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Collaboration in a Post-PC World Part Two: Architecting a Solution
In the first part of this series I introduced the people in our new "at-a-glance" graphic (see end of this blog where I've embedded it) and looked at their diverse roles and the challenges that posed to IT. In this wrap-up blog, I focus on Bijad, the VP of IT, his understanding of the challenges and his response.
Bijad is the man in the middle of the evolution to a post-PC world. As the range of available collaboration technologies has continued to broaden, the focus for IT has begun to swing from delivering individual best-in-class applications to an interest in an integrated collaboration experience that delivers consistent functionality across multiple devices. However, this presents both a challenge and an opportunity. From the C-level suites, he is accountable for enabling this cost-effectively while providing a combination of scale, security, and accessibility through a variety of devices and operating systems. From his customers like Doug, Lee, Sarah, and Ben who you met in my previous blog, he's hearing increasing demands for a rich, personalized, consistent user experience that lets each of them work and collaborate their way — where, when and how they want — without limits. They want tools to help them stay more connected with their peers and other organizations.
Bijad knows that this will require more flexibility and simplicity to preserve a consistent experience and that an open, interoperable architecture is key to success. Even more important, he knows that people, not technology, are the prime source of his company's competitive differentiation. So he's listening carefully, and thinking in terms of roles rather than devices.
To support Doug, the VP of sales, and people in similar highly-mobile, outward-oriented roles, Bijad is looking to the cloud and the deployment flexibility it offers, both internally and externally, in addition to greater agility and lower CapEx. The fact that Cisco's rich collaboration portfolio — including Cisco Unified Communications, TelePresence, Contact Center, WebEx, and Jabber — offers a choice of public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud deployment options makes it especially attractive to him. He can choose the deployment option that best meets the varying business needs and budget realities he sees across his company's business while preserving a consistent end-user experience.
From Lee, the engineering designer who works from her home office, Bijad hears that having the same experience on any of her devices is important. But its even more important to keep in touch with all the people she works with around the world, inside and outside the company. For employees like her, Bijad thinks the ability to escalate to a video, voice, IM, or web conferencing session directly from WebEx Social will be ideal.
Sarah, the field marketing manager, has given Bijad more reasons to make sure his architecture can support video to and from every end-point. Like the sales crew, Sarah depends on the power of "in-person" to build trust, enhance collaboration, and maintain creative momentum — and to keep her in touch with her family. Bijad knows that Cisco enables video everywhere, on any device, from smartphones and IP phones to tablets, laptops, and PCs, to life-size Cisco TelePresence meeting rooms.
Finally, Bijad understands that Ben the intern is the kind of employee in which BYOD brings out the best. Everything IT is doing for the other roles will help Ben find his place, with a special boost from Cisco Jabber, which will let Ben quickly and easily find people, see if and how they are available, and collaborate using his preferred method, including instant messaging (IM), voice, video, voice messaging, desktop sharing, and conferencing.
For all these roles, and many others, Bijad looks to Cisco for collaboration solutions that help him extend his IT investments, make the most of his budget, and ensure business relevancy for IT as he takes his infrastructure into the post-PC era. You can too. Don't miss at our at-a-glance graphic below to learn more.
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Hotels That Opened In South Florida Over The Past Year Cater To Everyone
MIAMI — In a year when three new Miami-Dade hotels drew widespread attention — and two landed on a travel magazine's list of hot new properties—— it's easy to forget that the region's hotel industry is still climbing out of a recession.
A private club-slash-chic-hotel in Miami Beach and upscale boutique (inside a new high-rise hotel) in downtown Miami were the highlights of the new hotel offerings in the past 12 months. Bu t the bulk of what's new used to be old.
Former apartment buildings and shuttered hotels are finding new life in South Florida's lodging landscape. More is expected as financially troubled properties find new owners willing to invest in improvements to lure new visitors.
Already, the improving economy is delivering good news. The most recent figures available show that hotel occupancy increased in Broward, Miami-Dade and the Florida Keys year over year. Room rates ticked up too.
That means locals who want to sample the newest goods might expect to pay more than in the previous couple of years. But most hotels are offering some kind of summer specials for staycationers.
And stay tuned for more grand opening specials. Other big projects are expected to wrap up soon, including the nearly completed Dream South Beach, which is partially open, and two Ocean Drive renovations, Hotel Breakwater and Waldorf. But for now, here are the highlights of what's new.
—Bal Harbour Quarzo
What's new: The all-suite, three-story hotel had a former life as an apartment building. It was completely renovated before opening with 27 suites available to rent. Nineteen of those have full kitchens, while the rest have kitchenettes with refrigerators and microwaves. A second phase of the project will add 49 more suites.
Bragging rights: Rooms are luxuriously roomy without a giant price tag. Most junior suites are 400-450 square feet; one-bedroom suites are 1,150 square feet and the master suites are 1,800 square feet. A serene "beach garden" with sun beds and cabanas overlooks the Intracoastal Waterway; the beach is a short walk away. Free Wi-Fi. Free Pilates on the beach several times a week.
Caveat emptor: No on-site restaurant or spa, though guests can arrange for a private chef to cook in their room. In-room spa services are available, as is the spa at One Bal Harbour across the street. Just west of the Collins Avenue bridge, the hotel can be somewhat tricky to find.
Best for: Families who want plenty of space and kitchen amenities; high-end shoppers who want to splurge at the nearby Bal Harbour Shops rather than on a hotel.
Details: 290 Bal Bay Drive, Bal Harbour, 305-222-7922, www.quarzomiamihotel.com.
Rates & deals: In low season, junior suites from $199; one-bedroom from $259, master from $309. Through Sept. 30, stay three nights get the fourth free.
—Fashionhaus Hotel
What's new: Just about everything but the structure of the old Henry Hotel. The 48-suite hotel features pictures of models, photographers and other international fashion icons on the doors and walls.
Bragging rights: The fashion suite includes a "super king-sized" bed that measures 8 feet by more than 8 1/2 feet.
Caveat emptor: For "suites," the rooms are small: a master suite is 230 square feet. The hotel doesn't have some of the amenities like an in-house gym or pool that some travelers want when they come to Miami Beach.
Best for: People who want to be near the heart of South Beach action without paying top rates. Fans of South American fashion icons.
Details: 534 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, 786-398-4408, www.fashionhaushotel.com.
Rates & deals: Rooms from $179 on weekends and $125 on weekdays. Florida residents and anyone who mentions this offer get 20 percent off through May 26.
—Hotel Beaux Arts
What's new: The whole thing. This upscale 44-room boutique, which fully opened a couple months ago, is tucked into floors 38-40 of the JW Marriott Marquis in downtown Miami. Guests are escorted to a private check-in area on the 39th floor and have their own lounge as well.
Bragging rights: Rooms are tricked out with gadgets: Bang & Olufsen electronics, iPads with hotel app already loaded, TVs embedded in the bathroom mirror and Illy espresso makers. The hotel made Conde Nast Traveler's 2011 Hot List.
Caveat emptor: Don't expect any discounting here. "We don't do deals," according to the hotel's sales and marketing director. The spa, gym and other fitness areas are in the main Marriott hotel.
Best for: Business travelers who want modern luxury (and aren't limited by a tight expense account). Anyone who doesn't mind paying for extra privacy. Super-sized athletes who will appreciate the California King-sized beds and tall showers that allow for extra head room.
Details: 255 Biscayne Boulevard Way, Miami, 305-421-8700, www.hotelbeauxartsmiami.com.
Rates & deals: Rooms from $440, suites from $810.
—JW Marriott Marquis
What's new: Everything at the sleek 41-story hotel, which opened in October.
Bragging rights: Restaurants include the buzz-worthy db Bistro Moderne from Daniel Boulud. Fitness area includes heavy-duty gym, heated stainless steel pool, basketball court, virtual bowling and Jim McLean Golf School and Virtual Golf.
