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Original Articles| September 01 1995
Elevated Levels of Authentic Plasma Hydroperoxides in NIDDM
Jaffar Nourooz-Zadeh;
Jaffar Nourooz-Zadeh
Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine, University College London Medical School
Javad Tajaddini-Sarmadi;
Javad Tajaddini-Sarmadi
Sue McCarthy;
D John Betteridge;
D John Betteridge
Simon P Wolff
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Simon P. Wolff, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine, UCL Medical School, 5 University Street, London WC1E 6JJ, U.K.
BHT, butylated hydroxytoluene; FOX, ferrous oxidation in xylenol orange; 5-HPETE, [5(S),6E,8Z,11Z,14Z]-5-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid; HPLC, highperformance liquid chromatography; 9-HPODE, [9(S),10E,12Z]-9-hyfcoyeroyqocta-decadien-1-oic acid; 13-HPODE, [9Z,11E,13(S)]-13-hydroperoxyoctadecadien-l-oic acid; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; PAP, peroxidase-antiperoxidase; ROOH, lipid hydroperoxide; TBA, thiobarbituric acid; TBARM, thiobarbituric acid–reactive material; TPP, triphenylphosphine.
Diabetes 1995;44(9):1054–1058
https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.44.9.1054
Jaffar Nourooz-Zadeh, Javad Tajaddini-Sarmadi, Sue McCarthy, D John Betteridge, Simon P Wolff; Elevated Levels of Authentic Plasma Hydroperoxides in NIDDM. Diabetes 1 September 1995; 44 (9): 1054–1058. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.44.9.1054
Using a precise technique for measuring authentic plasma lipid hydroperoxides (ROOHs), we show that individuals with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) have higher levels of ROOH than do control subjects. ROOHs were measured by the ferrous oxidation with xylenol orange assay coupled with the selective ROOH reductant triphenylphosphine. Formation of the ferric xylenol orange complex was determined at 560 nm and calibrated against H2O2. For 22 individuals with NIDDM, a concentration of 9.04 ± 4.3 μmol/l (mean ± SD) ROOH was recorded. This concentration was higher (P < 0.0005 by separate-variance t test) than that of plasma ROOHs from control subjects (3.76 ± 2.48 μmol/l). There was no difference between concentrations of plasma malondialdehyde measured as thiobarbituric acid–reactive material (TBARM) in NIDDM or control subjects (1.00 ± 0.70 vs. 1.21 ± 0.62 μmol/l, respectively; P > 0.1). A trend to lower vitamin E levels in the NIDDM group (9.03 ± 3.31 vs. 10.31 ± 5.02 μg/ml in control subjects) failed to achieve significance at the 95% confidence level. Plasma ROOHs in the diabetic group did not correlate with total plasma cholesterol, triglyceride, fasting glucose, HbA1, vitamin E, or TBARM levels. These data indicate that measurement of authentic ROOHs shows NIDDM to be associated with oxidative stress, which may be unrelated to abnormalities in lipid metabolism and glycemic control.


46And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. 47For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, `I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'" 48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of God;and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 49And the word of the Lord spread throughout all the region.
1Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! 2For great is his steadfast love toward us;and the faithfulness of the LORD endures for ever. Praise the LORD!


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La palinopsia es un fenómeno  poco frecuente que consiste en la percepción reiterada de imágenes por parte de un individuo tras la desaparición del estímulo visual que las originó. El término deriva de la palabra griega palin (de nuevo) y opsis (visión), por lo que literalmente significa ver de nuevo.

Las personas que presentan este síntoma ven de forma recurrente imágenes o escenas que presenciaron horas o días antes. Técnicamente es un fenómeno que se considera un tipo de alucinación, aunque se diferencia claramente de las que aparecen en ciertas enfermedades mentales como la esquizofrenia, entre otras razones porque no ocasionan una respuesta emocional tan intensa por parte del paciente que las identifica  con claridad como escenas de su vida cotidiana que se repiten de forma reiterada como si fueran ecos visuales. Sin embargo algunas personas si pueden presentar ansiedad o angustia tras experimentar el fenómeno.

Están causada generalmente por una lesión en el lóbulo occipital o parietal del cerebro que puede estar originada por varias enfermedades, entre las que se incluyen: Tumor cerebral, traumatismo craneoencefálico, accidente vascular cerebral y epilepsia. En ocasiones es un efecto secundario de algunos medicamentos, como ciertos antidepresivos.

Aunque existen varias teorías que intentan explicar los mecanismos fisiológicos y bioquímicos que ocasionan este fenómeno, aún no se sabe con certeza por qué se produce.

