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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Imaging scans following treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma do little to help detect a relapse, a Mayo Clinic study has found. The overwhelming majority of patients with this aggressive lymphoma already have symptoms, an abnormal physical exam or an abnormal blood test at the time of relapse, the researchers say. The findings will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting May 31-June 4 in Chicago.
"Our results were surprising because the current standard-of-care is to include scans for the follow-up of this disease," says lead author Carrie Thompson, M.D., a Mayo Clinic hematologist. "We found that scans detected relapse in only a handful of patients who didn't have any of those other signs or symptoms. I think our study suggests that we are getting closer to understanding how to optimize follow-up in this patient population."
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with nearly 20,000 new cases diagnosed in the United States each year. The aggressive lymphoma can be cured if treated in its early stages. The cancer will come back in 20 to 30 percent of cases, and the best strategy for catching that relapse is unclear. In this study, Dr. Thompson and her colleagues looked at patients in remission to identify how relapses were detected.
Researchers followed 537 patients treated with anthracycline-based immunochemotherapy and enrolled in the Mayo Clinic/University of Iowa Special Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) Molecular Epidemiology Resource. Of the 109 patients who relapsed, 62 percent went to the doctor earlier than a planned follow-up visit due to the re-emergence of symptoms such as enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, pain or weight loss. At the time of relapse, 68 percent had symptoms, 42 percent had an abnormal physical exam, and 55 percent had an abnormal blood test. Performing surveillance scans detected relapse in only eight patients whose symptoms had not yet started to reappear.
Dr. Thompson is now interested in surveying physicians and patients to assess their attitudes and beliefs surrounding the use of scans during remission. Her previous work suggested that patients experience a significant amount of anxiety waiting for a follow-up scan.
"Sometimes scans can provide reassurance, but, at the same time, the anticipation of a scan can provoke quite a bit of anxiety," Dr. Thompson says. "And we know from this data that scans detected relapses only in a minority of patients. So we need to think about how we can individualize care to particular patients, keeping in mind their disease, their experience and their fears. Further studies are necessary to determine the optimal follow-up strategy."
Co-authors from Mayo Clinic include Matthew Maurer, William Macon, M.D., Thomas Habermann, M.D., Thomas Witzig, M.D., and James Cerhan, M.D., Ph.D. Other co-authors include Herve Ghesquieres, M.D., University of León and Brian Link, M.D., University of Iowa.
The study was funded by National Institutes of Health Special Program of Research Excellence grant # P50 CA97274 and the Mayo Clinic Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery.
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PC Review - 'Tony Hawk's Underground 2'
by The Cookie Snatcher on Oct. 7, 2004 @ 1:16 a.m. PDT | Filed under Reviews
It's time to go globetrotting on a sick international road trip with Tony Hawk and Bam Margera. THUG 2 delivers a hilarious story mode, an unprecedented level of customization, and more moves than the Skate Gods could dream of. Grab your board, an arsenal of spray paint and prepare to wreak havoc around the world.


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JUNEAU — House and Senate negotiators worked toward resolution Tuesday on an education package that sent the legislative session into overtime, nibbling away at points of possible agreement. While some lawmakers are eager to wrap things up, a key lawmaker said the process would not be rushed.
"It will come together really as quickly as we can find consensus in the building over either today, tomorrow or throughout the coming week," said Rep. Mike Hawker, R-Anchorage, who is chairman of the bill's conference committee. Hawker promised an open process that would allow the public and other lawmakers — several of whom sat in on the proceedings throughout the day — to follow the committee's process in drafting a compromise bill.
The six-member committee, made up of three representatives and three senators, met for several hours Tuesday, mainly going over the differences in the House and Senate approaches to HB278. Members planned to meet with their respective caucuses, in hopes of finding additional areas of compromise.
Education — specifically, education funding — became a point of contention between the House and Senate in the waning days of the legislative session, and a lack of consensus sent the session past its scheduled end of Sunday. State law calls for a 90-day session, but the Alaska Constitution allows for lawmakers to meet for up to 121 days.
Hawker said funding was "the greatest sticking point, I think, in the entire piece of legislation."
Gov. Sean Parnell, in the original version of HB278, proposed an increase in the per-student funding formula, also known as the base student allocation, of about $200 over three years, a level he called a starting point for discussions. The House bumped it up to about $300 over three years and proposed an additional $30 million in one-time funding to be distributed to districts. The Senate has proposed $100 million over three years outside the funding formula, which some lawmakers say is broken and in need of review.
Sen. Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, said the additional aid over three years would allow time for a study on how the state funds schools. The Senate version of the bill included such a study.
Many public school advocates favor putting any additional aid into the formula as a way to provide predictable funding that districts can budget, but several groups also have urged more funding in the formula beyond what the House proposed. Minority Democratic leaders in the House and Senate have endorsed an increase in the allocation of about $650 over three years to help districts stave off cuts, in line with what groups like the parent-supported Great Alaska Schools and Alaska Federation of Natives have urged.
"There's a simple fix to this stalemate," Senate Minority Leader Hollis French, D-Anchorage, said in a statement Monday. "Do what schools, teachers, parents, students, and business leaders agree is what our public schools need — increase the BSA $400 next year and $125 the following two years, then let everyone go home."
The Senate bill also included support for charter, residential and correspondence schools, funding to improve Internet service for schools with lower download speeds and a grant program to provide students with electronic devices such as tablets to help modernize learning. The total cost of the Senate package for next year would be $125 million — and about $370 million over three years. The House approach, by comparison, would cost about $210 million over three years, according to the Legislative Finance Division.
Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, said he doubted the education community would be satisfied with the House approach.
"This is the … education year for the Legislature and to come up and endorse those low numbers added to the BSA isn't going to be satisfactory," he said.
Hawker said the House "has taken an approach that gave a great deal of deference to living within our means and being very careful in recognizing that as the future evolves it's always easier to raise something and it's nearly impossible to take something away."
He said there was a sense, too, from members of the public and other lawmakers that they weren't getting the value they wanted from the public school system.
"The concern is that we want to see some performance improvements before we, the Legislature, step up and simply write a check, essentially rewarding the status quo," Hawker said. "This is the balance that we're here in this committee to discuss."
The conference committee flagged other issues for further consideration, including teacher tenure, school bond debt reimbursement and the effect of raising the required local contribution level for schools. Meyer said the feeling on that latter point spoke to school funding being a shared responsibility between the state and local governments.
Meyer offered Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, a fellow conferee, to speak with House members about some of the initiatives in the Senate bill about which the Senate feels strongly.


