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Review of the 2007 Jeep Wrangler
Though more refined and feature-laden than in years past, the 2007 Jeep Wrangler firmly maintains its heritage, image and off-road ability.
- Safety
Superior off-road ability, available in short- or long-wheelbase versions, choice of soft top or hard top, upscale navigation system.
Unlimited model's mediocre acceleration, ride and handling suffer from off-road-oriented suspension, interior materials look and feel cheap.
What's New for 2007
The Jeep Wrangler has been fully redesigned for 2007. The new model is larger and more refined. Highlights include a new four-door body style, a V6 engine and additional convenience and safety features.Read full review of the 2007 Jeep Wrangler
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What's New for 2007
The Jeep Wrangler has been fully redesigned for 2007. The new model is larger and more refined. Highlights include a new four-door body style, a V6 engine and additional convenience and safety features.
Few vehicles in America have as much history or as dedicated a following as the Jeep Wrangler. This compact SUV and its earlier CJ predecessors have been providing Americans with rugged off-road ability and iconic style for more than 60 years. Whether it's South Dakota's badlands, San Diego's Pacific Beach or mud bogs in Arkansas, the original Jeep seems right at home.
While the Wrangler's traits and affordable price have made it a steady seller through the years, the vehicle has also come bundled with a lot of drawbacks, such as a harsh and noisy ride, a cramped interior and a dated level of refinement. So for the 2007 Wrangler, Jeep has performed a full redesign aimed at fixing the previous model's most outstanding faults without diluting its character.
The new Wrangler is about the same length as before but much wider. This provides additional shoulder and hip room for both front and rear passengers. For additional space, there's the new Wrangler Unlimited. Like last year's model, the Unlimited is built on an extended wheelbase. But this time it happens to be topped with the Wrangler's first four-door body style. The four-door has a roomier three-passenger backseat and a cargo capacity that's better than many other small SUVs.
The 2007 Jeep Wrangler's body structure is stiffer than before and works in conjunction with enhanced suspension and steering tuning to provide a more refined on-road experience. Additional sound insulation and new top designs reduce wind noise. For power, Jeep has replaced the previous inline six-cylinder engine with a new 3.8-liter 202-horsepower V6. It's more powerful than the old engine, but it also must move more weight; the Wrangler Unlimited weighs in at about 4300 pounds, more than 1000 pounds heavier than last year's regular Wrangler.
Underneath, the general hardware configuration is the same -- lives axles suspended by five-link designs -- and Jeep has made sure that off-road ability is still intact. There are 10.2 inches of ground clearance, steep approach and departure angles, and low-range four-wheel drive. The hardcore Rubicon trim level returns as well, and again features many hardware upgrades meant to make it the most capable production vehicle you can buy for off-road use.
There's little doubt that the 2007 Jeep Wrangler is much improved overall. The vehicle's character and heritage haven't been overshadowed or watered down by the new features and refinement. And yes, you can still fold down the windshield and take off the doors, even on the four-door. But as before, we consider the Wrangler a niche-market vehicle. Consumers just wanting a capable small SUV will be disappointed by its average acceleration, uninspired interior design and meager handling abilities. Nissan's Xterra or Toyota's FJ Cruiser will likely suit those buyers better. But for those wanting the original American rock crawler, there is still only one Jeep.
Body Styles, Trim Levels, and Options
The 2007 Jeep Wrangler is a small SUV with a convertible top. It's offered in two body styles -- regular two-door and the extended-wheelbase, four-door Unlimited. The basic Wrangler X is quite spartan, though a CD player with an auxiliary input jack is standard. An optional "C" Package adds air-conditioning, upgraded cloth seats and a full-length center console. The "S" Package has those features, plus 16-inch alloy wheels, tow hooks, cruise control and a compass/temperature display. Also optional is a modular three-piece hard top (Freedom top), a sunroof-equipped soft top, a limited-slip rear differential, power windows, keyless entry, an Infinity audio system, a six-disc CD/MP3 player and satellite radio.
The Jeep Wrangler Sahara is more upscale. In addition to having many of the Wrangler X's optional features as standard, it also features 17-inch alloy wheels, body-color fenders, a heavy-duty suspension and upgraded seat fabric. Options for the Sahara include 18-inch alloy wheels and a navigation system featuring "bread crumb" off-highway tracking. A 20-Gigabyte hard drive can also be added to the system to store music and pictures. Lastly, there's the trail-busting Wrangler Rubicon. This model is equipped similarly to the Sahara but features special drivetrain upgrades, an electronically disconnecting stabilizer bar and special BFGoodrich off-road tires.
Powertrains and Performance
All 2007 Wranglers come with a 3.8-liter V6 engine capable of 202 horsepower and 237 pound-feet of torque. It's connected to a standard six-speed manual transmission or an optional four-speed automatic. Most models are four-wheel drive, though a rear-drive version of the Unlimited is available. The Rubicon trim has heavy-duty axles, a Rock-Trac transfer case with extra-low gearing, and electronically locking front and rear differentials. In testing, we've found that a Wrangler Unlimited takes a longish 9.7 seconds to reach 60 mph. Properly equipped, this Jeep can tow 3500 pounds.
Safety has been improved for the 2007 Jeep Wrangler, and all models now feature antilock brakes and stability control with a rollover sensor. Front seat-mounted side airbags are optional.
Interior Design and Special Features
The regular Wrangler has a small backseat for two passengers, while the Unlimited's roomier rear seat accommodates three people. The latter model also provides class-leading cargo space, with up to 86 cubic feet available when the second-row seats are folded. In front, the Wrangler disappoints due to small cupholders, a lack of storage space, characterless analog gauges, cheap-feeling climate-control knobs and plenty of budget-themed plastic on the dash and doors.
Driving Impressions
The 2007-year improvements have made a difference. The new Jeep Wrangler tracks better on the highway and leans less in the turns. But braking distances are unimpressive, and the model's big tires and solid-axle front suspension don't do it any favors when it comes time for precision handling. As before, the Wrangler, especially in Rubicon trim, is pretty much unstoppable in off-road situations. This is also true for the Unlimited Rubicon, though its increased size and weight prevent it from being as maneuverable on tight trails as the regular Wrangler.


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2PM kicked off its second Asia tour and subsequent activities in the city of Shanghai as it held a press conference in Shanghai on November 16 at the Marriot Hotel and held a high five event with 300 lucky fans chosen from among the Shanghai concert ticket purchasers. Some 80 members of the press were there to cover the group.
The group then finally kicked off its concert tour at the Mercedes Benz Arena on November 17 where long lines of fans were seen camped outside the venue from the morning of the concert.
Kicking things off with I'll Be Back, the 2PM members displayed their upgraded masculine and sexy charms.
The members' respective solo stages were met with a passionate response from fans as each member showcased their rap, dance and singing skills and showing why the group was among the most lauded male idol groups.
Jun.K also performed a special cover of the popular Chinese song, My Song's Sound.
After successfully entertaining the 8,000 fans and giving them a memorable night, the 2PM members shared, "We're happy we finally began our tour concert and were able to meet with our fans in Asia. It was a time filled with lots of love and hearts racing and we're all the more anticipative of the rest of our tour. We will do our best to show some great performances. Thank you."
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Groton — The attack submarines on the East Coast soon will report to the submarine force commander in Norfolk, Va., instead of to an officer in Groton.
Rear Adm. Kenneth M. Perry, who is responsible for all of the attack submarines on the East Coast, likely will be the last Submarine Group Two commander as the Navy cuts, consolidates or reduces in rank 35 rear admiral and vice admiral positions.
The Naval Submarine Base was targeted by the Pentagon in past rounds of base closings, and nearly closed in 2005. But U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, said he does not think the Navy's decision to cut the Groton position will affect the base's fate in any future base closure process.
