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ESA giving a spare arm to Space Station
Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off on Friday evening with an important hardware delivery from Europe to the International Space Station: spare portions of the European Robotic Arm and the first Russian payloads to use the arm.
The European Robotic Arm (ERA) is the second 'intelligent' robot arm for the International Space Station (ISS). The first, used extensively for ISS assembly for almost 10 years, is Canadarm-2 – an iconic part of the ISS photos.
The second arm, for launch in 2012, will be based on Russia's Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM), from where it can 'walk' to other locations.
"Already now more than a third of the pressurised Station elements are built and designed in Europe and European knowhow is keeping Station in operation," says Simonetta Di Pippo, ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight.
"Launching the ERA spare arm is an important step in keeping the ability for demanding robotic operations in case of technical failures – these may happen during the prolonged life of the ISS."
A new ERA in ISS robotics
ERA will be used to service the Russian segment of the ISS and to transfer small payloads directly to space via MLM's special airlock, liberating astronauts from time-consuming, fatiguing and potentially hazardous tasks outside the Station.
The Shuttle's main cargo is Russia's Mini Research Module 1 (MRM-1), with ERA's spare mid-section attached. Hopefully, it will never be needed. Atlantis is also carrying the MLM airlock, a portable work platform and an MLM radiator.
ERA's other spare parts can be delivered later on smaller, unmanned craft, if needed, but this long and bulky composite of two limbs and elbow joint needs the Shuttle's help.
A walking arm
The complete operational ERA will be launched in 2012 by a Proton rocket, attached to the MLM.
ERA consists of two 'end-effectors' – dexterous hands, attaching the arm to the Station and routing power and command links – two wrists, two limbs and an elbow joint, together with electronics and cameras. Both ends can act as either a hand or the base.
Longer than 11 m, ERA can walk around the ISS under its own control, hand-over-hand between base points. Astronauts can control it from inside or outside the Station.
European hi-tech
"The importance of this launch is wider than just the launch of a spare arm without hands," explains Philippe Schoonejans, ERA project manager.
"The fact that the Russian space agency launches on this flight with MRM-1 several pieces of hardware designed for operation by ERA makes this launch a precursor for the operational phase of ERA."
ERA was developed by a European consortium led by Dutch Space, with subcontractors in eight countries.
"The launch of the spare hardware highlights the enormous effort put into the development of the European Robotic Arm by all parties involved over the past years," says Bart Reijnen, CEO of Dutch Space.
"Looking forward, it is an important milestone towards the peak of the ERA project, the launch of the flight model."
For more information
Philippe Schoonejans, ERA Project Manager, ESA
Tel: +31 (0)71 565 5026
Email: Philippe.Schoonejans @ esa.int

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Adorno announced "Clear Vision Green" Theme.
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Going from good to great is more often than not a question of being in control of details. A prime example is the production execution and reporting provided by automation solutions from Tetra Pak. Add to that the 24/7 remote support, continuous troubleshooting, and life cycle support that you need for uninterrupted production. Tetra Pak Automation Services offer you the unique combination of processing production knowledge and automation capability that will enable you to stay in control of the sharp turns in your production.
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Anti-spyware researchers have uncovered a massive identity theft ring linked to keylogging software. The malware was discovered by Patrick Jordan of Sunbelt Software while doing research on the infamous CoolWebSearch application but the key logger itself is not CWS. It's far nastier.
During the course of infecting a machine, Jordan discovered that the machine became a spam zombie that was also sending data back to a remote server. He found that thousands of infected machines are contacting a US-based server daily and a portion of these are writing to a keylogger file, which is periodically harvested by cybercriminals. "The types of data in this file are pretty sickening to watch. You have search terms, social security numbers, credit cards, logins and passwords, etc," Sunbelt president Alex Eckelberry writes.
Sunbelt has contacted some of the affected individuals to warn them their personal details had been exposed. It has also informed the FBI. It remains unclear if the keylogger is directly related to CWS or not. Sunbelt advises consumers to use a personal firewall to prevent the key logger from "phoning home".
The use of key logging software on an industrial scale is rare but not unprecedented. Malware can be programmed to send back sensitive information to designated servers, in some cases logging into the servers using passwords written into viral code. Security researchers able to reverse engineer items of malware can extract this password and location information and use it to monitor hacker activity. ®
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The Royal College of Nurses (RCN) awards 6 accreditation points for attending this one-day course.
This one-day course will be convened by Consultant Colorectal Surgeon Professor P. N. Haray and supported by a multi-professional faculty. It will include live links to the Endoscopy Unit and the Main Operating Theatre, as well as numerous structured presentations which will cover various aspects of the Colorectal Cancer Pathway and offer delegates the opportunity to interact with the faculty.
This course intends to provide delegates with an insight into all aspects of the Colorectal Cancer Patient Pathway, from the Referral Processes, Diagnostic Investigations and Treatment Modalities to Aftercare and Follow-Up Protocols.
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Passover-Friendly Choco-Toffee Matzoh
Make Passover-Friendly Choco-Toffee Matzoh
Though some parents do not require their kids to keep Passover's dietary laws, the holiday's central food item — matzoh — is something that can be enjoyed by any tot comfortable eating solid foods. As a replacement for bread, or chametz, matzoh is transformed into many forms throughout the holiday - from matzoh balls (dumplings in soup), and farfel (stuffing) to matzoh brei (omelette) and desserts. In an effort to transform a sheet of matzoh into a sweet Passover snack, a friend and her baker-in-training got to work on some choco-toffee matzoh that allowed him to use his preschool creativity when adding toppings to the scrumptious treat.
To see how to make this kid-friendly recipe, read more.
Adapted from Marcy Goldman's BetterBaking.com
4 to 5 pieces of matzoh
1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Toppings, as desired (we used marshmallows, sprinkles and dried apricots)
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, and line a baking sheet with aluminum foil
- Place the matzoh in one layer on the baking sheet
- In a saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar over medium heat, stirring constantly. Once the mixture reaches a boil, continue to cook for three minutes, still stirring, until thickened and just starting to pull away from the sides of the pan.
- Remove from heat and pour over the matzoh, spreading an even layer with a heat-proof spatula.
- Put the pan in the oven, then immediately turn the heat down to 350 degrees. Bake for 15 minutes, watching to make sure it doesn't burn.
- After 15 minutes, the toffee should have bubbled up and turned a rich golden brown. Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle the chocolate over the pan.
- Let sit for five minutes, then spread the now-melted chocolate evenly with a spatula.
- Add your favorite toppings while the chocolate is still melted.
- Let cool completely, then break into smaller pieces and store in an airtight container.


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Awn Manasra sat on his couch as his wife brought Kousa Mahshi - stuffed courgette. His granddaughter and grandson ran, playing around the house. He wiped his forehead as he began speaking about the history of his village. Sometimes, it is important to go back to the roots.
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Clean-up efforts continue beneath Norton Sound Regional Hospital after a spill of hundreds of gallons of heating fuel.
Tom DeRuyter is the State On-Scene Coordinator with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. In a status update Tuesday, he said, "They're removing the contaminated soil as much as possible right now. But it is right next to the building and next to the pilings, so we do not want to destabilize the structural supports on the building."
A report from the DEC says 600 cubic feet of soil has been removed so far.
