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Chapter 1 Introduction
Introduction to Travel Health & the Yellow Book
The number of people traveling internationally has continued to grow substantially in the past decade. According to the World Tourism Organization (WTO), there were an estimated 990 million international tourist arrivals in 2011 throughout the world. In 2010, US residents made nearly 60 million trips with at least 1 night outside the United States. International travel takes on many forms, including tourism, business, study abroad, research, visiting friends and relatives, ecotourism, adventure, medical tourism, mission work, and responding to international disasters. Travelers are as unique as their itineraries, covering all age ranges and having a variety of health concerns and conditions. The infectious disease risks that travelers face are dynamic—some travel destinations have become safer, while in other areas, new diseases have emerged and other diseases have reemerged.
The risk of becoming ill or injured during international travel depends on many factors, such as the region of the world visited, a traveler's age and health status, the length of the trip, and the diversity of planned activities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides international travel health information to address the range of health risks a traveler may face, with the aim of assisting travelers and clinicians to better understand the measures necessary to prevent illness and injury during international travel. This publication and the CDC Travelers' Health website (www.cdc.gov/travel) are the 2 primary avenues of communicating CDC's travel health recommendations.
CDC Health Information for International Travel ("The Yellow Book") has been a trusted resource since 1967. Originally, it was a small pamphlet published to satisfy the International Sanitary Regulations' requirements and the International Health Regulations (IHR), adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1951 and 1969, respectively; the IHR were completely revised in 2005. The purpose of the IHR is to ensure maximum security against the international spread of diseases, with minimum interference with world travel and commerce. A copy of the current IHR and supporting information can be found on the WHO website (www.who.int/csr/ihr/en).
In addition to reporting public health events of international concern, the United States must also inform the public about health requirements for entering other countries, such as the necessity of being vaccinated against yellow fever. Some countries require all travelers to have an International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP) documenting yellow fever vaccine administration as a condition for entry, while other countries require vaccination against yellow fever only if travelers arrive from a country where the yellow fever virus is known to circulate. The Yellow Book and the CDC Travelers' Health website aim to communicate these requirements under the IHR (2005). Although this publication includes the most current available information, requirements can change. Current information must be accessed to ensure that these requirements are met; the CDC Travelers' Health website (www.cdc.gov/travel) may be checked for regularly updated information.
The Yellow Book is written primarily for clinicians, including physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. Others, such as people in the travel industry, multinational corporations, missionary and volunteer organizations, and individual travelers, can also find a wealth of information here.
This text is authored by subject-matter experts from within CDC and outside the agency. The guidelines presented in this book are evidence-based and supported by best practices. Internal text citations have not been included; however, a bibliography is included at the end of each section for those who would like to obtain more detailed information. The CDC Travelers' Health program and the CDC Foundation are pleased to partner with Oxford University Press, Inc., to publish the 2014 edition. In addition to the printed copy, a searchable, online version of the Yellow Book can be found on the CDC Travelers' Health website (www.cdc.gov/yellowbook).
The Yellow Book reflects the ever-changing nature of travel medicine. Each new edition notes the changes in global disease distribution, vaccine and medication guidelines, and new developments in preventing travel health risks.
Some new sections in this edition include sections covering Travel Medicine Data Collection: GeoSentinel & Global TravEpiNet (later in this chapter) and Last-Minute Travelers (Chapter 8). In addition, sections such as Escherichia coli, Fascioliasis, and Salmonellosis (Nontyphoidal) have been added to the diseases covered in Chapter 3, while Cambodia: Angkor Wat, Thailand, and Vietnam have been added to the select destinations included in Chapter 4.
In addition to the country-specific yellow fever vaccine requirements and recommendations and malaria transmission information and prophylaxis recommendations, other country-specific vaccine recommendations have been added to the section located at the end of Chapter 3.
Perspectives Editorial Sections
A continuing feature from previous editions is the incorporation of editorial sections entitled Perspectives. Some new Perspectives sections include Prioritizing Care for the Resource-Limited Traveler (Chapter 2), Terrorism (Chapter 2), and Malaria in Long-Term Travelers & Expatriates (Chapter 8). Although the body of evidence-based knowledge in the field of travel medicine is growing, there is recognition that the practice of this specialty involves not only science, but art as well. Thus, readers will notice a few sections that contain editorial discussions aiming to add depth and clinical perspective, as well as to discuss some controversies or differences in opinions and practice. Perspectives sections reflect the views and opinions of the authors and do not necessarily represent official CDC recommendations.
Historical Editorial Sections
Four new sections encompass the 2014 debut of a new category of historical editorial sections, entitled For the Record. Learning the background of certain clinical practices can give readers a better understanding of the health topic and prevention or treatment recommendations. Beyond the practical reasons, these sections are included because the editorial team thought they would be interesting for inquisitive readers.
Questions, comments, and suggestions for CDC Travelers' Health, including comments about this publication, may be made through the CDC-INFO contact center, toll-free at 800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) 8 am to 8 pm Eastern (Monday–Friday, closed holidays) or by visiting www.cdc.gov and clicking on "Contact CDC-INFO" to submit your question through an online e-mail form.
Pre-Travel or Post-Travel Clinical Questions
Since CDC is not a medical facility, clinicians needing assistance with patients who are preparing for travel should consider referral to a travel clinic or a clinic listed on the International Society of Travel Medicine website (www.istm.org).
