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Will Smith Calls His Marriage To Jada Pinkett Smith 'Excruciating' And 'Gruelling'
Marie Claire November 25, 2015 12:27 pm
Will Smith Calls His Marriage To Jada Pinkett Smith 'Excruciating' And 'Gruelling'
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Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith have been together for 20 years – but according to comments made by Will this week, it hasn't been an easy ride. In fact, it's even been 'excruciating' and 'gruelling' at times.
Opening up to Entertainment Tonight at the premiere of his new film, Concussion, Will said that the reason he and Jada have stayed together so long is because they refuse to quit.
'We've been married 20 years and we've been asking ourselves [what's the secret to marriage] and really at the end of the day it's just not quitting,' Will said.
'You can't expect it to be easy, it's like our marriage was the most difficult, gruelling, excruciating thing that we have ever taken on in our lives. And you know, we're just not quitters.'
He also said that contrary to popular opinion that couples should constantly work on their relationship, he and Jada disagree, feeling that it is more important to work on themselves.
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'If there is a secret I would say is that we never went into working in our relationship,' he added. 'We only ever worked on ourselves individually, and then presented ourselves to one another better than we were previously.'
Well, it's certainly romantic to see how important working on marriage is to Will and Jada, but we don't think we'd be best pleased if our husband said marriage was 'excruciating' and 'gruelling'.
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Christina Lynch's the italian party
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A sun-soaked patio, a fresh plate of Pici Senesi, the Prosecco bubbling lightly in the glass: it's the idyllic scene for a honeymoon. Now throw in a dash of communism and a few skeletons in both his and hers closets, and you've got yourself a spy thriller.
A delicious and sharply funny page-turner about "innocent" Americans abroad in 1950s Siena, Italy, newlyweds Scottie and Michael are seduced by Tuscany's famous beauty. That is, until the disappearance of Scottie's Italian teacher leads her to discover darker truths about herself, her husband, and her country.
As our dear friend Julia Claiborne Johnson says, "Imagine Beautiful Ruins plus horses; Toujours Provence with spies, a mystery and sex. The Italian Party is a fizzy, page-turning delight that begs for a Campari and soda!"
Christina Lynch's picaresque journey includes chapters at Harvard, where she was an editor on the Harvard Lampoon, and in Milan, where she was correspondent for W magazine and Women's Wear Daily, and disappeared for four years in Tuscany. In L.A. she was on the writing staff of Unhappily Ever After; Encore, Encore; The Dead Zone; and Wildfire. She now lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and teaches at College of the Sequoias. The Italian Party is her debut novel.
Anne Flett-Giordano is an American, Emmy Award-winning television producer and screenwriter, known for her work on Kate & Allie, Frasier, Desperate Housewives and Hot in Cleveland.
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Middle East|Iraq's No. 2 Health Official Is Held and Accused of Financing Shiite Militants
Iraq's No. 2 Health Official Is Held and Accused of Financing Shiite Militants
By DAMIEN CAVE FEB. 9, 2007
An Iraqi employee of the Health Ministry in Baghdad inspected a door with military boot prints Thursday after the arrest of an official there. Credit Ali Al Saadi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
BAGHDAD, Feb. 8 — Iraqi and American troops arrested the second highest official in the Iraqi Health Ministry on Thursday, charging that he funneled millions of dollars to rogue Shiite militants who kidnapped and killed Iraqi civilians.
The United States military said in a statement that the official was suspected of using his position to run a rogue unit of the Mahdi Army, the Shiite militia that claims loyalty to the cleric Moktada al-Sadr. The statement accused the official of flooding the Health Ministry's payroll with militants, embezzling American money meant to pay for Iraq's overworked medical system and using Health Ministry "facilities and services for sectarian kidnapping and murder."
The military's statement did not identify the official, but several Iraqi government officials said he was Deputy Health Minister Hakim al-Zamili, a Shiite with longstanding ties to the Sadr organization. An Interior Ministry official said the authorities in recent weeks had come to believe that Mr. Zamili was using government ambulances to ferry weapons and militants across Sadr City, hiding them from American raids.
Mr. Zamili's detainment was the latest of several high-profile arrests or killings of commanders from the Mahdi Army in recent weeks. He was the fifth Iraqi deputy or cabinet level official to be arrested and charged with corruption since 2003, according to Iraq's Commission on Public Integrity, and the first known example of a senior Iraqi official charged with directly contributing to the country's convulsive sectarian violence.
He was arrested as new Iraqi Army and police checkpoints appeared all over Baghdad as part of the new security plan for the city. Though it was unclear whether Mr. Zamili's arrest was part of the new plan, it underscored the challenge that American troops faced as they tried to secure the capital while relying on an Iraqi government with questionable loyalties.
The Health Ministry is one of six ministries controlled by officials affiliated with Mr. Sadr. And even as Iraqi hospital officials complain of medicine and equipment shortages, the ministry has often been the site of dramatic kidnappings and killings.
In November, Mr. Zamili's predecessor, Ammar al-Saffar, a Shiite, was kidnapped by at least 24 gunmen wearing the uniforms of Interior Ministry policemen. Though he was abducted in a Sunni neighborhood, there were questions at the time about whether he had been removed by Shiite rivals.
Neither American nor Iraqi officials connected Mr. Zamili to Mr. Saffar's kidnapping, but the American statement said the arrested official was implicated in the deaths of several Health Ministry officials, including a director general in Diyala Province.
Though the statement from the American military said Iraqi forces had made the arrest, witnesses said American Humvees flooded the ministry building about 9 a.m., firing warning shots into the air and breaking windows before seizing Mr. Zamili, several guards and important paperwork in his office.