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25 Nights | Europe
You will visit the following 16 places:
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark. This "friendly old girl of a town" is big enough to be a metropolis with shopping, culture and nightlife par excellence, yet still small enough to be intimate, safe and easy to navigate. Overlooking the Øresund strait with Sweden just minutes away, it is a cultural and geographic link between mainland Europe and Scandinavia. This is where old fairy tales blend with flashy new architecture and world-class design; where warm jazz mixes with cold electronica from Copenhagen's basements. You'll feel you've seen it all in a day, but could keep on discovering more for months. Copenhagen is considered a very liveable place because of its cleanliness. It's considered as one of the very environmentally friendly cities because its harbour can be swum in and about a third of the city's people use bicycles as their means of transportation. In their downtown area, the places to visit and to be entertained at are the Tivoli gardens and the Town Hall Square. If you want the very cultural and scenic areas the places to see are the Marble church, the Rosenborg castle, and the Christiansborg.
Belfast (meaning: "mouth of the sandbanks") is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, the second-largest city in Ireland after Dublin, and is situated around the River Lagan, which runs through the city. It is a port city known as the birthplace of the RMS Titanic, and for its political murals, documenting the 'Troubles' of the 20th century. Today, Belfast remains a centre for industry, as well as the arts, higher education, business, and law, and is the economic engine of Northern Ireland. The city suffered greatly during the period of conflict called "the Troubles", but latterly has undergone a sustained period of calm, free from the intense political violence of former years, and substantial economic and commercial growth. Additionally, Belfast city centre has undergone considerable expansion and regeneration in recent years, notably around Victoria Square.
St Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject (a federal city) of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. In Russian literature, informal documents and discourse, the word "Saint" is usually omitted, leaving "Petersburg". The city is often described as the most Westernized city of Russia, as well as its cultural capital. It is the northernmost city in the world with a population of over one million. The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city is home to The Hermitage, one of the largest art museums in the world. A large number of foreign consulates, international corporations, banks, and businesses have offices in Saint Petersburg. Talking of churches, Church of the Savior on the Blood is said to be the most beautiful church in St. Petersburg. Built of beautiful mosaic and stonework, the church gives you an indication of how ancient Russia looked like. The church is built at an equally historic spot. This is where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in the year 1881.
Admiral Street Police Station (Merseyside Police)
Liverpool is an important city of Merseyside, England. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880. It is a major city famed for culture, football teams, The Beatles and buzzing nightlife. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire. It is also a large, vibrant city with great cultural heritage and was awarded the title of European Capital of Culture 2008, with the famous Pier Head Waterfront being a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2004.
Dublin South
Dublin is the largest and capital city of Ireland. The English name is derived from the Irish name Dubh Linn, meaning "black pool". It is a primate city with an urban population of over 1 million, containing almost 25% of the country's population. Dublin is situated near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey, and at the centre of the Dublin Region. The city is listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as a global city, with a ranking of "Alpha-", placing it among the top thirty cities in the world. It is a historical and contemporary centre for education, the arts, administration, economy and industry.
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of 261,600 as of April 31, 2011. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of 386,900 as of April 31, 2011. Bergen is located in the county of Hordaland on the south-western coast of Norway. It is an important cultural hub in its region, recognized as the unofficial capital of Western Norway and sometimes also referred to as the Atlantic coast capital of Norway. The city was one of nine European cities honoured with the title of European Capital of Culture in the Millennium year.
Stockholm - Sweden's capital and largest city, and the most populous city in the Nordic region. Without a doubt, Stockholm is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. The city is made up of 14 islands connected by some 50 bridges on Lake Mälaren, which flows into the brackish Baltic Sea, and passes the Stockholm archipelago with some 24,000 islands and islets. The city is a cosmopolitan place with both classical and modern architecture, and a captivating Old Town, Gamla Stan. Today, the area is an atmospheric mixture of buildings surrounded on all sides by a latticework of medieval lanes and alleyways.
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of 159.2 km2 (61.5 sq mi) with a population of 412,144. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, 80 km (50 mi) south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Tallinn is ranked as a global city and has been listed among the top 10 digital cities in the world. Tallinn is a European Capital of Culture for 2011, along with Turku, Finland.
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. Finland's major political, educational, financial, cultural, and research center as well as one of northern Europe's major cities, Helsinki was ranked the most liveable city in the world, in 2011. Approximately 75% of foreign companies operating in Finland have settled in the Helsinki region. The nearby municipality of Vantaa is the location of Helsinki Airport, with frequent service to various destinations in Europe and Asia. Today, Helsinki pulls off the trick of being something of an international metropolis while still retaining a small-town feel. The best time to visit is in summer, when Finns peel off their overcoats and flock to outdoor bars and cafes to enjoy the sunshine.
Le Havre
Warnemünde is a seaside resort and a district of the city of Rostock in Mecklenburg, Germany. It is located on the Baltic Sea and, as the name implies, at the estuary of the river Warnow. Founded in about 1200, Warnemünde was for centuries a small fishing village with minor importance for the economic and cultural development of the region. Today, it's known for its long beachfront and marina, a cruise-ship stop.
Lerwick Tingwall Airport
One of the traditional homes of the German Navy's Baltic fleet, and continues to be a major high-tech shipbuilding centre, Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Water has been important to the history of Kiel and continues to be so. Be it the annual Kieler Woche or the fact that the German Navy used to be stationed here and still enjoys a major presence in the city.
Weymouth, England
Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, southern England. Its sandy beach is dotted with colorful beach huts and backed by Georgian houses. The city is a tourist resort, and its economy depends on its harbour and visitor attractions; the town is a gateway situated halfway along the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the Dorset and east Devon coast, important for its geology and landforms. Weymouth Harbour has included cross-channel ferries, and is home to pleasure boats and private yachts, and nearby Portland Harbour is home to the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, where the sailing events of the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games were held.


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Fannie Mae (FNM) is sifting through borrower data to determine who is strategically defaulting and who is not after announcing more efforts this week to crack down on those who walk away from their homes. And if the GSE determines someone strategically defaulted, then they say they will hold the borrower accountable for all associated costs of getting the house back on the market, in areas that lawfully allow deficiency judgments. Often when a home forecloses, Fannie Mae brokers and contractors discover vandalism and missing appliances and fixtures when they ready the home for resale, the GSE said. The cost of making those repairs and replacements will be included in the determination of the deficiency amount, a Fannie Mae spokesperson said, in addition to the difference in the mortgage balance and the proceeds from the foreclosure sale. Those who Fannie Mae and its servicers deem strategically defaulted will not be able to secure a Fannie Mae-backed mortgage for seven years after the foreclosure and could face legal action in order for the company to recoup mortgage debt. Fannie will base its assessment of who is and who isn't walking away from their home on income verification, information on the borrower's credit report, and borrower documentation related to the disposition of prior mortgage loans, the spokesperson for Fannie said. When a borrower applies again for a Fannie Mae-backed mortgage, he or she would have to produce evidence of hardship or extenuating circumstances to get the loan. "Borrowers who worked with their servicers to address delinquency and/or avoid foreclosure, will be viewed more favorably than those who do not," the spokesperson said. According to the announcement this week, Fannie is instructing its servicers to monitor delinquent loans on the verge of foreclosure and recommend cases where the company can pursue deficiency judgments. Write to Jon Prior. The author held no relevant investments.
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LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner keeps dropping clues about his company's next big move.
At the Morgan Stanley Technology Media & Telecom conference in San Francisco Monday, he mentioned that his company was testing tools for private information sharing.
Since users already track professional contacts and trade information with them on LinkedIn, it's not a stretch to create private versions of those tools limited to employees of a specific company.
That sounds a lot like Microsoft's Yammer or Salesforce.com's Chatter.
This is not a new strategy: Weiner revealed a similar internal test last summer to Fortune. And he mused about the idea in 2011 as well.
So it's clear that LinkedIn is moving very deliberately—okay, slowly—with testing these private-sharing products.
LinkedIn's line of business products is currently built around tools for recruiters. It recently started rolling out Sales Navigator, a tool to help salespeople find and develop leads.
If there's any reason for LinkedIn's caution, it's most likely that selling and marketing a new collaboration tool to a broad set of customers would be a challenge.


