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Perspectives: Prioritizing Care for the Resource-Limited Traveler
Travelers seen in pretravel clinic consultations often have financial constraints. Prioritizing immunizations and prophylactic medications should be part of an individualized assessment based on the travel itinerary, efficacy and safety of vaccines and medications, and associated costs. Travelers must often pay out of pocket for pretravel care, as many health insurance plans do not cover travel immunizations or prophylaxis. As an example, the estimated cost of a US pretravel consultation for a backpacker planning a 4-week trip to West Africa may be as high as $1,400 for the initial consultation and vaccinations, excluding malaria chemoprophylaxis. Travelers with limited budgets may be at higher risk for travel-associated infections, as they often visit remote areas, stay in lower-grade accommodations, and are more likely to eat local street food. Therefore, the cost of disease (such as malaria) may, in many cases, outweigh costs of vaccination and prophylaxis. The financial benefits of obtaining travel health insurance and evacuation insurance before travel must also be considered (see Travel Insurance, Travel Health Insurance, & Medical Evacuation Insurance later in this chapter). Clinicians need to understand travelers' financial constraints in order to provide realistic recommendations. The variety of insurance plans, number of travelers without adequate insurance coverage, and number of student and budget travelers challenges even the most savvy travel medicine clinicians. This section provides guidance for busy practitioners in prioritizing vaccine and prophylaxis choices.
Required Vaccines
Only 2 vaccines are required categorically for some travelers: meningococcal vaccine for pilgrims traveling to Mecca during the Hajj and yellow fever vaccine for travelers to certain countries in Africa and South America (see Chapter 3, Yellow Fever & Malaria Information, by Country). If either of these vaccines is required for an itinerary, prioritize it since the traveler may be denied entry to the country without proof of vaccination. Note that travelers who may be staying in a yellow fever–endemic country only briefly (such as during an airport layover) may still need evidence of vaccination to enter other countries on their itinerary. In a few specific circumstances, travelers to countries that are exporting polio may be asked to show proof of polio vaccination before they are allowed to leave those countries if they have spent >4 weeks in the country (see Chapter 3, Poliomyelitis).
Routine Vaccines
All travelers should be up-to-date with routine vaccines before international travel, regardless of destination. The benefits of vaccines extend beyond the travel period, and in many cases lifelong immunity is achieved. Routine vaccines are generally associated with lower costs, since they are mass-produced as part of the scheduled national childhood and adult vaccination programs, and many health insurance plans will reimburse the patient for the cost of vaccine administration. If cost of routine vaccines is a limitation, a traveler can explore opportunities for obtaining them in a health department or primary care setting, where cost may be lower than in a travel clinic. Prioritize the routine vaccines that protect against diseases for which the traveler is most likely to be at general risk. At this time, top priorities for most destinations would include vaccines against influenza, measles, and hepatitis A and B.
Some travelers may be immune to the disease for which immunization is being considered. Testing for antibody concentrations may be covered by insurance when vaccines are not. Testing for immunity to diseases such as measles, varicella, and hepatitis A and B can help determine whether vaccination is needed.
Recommended Vaccines
Consider time until departure, risk of disease at the destination, effectiveness and safety of vaccine, and likelihood of repeat travel. For example, parenteral typhoid vaccine may be less cost-effective for certain travelers (especially when departures are imminent and trip duration is short) because of the relatively low efficacy, short duration of protection, and time needed for onset of protection (≥2 weeks). On the other hand, oral typhoid vaccine has a longer duration of protection, and time to protection is shorter, approximately 1 week.
When considering rabies vaccine for resource-limited travelers, consider the risk of animal exposure, access to local health care, and availability of rabies immune globulin and rabies vaccine at the traveler's destination. Travelers who decline preexposure immunization should have a plan of action if an exposure occurs. In up to 37% of locations worldwide, rabies vaccine or immune globulin are available only sometimes or never.
Review the itinerary in detail to determine the need for Japanese encephalitis vaccine. Some travelers may be able to obtain vaccine at lower cost outside the United States. Those who decline vaccine should have a clear understanding of when and how to use insect repellents and other measures to prevent mosquito bites.
Malaria Chemoprophylaxis
Every pretravel consultation should include detailed advice about preventing mosquito bites (see Protection against Mosquitoes, Ticks, & Other Arthropods later in this chapter). Malaria chemoprophylaxis, if needed, should be offered based on the risk profile of the traveler, taking into account possible financial burden. The risk of acquiring malaria varies widely, depending on destination, accommodations, and activities during travel. Malaria risk is decreasing in many countries, and up-to-date sources of risk areas in the destination country should be used to advise travelers. Costs associated with the different regimens vary widely. For example, based on current prices in the United States, a prophylactic treatment course for a 3-week trip to a malaria-endemic destination would cost $120–$250 for doxycycline, $50–$100 for chloroquine, $95–$120 for mefloquine, and $200–$225 for atovaquone-proguanil (depending on health insurance and other factors). Atovaquone-proguanil cost may be equivalent to that of mefloquine for short trips, but mefloquine (or chloroquine, in the few regions where malaria remains susceptible) will be more cost- effective for trips lasting ≥2 weeks. Travelers who raise the question of purchasing antimalarial drugs at their destination must be advised about the risk of inappropriate, substandard, and counterfeit medications and discouraged from this practice (see Perspectives: Pharmaceutical Quality & Falsified Drugs later in this chapter).
Preventive Behaviors
Educate about alternative ways to reduce risk, especially when immunization is not possible. For example, advise travelers to avoid animal bites, use insect precautions, and observe food and water precautions to the best of their ability.
Budget travelers and those who cannot afford travel vaccines will continue to challenge travel medicine practitioners. All travelers can benefit from multiple strategies to safeguard their health during travel, in addition to vaccination and prophylaxis. These strategies include following safety (especially road traffic safety) and security guidelines, observing sun protection, avoiding food hazards, and following safe sex practices. Following insect precautions is essential to prevent dengue and chikungunya viruses and has become especially pertinent with the emergence of Zika virus in Latin America. Travelers can be reassured that the actions they take to avoid these preventable hazards may, in the long run, protect against travel-associated risks that are more prevalent than are certain vaccine-preventable diseases.
