a district trustee. "This has been a dream for a long time."
The work at San Dieguito is intended to provide students there with facilities comparable to those enjoyed by students at other high schools, including Canyon Crest Academy, which opened in the fall of 2006.
There are several equity issues that the district wants to address in coming years to make facilities at all of its middle and high school campuses more uniform, Ma said.
Among the projects the district is considering:
Upgrading older school gyms so they compare from campus to campus.
Updating science classrooms, particularly at Torrey Pines High School and San Dieguito Academy.
Adding multimedia technology to campuses that don't yet have it, including Earl Warren Middle School, and improving it at other campuses, such as Carmel Valley Middle School.
Installing artificial turf and synthetic tracks at campuses that don't have it, such as San Dieguito and Canyon Crest academies.
New school construction, meanwhile, will be focused on the south end of the school district over the next several years, Ma said.
Enrollment is expected to be largely flat over the next decade, although it could increase by 1,100 students, Ma said. Most of that growth is projected to occur in the Pacific Highlands Ranch area near Canyon Crest Academy. That could require an expansion of Canyon Crest and possibly a new middle school.
Continued growth at Pacific Highlands Ranch is expected to depend in part on whether an on-ramp from state Route 56 to northbound I-5 is built, Ma said. Once that happens, he said, there will be a potential for 3,000 more homes in that area.
To accommodate that kind of growth, Canyon Crest Academy has space to expand from 1,800 students to 2,400 students. Land adjacent the academy, meanwhile, is earmarked for a middle school.
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Noe Ramirez pitched eight innings of two-hit ball to lead Cal State Fullerton past Hawaii 3-0 in a college baseball game Friday at Les Murakami Stadium.
The Titans climbed to 13-8. The Rainbows, who had back-to-back singles by Zach Swasey and Michael Blake, fell to 11-10.
Ramirez improved to 4-2.
Nick Ramirez pitched a perfect ninth to earn his fourth save.
Fullerton scored twice in the fourth and once in the fifth off UH starter Matt Sisto, who fell to 1-3.
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The series continues with a doubleheader Saturday starting at 3 p.m.


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Mark and Michele Kelsay, pastors of First Assembly of God in Copperas Cove, will launch a new chapter in their ministerial lives when they open a new charter school at the church in the fall.
"We have always been involved with education and teaching children in our ministry," Michele Kelsay said.
The Kelsays arrived in Copperas Cove 20 years ago. Through the years, in addition to their church duties, they managed a day care and Christian school. The day care closed a few years ago and the school closed in May, but the Kelsays are excited about opening their new endeavor, Cove Charter Academy.
Mark Kelsay, 57, was born in Kansas City, Mo., and moved to Magnolia, Ark., in the fourth grade. In first grade, he gave his heart to Christ, attended church as a young boy but strayed while he was in high school, he said.
When he was 21, Mark Kelsay called on God to help him. At Christmastime, he attended a revival service on the last night of a six-week meeting and dedicated his life to the Lord. That's when he sensed the call to ministry.
The pastor attended Rhema Bible School in Tulsa, Okla., and Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees.
He moved to Beaumont to serve as an associate pastor and met his wife, Michele, at a singles meeting at the church. They married in 1983 and are now a ministry team.
Pattie Lofton Aponte, a church member since 1982, said the Kelsays make everyone feel welcome.
"I love how the Kelsays love people," she said. "Pastor is a student of the word. He diligently researches and studies before he teaches and preaches."
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My View: Wow, Utah is in the Top 4
LDS Liberal Farmington, UTSept. 29, 2013 10:49 a.m.
@procuradorfiscal --
"Real Utahns this..."
"Real Utahns that..."
to win an argument?
Sort of like that cheezy AM radio game:
"real Americans this..."
"real Americans that..."
"true patriots this..."
"true patriots that..."
BTW - college drop out AM radio talk shows are the only one's still claiming that Global Warming is a hoax.
UtahBlueDevil Durham, NCSept. 29, 2013 10:06 a.m.
So to net it out... those who agree with procuradorfiscal views.... those are true Utahans. The rest of you all.... unworthy of his respect nor the tittle of being a Utahan. Makes no difference that these people and their ancestors sacrificed to carve out this land from the wilderness the place that procuradorfiscal now calls his own. Political views make you a Utahan.
No matter whose blood is in the ground. No matter what level of sacrifice. Just a monolithic view that of political adherence makes you a Utahan.
It is that blatant disrespect for others that worries me far more than any political ideology. That some person can decide who gets to be, and who doesn't get to be part of society.
procuradorfiscal Tooele, UTSept. 28, 2013 3:19 p.m.
Re: "Re: Your dismissal of others as fake because they care . . . ."
Oh, I don't think anyone suggests liberals don't care. They just care way too deeply about all the wrong stuff. Things that real people quickly recognize as unimportant, but liberals don't.
It's an unfortunate truth that generations of Utah ancestors does not a real Utahn make. Real Utahns are those of us that, unlike liberals, take both a broad view, and a long view as to what's best for Utah and Utahns. Not just what's important to back-East and Left-coast activists, East-bench academics, radical greenies, and heritage-embarrassed iconoclasts, straining hard to prove they're open minded by hoeing to a rigid, orthodox line, dictated by liberal icons.
And, that's true whether one's ancestors first occupied Utah in 1847 BCE, 1847, or 2007.
We're the real people that liberals so callously dismiss as Neanderthals, valuable only as fodder for raucous, disingenuous liberal propaganda.
Prodicus Provo, UTSept. 27, 2013 7:24 p.m.
procuradorfiscal, living in Tooele doesn't make you any more real than the other 2.8 million of us. Nor do your science denialism or conspiracy theories.
I and six generations of my ancestors have been real Utahns- real enough to care about the place, real enough that it matters to us when people trash the place and muck up its air. I look down from the peaks into our valleys filled with thick haze and smog and think how it would have pained my ancestors to see what people have made of their precious home.
Your dismissal of others as fake because they care is the height of arrogance and irony.
procuradorfiscal Tooele, UTSept. 27, 2013 5:01 p.m.
Re: "Does being a "real Utahn" mean . . . ."
Real Utahns don't need to ask. And the rest will never understand.
Mark B Eureka, CASept. 27, 2013 3:20 p.m.
Does being a "real Utahn" mean your opinions need to be approved by proc? If you fail the test do you get a one-way ticket to Nevada?
procuradorfiscal Tooele, UTSept. 27, 2013 12:47 p.m.
Re: "Ok.... so we are now off in a self made up world where mercury doesn't poison . . . . [blah, blah]."
Just another illustration of classic disingenuous liberal misdirection.
The original hit piece bleats, not a word about mercury, asbestos, or radiation. Rather, it leads with a clumsy attempt at connecting dairying with dying babies and cancerous adults.
As real Utahns know, the truth is this -- no honest connection can or will be made between the catastrophic health issues cited in the "article' and the "pollution" issues it whines about.
But, that is, of course, what mindless leftist greenies do best -- make up and disingenuously spin stuff to be alarmed about, with not the slightest validation by anything any thinking person would call science or evidence.
Sensible Scientist Rexburg, IDSept. 27, 2013 11:42 a.m.
So that's why Utah's health statistics are always near the top in the nation? That's why qualify of life in Utah is so high?
LDS Tree-Hugger Farmington, UTSept. 27, 2013 10:50 a.m.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
You should think that Latter-Day Saints would be the biggest "Greenies" on the planet.
Even our new Stake Center here in Farmington is "green" with a full array of Solar Panels.
I know the prophets have told us so,
What Talk Radio and Politicians say seems to take priority over what the Prophets say....