Caveat emptor: Be careful not to confuse the cab driver — or the GPS; there's a JW Marriott just down the road on Brickell Avenue.
Best for: Meetings; the hotel has more than 80,000 square feet of meeting space. Business travelers who want to take advantage of negotiated corporate rates. Suburb dwellers who want a quick city getaway.
Details: 255 Biscayne Boulevard Way, Miami, 305-421-8600, www.jwmarriottmarquismiami.com.
Rates & deals: Rooms from $239. The hotel is offering a staycation special for Florida residents: weekend rates start at $229 with breakfast for two and free parking included.
—Lords South Beach
What's new: The old Hotel Nash got a facelift with new rugs, paint, furnishings and other touch-ups. The end result is a bright, beachy, 54-room boutique that caters to gay travelers.
Bragging rights: One of the best hotel restaurant names of all time: Cha Cha Rooster. A giant polar bear welcomes guests in the lobby.
Caveat emptor: Lords has a busy social calendar, so if all you want to do is relax quietly, look elsewhere.
Best for: Gay singles or couples — and their straight friends.
Details: 1120 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, 877-448-4754, www.lordssouthbeach.com.
Rates & deals: Rooms from $204. From June through August, some rooms will be offered at $99 a night on the weekend for Florida residents, subject to availability.
—Soho Beach House
What's new: The former Sovereign Hotel got a total transformation and expansion to become the chic Soho Beach House, a hotel and members-only club.
Bragging rights: As the Miami outpost of a private club that has locations in New York, California, London and Berlin, Soho Beach House is oh-so-exclusive. The 50 rooms are gorgeous and comfortable at the same time. The hotel offers a screening snug for film showings, two pools, a library, Cecconi's restaurant, Cowshed spa and an art-filled drawing room. Also showed up on Conde Nast Traveler's 2011 Hot List.
Caveat emptor: Privacy is a priority, so posting pictures to Facebook or Twitter is a no-no. Cellphone chatter is limited to certain areas. If you're tempted to try to become a member after spending the night, be aware that annual membership rates are $1,800 or $900 for the under-27 set.
Best for: Artistic types, hipsters with cash, Europeans, young creatives.
Details: 4385 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, 786-507-7900, www.sohobeachhouse.com.
Rates & deals: Rooms from $340. Anyone who asks for the "staycation" rate until June 30 can get 20 percent off the published rate, continental breakfast for two and 20 percent off spa treatments (May 25-30 excluded).
—B Ocean Fort Lauderdale
What's new: Formerly a Holiday Inn, the beachfront hotel at Sunrise Boulevard and A1A got a total reworking. White wave-designed walls get a new wash of color every few seconds with changing lights. The new design is heavily beach-inspired with lots of floor-to-ceiling windows in public areas.
Bragging rights: Did we mention beachfront? All 240 rooms have an ocean view. The hotel lets you check out an iPad for free and offers free Wi-Fi throughout the property and on the beach. Sushi restaurant Saia is getting raves, and B'stro on the Beach offers grab and go or sit-down service (with a nifty wine dispenser that lets you sip, sample or savor).
Caveat emptor: The pool area is a little small, with views of unattractive condo towers nearby. The fitness center is likewise tiny, and bathrooms are nothing to boast about.
Best for: Couples or groups of friends who want a cool beach experience at a reasonable price with easy access to shopping and downtown Fort Lauderdale. The hotel is family-friendly but not kid-focused with king beds or two doubles.
Details: 999 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-564-1000, www.boceanfortlauderdale.com.
Rates & deals: Rooms from $129-$249 in the off season. Florida residents get 35 percent off rack rates.
—Royal Palms Resort & Spa
What's new: The hotel for gay men added 50 rooms down the street from its original lushly landscaped 12-room inn. The property now has two pools (one clothing-optional), a fitness center an d spa, and bar and restaurant. Rooms are decorated in white with splashes of green or orange.
Bragging rights: Bikes, iPads and cellphones are available to rent on-site. Orchids are a signature decoration (check inside the toilets for proof).
Caveat emptor: If you're not comfortable with clothing-optional pools (or sensual artwork), you won't be comfortable here.
Best for: Gay men only. The bar is straight-friendly at cocktail hour.
Details: 717 Breakers Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-564-1000, www.royalpalms.com.
Rates & deals: Rooms from $159; special rates at $119 a night for a two-night minimum.
—Silver Palms Inn
What's new: The $6 million eco-friendly boutique hotel opened in October, replacing the El Rancho Motel. The Soni family took a chance on the market and tore down the decaying hotel they bought 27 years ago.
Bragging rights: In April, the 50-room facility was certified a Green Lodging Facility by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Each room has an electronic key system that activates the air conditioner and lights. The hotel features solar water heaters and low-flow showerheads and toilets to conserve water. Reclaimed water is used for the vegetation around the property.
Caveat emptor: While the location is in the heart of Key West, most of the rooms overlook the parking lot, which is located next to the saltwater pool.
Best for: Guests who are green minded and will spend more time inside their modern, island-style rooms with 40-inch flat screen TVS than on the balcony overlooking the parking lot.
Details: 830 Truman Ave., Key West, 305-294-8700; www.silverpalmsinn.com. Rates: Rooms start at $169 during the week and $189 on the weekends.


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We decided to make these changes to the registration process for the forum due to the large number of spammers that attempt to register to the forum each day. Previously we locked the registration to admin approval only, but this simply masked the problem and made it difficult for us to see when a real person was registering - like finding a needle in a haystack.
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424 Gregoire Drive, Fort McMurray, AB, CA, T9H 3R2
The Quality Hotel® & Conference Centre is conveniently located minutes from MacDonald Island Park, a natural park with wildlife and hiking trails. Home to Oil Sands Discovery Centre, the... More Info
The Quality Hotel® & Conference Centre is conveniently located minutes from MacDonald Island Park, a natural park with wildlife and hiking trails. Home to Oil Sands Discovery Centre, the world's largest single deposit of oil, this is an interesting tourist destination. Heritage Park Historical Village is also nearby, displaying the rich history of Fort McMurray, and shopping can be found at the Peter Pond Shopping Centre. Fort McMurray Airport is just a few minutes' drive away and once in town, be sure to visit the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo, located in the northeastern corner of Alberta. Taxi service is easily accessible for in-town travel.
The hotel offers many amenities, including:
- Free high-speed Internet access in all rooms
- Free local phone calls
- Complimentary deluxe hot breakfast buffet
- 24-hour business centre
- 24-hour fitness centre
- 42-inch high definition flat-screen TV
- Pet-friendly hotel (additional charge applies)
- Extended stay rates and inclusive full meal plans
- Large vehicle parking
- Complimentary parking for all guest vehicles
Enjoy new and upgraded features in the lobby like cozy fireplace with seating and a business centre providing copy and fax services.
All newly renovated guest rooms of this Fort McMurray hotel come equipped with 42-inch high definition flat-screen televisions, air conditioning,coffee makers and hair dryers. Complimentary high-speed internet is available in all guest rooms while select rooms offer microwaves and refrigerators. select suites feature whirlpool bathtubs and fireplaces. Non-smoking rooms can be requested.
This hotel provides two dining options: the brand new Table 63 Restaurant featuring delicious home-style cooking in a casual and friendly atmosphere, or play some pool and catch the game at the Lion's Den Pub & Billiards known for its Buffalo wings and fresh made pizzas.
With 7 functions rooms,offering over 12,000 square feet of beautiful space including the Poplar Crek and Crystal Ballroom, the Quality Hotel & Conference Centre is perfect for catering functions, receptions and business meetings.
Whether you are here for business or pleasure, meetings or conferences we look forward to accomodating your needs.
This Fort McMurray hotel supports the fight against global climate change by participating in cutting-edge sustainability initiatives like the LivCleanEco-Stay Program.This program helps us reduce our carbon footprint by offering you green accomodations in Canada.