- Adachi K, Coleman MS, Khan N, Jentes ES, Arguin P, Rao SR, et al. Economics of malaria prevention in US travelers to West Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jan;58(1):11–21. [PMID:24014735]
- Jentes ES, Blanton JD, Johnson KJ, Petersen BW, Lamias MJ, Robertson K, et al. The global availability of rabies immune globulin and rabies vaccine in clinics providing indirect care to travelers. J Travel Med. 2014 Jan-Feb;21(1):62–6. [PMID:24267775]
- Johnson DF, Leder K, Torresi J. Hepatitis B and C infection in international travelers. J Travel Med. 2013 May-Jun;20(3):194–202. [PMID:23577866]
- Mangtani P, Roberts JA. Economic evaluations of travelers' vaccinations. In: Zuckerman JN, Jong EC, editors. Travelers' Vaccines. 2nd ed. Shelton (CT): People's Medical Publishing House; 2010. pp. 553–67.
- Steffen R, Connor BA. Vaccines in travel health: from risk assessment to priorities. J Travel Med. 2005 Jan-Feb;12(1):26–35. [PMID:15996464]
- Wu D, Guo CY. Epidemiology and prevention of hepatitis A in travelers. J Travel Med. 2013 Nov-Dec;20(6):394–9. [PMID:24165384]
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Perspectives sections are written as editorial discussions aiming to add depth and clinical perspective to the official recommendations contained in the book. The views and opinions expressed in this section are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of CDC.


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Lawyers for the Brown attended a hearing Thursday to determine a date the trial. Brown, who was not in town for the hearing, is facing a misdemeanor assault charge.
The R&B singer and a bodyguard, Chris Hollosy, were arrested in October after a 20-year-old Greenbelt man said he was struck outside the W Hotel near the White House.
The man had allegedly tried to get in a picture Brown was taking with two other people.
According to a police report, Brown told the man, "I'm not down with that gay [expletive]" and "I feel like boxing."
The victim received treatment for his injuries at a local hospital and was released. He told NBC Washington that he suffered a broken nose.
Outside court the Monday after the incident, a friend of Brown's uncle said that he didn't believe the claim that Brown was responsible.
"I don't believe it happened the way they said it happened," said Tommy Sanders. "We'll find out. But once you have somebody who is protecting you, a true and real protector will go the extra mile."
An attorney for Chris Brown said Thursday that surveillance video the prosecutors have shows nothing. "There's nothing there," the attorney said.
At the time of Brown's arrest, the Grammy winner was on probation in California for a 2009 attack on singer Rihanna, his then-girlfriend. He was later ordered back to three months of rehab.
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Disobedience, Protest and Resistance by German-Russians
in the Soviet Union (Part 7)
Verweigerung, Protest und Widerstand der Russlanddeutschen im Sowietstaat (Teil 7)
Krieger, Viktor Dr. "Disobedience, Protest and Resistance by German-Russians in the Soviet Union (Part 7)." Volk auf dem Weg, November 2007, 10-11.
Translation from the original German to American English
is provided by Alex
Herzog, Boulder, Colorado
NOTE: The Autonomy Movement (Continuation from Issues 2-5,
7, and
October, 2007)
The lifting of the military command surveillance and of Special Settlerstatus toward the end of 1955 for the Germans in no way signified that they were from then on considered to be on an equal level with [other] Soviet citizens.
At least the general liberalization following Stalin's death was marked by growing efforts on the part of officialdom toward firmer integration of the former Special Settlers into the employment and social conditions of Soviet society. For those affected this meant a limited choice of occupation and residential locales, open access to mid-level schools and occupational training, as well as admittance to studies at universities, primarily in the technical, agricultural and pedagogical areas.
Even hesitant acceptance into the Party was beginning to occur, and German-Russians were again being recruited into the Red Army. Furthermore, very limited efforts were observed toward consideration of nationalist needs, which were demonstrated by the appearance of a German-language central newspaper, airing of radio programs, reintroduction of teaching the mother tongue on a limited basis, and allowing performances of some singing and dance groups.
For the Kalmucks, Karatchaes, and Balkars, and others, reestablished territorial autonomies provided a solid base for their social and cultural redevelopment and created a broadly loyalist attitude toward the predominant social and political order. However, with regard to equal status for Soviet citizens of German origin, the Party and State apparatus failed to show any interest even following Stalin's death.
Resistance by those affected in this manner by the comprehensive discrimination from the State demonstrated itself in various ways: not a few Germans sought understanding and security in religious communities, others saw a solution only through emigration, and a third group was hoping that, with the reestablishment of an autonomous republic, general Germano-phobia might be essentially stemmed, and tolerable prospects for most Germans living in a Socialist country might be realized.
Data sheet dated September 18, 1965, sent by the Krasnoyarsk
Regional Party Committee to the Communist Party of the USSR, on the
subject of German Autonomists
The latter were not entirely wrong in this assumption, as the example of the DDR ["German Democratic Republic" of East Germany - Tr.] following the erection of the Wall in 1961 demonstrated. However, the Soviet leadership, using flimsy arguments, continued to deny full rehabilitation [to Germans in the Soviet Union]. In a paper issued in June, 1956, the then Minister of the Interior, Nikolay Dudorov, rejected autonomy for Germans on the grounds that they did not form territorially dense branches, and that even before 1941 only 30 percent of them had lived in the former Volga German Republic. Given these circumstances, "to establish an autonomy for the Germans, as long as they live scattered all over the Soviet Union, would be only a pro-forma matter, especially since after such a re-establishment, most Germans would remain where they are living currently."
Even after Dudorov, the Party leadership continued to use this argumentation in rejecting the justifiable claims of those affected, as if the example of the Kasan-Tatars, of whom less than a third lived within their national Republic, were not obvious.
