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Kamis, 04 Oktober 2012

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US gas prices trickle lower except on coasts

Drivers on either coast may be questioning the conventional wisdom that gas prices fall after Labor Day.

Motorists in California paid an average of $4.232 per gallon Wednesday. That's 45 cents higher than the national average and exceeded only by Hawaii among the 50 states.

Prices in New York, Connecticut and New Hampshire are at or near highs for the year. They're also about 40 cents higher than a year ago.

Gas prices have trickled lower in most parts of the U.S. after a late-summer surge. Oil prices have fallen since mid-September and demand for gasoline is down.

But refinery and pipeline problems have shrunk supplies of gasoline on the coasts and driven up prices in states that typically have some of the highest gas prices in the U.S. anyway.

Associated Press

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Rabu, 03 Oktober 2012

Miniaturized atomic clock to support Soldiers in absence of GPS

The U.S. Army has begun the final phase for manufacturing a microchip-sized prototype that will support efforts to provide highly accurate location and battlefield situational awareness for the dismounted Soldier, even in the temporary absence of GPS capability.

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's communications-electronics RD&E center, CERDEC, hosted Phase II kickoff meetings for manufacturing prototype units of a Chip Scale Atomic Clock, or CSAC, here, Sept. 26-27.

The goal is to provide complete atomic clock capabilities for weapons, weapon systems and the dismounted Soldier, and to do this with low power and drastically reduced cost, noted John Del Colliano, chief for the Positioning, Navigation and Timing branch of CERDEC's Command, Power & Integration directorate.

"An atomic clock, which is recognized for its accuracy, is used by the military in larger systems; however, the typical atomic clock is large, heavy and requires lots of power. Large systems/platforms like bombers have the advantage of having more power and space to accommodate a full-scale atomic clock, but that's not true for a Soldier on the battlefield or for munitions being fired," Del Colliano said.

The CSAC, which is approximately 15 cubic centimeters, could be integrated into a platform, weapon or a device worn by a Soldier and will be completely transparent to the user, said Paul M. Olson, acting associate director, Systems Engineering, for CERDEC CP&I.

"The CSAC is a critical tool for systems that require very accurate time synchronization, such as communication, navigation, radar and weapon systems. When used in conjunction with other sensors, the CSAC can help these systems provide highly accurate location and battlefield SA to units and commanders," Olson said.

"If GPS is disrupted or jammed, a CSAC could provide precise time to the GPS receiver to enable rapid recovery or to protect receivers from GPS spoofing, a condition where false GPS signals are broadcast to fool GPS receivers with erroneous information. The hope is that the Soldier wouldn't even know that his GPS is being jammed," Olson said.

Initiated by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the CSAC Manufacturing Technology Objective is jointly funded by the Army, the Air Force Global Positioning System Directorate and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

CERDEC CP&I serves as the lead, managing the ManTech program; in addition to supporting the technical development and requirements verification, the organization tested the prototypes to prove their capability.

Three vendors have been awarded contracts and are set to deliver a total of 500 prototype units. CERDEC CP&I hopes each vendor will eventually be able to produce more than 20,000 units a year, in the price range of $300 or less. Multiple vendors would significantly reduce acquisition cost for joint service applications requiring precision timing subsystems in Soldier communication systems.

"Flooding the market" is good for the DOD and could lead to CSAC availability in the commercial sector, Del Colliano said.

"Some atomic clocks can be in the $10,000 range. You're not going to put something that expensive in a disposable piece of equipment; however, you can put a $300 component into a piece of equipment that's going to explode," Del Colliano said.

CERDEC CP&I, who works closely with other elements across the DOD, hopes to produce enough units for user evaluation across the DOD, the Dept. of Homeland Security and the Federal Aviation Administration.

"We want to get the message out DOD-wide regarding what's going to become available within the next two years," Del Colliano said. "This is bigger than just the Army; we see this product aiding everyone across DOD."

This is the third and final year of the ManTech effort. Upon completion, CERDEC CP&I is scheduled to transition the CSAC prototype units to Product Director Positioning, Navigation and Timing in September 2013.

By Edric Thompson

Source : US Army

Published on ASDNews: Oct 3, 2012
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Source: http://www.asdnews.com/news-45311/Miniaturized_atomic_clock_to_support_Soldiers_in_absence_of_GPS.htm

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Study affirms safety of HPV4 vaccine for adolescents and young women in routine clinical care

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

A study of almost 200,000 young females who received the quadrivalent human papilloma virus (HPV4) vaccine found that immunization was associated only with same-day syncope (fainting) and skin infections in the two weeks after vaccination. These findings support the general safety of routine vaccination with HPV4 in a clinical care setting to prevent cervical and other genital and reproductive cancers.

The association between HPV4 and syncope was not unexpected, the researchers noted, because injections in general are known to have a correlation to fainting, particularly in the study's age group. The review of skin-infection diagnoses suggested that some may have been local injection-site reactions, although there was insufficient detail to exclude acute infections.