Referencias

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Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Asks, Are You "Friend or Faux?"
By Rich DupreyFool.com
Fresh ingredients have been the hallmark of a Chipotle Mexican Grill meal from the start, but now others want to bite off some of its wholesomeness.
Just as whenChipotle Mexican Grillinvested in fast-casual pizza chain Pizzeria Locale to blunt all the new shops opening that were claiming to be the "Chipotle of pizza," the Mexican food joint is going after its rivals who are rushing to eliminate artificial ingredients from their menu.
"Food with Integrity" has always been what's separated Chipotle from the competition. By internalizing its commitment to providing fresh, wholesome ingredients, the fast-casual chain raised the bar for its rivals to implement their own food quality improvement programs.
A smorgasbord of fresh foodMcDonald's , for example, introduced fresher, more unique ingredients while allowing for greater order customization. Yum! Brands' Pizza Hut plansto completely remove all artificial flavors and coloring from all of its pizzas by the end of July, while its Taco Bell chain will be doing the same, affecting 95% of its primary food items.
Subway is takingartificial colors, flavors, and preservatives out of its sandwiches over the next 18 months, and just last month, cereal maker General Mills said it was eliminating artificial colors and flavors from artificial sources from all of its cereals, meaning the change will roughly effect40% of its cereals over the next two to three years. It's also opted to demand its suppliers treat the animals they sell it more humanely.
But Chipotle sees them as pretenders to the throne which, just like the pizzerias, are paying lip service to what it considers to be one of its core values. In response to these companies that it charges are just going through the motions, the Mexican restaurant is launching a new game for consumers to stack up these restaurants' ingredients against its own.
Stacking the odds in its favorCalled "Friend or Faux," the game challenges customers to investigate whether a restaurant is truly committed to giving them wholesome, natural ingredients, or, as Chipotle suggests is truly the case, they are just jumping on the bandwagon.
The fast-casual chain says that while many companies have announced intentions to remove artificial ingredients, flavors, and colors from their foods, it actually covers "only a portion of the thousands of additives used in processed foods."
Beginning on July 21, you'll be able to go to theFriend or Fauxwebsite and find out just how many fake ingredients remain in the processed foods you're buying. To play, customers choose one item from Chipotle's menu and one from a rival fast-food chain's menu after which they are shown a list of 20 ingredients. The customer then has to guess which menu item contains each ingredient, whether you'll find it in Chipotle's food, the fast-food chain's food, or in both.
Image: Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Players are also able to win prizes. Just by entering you get a sweepstakes entry plus a buy-one-get-one free coupon for up to $10 at Chipotle. Other prizes include a Chipotle-catered party for 20 and the grand prize being 52 free dinner-for-two cards valued at $25 each.
All-natural beautyThe purpose, of course, is to highlight the quality of Chipotle's own food. It says there are just 68 additives across all of its menu, and if you exclude tortillas, there are just 46. This past April, the fast-casual chain also said all 1,800 restaurants would no longer serve food that contained genetically engineered ingredients.
It wasn't easy finding commodities that hadn't been genetically modified, particularly for its tortillas. U.S.-grown corn, for example, has been almost completely engineered in the lab with 93% of the crop being GMO. Soy is even worse at 94%. That's why both ingredients were the last two to be removed from Chipotle's restaurants.
General Mills had similar difficulties when it made its original Cheerios GMO-free. It took the cereal maker over a year to find a non-GMO supplier of sugar.Half of the U.S. sugar supply comes from sugar beets, and 95% of the U.S. sugar beet crop is GMO. It was fortunate the oats used to make Cheerios were already GMO-free. The artificial ingredients it's removing were already absent from 60% of its cereals, because they either never had them or were already replaced.
Consumers are increasingly swayed by the move away from additives in their food and drink and this fun, friendly marketing ploy by Chipotle Mexican Grill means the fast-casual chain is once again raising the bar on what it calls the fake competition.
The article Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Asks, Are You "Friend or Faux?" originally appeared on Fool.com.
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English referee screw up may ruin Holland/Spain World Cup final
Wait for the English referee Howard Webb to screw up at the World Cup final this year. Not because he's English but because referees have been the bane of this World Cup. There have been two different narratives throughout this World Cup. The football has been magnificent but the officiating in many games abysmal. While we have all been delighted with the standard of football and that the two best teams made the final, the refereeing has made the World Cup much more of a lottery than it should be. Consider the 'goal' that the officials disallowed in the England/Germany game when the ball was a clear yard over the line. Or the American goal disallowed against Slovenia when no one but the referee could see an infraction. Or the offside goal for Holland that saw them through to the World Cup finals. Because of video technology no other major sport has the opportunity for errors that soccer has. With a few billion people watching tomorrow Howard Webb will have to be Superman to not slip up. I believe he will at some point and it will be the focus of the game. Why shouldn't the fourth official have access to a video replay system and call in the correct decision if the ball is dead anyway immediately after an offside goal. Unfortunately FIFA remains in its ivory tower insisting they know best. My guess is this final might finally reveal just how out of touch they are.
Sean O'Shea
Wait for the English referee Howard Webb to screw up at the World Cup final this year.
Not because he's English but because referees have been the bane of this World Cup.
There have been two different narratives throughout this World Cup.
The football has been magnificent but the officiating in many games abysmal.
While we have all been delighted with the standard of football and that the two best teams made the final, the refereeing has made the World Cup much more of a lottery than it should be.
Consider the 'goal' that the officials disallowed in the England/Germany game when the ball was a clear yard over the line.
Or the American goal disallowed against Slovenia when no one but the referee could see an infraction.
Or the offside goal for Holland that saw them through to the World Cup finals.
Because of video technology no other major sport has the opportunity for errors that soccer has.
With a few billion people watching tomorrow Howard Webb will have to be Superman to not slip up.
I believe he will at some point and it will be the focus of the game.
Why shouldn't the fourth official have access to a video replay system and call in the correct decision if the ball is dead anyway immediately after an offside goal.
Unfortunately FIFA remains in its ivory tower insisting they know best.
My guess is this final might finally reveal just how out of touch they are.