If, at least until the end of the 1950's, there were generally only individual protest actions (personal letters to the government, conversations within trusted circles, etc.), the 1960's were marked by collective actions by the proponents of autonomy for Germans. Throughout the country, numerous groups were formed by equal-minded people who composed collective protest letters, collected signatures and sent representatives to Moscow with the demand for final restoration of the German Republic and, therewith, guarantee of a realistic equal footing and treatment of this minority.
One of the many collective petitions to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR was organized in 1961 by Alexander Justus, deputy director of a middle school in Kupino in the Novosibirsk region. The petition had been signed by several German residents of the cities of Kupino and Krasnoyarsk.
Viktor Fuchs, one of the active supporters of the autonomy movmeent
of the 1960s, in his apartment in Krasnoyarsk, 2004
Actions by those supporting autonomy strengthened prior to 1964, the time prior to the 200th anniversary of settlement of the Volga region by Germans. Documents that have only recently become accessible at the Regional Archive of State Security and at Moscow party central offices draw a significantly different picture of how the half-hearted "Rehabilitation Edict" of 1964 came about. It particularly strengthens the assumption that the issuance of this act was less intended as a prelude to a visit to the Federal republic of Germany by Party Chief Nikita Khrushchev, which had been expected to take place in October of the same year, but never actually happened, than it happened much more likely as a response to numerous protests by German activists.
Preparations for putting together a German delegation took place
even prior to the year 1963. According to KGB information, Therese
Chromova (Schilke) of Frunse, Kirgistan, was the first to express
this idea. Alexander Justus supported the idea and, as early as
in his September 13, 1963 letter to Heinrich Kaiser, suggested that
the members who would elected to the proposed
delegation should gather for a discussion in January or July of the following year. Subsequently, carrying thousands of signatures, they would be sent to Moscow, for one, to bring about the lifting of the shameful deportation ukase of 1941 and, for another, occasioned by the anniversary of the original settlements, to remind their audience of the achievements of the Volga-Germans.
Toward the end of 1963, Friedrich Schessler, informal leader of the autonomists, sent several letters to his comrades in arms asking them to collect signatures and moneys for the delegation.
The Tchekists [KGB - Tr.] listed, in addition to those already mentioned, further activists such as Irma Rudolf of Abakan, Ivan (Johann) Schmidt of Issyk, Kazakhstan, plus Reinhard Koeln of Krymsk in the Krasnodar region.
In the face of numerous letters of complaint, and well informed of growing ill will in the banishment areas, the Kremlin leadership felt forced to start taking a few steps toward improving the situation of the Germans. A commission consisting of high-ranking members of the Party and of national security, considered intensively a petition signed by 104 persons, among them Friedrich Schessler, Heinrich Kaiser, Viktor Fuchs, and others, which demanded complete rehabilitation for the German minority and suggested concurrently that the 200th anniversary of immigration of the Colonists to Russia be observed.
In a final report of June 17, 1964, composed by P. Pigalev, M. Georgadze and V. Semitchastny, the commission recommended that no further government laws on behalf of this ethnic group be enacted, and that a special observance of the settlement by German farmers of the Lower Volga be omitted.
Following the concluding meeting on July 3 in the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR, the Party leadership still decided to issue an inconsequential compensatory act: On August 13, a draft of a ukase concerning the Germans in Russia was presented to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The highest State organ two weeks later approved the document it had been given, and thus came about the well-known edict of August 29, 1964. This legal act only lifted the accusation of active support for Hitler-Germany. The illegal resettlement of the Volga-Germans and of other groups of Germans in the Soviet Union, not to mention territorial rehabilitation or material compensation, were not discussed.
According to well-established practice, there was no immediate publication of the decree. Only several hundred copies were disseminated via official channels to central and regional authorities. However, the Germans were no longer as intimidated as they had been only a decade before; in the face of numerous protests, the State powers saw it necessary to approve publication of the decree in the official "News of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union" on December 28, 1964 and, in German-language translation, in the newspaper "Neues Leben" on January 20, 1965. However, this "rehabilitation" decree was never published or mentioned in the mass media, school texts or popular scientific journals.
The subsequent course of events is well known. Two delegations of German activists, appearing in January and July, 1965 before central party and national organs, and also in a meeting with the nominal head of State, Anastas Mikoyan, were unable to effect anything.
Shortly thereafter a serious persecution of the activists of this nationalist movement began. They were put under constant surveillance, their mail was censored, State attorneys, Party Committees and State security commanded the appearance of these unmanageable Germans and threatened them with reprisals if they would not take leave of their "illegal movement." Internally these massive intimidation actions were simply called prophylaxis.
The failure of attempts in July and August of 1966, and another a year later, to send a third delegation to Moscow, was attributed to the KGB. The gigantic disappointment over the denial tactics of central and local authorities eventually, from about the end of the 1960's onward, took expression in growing efforts to emigrate to (West) Germany.
There was also a remarkable accompanying change of heart among those who earlier had been convinced Communists. For example, in 1966 the Chakassian administration for state security made it known that Friedrich Schessler, after his return from Moscow had expressed his deep criticism of the political process against the authors Daniel and Sinyavski, and that he had defended both. Here one can see incipient efforts toward bridge building to the germinal dissidents and human rights movement, which the supporters of the emigration movement were able to attain in the 1970s.
Our appreciation is extended to Alex Herzog for translation of this article.


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Pituitary Surgery
Advances in technology such as the endoscope, surgical microscope and image guidance systems have led to major advances in pituitary surgery. Minimally invasive pituitary surgery that allows for precise removal of tumors in or around the pituitary gland also leads to faster recoveries, little or no scarring and fewer complications.
The pituitary gland is located in a hollow in the sphenoid bone called the sella turcica at the base of your brain. (The sphenoid bone separates your sphenoid sinus from your brain. The sphenoid sinus is a bony cave is located above the roof of the mouth behind the nose.) There is a direct path to the sella turcica through the sphenoid sinus.