Clinicians with post-travel health questions regarding their patients may consider referral to a clinic listed on the ISTM website, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene website (www.astmh.org), or a medical university with specialists in infectious diseases.
Malaria: Because of the clinical complexity of malaria, the CDC Malaria Branch offers clinicians assistance with the diagnosis or management of suspected cases of malaria. Clinicians can contact CDC's Malaria Branch telephone hotline during business hours at 770-488-7788 or toll-free at 855–856-4713. After hours and on weekends and holidays, a Malaria Branch clinician may be reached by calling 770-488-7100.
Other parasitic diseases: CDC has an online diagnostic assistance service, called DPDx, for laboratorians, pathologists, and other health professionals (see www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Contactus.htm). Additionally, clinicians may consult with CDC about evaluation and treatment of patients suspected to have a parasitic disease (404-718-4745; firstname.lastname@example.com).
Yellow fever: Clinicians should contact their state or local health department or call 970-221-6400 for assistance with diagnostic testing for yellow fever infections and for questions about antibody response to vaccination.
CDC Emergency Operations Center: CDC maintains an Emergency Operations Center to assist local, state, and federal agencies (770-488-7100) 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Assistance can also be given to health care providers with questions on emergency or urgent patient care. Note: this line is not intended for the general public.
All other questions for CDC may be directed to the CDC INFO contact center, toll-free at 800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) 8 am to 8 pm Eastern (Monday–Friday, closed holidays) or email@example.com.
- United Nations World Tourism Organization. UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, Vol. 10 (September). Madrid: United Nations World Tourism Organization; 2012 [cited 2012 Sep 25]. Available from: http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/pdf/unwto_barom12_05_sept_excerpt.pdf.
- US Department of Commerce, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries. 2011 United States resident travel abroad. Washington, DC: US Department of Commerce; 2012 [cited 2012 Sep 25]. Available from: http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/2010_US_Travel_Abroad.pdf.
- World Health Organization. International Health Regulations (2005). 2nd ed. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2008 [cited 2012 Sep 25]. Available from: http://www.who.int/ihr/9789241596664/en/index.html.
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Estimates of short-term memory capacity vary – from about 3 or 4 elements (i.e., words, digits, or letters) to about 9 elements: a commonly cited capacity is 7±2 elements. In contrast, long-term memory indefinitely stores a seemingly unlimited amount of information.
Short-term memory can be described as the capacity (or capacities) for holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state. The information held in short-term memory may be:
A classical model of memory developed in the 1960s assumed that all memories pass from a short-term to a long-term store after a small period of time. This model is referred to as the "modal model" and has been most famously detailed by Atkinson and Shiffrin. The exact mechanisms by which this transfer takes place, whether all or only some memories are retained permanently, and indeed the existence of a genuine distinction between the two stores, remain controversial topics among experts.
One form of evidence, cited in favor of the separate existence of a short-term store comes from anterograde amnesia, the inability to learn new facts and episodes. Patients with this form of amnesia, typically caused by damage to the hippocampus, have intact ability to retain small amounts of information over short time scales (up to 30 seconds) but are dramatically impaired in their ability to form longer-term memories (a famous example is patient HM). This is interpreted as showing that the short-term store is spared from amnesia.
Other evidence comes from experimental studies showing that some manipulations (e.g., a distractor task, such as repeatedly subtracting a single-digit number from a larger number following learning) impair memory for the 3 to 5 most recently learned words of a list (presumably still held in short-term memory), while leaving recall for words from earlier in the list (presumably stored in long-term memory) unaffected; other manipulations (e.g., semantic similarity of the words) affect only memory for earlier list words, but do not affect memory for the last few words in a list. These results show that different factors affect short term recall (disruption of rehearsal) and long-term recall (semantic similarity). Together, these findings show that long-term memory and short-term memory can vary independently of each other.
Not all researchers agree that short-term and long-term memory are separate systems. Some theoriests propose that memory is unitary over all time scales, from milliseconds to years. Support for the unitary memory hypothesis comes from the fact that it has been difficult to demarcate a clear boundary between short-term and long-term memory. For instance, Tarnow shows that the recall probability vs. latency curve is a straight line from 6 to 600 seconds, with the probability of failure to recall only saturating after 600 seconds . If there were really two different memory stores operating in this time frame, one could expect a discontinuity in this curve. Other research has shown that the detailed pattern of recall errors looks remarkably similar for recall of a list immediately after learning (presumably from short-term memory) and recall after 24 hours (necessarily from long-term memory)
The relationship between short-term memory and working memory is differently described by various theorists, but it is generally acknowledged that the two concepts are distinct. Working memory is a theoretical framework that refers to structures and processes used for temporarily storing and manipulating information. As such, working memory might also be referred to as working attention. Short-term memory generally refers in a theory-neutral manner to the short term storage of information. Thus while there are short-term memory components to working memory models, the concept of short-term memory is distinct from these more hypothetical concepts. Within Baddeley's influential 1986 model of working memory there are two short-term storage mechanisms: the phonological loop and the visuospatial sketchpad. Most of the research referred to here involves the phonological loop, because most of the work done on short-term memory has used verbal material. In recent years, however, there has been a surge in research on visual short term memory, and also increasing work on spatial short term memory
The most important characteristic of a short-term store is, clearly, that it is short-term — that is, it retains information for a limited amount of time only. Most definitions of short-term memory limit the duration of storage to less than a minute; no more than about 30 seconds, and in some models as little as 2 seconds. Memory that exceeds short-term memory duration limits is known as long-term memory.