The King Edward VI College Site Foundation (known as the Mansion) in Totnes are seeking expressions of interest from organisations interested in renting office space in the building.
The young co-founders of the Golden Iris Festival, have found their way to the House of Commons, in London, to attend a discussion forum alongside pupils from London as part of a joint inquiry on young people's mental health by the Education and Health Select Committees.
It has been incredibly busy since our last update, so apologies that this one is coming out later than we would have liked.
As we head towards the end of another year, this briefish update focuses on some of the oldest facilities in our community (the Mansion) coming into community management; some of the youngest members of our community showing some amazing appetite for supporting each other and developing their own talents (the Golden Iris Festival); and some of the investment that is coming into Totnes to support a new way of building new homes, facilities and managing listed assets together for and as a community (the Brunel Building in Atmos Totnes).
TCDS is not for profit company based in Totnes, Devon, that seeks to support the community in obtaining land, managing and imaginatively developing it.


beautiful to see these massive guys.
Great photo Pat. I haven't been out there lately. The colors have definitely changed.
Stunning. Looks like a diorama in the Museum of Natural History.
This is a beautiful photo of htese magnificent animals!
What nice racks, I like thefog.
Love that the one guy has a mouthful of grass.
Hi there - I always think its a real thrill to meet an aniaml that is bigger than you are. Adds a big of perspective to the day!
A superb capture of these wonderful beasts.
Watching the slideshow on your main page is like seeing a NG or a BBC wildlife documentary. What a feast for the eye! And this photo is also gorgeous.
Incredible crisp capture of these majestic looking males! Those antlers are really something. Great angle. Always a pleasure to view your superb images!
Just magnificent -- wonderful photos.
Thanks, texwisgirl! It is always fun to have an encounter with such a powerful animal.
Thanks, Jim! Yeah, it has full on changed from green & flower dappled to shades of brown. Although the grasses are blooming beautifully right now, which is actually why I decided to take this hike that day.
Thanks, Sinbad & I! I hadn't thought of that, but it kind of does!
Thanks, Carol! This was about as light as the fog was. It was literally changing by the second -- with some moments like this, and then some like peasoup just a shore while later.
Thanks, Jarred! Fog is an essential part of Point Reyes Natioanl Seashore -- the lighthouse area is called the "foggiest place in north america" (although I don't know if the data back that up or not).
Thanks, Carletta! The herd was enjoying an evening meal.
Thanks, Stewart -- I totally agree!
Thanks for your really kind words, JM, I'm glad you enjoyed the slideshow!
Thanks, Julie! The antlers are still covered in velvet, but it won't be too long before they rub it off and begin the rut.


CG11981: The gene Proteasome β3 subunit is referred to in FlyBase by the symbol Dmel\Prosβ3 (CG11981, FBgn0026380). It is a protein_coding_gene from Drosophila melanogaster. Based on sequence similarity, it is predicted to have molecular function: endopeptidase activity. There is experimental evidence that it is involved in the biological process: response to DNA damage stimulus; neurogenesis. 5 alleles are reported. No phenotypic data is available. It has one annotated transcript and one annotated polypeptide. Protein features are: Proteasome B-type subunit; Proteasome, beta-type subunit, conserved site; Proteasome, subunit alpha/beta. Summary of modENCODE Temporal Expression Profile: Temporal profile ranges from a peak of very high expression to a trough of moderately high expression. Peak expression observed within 00-06 hour embryonic stages, during late larval stages, during early pupal stages, in stages of adults of both sexes.
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It's no secret that sales and marketing teams don't always play nice with each other. After all, each department has a different set of goals that are commonly misunderstood by each other. The thing is, when the departments are aligned something amazing happens. Your organization wins.
Beyond these telling statistics, here are a couple of other reasons why sales and marketing alignment should be a top priority.
To determine if your company fits into this obscene stat, examine the content and resources provided to your sales team. If they don't have content that can make a solid first impression that will engage and educate the prospective customers, then how can you expect them to close a deal?
Having your sales and marketing team collaborate on content is one way to align them since it will help them better understand the challenges that each face. More importantly, both departments can create effective content based on their knowledge and experiences with prospects.
When your sales and marketing teams aren't aligned you're going to run into some inefficiencies. If you don't think that this is a big deal, then consider the fact the ineffective content marketing has resulted in the loss of $958 million annually.
More importantly, inefficiencies between sales and marketing can lead to sales saturation. As Mike Weir, Vertical Director for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions' Technology business, points out "that upwards of 80 percent of leads generated by marketing are neglected or never acted upon by a sales rep" because of lead quality and lead readiness of salespeople. Weir suggests that you run a sales equation to start making changes that all of your team members should be aware of.
Everyone also has to be aware of their sales team capacity by setting realistic goals, refining your lead nurturing strategy, knowing what is actually bringing in payments to your business and focusing on delivering leads to your sales team needs.
Did you know that when you don't have a sales and marketing alignment you " waste up to 91 percent of potential ROI on marketing investments?" Even worse? Around "50 percent of sales time is wasted on unproductive prospecting." One way that this is caused is because your sales team is searching for content that can attract, engage, and convert leads. Sales are likely complaining to one another and feeling the disconnect. And yet, guess what? Your marketing team has already created this information and content for you, and it's usually sitting there with flashing lights. But, since they weren't aligned, your sales team is now missing out on potential sales opportunities.
Tips on aligning sales and marketing teams.
Aligning your sales and marketing teams not only increases revenue, reduces inefficiencies and wasteful spending, it helps you boost the morale of both teams leading to customer retention. When people are selling more, we're making more money. When we all make more money it generally leads to a much happier team.
The remarkable progress will be in recognizing the acknowledged changes in the buyer journey earlier, helping to close deals faster, a higher degree of confidence from your customers, and it will increase the swiftness of collaboration. Salespeople are usually pretty adept at sniffing out their next bonus (at least mine are) -- and when they come to realize that marketing is holding the key to a swifter process in sales, you will have sold your own sales team collaborating.
Have a content creation process in place.
Coordinate marketing campaigns with sales.
Keep sales resources in one convenient location.
Have fun and get to know each other.