Transphenoidal Pituitary Surgery
Transphenoidal surgery is a way of operating on the pituitary gland by going through the sphenoid sinus. This approach can be used for pituitary tumors and other types of tumors near the pituitary gland.
There are several ways to do transphenoidal surgery:
- Sublabial approach. This type of pituitary surgery goes through the upper lip to open a path between the hard palate in the roof of the mouth and the nose. Sublabial pituitary surgery is probably the most common approach used today.
- Endonasal approach. This type of pituitary surgery goes through the back of the nostril.
Sublabial Approach to Pituitary Surgery
Sublabial transsphenoidal surgery is relatively painful. It almost always causes numbness in the upper gums after surgery. It can also cause problems with the structures under the nose. An alternate form of this surgery involves small insucisions made in the nose itself. This avoids the lip numbness. It is similar in methods and side effects otherwise.
After surgery, the nose is packed with gauze for one to three days.
Endonasal Approach to Pituitary Surgery
Endonasal transsphenoidal surgery goes directly through the back of the nose, making a hole to reach the pituitary tumor. It is quick, safe and very comfortable for the patient. In the hands of an experience pituitary surgeon, it offers access to the entire pituitary area.
Only rarely is it necessary to pack the nose with the endonasal approach. This makes the patient more comfortable and means shorter stays in the hospital. There are no visible scars from this approach.
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The HP4 RACE is a masterpiece of engineering prowess. Each and every one of the 750 limited-edition racing machines was handmade by our specialists and fitted with a numbered sticker.
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The frame of the HP4 RACE is made of endless carbon fibre and is a continuous component from the steering head to the swing arm pivot. Compared to the standard frame, it saves a full four kilos in weight.
For the BMW HP4 RACE's carbon technology, it's not about how it looks, but rather its characteristics. They facilitate the precalculation and incorporation of function-dependent torsion and rigidity. As rigid as aluminium, as hard as steel. All advantages of the carbon material were fully exhausted on the wheels. They remain particularly flexible.
Perfection right down to the smallest detail.
Developed for the racetrack through and through, the HP4 RACE has a self-supporting carbon front that practically devours the headwind with its aggressive splitface with the ram air behind. The dome-shaped windscreen offers riders optimal protection and keeps them in the streamline. The perfect interplay between paintwork and carbon material makes the HP4 RACE an absolute highlight when it can be admired at a standstill. A new era is dawning for colour too. With the HP4 RACE, we present the new HP motorsport colours Lightwhite uni / Racingblue metallic / Racingred uni.
Built by hand. Configured for maximum performance.
Made by hand in Berlin, the HP4 RACE engine is a further development of the engine from the long-distance WM and the World SBK. It produces 158 kW (215 HP) and the maximum rotational speed was increased to 14,500 rpm. The maximum torque of 120 Nm is at 10,000 rpm.
The first service, including an oil change, is carried out after the engine has been run in and recorded on the test stand by our specialists. The engine is endoscoped and the control times and valve clearance are adjusted. Meaning that the HP4 RACE is ready to reach its full potential on the racetrack right from delivery.
The best lap times are a question of adjustment.
The HP4 RACE's racing claim is reflected in every component. There is a 2D dashboard in the self-supporting carbon front that contains all of the important information for drivers and engineers. The 2D data recorder allows the recorded data to be saved and read out. The dynamic traction control (DTC) is operated with precise buttons and offers the optimal traction for every racing situation. The gear-dependant power delivery and programmable engine brake and wheelie control are further electronic features that, in addition to the pit lane limiter and launch control, guarantee problem-free racing operation. The electronics are topped off with the minimised cable harness and the lithium-ion batteries installed in the self-supporting carbon frame tail. The carbon frame tail, an additional part of the optimal ergonomics of the HP4 RACE, can be adjusted to three levels.
Individual, from the seat height to the model number.
Other driver-specific adjustments can be made to the handlebar tapering and the footrest system. The HP RACE shift assistant Pro with shift direction inversion gives clear feedback at every gear shift. The six-gear, "close-ratio" transmission has transmission stages adapted to the World Championship specification and can be further adapted with additional secondary transmissions (contained in the scope of delivery). At World Championship level and with 158 kW (215 PS) to work with, the oil and water-cooled four-cylinder four-stroke engine is built by our specialist team, checked on the test stand and delivered with a test certificate. Every single engine achieves the required power curve.
Well thought out for the biggest challenges.
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If you have sensitive information you want to protect and distribute, PDF is a good option to consider. Adobe Reader could very well be the most widely distributed crypto-enabled application from any vendor, because Adobe has been including encryption since version 2.0 in 1994 – across numerous desktop and mobile platforms. So there's a pretty good chance that your intended recipients will be able to open an encrypted PDF. Today in 2011, PDF supports the FIPS certified AES 256 algorithm and provides a number of advanced capabilities.
Another advantage of using the built in encryption of PDF is that it can be persistently integrated in the file – and not enveloped. This means that anywhere the file goes, independent of storage and transport, it stays protected. Common alternatives like PGP, ZIP, and S/MIME use enveloping encryption around content that gets discarded when the envelope is open – leaving the content unprotected, subject to accidental or malicious redistribution.
There are three main ways to encrypt a PDF file:
- Password encryption
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) encryption
- Rights Management
Password encryption relies on a shared password between the publisher and all the recipients. The publisher selects a phrase like "No1Kn0w$" to encrypt the document, and the recipient uses the same to decrypt it. To mitigate brute force attacks as well as simple guessing of common passwords – be sure to use long complex passwords with multiple upper, lower, number, and symbol combinations. Remember to be creative, like song lyrics, poetry, and other long phrases as source material.