Last week, anywhere from 800 to 1,200 gallons of fuel leaked from the hospital tank farm after a fill valve failed, causing a fuel tank to overflow. The hospital estimates the spill covers 2,500 square feet of land.
"When the discovered the overfill, they shut off the power," DeRuyter said, "and that effectively controlled the source and stopped the release."
The Norton Sound Hospital did not respond to requests for comment. But a report from the DEC says those inside the hospital could smell a "diesel odor" during the spill. As of Monday, "indoor air monitoring [has shown] no evidence of diesel vapors inside the" building.
"Fortunately," DeRuyter said, "the hospital is built on pilings, so there's plenty of air movement underneath the building, and that mitigates the problems that can be associated with indoor air quality."
Hospital staff laid absorbent pads and boom to soak up pooled fuel following the spill. The DEC report says, whether or not groundwater has been contaminated is unknown, and there have been not reports of wildlife being affected by the spill.
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D'Angelo and myself fell in LOVE with the Boruca masks at first sight, but NOT just any Boruca mask, as some are MUCH better than others, but the ones from the Ismael Gonzalez family, and in particular the son, Melvin Gonzalez Rojas, which for our taste seem to be far and away superior in craftsmanship and detail from other Boruca masks we've seen (not sayin there's not others out there just as good....just sayin). Actually we collect Boruca masks... although we only have 2 since they cost a months rent for us. Funny, we're not even into 'masks' per se, but the artistry of these masks are just so AMAZING we couldn't resist.
FYI:The Boruca are an indigenous people living in Costa Rica. The tribe has about 2,000 members, most of whom live on a reservation in the Puntarenas Province in southwestern Costa Rica. You can find more INFO on the Boruca Indians on our TravelCostaRicaNOW site- HERE.
CHECK-OUT these Boruca Masks (the pics are GOOD, but still don't do them enough justice):
What I really dig about Boruca masks is that EACH one is UNIQUE even though the themes are similar.... What's that saying about a box of chocolates?
D'Angelo made this VIDEO some time ago about the Boruca Indian masks and it's DEFINITELY worth CHECKING OUT (you can get a glimpse of Melvin Gonzalez Rojas doing his thing:)
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Streamlined, stylish and supremely capable, the Sashay Satchel diaper bag features the versatility to move from shoulder bag to backpack, has an array of pockets, and is available in the sleekly stitched Embossed fabric, in addition to other PPB textiles.
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Gotta tell you guys, if I did something that looks like this to a patient (especially one in hot pink undies!) I'd get my butt dragged in front of the state medical board.
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A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
What? No thong? I am always amazed at the people who come in wearing their thong....When they are there for abdominal pain. Didn't you think you might have to put a gown on?? Or the teen girls that forget to tie their gown, then have to bend over for their scoliosis test....Whoa Nellie. And better yet is the occasional person that has an awkward pause when asked to put on the gown... "I'm not wearing underwear today....."
I think I read somewhere that hot pink underwear renders useless all attempts at therapy...
What I want to know, what sort of examination table is that? With the paper notices...notifying what?
ok, so i'm not one of you "medical people"....someone tell me...what exactly IS a: "Posterior glide of ilium test?"
Just curious....
Oh, and I never wear a thong to the dr.'s office....I have rules rules about thongs...#3 - I never wear them to the gym or when I go running, and #2 - never to the Dr's office and #3 - always put panties in the laundry hamper...
it's kinda like robert's rules of order for panty ettiquette....
Why? It's a perfectly legitimate soft tissue funtion/dysfunction test. I'm sure the specialties that use such a test don't appreciate you insinuating that there is something sexual about it.
Doctor's appointment = the plaintest, most respectable looking underwear I own.
Posterior Glide. Sounds like a competitor to KY Jelly!
Stacey. Lighten up.
Get thee behind me, doctor.
So, what symptoms do I have to feign to get my doctor to do this test for me? ;)
This just doesn't look um, very clinical, or professional. No rubber gloves, nor disposable examining table cover, a black 'clinical' jacket.
Looks, like the patient told the doc on the elevator ride up to the office that he/she had heard a 'posterior ilium glide test was the latest thing, it'd take just a minute, and could he perform, umm, administer, it in 2 minutes..' or maybe they just got off the tennis court, and someone said something about Long Island Tea or something cold, and then someone's spouse said, "Hrmmph', and then someone else said, 'Well, let's just take a look, hmm, may be just a hunch, but let's see about that posterior ilium glide', and found that he was doing some research for an anecdotal report for American Neurology Association, hence the actual unrehearsed photo with no trace of identifying features, but usually don't see these kind of photos in American Pharm Science, JAMA, Burns, SCCM, or even Drug Topics, so wouldn't know if neurologists routinely see these kind of diagnostic procedures in their practice.
I've only done the 'close your eyes and touch your nose' and 'try to walk in a straight line'. (If they'd a told me ahead of time, I could've practiced.)
I do admit, it does look odd at first. I remember doing this all time time in college.
I hate to impede upon the joke (because if I didn't know what it was, I'd think it was hilarious, too...), but to quench the curiosity of the masses, I'll tell you: it's an osteopathic test. As in, osteopathic medical treatment. Which, believe it or not, physicians are licensed to perform. In this country. If I remember correctly, this one is to determine whether the psoas muscle is eliciting pain as opposed to visceral pain.
Incidentally, during the nearly two years that I attended osteopathic medical school, we had weekly labs during which we had to perform such procedures on one another. When they didn't look like this, they nearly always involved me (or the "practitioner") having to stick my boobs in my classmate's ("the patient") face. I once asked my physician (who happens to be a D.O.) about said awkwardness, and he explained that how one practices osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) outside of medical school is different than how you *have* to practice it for board exams. Hence having to put yourself in as many awkward positions as possible with your patient. I swear, one might have better luck learning OMM for the boards by studying the Kama Sutra....
Just FYI, of course. ;-)
But mightn't this be considered a neurological treatment for some of your patients?
Does anyone else think the patient's thigh size doesn't match the rest of her body. (I'm assuming it is a female. You never know...)
There is not a single published study demonstrating improved patient outcomes as a result of performing this diagnostic test, and it should be abandoned. Except by slob pervert doctors.
Mayhaps you have visions of Astro-Glide dancing through your head?
Doc G - have you ever performed this test on a patient?
My chiropractor did something similar to me (and he had a great idea, as an aside, they gave everyone a pair of basketball-type gym shorts to put on before manipulation, and into a hamper for washing afterwards; totally eliminates all pink thong incidents).I was having some hip/sciatic pain. He applied pressure and I became flatulant. Moral of the story? Don't go to Taco Bell *before* your osteopathic/chiropractic treatment.
Anon 8:43- Nope. Not in my exam repertoire.
All I could think of was the "cure" for hysteria at the turn of the last century, which involved inducing paroxyimal uterine contractions to alleviate "female hysteria". Worked great. but today we call them orgasms!
LMAO! Guaranteed a few eyebrows would be raised if a anyone was ever seen performing this test on a patient!
DOs do this all the time.
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Earth Day is April 22, and many families are looking for ways they can cut down on waste and use better materials in what they give their children. Packing food is one way you can easily do both. Gathering together a lunch for an outing with your little one is easy, of course, but packing with reusable containers is even easier. We had a chance to check out PlanetBox, and we love what they have to offer the ecologically minded family.