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RIO DE JANEIRO – An investigation into scalping World Cup hospitality tickets threatens to mar what has been a successful tournament in Brazil.
Police in Rio de Janeiro conducted Operation Jules Rimet — after the original World Cup trophy which Brazil retained with its third title in 1970 — in the five-star Copacabana Palace Hotel used by top FIFA officials, including its president Sepp Blatter.
A trusted executive of the MATCH group, a longtime FIFA partner which has exclusive rights to corporate hospitality worth hundreds of millions of dollars, was arrested for questioning.
Here are the main players in the case:
Byrom Group
Parent company of brothers Jaime and Enrique Byrom from Mexico. Byrom plc, which is based near Manchester, England, and Byrom Holdings plc, registered in the Isle of Man tax haven, oversee a network of subsidiaries specializing in sports event management with operations in Brazil, South Africa, Switzerland and the United States.
MATCH Hospitality
Zurich-based subsidiary which owns exclusive rights to sell and market World Cup corporate tickets. MATCH Hospitality paid $120 million to FIFA for rights to the 2014 tournament. It was allocated 445,500 tickets by FIFA, and said it sold 290,000 packages to 11,400 corporate and private customers.
MATCH Hospitality's sales at this World Cup have topped $600 million.
It has paid FIFA $300 million, plus a share of profits, in two-tournament deal to retain the rights for 2018 World Cup in Russia and 2022 in Qatar. Also runs hospitality program for men's tennis season-ending finals event in London in 2014 and '15. Majority shareholder is Byrom Holdings. Minority shareholders include Japanese advertising agency Dentsu and Switzerland-based marketing agency Infront Sports and Media.
MATCH Services
Wholly owned subsidiary of Byrom plc appointed by FIFA to provide logistics for the World Cup: Accommodation, including for staff, media and sponsors, ticketing services and information technology. Retained to provide accommodation at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and for FIFA's annual congress meeting.
Directors include Ray Whelan, a brother-in-law of the Byroms who is suspected by Rio police of supplying the scalpers with tickets. He was arrested Monday and released in the early hours of Tuesday.
Infront Sports and Media
Sports marketing agency whose president and CEO is Philippe Blatter, a nephew of FIFA Presdient Sepp Blatter. Infront runs World Cup television production for FIFA through its wholly owned subsidiary Host Broadcast Services. Infront also specializes in winter sports. Based in offices in Zug, Switzerland, which were formerly occupied by the ISL agency. ISL sold World Cup broadcasting rights until collapsing into bankruptcy in 2001, sending FIFA into financial crisis.
Atlanta Sportif Management
Marketing and player representation agency run for more than 20 years by Mohamadou Lamine Fofana. He was arrested by Rio de Janeiro police who suspect him of being the leader of the ticket scalping ring. MATCH Hospitality said Atlanta Sportif was a customer which bought 105 hospitality packages across seven World Cup matches worth $121,750.
Jet Set Sports
A major seller of Olympics Games hospitality packages for 30 years, and official ticket sales agent for national Olympics bodies worldwide.
Based in Far Hills, New Jersey, it was founded in 1975 by current co-CEO Sead Dizdarevic. MATCH Hospitality appointed Jet Set as its exclusive World Cup sales agent for clients in Australia, Norway, Russia and Sweden. It is also a sub-agent for sales in the United States. One ticket sold by Jet Set to a private individual in Australia was seized by Rio police in its Operation Jules Rimet.
Pamodzi Sports Marketing
Marketing and rights acquisition agency owned by Papa Massata Diack, a Senegal national. His father is Lamine Diack, president of the IAAF governing body of athletics and a member of the International Olympic Committee.
MATCH Hospitality appointed Pamodzi as its exclusive sales agent for Nigeria. There, it secured sales of 350 packages across 18 World Cup matches worth $1,250,000.
Reliance Industries Limited
Industrial conglomerate based in Mumbai, India. MATCH Hospitality said Reliance bought access to private suites at World Cup stadiums in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo and Belo Horizonte. Its purchase totalled 304 packages across 19 matches worth $1,200,000, according to MATCH.


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Teaching Cemetery Research: Working with a Local Cemetery
I handed my old camera to my husband and told him to take photos of me while I was working and to not tell me about it. This is the best one. I will show you the less flattering ones as we go along. Gravestone photography is not glamorous.
You should never go to the cemetery alone. I have broken this rule for taking a photo in a local graveyard but it is really not safe. The ground is New England Cemeteries is lumpy and uneven. More than one friend has told me that they have stepped in a hole or fallen. Steve, my hubs, is my boneyard buddy.
I took these photos today for teaching purposes. For the new few weeks, I will be blogging about this 45 minutes I spent in this cemetery. Yes, that's right, I took about 130 photos in 45 minutes.