Attack submarines on the East Coast will report through their squadron commanders to the submarine force commander in Norfolk in the same way the submarines on the West Coast report to the Pacific submarine force commander in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Cmdr. Ryan Perry, a Navy spokesman, said Wednesday.
The number of submarines located in Groton and the role they perform is not affected by this decision, he said, adding that the group command itself will cease to exist.
The Navy has more senior officers in Navy jobs than the statutory maximum of 162. The restructuring, which was approved by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, will bring the total senior officer jobs in the Navy to 151. The Navy will save several million dollars through these reductions because it will not have to pay for salaries, staffs, travel and other costs associated with the positions, Perry said.
At least 61 additional naval officers serve in joint roles across the military.
The Navy began working on the plans after former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in 2011 called for trimming the senior ranks across the services by more than 100 officers to create a more agile, efficient organization and to save money.
The changes, which are underway in phases, are expected to be complete by fiscal year 2017. At Group Two, the group commander position should be eliminated by fiscal year 2015, Perry said.
Courtney said he does not think the restructuring will be an issue for the base in the future because installations are judged on their military value during the BRAC process, not on whether an admiral is located there.
"It doesn't make sense that that necessarily adds to military value and that is always the test for BRAC," he said.
Courtney said he spoke with Rear Adm. Perry while the idea was being discussed and Perry assured him the functional role Groton plays would not change.
"It would be a more streamlined command in terms of the Atlantic seaboard and the submarine fleet," Courtney said. "Having heard Secretary Gates forcefully advocate for this, it didn't surprise me. This was the type of savings the Pentagon has been advocating for."
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Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark E. Ferguson said in a statement about the restructuring that the Navy's adjustments prepare the service to absorb future reductions in headquarters and staff due to sequestration. He said the Navy would submit plans to eliminate another six flag officer positions in the fiscal 2015 budget.
"This reflects our commitment to working more efficiently and cost-effectively in this resource-constrained environment without putting our war-fighting capabilities at risk," Ferguson said.
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Mayers, a Toronto native, skated in 80 games for St. Louis this past season, collecting 12 goals and 27 points along with 91 penalty minutes.
The 6'1, 214 pound winger has played in 595 career NHL games, all with St. Louis, and has recorded 71 goals, 87 assists and 158 points, along with 756 penalty minutes.
The Blues originally selected Mayers in the fourth round, 89th overall in the 1993 NHL Draft. He most recently played on Canada's silver-medal team at the 2008 IIHF World hockey championship.
"I want to thank Jamal for everything he has done for the Blues and the city of St. Louis," said Blues president John Davidson in a statement. "We wish Jamal and his family nothing but the best in his hometown of Toronto."


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With so much to do and tourist information centres bursting with leaflets, we thought wed summarise some of the more popular activities and point you in the right direction for further information.
If you're interested in a particular area of the Brecon Beacons, have a look at The Area which has information about eating out, places of interest and a bit of history on the towns and surrounding areas in the region. If you're planning a day out, you could try some of the Brecon Beacons National Park's great day out guides.
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V. K. Wellington Koo
|V. K. Wellington Koo
|V.K. Wellington Koo, circa 1912
|Premier of the Republic of China
|In office
2 July 1924 – 14 September 1924
|Cao Kun
|Preceded by
|Sun Baoqi
|Succeeded by
|Yan Huiqing
|In office
1 October 1926 – 16 June 1927
|Preceded by
|Du Xigui
|Succeeded by
|Hu Weide
|President of the Republic of China
|In office
1 October 1926 – 16 June 1927
|Preceded by
|Du Xigui (Acting)
|Succeeded by
|Zhang Zuolin
|Ambassador from ROC to United States
|In office
27 June 1946 – 1956
|Preceded by
|Wei Daoming
|Succeeded by
|Dong Xiangguang
|Personal details
29 January 1887
Shanghai, Qing China
|14 November 1985
(aged 98)
New York City, New York, United States
|Zhang Run'e (m. 1908)
Tang Baoyue (m. 1913–1918)
Oei Hui-lan (m. 1920–1985)
Yen Yu-ying (m. 1959–1985)
|Gu Dechang, Gu Juzhen, Gu Yuchang, Gu Fuchang
|Alma mater
|Columbia University
|Diplomat, politician
|V. K. Wellington Koo
|Traditional Chinese
|Simplified Chinese
V. K. Wellington Koo (29 January 1887 – 14 November 1985), whose Chinese name is variously romanized as Koo Vi Kyuin, Ku Wei-chün, and Gu Weijun, was a Chinese diplomat from the Republic of China. He was one of China's representatives at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919; served as an Ambassador to France, Great Britain and the United States; was a participant in the founding of the League of Nations and the United Nations; sat as a judge on the International Court of Justice in The Hague from 1957 to 1967. Between October 1926 and June 1927, while serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Koo briefly held the concurrent positions of acting Premier and interim President of the Republic of China.[1] Koo is the first and only Chinese head of state known to use a Western name publicly.
Life and career[edit]
Born in Shanghai in 1887, Koo attended Saint John's University, Shanghai, and Columbia College, where he was a member of the Philolexian Society, a literary and debating club, and graduated in 1908. In 1912 he received his Ph.D. in international law and diplomacy from Columbia University.[1]
Koo returned to China in 1912 to serve the new Republic of China as English Secretary to President Yuan Shikai. In 1915, Koo was made China's Minister to the United States and Cuba. In 1919, he was a member of the Chinese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, led by Foreign Minister Lou Tseng-Tsiang. Before the Western powers and Japan, he demanded that Japan return Shandong to China. He also called for an end to imperialist institutions such as extraterritoriality, tariff controls, legation guards, and lease holds. The Western powers refused his claims and, consequently, the Chinese delegation at the Paris Peace Conference was the only nation that did not sign the Treaty of Versailles at the signing ceremony.
Koo also was involved in the formation of the League of Nations as China's first representative to the newly formed League. He was briefly Acting Premier, Interim President, and Foreign Minister in 1926–1927 during a period of chaos in Beijing under Zhang Zuolin. He represented China at the League of Nations to protest the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. He served as the Chinese Ambassador to France from 1936–1940, until France was occupied by Germany. Afterwards, he was the Chinese Ambassador to the Court of St James's until 1946. In 1945, Koo was one of the founding members of the United Nations. He later became the Chinese Ambassador to the United States and focused in maintaining the alliance between the Republic of China and the United States as the Kuomintang began losing to the Communists and had to retreat to Taiwan.[2]
Koo retired from the Chinese diplomatic service in 1956. In 1956 he became a judge of the International Court of Justice in The Hague and served as Vice-President of the Court during the final three years of his term. In 1967, he retired and moved to New York City, where he lived until his death in 1985.[1]
Personal life[edit]
In 1908, Koo married his first wife, Chang Jun-e (simplified Chinese: 张润娥; traditional Chinese: 張潤娥; pinyin: Zhāng Rùn'é). They divorced prior to 1912.[3]
Koo's second wife, Tang Pao-yu "May" (simplified Chinese: 唐宝玥; traditional Chinese: 唐寶玥; pinyin: Táng Bǎoyuè; c. 1895–1918), was the youngest daughter of the former Chinese prime minister Tang Shaoyi and a first cousin of the painter and actress Mai-Mai Sze.[4][5][6][7] Their marriage took place soon after Koo's return to China in 1912. She died in an influenza epidemic in 1918.[8] They had two children: a son, Teh-chang Koo (1916–1998),[9] and a daughter, Patricia Koo (b. 1918).