PlanetBox basics
PlanetBox features high-quality stainless steel lunch containers. You really can't get any easier than the PlanetBox Rover, which has several compartments to hold a perfectly balanced meal for yourself or your little one — or even enough for you both to share.
All PlanetBox items feature non-leaching, high-quality stainless steel that is free of lead, phthalates, BPAs and other harmful materials. The compartments are sized to be in line with USDA recommendations for serving size, which can also cut down on food waste.
Each PlanetBox style comes with a magnet set choice, which makes it super easy to personalize the lunchbox to suit your (or your child's) taste. For Earth Day, PlanetBox has partnered with multiplatinum musician Jack Johnson to create limited edition "Aloha" magnets for its Rover lunchbox. One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit the Kokua Hawai'i foundation, which supports environmental education in schools.
Help save the planet
Here are some additional earth-saving tips from PlanetBox co-founder Caroline Miros:
- Replace single-serving items with a durable lunchbox (like PlanetBox), cloth napkins, and reusable utensils
- Bring your own reusable containers to restaurants and skip the wasteful takeout boxes
- Cut down on your food waste by packing right-sized portions
- Instead of straws, drink straight from a cup or carry your own stainless steel or glass straw
Our take
We received a PlanetBox Rover Complete (PlanetBox, $60) to try out, and we love it. It's perfect for moms on the go. You can add snacks for you and your toddler to share, or pack a full meal for yourself for a mom's-day-out. It's sturdy and is easy to open and close, and I love the carry bag and the round containers that seal tight and prevent leakage — perfect for applesauce or hummus.
I totally recommend PlanetBox products. It's an investment not only in your own home, but an investment in our planet's future — and what a great example for your child.
Note: PlanetBox sent a sample for review, but the recommendations are my own.
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Global ho-hum greets hubbub over bitcoin's creator
LOS ANGELES >> Who is bitcoin's real creator? The bitcoin community is reacting to that burning question with a collective ho-hum.
Developers and bitcoin enthusiasts from Finland to Texas are downplaying the media frenzy that occurred Thursday after Newsweek identified the digital currency's creator as a Japanese American living in Southern California, only to have the man vehemently deny it to The Associated Press.
The furor, they say, means little to bitcoin's future and whether it becomes officially recognized by the governments and the financial community as a viable form of money.
The written computer code that underpins bitcoin has changed dramatically since its inception in 2009, spawning a generation of entrepreneurs seeking to ride its growing popularity to newfound wealth.
And while most bitcoin users and investors maintain a healthy interest in learning the true identity of the person behind the cryptocurrency, they say the financial platform's maintenance and growth depends on the many creators who are working on it now.
"From an engineering perspective, Satoshi gave up control on Jan. 5, 2009 when he birthed the first bitcoin transaction," says Jeff Garzik, a member of the seven member Bitcoin Core Development Team that controls what happens to the currency's central code today. "He created an organism and he gave it life and he released it into the wild for it to do as it does."
Garzik doesn't believe Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto —the man who denied the Newsweek story— is the same "Satoshi Nakamoto" who posted the original written bitcoin proposal in 2008 and followed it up with code the following year.
Gregory Maxwell, another bitcoin core developer based in Mountain View, Calif., said he has "immense respect" for the bitcoin creator, but doesn't care who it is, or what the person's motivation was.
The genius of bitcoin is it doesn't require trusting anyone at all.
"If the creator of bitcoin mattered to our ability to use it, then bitcoin has failed in its technological goals," he said.
Some bitcoin supporters are upset by the quest to identify the currency's creator because they say the sleuthing and stalking represents a blatant invasion into the privacy of a person or group that clearly wants to remain anonymous.
"Whoever created bitcoin sent it out into the wild and dropped off the face of the earth," says Will Yager, 18, a bitcoin developer who attends the University of Texas in Austin. "They always intended bitcoin to be something that transcended them. Bitcoin's function as a system does not depend on its creator's function as a person."
Another bit bitcoin developer, Thomas Grainger of London, says he is curious about who really created the currency, although he concedes that knowledge won't affect how the system works. "It won't help remove some of the mythology, though," Grainger, 23, says.
The publicity surrounding whether the Nakamoto living in southern California created the currency also is likely to help raise awareness about bitcoin and prod more people to take the time to learn how the it works, Grainger believes. "It's nice that a mathematical curiosity makes international news," he says.
The technology that makes bitcoin work matters more than the people who created it, said Stefan Thomas of San Francisco, another bitcoin enthusiast.
"It's understandable that a lot of people want to put a face to the name that has inspired a fundamental shift in our understanding of how financial systems should be organized," Thomas wrote in an email interview. "However, beyond that, I don't think it would change much (about how bitcoin works).


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I did this race in 2007. You'd think I would remember. No, I didn't. I didn't remember how hard, how utterly painful, how insane this race is -- yet I finished with a smile.
Crista, Brenda, Mike, Michael, Rich, Mark, Cara,
Saturday morning we woke up at six to focus on fueling, hydrating, and eliminating. The house was an insane buzz of, "I took care of business!" "Does anyone have any sunscreen?" "I can't find my lube."
We drove to the start, and somehow, Cara (who was taking care of business) got left behind at the house. When I realized she was not there, Trevor sprinted to his car, sped down the road until he saw Cara who was jogging/walking. "I was sticking my thumb out," she later told me.
The start was slightly chaotic, as all races are. Running to the bathroom, last-minute gels, water, stretching. And we lined up…and we were off!
Knowing how everything is so narrow, I went out hard. Shortly after the start, there are lots of single-track trails, where it's difficult to pass people. I had fun on the hills, pulling myself up on the rope, falling in the first few miles facedown – but pulling myself up, laughing. In the beginning, people who don't know any better try to avoid the mud. I plowed through, knowing it would only get worse.
Early on, there was a good deal of brook running. Luckily, the brook was shallower than I remember it to be last year, and I knew how to run. I focused, looked straight ahead, and stumbled through the brook. I lost a lot of time, as usual, but tackled it in a better fashion this year.
We had to pull ourselves up into two culverts. The first was rather long, the water rushed through it and it was totally creepy. When I climbed out, I caught up with a guy ahead of me. "What a mindfuck," we mused. The second one was really high up and it was hard to pull yourself up into it. This guy behind me said, "Want me to help you up?" but I wanted to try. I succeeded.
At aid station two, I changed my socks (dry socks felt great!), ate some food, and Trevor refilled my water bottles. I kissed him goodbye, and ran to the ski mountain that my boyfriend skied down last winter. When I got to the steep incline, I began walking with a guy who worked for Smucker's. We joined two Jay vets and talked about how much tougher it seemed this year. It was incredibly steep and we grew out of breath just walking this hill. Towards the top, there were all these rocks we had to climb on, and I ended up having to pull myself down the last part. The aid station at the top had oatmeal cookies, and I refilled my water bottles before my descent. I ran at a good pace until I heard someone screaming and apparently I missed the turnoff. I'm good like that. I ran the 100-150 meters back and went down the steep mountain.
When we got to the bottom, we entered woods, with some crazy, windy trails and lots of mud. Good times. I fell in the mud, and was covered with mud. Pretty revolting. As I ate my sports jelly beans, I was covering them with dirt first. Mmmm.
We ran back in the brook, and again, I focused at my own pace. We went in and out of the brook multiple times during this race. When the rocks are small, it's easier to run. When they're big and flat, I would take my time. Sometimes I would stop, not sure where to step next, and when I lost my momentum, it made it harder to keep going. One guy told me, "Just pretend you're a kid again," and I tried to, but ran my race. I didn't run faster than I felt comfortable in the brook.