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Go to matching carnival costumes for the whole family
Everyone agrees that the carnival represents the perfect opportunity to stand out from the crowd, go wild, lose yourself now and captivate everyone with your lavish and original costume. Creating a realistic look is certainly a challenge that requires ingenuity and creativity. In addition to bringing together strange clothes, you also have to make sure it really reflects your personality and you feel comfortable enough to enjoy the atmosphere. If this time, the whole family wants to participate and share the joy and excitement, then wearing a matching adultumi carnevale will really put you on the front line as a group. Bring the kids and let them experience their first carnival, it will be their fond memories. However, the question remains: what kind of costumes should you wear, Romans, Vikings, Sailors, Clowns? How to fight evil characters like Superheroes, remember the old days and create the look of the 1970s or, why not, looking for an eternal option, that is hunting treasure in the carnival as Pirates?
Dressing like a pirate remains a classic choice just because you'll never go wrong with this look. Some people may get the impression that over time, this character has lost its charm but the fact is you can always embellish everything and add something new to create a more realistic and original outfit. Collect the whole family and watch Pirates of the Caribbean for inspiration. Start with the basics, ie pieces of clothing and boots and collect the necessary accessories and share them among each member so that everyone can wear something representative. For example, you can take a bandana and a sword and dad will look perfect with a hat, dreads and scary hooks. As for the children, one eye patch, a black flag and a harmless props like a parrot will definitely give authenticity to the clothes.
Go to matching carnival costumes for the whole family
Blockbuster movies such as Justice League, Wonder Woman, Spiderman and Captain America include superheroes as main characters, special actions and effects. Perhaps for this reason, both children and adults are fascinated by them. Bringing characters from various movies to life and especially together is a great idea for carnival. Navigate to various online stores and select the costino carnevale bambino section, then give your child the freedom to choose his favorite outfit first. Dad will look great dressed up like Batman, Aquaman or Cyborg. Wonder Woman or Catwoman is probably the most obvious choice for the mother.
How to restore time? The 1970s practically screamed disco and clothing. Mod dresses, big collars and bell pants are the main elements that make up the realistic costumes of the 1970s. Of course, we can not forget the go-go shoes. The mother can play a disco or a boogie diva while Dad blinds everyone with her shiny gold shirt and purple pants. Black hat will complement the overall look. As for children, turn them into sweet Elvis. You can not go wrong with a very popular pompadour hairstyle, sunglasses and a shining microphone. Nobody could be indifferent when Elvis came into the room. Go to matching carnival costumes for the whole family


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People of African descent shared with the Jewish people, the horrors of being enslaved. It was a slavery that was all invasive, one that robbed them of their dignity and personhood. How were they able to survive? It was and still because the Lord was on their side.
If it had not been for the Lord on my side, where would I be? ~ Helen Baylor
Moses never credited the survival and deliverance of his ancestors from the horrors of slavery, to their toughness, ingenuity, or wisdom but, always to the fact of God's intervention. So should we! God was and is still on our side. Be careful…
Lest we stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee. ~ James W. Johnson


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So I've got a utility that really only needs to be ran internally, but I want the guys who use it to not complain about it all the time.
I don't think that style particularly matters to them either, so the font doesn't have to match the rest of the program.
This tree has 50,000 or so things in it and is something should streamline their job if they can use it right. That being said, it is often very difficult to find what you want in a tree with 50,000 things unless you get some hints from the font.
I'm using Softgem's VirtualTreeview for Delphi, so it's a pretty powerful thing, but my main tools are still:
- Bold, italic, strikethrough and underline.
- A tiny image that I can put on the left.
- I can prefix and suffix the text in the tree node with anything I want (although that can look confusing).
- and I can change the font size.
So I'm wondering, what graphical cues can indicate (In order of importance):
- Saved
- Not Saved
- Disabled
- Changed
- Active
- Skipped
- Replace
- Loaded
That's a lot of stuff to communicate and it's not totally important if everything doesn't get through because the users can just rightclick on the node and it'll tell them what they need to know (but with 50,000 nodes that can be a lot of right clicking)


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Study Shows TV Can Hinder the Development of Children Under 2
Pediatricians and development experts have strongly urged parents, once again, to limit the amount of television their young children watch.
The American Academy of Pediatrics released a recommendation to all parents of children under 2 years old Tuesday. It stressed that any time spent in front of a video screen provides no educational benefits for children under age 2 and can even delay developm


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FAA announces drone testing sites in six states
LAS VEGAS - The Federal Aviation Administration announced six states on Monday that will develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the march of the unmanned aircraft into U.S. skies.
Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia will host the research sites, the agency said.
Drones have been mainly used by the military, but governments, businesses, farmers and others are making plans to join the market. Many universities are starting or expanding drone programs.
"These test sites will give us valuable information about how best to ensure the safe introduction of this advanced technology into our nation's skies," Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement.
The FAA said when selecting the sites it considered geography, climate, location of ground infrastructure, research needs, airspace use, aviation experience and risk.
In the case of Alaska, the FAA cited a diverse set of test site range locations in seven climatic zones. New York's site at Griffiss International Airport will look into integrating drones into the congested northeast airspace.
The state of North Dakota already has committed $5 million to the venture and named a former state Air National Guard Commander as its test site director.
The FAA does not allow commercial use of drones, but it is working to develop operational guidelines by the end of 2015, although officials concede the project may take longer than expected. The FAA projects some 7,500 commercial drones could be aloft within five years of getting widespread access to American airspace.
"Safety continues to be our first priority as we move forward with integrating unmanned systems into U.S. airspace," FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said in a statement. "We have successfully brought new technology into the nation's aviation system for more than 50 years, and I have no doubt we will do the same with unmanned aircraft."
An industry-commissioned study has predicted more than 70,000 jobs would develop in the first three years after Congress loosens drone restrictions on U.S. skies. The same study projects an average salary range for a drone pilot between $85,000 and $115,000.
Representatives from winning states were jubilant about the FAA announcement.
"This is wonderful news for Nevada that creates a huge opportunity for our economy," said U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada.
The growing drone industry has critics among conservatives and liberals.
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Crocodylus novaeguineae - Cites: Yes – Appendix II
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The latest VMWare vSphere 4 certification exam (Exam ID: VCP-410) has proven to be an extraordinarily popular virtualization technology exam since its release in April 2009, yet so far only a few books have been published on this topic. Despite a relative paucity of paper publications on the VCP-410 exam, there's a plethora of digital materials available online, including exam tips and advice, practice tests, and question banks, as well as online and classroom training materials of all kinds. In this resource guide, I attempt to make sense of this cornucopia and point out some particularly useful and helpful sources of information and learning.
What About Brain Dumps?
A certain class of websites (and prep materials) may be described as "brain dumps." As is my practice in reviewing and even investigating exam prep materials of any kind, I steer clear of brain dumps entirely. For the record, a brain dump is a collection of verbatim questions (and answer options) as reported by one or more individuals who claim to have taken some particular certification exam. Their impetus is not just to provide you with information about what is covered on the exam but to provide literal versions that are as close to what appeared on some actual exam as memory will permit.
Though you can find brain dumps for just about any exam, including the VCP-410, I don't believe they are worth consulting (or taking seriously) for all kinds of reasons. Chief among these is that exam takers are asked to forgo sharing exam details with the public as part of taking any modern cert exam these days, so by posting such information, individuals who create brain dumps do so in violation of their promises to the contrary. Ethical issues aside, brain dumps are seldom exposed to the kinds of serious editorial and technical review to which commercial and professional exam prep materials are routinely subjected, and are thus also highly questionable from the standpoints of technical completeness, accuracy, and coverage. If you read the fine print on exam agreements for Prometric and Vue, you can't also help but notice that both of them reserve the right to invalidate exams (and the certifications they support) if evidence of cheating[md]including access to brain dumps[md]can be substantiated. Thus, my final word on brain dumps is: "Steer clear!"