The limited duration of short-term memory immediately suggests that its contents spontaneously decay over time. The decay assumption is part of many theories of short-term memory, most notably Baddeley's model of working memory. The decay assumption is usually paired with the idea of rapid covert rehearsal: In order to overcome the limitation of short-term memory, and retain information for longer, information must be periodically repeated, or rehearsed — either by articulating it out loud, or by mentally simulating such articulation. In this way, the information will re-enter the short-term store and be retained for a further period.
Several researchers, however, dispute that spontaneous decay plays any significant role in forgetting over the short term , and the evidence is far from conclusive.
Authors doubting that decay causes forgetting from short-term memory often offer as an alternative some form of interference: When several elements (such as digits, words, or pictures) are held in short term memory simultaneously, their representations compete with each other for recall, or degrade each other. Thereby, new content gradually pushes out older content, unless the older content is actively protected against interference by rehearsal or by directing attention to it.
Whatever the cause or causes of forgetting over the short term may be, there is consensus that it severely limits the amount of new information that we can retain over brief periods of time. This limit is referred to as the finite capacity of short-term memory. The capacity of short-term memory is often called "memory span", in reference to a common procedure of measuring it: The experimenter presents lists of items (e.g., digits or words) of increasing length; the tested person's span is determined as the longest list length that she or he can recall correctly in the given order on at least half of all trials.
Prior to the creation of current memory models, George Miller argued that human short-term memory has a forward memory span of approximately seven items plus or minus two. More recent research has shown that this magical number seven is roughly accurate for college students recalling lists of digits, but memory span varies widely with populations tested and with material. For example, the ability to recall words in order depends on a number of characteristics of these words: fewer words can be recalled when the words have longer spoken duration; this is known as the word-length effect, or when their speech sounds are similar to each other; this is called the phonological similarity effect. More words can be recalled when the words are highly familiar and/or occur frequently in the language; recall performance is also better when all of the words in a list are taken from a single semantic category (such as sports) than when the words are taken from different categories.
Though the average person may only retain about 7±2 different units in his or her short term memory, chunking can greatly increase a person's recall ability. Through putting each unit into a meaningful word or phrase, a person's recall ability can skyrocket through practice. For example, in recalling a phone number, the person usually chunks the digits into three groups: first, the area code (such as 814), then a three-digit chunk (123) and lastly a four-digit chunk (4567). This method of remembering phone numbers is far more effective than attempting to remember a string of 10 digits. In one testing session, an All-American cross-country runner was able to recall a string of 73 digits after hearing them only once by chunking them into different running times (e.g. the first four numbers were 1518, a three-mile time.)


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TWO thirds of the red kites released in Grizedale Forest last summer have survived the harsh winter.
Wildlife rangers believe that around 20 of the 30 birds released in the Forestry Commission's three-year re-introduction programme made it through the winter and are still in Cumbria, or nearby counties. Between five and eight of the birds are believed to be living around Grizedale and the Rusland Valley, with another three to five inhabiting the Kirkby Moor area near Ulverston.
Four more Grizedale red kites have been spotted by RSPB experts at feeding stations in Dumfries and Galloway – the furthest known movement is by the bird tagged as number four, which has flown 120km north west into Scotland.
"The birds are doing pretty much exactly as we expected, which is very encouraging," said Iain Yoxall, Forestry Commission wildlife ranger. "We are more confident that these birds will make it to adults now they have made it through a harsh winter. Sadly we lost a few birds but that is natural and why we have to release the numbers that we did."
The 30 red kites released from a secret location in Grizedale Forest in August last year had coloured tags on each wing. An orange tag on their left wing shows they are from Grizedale, and blue tags on their right wings indicate that they were released in 2010. Some birds were also fitted with radio transmitters to help with monitoring.
Mr Yoxall, who has been following the birds' movements around Cumbria, said the help he has received from the public had been invaluable. "I have been radio tracking the birds but sightings from members of the public have been a fantastic help and greatly appreciated. This has been very important because it helps us find the birds and backs up our radio tracking results to give us a more robust picture of their movements. We hope that the public will continue letting us know when and where they make sightings of the red kites."
This year's birds will hatch in May and are likely to be released into Grizedale Forest in August. The red kites being introduced into Grizedale are the product of a reintroduction programme that took place in Northamptonshire in the 1980s.
Red kites were almost eradicated from the UK following changes in farming practices and human persecution between the 16th and 19th centuries. But they managed to cling on in Wales, and their numbers recovered slowly thanks to the actions of local conservationists
A SNOW leopard which featured in a movie starring Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman is the latest addition to a South Lakeland zoo.
Young male Pavan, one of two leopards who played the part of Stelamaria in The Golden Compass, will be housed in a walk-through enclosure at Lakeland Wildlife Oasis at Hale, near Milnthorpe.
Staff have created a homely feel for their new feline friend with the enclosure designed to look like a Himalayan village with plenty of rocks for him to climb and snooze on.
An acrylic tunnel running through the enclosure will allow visitors to see Pavan in his own habitat in what is thought to be the UK's first walk-through big cat exhibit.