I ran on various trails, meeting all sorts of different people – talked with a guy who spent some years in LI about the beach, recognized someone else I ran with last year, met other amazing people. At mile 19, I made the cut-off but by less time than I did last year. The race was tougher than I remembered. Trevor was at nineteen. "Don't let me do this race again," I ordered him. "Don't!"
He laughed. "You said the same exact thing last year at this aid station!"
Hmmm. I stuffed another salted potato in my mouth, and sucked down some Gatorade. I gave him a kiss and ran off. There was a steep incline into a meadowy part, exposed to the sun. I remembered a chat I had last year during this part with a runner who told me he arranged his family vacations around his ultras; his family was shopping in Montreal while he did his ultra.
(I may be getting this slightly out of order; I apologize but my memories are foggy.)
More brook running. More suffering. But…the beaver swamp!
Last year, the swamp had high grass and some mucky ground, but nothing I remember as too horrendous. This year, the grass was high (2-3 meters high, or more) and the ground was…well, it was somewhere below water. You were walking through mucky mud, water up to your waist, sometimes even chest, pulling yourself up onto chunks of grass, running, walking in mud. Somehow I ended up passing people here; some people were really freaked out and hated it, but it was easier than the brook (no rocks). I just tried not to think about water snakes. People did see leeches, but luckily, I did not.
After I got out of the stream, I may have run more in the brook. We ended up getting to the river, which last year I swam across. This year, I was beat and pulled myself across with the rope. I stumbled out, told the guys, "I've never been so happy to see you." I ran ½ mile to an aid station, meeting a lovely French Canadian woman, Mary. At the aid station, my boyfriend was there, again to fill my water bottles. I inhaled two cups of organic blueberries from the organic blueberry farm whose property we were on, changed my shoes and socks (I had at least ½ cup of dirt in each shoe), ate some pretzels, oranges, drank some Gatorade, kissed Trevor, and left.
Of course more uphills, and I slowly pulled myself up the hills. The energy was sagging in those around me. We were tired. I was glad there was no more brook running…but there was definitely more mud…lots of it.
It's funny – the last 9 miles (from mile 24 to the end, 33) are probably the easiest. True, there's a HUGE sand dune, lots of hills, uneven footing, bushwhacking, and there was a ridiculous amount of mud, but no brook running or mountain climbing. I ended up meeting this really rad runner from VT who highly recommended the VT 50 miler (which I'm doing next) and ran with Mary. We were all running together, and people told us about cut-off points and we were worried about friends. Suddenly, we saw the lake. "We're almost there!" Mary took off but then yelled back at me, "We're finishing this together!"
We finished strong, in just over 8 hours 40 minutes. I felt a little depressed at it being slower than last year, but you can't compare, and I was happy to have finished. I was mostly sad that some of my friends didn't make the cut-off point.
Still, it was a fun race – I had a blast. Sure it was hard, and yes, I did tell Trevor I wouldn't run it next year…but I have this feeling like I probably will!


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Preparing for impact
On 4 July 2005, the NASA Deep Impact spacecraft will visit Comet 9P/Tempel 1. It will launch a 370 kg impactor probe that should produce a crater on the surface of the comet and a plume of gas, dust and ejected material.
Although dramatic images of the impact may be sent to Earth in near-real time by the Deep Impact spacecraft and its impactor, the spacecraft themselves have limited remote sensing capability.
The parent spacecraft will observe the impact from 500 kilometres distance, and then turn to look at the other side of the nucleus, but most of the observations of the event will be carried out by other spacecraft and from Earth.
For this reason, a worldwide network of observers, both professional and amateur, is part of the Deep Impact project. Within the global network of space and Earth telescopes for this unprecedented astronomical event, Europe plays a significant role.
Two ESA spacecraft, ESA's Rosetta comet-chaser and its XMM-Newton space observatory, together with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, will monitor the comet before impact, and then watch the impact and its aftermath.
ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) facilities in Chile will observe the event in a big observation campaign. ESA's optical ground station at Tenerife, Spain, will also look at the impact.
Rosetta is in the most privileged position in space to watch this unique event, and will be able to monitor the comet continuously over an extended period.
Rosetta is likely to be one of the key observatories of this event because of its set of powerful remote-sensing instruments.
The Deep Impact experiment will be the first opportunity in time to study the crust and the interior of a comet. As the material inside the comet's nucleus is pristine, it will reveal new information on the early phases of the Solar System.
It will also provide scientists with new insight on the physics of craters formation, and thereby give a better understanding on the crater record on comets and other bodies in the Solar System.
The scientific outcome of the experiment depends crucially on pre-impact and follow-up observations. Before the impact, it is necessary to find out as much about the comet as possible, such as size, albedo (reflectivity) and rotation period.
It is essential to have a good set of observations before the impact to unambiguously distinguish the effects of the impact from the natural activity of the comet.
Due to the currently limited understanding of the structure of these dirty 'snowballs,' it is not known what the effect of the impact will be. Some scientists predict the ejection of a plume and the creation of a football stadium sized crater. Others think that the comet could simply swallow the impactor with hardly any visible effect, or that it may eventually break up.
To prepare for the Deep Impact event, two teams of astronomers have already used ESO's telescopes over several months to do pre-impact monitoring, taking images and spectra of the comet both in the visible and mid-infrared wavebands.
These teams make observations typically once per month, using either the 3.6m or the 3.5m New Technology Telescope (NTT) telescopes at La Silla.
ESO's telescopes will also be used in the post-impact observations. As soon as the comet is visible after the impact from Chile, all major ESO telescopes – the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope Array at Paranal, as well as the 3.6m, 3.5m NTT and the 2.2m ESO/MPG telescopes at La Silla – will be observing Tempel 1, in very close collaboration with ESA and the space mission's scientific team.
For more information:
Gerhard Schwehm, ESA Rosetta Project Scientist
E-mail: gerhard.schwehm @ esa.int


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St. Tropez, France – For almost as long as Volkswagen has had the Rabbit/Golf, it has had the GTI – and a hearty thank you to the Wolfsburg firm for that. When it first arrived in North America in late 1982, the pocket rocket was a much-needed shot of adrenalin, a compact three-door hatchback that drove and handled like no other budget-based car before it.
Yes it was pricey, at least up against Honda Civics, Ford Escorts, Dodge Omnis and numerous other econoboxes long forgotten, but it was worth it,
memory serving that it was pretty much in a league of one.
What hasn't changed in the last 27 years is that the GTI remains the über-Golf (at least in Canada, where the significantly quicker, much pricier AWD R32 is not sold). What has changed is the number of equally premium-priced small performance cars. Volks-wagen acknowledges the Mazdaspeed 3 and Mini Cooper S as the new, sixth-generation GTI's most direct rivals, with a nod to the likes of the Subaru WRX and the Civic Si.
When the German-built Gen VI shows up in Canada this October as a 2010 model, it is going to debut a thorough refreshening of its body and interior (which is based on the brand new Golf), the refinement of the carryover Gen V's powertrain and an increased level of technical sophistication (some features, sadly, not destined for our shores – at least not yet).