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Azimuth Systems has announced the availability of the latest upgrade to its award-winning ACE™ MX and MX2 MIMO channel emulators. The sixth release in Azimuth's series of ACE channel emulator feature and functionality upgrades includes increased support for multi-link and mesh networks, additional geometric modeling capability, as well as an updated version of DIRECTORTM II test executive software (release 7.6) for enhanced functionality and ease-of-use.
The ACE product line of fully-featured channel emulators is designed to accurately recreate complex fading channels for testing the most advanced wireless technology and devices. As purpose-built, enhanced testing solutions, ACE wireless channel emulators are architected to meet the demanding needs of Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based systems. ACE channel emulators provide a superior platform for testing LTE and other advanced wireless infrastructure equipment and devices, and also includes all of the backwards-compatible channel emulation features to test 2G/3G cellular products.
Azimuth's DIRECTOR II Test Executive Software Suite is a flexible management tool that provides centralized control of ACE channel emulators and other Azimuth test platforms, dramatically reducing test execution time from days to hours by leveraging end-to-end device and test automation capability. An intuitive user interface allows users to configure and manage test equipment as well as devices, and initiate, control, and monitor network and test bed traffic, while enabling the user to record, analyze, and share performance results.
Azimuth has added key features including path specific PDPs in order to better emulate multi-link as well as mesh networks. This release includes variable crest factor support, and additional geometric modeling capabilities for the core platform, as well as variable propagation delay, frequency offset, and visualization features for AzPlayer. ACE also now supports 50 MHz AWGN bandwidth. Additionally, the new DIRECTOR II release 7.6 features innovative ease-of-use features for an improved user experience with ACE channel emulators.
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Takes you back to the most recently recorded location. If a prefix argument count is supplied, it takes you back count locations in the location history. If count is negative, it takes you forward again count locations in the history, provided that no more locations have been recorded since you last went back.
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The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising four eminent persons as trustees.
The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the paper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.
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DHH is a rockstar programmer.
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A computer programmer with such strong skills and so much specific experience that they are the equivalent of a rock star in the domain of software. Many people play guitar pretty well, but only a few become rock stars. These programmers can develop more software than 5 - 10 newly hired regular programmers because they know what needs to be done and how to do it. They also might set the architecture of the product that dozens will build upon. Usually associated with dot com websites.
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London - May 25, 2010 - Jeff Junge has been named Senior Vice President, Online Games and Digital Games Platforms, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, it was announced today by Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group. He will dually report to Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Thomas Gewecke, President, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution.
In this newly created post, Junge is charged with driving the growth of Warner Bros.' burgeoning digital games business. Junge recently led the Studio's acquisition of Turbine, Inc., one of the largest privately-held online gaming studios in North America, further increasing Warner Bros.' presence in the online games and direct-to-consumer spaces. As Senior Vice President, Online Games and Digital Games Platforms, Junge will oversee Turbine and will be responsible for the Company's digital games business. He will also continue to oversee the integration of TT Games, which the Studio acquired in 2007. Beyond games, Junge will work to expand and leverage Turbine's robust digital publishing and community platforms across all of the Studio's home entertainment businesses.
"Jeff has orchestrated numerous high profile acquisitions and has a deep understanding of digital platforms and games, which are key priorities for the Studio," said Tsujihara. "This newly created position reflects the natural evolution of Jeff's role in the organisation as we further expand our digital presence in the games space."
Most recently, Junge served as Senior Vice President Business Management for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, driving mergers and acquisitions and unifying strategic initiatives across all of the Studio's home entertainment divisions, which includes Warner Home Video, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Premiere, Advanced Digital Services, Anti-Piracy and Technology Operations. Prior to that, Junge served as Vice President, Business Management, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, overseeing the integration of multiple strategic business initiatives. Among his accomplishments, Junge is credited with facilitating the Company's investment in the videogame on demand service, OnLive. He has also guided multiple acquisitions, such as Rocksteady Studios, Midway Games' development studios and intellectual property catalogue, and TT Games.
Junge has been an integral member of the executive management team since joining the Studio in 2000. Before moving to the Home Entertainment Group, he served as Vice President, Corporate Business Development and Strategy, Warner Bros. Entertainment. Junge earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Michigan, received his J.D. from UCLA Law School and his MBA in Finance from The Anderson School at UCLA.
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Commodore John Guest was born in Missouri 7 March 1822; appointed Midshipman 16 December 1837; served in frigate Congress during the Mexican War; and, protected foreign residents from Chinese Imperial forces at Shanghai in April 1854. He commanded Owasco and Sangamon in the Civil War, passing the forts for the capture of New Orleans and engaging Confederate batteries in the seige of Vicksburg. He also took part in the capture of the forts at Galveston, Tex., and the capture of Fort Fisher, X. C. Commodore Guest died 12 January 1879.
Guest was launched 27 September 1941 by the Boston Naval Shipyard; sponsored by Mrs. Ann Guest Walsh, granddaughter of Commodore John Guest; commissioned 15 December 1942, Comdr. Henry Crommelin in command.
After shakedown training at Guantanamo Bay, Guest made a cruise to Trinidad with aircraft carrier Independence (CVL-22). This was followed by a convoy escort voyage from New York to Casablanca and return to Boston (28 April-31 May 1943). She departed Boston 20 July for brief training in Hawaiian waters, then joined the 3d Fleet 28 August at Efate. New Hebrides Islands. After an offensive sweep to the Santa Cruz Islands and several escort missions to Noumea, New Caledonia, she departed Efate 28 October for invasion of Bougainville. She guarded transports during the initial landings 1 November assisting in shooting down two enemy bombers. In the following months she escorted troop and logistic convoys from Guadalcanal to Cape Torokina, twice driving off bombers and torpedo planes which attacked her convoy. She silenced Japanese coastal defense guns at Motupene Point, Bougainville, 4 December 1943, and bombarded the Saba River area 25 January 1944.
Guest protected transports landing the Marine raiders on Green Island 31 January 1944. As the raiders re-embarked the next morning, she made two depth charge attacks for tremendous explosions on a diving submarine. Hudson (DD-475) followed up this attack to complete the kill of 1,400-ton Japanese submarine I-1T1. Guest again screened transports during invasion of Green Islands 15 February 1944. She bombarded Kavieng, New Ireland 25 February, and, the Sanba River area on Bougainville 17 March. She rescued the crew of PT-&8S on the latter date. Her 5-inch gunfire destroyed the grounded Japanese freighter Meisyo Maru 30 April to the east of Nemto Island. After amphibious assault training in the New Hebrides, she departed Roi, Marshall Islands, 10 June 1944 for the invasion and capture of the Marianas Islands.
Guest poured gunfire ahead of troops landing on Saipan 15 June 1944, then helped repel four massive air raids against Admiral Mitcher's Fast Carrier Task Force in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. She also conducted pre-invasion bombardment of Guam and gave direct gunfire support to the landings there 21 July 1944. She remained on bombardment support and patrol stations until 9 August, then sailed for amphibious warfare exercises in the Solomons.
Guest departed Purvis Bay, Solomon Islands, 6 September 1944. A unit of Rear Admiral Oldendorf's Western Fire Support Group, she bombarded Anguar in the Palau Islands 12 September 1944. The following day she rescued 7 officers and 45 men of destroyer Perry who hit a mine and sank off Anguar. She departed the area 25 September and entered San Francisco Bay 25 October 1944 for overhaul. This was followed by training in Hawaiian waters until 27 January 1945 when she departed with a task group bound via the Marianas for Iwo Jima. Her 5-inch guns blasted that island during the initial invasion 19 February 1945. She continued gunfire support until 28 February when she sailed to join the screen of escort carriers in San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands.
Guest departed San Pedro Bay 27 March to guard escort carriers giving direct support to the invasion of Okinawa. Detached 9 May, she was assigned to antiaircraft defense station in the Okinawa western transport area. The night of 25 May a suicide plane glanced off her mast and crashed alongside to starboard without causing damage. She remained on antiaircraft defense station until 1 July 1945. She was then routed via Ulithi and the Marshalls in the screen of escort carriers bound to Adak, Alaska, thence to Ominato, Japan. After plane guard duty with carriers along the coast of Honshu, she returned via Adak to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 15 November 1945. She decommissioned at San Diego 4 June 1946 and remained in reserve until transferred 5 June 1959 on loan to the government of Brazil. She serves the Brazilian Navy as Para (D-27).
Guest received eight battle stars for service in World War II.