Koo's third wife was Oei Hui-lan (simplified Chinese: 黄蕙兰; traditional Chinese: 黃蕙蘭; pinyin: Huáng Huìlán; 1899–1992).[10][11][12] She married Koo in Brussels, Belgium in 1921.[13][14] (She was reportedly previously the wife of Count Wittingham or of Count Hoey Stoker.)[15][16][17] Much admired for her adaptations of traditional Manchu fashion, which she wore with lace trousers and jade necklaces,[18] Oei Hui-lan was one of the 42 acknowledged children of the Peranakan Chinese sugar magnate Oei Tiong Ham.[19] She wrote two memoirs: Hui-Lan Koo (Mrs. Wellington Koo): An Autobiography (written with Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer, Dial Press, 1945)[20][21] and No Feast Lasts Forever (written with Isabella Taves, Quadrangle/The New York Times, 1975).[22] Koo had two sons with her: Yu-chang Koo (1922–1975, also Wellington Koo, Jr.) and Fu-chang Koo (1923–1977, a.k.a. Freeman Koo).[23][24]
On 3 September 1959, Koo married his fourth wife Yen Yu-ying (a.k.a. Juliana Yen / Juliana Koo; simplified Chinese: 严幼韵; traditional Chinese: 嚴幼韵; pinyin: Yán Yòuyùn; b. 1905),[25] the widow of Clarence Kuangson Young.[26][27] He had three stepdaughters from this marriage: Genevieve, Shirley, and Frances Loretta Young.[28][29]
- ^ a b c Saxon, Wolfgang (November 16, 1985). "V.K. Wellington Koo Dies. A Former Premier Of China". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-12-09. "Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, a Nationalist Chinese diplomat, a former Prime Minister and a signer of the United Nations Charter, died Thursday night at his home in Manhattan. Dr. Koo, whose ties to the United States date from his student days at Columbia University, was 97 years old. ..."
- ^ http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12140-013-9201-z
- ^ Richard Dean Burns and Edward Moore Bennett, Diplomats in Crisis: United States-Chinese-Japanese Relations, 1919–1941 (ABC-Clio, 1974), pages 127 and 148
- ^ Time. 30 April 1928 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,786326,00.html
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- ^ Time. 21 February 1927 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,751602,00.html
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- ^ http://www.old-picture.com/american-history-1900-1930s/Wellington-wife-and-Koo.htm
- ^ "Chinese Minister to Mexico Chosen: V.K. Wellington Koo, Graduate of Columbia, Also Envoy to Peru and Cuba", The New York Times, 26 July 1915
- ^ Boorman Biographical Dictionary Vol II p. 255.
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths KOO, TEH, CHANG". The New York Times. 14 July 1998.
- ^ "Tracy Tang to Wed Stephen Limpe". The New York Times. 12 August 1990.
- ^ http://archive.is/20120719175213/http://lafayette.150m.com/asia.html
- ^ http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/2888
- ^ Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer, "Mme. Koo Sees Our Future Linked With China's", The New York Times, 5 February 1939
- ^ http://lafayette.150m.com/asia.html
- ^ "General News", The Herald and Presbyter, 20 October 1920, page 21
- ^ "Alumni Notes", Columbia Alumni News, Volume 12 (1 April 1921), page 378
- ^ Susan Mann, Margaret Macdonald: Imperial Daughter (McGill-Queen's Press), page 147
- ^ Mary Van Renssaelaer Thayer, "Mme. Koo Sees Our Future Linked With China's", The New York Times, 5 February 1939
- ^ "Obituary: Mme. Oei Tong Ham, Mother in Law of Dr. Koo, Chinese Ambassador to U.S.", The New York Times, 1 February 1947
- ^ "Mrs. Koo Explains Withdrawal of Book", The New York Times, 27 April 1943
- ^ "Mrs. Wellington Koo's Life Story", The New York Times, 31 October 1945
- ^ http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/4/1/lifearts/17275500&sec=lifearts
- ^ "Koo's Son Made Citizen; Daughter-in-Law of Ex-Envoy of China Also Takes Oath", The New York Times, 15 August 1956
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- ^ "Lessons of 107 Birthdays: Don't Exercise, Avoid Medicine and Never Look Back", The New York Times (online), 24 September 2012
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- ^ Boorman, Biographical Dictionary Vol II p. 259.
- ^ Wife's maiden name given in William L. Tung, Revolutionary China: A Personal Account, 1926–1949 (St. Martin's Press, 1973), page 33
- "Ku Wei-chun," in Howard Boorman, Richard Howard, eds. Biographical Dictionary of Republican China New York: Columbia University Press, 1968, Vol 2 pp. 255–259.
- Chervin, Reed H. "Turmoil in the Taiwan Strait: Wellington Koo and ROC Foreign Policy 1953-1956." East Asia: An International Quarterly, 2013, Vol 4 pp. 291–306.
- Clements, Jonathan. Makers of the Modern World: Wellington Koo. London: Haus Publishing, 2008.
- Craft, Stephen G. V.K. Wellington Koo and the Emergence of Modern China. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2003.
- Hui-lan Oei Koo, with Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer, Hui-Lan Koo: An Autobiography New York: Dial Press, 1943.
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Woodworker's Journal
Chris Marshall: My marking knife is only sharpened on one face of the blade -- but with two beveled edges on that face that meet in the middle. The back face, like a plane iron, is flat. However, master woodworker Ian Kirby uses an ordinary pocketknife from time to time to score knife lines, and the blade is, of course, sharpened on both faces. It can work both ways, but I like to have the flat back face as an easy registration surface against my rule. You can use oil- or water stones to sharpen the bevel or bevels of a marking knife, just as you would a chisel or plane iron. Keep the back face flat, hone it if needed, then touch up the beveled edge.
Tim Inman: It is a personal choice, but I sharpen mine with the bevel on one side only. That way I don't have to factor the distance between the cutting edge and the edge that follows against a ruler, etc.


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FOXBOROUGH — If the Patriots had any interest in earning the AFC's No. 1 seed for the playoffs, beating the Texans Monday night was mandatory.
Houston came in with a two-game lead over New England, so a victory would have produced a three-game cushion with three games to play, plus Houston would have owned the head-to-head tiebreaker. A loss would have left the Patriots fighting for a first-round bye, but without the guarantee of home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.


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Maryland basketball coach Mark Turgeon extended Saturday's open scrimmage for an extra 10-minute period because he said he wanted to see more "flow" from his players.
"I didn't like a lot (about it)," the coach said. "Really sloppy. We weren't going to play that last 10 minutes but I didn't feel we were getting anything out of it."
Turgeon said his team fouled too much during the scrimmage.
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* Still no word from the NCAA on the eligibility this season of Penn State transfer Jonathan Graham, who is seeking a hardship waiver that would allow him to play immediately.
* Jake Layman continued to shine in the preseason, showing off his range from beyond the arc. His nine first-half points were a team high.
* Charles Mitchell looks more active this season – leaner and quicker. Maryland needs either the forward or fellow big man Shaq Cleare to finish better around the basket this season.
* When new point guard Seth Allen made a first-half steal, it reminded me of how adept he can be at this. He thinks like a defensive back anticipating a pass. He had five steals in his Comast Center debut last season against Indiana (Pa.).
Allen will be a different sort of point guard than many because he's such a scoring threat. Freshman Roddy Peters, Allen's backup, is more of a traditional facilitator.


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Small Business Management
|Course code GSBS6172
|Units 10
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|Faculty of Business and LawNewcastle Business School
This course provides students with an introduction to the world of small and medium enterprises (SME's) and to the fundamentals of establishing and managing a small firm. By the end of the course, students should have developed a basic knowledge about small business financial control, effective marketing techniques, and day-to-day operations. In addition, they should also understand the environment in which SME's operate.
Not available in 2014
|Previously offered in 2011, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004
|On completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Understand and explain the nature of SME's, including the characteristics of small and medium businesses, the business owner and the contribution of SME's to the economy.