Assistant manager of Lakeland Wildlife Oasis, Caroline Howard, said: "We're really excited about Pavan's arrival - he's a real celebrity cat! His new home is amazing. You can walk right through his territory while he ranges around you - even above your head!"
Pavan has arrived from UK charity the Cat Survival Trust which helps conserve endangered cats.
Once he has settled in his new environment, zoo staff hope to form a breeding pair by adding a female snow leopard to Pavan's enclosure.It is not known how many snow leopards are left in the wild but they are now classed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis is joining the captive breeding programme which is run by the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
A PAIR of ospreys have returned to their nesting site in the Lake District. The birds are back at Bassenthwaite Lake - 10 years after the first male osprey chose the area for a nesting site.The bird, known as No Ring, was the first to nest in the Lakes for 150 years. Experts say he has returned with the female he paired up with for the first time in 2007.
It is hoped the birds will rear an 11th generation of young after two male chicks were produced last year.
Graeme Prest of the Lake District Osprey Project said: "It is wonderful news that the ospreys have returned for another season and have already mated. With a bit of luck, the female will be laying her eggs soon."
Almost 100 people are part of a volunteer project to provide 24-hour observation on the nest. They also engage with the public about ospreys at the Dodd Wood viewpoint and Whinlatter Visitor Centre.
The public Osprey Viewpoint at Dodd Wood, near Keswick, has been opened and telescopes are being provided to see the birds.
Live images from the nest are also being beamed to a big screen at the nearby Whinlatter visitor centre. The osprey project is managed by a partnership of the Forestry Commission, Lake District National Park Authority and the RSPB.


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TopGear Magazine in 2001
Clarkson in 2001: "The computer I'm using to write this is also capable of putting me through to a Thai ladyboy in Saigon. But even though I never wish to use this facility, it's nice to know I could."
TopGear Car of The Year: Ford Mondeo
"The BMW 3-Series is the epitome of the quality small car, and made even more desirable by its new engine range. Yet even it had to give best to the Mondeo. The Ford has to be all things to all men: private car, business car, one capable of absorbing families and yet satisfying to the single driver. A Jack-of-all-trades. Once that would have meant master of none, but boasting improved driving qualities and high levels of safety this Jack-of-all-trades is now a master of them all, too."
Three cars from 2001
Jaguar X-Type
"The X-Type is targeted at the sort of person who wears Paul Smith, rather than plays bowls against him. It's certainly practical enough to be regular family transport, but the wife and kids won't thank you if you try to explore the X-Type's sporting pedigree. There's too much body roll; and while the 4WD set-up gives you more security, there's also ugly, lurching understeer in tight corners to contend with. The BMW 3-Series remains the car to beat, but the X-Type is a truly desirable alternative." June 2001
New Mini
"If you strip away all the flim-flam you're left with a fantastic little car. Many of the old car's virtues have been preserved, and there's no doubt that having a wheel at each corner really does result in what the experts might call 'chuck-ability'. Granted, you can't lob it down the road with quite the same fearless enthusiasm that you could the original, but you're now far less likely to end up in hospital should you get carried away." July 2001
Aston Martin Vanquish
"The Vanquish was worth the wait. Aston has done itself proud. At the very least its developmental costs, which incidentally are said to be far greater than originally budgeted, demonstrates Ford's very serious commitment to the brand and its followers. The Vanquish is the most sophisticated, most advanced, best built and, to all intents and purposes, the finest production Aston ever." September 2001
The best-selling car of 2001: Ford Focus
The best-selling song of 2001: It Wasn't Me - Shaggy
And elsewhere in the world in 2001: Nearly 3,000 people are killed when hijacked airliners strike the World Trade Centre and Pentagon; Dale Earnhardt is killed in an accident on the final lap of the Daytona 500; and on October 7th, the US and its allies invade Afghanistan.