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As a kid, back to school meant a new beginning. It was a chance to get a fresh start and improve on whatever I may have failed at the year before. And let's be honest– it meant cool new back to school gadgets. As an adult, I don't have the luxury of a fresh start every fall. By August, we are well into the third quarter and pushing to hit our quarterly goals.
But what if we gave ourselves the chance to 'recharge' mid-quarter? Do you think it would help productivity?
If so, here are a few ways to get back on track after summer vacation and close out Q3 with a bang.
The last thing you want when you come back from vacation is to find out a team member never got a document that you thought you sent over email before you left.
When you have a document to share with your entire team, don't type up an email with a list of recipients who may never actually read it. Instead, find a collaboration tool you can use within your team so you can seamlessly upload the document for everyone to access. There will be no more excuses of "lost emails" or "I didn't receive that email." There will be a centralized place for everyone to grab the information they need, when they need it. "Reply-all" emails will be a thing of the past.
Once summer comes to an end, you start to see your team members' faces more often. Mostly everyone is back from summer vacation feeling a bit rejuvenated. Take advantage of that feeling– it might not last long. Get your team together. Get them to collaborate on a project that might otherwise be a solo endeavor. Take their ideas seriously and incorporate them into the project. You can even find a tool that makes collaborating easy to do in real time.
There are a ton of activities that children can try when they're in school. Art, sports, drama club, etc. There is rarely a time when they can't try out for whatever their heart desires.
However, there comes a point in your career when you may think you couldn't possibly give something else a try. Don't let that stop you: get back your childhood enthusiasm to learn something new.
Let's say you're the VP of Engineering but find the sales side of the business fascinating. Shadow the sales team for a few hours each week. Not only will you become acquainted with a department you may rarely connect with, you will gain an insight into another area of the business. Who knows, if you are good enough they may even let you talk to an opp. You won't know until you try.
In school, it's considered cheating if you look off of your neighbor's paper for an answer to a question you may be struggling with. In the workplace, it's considered knowledge sharing. I can think of many times when I have 'looked off a colleague's paper' to help me find answers to my questions. My problem was solved and no one was angry. They were even flattered that I wanted to use their messaging. What was once considered cheating in school is now looked at as sharing your knowledge in the workplace. Share away, my friends!
Whether you are starting back to school, coming back from summer vacation, or even starting a new job, this is your chance to start over on a positive note. You can get rid of old processes (such as spending an hour every day checking email) and really start to leverage your teammates' knowledge.
Goodbye summer, hello new beginnings!


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For all tasks Wednesday-Friday before event (April 18-20), please park in the private meadow (access through the farm gate) at 6000 Reedy Creek Road, Raleigh.
Volunteers may purchase a T-shirt for $10 when they sign up here to volunteer OR at the event. ($5 discount). Long-sleeve t-shirts are available for an additional $10.


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NetOne Board Chair Marufu Calls It A Day
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NetOne board Chairperson chairman Mr Alex Marufu has relinquished his post after serving for two and half years at the position, amidst serious shakeups, culture shift and clashes with past management team which saw most top of its executives fired.
While he spent the better part of his life in South Africa as he was employed by company EOH Holdings. Traveling back and forth to sit on local boards proved to be one of the most demanding tasks he faced, though he personally attested that he enjoyed the challenges and tasks he faced during his tenure.
I am grateful for the opportunity that i got to serve NetOne and the government of Zimbabwe and I thoroughly enjoyed it all, the stress is all part of the thrill. I learnt a lot, made many friends, New contracts and all a worthwhile experience.
As he left the hole, board member Peter Chingoka was hoisted up to assume the duties as Acting Chairperson, while three other board members had been sacked as well in the past months.
His departure comes at a time when Reward Kangai, and these top executives Memory Mandiya Ndoro, (executive public relations and special projects), Mr Prosper Muvengwa (executive retail and sales), Mr Lindon Nkomo (legal executive) and Mr Rafael Mushanawani (chief information officer) have been served with firing orders.
By TechnoMag Reporter
In a statement, NetOne said Marufu hanged his boots effective immediately.
"NetOne wishes to announce that its Chairman of the board, Mr Alex Marufu has stepped down with immediate effect. Mr Marufu has been chairman for the last two and half years," said the state owned mobile network operator.
Peter Chingoka
Added NetOne, "In the last several months, he has been operating from South Africa where he is employed by EOH Holdings. He has been travelling up and down in order to meet his board commitments at NetOne."
NetOne expressed gratitude for Marufu's efforts at the company. NetOne takes this opportunity to thank Mr Marufu for his contribution to the business of NetOne and wishes him all the success in his future endeavours and assignments.
The mobile network operator also congratulated Mr Chingoka for taking the interim chair role.
"NetOne also wishes to congratulate board member Mr Peter Chingoka who has been elevated to Acting Chairperson. Mr Chingoka is a veteran of the boardroom with more than 20 years experience in corporate leadership.
"He has recently successfully completed his studies for a Law degree. We look forward to his guidance," said NetOne.
EOH is South Africa;s largest technology group listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange with sights on the rest of Africa and the Middle East to enhance its industrial technologies capability and its IT applications and consultancy businesses.
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Very few of us ever have to go to court as a plaintiff or defendant, but when we do, we want good, honest people to listen to the evidence and decide on the verdict. Therefore, when called to serve on a jury, we have an obligation to our fellow citizens to honor the summons and appear at court.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A blown tire on a semi-truck may be to blame for a deadly head-on crash with a commercial passenger bus along Interstate 40 in New Mexico near the Arizona border, according to authorities. At least eight people were killed, and many of the 49 passengers aboard the Greyhound bus were injured, although authorities couldn't immediately provide an exact count of how many were hurt or their conditions.
At least nine bus passengers were being treated at University of New Mexico Hospital. UNM officials didn't release any details about the patients' conditions. Passing motorists described a chaotic scene with passengers on the ground and people screaming.