2. Investigate the operational, financial and marketing aspects of establishing a small to medium business.
3. Develop an original business plan for a SME
|Introduction to Small Business Management
Ways of sustaining a business
Business planning
Marketing a small business
Pricing & costing
Operations management & performance
Financial management & record keeping
International comparisons of small business
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July 2012 — The National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) nominated CHOP's Homeless Health Initiative for the White House Champions of Change Award, under the category of Innovative Work in Ending Youth and Child Homelessness.
The Champions of Change program was created as a part of President Obama's Winning the Future initiative. Each week, a different sector is highlighted and groups of Champions — ranging from educators to entrepreneurs to community leaders — are recognized for the work they are doing to serve and strengthen their communities. NHCHC is a service and advocacy group that strives to break the link between poor health and homelessness.
Summer 2012 — The HHI, along with University of Pennsylvania research colleagues, studied the utilization of healthcare during CHOP Nights in HHI shelters. Twenty-four mothers living in HHI shelters were interviewed by the Penn research team.
The qualitative study substantiated that mothers used the healthcare provided in shelters in order to connect with needed primary healthcare for their children. They reported CHOP Night services as supplementing and reinforcing their education and use of healthcare in primary care settings and not substituting for the use of primary care providers.
Study results were presented to HHI stakeholders and were also presented at one national and one international conference in 2012.
May 2012 — Melissa Berrios Johnson, MSW, social work trainer for HHI, was honored with the annual Award for Outstanding Service by the Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Clinicians' Network.
Berrios Johnson was recognized for being "a tireless advocate for children and families affected by homelessness and she never misses an opportunity to teach healthcare providers about the unique challenges families face. She functions as an expert on family homelessness as a mentor to the Community Nursing Advocacy Fellowship nurses and CHOP physicians as they step into an unfamiliar world outside our Hospital walls, and as a patient teacher."
Berrios Johnson continues to develop programming for Operation CHOICES and leads the teen group at the People's Emergency Center. She also coordinates HHI programming and trains hundreds of volunteers (physicians, dentists, nurses, medical students, dental students, nursing students, social work students, child life therapists, dietitians and nutritionists) for HHI medical visits and educational programming.
The HCH Clinicians' Network represents clinicians who provide hands-on care to those experiencing homelessness and provides opportunities for these clinicians to work together toward a collective vision.
September 2010 — In 2009, the HHI leadership team of Karen Hudson, Melissa Bennett and Melissa Berrios joined the Children's Work Group, an initiative launched by Dr. Donald Schwarz, deputy mayor of health and opportunity and health commissioner for the City of Philadelphia.
In September 2010, the Children's Work Group published the report, Philadelphia Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Practical Strategies for Action.
According to the report, the number of children under the age of 17 experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia grew from 3,433 in 2008 to 3,582 in 2009 — a four percent increase. The report also noted that there was a marked increase — 12 percent — in the number of very young children (age 4 and younger) who were homeless in Philadelphia between 2008 and 2009 (from 1,493 to 1,668 children). In total, 46 percent of the approximately 5,000 children served in emergency and transitional housing in 2009 were younger than 5 years old.
The HHI team provided guidance around recommendations to improve the health of children living in emergency and transitional housing.
HHI was named a "Best Practices Model" by the Philadelphia Blueprint to End Homelessness, People's Emergency Center and the Mayor's Task Force on Homeless Services.
In the spring of 2005, HHI was presented at the Third International Symposium on Child Health and Development in Tokyo, Japan, as a way of inspiring such efforts and initiatives to be undertaken in Japanese hospitals.
In the summer of 2005, Mayor Bernard Kincaid of Birmingham, AL, came to Philadelphia to learn first hand from the HHI team about the health services HHI provides to children in Philadelphia shelters. The HHI team was honored by the People's Emergency Center (PEC) for outstanding volunteer leadership and service to the children and families at PEC.
Additionally, HHI was honored with a Philadelphia City Council Resolution Award in 2007, and with the American Red Cross Cornerstone Award in 2008.
Reviewed by: Karen Hudson, MSW, LSW
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This program is no longer enrolling new students.
The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Toxicology will provide and/or enhance career opportunities for Poisons Information Centre staff, acute medical care specialists, and staff in Emergency medical facilities. On completion of this program, graduates will be able to perform a risk assessment for acute toxic exposures; recommend appropriate treatment, critically assess evidence; and identify areas requiring further evidence.
Why study with us?
This program is no longer enrolling new students.
The course was written by Clinical Toxicologists, all recognised experts in their field, who are working in this specialty. Most are Consultants to the Nation Poisons Centre network, advising on patient management. The course can provide an international perspective as the current tutors are based in Australia, the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. The course co-ordinator trained in Clinical Toxicology in the United States. All teaching is done using a web-based interface that offers flexibility for students to study at their convenience.
Career Opportunities
The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Toxicology will provide and/or enhance career opportunities for Poisons Information Centre staff, acute medical care specialists, and staff in Emergency medical facilities.
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All domestic students can now enrol in an undergraduate Diploma in Languages alongside their main degree program. This diploma will enhance proficiency in another language or languages, and will increase international career opportunities. Subject to course availability, this additional program will generally add an extra year to studies, and students will graduate with a Diploma in Languages as well as their other degree. Please note that all language courses are held on campus (face to face) at Callaghan.
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Bachelor Degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, Health Science or other qualifications approved for this purpose by the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Health and Medicine. In special circumstances an applicant holding other acceptable academic or professional qualifications and with relevant work experience may be admitted as a candidate.
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Human physiology and pharmacotherapy
Credit Transfer
Graduates of the University of Wales, UK, Clinical Toxicology program, and those certified by the American Board of Toxicology will be eligible to seek credit for the EPID6610 Clinical Toxicology: Core Principles, and EPID6620 Clinical Toxicology of Pharmaceuticals courses.
Professional Accreditation
As a University Post-Graduate Course the course qualifies for accreditation in the Maintenance of Profession Standards (MOPS) program by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM). Formal accreditation is being sought. Currently on individual application to the MOPS program of ACEM for Fellows of the College. Formal approval by the College will make this process automatic. Similar arrangements should be available via the Continuing Medical Education (CME) program of other professional medical organizations.
International Students
This program will be offered in distance learning mode only. There will be no full time on campus international students. However, international distance learning students often seek extra support relating to difficulties such as access to the Blackboard system (although these problems appear to have been resolved over time); tuition fee and invoicing problems, an area where administrative staff will act as a conduit on their behalf; assistance to obtain software and textbooks when difficulties arise. Again, staff endeavour to provide additional support whenever the need comes to their attention.
Special Needs
Under Academic Senate resolution (01:335) (28 November 2001), the Faculty accepts that it is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations for students with special needs, in liaison with the Student Support Unit, which offers practical assistance and advice to students with a disability or chronic illness. The Faculty will seek advice from the Student Support Unit as to what constitutes "reasonable accommodations" under Anti-Discrimination legislation.
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text: No, as long as you're healthy, you don't smoke,, and you have no family history of cardiovascular disease. "Your risk for having a blood clot rises from one in 10,000 to two in 10,000, but that's still very low," says FITNESS advisory board member Sarah L. Berga, MD, professor of gynecology and obstetrics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. "The guideline is really a warning bell. Now is the time you may want to discuss other birth control options with your doctor if you're done having kids or your lifestyle has changed." The real cutoff point for taking the pill is age 50, when the risk for a clot jumps to one in 1,000.


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I've been cruising youtube for a minute and I've finally come across one video and one channel that's worth sharing with my readers.
See this series of videos called "Honest Trailers" from the channel, Screen Junkies. Here's an example.
If you can't get enough of movie spoofs, this is the website for you.