Shiite officials said Mr. Zamili's arrest was an affront to Iraqi sovereignty. The health minister, Ali al-Shammari, called the arrest an abduction and demanded proof to support the charges against his deputy.
Bahar al-Araji, one of 30 members of the Sadr bloc in Parliament, said American troops should have sought permission to search the ministry from the prime minister or an Iraqi court.
"This is not an attack on the Sadr organization," he said. "It's an attack on the Iraqi government."
His comments suggested that the Sadr organization planned to stand by its stated policy of refusing to outwardly fight American and Iraqi troops as the security plan moves through Baghdad. In recent weeks, Sadr officials have repeatedly sought to show that the Mahdi Army is only a defensive organization that aims to protect Shiite residents from Sunni attacks.
The American military also said in a statement that an airstrike in Anbar Province on two suspected safe houses for foreign fighters killed 13 insurgents. But witnesses said the airstrike flattened four houses, killing at least 35 people, including women and children. There was no immediate way to confirm either claim.
Witnesses said the site of the airstrike, a mostly Sunni Arab area northeast of Amiriya, near Falluja, had been the site of vicious battles between fighters with Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia and local tribes. One tribal leader said the clashes started because Al Qaeda wanted tribal leaders to join its fight, and they refused.
Violence also continued to rage near the capital, with news agencies reporting that gunmen killed 14 men from the same Sunni family just north of Baghdad.
The United States military announced that four marines were killed Wednesday in separate episodes in Anbar Province. Seven other people were killed the same day when a Marine transport helicopter crashed in an insurgent-heavy region northwest of Baghdad.
And in what appeared to be a rare case of cross-sectarian solidarity, the police in Diyala Province said a family of 25 Shiites — moving from a Sunni area after receiving death threats — was saved from death on Thursday when their Sunni neighbors repelled an insurgent ambush. Iraqi security forces were called in to help, and continued the battle, killing six gunmen.
Reporting was contributed by Ahmad Fadam, Wisam A. Habeeb, Hosham Hussein, Khalid al-Ansary and Qais Mizher.
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Advocacy for Women Under Domestic Violence Must Work From 'Ground Up'
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(WNN/PI) Santa Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: With Dominican Republic's national legislation against violence in place, as well as the international laws on human rights, it is clear that the duty to exercise due diligence to prevent, prosecute and punish violence against women should exist. But very little real protection exists for women in reality as many continue to suffer violence on a daily basis as the majority of perpetrators go unpunished.
Every two days, sometimes each day, a woman is killed in an act of violence in the Dominican Republic. For an island nation of nearly ten million, over a thousand women have been killed in the last five years. In the majority of cases the perpetrators were intimate partners of the victims.
For the majority of women escape can be very difficult. Their dependence on male partners for financial and emotional support often means they continue to suffer in silence. Those who dare face the spectre of being left on their own, often risking worse reprisals and backlash.
Behind the veneer of glorious sunshine and sandy beaches, the holiday resort nation of the Dominican Republic is grappling with brutal killings and violent attacks on young girls and women.
At the age of 24, it is already a struggle for Alta Gracia to carry on living. Each time she looks at herself in the mirror all she can see is deep scars on her face and belly. Her machete brandishing former partner was adamant to finish her off. Seeing her bleeding profusely he left for her dead after his attack and disappeared.
From plush urban enclaves to deprived rural counties, 'machismo' pervades all classes and can be found in every community in the Dominican Republic. The by-word for ultra-masculinity, 'machismo,' has come to be regarded as a natural attribute for tough men who often dominate women with unprovoked aggression using violence as a way of life.
From alcohol and drugs, anger to jealously, dispute or just a bad day – anything can serve as a trigger for some men in the Dominican who want to unleash violence on women.
An overwhelming number of 62,000 complaints of gender violence against women were reported in the Dominican Republic in 2010, said Prosecutor for Woman Affairs Roxanna Reyes who is now also the Deputy Attorney General in the Dominican Republic, to local news daily Dominican Today in November 2011.
"We cannot go much further, we're living it day to day, with cases which we didn't see five years back," continued Reyes. Just 4 per cent of charges against perpetrators went on to legal trials. Dominican court cases range from sexual violence involving young girls, to women being stabbed to death.
Urbanization is a contributing part of the problem in the Dominican Republic. The urban slum of La Puya, just outside of Santa Domingo, is a case in point. Urbanization and poverty together are strong indicators that can increase family stress, alcoholism and domestic violence.
"It is now well-recognized that violence is not evenly spread across cities, but tends to concentrate in particular geographic areas," says a detailed April 2011 World Bank report. "These "hot spots," or "no-go zones," tend to have several structural features in common, and these commonalities extend across countries. That is, violence generally concentrates in areas of strong economic disadvantage, social exclusion, and poverty," continued the report.
When children witness spousal abuse they are also more likely as adults to repeat the violence they have witnessed in the home.
"In environments of chronic violence, a cycle of violence is created between victimization and perpetration that can persist over generations," added the World Bank report.
Considering a vast number of cases in the Dominican Republic are not even reported, a real estimate of the extent of the situation is hard to gauge. Fighting a lonely battle, women are often coerced into retracting statements they made to police or legal advocates by their perpetrators, or they simply give up in frustration for making little progress.