UtahBlueDevil Durham, NCSept. 26, 2013 7:42 p.m.
"Not a single asthma, cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes, poor health status, infant mortality, low birth weight, or any other case or disease can be honestly linked to any purported pollution greenies incessantly whine about."
Ok.... so we are now off in a self made up world where mercury doesn't poison, and Asbestos hasn't been found to be linked to cancer or mesothelioma. And radiation poisoning.... purely fictional in procuradorfiscal world. No linkage what so ever.... its all a UN scientific conspiracy to keep hard working people down.
But hey.... I think procuradorfiscal proves out the point of the research. "Some" Utahans just don't care. They choose to burry their heads, and resort to name calling people names like "greenies". I just spent this week in Canada working with two pipelines.... and the people around the table with me... hardly greenies. But they also were very aware of the hazards that some of their processes possessed if not monitored correctly. They seem to get it...
Next up from the doubt science crowd - head to head concussions don't case brain damage... and another other scientific myths.
Happy Valley Heretic Orem, UTSept. 26, 2013 4:57 p.m.
procuradorfiscal spokesman for polluters everywhere.
If an article doesn't say God bless those who poison our land, sea, and air then its...
disingenuous tree-hugger blather
imaginary "toxic risks" greenies bleat
greenies incessantly whine about
sophomoric and intentionally misleading
Big Green's so-called "health-trumping-jobs" socialist agenda.
It's amazing this drivel is published.
Can you not make a point without name calling in every sentence?
Not a single asthma, cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes, poor health status, infant mortality, low birth weight, or any other case or disease can be honestly linked to any purported pollution greenies incessantly whine about.
Did you used to work for Big Tabacco?
JoeBlow Far East USA, SCSept. 26, 2013 3:03 p.m.
But just think how much money these companies bring into the state, and how much profit they are making.
Doesn't that make it all ok?
procuradorfiscal Tooele, UTSept. 26, 2013 2:07 p.m.
Re: "Utah ranks No. 4 . . . ."
Typically disingenuous tree-hugger blather. The truth is:
"Discharge into ponds" means dairy operations that create impoundments to concentrate and reclaim valuable runoff for reuse as fertilizer.
Whatever imaginary "toxic risks" greenies bleat about can't be measured by, let alone multiplied by some propaganda tool that somehow indexes "effects on the poor."
Not a single asthma, cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes, poor health status, infant mortality, low birth weight, or any other case or disease can be honestly linked to any purported pollution greenies incessantly whine about.
And there are, of course, scores more sophomoric and intentionally misleading suggestions of imminent catastrophe in this one-sided "green" hit piece.
Most predictably, there's not the slightest analysis of the horrific economic devastation we'd experience by implementing any of leftist Big Green's so-called "health-trumping-jobs" socialist agenda.
It's amazing this drivel is published.
It's not at all surprising, though, that real Utahns are not taken in by it.
Maudine SLC, UTSept. 26, 2013 1:40 p.m.
@ high school fan: So, because humans breathe we shouldn't try to address pollution? Humans die, should we not address murder? Humans walk fast, should we not have speed limits for cars?
There are many things that are okay in limited quantities or in a certain form that are not okay in increased quantities or different forms. This does not mean we should be careless.
ingslc salt lake city, UTSept. 26, 2013 10:58 a.m.
"Jobs" is no excuse for pollution. First, industries that either pollute less or are dedicated to using the best pollution controls offer jobs just like other industries. Second, when industries are asked to clean up their act, the clean up and the upgrading of facilities generates jobs. We want jobs AND we want public health and our tourism needs a clean environment. "Jobs" is no excuse. Pornography creates jobs - do we want a big pornography industry in Utah? No. Gambling makes jobs too, do we want to be Las Vegas? No. Alcohol makes lots of money and jobs too, but we choose to very tightly regulate this industry for the public good. Big polluters may make money, but they don't belong in our inversion-prone valley any more than casinos do. Being fourth in the nation for pollution is a shameful thing, but the legislature and the governor want to pretend it is a badge of honor. The people shouldn't let them sell us out so cheaply. Jobs AND health! Not either or!
Happy Valley Heretic Orem, UTSept. 26, 2013 8:44 a.m.
Yeah Utah, try harder. We can be the number one polluter, the above poster believes breathing harder causes more pollution therefore I'm sure more folks with asthma will mean less of that polluted breathing.
Besides the EPA is an evil entity developed by Obama to destroy America by asking that we not pollute till the rivers catch fire, or there's a hole in the ozone. Lead and arsenic are just naturally occurring minerals that enhance my water.
It's so arrogant to believe that man could destroy what God created.
But seriously #4 and that's Cool?
high school fan Huntington, UTSept. 26, 2013 3:32 a.m.
Wow, aren't we lucky, an opinion from an environmentalist that one would expect that they would have. The writer jumps all over the place as though the included will validate their opinion. Unfortunately the author just plainly looks silly.
If you don't want pollution then just ask for us all to die off because simply breathing adds pollution to the air but lucky for all of us God was smart enough to think of that and let Mother Nature fix all that for us.
And quit throwing coal fired power plants into the mix every time you want to complain, Utah's plants have spent millions to be clean and they burn Utah coal, the cleanest there is. I live by five generating units and as best I can tell, we here all live pretty good lives and the air is clean.


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By Linda Emley
On Tuesday, July 10, I went to Columbia to visit the Missouri Lodge of Research, which houses the records of all A.F.& A.M Lodges in Missouri. A.F.& A.M. stands for Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
"Freemasonry" dates to the Biblical days when King Solomon's temple was being built. The Masons played a role in building many of the cathedrals of Europe and became a fraternal organization in London in 1717.
The father of our country, George Washington, was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Fredericksburg, Va. When he was sworn in as our first President in 1791 in New York City, his hand was resting on a Masonic Bible that had been borrowed from St. John's Lodge.
Harry Truman, one of our favorite local presidents, was also a Mason. Many presidents and early American patriots were members of a Masonic Lodge.
There have been rumors about the Masons over the years, but they are just a fraternal organization that believes in a Supreme Being who is the "Great Architect of the Universe." To be a member one must be at least 18 years old and be a man who has good morals and a good reputation. In my book, that means they are good, God-fearing men who are working together for the good of all mankind.
I've been researching Freemasonry for many years, so my visit to the Lodge of Research was even better than I had expected. My mission was to find out as much as I could about the Masonic lodges of Ray County. I was the guest of Lloyd Lyon, who is a friend from the Hale Lodge. He was also researching Ray County's Masonic past because he just finished a story on George Dunn, which covers his personal life and his life as a Mason.
There are currently four Masonic Lodges still active in Ray County. They are Richmond Lodge # 57, Beehive Lodge # 393 in Lawson, Ada Lodge # 444 in Orrick and Ray Lodge # 223 in Camden.
There were a number of lodges in the past that are no longer active, including Camden # 197, King Hiram # 309 in Knoxville, Hardin # 322, Myrtle # 338 in Millville, Harmony # 384 in Vibbard and Unity # 409 in Richmond. I am still collecting info about these lodges so this story is a brief history of Richmond Lodge # 57.
The 1881 Ray County History Book gives the following account: "RICHMOND LODGE, NO. 57, A. F. & A. M. The first meeting, looking to the organization of this lodge, was held July 16, 1842. The date of dispensation, or by whom instituted, was not reported, and we have been unable to ascertain. Its charter is dated October 12, 1842; and the names of the charter members are as follows: Charles R. Morehead, Sinclair Miller, David Bullock, Caleb Tompkins, John Jackson, William Hudgins, James H. Smith, Charles V. Hern, Austin A. King, J. C. Richardson, and Wm. Berry. Of the above named charter members, only the last named are now living.