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According to the NYT, Apple is rumored to be testing wearable iPod-like devices that fit around your wrist and are controlled not by touch, but with your voice using Siri.
Apple has also experimented with prototype products that could relay information back to the iPhone. These conceptual products could also display information on other Apple devices, like an iPod, which Apple is already encouraging us to wear on our wrists by selling Nanos with watch faces. [...] One idea being discussed is a curved-glass iPod that would wrap around the wrist; people could communicate with the device using Siri, the company's artificial intelligence software.
Apple previously experimented with a nearly buttonless, voice controlled iPod shuffle but quickly returned to physical controls for the tiny device. Siri, which unlike the older VoiceControl system, currently requires a network connection to properly parse voice queries. Since no iPod other than the iPod touch currently has Wi-Fi, let alone cellular data, that raises the same interesting questions about the future of Siri and the iPod line both.
We've been asking for an iPod nano watch with Bluetooth connectivity for a while now. Perhaps the iPod will work as a tethered link to your iPhone?
Although it may be some time down the road before we actually start to see something like this materialize in Apple's product lines, it's still good to know they're considering ideas like this.
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Lake stars and windshield cracks now forming over Alaska
Phenomena described by geophysicist in non-technical terms
As Alaska's billion lakes become colder and harder, some of them will sport mysterious, spidery cracks extending from small holes in the ice. This phenomenon inspired a geophysicist to figure out what he calls "lake stars."
"I thought something so pretty and relatively commonly observed should be understandable, so I pursued it," said Victor Tsai, who wrote perhaps the only paper in existence on lake stars.
Tsai, a geophysicist with the Seismological Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, developed a mathematical model to explain how the stars form. He recently gave a less technical description of the conditions needed for lake stars to blossom.
"You need relatively thin ice, and a thick snow cover," he said. "The lake needs to have just frozen over and then had a heavy enough snow to weigh the ice down enough that the snow can become wet from lake water."
Tsai became interested in lake stars when he spent a summer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. There, he found that, while many people had guessed at what caused lake stars, there was no established theory to explain them. He set up a lab experiment in which he created the stars indoors, using a plate cooled below freezing. Through a dish of slush, he fed a steady drip of water one degree above freezing. Narrow channels formed in all of his attempts, and he wrote a 13-page paper on "the formation of radial fingers emanating from a central source."
He provides here a non-technical version on how the stars form: From a hole in the ice, relatively warm lake water flows upward and infiltrates the slushy snow on top. Water then flows outwards through the slush. Some areas of slush melt more due to variations in water flow, allowing an arm of the star to grow faster. As the arms grow, cold robs the water of heat, slowing the growth of some arms and allowing others to sprout.
Lake stars are somewhat reminiscent of a feature familiar to most Alaskans, windshield cracks. Michael Marder, a physicist at the University of Texas in Austin, once explained to me how they happen.
A windshield, he said, isn't one solid piece of glass, it's two layers pressed around a layer of plastic, which keeps glass from flying during an accident. The entire windshield is about as thick as a pile of five dimes.
During windshield manufacture, a machine presses glass onto the plastic with a pressure of about 800 atmospheres, which is about 800 times the force Earth's atmosphere exerts on us. Auto glass formed under such stress shuns blows that would shatter house window glass. Car windshield glass would be as rock-resistant as granite if it were not for invisible flaws, Marder said.
Flying gravel sometimes finds a weak spot in the glass, leaving behind a pitted, round indentation. Water vapor in the air, even in tiny amounts, helps cracks expand across a windshield. Water molecules act like scissors with edges no thicker than an atom, travelling to the tip of a crack and snipping glass apart.
Temperature differences enhance the growth of cracks. If a windshield's inner surface is 70 degrees Fahrenheit on a 40-below-zero day, a war is being waged within the glass. The cold outside surface of the glass contracts as the hot surface expands. At the interface, cracks expand.
Both the water vapor and temperature scenarios need another element to lengthen lines on a dimpled windshield — bumpy motion, which pulls the glass apart. Because most Alaska road crews spread gravel for winter traction, we have, in good quantity, all the ingredients for cracked windshields.
(Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute.)


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Culinary Ambassadors: Street Food in Iceland - Hot Dogs from Bæjarins Beztu
Serious Eats' Culinary Ambassadors check in from time to time with reports on food fare in their homeland or countries of residence. Here's the latest! (Find out more about CA or join here!) —The Mgmt.
Due to inclement weather and the fairly recent urbanization of the country, the street food phenomenon is rather new to Icelandic gastronomy. However, in the endless days of summer when the sky is as lambent and pristine at 3 o'clock in the morning as it is at that same time in the afternoon, Icelanders are more than happy to welcome yet another meal into the day's feast, thus lovingly embracing the idea of brinner, a cross between breakfast and dinner.
Sleep is saved for the winter months' hibernation, as hand-held delicacies dripping with indulgence and deep-fried pleasure are purchased and savoured while not watching the sun rise because it never actually set in the first place. Vendorateurs (yes, I'm inventing a word) have caught a whiff of this trend, and in recent years Reykjavik has witnessed a steady increase of vending carts catering to every viking whim, offering anything from Belgian waffles to hefty-serving subs stuffed with roasted Icelandic lamb (not the whole animal, but that's only because of lack of big enough breads) and béarnaise sauce.
But one particular street vendor has been more resilient and traditional than all the others, ascending to a near sacred status in the national character with its unrefined charm and a menu so short that if you blink, you might miss it.
In 1937, a small hot-dog stand with a big name opened in the middle of the tiny nation's capital. Bæjarins Beztu (meaning "The Best in Town," the z in Beztu a relic from the days when the z was still a part of the Icelandic alphabet) served hot dogs based on a Danish model—long, slim dogs in a bun with a side of sweet Danish mustard and ketchup.
Soon enough, family outings on sunny afternoons wouldn't be complete without having a "eina með öllu" (pronounced AYN-ah-med-UTL-lou, the password to a happy stay in Iceland), which would translate as "one with the works." The works being ketchup; dark, slightly sweet Icelandic mustard with a surprising kick; remúlaði (or remulade, a Danish mayonnaise-based sauce with minced pickles, carrots, and capers); and French fried onions. The truly pious insist that chopped raw onion must be included, but mostly that topping is reserved for the passionate, the hungry, and the single.
The vendor, who also serves as a sommelier, would recommend that this much-loved delicacy be paired with ebony-coloured, sweet, and sparkling beverages such as Coca-Cola, preferably of a good year. Cash-strapped gourmands can allow themselves such luxury as the price of a "One with the works" comes to a mere 280 Icelandic kronur, or about $2.40.
Day and night, come hail or shine, there is a line in front of this unassuming stand that is so treasured among Icelanders from all corners of society, and tourists are inevitably attracted by the scent of boiling hot dogs and crisp fried onions. The most famous "tourist" to ever have bitten into a "eina með öllu" is the former president of the United States, Bill Clinton. Little word goes of his praise for what has sometimes been called the Icelandic national dish, but we like to believe that he was simply lost for words.
—Guðrún Ingimundardóttir
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Q: Is it safe to get the flu shot when you're pregnant?
A: Pregnant women are at higher risk of suffering from pneumonia and other complications of the flu, so you are specifically encouraged to get the influenza vaccine (so are the elderly, health-care workers and people with compromised immune systems). Getting immunized also may help protect your baby: The antibodies generated by the vaccine cross the placenta, so it's likely that the baby will have some degree of protection following birth. Ask your doctor about thimerosal-free vaccines. The vaccination is customized annually to offer protection from the particular strains of influenza expected that year. But since we cannot predict what degree of protection each year's vaccine will offer, even if you are vaccinated, you should try to limit your exposure to the virus by avoiding contact with anyone who is sick.


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SO, you have searched the Internet absorbing this and that through mediums such as videos. Okay, what do you do with this information? How much of it do you trust? Who are the people that espouse the information you have seen or heard? How long have such people been around. What do they offer in way of solutions or remedy... Perhaps they just like to dwell on problems and instill fear.