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K-State employees, including student employees, can now manage their mailing address, phone numbers and emergency contact information in eProfile. Mailing addresses are used by the Division of Human Resources for tax information, health insurance and benefit mailings. When an employee changes their contact information in eProfile, the changes will now be made in Human Resources Information System, or HRIS, as well.
Employees will be required to review their contact information in eProfile at the next mandatory password change period, which is Jan. 1 to Feb. 13, 2013. Employees wishing to ensure their W-2 tax form or other important information is sent to their correct address may view their contact information and update it at any time in either eProfile or HRIS.
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Description: In Bradbury's classic, the future America is very frightening. Firemen don't extinguish the fires, but start them in order to burn books. In the future happiness is the ultimate and highest goal. It is a place where trivial information is good, and knowledge and ideas are bad.
Guy Montag is a book-burning fireman who seemed to have a very happy life until he ran into a teenage girl named Clarisse who turned his world upside down by asking him a simple question: "Are you happy?" Quickly, Montag goes through a crisis of faith and questions his actions. Why are books being burned in the first place? And why are the citizens forbidden to read?
Why it was banned/challenged: In 2006, Fahrenheit 451 was challenged at Independent School District at Conroe, Texas because of the following: "discussion of being drunk, smoking cigarettes, violence, 'dirty talk', references to the Bible, and using God's name in vain". The novel went against the complainant's "religious beliefs". Source: ALA
Review: Fahrenheit 451 is a frightening book to read. I can't imagine a world where books don't exist and reading them is a crime. The novel not only demonstrates a society where the norm is accepted blindly, but also how censorship prevails by closing the minds of its citizens. In Montag's world, no one questions. No one is allowed to think because thinking leads to disputes and disputes lead to a world of chaos. And who needs a world of chaos?
Although the novel was originally written in 1953, it is very creepy to see that our current world isn't all that different from the world that Bradbury created. With technology increasing and being omnipresent in our daily lives, we seemed to almost behave mechanically. Books are still being banned and challenged because they don't match our own personal views.
Bradbury's writing is superb. His descriptive paragraphs are a pleasure to read. I could easily see the layers of Montag's confusion and frustration unfold right before my eyes. Besides censorship, there are a lot themes that could be discussed in the book such as: knowledge vs. ignorance, freedom of speech/expression. My minor complaint with the book is the notion of a mechanical dog is just plain silly.
While there are certainly references to the Bible in the novel such as turning water into wine, these are used by Montag to refute the current status quo and to change himself from being a mindless robot to a person who upholds Christian values and who can think for himself. It's ironic that the challenger is twisting the passages out of context just like the antagonist Fire Captain Beatty has done throughout the novel. The novel is also rich with symbolism and metaphors. Overall, Fahrenheit 451 is a thought provoking classic that urges people to think critically. It's unfortunate that some are not willing to do so.
Curriculum Connection: Social Studies and English
Rating: 4.5 stars
Words of Caution: There is mild language in the book. I'd recommend it to 8th graders and up.
If you like this book try: Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation by Ray Bradbury and Tim Hamilton