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Rated 5 out of 5Â by FPKaraK Adorable, simple and great basic to play with! This is actually a dress I really did not think I was going to like. I would not say it is a "body con" but more like a "slimmer fitting" dress. After having it on all day I grew to love it more and more. It is a very simple piece you can dress up or down. I work mine with tall sweater socks, tall boots and a cardigan. My next look I plan on wearing my studded Converse with a denim button down! Fit: At first I thought the fit was a little odd, but then I actually grew to like i for the reasons I disliked it(lol!). I have a booty (think Candece Swanapole body; narrow, smaller waist, wider hips/bubble butt). On me personally it was def tighter around the butt area. Also, most people do not factor in two things wear comparing fit to a model or another person. If you have boobs or a butt, in those area's the fabric is going to pull more. Therefore it will shorten whatever piece you are wear. Anyway, this dress is def tighter on the bottom and looser up top. Very 80's. I am very narrow up top so tops that have a wider neckline are difficult for me to wear. I thought I was going to have an issue with this but I wound up loving it. I was stuck trying to choose between the XS and the S. Normally Im am an XS at 5'6.5 108lbs 32B-24-34. I sized up to see how the length would look on me. When I sized into the S I got the look of the model shot which is more of an overall baggy dress. Although I really loved the all over comfortable look, I am to narrow for the top in the S. This dress as I mentioned is tighter in the butt and looser up top. I found that the stomach area is loose also. At first I thought it was awkward but then realized it is great if your having a "bloated day" HA! I ended up with my normal size and received MANY compliments thru the day. Material: This dress is mostly Cotton so it will definately shrink if you want it to. However, I always advise people not matter what I DO NOT ever throw my FP items in the dryer. I always wash on "Delicate/Handwash" and hang dry. I find FP is way to delicate and I want my items to last. If you plan on sizing up and shrinking, is the only time I would say to put it in the dryer. The material is comfy and it is a brushed cotton. Look/Other: If you have larger forearms this dress may not be for you. I found it was very tight in the arm openings and hard to push the sleeves up. I did end up loving the fact that it was "open" on top. It allowed my skin to breathe. I am someone who is always hot so the fact it was not clinging to me was def a plus. This dress is a "washed" brushed cotton. This means it may vary in the dye from dress to dress. I personally LOVE when items are washed like that. I love how the black gets that "acid" look to it. It is not "distressed" in the sense that it has holes or anything. The dress color and look wise are close to the photo. Again, if you want the baggier look size up. This dress also comes in red. See attached photo. This is the dress on two "normal" girls, taking their usual sizes. 10.11.2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by rachelm88 love this New favorite casual dress! As far as sizing - I went with my usual medium. It doesn't fit like a bodycon. I'm 5'7" and 135 and the medium fits perfectly. I carry my weight in my middle and this dress is very flattering. Definitely worth getting! 2.3.2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Greediguts Fabulous lil dress! I purchased this in red. What a great dress. I have worn it several times as a tunic. Perfect! I love the stitching of the different pieces of fabric. So very interesting and feels great on! I also have worn this as a dress. My bf loves it! Ha! 11.25.2012
Rated 4 out of 5Â by loveandstyle not so much a bodycon For reference I am 5'5", size 10, 36DD chest and I ordered this in the black/white. I have to say I am very disappointed because I received this dress in the red/black and it is massive, and not my color at all. The material of the dress is pretty- kind of stretchy and very very soft. I am usually a LARGE in FP and a sales person told me this dress fit tight so I was nervous when ordering my size. If I decide to reorder this dress again I will order a MEDIUM so it is more bodycon. PLUS the length on me hit me right at the knees. . Being from Canada we don't get smart shipping to ship an item back for free so I am going to end up paying more than what the dress is worth and none of the customer service people have helped me whatsoever. Disappointed in customer service on this one. 10.26.2012
Rated 4 out of 5Â by mari'n ok The fabric is sort of stiff. Not much stretch there either and it was unexpected. If you want some extra room, maybe go up a size. 3.16.2013
Rated 4 out of 5Â by chicagosummer runs small i often wear an extra small in fp, ordered this in that size, and it was much snugger than pictured. im 5'7 and about 125. had to return as i liked the boxier look, but otherwise very cute! 6.3.2013
Rated 4 out of 5Â by paige61240 like it, don't love it I wanted this dress forever, so when it went on sale I snagged it up right away! I like the material & the colors (keep in mind it has a vintage wash-so its a tad distressed) & I like the fit. It is a bit short on me (I'm 5'9, 115 lbs), so I will only wear it with tights or leggings. I got an XS & it isn't really a bodycon dress, it fits looser like pictured on the model. The arms are a teensy bit tight, but the sleeves are nice and long so I'll take what I can get. The only reason I don't LOVE it is because I think it makes my flat chest even flatter ha! But I'm keepin' it! 4.25.2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by FP-Alexandra The dress my closet has been searching for... I was so happy when this dress went on sale, because it is exactly that easy, go-to dress for the springtime. I was nervous to order the xsmall because it is the only size left in the coral but shockingly it fits pretty perfectly (5'7', 125 lbs, 32D chest). Although it is a little tight around my chest, i love the loose fit around my stomach and my hips.I wish I could have sized up for a little bit more wiggle room but I still love it. So comfy, so easy, just perfect. 4.12.2013
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Regardless of it's intention I think this is a terrible idea. Facebook should simply:
Costs no money and sorts out all the problems, as well as removing the need for the "Other" folder
- Restrict people who aren't "Friends" or "Friends of Friends" from messaging you at all. (Hence bye bye spam)
- Allow Friends of Friends to message you for free for a limited number of messages, perhaps to explain their connection so they can add you and then
- Allow friends unlimited free messages as per now
- Remove the capability for Applications to message your inbox, in any capacity whatsoever, keep using the Jabber protocol to allow chat clients to be unaffected by this change.
- As part of 4, stop merging chat and messages, it's stupid and unhelpful.
- As part of 1, remove the forced sign up for facebook e-mail with email@example.com, most the addresses are stupidly unusable (email@example.com anyone? (not mine)), and are open to spam abuse like all webmail.
- As part of 2, allow this number to be set by the user, including the option to allow unlimited messages, or no messages from "friends of friends" at all
- As part of 1, restrict people and companies who add friends to advertise to them, from sending messages (or make wall posts on the victims walls) at all for a certain period as punishment for spamming users
- As part of 1, add a feature allowing users to write a brief summary in the "Add friend" dialog so they can suggest a reason for adding them, incase a user isn't a "Friend of friend". This was previously possible before the Timeline approach anyway, so it should be no trouble to re-use the relevant code.
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And Enron, yes I agree with you 100%. I think Facebook is stupid and nothing but an excuse service to breach your privacy and learn everything they can about you and everyone you know. A very dangerous place to be sharing your personal life on.
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Timothy Albaugh, where are you?