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Private Military Contractors Experiencing an Industry Boom in Iraq
By Jody Ray Bennett - Aug 25, 2010, 10:22 AM CDT
In hopes of making good on a campaign promise just months before the November elections, President Barack Obama successfully oversaw the last of combat troops depart from Iraq just a few weeks shy of the 31 August deadline. While 50,000 soldiers will remain in Iraq as 'advisors,' private security contractors will likely more than double in the country to provide personnel and convoy protection and train Iraqi police and other security forces.
A 12 July report issued by the Commission on Wartime Contracting (COWC) in Iraq and Afghanistan found that the presence of private military contractors in Iraq- companies like Blackwater/Xe, Canopy and Dyncorp - will increase in number as US military forces complete their exit from Iraq by 31 December 2011.
Governance of the Iraqi occupation has slowly been transitioning from Pentagon to State Department control, and in a statement by commission chairmen, "Assuming no change in [the Department of State] mission, the department's only realistic option for dealing with the U.S. military's exit is to make much heavier use of contractors," concluding that, "the department would need to more than double [the contractor] force to 6,000 to 7,000 people to handle its needs in the future." That figure is compared to the current "2,700 private security personnel in Iraq to augment its own diplomatic security force."
A more expensive footprint
Indeed, without private contractors, the Department of State finds itself in something of a conundrum.Defense News aptly noted that the State Department "appears to have little choice [as] it lacks its own force of personnel to fly helicopters, disarm bombs or provide dozens of other services that military personnel now provide [especially when] the military is scheduled to reduce its Iraq footprint to 50,000 troops in August and be out of that country by the end of next year."
And now that this has already happened - and ahead of schedule - the demand for private military and security personnel is already ramping up as troops pull out.
"Given the broad military mission the U.S. has, coupled with the lack of a draft, there is no doubt we actually need more, not less, private military contractors. The recent news about the contractor force that will be left in Iraq is a perfect example of how we seem to be substituting private military contractors for our regular military. We're not really leaving Iraq - we're changing our official presence there," Fouad Pervez, PhD student in International Relations at Georgetown University and contributor to Foreign Policy in Focus, told ISN Security Watch.
By its own standards, the COWC report made further conclusions after making concessions concerning the development of the Iraqi government and its ability to transform the country into a stable, functioning state:
"Unless and until the Iraqi government develops suitable capabilities for support, increased contracting by [the Department of State] would entail great increases in expenditures, challenges of executing and overseeing contracts, and possibilities for unneeded and wasteful spending. In addition, inadequately staffed and resourced oversight could multiply opportunities for contractor mistakes or misconduct that might alienate Iraqi opinion and undermine U.S. policy objectives."
Just three days after the Commission's report, the Office of General Inspector in the Iraqi Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation blacklisted 146 companies and contractors for submitting to it falsified documents for operation.
Layered responsibility
In June 2010, vehement critic of the private military and security industry, Jeremy Scahill reported that since the beginning of Obama's presidency, "there has been a 23% increase in the number of 'Private Security Contractors' working for the Department of Defense in Iraq in the second quarter of 2009 and a 29% increase in Afghanistan," citing statistics provided by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
In a press release, the COWC stated that: "Fragmentary data - the best the government has - suggest that at least a third of the roughly 200,000 contractor employees in Iraq and Afghanistan work for subcontractors. Because the federal government has no direct contractual relationship with subcontractors, it has limited visibility into who they are and what they are doing. Prime contractors are legally responsible for managing subcontractors, but the primes' internal controls and the effectiveness of federal oversight have often been inadequate."
And this will likely affect public opinion of the American presence in Iraq.
"The overall problem [has to do with] PMCs and how [they] affect foreign policy. The bigger problem isn't [companies like] Blackwater, it's the mission. PMCs give political leaders an easy out because they are rarely held accountable for their deaths (as compared with U.S. military deaths). This allows a distortion of public opinion on conflict. If the public doesn't see the face of war (which is precisely what happens when you privatize the conflict, since the press doesn't really cover PMCs), war can continue when it would have been seriously challenged and possibly halted before due to public pressure," Pervez said.
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The US Exit Strategy from Afghanistan: Credible Afghan Security Forces
EU Slaps Sanctions On Turkey For Illegal Offshore Drilling
This Arms Deal Could Trigger A New ''Cold War''
Gulf of Mexico Production Falls 50%