Under the hood is the current model's turbocharged, 2.0-litre, direct-injection TSI four-cylinder engine. With 200 horsepower and 207 pound-feet of torque to play with, Volkswagen claims a zero-to-100-kilometres-an-hour time of 7.2 seconds for the six-speed manual model and 6.9 seconds for the dual-clutch, six-speed DSG transmission.
The GTI retains its front-wheel-drive layout and three- and five-door body styles. Canadian models will come with a sportier suspension than European models. However, a new electronic transverse differential lock called XDS, which directs more torque to the outside wheel during aggressive cornering, will not be offered.
Even without XDS, the 2010 GTI is a beautifully composed machine that while quick in a straight line well past the point of legal speed limits lives for the twisty bits, which were in abundance on a meandering drive from Nice southwest toward St. Tropez. Eschewing the scenic but traffic-congested coastal route overlooking the Cote d'Azur, my driving partner and I motored into the ancient mountain range of l'Esterel in a three-door, DSG-equipped Euro-spec model in search of serpentine tarmac through the woods and the red rocks.
While I'm a dedicated manual gearbox user (and the manual is as slick as they come), the optional DSG – a dual-clutch transmission using direct shifting that automatically engages and disengages gears sans clutch pedal – is a delight. A computer engages one clutch on the next gear needed, just as it releases the other clutch from the previous gear. Drivers have a choice of using the console-mounted stick shift or steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters. Upshifts are instantaneous and seamless; downshifts are equally quick. It was super-easy to get the GTI into a rhythm, balancing the car in the transitions with throttle, gear selection and steering, using the brakes sparingly except for the tightest hairpins.
Fuel economy is listed as 6.6 litres per 100 kilometres on the highway and 10 L/100 km in the city for the six-speed manual and 6.8/9.0 L/100 km for the DSG, decent mileage that will disappear as soon as one gets on the throttle.
Taking a break from tearing up the tarmac provided the opportunity to go over the Gen VI's changes. At first viewing, the new GTI doesn't seem as aggressive as its immediate predecessor, but that changes the more one takes in the details. The entire front fascia is new, with the traditional red stripes over the honeycomb mesh in a thinner, more horizontal grille. The slimmer side sills no longer extend from the front wheelwell to the back.
There's a prominent character line extending from the headlights to the tail lights. The rear end is highlighted by a diffuser and two separate chrome exhaust pipes, one on the left and the other on the right, and new, more rectangular tail lights. The cool Cuisinart blade-style alloy wheels (called Denver in VW-speak) are retained. The new GTI sits slightly lower than its predecessor – by 26 millimetres. It's also about 20 mm wider.
Inside, the interior sees a sportier and more upscale dashboard than Gen V.
The new model gets the obligatory red stitching, retro tartan cloth trim for its supremely comfortable sport seats and a racing style steering wheel with a flat bottom, like the one in the limited-edition Fahrenheit edition a couple of years ago. Control buttons and knobs are copious, but the most important ones are logically placed and easy to find. Front-seat room in either model is generous, while those less than six-feet-tall should find adequate rear-seat accommodations, at least with the five-door.
The Gen VI GTI will find itself up against quicker cars – especially the upcoming, next-generation Mazdaspeed 3 – and less expensive cars, and probably less expensive, quicker cars. I'm doubtful any will match the GTI in refinement, comfort and prestige, the latter earned with more than 30 years of history, starting at a time when such a car was so sorely needed.
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Ten days after Typhoon Haiyan, aid is flowing. Ertharin Cousin, the executive director of the World Food Program, spent the weekend touring Tacloban and Cebu to make sure.
She described the devastation as profound. "I was at Katrina, I represented the United States during Haiti, and I can tell you this is one of the worst disaster zones I have ever been in," she said.
A week ago, she said, relief agencies couldn't get into Tacloban and had reached only 50,000 affected people. Today, aid has reached almost a million people.
The biggest remaining challenge is shelter. Cousin described seeing 200 families, some 2,000 people, staying in a school, sleeping side-by-side on mats on the floor.
Besides shelter, the rice fields will need to be rehabilitated very soon. "Many of the rice paddies have been covered in mud. The planting season starts in December," Cousin said. "If they don't get to plant in December, come March, people won't have any income at all."
Cousin noted that the other main means of livelihood is fishing. "And unfortunately, many of the fish ponds suffered the same type of damage as the rice paddies. And now, they are full of mud and many of the fish were killed."
People who have already lost everything in the typhoon face the loss of their livelihood, as well.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino flew to Tacloban and said he isn't leaving until he's certain the people are being helped. He slammed local authorities for not being fully prepared for the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan.
But Aquino is facing criticism himself for the slow response to the disaster. John Sidel, a professor of international and comparative politics at the London School of Economics, says Aquino has been under fire for some time now.
His government's widely perceived weak, and even irresponsible, response to the typhoon, says Sidel, diminishes his political power. It makes it all the more likely Aquino won't have much influence when it comes to picking a successor. Aquino's term ends in 2016 and the country's constitution keeps him from running again.
But the frustration with the Philippine government isn't limited to people inside the country.
Roughly one in 10 Filipinos live and work overseas, and they are growing impatient with the relief effort. This global community continues to struggle to reach family back home.
"Each time I threw food into the rubbish, I was thinking of the people in the Philippines," says Kathleen Da, a Filipina who lives in London. "My family, I didn't hear from them for a few days. I was thinking, are they hungry? Are they thirsty? Where are they getting their resources from?"
Jarin Gul lost two family members in the storm. "Now, our definition of being safe is just being alive."
"I managed to contact my mom very quickly on Sunday. The signal was cut off. It was difficult because you have several questions in your mind," Gul said. "[You] want to ask, but you were unable to ask because the signal wasn't good. You know the torture — the mental anguish. It is just too much, really."
Many are furious at the way the Philippine government has handled the aid effort. And Irene Reyes, in London, says she's worried that many people suffering won't get help at all.
"Even though the aid is starting to flow, it still might not reach those most in need," she says. "I know there was so many overwhelming aid coming from different countries. Our concern now is if it really goes to the victims of this typhoon." Some of the hardest-hit places are areas that the government has traditionally overlooked.


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A handshake on a fresh start
Federal politicians of all political colours yesterday took a major step towards meaningful constitutional recognition of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.
IT WAS a day unlike any other in the national Parliament since the 2010 federal election, and no one called it better than the man who is often held responsible for the bitterly combative atmosphere that has dominated what passes for political debate.
''So much of what happens here passes people by. Sometimes it even annoys them,'' Tony Abbott observed. ''May this be an occasion when the Parliament lifts people's spirits, makes them feel more proud of our country and more conscious of our potential to more often be our best selves.''
Earlier in his remarks, the Opposition Leader congratulated Julia Gillard on the ''fine'' speech that preceded his own. ''So often in this place we are protagonists,'' he said. ''Today, on this matter, we are partners and collaborators.'' And they were.
The occasion was the passage through the House of Representatives of legislation to recognise the unique and special place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - and generate momentum for recognition in the nation's founding document.
That it coincided with the fifth anniversary of the apology to the stolen generations delivered by Kevin Rudd, and was witnessed by many of the country's most respected indigenous leaders, made it all the more poignant.
Kevin Rudd wasn't there, but only because he was honouring an undertaking to address a reconciliation event marking the anniversary in Adelaide.
As remarkable as the level of unity was the capacity of Gillard and Abbott for plain speaking. While Gillard spoke of ending ''the great Australian silence'' and healing the ''fabric of the nation'', Abbott was even more evocative and direct.