PAC? We have been around since 1998. A heck-of-lot longer than most others.
What Can We Say?
We came out with The Red Amendment book in 1999. The book exposed what is going on and what was going to happen... And has. In the meantime Westlaw came out with its red covered Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edition, in 2000.
About eight years later, Americans get a President that appears to be a dictator who some say is a Marxist... You know, a Red (Communist).
You mean to tell me that people haven't
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Payment of Invoices
- From Requisition to Check
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- Researching a Payment in CMS
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From Requisition to Check
The life cycle of a Service Order and Purchase Order:
- The department determines an order must be placed to pay for a service or purchase a commodity.
- The department determines which vendor they wish to use to fill the order. If the vendor is not in the vendor file, the department must inform Procurement & Contract Services by noting the new vendor on the requisition.
- The department enters a requisition into CMS. For instructions on how to enter a requisition, see the Finance Requisition Entry, Approval and Inquiry Manual.
- The requisition is approved in CMS by an approving official.
The requisition is dispatched into a service order or purchase order by Procurement & Contract Services. The order is mailed to vendor. If the vendor is not in the vendor file, a copy of the Vendor Data Record form will be included with the order. Payments will not be issued until the Vendor Data Record form is received.
- The vendor will provide the service or fill the commodity order and issue an invoice to Accounts Payable.
- The order is complete when the check is issued to the vendor.
If the invoice is associated with a service:
- The invoice submitted for payment must be approved for payment by the department upon completion of service.
- Services are paid in arrears.
- Receiving is not required for services.
If the invoice is associated with a purchase order:
- The invoice does not require department approval prior to payment.
- Receiving is required to be posted in CMS. Central Receiving is responsible for recording stock received report information on all items delivered through Receiving. On orders that bypass Receiving, it is the responsibility of the campus department to submit a stock received report to Receiving. The department may submit a packing slip or a copy of the purchase order identifying the items received in lieu of a stock received report.
Vendor Data Record form
The Vendor Data Record form (std. form 204) is required for all vendors. The form is located in Accounts Payable form section, and is sent to all new vendors when a service/purchase order is dispatched. The Vendor Data Record form must be completed, returned, and entered into CMS before payment can be rendered.
The Vendor Data Record form may also be requested by Accounts Payable or the department for the following reasons:
- To prevent the delay in payment to the vendor. If the Vendor Data Record form is not entered into CMS, the check to the vendor will not print.
- The vendor has changed their name, address or Federal Identification number.
- The vendor's business is now incorporated. They are no longer classified as an individual/sole proprietor or partnership.
- The vendor is new and the form is needed to process a requisition or Direct Payment Request.
- To verify or update address or tax ID number information from the vendor.
When there is a delay in payment
A payment may not be issued to a vendor for several reasons:
The invoice was not received by Accounts Payable. All invoices should be mailed directly to the Accounts Payable office. Many departments mistakenly have the vendor mail the invoice to them, causing a delay in payment.
Stock Received is not posted in CMS. Whenever any commodity is purchase by the University, receiving must be posted in CMS. Central Receiving is responsible for recording stock received report information on all items delivered through Receiving. On orders that bypass Receiving, it is the responsibility of the campus department to submit a Stock Received Report to Receiving. The department may submit a packing slip or a copy of the purchase order identifying the items received in lieu of a stock received report.
The service/purchase order needs to be amended. There may be several reasons why an order may need to be amended:
- The description on the order doesn't't match the invoice description.
- The quantity invoiced is greater than the quantity ordered.
- The invoice amount is greater than the purchase order amount.
- Sales tax or freight is not on the order or is being invoiced over the $100.00 leeway allowed by Procurement & Contract Services.
- The vendor is invoicing for an item or service that is not listed on the order.
- The vendor is invoicing for greater than the amount quoted to Procurement & Contract Services.
- The Vendor Data Record form (std. form 204) has not been received.
Items or services are purchased from vendors without a purchase order. Payment will be delayed whenever services are rendered or commodities are purchased without an order. A requisition will need to be entered into CMS after the fact. The department is required to write a justification for expending University funds without the knowledge of Procurement & Contract Services.
Researching a payment in CMS
To determine whether an invoice has been paid, and/or if the check has cleared our bank, please see the Researching a Payment document.
When to void a check
If a vendor calls about a payment and the check has been issued but never received, the check may be canceled and reissued. Before a check can be reissued please verify the following:
- The check was issued more than three weeks prior to the vendor calling.
- The check is not in Student Financial Services Center (Lassen Hall – Cashier's Office) waiting to be picked up by the vendor/employee.
- The check has not been cashed.
- If the check has been lost in the mail, email the Accounts Payable Technician responsible for handling the vendor. Request a stop payment be placed on the check. The Tech will need to know the following information in order to initiate the stop payment: vendor name, PO number if applicable, check number, the contact person for the vendor, vendor phone number and fax number.
- The Tech will mail, email or fax the vendor a Check Replacement Application. This form must be completed and returned prior to reissuing the check. The replacement application requires an original signature and must be notarized if the vendor is an out-of-state vendor. Do not fax back, need original documents.
- The stop payment process is initiated by Accounts Payable upon sending the replacement application to the vendor. The entire process may take a minimum of one to two weeks to complete. Any delay in receiving the completed application back from the vendor delays issuance of the replacement check.
- Once the replacement application has been received and the stop payment has been confirmed, a new check will be issued and mailed to the vendor.


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TALLADEGA, Ala. � Matt Kenseth drove to victory in what was perilously close to the last car running in the Good Sam Road Assistance 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.
The Daytona 500 winner, who began the day last in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, ended it with almost no competition. As he described it later, �I looked in my mirror and there was no one there.�
TALLADEGA, Ala. � Matt Kenseth drove to victory in what was perilously close to the last car running in the Good Sam Road Assistance 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.
The Daytona 500 winner, who began the day last in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, ended it with almost no competition. As he described it later, �I looked in my mirror and there was no one there.�
Until the fourth turn of the final lap, many were there. The two at the front were Kenseth and Tony Stewart, who, as it turned out, ran interference for him � unwittingly.
Stewart found himself with no drafting help and the unlikely drafting tandem of Michael Waltrip and Casey Mears advancing fast on the inside. He moved down to block � too late � and paid for it.
�As you saw today and you�ve seen a lot of times, there is no safe place,� Kenseth said. �Tony (Stewart) was just leading. I might have passed him, or he was in second when he got wiped out. So you�ve got to race sooner or later. The last lap is the last lap. Everybody�s trying to get to the front. I�d rather already be there if we can be.�
Never was that tack sounder. First was the only place to be � literally.
The crash left 25 cars in various states of disrepair, some upside-down, others sideways, several on fire.
Jeff Gordon�s Chevy emerged to finish second behind Kenseth�s pink Ford. Kyle Busch finished third. David Ragan got through the mess fourth. Regan Smith was fifth. Ronald Reagan didn�t live to see it.
Stewart took full responsibility for the 25-car crash that basically left NASCAR officials figuratively unstacking the wreckage to determine most of the alleged �finishing� order. Much of the field was finished in turn four.
Gordon went easy on Stewart.
�When you look at the bigger picture, is that really what caused it? Because this type of racing, and the way the aerodynamics are and the power on these cars � that�s what happens,� Gordon said. �When you lose that momentum, you lose a ton. You�re going backwards in such a hurry, and the other guys are coming forward with so much momentum, it�s inevitable that those types of things are going to happen.�
The race was backwards early as some of the prime contenders headed to the comfortable refuge of the rear of the draft. After 12 laps, 10 championships � Jimmie Johnson (5), Stewart (3) and Terry Labonte (2) � were running 32nd or worse.