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USPTO Relief Available to Patent, Trademark Applicants and Owners Affected by COVID-19
March 17, 2020 Advisory
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is waiving certain petition fees associated with deadlines that are missed due to the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The USPTO has authority to grant this fee relief because it believes COVID-19 to be an "extraordinary situation" (within the meaning of 37 CFR 1.183 and 37 CFR 2.146) for affected patent and trademark applicants, patentees, reexamination parties and trademark owners.
The announcement notes that the USPTO does not have statutory authority to extend or cancel the underlying deadlines.
For applicants with pending patent applications, the fee relief is available in cases where the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak render the applicant unable to meet the deadline to reply to an Office communication, and the missed deadline results in the application being held abandoned by the USPTO. A Petition to Revive is the ordinary remedy to revive a patent application that was abandoned unintentionally, and such a petition must still be filed if the cause of the abandonment relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the associated USPTO fee for the Petition to Revive (currently $2,000 for most applicants) is now waived if the underlying deadline was missed due to COVID-19.
To take advantage of the fee waiver, the Petition to Revive must include a statement that the delay in filing the reply required to the outstanding Office communication was because the practitioner, applicant or at least one inventor was personally affected by the COVID-19 outbreak such that they were unable to file a timely reply. To request the waiver, applicants should include a copy of the USPTO fee-waiver notice with the petition, along with the reply required to the outstanding Office communication. In addition, the Petition to Revive must be filed within two months of the issue date of the Notice of Abandonment of the application from the USPTO in order to entitle the applicant to a waiver of the petition fee.
The same petition fee relief is available to patentees who are unable to meet the deadline to reply to an Office communication in a patent reexamination proceeding due to COVID-19, and the missed deadline results in the patent reexamination being terminated or limited by the USPTO. The Petition to Revive must be filed within two months of the issue date of the notification from the USPTO that reexamination prosecution has been terminated or limited.
For applicants with pending trademark applications, the fee relief is available in cases where the effects of COVID-19 render the applicant unable to timely respond to a trademark-related Office communication, and the missed deadline results in the application being held abandoned by the USPTO. A Petition to Revive Abandoned Application form, available through the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), is the ordinary remedy to revive a trademark application, and such a petition must still be filed if the cause of the abandonment relates to COVID-19. However, the associated USPTO fee for the petition (currently $100) is now waived if the underlying deadline was missed due to COVID-19. The petition must include a statement explaining how the failure to respond to the Office communication was due to the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. Again, the petition must be filed within two months of the issue date of the Notice of Abandonment of the application from the USPTO in order to entitle the applicant to a waiver of the petition fee.
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Redefining Sovereignty
The Battle for the Moral High Ground in a Changing World
Edited by Orrin C. Judd
Smith and Kraus
HC, 548 pg. US$21.95
Changing the rules
By Steven Martinovich
web posted February 27, 2006
Until recently it was commonly held, at least at the state level, that what happened inside of a nation's borders was the exclusive concern of that nation. So long as the state avoided the use of force against other nations or didn't threaten regional or global security, it could act internally as it wished with impunity.
The reason for this is the Treaty of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648. The treaty essentially laid out that the nation-state was the basic building block of the international diplomatic and political system and its sovereignty was inviolate. So entrenched was this ideology that it was the basis for Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.
That commonly held assumption began to break down in the 1990s with the U.S.-led intervention in the Balkans against the Serbs. That precedent, which bypassed the UN and therefore Chapter VII, spelled the end of absolute sovereignty and further inflamed the debate between Westphalians and transnationalists, those who believe that sovereignty wasn't as important as social agendas.
Orrin Judd's Redefining Sovereignty: The Battle for the Moral High Ground in a Changing World explores that debate with a collection of essays and speeches from an impressive array of thinkers. Judd's effort, however, isn't an academic weighing of the scales as the preponderance of his selection of essays argues from the Westphalian perspective.
Judd himself argues that he believes transnationalism to be nothing more than an attempt by the intellectual left to sacrifice sovereignty in favor of meeting social goals. National governments, he argues, would be replaced by centralized regional and world governments "who will then establish and enforce liberal, or progressive, policies irrespective of the objections of discrete majorities."
Given the recent history of the European Union, it's hardly an unjustified statement. Although the EU publicly proclaims itself as a continent-sized democratic entity, the reality is that most Europeans have limited opportunity to influence debate within the myriad of agencies that make up the transnational body. Individual governments, faced with local protests, typically throw up their hands and place the blame on distant bureaucrats in Brussels.
Transnationalists, charges Judd and many of his contributors, seek the same for the United States where treaties like the Kyoto Protocol or the International Criminal Court can be imposed without the unpleasant difficulty of having the U.S. Senate weigh in. As America's judiciary shows, with rulings referencing European verdicts, transnationalism is already gaining a foothold in the United States. With this sort of power, his contributors argue, Americans will lose their ability to govern themselves and seek solutions unique to the United States, arguably the greatest social experiment in human history.
Liberals aren't likely the only ones who will argue with the conclusions of many of the essays presented in Redefining Sovereignty. While most are hostile to transnationalism and the erosion of sovereignty, many argue American intervention in the internal affairs of other nations as justified. Judd himself argues that George W. Bush's mission to reshape the Middle East in a democratic image isn't at odds with the history of American foreign policy and is indeed necessary to preserve American security. It's doubtless an argument that will have paleoconservatives and the libertarian wing of the Republican Party less than pleased, arguing as they did against interfering in the Balkans and Iraq because they were sovereign nations dealing with internal issues.
Not surprisingly it's in between these two camps -- the transnationalists and sovereignty absolutists -- that Judd pitches his tent. Echoing Ayn Rand when she famously wrote that a state was only legitimate when it protected the rights of its citizens, Judd writes that "Americans have moved on to a paradigm that requires that a regime only be recognized as sovereign if it has democratic legitimacy." Where previously the test consisted only of international recognition of sovereignty, the new test includes the nature of the state claiming the sovereignty.
Small wonder that new test has generated no small measure of controversy. The Treaty of Westphalia and Chapter VII of the UN Charter guaranteed a state its sovereignty as long as it posed no threat to its neighbours. Under this new paradigm, which gradually coalesced into a pseudo-official policy towards the end of the administration of the George H.W. Bush, the issue of human rights trumps sovereignty. It was the justification used in Somalia, Haiti, the Balkans and Iraq, among other interventions, and carries even more potency with the advent of George W. Bush's policy of preemptive military action. Mistreat your citizens and you may hear a knock at the door.
These issues and a myriad of others are explored in the stellar line-up, which includes everyone from Vaclav Havel to Jesse Helms, which Judd has brought together. Critics are likely to paint Redefining Sovereignty as a neoconservative justification for war dressed up with a veneer of liberal concern for human rights or a war manifesto for hawkish liberals. They would be doing Judd and his book a disservice. Redefining Sovereignty instead succeeds at its real goal: to force the reader to appreciate that in-between the two camps is a viable alternative.
Redefining Sovereignty is a powerful entry into the debate, particularly given that the concept of transnationalism has been the subject of remarkably little public debate. For those opposed to international bodies such as the UN taking precedence over national governments, Judd's collection is a potent collection of arguments that buttress that point of view. Yet isolationism isn't his intention given the admission that sovereignty can no longer be considered an absolute. Ultimately, it is a celebration of freedom and the dream of those who signed the Declaration of Independence that freedom be known worldwide. History will decide whether this new paradigm is the key to that future.
Steven Martinovich is a freelance writer in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
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These reading comprehension worksheets look at how the Internet does what it does.
The Internet is basically a bunch of computers that can talk to one another. We may just think the Internet is a place to help us do our homework or share pictures and images, but it is much more than just that. When the Internet first fired up, it was primarily just for scientists to share information to better understand what they were working on it. Today just under half of the human world has access to and is actively using the Internet in their daily lives. As time goes on, the Internet will be as accessible as a telephone.
We start with the history of the Internet, move on to how it works, and we end with where we think the Internet will go next.
In the early 1980s, the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the development of national supercomputing centers at universities. These were networked with the NSFNET in 1986.
Commercial Internet service providers began appearing in the late 1980s, and limited commercial entities had private connections to parts of the Internet by 1990.
A major concern regarding the IoT is the fact that the interconnectedness of everything makes everything vulnerable to a single hacker attack.
What are some examples of things that are included in the Internet of Things?
The Internet works by breaking the information you want to communicate, for example, an email, down into very small parts. These parts are called packets.
QUESTIONS: How Does the Internet Work?
First, you compose an email. Then you press send. The network takes your email message and breaks it down into pieces, which are the packets. Each packet includes information about where it came from, where it is going, how many packets the email has been broken into, and the order in which they are to be put back together.
Today e-commerce is business as usual, but it hasn't actually been around for very long. The first online purchase was made in 1994, when a man in Philadelphia used his credit card to buy a Sting CD from a website called NetMarket.
What was significant about NetMarket's first sale in 1994?
As recently ago as the 1990s, few writers published their own books. Publishing typically required a large up-front financial investment.
Which of the following did NOT used to be a problem with self-publishing?
The Internet has brought with it risks and dangers that didn't exist 20 years ago.
Use strong passwords: eight to fifteen characters that include upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters. Avoid any word that can be found in the dictionary, or number patterns that can be easily guessed, like birthdays or anniversaries.
A web browser is a computer program used to access websites on the Internet. You use a web browser to request a particular website or a particular piece of information from a server.
QUESTIONS: What is a Web Browser?
There are many different kinds of web browsers, each with its own options for handling privacy, security, interface, shortcuts, etc.
Cookies are usually created when you visit a webpage for the first time, often after you have submitted data to that webpage. You can control whether or not cookies are stored on your computer.
Can you control whether or not cookies are deposited on your computer?
Many college curriculums are now available online for lifelong learners. The first college to open its virtual doors to the rest of the world was MIT in 2001, which made all of its materials and courses freely available on the Internet.
The Internet has also revolutionized homeschooling. Where once parents may have been limited by the materials they could acquire, and by their own knowledge and the knowledge of people they knew, homeschoolers now have virtual access to tutors, schools, online curriculum, advice and resources.
A website is one or more web pages written in code, usually HTML, that contains the layout, format, and content of each web page. Web pages are stored on web servers.
QUESTIONS: What is a Website?
You don't have to know how to code to create a website. Most services that host websites offer website builders, which show you the effect of the code, but the code itself remains in the background.