PKI encryption can provide greater protection by using additional cryptography and digital certificates. Each recipient has a keypair (up to RSA4096), and publishes their public key certificate. While encrypting, the publisher's computer randomly generates a symmetric key(up to AES256), and encrypts that key to each recipient's asymmetric public key to include in the document with the symmetric key encrypted content. In return, the recipient computer uses their own private key to decrypt the symmetric key, and then decrypt the document. When the private key is stored on a token, e.g. USB, CAC, PIV, eID – it can provide two factor security – requiring the token, and any PIN codes to unlock the token.
Rights Management was developed to provide integration into enterprise authentication (AuthN) and authorization (AuthZ) infrastructure without requiring PKI. A Rights Management server ties into LDAP, Active Directory (AD), or other user databases to identify the ecosystem of users sharing a document. Rights Management can also use those same directories to read in groups of users. An administrator can create a rights management "policy" which is an easily reusable way to protect documents in a certain way. The policy can define which users or groups can open the document, what they can do with the document, and track what they have done with the document. These can be internal or external users – whether employees, partners, or consumers. The publisher then selects the policy to protect a document. The recipient opens the document and the Acrobat/Reader client will call back to the server to authenticate them, then determine whether they are authorized to open the document. In addition to username/password types of authentication, the server can also support Kerberos single sign on (SSO),PKI authentication (which is different than PKI encryption above), OTP, and other custom methods. With Rights Management you can also expire, revoke, version control, watermark, and audit document usage, too. Rights Management is great for communities of users that have existing authentication and authorization systems in place – whether it's secure information sharing, or electronic statements to consumers. In addition to PDF, Rights Management can also apply to native Office and CAD documents, too. Stay tuned for news on rights management capabilities being available on smartphone and tablet devices in Fall'11, too!
For all three encryption methods, it is also possible to restrict printing, clipboard, and modification after a protected document is opened.
Applying these encryption capabilities can be done ad-hoc on the desktop with Acrobat, as well as part of automated structured workflows on a server, too.


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Former Bayern Munich and German National Team coach Jürgen Klinsmann says that both Bruce Arena and Bob Bradley are ready to coach in Europe, but that American players still have some work to do to gain more credibility overseas.
Klinsmann – who last coached with Bayern in 2009 and has been linked to high-profile club jobs ever since he led the Germans to the 2006 World Cup semifinals – made the comments during an interview with Kansas City Wizards color commentator and former MLS player Sasha Victorine.
"Definitely an American coach can coach oversees," Klinsmann said. "I would say Bruce Arena can coach in the Premier League, or Bob Bradley, or other people."
Klinsmann also added the name Martín Vásquez, now in his first year as the head coach at Chivas USA after he spent roughly 10 months as Klinsmann's assistant with Bayern Munich until April 2009.
"Martín Vásquez, I brought him over to Bayern Munich to see it's not such a big of a gap to coach in Europe," Klinsmann said. "Maybe image-wise or name-wise, but not working-wise. I think he learned a lot there, but he also saw that, you know, it's doable."
WATCH: Klinsmann on USSF and MLS
Klinsmann said the transition might not be as smooth for American players abroad, however, despite the success of players like Landon Donovan, Tim Howard or Clint Dempsey.
"Players that come out of the American system just don't have the credibility yet in Europe to make the next step," Klinsmann said.
Still, Klinsmann said the onus falls on American stars looking to not only thrive with mid-table teams like Fulham and Everton, but to strive to reach the biggest clubs on the continent.
"The players who are already oversees, Clint Dempsey or Tim Howard or similar players, they have to take their future into their own hands and say … 'I want to get to the big names, the big 10 [the big four in England, the big three in Italy, the big two in Spain and Bayern Munich in Germany]," Klinsmann said.
READ: Klinsmann admits he spoke with USSF again over coaching gig
"If they would have that confidence, if they would have that guidance … can they compete there? Absolutely, yes. Can a US coach coach a European team? Knowledge-wise, no problem."
Klinsmann also praised the progress of Major League Soccer, as well as league's gradual identity change from a frenetic style of play found in NCAA soccer to a more nuanced style featuring stars like Thierry Henry and other foreign stars.
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Klinsmann also praised the increased focus on youth academies in MLS, but said that the traditional collegiate path to the professional ranks and a lack of consistency for the US to produce the ever-elusive American striker.
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What a daunting task: Taste 30-some bites made with bacon and try two dozen beers in a single style to pick the best in both categories.
This is what I faced Saturday at the Beer and Bacon Classic at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. More than 4,000 people attended, despite the cold concourse venue — enough to encourage the festival to return next year.
I volunteered as a judge for the contest, along with other local food and beer aficionados, but didn't realize what I signed up for. The first obstacle: How do you pair bacon with beer? The answer: easily.
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Shared topic: Relationships within Azeroth
This is my first time doing a shared topic. If I did shared topics all the time, I would write "as usual, I'm using this shared topic as a starting point but am totally going to derail." Since I've never done a shared topic before I can't say that. But I'll derail anyway.
So "Relationships within Azeroth", courtesy of Naithin from Tank'n'Tree.
As your friendly local amateur anthropologist, I jumped on this topic. I had this great informative post planned out to help the many people I've run into in WoW who were experiencing a common confusion. It was all about how to tell the different between eHarmony and WoW. Unfortunately for people who don't actually play WoW but use it exclusively to flirt with the opposite gender everywhere, I decided to quit my beloved guild of two years and moved on to a guild that seemed to better fit what I want out of the game. So instead of an lovely, not snarky at all, educational article, you get a sappy post about getting attached to guildies.
Around my family, I'm not allowed to refer to people I know online as "friends". "They're not friends, they're epals" my mother says. I don't talk to my family all that often, but I've been careful to use the term "people I game with". But are the people I game with friends? I don't know them very well. I know bits of their personality – whether they're fast or slow learners, perfectionist or not, quiet or loud. Some of them, I know about parts of their life, I know what they do for a living, I hear funny stories about their kids. And I care when something great or something bad happens to them. After all, these are the people I hear on vent night after night as we fight dragons and sometimes each other. When I was an officer, I'd run down to the library on my breaks to toss some emails back and forth with the other officers. Day after day. For so many hours in our lives, we laughed together, worked out strategies together and cheered each other up when our strategies didn't work as expected. Whether I really knew them or not, I got attached.