And with good reason. On the 18th lap, Mears� Ford turned Cole Whitt�s Chevy, which in turn clipped Carl Edwards� Ford. The accident also damaged the right front of Joey Logano�s Toyota.
The early crash was hardly an incentive for contenders to go for broke. After 30 laps, the four Chase drivers running outside the top 30 � Johnson, Stewart, Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski � were all in the top five in points. In a radio transmission, Stewart had remarked that it was �just a little too much fun for the first 10 laps of a race.�
A bit later, a crash occurred at the very front when one teammate, Greg Biffle, nearly wrecked another, Kenseth. Kenseth�s Ford skidded onto the apron in turn one, but he somehow managed to straighten it out while dropping 20 places or so.
After pitting at around lap 60, the cars of Kyle Busch, Trevor Bayne and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were all penalized for violating the speed limits.
During the first 120 laps or so, it wasn�t unusual for the top 10 to include only two or three of the Chase contenders.


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Bluffton High tennis coach Bob Brown usually doesn't spend much time observing the doubles court.
Brown is confident his No. 2 doubles team will secure a point for the Bobcats, so he spends most matches coaching up his singles players. He says he devotes more time to doubles in practice than most coaches, which frees him up on game days.
"We've learned that we have to win at (No. 4 and 5 singles) and doubles," Brown said. "That's where we get our points from."
The formula has worked so far for Bluffton (15-3), which clinched its third consecutive region title Thursday at rival Beaufort. The Bobcats got a win from their No. 1 doubles team to secure the 4-3 victory.
When the Bobcats maintained their perfect SCHSL Region 8-AAAA record Wednesday against Summerville, they needed only an hour to get the four points they needed to win it. They won easily at No. 4 and 5 singles and at No. 2 doubles, just as they plan each match.
The most one-sided match came on the doubles court, where senior Diego Garcia and junior Matthew Bornstein dispatched the Green Wave 6-0, 6-1 in about 40 minutes.
Garcia has been a mainstay at doubles for the Bobcats, turning down opportunities to move into the singles lineup to continue playing in his favorite spot. He has teamed up with several players - Bornstein, junior Morgan Philoxene, sophomore Dakota Story and eighth-grader Matthew Ball - and suffered only one loss this season.
"I actually love playing doubles," Garcia said. "I told coach Brown this year I wanted to play doubles and have a stronger team there this year."
Brown said Garcia has a unique ability to relate to his teammates, understand their games and adapt to their styles in a doubles setting. That has allowed Brown to adjust his lineup based on the opponent and to give younger players extra varsity experience.
"He's our spiritual leader, he's a great guy in the clubhouse," Brown said. "He can play anywhere. The guys all enjoy playing with him, and he can play with any guy on the team. Not everybody can play with every guy on the team. We're fortunate that we have a doubles specialist. He doesn't care about playing singles."
Garcia expects to continue playing with Bornstein as the Bobcats enter the state tournament, which begins Tuesday, though he wouldn't put it past Brown to keep experimenting next week. The tournament bracket gives Bluffton home court through the Lower State semifinals.
That would make for at least three rounds with Garcia in a familiar spot, manning the doubles court at Bluffton High School with whoever Brown decides to put beside him.
"I think I understand other people," Garcia said. "You need that strong relationship with others to communicate and know what the other person is going to do."
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MEBANE � Steve Buntin was a homeless man who lived in his aged blue Chevrolet van.
Many people around Mebane recognized Buntin by sight, but few knew his first name, much less his last. Buntin was in a traffic accident on N.C. 119 in December and suffered a fractured pelvis.
He was treated at Alamance Regional Medical Center and later transferred to a rehabilitation center in Greensboro. He died there Jan. 1.
At 2 p.m. Saturday, members of Hawfields Presbyterian and others from throughout the community will hold a memorial service in Buntin�s honor at the church. Those who knew Buntin will have an opportunity to share their memories of him. A blessing for him and his rest will be shared.
Participants will top it off with punch and cookies in the church fellowship hall.
�We just felt compelled to do something,� said the Rev. David Ealy, the pastor at Hawfields Presbyterian. �Since news of Steve�s death has spread, I can�t tell you the number of people who�ve said, �Really? That�s sad.� �
Ealy said he knew as much about Buntin as anyone, and he admits he didn�t know a lot. Buntin was a private man who spent many days in his van parked in the church parking lot. He also drove to Walmart and other stores throughout the community.
He wasn�t a bother, those who knew him said, just kept mostly to himself.
�He was a real nice man,� said Cletus Kincaid, an employee of Arrowhead BP on Mebane Oaks Road.
Kincaid said Buntin visited the store often � stopping for gas and occasionally to have his van repaired. He�d carry on a conversation, Kincaid said, if he was in the mood.
�He knew what he was talking about,� Kincaid said.
Ealy said Buntin was a diabetic who walked slowly with the aid of a cane. Ealy estimated Buntin�s age as his late 60s, though he admitted it was difficult to say. Buntin usually sported a stubble of whiskers several days in the making. He wore a long-sleeved shirt, khaki pants and black-rimmed glasses that looked almost to be military issue.
Ealy said in what little Buntin shared with him, he made reference to having served in the military.
�I gathered it was Vietnam, but I never knew for sure,� Ealy said.
He said church members and others would often bring Buntin food. Sometimes he�d accept and other times he wouldn�t, telling the good Samaritans he was full and didn�t need any food.
�He could be gruff, that made it difficult to reach out to him,� Ealy said.
A few worked to find Buntin a more permanent place to reside.
�I�m not sure he�d have taken it even if it�d been offered,� Ealy said.
Exactly how long Buntin had been parking in the church parking lot, that�s difficult to say. Ealy has served as pastor at Hawfields for more than two years and said Buntin was a regular long before he arrived. Longtime members of the congregation said Buntin had been parking there at least five years.
Why�d he choose Hawfields?
�We just didn�t say no,� Ealy said.
Buntin spent most nights at other locales � often forced to move from one place to another by those not so abiding of his ways.
�Sometimes he was allowed to stay and sometimes he wasn�t,� is how Ealy put it.
He said he spoke about Buntin in at least one sermon to his congregation. There were some who didn�t appreciate the homeless man parking at the church at the intersection of N.C. 119 and Trollingwood-Hawfields Road.
�What if you learned he was a vet?� Ealy asked his congregation. �What if you learned that van was all he had left after an accident?�
Ealy said Buntin was, in fact, very intelligent � well-versed in both politics and religion. He often listened to NPR while sitting in his van.
�One of the last times I spoke to him he was complaining about Obama,� Ealy said, chuckling at the memory.
He said sometime last fall he saw an ambulance in the church parking lot, the EMTs assisting Buntin. Ealy said Buntin had called 911 himself after having trouble getting back in his van.
Ealy said it wasn�t until that day he knew Buntin�s last name. He said he told the homeless man he needed to know his name in the event something more serious happened to him.
Ealy said he was glad he knew the name after Buntin�s traffic accident. He visited him during his stay at Alamance Regional.
But Ealy said he had a hard time finding where Buntin was transferred after leaving the hospital. Ealy wasn�t his next of kin and hospital personnel were reluctant to tell even a minister where Buntin had gone.
Ealy said he learned after much effort that Buntin had been transferred to Guilford Healthcare Center in Greensboro. When Ealy contacted the facility on Jan. 8, he was told Buntin had died a week earlier.
Ealy said he was initially saddened that Buntin was gone and had died in a strange place. But he said he later comforted himself with the thought that Buntin was at least warm and well fed, and surrounded by those looking to help him.
Ealy said church members have tried with no success to get in touch with Buntin�s family. There were rumors, he said, that Buntin came from Durham and may still have family there. If so, Ealy said, they�d love to have them attend Saturday�s service. The church�s phone number is 336-578-2811.
�We�re planning an about 50 people,� Ealy said of anticipated turnout for the service. �Given everyone who knew him, we may have a hundred. If there�s less, that�s OK, too.�


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I have an custom object which has a long running function. I want to be able to tell the object to stop running the method without killing it, e.g. so that it waits again for a signal to resume its work.