Among the first officers were the following: Charles R. Morehead, W. M.; David Bullock, S. W.; and Sinclair Miller, J. W. The present officers are: W. A. Holman, W. M.; George W. Trigg, S.W.; William Fitch, J. W.; W. W. Ewing, secretary; S. R. Crispin, treasurer; J. W. Smith, S. D.; W. A. Williams, J. D., and John G. Ballard, tiler. R. B. Kice, of this lodge, is district deputy grand master, and also district lecturer. The members of this lodge owned a well furnished and commodious hall, which, together with all their books, jewels, regalia, furniture, etc., was destroyed by a cyclone, June 1, 1878. Since the organization of Richmond lodge, over 600 persons have become members there."
Charles R. Morehead was the first Worshipful Master when it was formed in 1842. This title is given to the man in charge of the lodge for each new year.
As the history book told us, the first lodge was destroyed by a tornado. It was located on the third floor of a building on the southwest corner of the square. They then moved to the south of the square, one block west, and this building was destroyed by a fire in 1895. The second lodge was next to the old J.C. Penny building that is now a parking lot. The third lodge was at 116 East North Main St. and was dedicated on Sept. 18, 1925. Lodge #57 moved to its current location on Clark Street and dedicated the new building on Aug 7, 2010.
Since the Richmond lodge records were destroyed in 1878 and 1895, the yearly records submitted to the Missouri Grand Lodge were used to retrace their history. There were no records filed in 1847 and 1849, but the reason for this is not known. During the Civil War, no records were filed from 1861 to 1863. It has been reported that they did not meet during these years due to the war, which was the case with many local churches and other organizations.
Many prominent men of Ray County have been Masons, including Gov. Austin King, David Whitmer, John Shotwell, George Trigg, George Dunn, C.T. Garner, Israel Hendley, Judge Devellblss, Dr. John Baber, Louis McGegade, Robert Sevier, Nelson Hill, George Lavelock and Arthur Littman.
While at the Lodge of Research, I ran across an important local Mason that I didn't know existed. We have been unable to find any record of Alexander Doniphan being a Mason. Most of his friends were, but he is not mentioned in any of the local records.
I was looking over the lodge file for Platte City, hoping to find something about Doniphan and ran across a letter from Richmond that was sent to Platte City in 1865. It was on the letterhead of the Grand Master, who is the number one Mason in the state, and was signed by John F. Houston.
After a little more research, we found that Houston was the Grand Master in 1864 and 1865. These were important years due to the Civil War. He died at the age of 47 in 1871 and was honored with a large funeral when he was buried in Richmond. After reading his obituary, we now think that John Houston was the man that was being talked about in 1917 when the Richmond Lodge was celebrating the 200th anniversary of the forming of the first Grand Lodge, which was in London. Rev. Aker was quoted as saying "The only man who is not criticized by some individual in Richmond sleeps over yonder on the hill," he said, pointing in the direction of the cemetery.
More stories of John Houston and Ray's local lodges will be coming soon, but if you want to learn more about them first hand, you can attend the First Annual House of Hope Fish Fry that is being sponsored by Richmond Masonic Lodge # 57 on Friday, July 20. Lunch will be served from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and dinner will be served from 5 p.m. to whenever they run out of fish and chips. So plan on coming over to the Shrine Club at 400 Wollard Blvd. for food, fun and maybe even some tales of Richmond's past.
Have a good story for Linda? You can see her in person at Ray County Museum during business hours or send her an e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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BANGKOK, Thailand — Before Arab protesters sparked a season of revolt, there was Thailand: another U.S.-backed government pit against protesters determined to topple it.
Unlike in Tunisia, Thailand's uprising last spring did not succeed. Nor were protesters, the aggressively anti-establishment Red Shirts, cheered on by Western heads of state like demonstrators in Egypt.
But as Thailand's government readies long-awaited elections, its opponents hint that any unfair play could stir an Arab-inspired reprise of last spring's protests.
Since Thailand's 2006 military coup, Thailand has endured escalating spasms of political violence. This time last year, the Red Shirts, a faction of self-proclaimed "have-nots," were angrily dousing the prime minister's front gate with their own blood. By May's end, after an army crackdown on protesters' Bangkok camps, more than 90 were dead and 1,800 wounded.
But there is hope. For the first time in years, both the government and its opposition party are preparing for a proper election in early July.
This is a crucial turning point for Thailand. The government can ensure a fair election free of meddling from the army or courts. Protesters of all creeds can accept the result, even if they don't like it, and refrain from seizing government buildings or sowing urban chaos.
If all that happens, Thailand's shaky democracy can rebuild its credibility. But few, it seems, are optimistic.
"The last hope is this election," said Phongthep Thepkanchana, a cabinet member during the premiership of Thaksin Shinawatra. Forced out in a 2006 army coup, Thaksin is still idolized by most Red Shirts and many of Thailand's rural and urban poor.
"What did the people in the Philippines do to the Marcos regime? The same thing will happen in Thailand" if the vote is rigged, Phongthep said.
Recently freed from prison after last year's protests, Red Shirts co-leader Nattawut Saikua has opted for the more contemporary analogy. "The wind of change that's blowing through the Arab world is re-energizing the Red Shirts, who are still hurting and tired from last time," he told AFP. "But the fight will go on."
But many less politically inclined Thais are tired as well. A full two-thirds of the population want "large demonstrations" banned, according to a recently released Asia Foundation poll conducted face-to-face across the country.
Few are hopeful the unrest will cease. More than 80 percent polled predicted "more violence related to political conflicts within the next year."
The coming election will pit the ruling party, the Democrats, against Peau Thai (translation: For Thais), a party aligned with the Red Shirts. They are known to consult heavily with Thaksin, who is fleeing charges ranging from fraud to terrorism in self-imposed exile.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, decried as a "tyrant" by the Red Shirts, has depicted the vote as an easy choice between stability and a movement beholden to billionaire Thaksin's desire for revenge.
"I cannot think of another election where they have such clear choices," Abhisit said in a meeting with foreign reporters in mid-March.
"At the very least, it's an opportunity for the silent majority, the majority of Thai people who've not been heard nearly enough," he said. "We've heard from very loud groups of people, but they don't make up the majority."
According to the Asia Foundation poll, this is true: only 12 percent of Thais identify as either "strongly red" or "strongly yellow," the hue adopted by a much smaller band of nationalists who seized Bangkok's airports in 2008.
An even tinier contingent — 2 percent — had attended a political rally in the past two years. And 22 percent would be more comfortable with a "strong, unelected leader" instead of a messy democracy.
Could that figure embolden the Thai military, which has staged 20-odd takeovers in the last 100 years?
It better not, warns the opposition. Thais will resist en masse, they say, if the military nullifies their victory with a coup. And though the army chief insists there will be no coup, they are keen to note that the army leadership made the same declaration shortly before the 2006 putsch.
The Middle East revolts have likely scared the military off coup plans, said Suranand Vejjajiva, a columnist and cousin of the current premier who served in Thaksin's cabinet.
"Egypt and Tunisia certainly helped," he said. "I think the military generals, although they have their own mindset ... they also realize the world is changing."
And if the army does stage a coup?
"They're in for a fight," Suranand said.


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Arab cellular lines grew by 17% in the first nine months of 2009
By end of September 2009, 47 mobile operators in seventeen Arab countries served 241.3 million cellular subscribers up from 206.9 million at year-end 2008, a growth of 16.6% over year-end 2008. A new report from Arab Advisors Group analyzes and ranks cellular operators in the Arab World by end of September 2009. MobiNil (Egypt), Vodafone Egypt (Egypt) and STC (Saudi Arabia), were the largest Arab cellular operators in terms of subscriber bases by end of September 2009.