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The Difference Between a Windmill and Advanced Wind Turbine Technology
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It's time to stop calling advanced wind turbines "windmills."
To begin with the conclusion: A wind turbine is not a windmill -- or a wind pump. Windmills and wind pumps have been around for 100s of years. Windmills have been used to mill grain, and wind pumps have served to pump water from the ground and drain it to clear land. Wind turbines -- just like hydroelectric dams and nuclear power plants -- generate electricity, and modern wind turbine technology has put them in a class by themselves.
The only thing they have in common, outside of a few mechanical features, is that they're driven by wind. Let's look at the difference between a windmill and a wind turbine you'd find today on a hillside or shoreline -- it's truly amazing to see what modern blade pitch technology can do!
The Difference Between a Windmill and a Wind Turbine
Windmills represent an antiquated (though still used) technology, while wind turbines continue to implement newer, more responsive technology. Let's start with the old:
A Short History of Windmills
Windmills and wind pumps have changed relatively little since the 600s, when they first came into use in the region of Sistan (now Iran and Afghanistan). A century later, windmills and wind pumps were operating elsewhere in the Middle East, as well as China. By the 1300s, wind pumps were draining Dutch valleys to create farmland.
In the United States, wind pumps became much more widespread than windmills. From 1850 to 1970, wind pumps sprouted like weeds across the country, with more than 6 million popping up. Most provided water to farms and livestock.
The first electricity-generating wind turbine showed up in Ohio in 1888. But it wasn't until the 1970s -- in the midst of the Oil Crisis -- that turbines able to generate more than about 25 kW arrived. Since then, advances in wind turbine technology have created sophisticated machines clustered over 100s of acres at a time while descendants of the livestock watered by wind pumps graze beneath their blades.
How Windmills, Wind Pumps & Wind Turbines Work
Windmills convert wind energy into rotational energy that turns a mechanism to grind grain. These mills have come in a variety of forms, but the principle remains the same. The energy is used to turn grinding stones that convert grain to flour. Most windmills even have the ability to pitch the blades! This is accomplished by adjusting the shape and size of the cloth blades to account for changes in wind conditions.
Wind pumps use wind energy to rotate blades that, in turn, cause a transmission rod to move up and down, raising and lowering a piston. The piston is part of a pump. A cylinder in the pump fills with water when the piston descends. When it ascends, water becomes accessible in a tank, well or pipe.
Windmills and wind pumps are like today's wind turbines in the way the Wright brothers' first plane is like a B-2 stealth bomber. Both need the proper atmosphere to operate. In a discussion of windmill vs. wind turbine, though, the similarities end here.
Wind turbines generate electricity that can be used immediately at the wind site (say, for a rural or distributed wind application) or transferred long distances to locations where electricity is needed. The end product is electrical power, not water movement or flour. There's no milling or pumping at the wind turbine, although the electricity it generates can be used to do that.
To generate electricity, a commercial wind turbine stands anywhere from about 30 m to 100 m above the ground to take advantage of faster, more stable winds. The rotor, which consists of the blades and hub, is connected to a pitch control system consisting, in part, of a pitch actuator system. Wind energy companies taking advantage of high-end versions of this blade pitch technology benefit in that the actuator deftly stabilizes the speed of the rotor and stops it safely if conditions are dangerous. This advanced wind turbine blade technology maximizes cost-effectiveness and turbine life.
A low-speed shaft may be attached to the rotor. This, in turn, connects with a gearbox that increases the rotational speed to levels needed for the generator to create electricity. (This is not always the case. There can be a drivetrain with either high-speed or medium-speed aka optimum speed output. There are also direct drive turbines with no gear in the drivetrain.)
These modern machines are governed by a main turbine controller that receives inputs from all the various subsystems, communicates with the operations center, and has the final say on safe operation. Advanced electronics are a major part of every system that runs a wind turbine today.
What's Next in Wind Turbine Blade Technology?
To call wind turbines windmills is to misstate their function and purpose. Wind turbine technology improvements have carried wind turbines to a level far beyond our ancestors' wildest dreams.
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French weapons are being used by the UAE and Saudi Arabia in Yemen, according to a classified military note revealed on Monday.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia are using French weapons in their ongoing deadly war against rebels in Yemen, according to a classified military note revealed on Monday, which contradicts public statements from France's government.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia deployed French weaponry - including artillery, tanks and ships - in their war against Houthi rebels, the note from the French military intelligence service, published by new investigative media outlet Disclose, concluded.
Paris has always insisted that the arms are only used in defensive circumstances to deter attacks by the Houthis amid ongoing pressure for years by rights groups over arms sales.
Asked for comment by AFP on Monday, the French government said that "to our knowledge, the French weapons owned by members of the coalition are for the most part in defensive positions, outside of Yemen or in military bases, not on the frontline".
Rights groups have regularly accused Paris of being complicit in alleged war crimes committed in Yemen where thousands have died and millions have been forced to the brink of starvation.
Amnesty International slammed Monday's revelations as a violation of the Arms Trade Treaty.
"Despite overwhelming evidence, Western arms supplied to the Saudi Arabia and UAE-led coalition are being used to commit or facilitate possible war crimes and other serious violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen, states such as France have shamelessly flouted their international obligations by continuing to supply arms to Saudi Arabia and the UAE in violation of the Arms Trade Treaty," the rights group said.
"The information made public today should spur the French government to immediately suspend all arms transfers that could be used by any of the warring parties in Yemen – once and for all," it added.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia, which own billions of dollars' worth of weapons bought from the United States, France and UK, intervened in 2015 to support the Yemeni government against the Houthis after the rebels overran the capital and other major cities.
Experts have concluded that all the warring parties have violated international humanitarian law and the UN has described the situation in the war-torn country the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
The revelations on Monday came as the International Crisis Group, which researches ways to end conflicts, suggested the US should help its Middle East ally to exit the war in Yemen, where little progress has been made for four years.


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Sounds good. I like the character highlights.
Character highlights are just a tease ( :D ), but love the pic with them, yummy!
Good luck with the tour and thanks for the giveaway!
Trevor Donovan sounds like an excellent choice.


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Derived Words: ↑ eloquence ▪ ↑ eloquently

Word Origin:

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Example Bank:

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•  a very eloquent speaker

•  It was an eloquent and well-informed speech.