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In parliamentary procedure, a motion to  ask a question regarding the rights of the meeting is a privileged motion that permits a request related to the rights and privileges of the assembly or any of its members to be brought up.

Explanation and use
In Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR), questions of privilege affecting the assembly may include matters of comfort, amplification, or safety. For example, it may be difficult to hear the speaker. In this case, a question of privilege could be raised to close the doors and windows. A question of privilege can only be interrupted by the motions to take a recess, adjourn, or fix the time to which to adjourn, or any incidental motions that must be disposed of at that time.

An example of a question of privilege is a motion to go into executive session.  A question of privilege cannot interrupt a vote or the verification of a vote.

When a question of privilege affects a single member (rather than the entire assembly), it is called a question of personal privilege. Such a question may include a need for assistance, to be excused for illness or personal emergency, or the need to immediately answer a charge of misconduct made by another member. The member rises immediately and without waiting to be recognized states, "Mr. Chairman, I rise on a question of personal privilege," or similar words. If the member has interrupted a speaker, the chair must determine if the matter is of such urgency as demands immediate attention; otherwise, the member will have the floor immediately after the current speaker is finished. According to RONR, questions of personal privilege "seldom arise in ordinary societies and even more rarely justify interruption of pending business".

A question of privilege (not personal) has precedence over questions of personal privilege, should they conflict.

References

Privileged motions

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Cytherus or Kytheros ( or Κύθηρος), also known as Cytherum or Kytheron (Κύθηρον), was one of the twelve cities of ancient Attica, and afterwards a deme. Pausanias states that the nymphs of the river Cytherus in Elis were called Ionides from Ion, the son of Gargettus, when he migrated from Athens to Elis.

The site of Cytherus is located near modern Pousi Kaloyerou.

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Congenital Muscular Distrophy (CMD) caused by deficit in collagen VI is a very severe illness,. This type of CMD is one of the rare diseases, and at the moment does not have cure.
CMD caused by dèficit in collagen VI is a degenerative illness that affects the muscles. It is caused by a mutation in some of the genes involved in the syntesisof collagen VI (COL6A1, COL6A2, COL6A3).
This illness is present from birth, the main symptoms are lack off strenght in the muscles, fingers and toes hyperlaxity and contractures that tend to improve at the beginning and then can progress again. The tendons are shorter too, specially the Achilles tendon, muscular weakness and spinal rigidity.
Most of the patients affected acquire the ability to walk until the end of the first decade. Accompanying the loss of ability to walk around this time a nocturnal respiratory insuficiency appears and emerges progressively, and they will need to use a night ventilator, if not the potential risk of death increases.
• The DMC Ullrich, is clinically more severe.
• The DMC Bethlem, is clinically less severe.
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F-35c Testing
By Doug Aguillard | December 19, 2014
It's been almost 8 years since the first F-35 Lightning II (a.k.a. the Joint Strike Fighter) took flight, but after many delays and massive cost overruns, the F-35 has finally made it to the end of testing before it goes into full production by Lockheed Martin with help from other defense contractors Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney, and BAE Systems.
Three different variants were designed for the U.S. Air Force (Model A), the U.S. Marine Corps (Model B) and the U.S. Navy (Model C). The differences between the three are fairly simple. The "A' is your conventional take off and landing variant strictly a land-based fighter, the "B" has the short-take off and vertical-landing capabilities such as the AV-8 Harrier II, and the "C" is the carrier-based with re-enforced landing gear and a tail hook.
Each variant can carry the same weapons and load, but the "A" and "C" each have a non-combat range of 1200 nautical miles, where the "B" has only 900 nautical miles. The combat range is approx. 600 nautical miles, with the maximum speed reaching Mach 1.6.
The Marine Corps received its first three planes back in November 2012, after much testing and reaching several milestones throughout the year 2011. The U.K. was the first allied nation to receive an F-35 Lightning II aircraft in a ceremony July 12, 2012.
The first F-35C Lightning II Navy variant arrived at Strike Fighter Squadron 101 located at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., on June 22, 2013. Continued testing finally brought us to where we were now on the USS Nimitz (CVN 68). On November 3, 2014, The Navy made aviation history, as an F-35C Lightning II conducted its first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego. Navy test pilot Commander Tony Wilson landed the CF/05 or #75 F-35C test aircraft at 12:18 p.m. aboard the USS Nimitz. Testing would last for 14 days onboard the Nimitz.
"Today is a landmark event in the development of the F-35C," said Wilson, a Navy test pilot with Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX- 23). "It is the culmination of many years of hard work by a talented team of thousands. I'm very excited to see America's newest aircraft on the flight deck of her oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz."
On November 13th, The Military Press was invited to fly out to the USS Nimitz to observe the continue testing of the two F-35C's that were onboard.
While there seemed to be plenty of wind this day, it apparently was not going to be fast enough for the testing that was to be done. Captain John Ring Commanding Officer of the Nimitz, made the comment, "Well, if Mother Nature doesn't cooperate, we'll make our own wind," as the Nimitz would be pushed to her maximum speed to help with the wind and the launches.
Read the Military Press interview with Navy test pilot Cmdr. Tony Wilson at www.militarypress.com/f-35ctesting.com.
Cmdr. Wilson took time to discussed the testing of the F-35C and the take off's and landings (traps). Cmdr. Wilson who has flown F/A-18 C's& F's recorded his 500th trap during this current round of testing, and made his 500th with the F-35C.
MP: What have you learned so far in this series of tests, any issues?
Wilson: "We are conducting developmental test and we are learning, and the results thus far have been promising. The issues we've had, have been very minor and expected. We expected to have some problems, but to our surprise, everything has been going well. What we have learned is that the plane is integrating very well with the sensor usage, our network capabilities, as well as our maintenance and sustainability."
MP: What was the main difference between the F/A18 and the F-35 when making your traps?
Wilson: "The handling qualities are nice, and the landing difference between the F/A-18 and the F-35C, is with the Control Laws software. The plane is very well behaved and the trap itself with the F-35C seems softer when landing."
MP: What are the Control Laws?
Wilson: "The Control Laws, is revolutionary software that is in our flight control computers, and is designed to help the pilot land, making minute adjustments as the plane approaches the deck, making landing almost an administrative task, thus making the approaches and landings easier for the pilot. it will increase our safety margins out here." So when you hear, "fly by wire" this is what were talking about. It's basically the software in the computers that helps us fly the jet."
MP: How is the new helmet working? (The F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) built by Rockwell Collins ESA Vision Systems International combines infrared, night-vision, augmented and virtual reality to let pilots see more than ever before — including right down through the plane itself).
Wilson: The helmet performance has been going very well. We have not seen any issues with the helmet thus far and it is performing as advertised. We currently are still using the Gen II helmet.
This series of testing has been done "Clean Wings", with no ordinance stored under the aircrafts wings, but that phase is schedule for sometime in 2015. The F-35C is not expected to reach the actual fleet until 2018.
Standing high above the flight deck, we were positioned along Vulture's Row (an observation area on the "Island" of the Carrier). Commander Tony Wilson, was in the cockpit and readying the aircraft for launch. The Nimitz turned into the wind and was going at 30+ knots.
Cmdr. Wilson and the F-35C roared to life and took off with only a slight dip, once off of the flight deck. He climbed in elevation and did several looping passes with gear down around the Nimitz, before coming in for a landing about 10 minutes later. After refueling, Cmdr. repeated his last flight and it was time for us to leave the Nimitz and reboard our C-2A Greyhound and fly back to NASNI.
After leaving the Nimitz, the first night time launch and recovery of the F-35C was conducted and it was successful.
We would like to thank the United States Navy's 3rd Fleet, Rear Admiral Dee Mewbourne, Commander, Carrier Strike Group 11, Captain John Ring, Commanding Officer of the USS Nimitz, Lt. Commander Clint Phillips, the USS Nimitz Public Affairs Officer and his staff, Commander Jeannie Groeneveld, the Naval Air Forces Public Affairs Officer and her staff, Commander Tony Wilson, test pilot for VX-23, and lastly Jim Gigliotti, Director, F-35C, and Navy Program Manager, and the rest of the fine people from Lockheed Martin, for this wonderful opportunity of observing Naval history in the making.
Doug Aguillard
Douglas Aguillard is a Contributing reporter to the Military Press. He's a Marine Veteran who specializes in Military and Sports photojournalism.