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Preventing death and disability through the timely provision of prehospital trauma care
Scott M SasserI,1; Mathew VargheseII; Manjul JoshipuraIII; Arthur KellermannI
IEmory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
IISt Stephen's Hospital, Delhi, India
IIIAcademy of Traumatology, Ahmedabad, India
Injury remains a major cause of death and disability worldwide, and places an enormous burden on countries with limited resources. The optimal way to reduce life-threatening injuries is through primary prevention efforts that decrease the incidence and severity of injuries. When prevention fails, however, it is often possible to minimize the consequences of injury through effective prehospital and hospital-based trauma care.
Unfortunately, much of the world's population does not have access to prehospital trauma care, particularly in low income countries. In many parts of the world, few victims receive treatment at the scene and fewer still receive safe transport to the hospital in an ambulance. Transport, when available, is usually provided by relatives, untrained bystanders, commercial drivers (minibus, taxi or truck drivers), or by public safety officers (police and firefighters).
Many high-income countries have developed technically complex and costly prehospital trauma care systems to provide care for acutely ill or injured patients. While these systems are impressive and they undoubtedly benefit some patients, there is little evidence that they are inherently superior to less costly systems that provide a more basic level of prehospital care. The start-up and maintenance costs of advanced life support systems place them out of the reach of all but a few countries, effectively eliminating them as a practical, sustainable option in many parts of the world. Expensive systems are not necessarily the best. With few exceptions, most advanced prehospital interventions have not been scientifically proven to be effective because the necessary randomized trials have not been conducted.
In fact, most of the benefits of prehospital trauma care can be readily realized if basic, vital interventions are quickly and consistently applied, utilizing a country's existing resources and health-care infrastructure. Considerable good may be accomplished by ensuring that victims receive life-sustaining care within a few minutes of injury. Even in countries with limited resources, many lives may be saved and disabilities prevented by teaching individuals what to do at the scene of an injury. The foundations of an effective prehospital system can be laid by recruiting carefully selected volunteers and non-medical professionals, and providing them with training as well as the basic supplies and equipment they need to provide effective prehospital care. Most severely injured patients who die in the first few hours after injury succumb to airway compromise, respiratory failure or uncontrolled haemorrhage. All of these conditions can be treated using basic first aid measures.
The challenge, however, is to promote sustainable and affordable prehospital trauma care systems that provide services to everyone. To do this, each system must be defined by local needs and capacity and must be developed with due regard for local culture and health-care capacity. To facilitate the system's adoption, members of the community being served must be directly involved in developing and administering it, and initial infrastructure development should focus on identifying those responsible for administration, system design and legislative development, addressing political concerns and economic considerations. It is not easy to invest in and maintain a prehospital care system: competing priorities in budgets may make it difficult to secure adequate funding. Although prehospital systems that rely on volunteers are not unique, system planners may want to explore the provision of financial or other incentives for providers. Additionally, the absence of cost-recovery mechanisms may further complicate the issue. Stakeholders may want to consider innovative strategies for generating resources, such as dedicating a proportion of highway budgets, allocating a portion of vehicle registration fees or traffic penalties, or levying a fuel tax.
Two WHO publications assist decision-makers faced with the challenge of developing trauma care systems in low and middle income countries. Guidelines for essential trauma care1 addresses hospital-based trauma care, while Prehospital trauma care systems2 focuses on injury care in the prehospital environment before the patient reaches the hospital, recognizing the role of simple, basic, cost-effective systems; it provides a global overview of system development and recommendations for countries with no prehospital care system in place, as well as mechanisms to strengthen care in countries with existing prehospital care systems.
The global burden of injury is immense. Policy-makers can reduce the human and economic toll of injuries by implementing basic, simple prehospital trauma care systems. Any prehospital care system, no matter how narrowly defined, will also be called upon to respond to all types of medical, obstetric and paediatric emergencies. When these prehospital care systems are linked to a country's existing public health and health-care infrastructure, they can substantially enhance access to care, augment a country's capacity to care for a wide range of emergency conditions, identify opportunities for prevention, and strengthen a country's disaster response capacity.
1. Mock C, Lormand JD, Goosen J, Joshipura M, Peden M. Guidelines for essential trauma care. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2004.
2. Sasser S, Varghese M, Kellermann A, Lormand JD. Prehospital trauma care systems. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2005.
1 Correspondence to Scott M Sasser at 531 Asbury Circle Annex, Suite 340, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA (email@example.com).


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Hackaday doesn't always get the entire back story of a build. The usual assumption is that someone decided to build something, and with just a little bit of effort the project makes it into the Hackaday tip line. This doesn't do justice to the builder, with skills honed after years of practice and experience. A 200-word summary is deceiving, and makes everything look almost too easy. [Michal] decided to buck that trend and sent in his half-decade long adventure of becoming one of the best micro-scale machinists we've ever seen.
In 2006, with years of robots made out of hot glue and cardboard behind him, and the quality of 3D printers not up to his exacting specifications, [Michal] snapped. He sunk the better part of $3000 into a Roland MDX-15 desktop mill. After several months of futzing about with acrylic sheet, [Michal] came across the wonderful machining properties of modeling board.
Determined to do something useful with this modeling board, [Michal] started looking into resin casting. Casting in resin is a common technique in the artist and model maker communities to mass produce small plastic parts. After getting his hands on eight liters of polyurethane resin, [Michal] made a useful part guiding the direction his skill set would grow in the coming years.
After years of experimenting with techniques, materials, and mediums, [Michal] eventually honed his craft and was able to finally start building real robots. These projects were a far cry from the cardboard and milk jug contraptions made earlier in his career. [Michal] was now producing incredibly precise gear assemblies with accuracies within 0.002 mm.
You may remember [Michal] from his robot with pivoting wheels we showcased last week. He got a lot of email from people wanting to know how to start delving into his unique blend of artistry, engineering, and craftsmanship. The good news is you can now learn from his mistakes, so a planetary gearbox shouldn't take more than a few months to finish.


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After 40 years of rule, Colonel Gaddafi is gone. Reports say he was killed today in a military offensive in Sirte, Libya after a protracted insurgency that was backed by NATO forces. While there is room for a conversation about NATO's actions, whether they're an example of Responsibility to Protect doctrine, and normative questions of supporting violence. In the immediate though, history tells us that the more effectively we can help Libya achieve a stable political and economic situation, the more likely we are to see a stable peace. This is an area where emerging mobile technology and crisis mapping could prove valuable to the development and peacebuilding communities.
There is already an example of Ushahidi's mapping platform being used to track the violence and gather data for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The launch of this map was managed by OCHA with volunteers from the Standby Volunteer Task Force. As Patrick Meier explained at iRevolution, this deployment was called for by OCHA with a predefined set of data management processes and a fully trained team of mappers. In this example we see the humanitarian community grasping the value of mapping technology and supporting the systems to make it viable in what was an evolving conflict situation when the map launched in March 2011. You can see the public map here.
Having seen a proof of concept for crowdsourcing in the form of the Ushahidi map, Libya in the post-rebellion stage could be a case study for how mobile technology might be leveraged going forward to develop participatory government, rebuild an economy, and provide the citizenry with decentralized access to information. The high level of mobile penetration means that crowdsourcing tools such as FrontlineSMS could be valuable for gathering and disseminating information about access to health care and justice, as well as supporting participation in governance functions at the local and national levels.
A large part of a successful transition will hinge on the desire of Libyans to develop a system of governance that is right for them with the support of the international community, and mobile telephony is only part of the equation. SMS crowdsourcing and tools such as FrontlineSMS could provide a great deal of value in the transitional process as stability returns to Libya. I'd like to invite everyone to comment and start a discussion about where we see technology fitting into Libya's development going forward.
Charles Martin-Shields is TechChange's Director of Special Projects and Simulation Design. He is also a doctoral student at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, where his research focuses on conflict management, technology and analytic methodology. He can be reached at email@example.com and you can follow him on Twitter @cmartinshields.