''This is the stain on our soul that prime minister Keating so movingly evoked at Redfern 21 years ago,'' he said, noting that Australia was a blessed nation in every respect but one - the failure to ''make peace'' with the first Australians.
''We have to acknowledge that pre-1788, this land was as Aboriginal then as it is Australian now and, until we have acknowledged that, we will be an incomplete nation and a torn people,'' Abbott said.
''We only have to look across the Tasman to see how it all could have been done so much better. Thanks to the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand two peoples became one nation. So, our challenge is to do now in these times what should have been done 200 or 100 years ago: to acknowledge Aboriginal people in our country's foundation document. In short, we need to atone for the omissions and for the hardness of heart of our forebears to enable us all to embrace the future as a united people.''
The immediate result was to inject a large dose of confidence into those who will lead the campaign for constitutional recognition, including emerging indigenous leaders Jason Glanville and Tanya Hosch, who put the case for change to the National Press Club.
''Lots of us were surprised and delighted by not just the bipartisanship, but by the language that both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition used to describe what's possible,'' Glanville, the chief executive of the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, said later.
But, for all the goodwill and optimism reflected in the passing of the legislation, four questions were left hanging after the hugs and the handshakes - questions that will determine whether the referendum ultimately succeeds or fails.
The first concerns the wording of the question, and whether it will reflect the recommendations of the expert panel, co-chaired by Patrick Dodson and Mark Leibler, who toiled for more than a year before producing a 300-page report on the best way forward.
Rather than simply suggest a minimalist new preamble that acknowledged Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and risk being defeated because it was tokenistic, half-hearted and, according to the panel's legal advice, capable of having unintended consequences, the panel proposed meaningful change.
It said the recognition should be included in the body of the constitution; that the last vestiges of racism in the constitution should be repealed (including the section that contemplates state laws that exclude indigenous Australians from voting); that indigenous languages be recognised as part of the national heritage; and that there be an explicit prohibition of racial discrimination.
The latter suggestion prompted the concern, articulated by Abbott, that ''we have some reservations about anything that might turn out to be a one-clause bill of rights''.
Abbott alluded to the challenge during his speech on Wednesday, when he spoke of the need to come up with a form of words that satisfies ''reasonable people'' as being fair to all.
''It won't necessarily be straightforward to acknowledge the first Australians without creating new categories of discrimination which we must avoid, because no Australian should feel like a stranger in their own country,'' he said, before adding: ''I believe that we are equal to this task of completing our constitution rather than changing it.''
Dodson reflects the view of the panel when he says the prohibition on discrimination has nothing to do with a bill of rights and everything to do with eradicating the inherent racism that is embedded in the constitution. Moreover, he says the recommendations flowed from a year-long consultation process and advice from the country's most eminent constitutional lawyers.
While the wording of the referendum question will be developed by a parliamentary committee, Dodson says any retreat from the panel's recommendations would have to be negotiated.
Tanya Hosch, the deputy director of the recognition campaign, is confident that fears about the proposed change will be allayed as people become more informed.
''It's important to remember people had equal concerns about native title and Mabo,'' she says. ''They had equal concern about the apology and the sky didn't fall in. Instead, we've become stronger and better as a nation.''
The second question is when the referendum will be put. The original plan was for it to be put at or before the September 14 federal election. As Gillard explained on Wednesday, this prospect had seemed very ''close at hand'' at the time of the apology, but became problematic after the 2010 poll produced a hung Parliament.
''In difficult and volatile times, we have not yet found the settled space in our national conversation to make the promised referendum a reality,'' she said.
While Gillard's expectation is that legislation for a referendum will pass next year, Abbott spoke of the next Parliament - that is, the next three years - finishing ''the work that this one has begun''.
Like the expert panel, Hosch and Glanville are not hung up on a time frame, saying the important thing is to put the referendum when it has the best prospects of being overwhelmingly supported. ''We need to remember that in 1967 they campaigned for more than 10 years with meagre resources to get that result,'' says Hosch.
That referendum resulted in indigenous people being counted in the census and gave the federal government the power to make laws for their benefit, but fell short of recognition.
The third question is whether the campaign is capable of winning the kind of support that saw the 1967 referendum not only succeed, but win almost 91 per cent of the popular vote, remembering that Australian voters have approved just eight of the 44 referendums put to them since federation, most recently in 1977, and the record under Labor is even worse - just one success in 25 attempts.
Here, the challenge is to do more than promote recognition as simply correcting an oversight of the constitution's architects - and the speeches by Hosch and Glanville go a long way to highlighting some of the practical consequences of recognition.
Hosch spoke of the role recognition could play in safeguarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture - and enabling ''our children and grandchildren'' to be enriched by it. ''Some will dismiss this as symbolism, and say it won't change a thing; won't educate a single child; won't create a single job and won't improve health, life expectancy and living standards,'' she said.
''That's not only beside the point, it's plain wrong. Symbolic statements not only have intrinsic worth, they remind us of duties and obligations to each other. Who would dismiss the Gettysburg Address as a mere symbol? It changed America.''
Glanville spoke of the impact of the apology, which resonated deep into his own family history, describing it as a watershed in Australian history.
''It was the day we faced the truth about a searing chapter of our history. And that truth has helped to heal many. There is still much pain, but I know people today who are mentally and physically healthier since that moment, and I have no doubt it is because of what Kevin Rudd did and said that day,'' he said.
''To my mind, constitutional recognition would have a similar power for the whole of the indigenous community. I only wish such a moment had come sooner, for the sake of those who needed to see it most.''
A final question, and one that deeply worries veterans of the 1967 campaign such as Lowitja O'Donoghue and Shirley Peisley, is whether the referendum is capable of garnering the support of the overwhelming majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Among those who are, at best, still to be convinced, is Kutcha Edwards, the singer, songwriter and activist who was taken from his family the year of the 1967 referendum and had five siblings who were ''stolen and institutionalised''.
In the foreword to Where Were You?, a book published to mark the fifth anniversary of the apology, he writes: ''The inter-generational trauma still needs to be healed. The memories don't stop. The scars are on our souls.''
Edwards stresses that he doesn't want to be disrespectful and that he isn't speaking for his family, but says: ''I want to remain a sovereign Mutti Mutti man. That's just me. I'm all for walking down the road together, but I don't want to concede my sovereignty. If they want us to move forward, sign a treaty.''
Herein lies another question: will a successful referendum represent a final settlement between those who were here first and those who invaded? Or will it be like the apology: another important and long-overdue step towards ''making peace'' with the first Australians.
In truth, constitutional change would not constitute the last chapter in Australia's reconciliation journey. But it would, as Jason Glanville put it, constitute a fresh start.
Michael Gordon is national editor.
Michael Gordon was one of Australia's most respected journalists. He won many honours, including the Graham Perkin award for Australia's most outstanding journalist and the Walkley Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. His reporting turned an unflinching spotlight on the treatment of asylum seekers and the injustices faced by many Indigenous Australians. He suffered a fatal heart attack in 2018, a week after filing his last story.


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Two of Barcelona's award-winning practices: Sandra Tarruella Interioristas and Isabel López Asociados have collaborated on the design of this five-star EME Fusion Hotel located in the historical Santa Cruz neighbourhood of Seville. Completed in 2008, the boutique hotel comprises 60 rooms, spa and outdoor swimming pool as well as a number of restaurants and cocktail bars.