When I said goodbye, I tried to do it the right way, being all polite and offering to pay back anything I owed them. I said we could stay friends. All those things I do at the end of a romantic relationship. OMG I broke up with my guild!
While I knew it was time to move on, I couldn't stop the memories from playing in my head:
My first raid.
When I was learning to play a paladin and my class leader asked me what stats I was looking for to which I answered "spirit".
The first time I got through Lurker without being killed by the spout.
The first time I got pissed off that others were STILL dying to spout on Lurker.
When we had a naked dance party in Magtheridon's Lair for an hour because one of our healers went offline and we had no replacement.
Our drunken Kara nights.
When our warlock put me on ignore for pugging a heroic and I then went out of my way to make sure he died at every opportunity.
My first BG.
Our awful Arena teams ("dead before you are" and "5 dead guys").
When we celebrated my birthday in Mount Hyjal.
When one of our priests decided she'd teach me to tank in Shadow Labs. In my healing gear.
When I discovered you could ride in the robots on the way to Mimiron (I bet those who were there that night still have my squeals of glee ringing in their heads)
And those are just some in-game ones. Meeting face to face with some of my Azeroth "epals" was also very memorable. For those of you who've never met an online friend before, here's what it's like: you have a stranger in front of you, that you've never seen before in your life. Then out of that stranger's body comes a familiar voice. That voice talks about familiar things with a familiar train of thought. It's the weirdest and coolest experience ever.
Less pleasant, but fortunately much rarer, memories occurred too, however, in retrospec, most of the conflicts that happened seem so silly.
Are the relationships within Azeroth different from real life ones? Yes. I find my online friendships to be much more "in my head", if that makes any sense. Imagination and personal perception have a larger role than in my offline friendships which are more "in my face". I do much more overanalysing of my online frienships and I get way more anxious about them because there's so much left to the imagination. But some things are the same. The same personality traits bug me online and offline and the personality traits that I admire are the same as well. I care about my friend's happiness and sadness the same whether they're online or offline. I'm just as sensitive to rejection in the online world as I am in the real world. And I can have the same amount of fun with an online friend as I can with an offline friend (however I *do* need to mix it up, too much online sends my imagination into overdrive and too much offline exhausts me!).
As I say my tearful goodbyes to my guild, I'm filled with mixed feelings. On one hand, I'm excited to meet new people and have a refreshing environment. On the other, I'm reminded of the good times, of the caring, of the laughter. I feel bad for letting down those who tried so hard to keep me happy. I even cried a few times yesterday. Yes, cried for probably losing touch with people in a video game. I'm a huge sap, but it's ok, I'm sure some people still love me anyway.
That's the story of my relationships within Azeroth. Tune in next time for something a bit less introspective and awkwardly personal.Explore posts in the same categories: Guild thoughts
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November 4, 2009 at 5:38 am
I remember that night. I don't think I actually d/cd. I just went and ate dinner. SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
I think staying friends is one of those really difficult things that I haven't even managed to do yet, IRL. Without the same vested interest in doing something together, all we have to keep us in contact are our sparkling personalities, and leftover neural connections that fire of X amount of dopamine/opiates/oxytocin, if you really want to get down to it. Have lots of fun with your new guild + keep writing! I'll be reading.
November 4, 2009 at 5:39 am
Also, what happened last night?
November 4, 2009 at 11:43 am
We did not have enough on to do a 25 man and many did not want to do Old World content, so we started looking at 10 man run into something – which you were included in. I'm sorry that didn't meet your expectations of a big sendoff but at that point I think you had built it up too much in your own mind of what was going to happen.
There was only one other gquit last night and no it wasn't related. It was somewhat expected as it wasn't great fit with him wanting to be a little more hardcore than what we are aiming for.
November 4, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Seriously, You expected a rainbows and unicorns send off? After insulting many in this fantasy blog and your attitude in guild the past few months… Seriously?
You dump the people who nurtured your aspirations to be a healer and then tank and put up with mini temper tantrums.
Plus the ones who were willing to go with you last night as a send off you left in the lurch and then flipped the bird too with a EMO g quit because things did not go your way.
Seriously … rainbows and unicorns?
November 5, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Right location, wrong desk Rykga. If you paid any attention to anyone else you would know that there are two people in this company in the guild, One was a former hunter who now only has a alt who admittedly i vent to alot.
So remove my name from the post or i truly will add my 2 cents .
November 4, 2009 at 7:39 pm
You are one psycho lady, lady…….
November 4, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I'm sad to see you go Ry but I understand it. Just thought I'd let you know that you made me a better pally. Really and truly. Heck, I probably wouldn't have rolled a pally without the inspiration of you or Jorelis. I wish I'd be there Tues, I for one would've gladly spent a couple hours with you whomping on the old school content.
I'll continue to lurk here and read your posts. 🙂
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Lately I've been all talk about 'the Care side of gathering' whereby people ensure that 'they give back more than they take' when it comes to interacting with the landbase. One of Derrick Jensen's favourite trees once articulated the fundamental basis of the predator/prey relationship this way: 'If you consume the flesh of an Other, you now take responsibility for the continuation of the Other's community'*. As one committed to wild food foraging for the long term – not merely for short-term survivalism or economic exploitation – I feel inadequate merely harvesting these 'resources', this 'food for free'. I want to give back. I want to repay at least in equal measure the generosity of those who have fed & nourished me so well; to take care of those who have taken care of me. I want to do my bit to make sure that the relationship we develop endures long and bears much fruit.