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Since starting at Stinson Leonard Street in 1987, Marc has represented a broad range of individuals, businesses and government entities in mediations, arbitrations, condemnation commissioners hearings, tax court trials and district court trials.
Marc has a particular interest in cases involving real estate values and enjoys working with appraisers, brokers and other real estate professionals in determining the fair market value of real estate. He worked on the largest condemnation case in Minnesota history, representing Hennepin County in the taking of land in downtown Minneapolis for the new Minnesota Twins ballpark. He also regularly helps property owners in reducing their property taxes by establishing a lower assessed market value for their property.
Marc's representative experience includes cases involving condemnation/eminent domain, real estate purchase agreements, commercial landlords/tenants, land use, property taxes, foreclosures/receiverships, boundary disputes and quiet title actions.
County of Hennepin v. Land Partners II, LLLP, et al.
Represented governmental entity to establish purchase price for the land for the new Minnesota Twins ballpark in downtown Minneapolis. This case is regarded as the largest single parcel condemnation case in Minnesota history.
Metropolitan Council v. Diamond Products Company, Ramsey County District Court File No. 62-CV-14-5850. Represented owner of former Gillette factory and warehouse in downtown Saint Paul in connection with a condemnation action to acquire the land and warehouse building for a new light rail maintenance facility. Conducted 10 days of hearings before court-appointed commissioners. Obtained settlement of $4,650,000 (in addition to the money previously paid by Metropolitan Council for the quick-take) on behalf of the owners. Also, litigated apportionment issues with client's ground lessor.
GRMN, LLC v. City of Bloomington, et al.
Represented national real estate developer and investor in inverse condemnation claim against City of Bloomington due to flooding of property and change in street design and access to property.
State of Minnesota, by Hubert H. Humphrey, III, its Attorney General v. Paul Sade and Eleanor Sade, et al.
Represented property owners in takings for I-394 project relating to changes in access to property.
State of Minnesota, by Mike Hatch, its Attorney General v. CUNA Mutual Insurance Society, et al.
Represented national parking lot owner and operator in taking of portion of parking lot for new light-rail transit line connecting downtown Minneapolis to the Mall of America.
Represented railroad in taking of land by Bloomington HRA to acquire land for senior living facility.
The County of Hennepin v. Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, et al.
Represented numerous property owners affected by the widening of Pioneer Trail in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
County of Washington v. Hugo Investments, LLC, et al.
Represented landowner in taking of land for county road and city street projects in Hugo, Minnesota, in commissioners' hearings in January 2007.
Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, Minnesota v. Truco, Inc., et al.
Obtained through eminent domain process all land necessary for a new indoor sports facility at Lake Street near Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis so that school children and residents would have a state-of-the-art urban recreational facility.
Obtained relocation award for plumbing supply company forced to relocate due to partial taking for I-94 project.
Williams Pipeline Company v. Lawrence N. Schweich, et al.
Represented pipeline company in eminent domain proceedings to acquire pipeline easements, and in inverse condemnation proceedings due to local governmental interference with pipeline operations.
Defended city from inverse condemnation claim brought by owner of Young Quinlan Building claiming that proposed LSGI development on Nicollet Mall created a "cloud of condemnation" requiring payment of just compensation.
Stanley Hunkins, et al. v. City of Minneapolis, et al.
Defended city from inverse condemnation claim by property owner that "Technology Corridor" zoning was an unlawful "downzoning" of his property.
D.R. Horton, Inc.-Minnesota v. Frederick Radintz, et al.
Represented national housing developer in dispute over option agreement to purchase 225 acres of land in Maple Grove, Minnesota, for a price in excess of $16 million.
Platinum Development Group, Inc. v. Diamond T Ranch, Inc.
Represented residential developer in connection with $6 million purchase of land in Dakota County and proceedings to cancel purchase agreement pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 559.21.
Nickel Plate Properties, LLC v. JAS Apartments, Inc.
Represented seller of Union Depot property in St. Paul in statutory cancellation of real estate purchase agreement.
Dennis and Carol Heyde v. George and Linda Oh, et al.
Represented seller of Canterbury Inn Hotel in Shakopee in AAA arbitration matter brought by purchaser alleging that financial statements for the hotel failed to accurately state income and expenses for the property.
Represented national motion picture exhibitor in claims against mall owner arising out of the complete interior demolition and renovation of the Eden Prairie Mall, and resulting interference with client's business.
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Estes Card Shops, Inc. v. Hallmark Cards, Inc., et al.
Represented national greeting card company in terminating business relationship with franchisee operating card stores in Southdale, Ridgedale and Eden Prairie malls.
Loring Corners, Inc. v. The Loring Café, Inc., et al.
Represented owner of Loring Bar in a case involving claims by landlord that tenant had unlawfully removed fixtures from premises by removing tenant's "signature" brickwork from premises.
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Obtained value reduction in excess of $4,650,000 for historic properties in Mills District.
Represented property owner in exemption case to establish that owner was exempt from real estate tax payments for three-year period of time.
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Represented bank in foreclosure and receivership proceedings for Bradbury Suites hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Represented railroad in claims by housing developer that railroad right of way in Rosemount, Minnesota, had been acquired through adverse possession.
Represented railroad in claims by lakeshore owners along Pewaukee Lake in Wisconsin that lakeshore property had been acquired through adverse possession.
Represented property owner in case involving claim that Lake Minnetonka property had been acquired by neighbor through adverse possession.
Represented property owner in case involving claim that hunting land near Preston, Minnesota, had been acquired by adverse possession because of cattle grazing and wire fencing of property.
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Represented property owner in Afton, Minnesota, in connection with claims by neighbor that substantial portion of client's lot had been acquired through adverse possession.
Crablex, Inc. v. Cedar-Riverside Land Company, et al.
Represented owner of Riverside Plaza development on the East Bank area of Minneapolis in claim by neighboring property owner that certain driveway easements providing access to the development had been terminated.
Coleman Powermate, Inc. v. Sanborn Manufacturing Company, et al.
Handled quiet title action to cure defective legal descriptions in chain of title for client's property in Springfield, Minnesota.
Elmer R. Moers Limited Partnership v. The Unknown Heirs of Alvina Ida Moldenhauer, et al.
Represented national housing developer in quiet title action needed to cure legal description defect.
Insurance coverage issues involving title insurance policies.