Now here for your viewing pleasure are the 100 greatest internet videos of all time. See it below.
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As of Saturday, October 20, 2012
© Copyright 2014 Gwinnett Daily Post
Georgia Football
Aug. 31 at Clemson
Sept. 7 SOUTH CAROLINA
Sept. 14 Open
Sept. 21 NORTH TEXAS
Sept. 28 LSU
Oct. 5 at Tennessee
Oct. 12 MISSOURI
Oct. 19 at Vanderbilt
Oct. 26 Open
Nov. 2 Florida in Jacksonville
Nov. 9 APPALACHIAN ST.
Nov. 16 at Auburn
Nov. 23 KENTUCKY
Nov. 30 at Georgia Tech
Home games with South Carolina, LSU, Missouri, and Kentucky highlight the 2013 University of Georgia football schedule released Thursday by the Southeastern Conference.
The Bulldogs will also host home games against North Texas and Appalachian State as well as travel to Clemson, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Auburn, and Georgia Tech. Georgia will face Florida in the traditional game played at Jacksonville. Two open dates also dot the Bulldog schedule.
The 2013 schedule is considered a "bridge" schedule and not based on any other previous or future scheduling formats. The SEC Athletics Directors will convene in Spring 2013 to begin formulating schedules for the 2014 season and beyond.
"As we began working on the 2013 football schedule, it became apparent that the conference would need another year of the 'bridge' schedule to make everything work," said SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. "I appreciate the SEC transition team and our athletics directors, who came together to put this schedule in place. We look forward to starting with our new scheduling rotation in 2014."
The eight-game conference schedule consists of six games played inside the division and two games against teams from the opposite division. The cross-divisional common opponents that were previously announced by the conference will not take place until 2014.
In order to maintain a balanced schedule for the 2014 season and beyond, there are three games that will have repeat hosts from the 2012 schedule. Those games are Ole Miss at Alabama, Texas A&M at Ole Miss and Georgia at Auburn.
"There were so many variables in dealing with conference games, and the three repeat venue games, while not desired, provided the only solution to the complex scheduling issues," said Slive.
"The 2013 schedule will obviously be very challenging," said UGA director of athletics Greg McGarity. "Our number one priority throughout this process was to protect our long-standing rivalry game against Auburn, and in order to keep this series intact, it necessitated a return to Auburn in 2013. We will start working on the 2014 rotating SEC schedule this Spring, and we can confirm that Auburn will be returning to Athens in 2014."
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World Wetlands Day 2008 -- Georgia
Young Biologists' Association "Bio-Rhythm"
Georgia: On 1-4 February 2008 the Young Biologists' Association "Bio-Rhythm" has organized the eco-seminars in the schools of three villages: Supsa, Grmagele and Tskaltsminda. These schools are located around the Kolkheti wetlands (Ramsar site) in West of Georgia. The eco-seminars were organized in the range of the project "Investment in Schools Around Supsa Terminal (ISAST)", which is managed by CARE International in Caucasus. There were formed Nature Clubs in mentioned schools and these clubs are involved in permanent environmental activities. Eco-seminars covered the issues of wetland importance, biodiversity of Kolkheti wetlands, migratory birds of Kolkheti wetlands, etc. There were also discussed the issues of climate change and how the behavior of population affects normal functioning of wetlands. Nature Club member students decided to organize school conference on the issues of Kolkheti Wetlands in order to further spread the information about the importance of these unique wetland areas and to involve public in their protection. They also prepared posters to be exhibited in their schools.
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The Notre Dame softball team entered the final regular season series with 9th ranked Louisville with a chance to win the Big East title... but the Irish split the double-header Saturday...so it all came down to game three, at home on senior day.
The Irish (41-12, 19-3 BIG EAST) struck quickly in the bottom of the first inning, Laura Winter roped an RBI single to left field that scored Koerner from second to put Notre Dame in front 1-0. Cassidy Whidden made the most of a bases loaded opportunity in the bottom of the fifth, sending a scorching double to the gap in left center, scoring Jenna Simon and Winter to extend the Irish cushion to 3-0. Louisville got on the scoreboard in the top of the seventh inning, as Katie Keller grooved a 2-2 pitch over the center field wall to bring the Cardinals within two runs at 3-1. But Haus snagged a line drive for the final out, clinching the 14th conference regular season championship for the Irish. Notre Dame claimed 14 BIG EAST regular season championships in 18 seasons as a conference member. Head coach Deanna Gumpf led the Irish to seven regular season titles in the last 12 seasons. Notre Dame also clinched the number one overall seed in next week's BIG EAST Championship.
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News about Afghanistan, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Oct. 2, 2014
Afghanistan's new Pres Ashraf Ghani orders new examination of stagnant Kabul Bank fraud prosecutions. MORE
Oct. 1, 2014
American and Afghan officials sign long-term security pact nearly one year after agreement was cast into limbo by breakdown of trust between the two nations; deal will allow 9,800 American and about 2,000 NATO troops to remain in Afghanistan after the international combat mission ends in December. MORE
Sep. 30, 2014
Ashraf Ghani is inaugurated as president of Afghanistan, punctuating season of grave political crisis with peaceful transition of power that stands as rarity in country marked by four decades of war; Ghani appoints Abdullah Abdullah, his rival in contested runoff election, as government's chief executive officer and shares inaugural stage with him. MORE
Sep. 29, 2014
New York Gov Andrew M Cuomo has informal meeting with group of American soldiers, diplomats and aid officials in Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of short unannounced visit to country by delegation of governors; Cuomo reports that he received briefings from military leaders that would inform his efforts to protect New York State from terrorism. MORE
Sep. 26, 2014
Op-Ed article by author Ahmed Rashid contends power-sharing agreement between Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, leading candidates in Afghanistan's presidential election, is makeshift compromise that only reveals shortcomings of United States' 13-year presence; warns country could relapse into civil war; urges Ghani and Abdullah to call for gathering of tribal and elected representatives as soon as possible to address failures of last decade. MORE
Sep. 26, 2014
Abdullah Abdullah, runner-up in Afghanistan's bitterly disputed presidential election, congratulates president-elect Ashraf Ghani and confirms that he will join government. MORE
Sep. 24, 2014
Outgoing Afghan Pres Hamid Karzai denounces the United States during farewell speech, arguing that country betrayed the cause of peace in Afghanistan; offers advice to Ashraf Ghani, who will replace him. MORE
Sep. 23, 2014
Decision by Afghan officials to announce new president without releasing final vote counts comes as result of pressure from senior Western officials; omissions of results was requirement by Abdullah Abdullah before he joined national unity government with declared winner Ashraf Ghani. MORE
Sep. 22, 2014
Ashraf Ghani is declared victor in Afghanistan's disputed presidential election, and will join opponent Abdullah Abdullah to form national unity government; decision follows eight months of enmity over election results; two men will face significant challenges in jointly governing a country that in many ways is far worse off than it was before the campaign began. MORE
Sep. 22, 2014
Editorial addresses Ashraf Ghani's victory in Afghanistan's disputed presidential election, and nascent political agreement with opponent Abdullah Abdullah; argues that while elections were marred by fraud, decision nonetheless marks a tenuous milestone that may give government a chance to contain the Taliban and begin mending a nation scarred by decades of war. MORE
Sep. 21, 2014
Afghan presidential rivals Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani agree on power-sharing deal after five tumultuous months; under deal, Ghani will hold post of president, with significant power granted to Abdullah. MORE
Sep. 18, 2014
Afghan woman Palwasha Tokhi becomes the seventh journalist killed in Afghanistan so far in 2014, adding to a toll that has already made 2014 by far the deadliest year for the news media there since the fall of the Taliban. MORE
Sep. 16, 2014
Afghan appeals court confirms death sentences against five of seven defendants in notorious robbery and rape case, despite their claims that their confessions were extracted through torture. MORE
Sep. 16, 2014
Bomb is set off in front of gates of American military base in Kabul, Afghanistan. MORE
Sep. 11, 2014
Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani, sounding secure in the prospect of victory, begins outlining his plans for new government, even though no winner has been declared; his rival Abdullah Abdullah has declared that talks are deadlocked on a unity government and that he will never accept Ghani's presidency because of widespread electoral fraud. MORE
Sep. 10, 2014
Afghan Pres Hamid Karzai faces hoots and catcalls as he pleads for national unity and a speedy settlement to disputed presidential election; scene unfolds at commemoration ceremony for Ahmed Shah Massoud, country's most revered resistance fighter. MORE
Sep. 9, 2014
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah insists that he won disputed elections and vows to reject any government formed on the basis of it; audit of ballots cast in June runoff election is expected to conclude and nearly all observers expect Ashraf Ghani to be declared winner. MORE
Sep. 8, 2014