For these reasons I make seed bombs (thanks Emma, who introduced me to these last Autumn in deepest, darkest Wales). Here's how I did it about a week ago:
Step 1: Collect seeds from those plants which you would like to see flourish. For my first batch I went with Wild Carrot (bottom right – can you believe I only found one patch of these growing on any of my local walks?!), St. John's Wort (top right), Whitebeam (top left), Elder (top middle) and Hawthorn (bottom middle):
I kept the flower seeds (collected bottom left) separate from those of the trees/shrubs so I could make more appropriate choices when throwing/planting them. Later I added Poppy and Yarrow to the former mixture and a few Rosehips to the latter.
Step 2: Go out on a mud-hunt with a bucket-like container. I got some fairly sandy soil from the local common which I spiked with ash from a few long-extinct fires (dunno why, seemed like a good idea at the time). Then add some compost:
Step 3: Add water:
Step 4: Mix and check consistency:
If too dry add more water. If too squelchy (as above), er… too bad. 🙂 They'll just take longer to dry is all.
Step 5: Flatten a mud pancake on one hand, sprinkle a pinch of chosen seeds on the bottom half, then fold over and roll by juggling between both hands and gently squeezing. (Hands too dirty and otherwise occupied to take a picture of this stage.)
Step 6: Lay out on newspaper to dry:
You may need to change the newspaper if the sun isn't strong enough to dry them right away. Also, notice I did the messy bits outside!
Step 7: Using your best judgement, throw or place carefully. Last year I opted for abandoned building sites, ground ravaged by machinery, roadsides and, generally, anywhere that looked like it could use an interesting variation in plantlife (avoiding this in places which looked ecologically 'fragile', or like any addition would seem superfluous or damaging – an important part of the process involves training your eye-for-ecosystems).
As hinted at previously (under the entry for Fat Hen), I also see more 'militant' potential for seedbombs in counterrevolutionary actions against the Agrarian Fundamentalists† – basically contributing to the health of the soil by 'diversifying the monocrop', ie: introducing species that vary root depth, nutrient uptake, insect habitat etc, and compete with or impede the growth of the chosen crop, incidentally reducing the farmer's profit margin while helping the land to recover from the onslaught of agriculture‡. Personally I don't feel like I know enough of the land's story in my region to start intervening in such a confrontational manner. Yet. You may feel differently – I give you permission 😉
For GM crops, other more … direct strategies have proven effective:
As the above ground campaign intensified with banner demos and meetings to raise public awareness, more and more test sites were getting trashed. Some opted for the route of accountability, donning white bio-hazard suits and getting nicked. Others crept around the hedgerows in the dead of night pouncing on unsuspecting plants. Some test sites were so small that they were 'de-contaminated' by a handful of anonymous people. At the other end of the (farm) scale, the largest was in 1999 at Watlington, Oxfordshire where over 600 people held a rally then marched into a field of Monsanto oil-seed rape. Police were powerless to stop them. (SchNEWS 583, 'Spud-U-Hate' April '07)
So there you go. One way to change the focus from "OMG I'm such a fuck-up, I should cut down on doing so many bad things" to "Hey, here's a way I can actually make a positive contribution". Find others!
* – see: 'The Secret of Sustainability' from around 9:00
† – thanks again US
‡ – related reading: 'The Productive Woodland' vs. 'A Field of Wheat' in the PFAF book


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For the first time ever, Hershey is accepting responsibility for the problems in its cocoa supply chain — but only for one product in its vast line of chocolate. This baby-step by the biggest chocolate company in the US has renewed the call for the chocolate giant to go Fair Trade.
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Students gathered outside of the Hershey store in New York City in June 2011
On January 30th, The Hershey Company announced that it would make a commitment to purchasing Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa for all of its Bliss Chocolate products, starting later this year. Hershey also announced it would spend an estimated $10 million on farmer education and CocoaLink over the next five years.
This commitment to work with Rainforest Alliance is a welcome first step for Hershey to improve its supply chain accountability and monitor its use of child labor. Unlike many of its competitors, this is the first time Hershey has pledged to use an independent, third-party certification system to ensure that its cocoa is grown sustainably, including the monitoring of forced and child labor. This announcement demonstrates that management at the Hershey Company acknowledges the severity of the labor abuses that taint the West African cocoa sector, from where Hershey sources the majority of its cocoa.
Hershey's announcement comes after years of organizing consumer actions, creative holiday activities, in-classroom actions, brand jamming contests, and protests and rallies at flagship Hershey stores around the country. It also happened to come out less than one week after the Raise the Bar, Hershey Campaign announced that an ad would run during the Super Bowl that would highlight the company's use of child slavery in cocoa production.
Because of Hershey's recent announcement to begin to source certified cocoa we have decided not to run the ad, however, this does not mean the campaign is over. We will continue to press Hershey for greater transparency in its cocoa supply chain and a commitment to monitor and prevent child labor in all of the products it sells.
As for Hershey's monetary pledge and its plan to expand CocoaLink, we remain skeptical. CocoaLink, a program launched by Hershey and the World Cocoa Foundation in Ghana last year, aims to increase yields and productivity on small cocoa farms by introducing new plants, techniques, and inputs to small farmers and provide them with real-time tips via SMS text messages. The idea is that by increasing yields, farmers will have more income and the need for child labor will decrease.
It's not clear how increased yields would actually eliminate the worst forms of child labor but monitoring is a good first step, which Hershey will be able to do for the small portion of cocoa it sources for Bliss products.
However, while Rainforest Alliance certification provides a means to identify child labor, we have concerns that it does not go as far as fair trade certification does to address poverty in West African cocoa-growing communities, one of the root causes of forced child labor.
Rainforest Alliance (RA) does not require buyers to pay a specific minimum floor price for cocoa beans, nor are there additional funds allocated to cooperatives for community development, as in fair trade certification. RA reasons that by producing higher quality and sustainable cocoa beans, farmers should be able to earn a higher price for their beans over time.