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Definitions and Terminology
Patient Evaluation and Procedures
Basic Concepts of Allergy Treatment
Allergen Immunotherapy (Allergy Shots)
Common Allergic and Immunologic Diseases
Allergic(Hay Fever)/Non-Allergic(Vasomotor) Rhinitis
Shock (Anaphylaxis)
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Song Institute of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Contents Patient Resources Patient Handbook Immunodeficincy
Symptoms: recurrent infections such as sinusitis(more than one documented infection /yr), pneumonia(more than one/yr) , ear infections( more than 8x /yr), deep skin infections, & deep seated infections.
Causes and Treatment: Although there are many different kinds, severe ones are rare.
Relatively Common ones:
Specific Antibody Deficiency: This is the most commonly encountered form of immune deficiency in my practice. Typically they are young children with a history of recurrent upper airway infections including otitis, sinusitis, and rhinitis. It is uncommon for them to have serious infections such as pneumonia and meningitis. They have difficulty producing antibodies to common polysaccharides (sugar coated) bacteria such as Pneumococci or Hemophilus Influenza, although they have received vaccinations against these bacteria during the first one year of life. The immunoglobulins(the sum of antibodies) are usually normal since the deficiency is limited to a very small number of antibodies. Probably the immune system of these young children was not ready to respond to the vaccinations or real bacteria during early life. As they get older, the immune system matures and responds better to the same vaccines. If specific antibody defects may persist despite Pneumovax vaccination ( which contains 21 killed serotypes), Prevnar (which contains 7 killed serotypes conjugated to the protein carrier) is given, because the latter is considered to be more immunogenic. In the rare events when patients respond to neither vaccines, prolonged antibiotic treatment ( 6 months, in full therapeutic range) or IVIG (intravenous immunoglobulin G) may be required to control infections. Of note is many of these patients have also allergic symptoms such as asthma and rhinitis.
Transient Hypogammaglobulinemia of Early Childhood: Some young children (1yr -5yrs of age) may have decreased levels of immunoglobulins (the sum of antibodies). They may have frequent upper airway infections and sometimes lower airway infections (pneumonia). The deficiency is usually transient and a majority of these children will grow out of it. During this period of deficiency, they may need to be on continuous prophylactic antibiotics or even monthly IVIG (intravenous immunoglobulin G) replacement therapy.
Rare Ones:
Common Variable Immunodeficiency: Usually starts in late childhood or adulthood with mild recurrent infections, but may progress to more severe infections. They cannot produce enough antibodies and may require IVIG.
X-linked Immunoglobulin deficiency: Complete absence of antibodies. Most develop frequent upper airway and lower airway infections after infancy ( in some, later in life). They need to be supported with regular IVIG treatments.
There are many other severe forms such Severe Combined Immune Deficiencies
The goal of our immune system is to protect our body from invading micro-organisms. These organisms are destroyed by the cells with the help of antibodies and other components in the blood and tissues. The following are the most commonly ordered lab tests
Cells: white cell count, CD4, CD8, NKC
Quantitative immunoglobulins (IgG, A, M, E)
Specific antibody: If the antibody level is low, patients are given the vaccination and the blood is drawn after 4 wks to see the response
Anti-pneumococcal antibody before and after vaccination
Protective level is ≥1.3 mg/L in greater than 50% of serotypes in 2-5 yr of age, in greater than 70% of serotype after 5 yrs of age
Good vaccine response is when antibodies rise 4 x or greater
Anti-Hemophilus antibody
Protective level is ≥ 1.0 mg/L
Anti-Tetanus antibody
Most children have a protective level if they are vaccinated
Memory B cells: For those patients who do not respond to vaccinations, number of memory B cells (IgD-, CD27+) are checked. When memory B cells are lacking, patients' immune system does not 'remember' if he/she received the vaccinations.
Complement levels: Complements help antibody and cell to fight infection better
It has been the focus of investigation why the incidence of asthma ---
The answer seems to be "probably no"
Epidemiological evidence suggests that viral infections –
Recent epidemiological studies also suggest that Vitamin D deficiency plays a significant role in the genesis of allergic disorders. The incidence rate of asthma is reported higher in the temperate than the warmer zones of the world. A survey showed that 35% of asthmatic children were low in Vitamin D in USA (Brehm, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2010)
A hypothesis is that the vitamin D deficiency leads to a decrease in function and number of regulatory T cells that is important in suppressing allergic potentials
According to the United States Institute of Medicine, the recommended dietary allowances of vitamin D are 600-800 IU/day (15 ugs/day)
The tolerable upper intake levels are;
0-6 months of age: 1,000 IU
6-12 months: 1,500
1-3 yrs of age: 2500 IU
9-71+ years of age: 4000 IU
Conditions Treated and Services Offered
What we treat and what we do
View full list of what we treat and what we do
PROBLEMS TREATED:
o Sinusitis / Chronic Rhinosinusitis / Chronic Sinusitis / Nasal Polyps
o Allergic Rhinitis (Nasal Allergies)
o Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis)
o Contact Dermatitis
o Hives / Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria
o Chronic Cough
o Bronchitis
o Asthma / Exercise Induced Asthma / Wheezing
o Food Allergy / Food Sensitivity / Food Intolerance
o Drug Allergy
o Anaphylaxis / Allergic Reactions
o Insect Sting Reactions / Venom Allergy
o Immune Deficiency / Recurrent Infection / Frequent Infection
o Angioedema
o Hereditary Angioedema
o Allergy Shots / Immunotherapy
o Rhinoscopy
o Lung Function Testing / Spirometry
o Nitric Oxide Breathing Test
o Skin prick testing for environmental and food allergies
o Skin patch testing for material and chemical allergies
o Medication allergy testing
o Penicillin allergy testing
o Medication challenge
o Food challenge testing
o Aspirin challenge testing
o Bee and stinging insect venom allergy testing and treatment
Song Institute of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
3113 N. Sepulveda Blvd , Suite A
Monday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm Tuesday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm Wednesday 2:00 pm - 6:30 pm Thursday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm Friday 8:00 am - 12:30 pm Saturday 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Sunday Closed
Song Institute of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Manhattan Beach, CA
Address: 3113 N. Sepulveda Blvd , Suite A, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266


Under the management of Michael Grander, son of the owners of the ever popular Hotel Park, the comfortable Hotel Fischer offers good value for money in a central location, and just a short ski bus ride to the slopes. Guests may take advantage of ski-storage in the sister Hotel Park.
35 bedrooms. All bedrooms with private bath or shower, WC, hairdryer, cable TV, safe and some with balcony.


… jealousy comes and goes, depending on how good I feel about myself. When I'm not taking care of getting what I want, it's easy to get jealous and think that someone else is getting what I am not. I need to remember that it's my job to get my needs met. I feel the jealousy, but I'm not willing to act on it so it mostly goes away.