The intricate façade of hotel's inner courtyard has been inspired by the traditional Moorish lattice and is made of 'a composite obtained from almond shells that, once triturated and mixed with synthetic resins and following a process of polymerization at a certainpressure and a certain temperature in a mould, is transformed into rigid objects that just need finishing.'
From Sandra Tarruella Interioristas:
'The hotel, designed by Sandra Tarruella and Isabel López, has been conceived to offer to the client an accommodation with a proper character where it is situated, in full historical centre of Seville.
Materials like the stone, the natural wood or the iron are used in combination with typical materials and crafts from Seville. It contrasts with modern elements and materials as the lacquer volumes, the black glass and the backlitted spaces, creating an interesting balance between both.'
'Several old buildings have been joined and refurbished to create this hotel. As a result, we have an interesting diversity of volumes and levels between the spaces, as well as a play of full and empty volumes which enrich the whole complex. The interior design project gets adapted to this mixture of structures obtaining unique spaces and offering to the client an environment with a style and character strongly related whit its location.'
'In the central patio, a water sheet resembles the own fountains of Andalusian patios. The natural light has been used in a special way in this project. A big lattice of Moorish inspiration, placed in the whole facade of the patio, diffuses the entry of exterior light, creating a game of shades in the interior.'
to Sandra Tarruella Interioristas' profile on Architonic
to the EME Fusion Hotel project on Architonic


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I am proposing an Azure environment with the following:
- VM SQL Server for core relational data
- Table Storage for bulk data
I want to mirror the SQL Server database to another server so that
- Reports can be run on this server so to minimize data load on the primary database, and
- It can serve as a failover server in case the primary server goes down.
In order to achieve these 2 objectives I would also need to mirror the Azure Table Storage too. I can't seem to find any information on this. Is this even possible?


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Actress Isla Fisher was seen with her adorable daughters Olive, 5, and Elula, 2, while shopping at Toys "R" Us in Los Angeles, CA on Monday (July 8). The girl's father is Isla's husband funnyman Sasha Baron Cohen.
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Finance Division Taster Sessions - Shared Services
An opportunity to gain an insight into the work of the Shared Services Finance team and to understand and have an appreciation of the interrelationships with other areas and the demands and challenges faced.
Finance Division Staff and Departmental Finance Staff.
Number of sessions: 1
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- A brief overview of how Shared Services Finance came about.
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An imam in a tiny Turkish village aims to be a rock star. By day, forty two-year-old Ahmet Tuzer chants the azhan – the Islamic call to prayer - from his small mosque in the village of Pinarbasi. It's a whitewashed building serving a village of 14 households on a hillside above the idyllic town of Kas on Turkey's Mediterranean coast line.
Tuzer is one of about a hundred thousand imams in Turkey – all state employees who work in government-run Sunni mosques.
But it's his evening hobby that's attracting attention. This summer, Tuzer created the band FiRock… whose name plays off a mystical mathematical formula for creating patterns that are aesthetically pleasing.
Combining Sufi mysticism with the music of his heroes like Pink Floyd and Queen, Tuzer is spreading a message of peace, love and tolerance.
"Everything is God. Everyone is God. We believe that, and if I hurt your heart, I believe that I hurt God's heart. If we love each other, we will be very happy this life and the next life."
It might be easy to dismiss Tuzer and FiRock as one more closet rock band, except that FiRock's guitarist, Dogan Sakin, has played with some of the biggest names in Turkish rock. And with Sakin's long, grey hair and tattoos up his arms and legs, this aging rocker is a veteran stage performer.
Sakin says they are using psychedelic rock to extend the imam's peaceful message to those who wouldn't normally be exposed to Islamic mysticism. "We could play ney and bendir [traditional Turkish instruments], but that wouldn't attract much attention," Sakin claims. "It would be too traditional and wouldn't work. But because rock is so universal, that's what we went with."
FiRock played its first concert to about a thousand people in the town of Kas. It got a warm reception at the show. But not everyone in the community was pleased. Tuzer says he received insults –and even threats –on social media. "Radical Islamist public, they don't like my music, my stuff because they cannot understand my opinion," Tuzer says.
"But this is normal,"he adds.
That's not all, though. Turkey's religious directorate is now investigating the imam.
In the city of Antalya, Ahmet Celik is the mufti in charge of the mosques in the region, which includes Kas. Celik says his office is looking into Tuzer's activities. There are rules, he says, about what kind of commercial activities imams are allowed to engage in.
"We've got investigators looking into what Tuzer's doing to see if it's a commercial activity. And not only that, we have certain common values in the religious directorate. And we're trying to determine if Tuzer's music violates these values."
FiRock is in the midst of producing an album, so it's unclear whether a commercial release would run afoul of these religious authorities. In the meantime, the group's ambitions are far-reaching with the aim of carving out a new genre, that of Islamic rock.
Tuzer says Islamist radicals have tarnished his faith's image in many ways. His aim he says is to show that that's not the full story. "Islam is peaceful. Islam is respect. Islam is law and everything. Islam is moral – and beautiful moral," Tuzer says. "We want to live like that."


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This week in new hires, Wells Fargo filled three leadership positions; Gail Graham and Stephanie Bogan joined United Capital; Jonathan Morris went to Dynasty Financial Partners; and IRI announced changes to its board of directors.
Also, ING announced changes in executives and responsibilities; Baker Tilly welcomed Justin Goldstein; CLS Investments announced three new appointments; Deutsche Bank made executive committee announcements; and Don Concannon joined Mediant Communications.
Wells Fargo Advisors Names Queen, Gabriel and McCarthy to Key Positions
Wells Fargo Advisors announced Sept. 12 three senior leadership appointments.
Eduardo ("Eddie") Queen has been named strategy director for Wells Fargo Advisors. In this role, he will be based in St. Louis and will oversee efforts to refine and develop business strategies.
Queen spent the last seven years at Citi and Smith Barney, working on new strategies and ventures for the high-net-worth and mass affluent markets. Previously, he worked for three years as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in Sao Paulo and Toronto, mainly in the financial services sector.
Diane Gabriel, former managing director of Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network's branch network, has been named to lead the WellsTrade business. In that capacity, she will be responsible for the strategic direction and management of the brokerage firm's online trading platform.
Gabriel, a former financial advisor and branch manager, was with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network since 2002. There she played a key leadership role.
Bob McCarthy has been named director of regulatory policy, a newly created position. He will also be responsible for ensuring that brokerage regulatory policy is consistent with the policies and strategic direction of Wells Fargo's Wealth Brokerage Retirement group, the broader organizational unit with which Wells Fargo Advisors is aligned within Wells Fargo & Co. He will have oversight responsibility for policy management and will work closely with the new rules implementation teams across the organization.
McCarthy is a 25-year veteran of the industry. His most recent role as director of regulatory compliance includes the exam program as well as advertising review and policy management.
Graham and Bogan Join United Capital
United Capital Financial Advisers announced Sept. 12 that Gail Graham and Stephanie Bogan have joined the firm.
Graham, formerly executive vice president of marketing and business development at Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services, as head of strategy and execution will be working with CEO Joe Duran to develop a national consumer brand, enhance business execution and assist in the deployment of the firm's capital over the next several years.