Between October 2008 and December 2009, three new cellular operators and three MVNOs launched their operations in the Arab World. With the advent of new operators and increased competition, cellular subscribers in seventeen Arab countries reached 241.3 million by end of September 2009. MobiNil and Vodafone Egypt ranked first and second, with 23.4 million and 22.1 million subscribers, respectively. STC in Saudi Arabia ended the first nine months of 2009 with 20 million subscribers, settling as the third largest mobile operator in the Arab region. UAE recorded the highest cellular penetration rate by September 2009 which stood at an estimated 193.5% followed by Saudi Arabia at 165.5%.
A new report, "A Scorecard of Key Performance Indicators of Cellular Operators in the Arab World" was released to the Arab Advisors Group's Telecoms Strategic Research Service subscribers on March 3, 2010. This report can be purchased from the Arab Advisors Group for only US$ 1,000. The 47-page report, which contains 32 detailed exhibits, provides a comprehensive analysis of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of the mobile operators in the Arab World. The KPIs are for the year 2008 and September 2009. The report covers 48 operators in eighteen countries -for the period ending September 2009- namely: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen.
The report offers analytical comparisons between the service providers, by examining their performance in terms of absolute number of subscribers, penetration rates, market shares, revenues, monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) and key financial ratios. Please contact the Arab Advisors Group to get a copy of the report's Table of Contents.
"Cellular markets are liberalized in the nineteen Arab countries covered by the Arab Advisors Group. The Qatari cellular market was the last to welcome competition. The cellular service monopoly in Qatar came to an end with Vodafone Qatar Foundation Consortium commercially launching its services in July 2009." Mrs. Faten Bader, Senior Research Analyst at Arab Advisors Group wrote in the report. "Between October 2008 and December 2009, three cellular operators and three MVNOs launched their operations in the Arab World. These operators launched in countries with relatively high cellular penetration rates compared to the rest of the Arab countries. These operators are: Zain in Saudi Arabia, Viva (STC) in Kuwait, Vodafone in Qatar and three MVNOs (Renna Telecom, Friendi Mobile and Mazoon Mobile) in Oman." Ms. Danya Nusseir, Senior Research Analyst at Arab Advisors Group added.
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Learn how to facilitate a Hearing Voices network support group! This 3 day training will prepare someone to facilitate Montgomery County Hearing Voices Network Support Groups.
HVN USA is currently seeking proposals (20, 60 and 90 minutes in length) from individuals across the world.
Hearing Voices Network will be hosting the 9th Annual Hearing Voices Congress located in Boston Massachusetts from August 16th to the 18th.
Moving Toward Human Liberation: My Experience of the Hearing Voices Network Movement—A Declaration of Interdependence
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All the apparatus of learning in the earlier Middle Ages had the ultimate purpose - at least in principle - of making it possible to understand the Bible better. The fathers laid foundations on which their successors built for a thousand years and more, which helped to form and direct the principles of modern criticism. This study looks at the assumptions within which students of the Bible in the West approached their reading, from Augustine to the end of the twelfth century, when distinct skills in grammar and logic made it possible to develop more refined critical methods and to apply fresh tools to the task.
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It'll be a rockin' time at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe on Friday when returning to the venue is .38 Special, a Southern rock band which has been together for over three decades.
Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets are $32 and $37.
Their many Gold and Platinum album awards stand in testament to the endurance of a legendary powerhouse.
With sales in excess of 20 million, most associate the band with their arena-rock pop smashes, "Hold On Loosely," "Rockin' Into the Night," "Caught Up in You," "Fantasy Girl," "If I'd Been the One," "Back Where You Belong," "Chain Lightnin'," "Second Chance," and more – Timeless hits that remain a staple at radio, immediately recognizable from the first opening chord, and paving the way to their present-day touring regimen.
The co-founders of the group, vocalist Donnie Van Zant and guitarist/vocalist Don Barnes, say it's all about maintaining that intensity in their live shows.
Since 1976, the band has released more than 15 albums. And from the start, they've toured relentlessly, bringing their signature brand of 'muscle and melody' to fans worldwide.
Van Zant is a unique driving force for the band, with an unending spirit that propels the rest to consistently take it up a notch. His name is synonymous with Southern Rock royalty. He is the brother of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Van Zant, the late iconic singer and founder of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The band released its latest LP, "Life From Texas," on Aug. 30.
The high-energy compilation is highlighted by the vocals and guitar work of Danny Chauncey, with Bobby Capps on keys and vocals, bassist Larry "LJ" Junstrom holding the bottom together, and drummer Gary Moffatt providing the driving beat.


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Why are people unhappy with Android? The complaints range from battery life to lack of customer support. Every single Android I have tested has abysmal battery life, and the support from the wireless carriers is viewed by most people as deeply inferior to the friendly approach and replacement policies of the Apple store. Techies and geeks mostly like Android, but most people are not techies and geeks. As a result, the percentage of people who bought Android over the last 18 or so months are looking to switch to Apple and others over the next six months appears large. Something had to give. Google could have continued on its current path, probably with much more success still. But in the eyes of the consumer, it would not approach Apple in terms of being a consistent experience with superior service and cradle-to-grave comfort. People say: "But what about Google's relationship with its Android licensees, such as Samsung, LG, HTC, SonyEricsson and many others?" Here is the cold answer: Too bad. Of course Google wants to maintain as many active Android licensees as possible, to help it dominate the ecosystem. It would never kick anyone out, like Apple did with its Mac licensees in the mid-1990s. This was a hard choice for Google. It now almost inevitably risks alienating its Android licensees. Nobody will admit this, near term, of course. Google has no incentive to do it, ever, for all sorts of reasons, least of all anti-trust. Licensees such as Samsung, HTC, LG and others are now caught with their pants down, and have to keep up a smiling face while they figure out what to do over the long run. Remember, there is no near-term panic here. We don't even know if the Motorola deal will close. But assuming that it does, the clock is ticking for the Android licensees. I wrote an article on May 20, 2011, that Samsung is building its own high-end operating system to compete with Google's Android, and that it will be launched in 2012. Clearly, Samsung saw this otherwise surprising move by Google coming already.
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NCAA Tournament Results, Scores: Complete Sweet 16 Live BlogMarch 24, 2011
I'm Jack Winter, B/R's Kansas basketball Featured Columnist and NCAA tournament addict.
I took you through the first five hours of 2011's March Madness last Thursday, considered by many—myself included—to be the best afternoon of college basketball in recent memory.
Since then the field has whittled down to 16 teams. Blue-bloods like Duke, Kansas and Kentucky remain, as well as multiple Cinderellas, headlined by the pride of Richmond, Va., the Rams of VCU and Spiders of RU.
Sweet 16 action kicks off with San Diego State and Connecticut at 7:15 p.m. ET, followed shortly by BYU and Florida at 7:27 p.m.
The marquee matchup of the night is a rematch of the 2001 title game—fifth-seeded Arizona versus top-seeded Duke—and will follow the game between the Aztecs and Kemba Walker's Huskies.
Tonight's action ends with 2010 national runner-up Butler versus the Badgers of Wisconsin.
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World Jewry Celebrates Daf Yomi Tuesday Night
Ultra-Orthodox Jews around the world will be holding celebrations Tuesday and Wednesday to mark the completion of the 11th cycle of Talmud study, which follows a daf yomi, or daily page, regimen for working through the Gemara.