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Fergus Hall Recognized as BC High School, Male AOY
March 20, 2013 Posted in News / Victoria BC
Castaway Wanderers product and Glenlyon Norfolk graduate Fergus Hall was recently recognized as the Sport BC High School Male Athlete of the Year at the 47th Annual Sport BC Athlete of the Year Awards. A standout in soccer and rugby, Hall was named one of three top BC male athletes.
Hall excelled on the rugby pitch in 2012 with both the provincial XVs and Sevens programs. A standout in the BC Rugby Academy, Hall was instrumental in seeing British Columbia's U18 XVs side defend their title at nationals in Sherbrooke, Quebec this past August.
During the 2011-12 season, Fergus was selected to the U18 Canadian national men's sevens team that competed at the Youth Commonwealth Games in the Isle of Man and later went on to play for Canada's U19 team on their tour of the UK.
With the BC Elite Youth Sevens program, Hall was a key figure in the U18s going undefeated to lift three youth international titles in Las Vegas, Hong Kong and Victoria. During the Las Vegas cup final against national side High School All-Americans, Hall produced a flawless kicking performance going 5-for-5 in conversion attempts to see off the Americans 35-14.
Now an Engineering Major at the University of Victoria, Hall has had an impressive rookie campaign with the Vikes capturing a National University Sevens championship as well as the Las Vegas Sevens Invitational Sevens University title. Fergus, who started his rugby career as a CW mini player at age eight, is a great role model for all young players. On this evening, he stood tall with other outstanding BC athletes, Female AOY - Christine Sinclair and Male AOY - Ryan Cochrane.


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A Board of Advisors comprised of industry experts has been set up to monitor and assist the Reverse Logistics Association management team in making informed decisions. Advisors include:
Jack Allen – Cisco
Jack Allen is the Senior Director of Global Logistics for Cisco Systems Supply Chain Operations group. Cisco Systems is the worldwide leader in IT and networking, with $50B in revenues annually. Cisco helps companies of all sizes transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate.
In his role, Jack manages logistics activities that support all of Cisco's product revenue and returns. This includes forward and reverse logistics, export operations, transportation, warehousing, packaging engineering, customer logistics and logistics innovation practices. Jack's team manages an end-to-end ecosystem of global partners consisting of the best and most innovative logistics corporations in the world. The Cisco network includes more than a dozen warehouses and ships over 250,000 units daily.
As a Supply Chain thought-leader, Jack's current focus is creating innovative solutions for Cisco through the Logistics 3.0 Initiative – a signature program that drives cost savings, new logistics product offerings and forward thinking solutions across Cisco's logistics network and beyond. His team has transformed Cisco to align and lead industry best practices while delivering the best customer experience.
One outcome of Logistics 3.0 is that it has paid for itself: the Logistics organization has generated significant cost savings and shareholder value over the years, up to and beyond one additional cent of earnings per share.
Jack currently serves on the board of Georgia Tech's Supply Chain and Logistics Institute and on the Georgia Chamber of Commerce's Technology Committee. He joined Cisco through the Scientific Atlanta acquisition and brings over 25 years' experience in manufacturing and supply chain.
On a personal note, he and his wife also coach two robotics teams of young students (ages 6 to 13) as part of Cisco's STEM initiative to increase diversity and participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math for school-age children.
Bob Arvin – Walmart
Senior level Supply Chain Executive with 35 years experience in forward & reverse logistics, project management, engineering, transportation, Internet fulfillment, and Distribution Center operations.
Responsible for the Reverse Logistics Network at Walmart Stores, including National RTV & Secondary Market programs for Walmart Stores, Walmart.com, SAM\\\\\\\'S Clubs, & SAMS. com.
Past Responsibility for Walmart Apparel Distribution Network - replenishment of apparel, shoes, jewelry & GNFR to all Walmart Stores & SAM\\\\\\\'S Clubs in the US. Fulfillment of on-line apparel sales for Walmart.com.
Past responsibility for regional General Merchandise & Grocery Distribution Center operations.
Tim Brown – Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute
Tim Brown is Managing Director of the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, an Academic Program Director in Georgia Tech Professional Education, and an instructor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. He received his MBA from Georgia State University in 1990. He holds a B.S. in Management Science with a concentration in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Georgia Tech.
Mr. Brown has worked in the reverse logistics area for over twenty years; consulting with companies such as Philips, Apple, and IBM for development of their reverse logistics and service operations strategies, infrastructure, and procedures. Mr. Brown was chosen as a "Professional to Know" by Supply and Demand Chain Executive. He has lectured across the globe and published articles on supply chain strategy, sustainability, and technology topics. He currently serves on the Executive Board of APICS Atlanta Roundtable and founded the Georgia Tech Supply Chain Network professional society. He has been certified in production and inventory management (CPIM) by APICS, project management (PMP) by PMI, and business transformation and supply chain process design by IBM. Prior to joining Georgia Tech in 2014, he served in supply chain consulting and operations management positions for over 25 years.
Lisa Cotter – Best Buy
Lisa Cotter has over 20 years experience leading all areas of Supply Chain including Distribution Management, Inventory Management, Process and System Design, and Supply Chain Network Design. Lisa is in a newly created role of Sr. Director of Reverse Logistics for Best Buy. She is responsible for the end to end total company process and system road map as well as managing the 3rd party reverse program for mobile phones.
Ryan Holden – The Home Depot
Ryan started with The Home Depot in 2003 as a store sales associate. He has held roles of increasing responsibility including bulk distribution center Operations Manager, Manager of Return to Vendor Contracts, and currently Director of Returns and Repair Business. In Ryan's current role, he is responsible for secondary market goods, company repair programs, and return to vendor business functions.
Chuck Johnston – goTRG
Chuck is COO at goTRG, a global leader in the implementation and execution of omnichannel and supply chain solutions. He was formerly the Director of Reverse Logistics for The Home Depot, responsible for all return and repair operations. Prior to that he oversaw the Reverse Logistics operations for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chuck has been involved in the Reverse Logistics industry for over 20 years and is considered the foremost expert in the field. He is a sought after speaker and considered one of the most innovative thinkers in the industry. In addition to his experience in the reverse space, he has led numerous Specialty Distribution Operations in his 23 years with Wal-Mart. While at Wal-Mart, Chuck was responsible for the development of a profitable, "best in class" Reverse Logistics organization that is still the benchmark for all other retailers. Under Chuck's leadership, The Home Depot was able to improve the financial performance in the reverse and repair business by 48%. In just two years, the organization has grown to the second largest repair operation in the country.
Bernard Kiernan – Intel
Bernard Kiernan has been with Intel Corporation for over 20 years in a variety of roles from Quality Management, Services Management, Project and Program Management. Most of this time has been in the Reverse Logistics organization in the design, deployment and management of Reverse Logistics solutions across Intel's broad spectrum of products. Senior Program Manager within Intel Corporation's Global Reverse Logistics (GRL) group with responsibilities for identifying the current and future Reverse Logistics requirements of Intel Business Units and the development of Business Solutions which delight the customer and deliver value add Reverse Logistics services.
Thomas Maher – Dell, Inc.
Tom Maher joined Dell in 1997 and is the Senior Vice President for Global Service Parts. Mr. Maher is responsible for service parts life cycle support in over 100 countries.
Mr. Maher's global service parts responsibilities include: planning, procurement, distribution, returns, repair, inventory management, supplier management and parts disposal. Mr. Maher's organization supports all Dell hardware service offerings for each of Dell's Business Units and Lines of Business. The Global Service Parts organization provides support ranging from mail in Depot Repair to 2hr response and Onsite Parts Management.
Prior to joining Dell Mr. Maher was with Vanstar where he held various positions in after market service parts support. Mr. Maher is an active member of the Reverse Logistics Association and Council of Supply Chain Professionals. In addition, Mr. Maher holds multiple advisory board appointments including: Reverse Logistics Association, Servigistics Advisory Board, and Executive Board for Arizona State Network for Supply Chain Excellence. Mr. Maher spoken globally on various topics on Inventory Supply Chain Management, and published multiple articles.
Mr. Maher holds a B.A. degree from Villanova University.
Steven Nickel – Google
Steven currently leads Google\\\'s global reverse logistics operations and value added support services development for all of its consumer hardware products. He\\\'s been with Google for nearly five years, but brings 20+ years of experience in consumer technology--building amazing teams, growing profitable businesses, and improving customer experiences.
Jim Rallo – Liquidity Services, Inc.
Jim Rallo serves as the President of the Retail Supply Chain Group which helps hundreds of the world\\\'s top retailers and consumer OEMs unlock strategic value in their reverse supply chain, enhancing brand protection for clients. His Retail Supply Chain Group team supports strategic supply chain initiatives which significantly drive recovery on surplus and overstock inventory through comprehensive and scalable multi-channel solutions, returns management, and product refurbishment.
From 2005-2015 Jim served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Liquidity Services. Liquidity Services has grown more than 10 times in top line sales and acquired a total of eight companies in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K, since Jim joined the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Jim served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Sleep Services of America, Inc. He also served as Vice President of Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown\\\'s Healthcare Investment Banking Group. Jim was recognized with top honors from the Tech Council of Maryland as CFO of the Year in 2013 and by the Northern Virginia Technology Council with the Public Company CFO of the Year Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2009.
Jim holds an MBA from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and a bachelor\\\'s degree from Washington and Lee University. He is a CPA and serves as a founding member on the University of Virginia\'s Darden School of Business Strategic CFO Roundtable.
Julie Ryan – HP, Inc.
Julie Ryan joined HP (Compaq) in 1986 with over 22 years of experience in various reverse logistics capacities for US, Canada and Latin America. Julie currently leads the Americas Returns & Remarketing organization responsible for end to end reverse logistics which includes channel return approvals, physical claims and disputes, returns receiving, credit issuance, disposition management, remanufacturing, remarketing as well as planning, forecasting and reporting.
Tevon Taylor – FedEx Supply Chain
An 18-year FedEx veteran, Tevon brings significant experience to the RLA, including nearly six years with Information Technology and Solutions at FedEx Services and three years with the Worldwide Sales team. He joined FedEx Supply Chain in 2014 and has successfully managing numerous large strategic accounts and developing long-term customer relationships.
As Managing Director, Tevon leads and provides strategic direction to the Technology Sales team. He is responsible for all aspects of the FedEx Supply Chain growth effort within the Technology Business Unit, including the delivery of superior and sustainable supply chain solutions.
Tevon earned a bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University and an MBA in Corporate Finance from the University of Dallas.