A rare weekend day in court, convened to finish the solicitation for murder trial of former attorney James Harvey Tipler, came to a screeching halt Saturday when Albaugh, a key defense witness, didn't show up to testify.
Albaugh's testimony meant so much to Tipler's case that Tipler himself wouldn't take the stand without it, defense attorney Clyde Taylor said in asking for the ultimately granted continuance.
"He would be inclined to testify but declines to do so until after he too hears from Mr. Albaugh," Taylor told County Judge T. Patterson Maney, who has presided over the now weeklong trial.
Albaugh had been at the courthouse earlier in the week in anticipation of testifying but was nowhere to be found Saturday. Deputies sent to his home in Laurel Hill made contact with his mother, who said she didn't know where he was.
Tipler, who was ordered to await trial behind bars after being arrested for the third time on racketeering charges, is accused of attempting to solicit the aid of three cellmates in a plot to kill Assistant State Attorney Russ Edgar.
Edgar was the attorney who headed the investigation that led to Tipler's arrests and was scheduled to prosecute his case until the murder for hire was discovered.
Albaugh, one of only three defense witnesses who will testify — provided he can be located and Tipler actually does take the stand — was scheduled to testify that Tipler gave him a check for $400 on the day before he was released from the Okaloosa County Jail.
The importance of this testimony was explained to the court outside the presence of the jury.
According to prosecution witnesses, Tipler blamed delays in getting his plot to kill Edgar off the ground on his inability to access the funds needed to pay to get the job done.
Taylor said Albaugh's testimony could show jurors that Tipler had money available, a revelation the defense hopes will blow a big hole in the prosecution's case.
Prosecutor Bobby Elmore disputed the importance of Albaugh's testimony and offered to have his own investigator, Randy Crowder, confirm what he could of the information Taylor wanted the jury to hear.
Crowder had interviewed Albaugh before the trial.
Taylor countered Elmore's request with a call for a mistrial. He withdrew the motion only after Elmore conceded, given the time of day (about 2:30 p.m.), that the trial wasn't going to be completed Saturday anyway.
When all eight jurors hearing the case informed the judge they could return Monday, Maney continued the trial until 9 a.m. that day.
If convicted on three counts of solicitation to commit murder, Tipler, 61, faces a maximum 45-year prison sentence.
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Adjunct Professor Alexander Rubin Also Will Be Recognized
Duane Grandgenett, Ph.D., is considered the "father of integrase." Photo by Chad Williams
The award is one of seven that will be presented on April 13 at the 17th annual Outstanding Scientist Awards dinner, which honors top scientists and engineers from the St. Louis region.
Grandgenett is a pioneering researcher whose basic science discoveries about how retroviruses spread have lead to new treatments for HIV. For more than three decades, he has focused on integrase, an enzyme that starts a process that allows HIV to put its genetic material into a person's DNA, which leads to the spread of infected cells.
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Alexander Rubin, Ph.D., an adjunct professor in the department of aerospace and mechanical engineering, will received the James B. Eades Award, which recognizes an individual for outstanding achievement in engineering and technology.
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Season's Greetings from the Valley sports teams
It hasn't been the easiest of years as far as many of the Valley's pro teams are concerned. But for a few days, the players, coaches and members of the front office from each of the four respective teams (Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Coyotes and Phoenix Suns) have a chance to sit back, relax and share some of their holiday wishes with fans.
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A very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of my @dbacks friends and family. Be safe, HEALTHY and happy.— Derrick Hall (@DHallDbacks) December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas and Happiest of Holidays to you all. I hope you are near family and friends. Much love!!!— Daryn Colledge (@DarynColledge71) December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas from the Sullivan Family! twitter.com/Sullivan26/sta�— Steve Sullivan (@Sullivan26) December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas everybody— Diante Garrett (@kingarrett10) December 25, 2012
Just wanted to say Happy Holidays and happy New Year to all @dbacks fans! I made you all this egraph! goo.gl/xkvSd— Daniel Hudson (@DHuddy41) December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas tweeps... I love you all.— MichaelFloyd (@MichaelMFloyd) December 25, 2012
Wayne setting the plane up for take off! Awesome Christmas already! Merry Christmas Everybody! twitter.com/JUS10UP10/stat�—Justin Upton (@JUS10UP10) December 25, 2012
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One of the major limitations in commercial space flight is the problem of safety. Widespread commercial space flight will not be allowed for the public until it is deemed safe enough. One safety concern is what to do in the case of a failed launch. If he survived this, it will bring us one step closer to companies having a safer method of action in case of a launch failure.
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Chávez Rising
The last official photo of Hugo Chávez shows him surrounded by his two daughters, María Gabriela and Rosa Virginia. It's a tableau of Renaissance proportions (and probably Photoshopped) that reminds followers of a saintly leader ready to be resurrected, his daughters already mourning the loss of their earthly father but preparing him to be transported to his next life. Whether Chávez can be resurrected through the election of his self-appointed heir, Vice President Nicolás Maduro, remains the next test for the cult of Chavismo that arose around this former paratrooper and failed putchist.