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Since I announced back in October that I'm writing a novel called Delta Blues: Beat Poet of the Spaceways , I thought I should learn a bit more about the Beats. Not that my character is necessarily going to be very like the actual Beats, and maybe her poetry won't be like theirs either, but you need to know about what you're using for inspiration, right?
Books in the "Very Short Introduction" series do exactly what their shared subtitle suggests, and this is no exception. you get a brief prehistory and history of the movement, then a look at the major novelists, another at the major poets, and then a piece on their influence.
In common with the last two books I read, The Clash get a mention, because Allen Ginsberg worked with them, adding spoken-word part to "Ghetto Defendant," on the Combat Rock album.
I know more about the Beats now than when I started, and that's exactly what I wanted out of this book.
Ah, Joe. I can hardly believe that it's already four years since we lost him. I started reading this on Christmas day, and finished at about two in the morning on the 14th of January: exactly three weeks later. If I read a book every three weeks that would be seventeen in a year, which isn't very many. Anyway, during that time I completely immersed myself in Strummeriana; as well as reading the book I listened to little music other than The Clash or Joe's solo stuff, and I also put my bit in on the various Wikipedia articles.
And none if it can make up for the fact that he's gone.
In fact, reading the book only makes it worse: it reinforces the sense of what we've lost. He was on a great creative upswing when he died, as the the posthumous Streetcore album showed. Its opening track, 'Coma Girl' (which, we learn, is about his daughter Lola) was the single best song he wrote since 'Trash City', at least.
Alas, we'll never hear anything new from him again.
Or at least, not truly new: it seems from reading the book that there might be quite a few unreleased recordings out there, and he worked on more film soundtracks than I knew about.
There's no suggestion that he ever recorded any of them; but you never know: one day Mick might, when he's not too busy with Carbon/Silicon.
What of the book itself, though? Well, it's certainly compelling reading (at least if you're a fan like me). It is flawed in some ways, of course. It can be hard to follow the early sections about Joe's family, without an actual family tree to clarify things, thought that's not a big problem.
Despite its size and comprehensive nature, there are parts that come across as too anecdotal and perhaps incomplete. Certainly there are places where I would have liked to have a lot more detail. But a book this size could be written about The Clash alone (several have, of course, but perhaps none quite the size of this one).
I wonder what it would have been like if The Clash had kept going and had become like U2 (who were heavily inspired by them)? In a good sense: I listened to an interview with Salewicz, where he pointed out that, though Joe didn't like the distance from the audience at stadium gigs, he was very good at handling them. So imagine them doing something like the Zoo TV tour (indeed, when I saw footage of that, all the TVs as backdrop reminded me instantly of the Clash Mk II 'Out of Control' tour).
So I ordered the new Banksie from Amazon, and to get free delivery, of course, I had to order one or two other things, to bring the price up to the threshold. I tend to have a number of things queued up to buy when the time is right, so I selected some things from that list.
All three items I chose are things that I meant to get at the time they came out, but didn't, for one reason or another. The book was Christopher Priest's The Prestige, which I've meant to get since I read the reviews when it came out. I'm not sure why I never bought it (actually I did buy it once, but that was to give to a friend who had a particular interest in stage magic).
Anyway, my interest was recently rekindled because of the film coming out, of course. I may want to watch it one day, and I'm not going to read or not read something on the reported say-so of some film director. I can't find a reference for that: the director is supposed to have said, "Don't read the book before you see the film." Though I suppose that I will, in effect, be doing exactly that — in a contrary way — by insisting on reading the book before seeing the film. Whatever: books come first.
But I didn't bring you here to talk about books, for a change. No, this time it's music. Because I also got two CDs from Amazon.
Regular readers might not be surprised to hear that I'm a huge fan of the late, and sadly missed,Joe Strummer. As such, I want to get a hold of anything he released that I don't yet have. Now, during his so-called "wilderness years", Joe did a lot of soundtrack work. I've got most of that on record, but I never got round to getting the soundtrack for Alex Cox's Straight to Hell . I recall hearing a borrowed copy in '87 or so, and enjoying it, but not being overwhelmed by it. The one track I remembered was 'Rake at the Gates of Hell', by The Pogues, more of which later.
In the intervening years, I mostly forgot about the album. Once in a while I might have poked around a second-hand record shop, but it was low on my list of priorities. Recently, though, I discovered that it had been reissued, revised and expanded. Into my "buy later" list it went, until the other day.
As well, I discovered it was possible to jump back to an earlier part of Joe's career, namely his pre-Clash band, the 101ers. Elgin Avenue Breakdown was originally released back in 19-something-or-other. At the time I was mildly interested, but saw no need to rush out and buy it. I had the 'Keys to your Heart' single, and it was OK, but nowhere near as good as the heights of The Clash. And Joe was still around, and we could expect new music from him in the future.
We are in that future now, of course, and we don't have Joe anymore. So buying the 101ers' album is a way to hear him again.
And a damn fine album it is. Straight ahead rock 'n' roll, jam-packed with bounce, verve and excitement. What it doesn't have is the political sensibilities of The Clash. Or actually, it does have the first vestiges of them; and indeed, the first vestiges of The Clash's excellent 'Jail Guitar Doors' (the B-side of 'Clash City Rockers1'), in the form of 'Lonely Mothers Son'. And I'm sure that title should have an apostrophe in it, but I'm not sure where.
And the Straight to Hell soundtrack? It's great. It's mostly film music, of course: largely instrumentals. There are selections by Elvis Costello and Pray for Rain, as well as by The Pogues and Joe. Among the proper songs are one by Joe called 'Evil Darling', which is OK, and the original version of 'If I Should Fall from Grace With God', which The Pogues wrote during filming, apparently. Then there's a version of 'Danny Boy', by the cast, led by Cait O'Riordan, and the album ends with 'Rake at the Gates of Hell'.
It's hard to express how good that song is. From the opening guitar riff, through Shane's crazed-gunman-death-worshipper lyrics, to the shouldn't-work-but-does device of the verse and chorus being exactly the same tune, it struts into your ears and rips your head apart. In a good way. I've hardly had it off repeat on my MP3 player since I got it.
Go and buy it. Now.