I try to configure 2 controllers, I activated them in option/GameCube each on "Standard Input".
The first is a x360 Controller, I configure it, save profile, the second is a simple controller, I configure it and create an other profile.
Anyone got an idea ..?
Do you open it directly from the 7z file? It won´t save anything if you´re doing this.
Make sure you extracted the build files from the archive you got.
(05-29-2014, 08:56 AM)DJBarry004 Wrote: Do you open it directly from the 7z file? It won´t save anything if you´re doing this.


If you haven't read the first part, do read it first (KL Indie Fest 08 Review Part I).
After dinner, we headed back to KL Tower and managed to get a quick ride up by using the free shuttle service. And yes, as mentioned before, they are training to be Takumi even when driving uphill. If you are walking up to KL Tower via the road, please walk on the pathway and NOT on the road. At the speeds those shuttle vans are going, they either have to avoid you or knock into you, there's just no time to brake to a sudden stop.
When we reached the venue grounds, we could hear The Times playing. Hmm, shouldn't it be One Buck Short playing (according to the schedule I managed to check out earlier that day)? Anyway, when we finally got into the concert area, their set ended. So, I hung around waiting for the next band, expecting One Buck Short to turn up, but then, according to the emcees, OAG will be coming up next.


Saying "yes" opens the door for new opportunities. Saying "yes" keeps you moving forward in business and in life.
But having the time, energy, and courage to say "yes" is not always easy. In fact, I wrote about how important it is to learn how to say "no" last week in my post, The Power of No.
If you don't adopt the approach of saying "yes" to new friends, business opportunities, and life experiences, you are limiting your chances of happiness, satisfaction, and success. In business, your competitors who have learned the secret of saying "yes" will capitalize on the opportunities that you never let into your life.
Never before has time and attention been more important in business. Your new client base has expanded from local to global and digital has created 24/7 opportunities and expectations. There's a lot going on all at once, and it seems like everyone is suffering from a serious case of FOMO (fear of missing out).
It's challenging to remain focused on the big picture. You can let these crazy times and constant distractions continue to snowball out of control or, change how you handle things by learning and using the little trick I share below.
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This project has been archived and is no longer being maintained. The code is preserved here as a reference.

# Design Dev Boxes

All boxes are built on [VCCW](http://vccw.cc/).

Clone this repo as 'design-dev-boxes'

```
$ git clone git@github.com:USStateDept/design-dev-box.git design-dev-boxes
```

To setup a dev box for a site, follow the instructions that are in each site's README file.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


To get an gmail account, first you need to visit this page: https://mail.google.com, then it will be redirect to this page https://accounts.google.com, as the picture show above.
Did you notice the option to put male, female or other????
Its not required to put in a phone number, but you can. You may want to later for retrieving a password and setting up Google Voice.
Make sure you fill out the captcha box. You can choose to skip the captcha and do phone verification, but in my opinion captcha is just easier.
Also you can choose to put another email address on file. This way you can possibly link accounts later. You can always choose to do this option later as well.
Check the box that says you agree the terms of service and make sure you read it! You can choose to keep the second box checked that wants to use the information to personalize your Google plus 1 account that is automatically made for you when you sign up. The content will be used on ads and non Google websites. Uncheck it if you do not agree to this.
Sometimes Google will ask for a phone verification in which you will type in your country and phone number and then choose for google to call you or send a text message with a verification code. I have done this before and never had a problem with entering in my phone number. Google has a high security policy!
Why would they ask this? Well maybe you opened up many accounts under the same ip address. I guess if that is the case then you probably wouldn't come here to read how to open an account. Another reason is if you are in another country trying to setup an account. To get around that you can use a VPN account to change ip address. That is if you REALLY don't want to go through this phone process.
Then it should go straight to asking for a profile picture. You can choose to do this later and press the next button. If you want to upload a photo now, then just press add profile photo instead.
Okay so now you have an account! You can check your email. Gmail will send you a few emails in the beginning suggesting things and explaining things. Try to navigate around to see the different options. You will get a couple of popups asking if you want a tour and such. You can exit out of the box if you dont want to do this now.
If you need help you can google anything or press the the wheel on the upper right hand corner and itll show a drop down of options in which then you would press help. You can also view some of the other articles that will be posted related to Gmail.
Click the picture below to view clear picture!
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