The study appears in the current online issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

"Taking into account all the analyses, subanalyses and relevant medical record reviews, an independent safety committee noted that there may be an association between HPV4 vaccination and same-day syncope, as well as skin infections during the two weeks after immunization," said lead author Nicola Klein, MD, PhD, co-director and research scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center in Oakland, Calif.

Dr. Klein outlined the study's strengths ? a large, ethnically diverse population who received a total of nearly 350,000 HPV4 doses; an integrated health care delivery system that assured complete or near-complete medical information; and a pre-specified, validated, clinically meaningful system to categorize all outcomes. However, she noted that ongoing monitoring of spontaneous reports and other sources such as the Vaccine Safety Datalink will further contribute to HPV4's safety profile.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a family of small DNA viruses that are associated with the most commonly detected sexually transmitted infection in women. While most HPV infections cause no symptoms and are self-limited, persistent genital HPV infection can lead to cervical cancer. HPV is estimated to cause over half a million new cancers every year, most of which affect women in developing countries.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the quadrivalent HPV vaccine in 2006 for females between the ages of 9 to 26 for prevention of a range of diseases attributed to HPV. More recently, HPV4 was approved for the same age group for the prevention of vaginal and vulvar cancer, for males between the ages of 9 to 26 years for the prevention of genital warts, and in both males and females for the prevention of anal intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer.

The study was conducted within the integrated health care delivery systems of Northern and Southern California Kaiser Permanente, which each have more than 3 million members representative of the regions' populations, and included 189,629 females who received one or more doses of HPV4 between August 2006 and March 2008.

The design of the study compared the risk of emergency department visits and hospitalizations during post-vaccination intervals of 1-60 days, 1-14 days and day 0 (day of vaccination) with control intervals ranging from 60 days for those who received one dose of HPV4 to 180 days for those who received three doses.

"That this study detected two potentially expected outcomes provides reasonable reassurance that it was a valid approach to uncovering HPV4-associated safety signals," Dr. Klein said. "The findings substantiate the overall safety of the HPV4 vaccine in women and girls following routine administration."

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Kaiser Permanente: http://www.kp.org/newscenter

Thanks to Kaiser Permanente for this article.

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Mock interviews - accountancy and finance roles | Lincoln Business ...

Some of the main advantages of the mock interview are:

It will reduce interview anxiety by familiarising you with the situation.
It will boost your confidence about the things you are doing well.
It will allow you to preview any interviewing weaknesses you have.
It will give you the opportunity to receive constructive feedback from an interviewing professional.

Excuses people use to avoid mock interviews:

they may deny that they need help, or fail to appreciate how much practice can improve their polish. Many people are afraid to practice with a partner because they have a fear of public speaking! Unfortunately, they are the very people who would be most likely to benefit from practicing their interview skills.

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David Blaine goes high voltage with latest stunt

FILE - This Oct. 13, 2008 file photo shows David Blaine attending a Cinema Society and Dolce Gabbana hosted special screening of "Filth and Wisdom" in New York. Blain is returning to New York City Oct. 5-8 for a three day, three night stunt called ?Electrified: One Million Volts Always On.? It will be streamed live. Blaine once set a world-record for holding his breath underwater for 17 minutes. He has also been buried alive for a week, encased inside a six-ton block of ice, and stood on top a 100-foot tall pillar for 36 hours without a safety net. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

NEW YORK (AP) ? David Blaine is spending the days leading up to his next stunt lying low.

"I'll mostly be relaxing, meditating and playing with my daughter ... and trying not to deprive myself of sleep," the illusionist said at a Tuesday press conference after demonstrating the stunt at low voltage.

He will need the rest. Beginning Friday, Blaine will spend three days and three nights standing in the middle of a million volts of electric currents streamed by tesla coils.

The feat is called "Electrified: One Million Volts Always On" and will take place at Pier 54 on New York's West Side. It will be open to the public, and spectators can type messages to Blaine, control the electricity around him and basically help keep him alert.

"Electrified" also will be streamed on YouTube, thanks to computing company Intel. Viewing stations will be located in London, Beijing, Tokyo and Sydney.

Blaine, who said he lives nearby, joked that he hopes to walk home after it is all over.

Safety is a bigger concern now that Blaine is a father. He has a 20-month-old daughter.

For the stunt, the 39-year-old will wear a chainmail bodysuit as a barrier between himself and the electric currents. He will have a wire helmet on, a visor to shield his eyes, and hearing protection for his ears. The air he is breathing will be monitored.

Blaine won't be able to eat but will have a tube for water in and another tube for water out, so to speak. Because he is fasting for days beforehand, he doesn't expect any other bodily waste.

"I don't know how I could ever top this," he said. "This is an overly-ambitious idea, and I'm literally shocked that it came together. This is one of the craziest things that I ever dreamed up, and I don't know how I could go beyond it."

Blaine's last stunt was hanging without a net high over New York's Central Park for 60 hours in 2008. For other stunts, he held his breath underwater for 17 minutes and 4 seconds, was buried alive for a week in a see-through coffin and was encased in a block of ice for 63 hours.

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Online:

http://www.youtube.com/electrified

http://www.davidblaine.com/

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Alicia Rancilio covers entertainment for The Associated Press. Follow her online at http://www.twitter.com/aliciar

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