The iconography of a fallen Chávez should not be interpreted as the end of an era, even combined with the death of the 58-year-old leader on March 5, when he was cut down at the height of his power by cancer. The foundation laid by this praetorian populist will endure. Chavismo as a political movement was widely seen by Venezuelans and by other leaders of the region as truly autochthonous, a force that hit the sweet spot of anti-Americanism at the right time and place in U.S.-Latin American relations. His unique blend of regionalism—he used the image and name of South American liberator Simón Bolivar, who sought to unify Hispanic America in the early 19th century—helped to create political clones like presidents Rafael Correa in Ecuador and Evo Morales in Bolivia. Like Chávez, these leaders have attempted to gut democratic rule by using democratic institutions as a cover for more authoritarian actions, which include stifling a free press and packing the courts with partisan followers.
Hugo Chávez knew how to push every button that would provoke a U.S. response to his regime. He nationalized U.S. oil companies and he made common cause with some of the most repressive leaders around the globe. His friendships with the Libyan dictator, Muammar Qaddafi, Iranian leader Mahmud Ahmandinejad, and Syria's President Bashar al-Assad were especially troublesome; they were deliberate attempts to challenge U.S. counter-terrorist efforts after September 11 by cavorting with known sponsors of state terrorism. Qaddafi even sent emissaries to Caracas as his regime was falling to see whether Chávez would help him out and circumvent international sanctions.
Eventually, the U.S. government got smart about how to manage this blow-hard populist who not only gutted the institutions of democracy to consolidate his own power, but also managed to further the schisms between the United States other countries in this hemisphere by using his petro-diplomacy to buy friends at a time when U.S. assistance to the region was on the decline. He used his nation's oil wealth to prop up the economically ailing government of Raul Castro. Venezuela provides 97,000 barrels of oil per day to keep Cuba afloat. Chávez also invested in projects that would win him supporters in some of the poorest nations of the Caribbean and Central America. Citizens of Nicaragua praised his largesse, allowing taxi-drivers and members of the Sandinista party to gain access to cheap gasoline in a country with no source of fossil fuel.
That his relationship with Cuba became central to his own leadership is not surprising. As a young renegade officer, Chávez devoured the leftist literature of his generation. His veneration for the tactics of his mentor, Fidel Castro, provided the oxygen for his own vision of a socialist Bolivarian state. The barter of oil for doctors worked well in that it gave Chávez a tangible benefit to deliver to his poorest citizens. Ironically, he used his oil wealth not to promote education or repair aging infrastructure, but to bring medicine from Cuba to his own country for a rapid infusion of good will. Of course many people were healed by the hands of Cuban doctors and given sight by the cataract surgeries that were once outside the reach of most poor Venezuelans. But at the end of the day, what Cuba did for Chávez was to give him legitimacy with some of the world's worst offenders of human rights rather than provide lessons about educating people and improving their lives.
In assessing the Chávez era one thing is clear. His presence will be felt for a long time as elections in Venezuela go forward in the next 30 days. It would be hard for the opposition candidate, Henrique Capriles, to overcome a strong advantage that Nicolas Maduro has at this point in time. It's an open question whether Maduro can keep the country together in the face of tremendous economic challenges—from food shortages to currency problems and an oil industry that under-performs yet is its main revenue source. Couple this with a crime rate that is among the highest in South America, with 73 murders per 100,000 persons per year, and you have a nation that is on the brink of a disaster. While an ailing Chávez distracted the public from the real issues of state, it will not be easy to continue the cover-up.
When the official mourning period ends, the tears have dried, and Chávez is finally laid to rest alongside the body of his hero, Simón Bolivar, the contrasts between the true liberator of a nation and a self-selected despot will grow clearer as Venezuela's economic future grows more dire. Chávez's cronies will no longer have the ability or the charisma to overcome a democratic opposition that yearns for a capable state.
Americans often confuse elections with democracy. We have never fully understood that elections do not necessarily create citizens. Venezuelans have a steep hill to climb. That nation must move beyond the ballot box to the serious task of repairing the damage to its judiciary, its legislature, and its press. This transformation may be long in the making, and for now, the United States must brace itself for a long period of rebuilding a relationship that might best be brokered by other allies in the region like Colombia or Brazil. The real losers in this game will be precisely the poor who clung to Chávez's promises but never really understood the price the nation paid for his form of demagoguery.
Ben Leet
Thu, 2013-03-07 21:58
Opinions differ greatly about Chavez, here are some alternatives to this weakly argued condemnation.
At the Progressive Magazine site published today March 2013 , and another essay by economist Robin Hahnel written in 2007 an excerpt of which I post below. Mark Weisbrot at CEPR.net has a brief essay. The hyperlinks to the three are below the Hahnel quote.
"The most dramatic increase in social spending was in the area of health care. In 1998 there were over 14,000 Venezuelans for each primary healthcare physician, and few physicians worked in rural or poor urban areas. By 2007 there was one primary healthcare physician for every 1,300 Venezuelans, and many of the new physicians were working in clinics in rural areas and poor barrios that had never had physicians before.2 There are also now 16,000 stores in poor areas throughout the country selling staples at a 30% discount on average."
Tue, 2013-03-12 17:14
Chavez was cooky, but he was democratically elected in fair elections. 3 times. The opposition hated him, sure. That still doesn't make him any more despotic than, say, FDR.
Also, it's telling that you kinda forgot to mention that the US was involved in a coup against Chavez in 2002.
As for Venezuela being on the brink of economic disaster: that's not what the numbers guys say over at CEPR (they're the ones who called the housing bubble in the US on time). Source: http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/venezuela-2012-09.pdf
I rather trust CEPR on this than some Washington bobblehead. She might as well work for the Ministry of Truth.