Seven suspects in August gang rape of four women in Kabul Province, Afghanistan, are convicted and sentenced to death. MORE
Sep. 5, 2014
Editorial warns that window of opportunity for Afghanistan's presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah to strike compromise is narrowing dangerously; contends failure to reach power-sharing deal before announcement of winner in fraud-plagued election could easily kick off wave of unrest that would all but guarantee catastrophic wind-down to America's war in the country. MORE
Aug. 28, 2014
American and United Nations officials scramble to salvage Afghanistan's bitterly contested presidential election after candidate Abdullah Abdullah boycotts audit of vote; hope to persuade him to continue talks on a unity government with his rival, Ashraf Ghani. MORE
Aug. 27, 2014
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah's campaign threatens to pull out of internationally monitored vote audit unless changes to the process are made; officials say audit, initiated under a deal brokered by Sec of State John Kerry, will continue with or without Abdullah's observers. MORE
Aug. 26, 2014
Editorial warns that Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah are putting country's stability at risk in refusing to agree on winner two months after disputed election to replace Pres Hamid Karzai; notes Taliban is taking advantage of political chaos; contends if two candidates can form functioning government there may be hope that they can restore voter trust and put country on path to real democracy. MORE
Aug. 24, 2014
More than two million ballots in Afghanistan's June presidential runoff are called into question, foiling a swift democratic transition and plunging country into crisis as American troops depart; Abdullah Abdullah was clear leader in first round, with wide margin over Ashraf Ghani, but preliminary results of runoff show Abdullah trailing Ghani by more than a million votes; audit will be conducted in effort to salvage the election. MORE
Aug. 23, 2014
Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, candidates in Afghanistan's disputed presidential election, both pledge to reverse the government's expulsion of New York Times journalist Matthew Rosenberg as soon as they take office. MORE
Aug. 22, 2014
Afghan government lashes out at criticism of its expulsion of New York Times journalist Matthew Rosenberg, saying his report on electoral crisis in Afghanistan was an act of espionage; Rosenberg left Kabul withing 24-hour deadline imposed by Afghan attorney general's office. MORE
Aug. 21, 2014
Attorney general of Afghanistan orders expulsion of Matthew Rosenberg, American correspondent for The New York Times, and bars him from re-entering country; action is related to article written by Rosenberg that stated high-ranking officials were discussing forming interim government as possible resolution to country's electoral crisis--action that would effectively amount to a coup. MORE
Aug. 20, 2014
Diplomatic Memo; Pres Obama has told advisers that delaying pullout of American troops from Afghanistan will make no difference if country cannot overcome its political rifts; Obama is rejecting chorus of arguments that chaos in Iraq should prompt him to reconsider timetable for withdrawing last troops from Afghanistan. MORE
Aug. 20, 2014
Afghan attorney general's office calls in New York Times correspondent Matthew Rosenberg for questioning and bars him from leaving country; move follows publication in The Times of an article about discussions among powerful figures in Afghan government contemplating formation of a temporary governing committee. MORE
Aug. 19, 2014
Group of powerful Afghan government ministers and officials with strong ties to security forces are threatening to seize power if election impasse between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani is not resolved soon; officials stress that they hope threat of forming interim government would persuade the rival presidential candidates to compromise. MORE
Aug. 11, 2014
Suicide attack on coalition convoy in Kabul kills four people and wounds 35 others, potent reminder of Taliban's capacity to strike Afghanistan's capital. MORE
Aug. 9, 2014
Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah issue joint statement reaffirming their commitment to accept results of internationally monitored recount brokered by Sec of State John Kerry and to abide by power-sharing arrangement regardless of who prevails; statement adds little to earlier failed deal, aside from Ghani and Abdullah's pledge to sign it. MORE
Aug. 8, 2014
Sec of State John Kerry makes unannounced visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, to press rival presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani to form government of national unity, and rescue political agreement he negotiated in July; doing so will allow new president to be inaugurated before NATO summit meeting in September. MORE
Aug. 4, 2014
Disputes over results of Afghanistan's election continue as campaign aides of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah reject criteria for invalidating fraudulent votes; aides also accuse Vice Pres Karim Khalili of fraud in directing his followers to vote for Ashraf Ghani. MORE
Jul. 30, 2014
Suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan kills Hashmat Khalil Karzai, cousin of Pres Hamid Karzai and powerful supporter of presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani; no person or group has claimed responsibility for the attack. MORE
Jul. 29, 2014
Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction reports that United States government has not been able to effectively track many of nearly 500,000 light weapons it supplied country's army and police; says risks are high that machine guns and other small arms could fall into insurgent hands. MORE
Jul. 28, 2014
Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar reiterates his determination to re-establish an Islamic emirate in Afghanistan; proof is borne out by multifront offensive in Kandahar Province, militant stronghold until 2010 American troop surge, involving hundreds of Taliban fighters; militants overrun district center, battle government forces and stage a suicide-bomber attack. MORE
Jul. 26, 2014
Political deal brokered by Secretary of State John Kerry between Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani appears to be falling apart, as candidates fail to reach agreement on technical details of audit of runoff election; deal to form national unity government under whoever is declared the winner has also met with resistance. MORE
Jul. 25, 2014
Afghan officials say two women from Finland employed by International Assistance Mission, international aid organization, were shot dead in western city of Herat. MORE
Jul. 24, 2014
Hundreds of Afghans, Americans and Europeans are engaged in last-ditch efforts to salvage democratic result from election dispute in Afghanistan, auditing roughly eight million ballots cast in presidential runoff between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani. MORE
Jul. 20, 2014
Case of Afghan girl who accused mullah of raping her in mosque has become emblematic of broader failure to help Afghan women who have been victims of violence; girl was removed from women's shelter that had given her refuge, and women's activists are worried that her family will carry out an 'honor killing' against her. MORE
Jul. 18, 2014
Election workers in Afghanistan begin auditing votes cast in country's presidential runoff, monitored by American and United Nations observers; audit is part of deal brokered by Sec of State John Kerry to ease dispute between candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani. MORE
Jul. 16, 2014
Sport utility vehicle packed with explosives detonates in market in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 89 people, one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in country since 2001; suspicion immediately falls upon the Taliban, which denies responsibility. MORE
Jul. 15, 2014
Interviews with Western and Afghan officials, as well as with campaigns of Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, reveal aftermath of presidential runoff that included six-day stretch as tumultuous as any since American invasion in 2001; week surpassed any previous political crisis and carried risk of factional conflict. MORE
Jul. 15, 2014
Editorial welcomes compromise deal brokered by Sec of State John Kerry over Afghanistan's contested presidential election; holds it has pulled nation back from civil war and created chance for peaceful political transition; warns deal remains tenuous and that Pres Obama should be prepared to withdraw billions in aid should candidates Abdullah Abdullah or Shraf Ghani upend it. MORE
Jul. 14, 2014
Afghan officials agree to shift nation's government toward a stronger parliamentary system and create an empowered prime minister post, following near-decade under an all-encompassing presidency; changes are seen as crucial to holding the country together after years of mounting political crises and ethnic and factional hostilities; talks are still in their early stages. MORE
Jul. 13, 2014
Secretary of State John Kerry announces that Afghanistan will audit all eight million votes cast in runoff presidential election as part of deal to end tense power struggle between candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani; announcement comes after 12 hours of tense negotiations. MORE
Jul. 12, 2014
Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Afghanistan amid crisis, aiming to resolve impasse between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani in country's disputed presidential election; conflict threatens to fracture Afghanistan's fragile government as American-led combat troops prepare to complete withdrawal. MORE
Jul. 11, 2014
Sec of State John Kerry heads to Afghanistan to try to mediate between presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah after United Nations ballot audit proposal fails. MORE
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Taliban Stage Attacks on Day After Afghanistan and U.S. Sign Security Deal
The strikes on military transport vehicles killed seven Afghan soldiers and wounded nearly 20 others, officials said.