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class Foo(object):
def __init__(self):
self.msg = ''
def do(self):
for x in xrange(0, 100000):
if self.msg == 'stop':
print 'Foo received stop. Terminating'
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FOO = Foo()
def stopFoo():
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//FOO.do() got called somewhere
Now, someone wants to tell FOO to stop running. In another HTTP request, they do this:
//FOO.msg = 'stop'
However, I observe that FOO.do() continues to execute! And the FOO.msg = 'stop' keeps blocking.
How can I change FOO's field while its running, such that it will stop in a controlled manner?


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Introduction of Signalling Unit and Simulation Kit Allow MD8470A to Verify TD-SCDMA User Equipment and Chip Sets
Anritsu Company introduces the MU847040A TD-SCDMA Signalling Unit and MX847040A TD-SCDMA Simulation Kit for its MD8470A Signalling Tester base station simulator. With the new tools, the MD8470A can be used for development and verification of call processing functions and communication functions on user equipment (UE) and chip sets utilizing TD-SCDMA technology.
The MU847040A is hardware unit for simulating TD-SCDMA base station operation while the MX847040A is TD-SCDMA simulation software that has been designed with a decode function for analyzing the protocol message log between a UE and the MD8470A. When the MU847040A and MX847040 are installed in the base station simulator, a real world testing environment that allows users to freely define TD-SCDMA base station operation is created. A variety of call conditions, including voice call, packet communication and SMS (Short Message Service), can be verified on TD-SCDMA UE when the new tools are integrated into the MD8470A.
Compact in size and equipped with a WindowsR operating system user interface, the MD8470A does not require external servers or a remote PC, allowing users to create a testing environment that occupies much less space. Engineers can efficiently test mobile phone terminal functions in their own personal development environment with the MD8470A. The MD8470A's wide frequency range of 400 MHz to 2.7 GHz allows it to be used in a variety of 3G applications.


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Remember to Remember
The main reason that people give up on a goal is because they don't remember it. I recall as a child writing down goals I wanted to accomplish for the upcoming year and sealing them in an envelope to be opened in 1 year. All I did was write down goals on a piece of paper and put them in an envelope. I forgot about the experience a few hours later and re-opened the envelope one year later. Do you think I did well on my goals? Nope, I really hadn't done much to accomplish the goals I had written down one year earlier.
Recently I set a goal to wake up and stay up each morning when my alarm went off. It is especially difficult for me to wake up in the morning when it is cold outside and I am at a perfect temperature in my warm bed with blankets. In Utah, the best sleeping months of the year are upon us (November – February). To combat the comfort of my bed, I keep a spray bottle nearby and spray myself in the face each morning to wake up and stay up. The problem is that I usually don't remember that the spray bottle is there. A friend told me that I should title the iPhone alarm as 'spray yourself in the face'. I should set the alarm and place it underneath the spray bottle, which will force me to touch the bottle in order to stop the noise.
What does this have to do with learning a new language? Well, many of you have a goal to learn a new language. That is a great and noble goal. Many of you will get busy and forget that you made this goal. You won't remember your goal. Plan time each day to work on your goals, and remember to remind yourself. If you can set up alarms and reminders on your cell phone, that is usually the best way to remind yourself. Remember to remember. Do you have any tips or ideas that have helped you remember?


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It will be at least July 30 before the full House takes up the farm bill passed out of the House Agriculture Committee 35-11 on July 12. On Friday, House Republican leadership declined to schedule floor time for the legislation the week of July 23.
If that decision holds, the House will have only four legislative days to deal with the bill prior to the August recess.
And, with a shrinking window prior to current law expiring in late September, the bill may never reach the House floor. With complaints from the right about the farm bill's cost coupled with Democrat's anger at $16.5 billion in nutrition program cuts, House leadership hasn't been excited to allow debate on the bill.
This is not a huge surprise as House Speaker, Ohio Rep. John Boehner, and Majority Leader, Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, have both cast votes in recent years against farm bills.
Still, the decision comes despite vigorous encouragement to move the legislation from commodity/farm groups amid worsening drought and fear of failed crops in much of farm country. Boehner and Cantor were unmoved.
Just this week, the USDA designated 39 additional counties – in Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming -- as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by drought and excessive heat. So far this year the USDA has designated 1,297 counties across 29 states as disaster areas.
"The excessive, widespread drought will eventually provide increased pressure to move the bill forward," says Jeffery Hall, Arkansas Farm Bureau Associate Director of National Affairs. "That pressure continues to increase each day.
"Of course, the quicker the debate arrives, the better. Farmers will be making planting and crop rotation decisions soon."
For more on the drought, see here and here.
A letter signed by 78 members of the House also failed to sway Boehner and Cantor. "The House Agriculture Committee has done its work and we now ask that you make time on the floor of the House to consider this legislation, so that it can be debated, conferenced, and ultimately passed into law, before the current bill expires," reads the letter. "We need to continue to tell the American success story of agriculture and work to ensure we have strong policies in place so that producers can continue to provide an abundant, affordable and safe food supply.
"We all share the goal of giving small businesses certainty in these challenging economic times. Agriculture supports nearly 16 million jobs nationwideand over 45 million people are helped each year by the nutrition programs in the farm bill. We have a tremendous opportunity to set the course of farm and nutrition policy for another five years while continuing to maintain and support these jobs nationwide.
"The message from our constituents and rural America is clear: we need a farm bill now."
Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, slammed House leaders over their intransigence. "There is no excuse not to bring the farm bill to the floor. We've wasted the last two weeks on political messaging bills that are going nowhere. If the House Republican Leadership were serious about creating jobs and growing our economy they would bring up this bill. There is no good reason to put one of our nation's economic bright spots, the rural economy, at risk.
"The House Agriculture Committee passed a strong, bipartisan farm bill and we need to continue moving forward so we can resolve our differences with the Senate and get a bill to the President's desk before the current bill expires September 30. I remain hopeful we'll find a way to finish our work but time is running out."
The House bill -- formally titled the Federal Agriculture Reform
and Risk Management (FARMM) Act -- would reduce government spending by $35 billion over 10 years.
Hall remains optimistic a farm bill "will pass this year. I'm not surprised that House leadership has delayed action before the August recess. However, I am a bit concerned when looking at the calendar. There will be only 16 legislative days before the November elections.
"But with continued pressure from (lawmakers), commodity organizations and others, the process will move before the end of the year."
Hall is not keen on a one-year extension of current law as a fallback. "I don't believe a one-year extension would maintain the programs in the current farm bill – things like direct payments. That extension would likely mean budget reductions. Then, when the farm bill is brought back up in 2013, we'd have loss of baseline plus those reductions. We need a new farm bill this year."
For more on the farm bill, see here.


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Wabash Day Updateby Jon Pactor '71 • September 13, 2005 Share:
We are about six weeks away from the NAWM's inaugural Wabash Day--Wabash Alumni Benefiting And Serving Humanity, October 29-30. All alumni and their families are encouraged to participate.
What is Wabash Day? In May 2005, the NAWM resolved to have a national day of community service whereby alumni from around the country or the world would autonomously organize and perform community service.
Wabash Day is inexorably linked to Wabash's core values. The Gentlemen's Rule requires Wabash men to be responsible citizens, and the mission statement requires us to think critically, act responsibly, lead effectively, and to live humanely. Regional associations and "ad hoc" associations are organizing community services now. They need our help, as do the communities where we live.
To help, please contact Tom Runge at the alumni office (email@example.com) or me at the contact information below, or contact a Wabash Day Leader in your area. You can find a list of those leaders at the end of this message. If there is no activity in your area, we will help you form one in your area. Thanks for your interest in Wabash Day.