Bogan, formerly CEO of Quantuvis Consulting and member of Genworth Financial Wealth Management's executive team after the sale of her firm to Genworth in 2008, as head of business model development, will work to refine and improve the firm's business model.
Dynasty Financial Partners Names Jonathan Morris
Dynasty Financial Partners announced Sept. 12 that Jonathan R. Morris has been named chief legal and governance officer and will be managing all legal and compliance issues. He will report directly to Shirl Penney, president and CEO. In addition, Morris will act as liaison to outside counsel, negotiating contracts and representing Dynasty on all legal matters arising from its business. He will also be responsible for developing and maintaining compliance programs in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.
Morris has more than 30 years of legal experience. He joins from Day Pitney, where he was co-head of the firm's broker-dealer, Investment Adviser Practice Group. Prior to Day Pitney, he was a managing director, general counsel and head of governance for Barclays Wealth, where he supported the expansion of Barclays into the private wealth management business in the Americas. Prior to Barclays, he was a managing director and the senior attorney for Lehman Brothers' investment management division. He began his career at Seward & Kissel in New York.
IRI Names Advisor Group President and CEO Larry Roth Chairman of the Board
The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) recently announced that Larry Roth, president and CEO of Advisor Group, was elected IRI's new chairman of the board of directors. He will succeed Lynne Ford, executive vice president for Calvert Distributors, whose tenure as chairman concluded at the board meeting in San Diego. She now holds the position of past chairman and has been reelected to serve another term as a member of the board. That term will expire in 2015.
Cindy Vogl, executive director of defined contribution and retirement solutions for UBS Global Asset Management (Americas), also was re-elected to serve a full term, expiring in 2015, as a member of the board. Three members who filled vacancies during the past year were elected to full terms that will expire in 2015. They are Robert DeChellis, president of Allianz Life Financial Services; Elizabeth Forget, senior vice president of MetLife Retail Annuity Products; and Nick Lane, senior executive vice president and president of retirement savings for AXA Equitable.
Seven new board members were elected to serve terms that will expire in 2015. They are Maliz Beams, CEO of ING U.S. Retirement; Michael Falcon, managing director and head of retirement for J.P. Morgan Asset Management; Bruce Ferris, EVP of sales and distribution for Prudential Annuities; Drew Lawton, EVP and head of retirement solutions for New York Life Investments; Bill Lowe, president of Sammons Retirement Solutions; Robert Moore, president and chief operating officer of LPL Financial; and Paula Nelson, president of Forethought Distributors.
IRI also announced that three members of the board were elected to officer positions. John Carter, president of Nationwide Financial Distributors, was elected vice chairman; Thomas Streiff, EVP and retirement product manager for PIMCO, was reelected secretary; and LPL's Moore was elected treasurer. ING CEO to Oversee Retirement Business
Expanded roles and responsibilities for some members of the executive team were announced Monday by ING U.S. Inc. Rodney Martin Jr., CEO, will provide oversight responsibility for ING U.S.'s core retirement and insurance businesses, while continuing his current direct management responsibilities as CEO. Martin, who has more than 35 years of financial services experience, assumes the duties effective immediately.
Alain Karaoglan, EVP, has been promoted to COO and will assume oversight responsibility for the firm's core investment management business, brand marketing, operations and information technology, in addition to continuing his responsibilities for strategy and corporate development and investor relations. He has more than 25 years of experience in financial services.
Ewout Steenbergen, EVP and chief financial officer, will now assume oversight responsibility for ING U.S.'s treasury and capital management activities. He will continue to lead the finance function in the areas of actuarial, tax, controllership, financial reporting, insurance investments and procurement. Steenbergen has more than 22 years of financial services experience.
ING U.S. Hires Jamie Ohl as President of Tax-Exempt Retirement Plan Markets
ING U.S.'s retirement business announced that it has hired Jamie Ohl as president of tax-exempt markets for the company's institutional retirement operations. In this role, she will be responsible for all aspects of the business, including developing and executing strategic direction and maximizing growth potential and profitability. She will be based in the Windsor, Conn., office, and will report to Maliz Beams, CEO of ING U.S. retirement. Her appointment is effective Oct. 1.
Ohl has more than 20 years of experience, and for the past two years was president of Wilshire Funds Management, the global investment management business unit of Wilshire Associates. In that position, she was responsible for guiding the company's strategic investment, operations and growth efforts. Previously, she served as head of the retirement division for The Hartford Financial Services Group, where she spearheaded that company's entry into the 403(b) market. She has also served in various management and consulting roles at VALIC and Hewitt Associates.
Baker Tilly Investment Advisors Adds Justin Goldstein to Wisconsin Office
Justin Goldstein has joined Baker Tilly Investment Advisors as a senior advisor in the firm's individual wealth management practice.
He is located in the Madison, Wis., office and has more than three years of experience in financial services and investment advisory work. CLS Names Clarke CEO
CLS Investments announced Tuesday that it has promoted Todd Clarke to the position of CEO. He most recently served as the firm's president. In addition, CLS has appointed Ryan Beach as its new president and John Russel "Rusty" Vanneman as its new CIO.
Beach most recently served as associate general counsel of NorthStar Financial Services Group, the parent company of CLS, where he oversaw legal matters affecting NorthStar, CLS and their affiliates. Prior to NorthStar, he was engaged in private practice with a boutique securities firm where he advised clients on SEC and FINRA requirements as well as other corporate financial and investment matters, and represented private equity firms in connection with portfolio acquisitions and raising capital.
Vanneman will lead the firm's portfolio management and investment research teams and sit on the investment committee. He has more than 20 years' experience in the financial services industry, most recently as CIO and portfolio manager for a large investment adviser in the Boston metropolitan area.
Deutsche Bank Announces Executive Committee for Wealth Management Unit
Deutsche Bank announced Monday the executive committee for its integrated asset and wealth management (AWM) division. Michele Faissola, head of asset and wealth management, will chair the committee and Jon Eilbeck will be COO.
Representing the main investment platforms and functions within AWM are Reinhard Bellet, head of passive investments; Randy Brown, co-CIO of asset management; Pierre Cherki, head of alternative investments (internal managers); Mark Cullen, head of operating platform and reengineering; Stephane Farouze, head of alternative investments (third-party managers); Kevin Lecocq, CIO of wealth management; Wolfgang Matis, head of active investments; Balaji Prasanna, head of loans/deposits and asset and liability management; and Asoka Woehrmann, co-CIO of asset management.
Representing client coverage within AWM are Marco Bizzozero, head of wealth management EMEA; Thomas Bowers, head of wealth management Americas; Joachim Haeger, head of wealth management Germany (Deutsche Bank); Wilhelm von Haller, head of wealth management Germany (Sal. Oppenheim); Ravi Raju, head of wealth management Asia Pacific; and Dario Schiraldi, head of distribution.
Regional AWM management committees and their executive committee member chairmen are Wolfgang Matis, Germany; Ravi Raju, Asia Pacific; and Dario Schiraldi, EMEA. The chairman for the Americas will be announced later.
Dan Concannon Joins Mediant Communications
Mediant Communications announced Tuesday the appointment of Dan Concannon as global head of sales. He will oversee sales expansion in broker, corporate and fund-company services.
Previously, Concannon was head of worldwide sales for Institutional Shareholder Services. More recently, he was at WealthEngine.
Read the Sept. 12 New Hire Roundup at AdvisorOne.