October 2, 2014, Thursday
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New Afghan Leader, Putting Focus on Graft, Revives Bank Fraud Inquiry
Trying to fight corruption, President Ashraf Ghani ordered a review of a case that saw only a few of the 21 convicted offenders incarcerated in a so-called $800 million Ponzi scheme.
October 2, 2014, Thursday
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Mending Alliance, U.S. and Afghanistan Sign Long-Term Security Agreement
The agreement, long delayed, allows 9,800 American and about 2,000 NATO troops to remain in Afghanistan after the international combat mission formally ends on Dec. 31.
October 1, 2014, Wednesday
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President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan Is Sworn In, Even as He Shares the Stage
Mr. Ghani's inauguration on Monday came under a cloud after a power-sharing agreement with the runner-up, Abdullah Abdullah, nearly collapsed.
September 30, 2014, Tuesday
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Runner-Up in Afghan Elections Threatens to Boycott Inauguration
Abdullah Abdullah threatened to pull out of the inauguration Monday after his camp said it felt that the declared winner, Ashraf Ghani, violated an agreement not to publicly reveal the vote totals.
September 29, 2014, Monday
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Taliban Press for Advantage as Politicians Work on Maneuvers in Kabul
A brutal battle in Ghazni Province was the latest sign that the insurgency was becoming increasingly ambitious, posing the central challenge facing the country's new president.
September 29, 2014, Monday
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In Kabul, Cuomo Seeks Insights on Terrorism
During a visit to Afghanistan, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo received briefings from military leaders that he said would inform his efforts to protect New York from terrorism.
September 29, 2014, Monday
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In a Final Act, Karzai Orders Execution of 5 Men in Rape Case
Rights activists are concerned that the men's confessions in the gang rape and robbery of four Afghan women may have been obtained by torture at the hands of the police.
September 28, 2014, Sunday
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Cuomo, With a Delegation, Arrives in Afghanistan
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York was among a delegation of governors and Defense Department officials visiting troops and receiving briefings on counterterrorism issues.
September 28, 2014, Sunday
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Refugee Flow to Industrialized Nations Is Poised for a 20-Year High
More than 330,700 people applied for asylum in 44 countries in Europe, North America and parts of the Asia-Pacific region in the first half of the year, a U.N. agency reported.
September 27, 2014, Saturday
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Inside the Afghan Quest for Power
After months of tension over elections in Afghanistan, a look at the recent history of presidential power in the country that led to the long fight this time around.
Afghanistan Gets a New President
Ashraf Ghani was declared the winner of the presidential elections after he and Abdullah Abdullah signed a deal on Sunday for a power-sharing government in Kabul.
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Aftermath of Suicide Attack in Kabul
Afghan security forces and NATO soldiers surveyed the scene of a deadly suicide attack near the United States embassy in Kabul.
Camp X-Ray: A Ghost Prison
Camp X-Ray — with its kennel-like cages that were used for about four months when Guantánamo opened — is now overrun by vines, iguanas and banana rats.
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Conflict in Afghanistan: From the Soviet Invasion to the Obama "Surge''
- 1979 The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan. Mujahedeen — Islamic fighters — from across the globe, including Osama bin Laden, come to fight Soviet forces.
- 1989 Last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan.
- 1996 The Taliban take control of Afghanistan, imposing fundamentalist Islamic law. Osama bin Laden takes refuge in the country.
- Sept. 2001 After the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush gives the Taliban an ultimatum to hand over bin Laden; the Taliban refuse, and in October the U.S. leads a campaign that drives the Taliban out of major Afghan cities by the end of the year.
- 2002 Hamid Karzai becomes interim president of Afghanistan. The Taliban continue to wage guerrilla warfare near the border with Pakistan.
- 2004 New constitution is ratified, making Afghanistan an Islamic state with a strong president. Later, Mr. Karzai wins the country's first presidential election.
- Feb. 2009 President Obama orders 17,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.
- Aug. 2009 President Karzai wins re-election in a vote marred by fraud.
- Dec. 2009 President Obama issues orders to send 30,000 troops in 2010, bringing the total American force to about 100,000.
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In Chicago's Dearborn Park community, South Loop School is a community school serving students from prekindergarten through eighth grade. A local school council, consisting of the principal, six parents, two community representatives and two teachers, governs the school. South Loop also benefits from a significant fundraising campaign through the Friends and Family of South Loop Inc. In the past 10 years, the school and its surrounding community have undergone a complete transformation. A decade ago, the school was close to being placed on probation. Now, it's highly sought after by families from across the district.
Part of the school's improvement has resulted from the addition of the Regional Gifted Center, a gifted program that attracts talented, high-achieving students from across the district (beyond the school's boundaries). These students make up approximately half of South Loop's enrollment and the initiative is largely considered to have improved the school's academic standing. Additionally, South Loop has an extensive Fine and Performing Arts Magnet Cluster. Within this program and thanks to partnerships with community organizations, students benefit from direction in at least three fine arts disciplines.
Before and after school, South Loop offers an array of extracurricular activities and community services. Activities often start as early as 8 a.m. and end as late as 8 p.m. The activities allow students to enhance their academic, social and emotional development as well as participate in athletics and fine arts. The school also has developed an Early Learning Center, a tuition-based early childhood education program for children ages 3 to 5. For South Loop students and non-South Loop neighborhood families, the school offers a tuition-based extended day program until 6 p.m.
Now, because of Dearborn Park's surging growth and South Loop's soaring success, the school's most significant problem is exceeding capacity; it's set to breach official capacity in the 2011-12 academic year. As a result, officials have proposed moving grades 6-8 to a nearby school that is under capacity. A parent-member of the local school council has suggested that the school add ninth grade and move toward developing a complete high school. In either case, South Loops' gifted program is at issue and is being weighed against the school's impending enrollment concerns.
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Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011
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San Francisco State's spring 2011 Community Service Learning Nonprofit Fair will showcase more than 50 Bay Area organizations who offer the community a host of programs ranging from arts, education, sports and after-school programs, to health and human services. Come visit Fair tables and find out how you can help meet community needs through community service learning, administrative work, internships, volunteering, or employment opportunities. Organizations wishing to participate will be given a map and parking permit.
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SPOKANE, Wash. -- Ford stopped making the iconic Crown Victoria police car, forcing law enforcement departments to replace old cars with different models.
The Spokane County Sheriff's Office posted pictures on its Facebook page of nine new SUV's it recently purchased.
The agency spent $32,000 on each.
Several comments were left on the Facebook page from people who were concerned about the money spent on the new vehicles.