Jon R. Pactor '71
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Wabash Day Leaders
Eugene Anderson '83, Indianapolis, Indiana
J. B. Bachman '61, Nashville, Tennessee
Kevin Benefiel '81, Morgan County (Martinsville, et al), Indiana
Roger Billings '59, Cincinnati, Ohio
Greg Castanias '87, Washington, D.C.
Bill Catus '77, Columbus, Ohio
Lee Clark '73, Noblesville, Indiana
Lee Cline '66, Mississippi
Chuck Crowley '70, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jim Davlin '85, Zionsville, Indiana
Dustin DeNeal '04, Monroe County (Bloomington), Indiana
Mark Dewart '74, Chicagoland
Patrick East '00, Monroe County (Bloomington) Indiana
Greg Estel '85, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Lou Fenolio '81, Lafayette, Indiana
Jay Fisher '66, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Larry Frye, Crawfordsville/Montgomery County, Indiana
Dom Glover '93, Columbus, Indiana
John Grannan '97, Kentuckiana (So. Indiana & Louisville)
Craig Green, 59, Parke County, Indiana
Ted Grossnickle '73, Franklin, Indiana
Tom Hartry '75, Charleston, South Carolina
Peter Horvath '92, South Bend, Indiana
Howard Irish '71, Omaha, Nebraska
Paul Jefferson '92, Indianapolis, Indiana
Brad Johnson '71, Fishers, Indiana
Bill Kaiser '87, Jasper, Indiana
Steve King '97, Cincinnati, Ohio
Ray Ladriere '78, Dallas-Forth Worth, Texas
Larry Landis '67, Indianapolis, Indiana
Thom Liffick '73, Evansville, Indiana
Mike LoPrete '02, Bloomington, Indiana
Steve Marcou '93, Brownsburg, Indiana
Brad Maxwell '83, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Andrew McGlothlen '05, Peoria, Illinois
Roger Neal '04, Indianapolis, Indiana
John Oliveri '91, New York City, N.Y.
Corey Olson '85, Dallas-Forth Worth, Texas
Jon Pactor '71, Indianapolis, Indiana
John Panozzo '89, Denver, Colorado
Harry Phillips '65, Denver, Colorado
Roger Powell '55, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Charlie Raiser '69, St. Louis, Missouri
David Rich '01, Nashville, Tennessee
Bert Salinas '97, Washington, D.C.
Scott Medsker '03, Washington, D.C.
Rick Strasser '02, Washington, D.C.
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The overseers of the DVB digital TV specification have given the thumbs up to a proposed standard for broadcasting 3D footage.
DVB-3DTV was mapped out last year, but only completed a month ago. Now the proposal has the backing of the DVB organisation, it can be formally added to the DVB standard to join the likes of DVB-S for satellite broadcasting, DVB-T2 for terrestrially transmitted HD content and DVB-H, the scheme for sending telly programmes to handhelds.
The DVB organisation said it will now submit DVB-3DTV to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) for formal standardisation.
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A Online Wedding Planner also contains an organizer with areas to make notes, so that everything is in one place. Most of them also contain pages and pages of tips and advice to help make the wedding come together as smoothly as possible, as well as lists of questions to ask vendors. In addition, couples will find information on changing the bride's name, getting their marriage license and even tips for planning honeymoon travel.
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Real Life Situations . . .
Protease Inhibitors vs. NNRTIs
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about switching from a protease inhibitor-based regimen to a non-nucleoside (NNRTI)-based regimen. Why is there so much interest in doing this? Should I consider switching to an NNRTI-based regimen?
Interest in switching from a protease inhibitor-based regimen to an NNRTI-based one is largely motivated by concerns about protease inhibitor side effects and about saving the protease inhibitors for later use when disease progression might require the strongest approach to treatment. With either approach, almost all such regimens include two NARTI (nucleoside analogue) drugs.
Generally NNRTIs have fewer side effects than protease inhibitors. Two big side effect concerns with protease inhibitors that often motivate switching therapy are fat redistribution resulting in a change in body shape composition (lipodystrophy) and abnormal changes in lab values, including triglycerides and cholesterol. This is seen in some people on long-term protease inhibitor therapy. However, it has still not been definitively shown that protease inhibitors are the cause or sole cause of lipodystrophy, nor is there any strong evidence that switching to an NNRTI-based regimen will correct the problem once it occurs.
A lot of research has looked at the effects of switching from protease inhibitor to NNRTI regimens on lipodystrophy. Some protease inhibitors, especially ritonavir, can significantly increase triglyceride and cholesterol levels that may increase the risk for heart disease. Study results so far suggest that changing regimens does not reverse fat redistribution, but triglyceride and cholesterol levels are decreased especially if the NNRTI is nevirapine (Viramune).
There are conflicting results on whether efavirenz (Sustiva) decreases these levels. So it might be reasonable to switch to an NNRTI-based regimen if your cholesterol and triglyceride levels are elevated. However, it is also possible to use cholesterol and triglyceride lowering drugs to achieve the same effect, although drug interactions may occur between these drugs and the protease inhibitors.
Another factor that leads some people to switch from protease inhibitor to NNRTI regimens is that most NNRTIs have relatively easy dosing. Fewer side effect and better ease of use lead some to believe that adherence (taking drugs as prescribed) will improve and thus increase the chances of long-term success.
The decision to change your anti-HIV regimen is best made in partnership with your doctor. Many experts believe that if you experience a good response (suppressed viral load and increases in CD4+ cell count) with minor or at least tolerable side effects on a protease inhibitor-based regimen, then it's reasonable and maybe even preferable to continue on that regimen. There is always a risk, whether from side effects or diminished response to therapy, with switching regimens.
A Note About NNRTIs
The dosing advantage of the NNRTIs has been diminished recently with the use of low dose (sometimes called baby dose) ritonavir (Norvir) in combination with another protease inhibitor. This results in higher and more sustained levels of the other protease inhibitor in the blood. Therefore it's possible to use lower doses of both drugs and the schedule can be reduced to twice-a-day and possibly even once daily. However, this combination may not be an option for everybody.
Opportunistic Infections
My doctor recently told me that I can stop taking my opportunistic infections (OI) preventive therapies. Does this mean that I can also stop taking my anti-HIV drugs?
It's likely that your doctor told you that it is safe to stop taking your OI preventive medicine because you have had a sustained increase in CD4+ cell counts from being on effective anti-HIV therapies. If this were the reason, it would be unwise to stop taking your anti-HIV therapies as they are making your immune system stronger and able to ward off disease-causing organisms without the need of more drugs.
However, there could be other reasons why your doctor suggests that you go off certain medications, including concerns about drug interactions or side effects. Talk to your doctor to find out why she or he is encouraging you to stop taking any therapy.
The US Public Health Service has issued guidelines on when it may be safe to stop taking preventive OI therapies. For more information on these federal guidelines, read PI Perspective 28.
Side Effects
I am considering stopping my anti-HIV therapies because of side effects. Does this sound reasonable? I have also heard that I might develop resistance to these therapies if I stop them. Is there anything I can do to reduce the risk of developing resistance? How long should I stop for and when I restart therapy should I use the same regimen or a different one?
Dealing with drug side effects can be a real challenge. Most are treatable, either by switching a particular drug or by using ways to treat or manage the side effect. So the first response might best be exploring ways to treat or manage them, not to immediately stop your anti-HIV drugs.
It's important to remember that lots of people experience side effects for about a month or two after they start or switch to a new regimen. They usually decrease over time as your body adjusts to the drugs. However, if they continue for more than two months or get more severe over time, contact your doctor immediately.
Stopping anti-HIV therapies is one way to deal with serious side effects, but that decision is best made with your doctor. When you talk to your doctor, remember that there are potential concerns, including: a drop in CD4+ cell counts (in some people this can be quite dramatic); an increase in viral load; and a small but real possibility of developing resistance to one or more drugs in your regimen.