It takes seven and a half years to complete the cycle of 2,711 pages, an achievement traditionally marked with festivities.
The last cycle was completed on September 28, 1997. The new cycle begins tomorrow, and ends August 2, 2012.
Israel's chief rabbis will attend a mass assembly this evening at Nokia Stadium (Yad Eliahu) in Tel Aviv, under the auspices of Agudath Yisrael.
Another large rally will take place tomorrow at the Jerusalem International Convention Center for English and Russian speakers.
In the United States, upwards of 500,000 Jews will participate across the country, with main events taking place at Madison Square Garden and the Javits Center in New York City, at the Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey, and in in Los Angeles. The organizers, Agudath Yisrael, said the ceremony at Madison Square Garden will be broadcast by satellite to 70 festive gatherings in other North American cities.
The Conference of European Rabbis is organizing the celebrations in Lublin, Poland, where the daf yomi study calendar was first begun on September 11, 1923, Rosh Hashana, by Rabbi Meir Shapiro, head of the Sages of Lublin Yeshiva.
The festivities in Lublin this evening are expected to draw hundreds of guests from the U.S. and other countries, among them rabbis and public officials. Poland's chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, will host the event, and a local Jewish boys' choir will perform a melody composed by Rabbi Shapiro.
Shapiro, who served as a member of the Polish Sejm, proposed the daily page idea in a speech he gave at the first Agudath Yisrael convention in Vienna in 1923. Shapiro suggested dividing the Gemara pages up into a daily regimen so that "every Jew everywhere will study the same Gemara page on the same day."
Completion of the first cycle was celebrated on February 2, 1931, in the central hall of the Lublin yeshiva. From there the practice took off and spread to Jewish communities around the world.
Under the Communist regime, the Lublin yeshiva building housed a music academy, and today it serves as the Lublin Medical College. A businessman from Brooklyn, David Singer, persuaded the Polish government to allow the current celebrations to be held in the building where the yeshiva operated until the Nazi conquest of Poland.
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The City of Racine Department of Public Works will begin the fall collection of leaves on Tuesday, October 11th, 2016. Leaves that residents rake into the street gutters will be collected through November 21st, 2016. This collection is for LEAVES ONLY. Branches and yard waste
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Digital music and video distributor MediaNet announced plans to expand its digital content offerings with the launch of an e-book catalog and distribution service for as many as 200,000 digital book titles from a range of major publishers. The new service will initially offer titles in Adobe ePub and PDF format with plans to add additional formats.
The MediaNet Open E-book solution offers an automated enterprise content delivery system that will allow retailers to quickly set up an e-bookstore under their own brand to deliver downloads of popular titles. The MN e-book platform will give retailers an e-book catalog with bestselling popular titles and an interface offering full browsing capability and purchasing options for consumers as well as the ability to closely monitor real-time sales activity.
MediaNet CEO Alan McGlade said his company will launch initially with Adobe ePub titles, "but we'll add formats as required and continue to grow the catalog." MediaNet is a nine year-old company specializing in digital downloads of music and video and McGlade said it was time to enter the digital book business. "MediaNet currently powers music metadata, streams and downloads for over 100 digital retailers and online entertainment destinations," he said. "The integration of e-books comes at the right time for this burgeoning industry and is a natural extension of MediaNet's digital music."
McGlade said that MediaNet has "hundreds" of accounts in the U.S. and Canada in addition to a presence in Europe, including the U.K. retailer Tesco. McGlade also said that "most" of the e-titles that will be offered through MediaNet will have Digital Rights Management software—controversial security software that prevents content from being copied or transferred beyond the initial purchaser. DRM is often criticized by consumers because it can prevent lawful content owners from sharing their content or from transferring their music or e-book titles to the different devices they may own.
Nevertheless, most book publishers and many authors continue to demand DRM on their e-books. "DRM adds a level of complexity and difficulty to the user experience," McGlade said. " The music business went through all of this before deciding to give up on DRM. The book space will evolve as well but we're going to follow the rules and try to make the user experience right and smooth."


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… And no not because I'm poor and travel within my means. I'm a woman who enjoys simplicity and even if I had all of the money in the world, I would still find overly extravagant hotels ridiculous. I don't look at the accommodations of a luxury hotel and go "yes – this is what I need." HELL NO! I'm the girl that goes into a hotel and says "perfect – it has a bed".
Lap pool, helicopter service, private library? Who needs that? Here are five hotels that make me laugh because they exude hilarious levels of luxury and outrageously extravagant accommodations.
1.) The Presidential Suite, InterContinental, Hong Kong
For the low price of $13,715 per night, you can experience one of the best foggy panoramic views of the overly polluted Hong Kong. With a wrap around balcony and more square feet than my apartment in Philadelphia, this suite comes with a rooftop pool and jacuzzi overlooking the Victoria Harbor.
This spacious suite comes with a master bedroom, dining room, a gym with a wall of windows facing the city skyline and a kitchenette. It's not a full kitchen — people who have enough money to spend on this suite don't have to cook. Why cook when you can eat the most extravagant meals from world class chefs for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
2.) Villa La Cupola Suite, Westin Excelsior, Rome
Why pay for all four years of college when you can spend a night in the ultra lush and extravagant Villa La Cupola Suite at the Westin Excelsior in Rome. For $30,000 you can spend one night in one of Europe's larges suites. Inspired by ancient Rome, the Villa La Cupola Suite features stained glass, frescoes and marble designs throughout. There's also a private sauna and spa, private wraparound terrace to catch some sun and a private movie theater… because who needs to socialize when you've got this much money?
3.) The Presidential Suite, The Raj Palace Hotel, Jaipur, India
Get your own palace in India for only $45,000. I mean, what a deal, who could pass up this very reasonable price! The only way I would ever stay in this suite is if I did it with 450 of my closest friends so that I only had to spend $100.
It's the biggest suite in all of Asia, coming in at nearly 1,500 square meters and has a private roof terrace with swimming pool offering panoramic views of the pink city of Jaipur. This lavish, four-story apartment is decorated throughout with ivory, gold leaf and mirrors so that you can look at how rich you are. I think what really blows the lid off of how ridiculous this suite is is the fact that it comes complete with its own private museum — private museum?! Because it's absurd to even fathom sharing a museum with anyone else — hell no — need to keep a museum to yourself.
4.) The Maestro Suite, The Dolder Grand, Zurich, Switzerland
Peer down from the tallest tower of the Dolder Grand in Switzerland in the Maestro Suite. Inspired by the classical music conductor Maestro Herbert von Karajan, this lavish accommodation includes two bedrooms and a bathroom constructed of marble. Enjoy meals from a private kitchen in the luxurious dining room located in the tower of the suite and unwind from the day in the private sauna (being rich can be so stressful). There's also a bar and a fireplace, making it a grand space to entertain. And all for the low price of $18,800 per night.
5.) The Penthouse, The Fairmont, San Francisco, California, USA
This is a truly entertaining space. The 6,000 square foot Penthouse at the Fairmount in San Francisco, California includes a dining room that can seat 60 people, a large terrace overlooking the San Francisco skyline, a living room with carved wood paneling and a domed billiard room paved in Persian tile. But I think one of the silliest aspects of this space is that there is a secret passageway that connects the two-story library to the penthouse! Though I find it exceedingly extravagant, I would have fun with the library and the secret passageway — that's just dreamy!


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Install application more than once.
Is it possible to install the same application more than once in linux. For example could I run open office 5.1 and 6.0 on the same machine? In windows this information is stored in the registry, is there some comparable file / place where this info is kept?
I have an application that the owner would like to install twice on a server and I honestly just don't know if you can.