Deputies argue the SUV's have better gas mileage than the old Crown Vics. The agency estimates $40 per day per vehicle will be saved in fuel costs.
The new SUV's also have all-wheel drive, and a safety feature that keeps them from rolling.
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I also bought a German Shepherd puppy from Jolindy's Kennel a little over a year ago. The kennel was absolutely deplorable...and within three days of getting our puppy home, he was so sick the vet warned me that in another day or two he would have died. He was suffering from giardia, an intestinal parasite. He spent a couple of days in the "puppy hospital" hooked up to an IV as he was severely dehydrated AND malnourished. (the vet assured me he did NOT get in such bad condition in the three days he was home with my family!) and to further add insult to injury, he passed his illness on to my adult shepherd...so in about two weeks time, I paid $895 for a puppy that is not even an AKC puppy...I later found out the ACA puppies should NEVER sell for more than about $400. I spent hundreds of dollars on the puppy's vet bill and then close to a thousand dollars treating my adult dog.The puppy also required prescription dog food...another expense that we were not counting on. According to the puppy lemon laws this is NOT acceptable. Ms. Brown was not keen on making good on that either. We had to get a lawyer and threaten to take her to small claims court to get some money back to help defray the vet expenses. She tried to blame me for the puppy being sick also. And all of that is just the tip of the iceberg! I know German Shepherds pretty well. I am good friends with police K9 handlers and K9 trainers.I consulted with them frequently about our puppy. This is NOT the way things are supposed to be with seven week old shepherds! When I went to see the puppy initially, she only showed me two of the puppies. When I asked to see the rest of the litter, Ms. Brown declined. Furthermore, SHE chose the dog I would get...I had no say so. If she isn't trying to hide something there, what exactly is that about? The dog is now 15 months old. He is a bit small, and cost us A LOT of money. He was so naughty I couldn't do anything with him, and he required hardcore obedience training and he has had a few illnesses since the initial one. He also had rear dewclaws that SHOULD have been clipped when he was a few days old by the breeder...they weren't and at 6 months of age, required surgical intervention to remove them...Overall, now he is healthy (thank goodness) and a really happy dog. I am very glad we have him, but the road to getting him well has been quite a costly one. I seriously think that kennel should be watched VERY closely because it isn't clean. She sells sick dogs (at least to me she did) and when you come in, particularly if you come unannounced, you will come across the most rag tag pathetic bunch of German Shepherd dogs that you can even imagine. Shepherds are beautiful proud regal looking dogs. That isn't the case at Jolindy's Kennel. I would seriously think twice before buying a dog from this kennel.
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Treating your lady to a special morning meal? These tasty dishes will get you out of the kitchen sooner, Dads, and will certainly win you a gold star!
Baked Brunch Eggs
Why we love it? It can be prepped the night before. So less time in the kitchen, more time doting on your sweetie. (Right, fellas?)
Cinnamon Rolls
What do we love more? The smell of the cinnamon wafting through your home, or the fact that it can be made the night before? Yes, we admit that this requires a bit more time and detail, but your lady will love this!
Overnight Oatmeal
This is so simple it's silly. Literally, Dad, it's measure, dump, turn on, and then hit the hay. The hardest part may be remembering where she keeps the slowcooker.
Gingerbread Granola
This little number can stay fresh in an airtight container for up to two weeks. If you're the early bird gets the worm type, you can make this well in advance.
Maple Glazed Bacon
Glaze it and bake it. No frying it up in a pan. They'll crisp to perfection all on their own. Wait, is this more for you, Dad, or her?
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Another one you can assemble the night before. And we're sure she won't mind if you take the name of the dish literally. Aren't bed-and-breakfasts known for breakfast in bed, fresh cut flowers, waiting on their guests hand and foot…
Baked Pancake
Instead of slaving over the stove making pancake after pancake, get the job done in one fell swoop. Top with real maple syrup and a pat of butter or fresh fruit, Dad, and you're golden.
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Primates are well known as having highly developed intelligence and in recent decades researchers have looked more closely at the evolution of intelligence in groups other than primates, such as parrots, dogs and dolphins. The corvids, members of the crow family which includes ravens and jackdaws, are known by many lay people to show behaviour which can be seen as intelligent.
Joanna Pinnock has long been interested in corvids, observing their behaviour in and around the village where she has lived for many years. Recently though, she discovered that the link between crows and man is not just one of a familiar black bird foraging in fields or nesting in our chimneys, there is actually a deeper connection insofar they too have lots of social interactions with each other - something that could be key in the evolution of intelligence. Joanna heads to Cambridge University to meet Nicky Clayton from the Department of Psychology who, along with colleagues, is undertaking detailed research into what Professor Clayton calls "Feathered Apes".
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(Zap2It) In case you thought the Lohan family wouldn't get any more strange, hold onto your socks. Lindsay Lohan's half-sister, 18-year-old Ashley Horn, says she's gotten $25,000 in plastic surgery in an effort to look more like her big sister. Ashley and Lindsay share a dad, Michael Lohan.
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A phrase coined to be an abbreviation of "Let's dip to the loin." Dip meaning to go, Loin being the tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco (a very drug and depravity infested area.) It has taken on just about every other meaning possible, but typically it just means "let's go get fucked up." Other Examples: The loins of dippage, the dipartment of homeloin security etc. This is a locally used term in P-town (Pacifica) California among drug addict kids. fashadidayadidadoh.
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Leveraging incentives and bonuses to keep high performers, taming the costs of Obamacare and looking at new policies to address workplace bullying are among some of the top trends that HR professionals in the credit union industry are expected to be talking about throughout 2013.
Fred Becker to retire as Dan Berger takes over on July 31.
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Ellie and Barry Samson are among the MMRF's most committed supporters.
After 33 years of marriage, the Samsons adapted to Barry's initial diagnosis in 2002 with a sense of dignity and grace that family and friends remark on to this day. In the years since, they have come to exemplify active MMRF constituents doing their part to make a difference on every level. Perhaps most notably, the Samsons co-chaired the 2008 MMRF Laugh for Life: St. Louis, a comedy event celebrating life through laughter. The Samsons have also funded a Research Fellow Award, attended and contributed to two MMRF Fall Galas, and shared their personal stories with other patients and caregivers at an MMRF Clinical Insights event. In the spring of 2011, the Samsons eagerly embraced the opportunity to form a team to participate in the very first MMRF Race for Research: St. Louis 5k Walk/Run.
The drive to get involved and make a difference extends throughout the family – the couple's sons, Joel and Joshua, ran the Boston Marathon® with the MMRF PowerTeam in 2009. "Running 26.2 miles is nothing compared to the fight our father is waging, but we are constantly looking for ways to continue the family's effort to raise awareness and money for this important cause", said Joel Samson.
Dr. Ravi Vij, who treats patients at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, was the Honorary Chair at the 2012 Race for Research St. Louis. "The Samsons cannot be more deserving of this honor," said Dr. Vij. "Barry and Ellie's outstanding efforts to support multiple myeloma research have helped MMRC Member Institutions nationwide advance innovative clinical trials of today's most promising new and combination therapies."
While Barry and Ellie have been consistently united in their support of the MMRF, their personal stories are unique. Barry's is the story of a physician who has found his natural ability to empathize with patients being tapped in an entirely new way. Ellie's is the story of a wife whose whole life was changed after her husband's diagnosis, but not her focus on what's most important.
Kathy Giusti with Ellie and Barry Samson at the 2008 MMRF Investor's Summit
Barry and Ellie with Dr. Vij at the 2012 MMRF St. Louis Race for Research 5K Walk/Run
Barry (far right) with son Joel and Joel's wife Jesssica checking out auction items at the 2008 MMRF Laugh for Life: St. Louis
Josh and Joel Samson post Boston Marathon in 2009