Resistance is not always well understood. The only time we're certain that someone won't develop resistance is when they're off treatment. There's some evidence that going off treatment for awhile tends to reverse some of the resistance a person has already built up.
Does this mean that there's no chance of developing resistance from going off therapy? Not exactly. Even though there's little or no evidence of developing resistance after stopping therapy, there is still a theoretical concern -- especially if you go on and off therapy several times.
Each time treatment is stopped and later restarted, it creates a brief period when there's an inadequate level of drug in the bloodstream. In theory, these periods are brief "windows of opportunity" for developing resistance.
To minimize this risk, it's important to not simply stop taking one drug in your regimen or to reduce the dose of a drug without guidance from your doctor.
If you choose to stop therapy, there is some slowly emerging information to help guide doing that more safely. Some experts suggest that people using nevirapine (Viramune) or efavirenz (Sustiva) stop those drugs two or three days before stopping other anti-HIV medications. This is because these two drugs remain in the blood much longer than other drugs. Consequently, if you stop all the anti-HIV drugs at the same time, nevirapine or efavirenz will be found in the blood after the others have worn off. This might increase the risk of developing resistance to either one. Ideally, the blood levels of all anti-HIV drugs should reach zero at about the same time.
Unfortunately, there is no good answer to how long someone should stop their anti-HIV drugs. We do know that after stopping therapy, it becomes even more important to closely monitor your CD4+ cell counts and viral load to help guide future decisions.
Finally, many factors need to be considered when restarting anti-HIV therapy. If the side effect(s) went away while you were off therapy, it's likely that one or more drugs caused the side effect(s). Restarting the same regimen may not be wise as those side effect(s) may reappear. This is not always the case, but switching to another regimen is probably preferable.
Another consideration is whether you could switch to a whole new regimen. If not, it's even more important to identify the drug causing the side effect and substitute it. It may also benefit you to take a resistance test before stopping the original regimen to help select a new one. Just remember, a resistance test can only be accurately done if you have a viral load above 1,000 copies/mL.
Tried and True vs. Brand Spanking New
Should I switch to a new (recently approved/available) anti-HIV drug right now? Are new anti-HIV drugs better than old ones?
As more anti-HIV drugs are developed, many wonder if they should switch to a newer drug. A new drug isn't necessarily better or worse than older ones. To decide if switching to a new drug is right for you, start by evaluating new the same way you evaluate old.
Collect and consider the available information about potency, drug interactions, reported side effects and dosing schedule. Remember that while a new drug often sounds good -- especially amid the hype of marketing campaigns -- it may not be the one for you. Think strategically about your future options and plan for the long-term before you switch.
Perhaps most importantly, think about your reasons for changing. If you're currently doing well and have minimal side effects, changing might not be wise. You would be stepping off into the unknown, while abandoning something that's working well for you. On the other hand, if you're experiencing some level of drug failure, adherence problems or serious side effects, it would be wise to consider a change.
That said, a new drug may (or not) be more potent than the current drugs -- maybe even against resistant virus. If it is, this is good news for those who have taken many anti-HIV drugs and are "treatment experienced." A new drug might be easier to take -- with once a day dosing, for example. This can lead to improved adherence. Also, it could claim fewer or more tolerable side effects overall, making it an attractive option for those struggling with side effects.
There is sometimes a psychological boost from taking something new. Because few people have taken the drug, there's little negative news about it, which makes people feel good. Feeling good and hopeful about treatment can lead to better adherence and health in general.
On the other hand, a new drug has often only been used by a small number of people for a limited time. This means that some of the information about the drug may not be apparent until more people, like you, use it. We have less information about a new drug than almost any older drug. And six months or a year from now, we will know more about it than we do today.
Also, doctors generally have less experience with a new drug, and so they aren't used to recognizing its potential side effects. New can also mean that side effects aren't well characterized yet. This might worsen quality of life and interfere with the ability to adhere. However, this is not unique to a new drug. It's a risk associated with switching in general.
Most people, rather than jumping on the new drug bandwagon, will wait until more doctors and patients have used the drug and experienced and managed side effects, so that when they are ready to make a switch there's more information to consider. Ultimately, the key to switching to a new drug or an older one is strategy: don't switch without a reason for doing so, and if you do, don't plan only for the short-term but for a long and healthy treatment future.
I just found out I am seven weeks pregnant. Is it true that I shouldn't take any anti-HIV medications during the first trimester?
The first trimester (14 weeks) of pregnancy is a time of great physical change for a woman and her developing baby. There are two main reasons why some doctors and women prefer to delay starting anti-HIV treatment during this time. One is the concern about side effects to the developing baby, and the second is the difficulty that starting therapy poses to a newly pregnant woman whose body is undergoing great change.
First, the beginning trimester is the time when the baby's organs, like the heart, lungs and brain, develop most rapidly and are especially fragile. The developing baby may be prone to harm from any drugs that the mother takes. So, some women may prefer to delay treatment until after the first trimester, when the baby's organ development is completed.
Some women taking anti-HIV drugs when they find out they're pregnant may switch or stop certain ones during the first trimester. Switching to those less likely to harm the baby is common. Stopping altogether, however, should be done with great care as the drugs may help maintain the mother's health during this important time.
Second, many women experience morning sickness during the first trimester. These symptoms may worsen with therapy, making taking drugs as prescribed difficult. This may result in decreased drug levels in the blood, increasing the risk of drug resistance. So, delaying treatment may lessen these uncomfortable symptoms and prevent problems linked to poor adherence like developing drug resistance.
No woman should ever be denied treatment or forced to stop taking anti-HIV medications during the first trimester. Using therapy during this time should really depend on her own health needs and personal preferences. Understanding the risks and benefits associated with delaying, stopping or continuing medications during the first trimester is critical.
Lastly, anti-HIV medications help reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission. Anti-HIV therapies are only one part of a bigger picture of mother-to-child HIV prevention. Good prenatal care and stable support along with careful attention to the health and nutrition of the expectant mother are equally important.
For more information on HIV and pregnancy, read Project Inform's Pregnancy and HIV.
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Apologies to David Letterman, but this is what you get when you have too much coffee too early in the morning.
Top Ten things people said when they heard the the NSA was spying on them in WoW:
10) Well, that explains why the Alliance never has healers in a battleground.
9) I bet they were just checking out Goldshire for terrorists.
8) That explains the "Terrorist Hunter" guild name.
7) Can you transmog your gear into a "spy" outfit?
6) I bet they were planning on infiltrating SI:7 too.
5) Did they team up with Pat Robertson to investigate Warlocks for witchcraft?
4) They thought Tauren were a sleeper cell of the terrorist group Al-'Cow'da.
3) All those taxpayer dollars, and the U.S. still can't field a top raiding guild.
2) Ghostcrawler leaves and the NSA report is leaked. Coincidence?
And the Number One thing people said when they heard the NSA was spying on them in WoW:
1) Were these the people behind all the crap in LFR after all?
Thursday, December 12, 2013
An NSA/WoW Top Ten List
Posted by Redbeard
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- AnonymousDecember 13, 2013 at 1:41:00 PM EST
Golly, ours were somewhat different. My favorite was:ReplyDelete
Any spy agency that thought there was intelligence to be gathered in Warcraft clearly never listened to trade chat.Replies
I also thought about one from Barrens chat, but it really hasn't been the same since Cata broke it up into two zones.Delete
But yeah, there were a few I had written and ended up deleting because I wanted to keep it humorous, although the "what were they smoking?" comment was pretty appropriate.
I'll give it another try. My favorite is the LFR one, I'd like to blame bad attitudes on them rather than us, lol.ReplyDelete
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Salter and Doris Cochran, April 12, 1997. Interview R-0014.
Treating Race, Treating Poverty: Segregation, Poverty, Race, and Medical Care in Weldon, North Carolina: Salter and Doris Cochran reflect on the many challenges that faced them in their efforts to desegregate medical care and public education in Weldon, North Carolina.
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