...and I also don't know how to uninstall either.
We can't use rpm or yum because it's a shared server and the vendor gave us instructions which were something like....compile the code, run ./configure which somehow sets it up.
Packages can be distributed in multiple formats. rpm is used by RPM for single packages and yum for yum repositories.
One can also distribute source code which is what it sounds like you have here. Typical procedure is:
Download the source package (usually ends with a .tgz or .tar.gz)
Use mkdir to make a directory in which to extract the files.
Run "tar tvf" against the downloaded file to see what it is going to extract.
Run "tar xvf" against the downloaded file to do the actual extract if you're comfortable with what the "tar tvf" displayed.
Run "./configure" in the directory in which the files were extracted. This discovers what is available on your system (mostly libraries and commands) that can be used by (or are required by) the package. Some things will give warnings meaning that you can proceed without them whereas other things might fail completely. (e.g. some applications can do ssl but don't require it - if they find ssl libraries they'll configure it in but if not they'll exclude it - if you WANT ssl capability in the application and it isn't already installed you'd need to install ssl then do the configure again).
After the configure is successful you run "make" which compiles the source into binaries based on the configuration options it set during the configure phase.
Many apps have "make install" that can be done after the "make" that will move binaries, libraries, scripts etc... into the standard locations expected by the application.
You could omit the "make install" if this particular package has it and/or review its documentation to see if it has a way to tell it to install in an alternate directory. You could just manually copy the binaries into alternate paths but need to be sure they don't have hard references to the default paths.
Some apps use certain resources (such as memory addresses) and can't run multiple copies unless you explicitly tell them what resources to use other than the default.
To sum it up: It depends on the app itself. Many apps can run multiple copies from multiple locations. Some can run multiple copies from a single location and some can not run more than one copy at all. You'll have to review the documentation for the app.
Many apps include README and/or README* files in the downloaded bundle that you can read to get more details. README is typically overall whereas the README* files could be for various purposes (e.g. README.configure might talk about what options to explicitly use on the command line when you run configure, README.runtime might give details about how to make a runtime only copy etc...)
It may not be possible.
I ran 2 versions off FF by renaming the /bin/ff & also the executable in the ff folder the only problrm I had was updating. Actually I was running iceweasel & ff
I renamed the real ff to /bin/firefox2 like I said it wouldn't get updates. But you can run 2 versions of applications by renaming thebin file & manually installi making links
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Rudy Gay could become one of the most polarizing free agents of the 2014 class if he decides to turn down next season's player option, worth more than $19.3MM, and hit the market this summer. The Grizzlies and Raptors reached new heights after unloading him, while the Kings have remained at the bottom of the Western Conference since acquiring the 6'8″ forward. Gay has nonetheless played much better in Sacramento, and his 48.4% shooting percentage in 50 games as a King would be a career high if extrapolated over a full season. Here's the latest on the Octagon Sports client as a critical offseason looms:
- Gay tells Scott Howard-Cooper of NBA.com that he's so uncertain about whether to exercise his player option that he can't even identify what will factor into the decision. Still, Howard-Cooper gets the sense that Gay is leaning toward staying with the Kings, whether that means opting in or signing a new deal with the team. "I think I can have a future here for sure," Gay said. "For sure. With the people we have in the front office, with the coaches, I definitely fit in here. It's just when you get here, you're set and you're settled and everything's blown over, when you have your contract and everything's set, no matter where you are, it's just where do we go from there? I'm looking forward to weighing my options."
- The 27-year-old said to Howard-Cooper that he can envision himself continuing to play in a rebuilding situation, but he admits to Jonathan Santiago of Cowbell Kingdom that it's not ideal. "At times it's tough," Gay said. "I'm not going to say it's all peaches and cream because at times it's tough. But you have to put yourself in a different mindset. Of course, if I was on a vet team, I'd probably be preparing for the playoffs. But since I'm here, I have to make these guys better."
- His contract, not his inefficient play, is why the Grizzlies decided to trade Gay last year, as Lionel Hollins asserts to Kerry Eggers of the Portland Tribune.
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Thank you for your interest in the solar group purchase! Registration is now closed (as of 6/30/14). 145 people "raised their hands" for solar! More updates to come as the group progresses!
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Members of the UMD and College Park community are organizing a neighborhood solar co-op!
What is a neighborhood solar co-op?
A neighborhood solar co-op is when community members form a group and use their collective buying power to save on the total cost of going solar. The group uses a competitive bidding process to select a single company that will install systems on all of the participating homes. Each participant signs his or her own contract with the installer, but everyone gets the bulk discount.
By going solar as a group we can save 30% off the cost of a solar system. You'll also have the support of the group instead of navigating an often-complicated process alone. Homeowners in College Park and the DC metro area are encouraged to join the group!
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Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Print version ISSN 0365-0596On-line version ISSN 1806-4841
An. Bras. Dermatol. vol.86 no.1 Rio de Janeiro Jan./Feb. 2011
Erythema ab igne induced by a laptop computer in an adolescent*
Susana GiraldiI; Fábio DiettrichII; Kerstin T. AbbageI; Vânia de O. CarvalhoI; Leide P. MarinoniI
IMaster's degree. Physician, Departamento de Pediatria, do Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná - Curitiba (PR), Brasil
IIComputer Science graduate, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Erythema ab igne is a pigmented reticular skin lesion with telangiectasias caused by prolonged exposure to heat. This report describes the case of a 12-year-old adolescent girl with erythema ab igne induced by a laptop computer. The paper also discusses how computers generate heat and how important it is for the manufacturers of these devices to warn consumers of the potential hazards that could occur if the equipment is misused.
Keywords: Computers, Erythema, Radiation Effects
Erythema ab igne is described as a pigmented reticular skin lesion with telangiectasias that occurs as a result of prolonged exposure to heat. Currently, the development of new technology in the form of portable computers and accessories means that these devices may be in direct contact with the user's skin for prolonged periods of time, consequently causing damage to the skin. This paper reports the case of an adolescent girl with erythema ab igne resulting from the use of a laptop computer.
A 12-year old female patient from Curitiba, Paraná, skin phototype II, complained of an extensive violaceous mark on the dorsal surface of both thighs that had been present for the past 8 months. The mark was more intense on her right thigh. Later, the violaceous mark turned a brownish color. The patient was asymptomatic.
At dermatological examination, 20-cm brownish macules were found on the anterior surface of the patient's thighs, with mild erythema along the edges. The lesion was affecting both thighs, but was more visible on the dorsal surface of the right thigh (Figures 1 and 2). The site affected by the marks appeared hotter to the touch compared to the normal, lesion-free skin. Dermoscopy showed the presence of homogenous, brownish pigmentation with erythema at the edges of the macules. The other tests carried out, including full blood count, C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), were all within the normal range. A biopsy was performed on the lesion located on the dorsal surface of the patient's right thigh and on a sample of her normal skin for comparison. When questioned, the patient reported that around 11 months previously she had developed the habit of resting her laptop on her thighs and would spend several hours a day working in that position (Figure 3).
The patient was advised not to place her laptop computer directly on her thighs but had to use a table or another type of support to diminish the possibility of direct contact with the device and to use local photoprotection. The patient was reevaluated ten days later and the brownish macules were found to be gradually disappearing. Anatomopathology revealed skin with moderate acanthosis, the basal layer unaffected and scanty perivascular lymphocytic inflammatory infiltrate compatible with erythema ab igne.