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Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg Infections Linked to Ground Turkey - United States, 2011
Timeline PDF version [PDF - 141 KB]
Outbreak Identification and Source Implication
May 23
CDC PulseNet identified multistate cluster of Salmonella Heidelberg infections (30 ill persons, 17 states) and began monitoring for additional illnesses. Investigators noted two ground turkey isolates matching the outbreak strain that were uploaded to PulseNet by MN on 4/11/2011 (Retail Sample 1) and NM on 5/11/2011 (Retail Sample 2) as part of National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) surveillance.
May 26
CDC began coordinating a multistate investigation.
June 1
CDC notified USDA-FSIS. Frequent discussions between both agencies continue throughout the investigation.
June 2
MN reported Retail Sample 1 was Brand A produced at establishment P-963.
June 16-June 21
Exposure information from 19 ill persons revealed no single food that stood out as a likely source; 32% reported eating multiple brands and types of ground turkey.
June 21
CDC asked states to use a turkeyspecific questionnaire to further characterize turkey exposures. NM reported Retail Sample 2 was Brand A produced at establishment P-963; another NARMS retail sample (Sample 3 uploaded to PulseNet by NM 6/8/2011) matching the outbreak strain was Brand B.
June 21-July 7
Exposure information from turkey-specific questionnaires collected for16 ill persons in 6 states; 33% reported consumption of multiple brands and types of ground turkey.
July 7
CDC asked states to use an expanded questionnaire to further examine other possible sources in addition to ground turkey.
July 8-August 2
23 ill persons interviewed with expanded questionnaire; 54% reported consumption of ground turkey.
July 15
OR reported first results from clinical laboratory indicating the outbreak strain was multidrug resistant.
July 19
FSIS began first traceback investigation. Product was left over ground turkey from ill person's household; original packaging not available.
July 29
Tests of leftover ground turkey from the home of an ill person in Ohio yielded Salmonella Heidelberg. Laboratory analysis identified two closely related DNA "fingerprint" patterns; one an exact match to the outbreak strain.
August 1
CDC posted initial web announcement about the investigation.
August 3
FSIS reported that the source of ground turkey for Brand B Retail Sample 3 was establishment P-963. 30 (54%) of 56 interviewed ill persons reported eating any ground turkey prepared at home in the week before illness.
August 11
23 additional ill persons infected with Salmonella Heidelberg with a closely related DNA "fingerprint" pattern included in total number of ill persons.
Regulatory Actions, Recalls and Results of Product Testing
July 19 – August 2
FSIS traceback of ground turkey products identified from shopper cards from three ill persons linked their purchases to Brand A produced at P963.
July 29
FSIS released a public health alert for frozen or fresh ground turkey products.
FSIS informed Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation about epidemiologic data, information from traceback of ground turkey products, and analysis of distribution records indicating establishment P-963 is a likely, but not definitive, source of this outbreak.
August 3
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation recalled approximately 36 million pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with a multidrug resistant strain of Salmonella Heidelberg.


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As Nat says, APIs are not open source software. The data is not free (as in freedom, not as in beer). You depend on ongoing access to an API at your own risk.
See also a Nov 2005 post where I, after talking with Rael Dornfest, said:
I keep hearing people talk about [APIs] as if companies are creating web services because they just dream of setting all their data free.
Sorry, folks, that isn't the reason.
Companies offer web services to get free ideas, exploit free R&D, and discover promising talent.
That's why the APIs are crippled with restrictions like no more than N hits a day, no commercial use, and no uptime or quality guarantees.
[Companies] offer the APIs so people can build clever toys, the best of which the company will grab -- thank you very much -- and develop further on their own.


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Ask a jeweler to suggest the perfect gift for a 10th wedding anniversary and the answer you'll get is, "Diamonds are forever."
Memorial Medical Center asked The Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel for the perfect entertainment to celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Premier - its annual black tie dinner and entertainment gala. The answer? You guessed it: "Diamonds Are Forever: A Tribute to the Stars."
"Diamonds Are Forever: A Tribute to the Stars" will feature headliner entertainment from the Las Vegas Strip, including "A Tribute to Neil Diamond featuring Jay White" and "Barbra & Frank - The Concert that Never Was: A Sensational Tribute to Streisand & Sinatra."
The 2014 Premier will be held Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Seneca Niagara Casino and Hotel, 310 Fourth St., Niagara Falls.
Jay White as Neil Diamond has captivated audiences around the world in almost 9,000 shows, including some 2,000 shows as a headliner at the Riviera in Las Vegas, and appeared with Neil on his DVD titled "Stages." Jay's every movement and every sound evoke the passion and the power of "America's Classiest Rock Star," and his expertise has been personally complimented on several occasions by Diamond himself, who recently wrote: "Jay, keep singing so I can stay home and relax."
Streisand and Sinatra never worked together, but it's tantalizing to imagine what it would have been like had they teamed up for a concert tour. Talented vocalists Sharon Owens and Sebastian Anzaldo will join forces to being that vision to life as they create the illusion of Streisand and Sinatra in "Barbra & Frank - The Concert That Never Was."
Sharon's career as a Streisand tribute artist began in 1992 when she moved to Los Angeles and began performing as Streisand in dinner theaters and cabaret nightclubs. Her resemblance to the star, plus her vocal ability, led to her being hired as a Legends in Concert performer at Bally's Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City.
Sebastian originally brought "Old Blue Eyes" to life in the Las Vegas "Tribute to Frank, Sammy, Joey & Dean" before teaming up with Owens to create their current show, which debuted at the East Flamingo Tuscany before moving to the Riviera on the Las Vegas Strip.
"These talented performers bring the same passion to their craft that Memorial Medical Center brings to providing quality care every day," said Cathy Walker, president and CEO of Seneca Gaming Corp. "The 2014 Premier promises to be the event not to be missed and we are honored to again host it."
"The Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel's continued support of The Premier and their generosity in bringing popular Las Vegas acts to downtown Niagara Falls are a tribute to their commitment to our community," Memorial President and CEO Joseph A. Ruffolo said. "We are very grateful and we look forward to a wondrous evening of non-stop entertainment."
The 2014 Premier will pay tribute to Western New York banking executive Nancy Gara, a founder of The Premier and a member of the Memorial Medical Center board of directors at the time of her death in May, and to Dr. Sujatha Addagatla, a dedicated physician specializing in nephrology who has served Memorial patients since 1997.
Proceeds from the event will benefit cardiac and stroke services at Memorial.
Chairpersons for the event are Renee Taefi Baughman, M.D., and Lucy and Dominick Muto. Baughman, a physician with Women's Medicine of Niagara, is Memorial's chief of obstetrics and gynecology. Ms. Muto is a vice president with M&T Bank and branch manager of the Main and Cedar branch in Niagara Falls. Mr. Muto is employed at Sicoli & Massaro and the owner of Reliable Property Service LLC.
For information on sponsorship opportunities and tickets, call 716-278-4570.


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VIDEO: Bring your dog to Martha Clara
Martha Clara Vineyards is beginning its third year of Vines and Canines, a dog friendly day where guests can bring their canine along as they explore the vineyard on an informative tour. The vineyard hosts the walk roughly twice a month and it lasts about 45 minutes, giving pets an opportunity to play with other dogs, said Kelly Tuthill, tour guide and event assistant for Martha Clara.
The Riverhead vineyard asks that participants bring a dog food item to donate to local shelters in need. After superstorm Sandy, all donations were given to a shelter in New Jersey.
"We try to do them as often as we can," Ms. Tuthill said. "It is always great to help."
The next Vines and Canines event will be 11 a.m. Jan. 27. To find future dates you can visit the Martha Clara website.