According to Rainforest Alliance's website: "Rather than emphasizing how products are traded, Rainforest Alliance certification–awarded to farms that meet the comprehensive standards of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)–focuses on how farms are managed. The SAN standards encompass all aspects of sustainability (social, environmental and economic) and empower farmers with the knowledge and skills to negotiate for themselves in the global marketplace. Farmers engaged in the Rainforest Alliance Certified program learn to grow smart, increasing their bottom line today…"
Increasing yields and efficiency may be a way to increase income temporarily but without any price guarantees it only guarantees more cocoa for Hershey's. Relying on the market to set the price and the farmers' incomes, means that when yields increase, the price will drop. What will the efficiency and higher yields cost in terms of chemical inputs, strain on water resources, additional manual labor needs, and environmental sustainability?
While fair trade is about social justice—building solidarity between producers, consumers and business—Rainforest Alliance, and some of the other certification systems like Utz, seem to primarily serve companies by increasing the availability of cocoa and securing supply.
Finally, for RA labeled products, only 30% of the primary ingredient needs to be certified in order to earn an RA label. So, a chocolate bar bearing the RA label may contain 30% RA-certified cocoa while the remainder could be produced by forced, child, or trafficked labor. (Though Hershey claims 100% of the cocoa in the Bliss Bars will be RA certified).
With Valentine's Day around the corner, a major sales day for Hershey, it's time to keep the pressure on Hershey, letting the company know we expect greater supplier transparency and the complete elimination of forced child labor in all Hershey products.
In response to Hershey's announcement, fourteen-year-old Jasper Perry-Anderson from Philadelphia started a petition calling on Hershey to continue to raise the bar. She is targeting the directors of the Hershey Trust this time, who are in control of Hershey's profits and the Milton Hershey School. Sign her petition today!


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Lawsuit: Airlines dodge Chicago taxes with 'sham' office
CHICAGO (AP) - The lawsuit filed against United Airlines, alleging that the company falsely claims to buy jet fuel in a rural Illinois community in order to skirt tens of millions of dollars in sales taxes, hinges on whether a transportation agency can prove the monumental purchasing task couldn't have been done from inside the airline's tiny office 70 miles from Chicago.
Throughout the lawsuit - which alleges the office doesn't have a computer and is only staffed by one part-time employee - the Regional Transportation Authority's argument boils down to this: United's contention that it is buying fuel in Sycamore is absurd.
It won't be enough for the RTA to show that United set up shop in the DeKalb County community of Sycamore to avoid paying close to $300 million in sales taxes. Rather, it must show that the work United says is going on in Sycamore is really being done at United's Willis Tower headquarters in downtown Chicago.
"The question before the courts is 'Where does the transaction happen?'" said Sue Hofer, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Revenue, referring to an anticipated appeal to the state Supreme Court. A similar argument made by the department in a case involving an oil company was rejected by a trial court and last year by an appellate court.
Even RTA chief of staff Jordan Matyas acknowledges that no matter how much the agency and government agencies in Chicago and Cook County don't like small communities luring businesses with the promise of sweetheart deals that save them tens of millions of dollars in taxes, there is nothing they can do about if the work is actually being done there.
"If there's 10 people out there, their jet fuel experts, that's fine," he said. Instead, "The person that's out there is very part time, maybe two days a week, but not a full day. There's nothing going on out there and whoever is out there is not negotiating hundreds of millions of dollars in jet fuel," Matyas said.
To drive home that point, the RTA has distributed a video made by a consultant who visited United Aviation Fuels Corp., a subsidiary of United, showing an office that was closed at midday on a weekday, with nothing on the desks or any office equipment visible.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said her office is investigating the allegations to determine if the county will join the lawsuit, which was filed in Cook County Circuit Court. In the past, the county has joined similar ones the RTA has filed against communities engaged in what they contend are illegal tax incentive programs.
"These allegations are very disturbing to me because basically these are allegations of tax cheating," she said.
United, though, said the allegations are untrue.
"We buy fuel in Sycamore," spokeswoman Megan McCarthy wrote in an email to the AP.
In fact, she said in another email, "The operation of our fuel subsidiary in Sycamore has been examined by tax authorities in the past and has been determined to comply with all applicable laws."
The RTA alleges that American Airlines is engaged in a similar "sham" business out of an office it rents in Sycamore's City Hall.
But Matyas said American was not included in the lawsuit because the airline remains in bankruptcy, and suing American would require litigating the case both in federal bankruptcy court in New York and in Cook County Circuit Court. He added that the RTA does plan to pursue legal action against American at some point.
American defended its office, too, with spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan saying in an email that the operation "is permitted under Illinois law."
And Sycamore, which is also named in the lawsuit, issued a brief statement defending the agreement, saying it has been "examined by tax authorities in the past and determined to comply with state law."
The RTA alleges that in 2012 alone, the two airlines spent approximately $1.2 billion on fuel for jets at O'Hare International Airport. The RTA said that since 2005, the "sales tax dodges" have cost Chicago $133 million, Cook County $60 million and the Chicago Transit Authority another $96 million.
According to the RTA, the total sales tax rate in Sycamore is 8 percent, compared to 9.5 percent in Chicago. But the RTA contends the airlines are getting an even better deal: The two companies have entered 25-year agreements that call for Sycamore to "kick back" most of its share of the sales tax on jet fuel - as much as $14 million a year - in exchange for payments of at least $300,000 a year from each airline.
The lawsuit is part of a larger effort by the RTA to combat similar deals between various communities and companies.
The RTA, the city of Chicago and Cook County in 2011 filed lawsuits against Kankakee and the village of Channahon, alleging those communities' tax incentive programs are costing other government agencies millions of dollars.


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"'I believe Jesus and what he said"'.
The problem here is "'How much of what he is supposed to have said was in fact his words?''.
Linguistic and historical biblical research over the past fifty years or so shows pretty conclusively that many statements attributed to him in the New Testament were written into the gospels by church groups to deal with political or religious issues at the time of writing. Recall that the first gospel was written at least forty years after his death, the last about seventy years later. Anybody interested in reading about this research should consult the publications of the Westar Institute in California (see their website).