Erythema ab igne is defined as a pigmented or unpigmented reticular skin lesion with telangiectasias resulting from prolonged and repeated exposure to moderate heat.1,2 Infrared radiation (which produces heat) is insufficient to cause a burn.1 Erythema ab igne is also known as erythema a calore.2 It has been reported in individuals who use hot water bottles for warmth in winter or repeated hot compresses and in patients who strongly prefer warm environments.1 It is found more commonly on women's legs,1 but may also be seen on the buttocks and thighs.3 The possibility of hypothyroidism with hypothermia must be eliminated.1,2 The pathogenesis of the condition is unknown.2 The lesions are found at sites exposed to infrared radiation and in the borders of areas in which items of clothing and skin overlap, leaving certain areas more or less exposed to radiation.1 Differential diagnosis should be made with poikiloderma, sun damage (actinic keratosis), livedo reticularis or vasculitis.1 In the initial stages, histopathology reveals epidermal atrophy, dermal pigmentation and vasodilation.1 When chronic, the collagen bands may become fragmented, smaller and thicker, with a loss of basement membrane collagen IV.1,3 The following complications may develop: the presence of blisters, atrophy, residual hyperpigmentation, keratoses and squamous cell carcinoma in situ.1 Rarely, in the form of the Koebner phenomenon, psoriasis, lichen planus and lupus may develop at the site of erythema ab igne.1 Treatment involves eliminating direct contact between the skin and the source of infrared radiation, photoprotection of the site in cases of sun exposure and 5% fluorouracil cream if keratoses are present at the site. 1 Some cases of erythema ab igne on the dorsal surface of the thighs resulting from the use of a laptop computer have been reported in the literature.2,4-6 Four of these cases occurred in women and one in a male.7 The case reported here is the second case in the literature dealing with an adolescent.
The cause of erythema ab igne on the dorsal surface of the thighs resulting from the use of a laptop computer is the direct contact with the infrared radiation produced from heat generated by the computer on the skin. The temperature required to induce erythema ab igne ranges from 43 to 47ºC. 1
The principal components that contribute towards the heat generated by a computer are the integrated circuits of the device such as the central processing unit (CPU) and the graphics processing unit (GPU). This occurs because electrical currents have to cross each other in order for the devices to function. The frequency and voltage of these currents determine the amount of heat they generate.8 For these devices to function correctly, they must not overheat; therefore the heat generated has to be allowed to dissipate. There are two ways of cooling computers. The first is air cooling. This consists of the use of various fans that draw cool air from the environment and circulate it through the components of the computer, absorbing the heat generated by them and expulsing it. The second form of cooling is by submersion in liquid. With this technique, the components of the computer are submersed in a thermally conductive liquid. Cooling occurs through the passive exchange of heat between the devices and the liquid and between the liquid and room air. Nevertheless, this liquid has to also be a poor conductor of electricity so that it will not affect the normal functioning of the computer components.8
In laptop computers, as in the vast majority of personal computers, cooling is achieved through the use of fans. The available space for these devices inside a laptop computer is much smaller compared to that of a desktop; therefore, the fan may jam much more easily due to an accumulation of dust, or the tiny space through which the air enters may become obstructed by small objects. This may cause overheating to occur in the computer's components, leading to erythema ab igne if the computer is being supported on the user's thighs.
We would suggest that computer manufacturers should be informed of the possibility of this type of skin lesion if the computer comes into direct contact with the skin and that consumers should be warned in the instruction manual of the device.
1. Burns T, Breathnach SB, Cox N, Griffiths C. Effects of heat and infrared radiation. In: Kennedy CTC, Burd DAR. Effects of heat and infrared radiation. [ Links ] In: Rook's. Textbook of Dermatology. Hong Kong: Blackwell, 2004. p.22.64- 22.65. [ Links ]
2. Dissemond J, Grabbe S. Erytema ab igne. Intern Med J. 2008;38:675. [ Links ]
3. Lever WF, Lever GS. Inflamatory Diseases Due To Physical Agents and Foreign substances. In: Lever WF, Lever GS. Histopatology of the Skin. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company; 1983. p. 214. [ Links ]
4. Levinbook WS, Mallett J, Grant-Kels JM. Laptop Computer-Associated Erythema Ab Igne. Cutis. 2007;80:319-20. [ Links ]
5. Mohr MR, Scott KA, Pariser RM, Hood AF. Laptop Computer-Induced Erythema Ab Igne: A Case Report. Cutis. 2007;79:59-60. [ Links ]
6. Maalouf E, Simantov A, Rosenbaum F, Chosid ow O. Erythema ab igne as an Unexpected Computer Side-Effect. Dermatology. 2006;212:392-3. [ Links ]
7. Bilic M, Adams BB. Erythema ab igne induced by a laptop computer. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004;50:973-4. [ Links ]
8. Mudawar I. Assessment of High-Heat-Flux Thermal Management Schemes (IEEE). Transactions on Components and Packaging Technology. 2001;24:122-41. [ Links ]
Mailing address: Received on 13.10.2009. * Study conducted at the Departamento de Pediatria, do Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná - Curitiba (PR), Brasil.
Susana Giraldi
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Approved by the Advisory Board and accepted for publication on 21.4.2010.
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Received on 13.10.2009.
* Study conducted at the Departamento de Pediatria, do Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná - Curitiba (PR), Brasil.


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Yo Joe! In conjunction with the impending release of G.I. Joe: Retaliation, the Toonzone blog staff has teamed up to present an (almost) week of posts looking back at the best G.I. Joe material, classic and modern, in the hope of providing animated alternatives to show what real G.I. Joe entertainment should be.
Shoot, did I just say that out loud?
Any of the multiple G.I. Joe series were fair game for our Best. Episode. Ever! entry, with G.I. Joe: Resolute counting as one episode if anyone wanted to tackle it (and while nobody did, it's not because it's bad…and you can read my review that says why, he said self-promotingly). Of course, this really means that the selections were limited to that series, plus the original 1980's series and G.I. Joe Renegades, since suggesting anything from the crap-tacular DiC second series as a "Best Episode Ever" would require Cobra Commander-levels incompetence. Our four selections are presented in the order in which they first aired.
Be warned: spoilers abound in the writeups to come. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
ED LIU'S PICK: "The Phantom Brigade"
Written by Sharman Di Vono
I'm defying conventional wisdom from the expected picks, at least partially because I was pretty sure other staffers would pick up the slack (as you'll see). There are no shortage of great episodes in the series' original run, but I settled on the generally overlooked "The Phantom Brigade" for a number of reasons.
After suffering another ignominious defeat at the hands of the Joes, Cobra Commander gets a gypsy witch to resurrect the restless spirits of a Mongol warrior, a Roman centurion, and a World War I pilot, enslaving the trio by using talismans that were precious to each of the ghosts while they lived. The spectral warriors soon nearly overwhelm the Joes, none of whom can make sense of the strange things they're seeing in combat. An offhand comment by Cobra Commander about getting rid of all his underlings leads the Baroness to reveal the secret of the ghosts to the Joes in the name of her own job security, while some quick thinking and a spare flag from Wild Bill gets the pilot to stand down. One counter-attack and one surprisingly creepy moment later and the talismans are in Joe hands, allowing them to put the spirits to rest.