These are the comments of students in the predominately Puerto Rican Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago who had dropped out of school. They offered their recollections for a segment of the nationally broadcast KET series, Dropping Back In focusing on the mission of the Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School. You can view the series online at droppingbackin.org.
Named in honor of the most prominent Puerto Rican political figure of the 20th Century, Campos High uses a cultural and community focus to help young dropouts return to school and graduate.
The school seeks to counter those perceptions by providing a quality educational experience "based on the philosophical foundation of self-determination, a methodology of self-actualization and an ethics of self-reliance," according to its Mission Statement.
There is an emphasis on preserving cultural history in order to ensure that it is passed on to future generations.
Campos High boasts a retention rate of 73 percent. The rate for the Chicago public school system is 54 percent.


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Q: ActiveRecord default timezone fails to read back from database I'm trying to get all my models to write timestamps using EST timezone in a DB2 database that's also configured to EST.
I already configured my application.rb configuration with the following:
config.time_zone = 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'
config.active_record.default_timezone = 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'

When I create a new record and save to the database the timestamps look fine:
=> #<TZTestModel id: 3500, added_ts: nil, ...>
irb(main):002:0> rec.added_ts = Time.zone.now
=> Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:03:42 EST -05:00
irb(main):003:0> rec.added_ts
=> Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:03:42 EST -05:00
irb(main):004:0> rec.save
SQL (91.0ms)  INSERT INTO TZTESTMODEL(id, added_ts, ...) VALUES (3500, '2015-11-06 19:06:55.237000', ...)
=> true

I query the database and I can see the record inserted with the correct timestamp. But then, when I try to read the record back through ActiveRecord, the timestamp field is nil:
irb(main):008:0> TZTestModel.first
=> #<TZTestModel id: 3500, added_ts: nil, ...>

This only happens if I set the default timezone in application.rb. If I don't add the configuration, then AR defaults to UTC and can write and read the timestamp fields with no issues at all.
Please, any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

A: I finally found the answer. The problem is that config.active_record.default_timezone accepts only two values/symbols while running under RoR: :utc or :local.
I set the value to :local and it picks up the time zone perfectly.
The full configuration in application.rb is now:
config.time_zone = 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'
config.active_record.default_timezone = :local

When the timestamp is added to an object of the model, the model still stores the value in UTC, but it automatically converts to EST before writing to the database and on read (e.g. before outputting as string).
I also have one piece of my application that's a daemon written in Ruby (not RoR). In this daemon I set the AR default timestamp to EST directly instead of :local, and I also set the ENV['TZ'] value to 'EST', to make sure any date/time operations done outside AR also use the correct timezone, like this:
ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone = 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'
ENV['TZ'] = 'EST'

This makes the timezones consistent across both sides of my application (the RoR app and the Ruby daemon).


Jake Schmidt is the International Climate Policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington, D.C.
Before he joined NRDC, Jake was at the Center for Clean Air Policy for eight years where he was director of international programs. Over that timeframe he was involved in climate policy development at various levels -- state, U.S. national, Europe, developing countries, and international negotiations. He has been helping to shape the framework of the international post-2012 response to climate change working with senior international climate negotiators from key developed and developing countries and policymakers in Europe, China, India, Brazil, and Mexico.
The recent climate negotiations in Panama offer some insights as to what commitments might be made during the next big U.N. climate negotiation, taking place in South Africa in late November.
As the airline industry and the U.S. government grumbles about the impacts of the European Union's aviation-emissions reduction plan, the program is rapidly moving forward as required by law, so it is high time to correct some of the myths surrounding this program.
Recently released figures from the federal government suggest that the country's carbon footprint will slowly shrink over the next 15 years regardless of policies -- but that more, and quicker, action is needed.
The commitments show a concerted effort of countries to change their laws, policies and regulations to address carbon pollution.
Last weekend, Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa gaveled home an agreement by over 190 countries which came together and demonstrated a renewed commitment to the fight against global warming. The battle to address global warming isn't over, but these agreements provide a foundation from which to build further action.
Despite low expectations across the board for next week's UN Climate Summit, the countries most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions aren't sitting on the sidelines waiting for a final agreement. Here's how they're taking action.


I am so proud of my husband...who received a great honor at work this week. To celebrate, I cooked him (yes me) a large dinner on Wednesday that was ready when he got home for work...SURPRISE! It was delish...baked tilapia with butter and lemon, roasted red potatoes, and broiled bacon wrapped asparagus. Yes, I am steppin' up my game!
I am also proud of our friend, Garrett, who finally had us over for dinner in his first place! It was a short-notice get together so I did not have time to get together what I have been wanting to give him as a home-warming gift, but I swear I will next time. He has been fighting tooth-and-nail to get his town home (in the inner-loops) finished...and now he is officially in. The biggest obstacle was the kitchen, which he redesigned himself and had the contractors redo before he moved in. Who would have thought a country, cowboy boot wearing engineer could be so creative (and it is good creativity). The kitchen is now my favorite part of the home...apparently he paints paintings too, but that has yet to be seen by me (stay tuned). Thanks for having us over and cooking for us!
Sometimes I feel so blessed...not only for having fantastic friends and family, but also for having people close to me that know how much I love costume jewelry. ;) Thank you so much, Erika, for my belated, yet totally awesome birthday gift!
It is ALMOST obnoxiously huge which makes it the perfect thing to wear with my cute fall going-out outfits... when I don't feel like having people look at my hair haha. This little gift was left on my back door step last weekend while I was in Louisina...and Erika was in Texas. It was a nice surprise on Sunday night.