Charles Lemos
Tue, 2013-03-12 23:06
"democratically elected in fair elections. 3 times." Try once, the first time. After that, Venezuelan elections became less fair and less transparent. At one point over 13,000 Venezuelans from various opposition parties had been banned for life from politics on trumped up charges of corruption yet they weren't brought to trial. Chávez also stacked the Supreme Court and the National Election Council with members of his Socialist party, the former to allow not just immediate re-election (Latin American constitutions weary of dictators only allowed one term and done) but indefinite reelection. Thankfully, he is dead or otherwise he might have remained as President until 2030. But it is not even how he was elected but rather how he ruled that makes Chávez authoritarian.
Most Americans know little of Latin American history and they tend to think of the Latin republics, if they think of them at all, as essentially the coup-prone military dictator after military dictator banana republic. In truth, only a few countries were coup prone. Bolivia leads the pack with some close 200 coups. The rest of Latin America combined does not equal that number. In some countries, coups have been incredibly rare. Colombia has had but two, its first in 1953 and its last in 1957 to oust the guy who taken power in 1953. Uruguay has had more than two but it too had only two during the entire 20th century.
Nor is the characterization that Latin dictators came exclusively from military ranks. Certainly the coups post the 1950s were military led but in most countries at various points in time civilian dictatorships arose. The most extreme if not bizarre one was the dictatorship of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, better known by his nickname of El Supremo, who ruled Paraguay from its independence in 1811 at first with a co-counsel but after 1815 until his death in 1840 singlehandedly. He could say "l'etat c'est moi" and be absolutely right. The only other full-time government employee was his secretary. Austere and with a rigid discipline, he made Paraguay a rather rich state. The same cannot be said of the despots who ruled Venezuela. It was the poorest country in South America until at least the 1920s and proved itself incapable of holding a direct popular election for the Presidency until 1948 (technically, the US has yet to do this given its arcane 18th century way of electing presidents and for the record Venezuela did elect a small number of Presidents indirectly with either a Federal Council or the Congress electing the chief of state). Chávez may not have been a democrat but he certainly was in keeping with Venezuela's authoritarian tradition. Chávez follows such dictatorial luminaries as Marco Pérez Jiménez, Juan Vicente Gómez, Cirpriano Castro, Joaquín Crespo, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, and José Antonio Paez. Rather than see Chávez as the exception, I see Chávez as the return to norm in South America's most barbaric republic. The period between 1959-1999 was but a brief blip of democracy in what has been the least democratic country on the continent apart from Haiti. Very briefly here is what make Chávez an autocrat. He rewrote the Constitution allowing himself vast powers including the power of decree. Unlike any other republic, there are no real checks on executive power. Thus Chávez could nationalize or expropriate any business and he did so with regularity. To Chávez, the rule of law was nonexistent. He was the law.
There are so many odd facts about his tenure. Elected in 1999 by a country tired of a corrupt two party system (the presidency of Luis Herrera Campins in the early 1980s marked the transition to two party kleptocracy), Chávez not only succeeding in making the country more corrupt, but did so spectacularly. Venezuela went from 75th on the Transparency International Index of Corruption to 162nd in 2012.
That the poor love him is beyond dispute. But the rest of Venezuelan society loathes him. I reject the notion that only the elite and middle classes merit the fruits of citizenship but I also reject the notion that only the poor deserve state benefits. But poor in Latin America is basically an euphemism for dark skinned. And herein lies the problem, the polarization in Venezuela isn't just along class lies, it is along racial ones. And here's what makes Venezuela different from the rest of most Latin American countries. In the colonial period, Venezuela was a slave society. A small white elite governing a large black population. In 1810 though the provinces that made up Venezuela had only about a fifth or quarter of the population that made up neighboring Colombia, Venezuela had three times the number of slaves. Compared to brutality of the slave societies in the American South, northeast Brazil, or Haiti, slavery in Spain's colonies were generally more benign with two exceptions. The first is Cuba where slavery is largely a 19th century event (Cuba was a deserted island of goats and pigs with Havana attached until 1820s) and the second is Venezuela. In each of these slave societies, it is the ratio of white overlord to black slave that seems to account for the brutality. The more slaves to whites, the greater the brutality. Chávez is a cimarrón, a descendant of black slaves who escaped to the Llanos on the other side of the Andes where the escaped married the other resistors of Spain's designs, the indigenous tribes. Chávez is the triumph of a racial revanche. And while I tend to believe that what we will see emerge in Venezuela in the near term is a hybrid of Mexico under the PRI and Cuba under the Castros, the dangers of a conflict along racial lines can not be dismissed.
Thu, 2013-03-14 09:31
Only once?
"This (2012 presidential elections, wp200) will be Venezuela's 15th set of national elections since Hugo Chavez was elected President in 1999. That is more sets of elections than took place in the 40 years prior to Hugo Chávez becoming President.It is also one of the highest number of elections held in any country in the world in that time. All have been declared free and fair including by international bodies such as the EU and Organisation of American States (OAS).In September 2012 former US President Jimmy Carter said "the election process in Venezuela is the best in the world" and that Hugo Chavez has always won "fairly and squarely"."
Unless you've got better election watchers than the EU, the OAS and the Carter Center, Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
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