"The Phantom Brigade" is sheer nonsense from start-to-finish, but this just makes it emblematic of the way the characters in the show would treat the preposterous seriously, allowing us to cheer for our heroes while kind of laughing at them at the same time. It was a trick that G.I. Joe story editor Steve Gerber pulled in his run on Marvel Comics' The Defenders, too, and I think that combination is one reason why both of those works have had such staying power. The episode also underscores the major reason why the Joes always win and Cobra always loses, since the Baroness' betrayal is one of many instances where a senior Cobra screws the organization out of purely selfish motives. Despite the show's near-jingoistic patriotic streak, "The Phantom Brigade" is one of the only episodes where it really matters that the Joes are American: all it takes is the sight of the stars-and-bars to convince the ghost pilot that he must be fighting for the wrong side. The moment when Cobra Commander is confronted with his sins by a talking skeleton is one of the spookiest moments the show ever did, all the moreso when it turns out not to be a Joe ruse. Finally, there is something deeply poignant in the warriors' longing, which yields true catharsis when they earn their eternal rest. There's also a sharply bittersweet pang in Wild Bill's last vision of the pilot that closes the episode. "The Phantom Brigade" can be moving even as it's being ridiculous, and I think that pretty much sums up the appeal of G.I. Joe in a nutshell.
JUU-KUCHI'S PICK: "Worlds Without End"
Written by Martin Pasko
A cadre of Joes (Flint, Lady Jaye, Airtight, Barbecue, Steeler, Clutch, Grunt, and Footloose) is transported into an alternate dimension due to the malfunction of the episode's MacGuffin: the Matter Transmuter. However, it is a dimension where Cobra has won the war against G.I. Joe, ruling the world under Cobra Commander's iron fist. Faced with this dire strait, as well as the existential crisis of one of their own, the team must find a way back to their own world or die trying.
Whenever I think of something that really exemplifies how epic G.I. Joe can be outside the five-part miniseries, this episode always comes to mind. This two-parter juggles quite a few interesting concepts. It's the first time we actually got to see what would happen if Cobra actually won the war (complete with alterations of national monuments, the Watergate becoming Cobra Police HQ, and a surprising way to stop unemployment), and the first time we see the Joes at a really big disadvantage. It also posits a rather interesting question of whether or not there's a point to the fighting, and if it will ever really end. It all comes together exceptionally well, crafting a bleak reality that knows how to leave an impact with its targeted demographic, as well as giving all the Joes a chance to do something and be part of the greater storyline. This leads to a number of events like dogfights over Washington D.C., emotional breakdowns resulting from illness and delirium, and a bevy of torture devices only Cobra could come up with. This two-parter is packed to the gills with this kind of fun, keeping you interested until the very end, where the overarching storyline and existential crisis are completed in a satisfactory, full-circle, way.
GWOTAKU'S PICK: "The Traitor"
Written by Buzz Dixon
I can see how Joe fans would consider the two-part episode "The Traitor" a classic adventure. Sure, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a 1980's cartoon and G.I. Joe is guaranteed to beat the tar out of Cobra every episode. But it's not just any episode when the bad guys get played for complete and total suckers, and that's exactly what happens here when Cobra initiates an insidious alliance with the down-on-his-luck Joe member Dusty. His sick elderly mother is bedridden with mounting medical bills Dusty's family can't afford, so the Crimson Twins track Dusty down at a bar and make a proposition: Dusty steals G.I. Joe's secrets and Cobra pays for her care in exchange. A guilt-ridden Dusty goes along with it, giving away G.I. Joe's battle strategies and ultimately stealing blueprints for special bulletproof armor (say, how useful is that in a show where gunfire always misses?). He even takes down Shipwreck in a fight when he's caught in the act, though he's captured and convicted as a traitor anyway. When Cobra breaks him out of jail Dusty even defects and joins the terrorists outright, for lack of anywhere else to go. With Dusty's help, Cobra is soon on the verge of completing its nefarious mind control gas and testing it on his betrayed allies and friends…that is, until Dusty betrays Cobra and foils their plan at the very last moment, revealing that he was a triple agent for Duke all along. That's right folks: presented with the temptation to betray his country for family, Dusty decided to respond by hatching a daring, top secret conspiracy with Duke and still taking the terrorist organization's money. Now that's some heroic audacity!
Admittedly, this twist and this episode are of their time. If something like this were done today, let's be honest: the odds are Dusty's choice would be played straight for drama and there would be some tragedy or consequences whatever his choice was. But while the preservation of the status quo was all too common back then, "The Traitor" is still distinguished among G.I. Joe episodes for forcing viewers to ask: what if the betrayal really had been real? One can't come away from this episode without appreciating that it just as easily could have been real, and for most of the adventure it appears genuine between Dusty's demeanor and the ignorance of most of the Joe team about the plan. The plot resonates all the more because Dusty's reasons would have been personal, desperate, and sympathetic, though they wouldn't have made the treason itself any less reprehensible.
THE HUNTSMAN'S PICK: G.I. Joe Renegades "The Anomaly"
Written by Ed Lee & Tim Jennings
Directed by Nathan Chew
While I knew about the franchise, Renegades was the first G.I. Joe cartoon that I'd actually watched. I wasn't very familiar with the characters because of that, and at the beginning, none of them really stood out to me. That began to change over the course of several episodes and I developed a fondness for Tunnel Rat. The reason I like this episode is that it, more than any other, was his episode. It may not rank as highly on other lists, but I greatly enjoyed learning more about him, as well as seeing his older brother, but what I enjoyed most of all was seeing him take command. The sewers were his turf, and when the Joes went down there, they were all following his lead. This episode also gave us some good progress in Ripcord's plot, as his control chip was removed and gave him both free will and access to his bio-viper powers. That's a win-win, if I may borrow a phrase from Dr. Mindbender. While I do wish that this episode had given us more insight as to why the green bio-viper did what it did, I suppose a little mystery every now-and-then isn't a bad thing. Looking back, it's a shame this series didn't last longer than it did, as with episodes like this, it deserved more.
So there's our picks for G.I. Joe's Best Episodes Ever. As mentioned, there are lots of other potential candidates from the original series ("There's No Place Like Springfield," the second five-part series "The Revenge of Cobra," and the shaggy dog episode "The Viper is Coming"), and other episodes that are ye olde editor's personal favorites ("Skeletons in the Closet," "The Great Alaskan Land Rush," and the oddly prophetic "Lights! Camera! Cobra!"). Any one of them your Best. Epsiode. Ever! for G.I. Joe? You think we missed an obvious choice? Sound off on our forums, soldier!
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In this extremely important discussion with the LaRouche National Slate, Lyndon LaRouche stresses that we are in a two week countdown in which absolutely nothing short of the integrated three-tiered approach of Glass-Steagall, National Banking and NAWAPA XXI, as an inseparable whole, will save the nation. So we simply must do it!
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White House Black Market touts new collection inspired by inaugural gowns
White House Black Market is celebrating President Barack Obama's second inauguration with a collection of dresses inspired by the much-hyped inaugural gown.
Some of them look a little familiar, playing off of the white, one-shoulder Jason Wu design worn by Michelle Obama in 2009.
The WHBM folks are calling their collection of nine dresses "From Our White House to Yours." (I wonder how long they waited to work in that play on words.) The black-and-white collection includes cocktail dresses and gowns, priced steeply from $250 to $300.
You can only buy them online, unless you live in D.C. (Hello, Capitol divas!)
Let's take a look.
One-shoulder cocktail dresses: I would wear any of these right now. On top of an adorable bodice, you're giving me pockets and a forgiving skirt? I, well, die.
Full-length: I'm not loving the very '90s Jennifer Aniston look of the first dress. But l would take the second and third options -- and also, an occasion that calls for wearing them -- any day.
Party dresses: These are both homeruns, don't you think? I love the dangerous-but-not-dangerous, see-through appeal of the first and the flirty rosette action on the second.
Could you see yourself in one of these dresses? Better question: Could you see yourself splurging for one of these dresses?
Want to just speculate about Michelle Obama's second inaugural gown choice?
Here's your chance.
Deal Diva Katie
Photos: White House Black Market, Getty


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