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(a) Accession Bonus Authorized.— A person who is a graduate of an accredited pharmacy school and who, during the period beginning on October 30, 2000, and ending on December 31, 2014, executes a written agreement described in subsection (d) to accept a commission as an officer of a uniformed service and remain on active duty for a period of not less than 4 years may, upon acceptance of the agreement by the Secretary concerned, be paid an accession bonus in an amount determined by the Secretary concerned.
(b)Limitation on Amount of Bonus.—The amount of an accession bonus under subsection (a) may not exceed $30,000.
(c) Limitation on Eligibility for Bonus.— A person may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a) if—
(1)the person, in exchange for an agreement to accept an appointment as a warrant or commissioned officer, received financial assistance from the Department of Defense or the Department of Health and Human Services to pursue a course of study in pharmacy; or
(d) Agreement.— The agreement referred to in subsection (a) shall provide that, consistent with the needs of the uniformed service concerned, the person executing the agreement shall be assigned to duty, for the period of obligated service covered by the agreement, as a pharmacy officer in the Medical Service Corps of the Army or Navy, a biomedical sciences officer in the Air Force designated as a pharmacy officer, or a pharmacy officer of the Public Health Service.
(e) Repayment.— A person who, after signing an agreement under subsection (a), is not commissioned as an officer of the armed forces, does not become and remain certified or licensed as a pharmacist, or does not complete the period of active duty specified in the agreement shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title.
Source(Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 628(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–154; amended Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1062(c)(1),Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2650; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VI, § 612(g),Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1947; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title VI, §§ 622(g), 687(b)(12),Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3294, 3329; Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title VI, § 612(g),Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2248; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VI, § 612(g),Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 149; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title VI, § 612(g),Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4484; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title VI, § 612(b)(6),Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2353; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title VI, § 612(b)(6),Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4236; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, § 612(b)(6),Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1449; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title VI, § 612(b)(6),Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1776; Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title VI, § 612(b)(6),Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 780.)
2013—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–66substituted "December 31, 2014" for "December 31, 2013".
Pub. L. 112–239substituted "December 31, 2013" for "December 31, 2012".
2011—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–81substituted "December 31, 2012" for "December 31, 2011".
Pub. L. 111–383substituted "December 31, 2011" for "December 31, 2010".
2009—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–84substituted "December 31, 2010" for "December 31, 2009".
2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–417substituted "December 31, 2009" for "December 31, 2008".
Pub. L. 110–181substituted "December 31, 2008" for "December 31, 2007".
2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–364substituted "December 31, 2007" for "December 31, 2006".
Pub. L. 109–163, § 622(g), substituted "December 31, 2006" for "December 31, 2005".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–163, § 687(b)(12), amended heading and text of subsec. (e) generally, substituting provisions referring to repayment provisions of section 303a (e) for specific provisions relating to refunds required when officer fails to become and remain licensed as pharmacist or fails to complete total period of active duty.
2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–375substituted "October 30, 2000, and ending on December 31, 2005" for "the date of the enactment of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 and ending on September 30, 2004".
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–314substituted "subsection (d)" for "subsection (c)".
Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 110–181effective as of Dec. 31, 2007, and subject to various special provisions, see section 610 ofPub. L. 110–181, set out as a Correction of Lapsed Authorities for Payment of Bonuses, Special Pays, and Similar Benefits for Members of the Uniformed Services note under section 2130a of Title 10, Armed Forces.
Savings Provision
For savings provision relating to payment or repayment of any bonus, incentive pay, special pay, or similar pay obligated to be paid before Apr. 1, 2006, under a provision of this section amended by section 687(b) ofPub. L. 109–163, see section 687(f) ofPub. L. 109–163, set out as a note under section 510 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
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Children who have cochlear implants have a higher risk of getting bacterial meningitis.1 A cochlear implant is a device is implanted in the inner ear to treat severe hearing loss that does not improve with hearing aids.
Experts think one or more factors may put some people with a cochlear implant at higher risk of meningitis than others with an implant. These include people who have:
- An abnormally formed inner ear.
- Had previous meningitis infection.
- Frequent ear infections.
- A poorly functioning immune system.
- Had previous ear or head surgery.
Investigators also are looking at whether the design of the implants contributes to development of meningitis.
To reduce the risk of getting meningitis, people with cochlear implants should get a pneumococcal vaccine (such as the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine(What is a PDF document?) or the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine(What is a PDF document?).1 Also, some people with implants had ear infections before they developed meningitis. For this reason, experts recommend that people with implants receive prompt antibiotic treatment for ear infections.
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Escaping climate change? Source: NSF; Credit: H. Brown, Scottish Association of Marine Science.
One if by Land, Two if by Sea?
Climate Change "Escape Routes"
Similar movement rates needed for animals and plants on land and in the oceans
One if by land, two if by sea? Results of a study published in the Science [Science Magazine, 4 November 2011] show how fast animal and plant populations would need to move to keep up with recent climate change effects in the ocean and on land. The answer: at similar rates.
The study was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and performed in part through the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.
"That average rates of environmental change in the oceans and on land are similar is not such a surprise," says Henry Gholz, program director in NSF's Division of Environmental Biology. "But averages deceive," Gholz says, "and this study shows that rates of change are at times greater in the oceans than on land--and as complex as the currents themselves."
Lobsters may need to keep up the pace to "out-run" the effects of
climate change. Credit: Hugh Brown, SAMS Greenhouse gases have warmed the land by approximately one degree Celsius since 1960. That rate is roughly three times faster than the rate of ocean warming. These temperatures have forced wild populations to adapt--or to be on the move, continually relocating. Although the oceans have experienced less warming overall, plants and animals need to move as quickly in the sea as they do on land to keep up with their preferred environments. Surprisingly, similar movement rates are needed to out-run climate change. On land, movement of 2.7 kilometers (1.6 miles) per year is needed and in the oceans, movement of 2.2 kilometers (1.3 miles) per year is needed.
"Not a lot of marine critters have been able to keep up with that," says paper co-author John Bruno, a marine ecologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Being stuck in a warming environment can cause reductions in the growth, reproduction and survival of ecologically and economically important ocean life such as fish, corals and sea birds."
"With climate change we often assume that populations simply need to move poleward to escape warming, but our study shows that in the ocean, the escape routes are more complex," says ecologist Lauren Buckley of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, also a co-author of the paper. "For example, due to increased upwelling, marine life off the California coast would have to move south [rather than north] to remain in its preferred environment."
"Some of the areas where organisms would need to relocate the fastest are important biodiversity hot spots, such as the coral triangle region in southeastern Asia," says lead author Mike Burrows of the Scottish Association of Marine Science.
Whether by land or by sea, according to these results, all will need to be on the fly.
November 3, 2011
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2015 UNHCR subregional operations profile - Southern Africa
| Overview |
Southern Africa currently hosts more than half a million people of concern. At the end of 2013, they included approximately 136,000 refugees, 278,000 asylum-seekers and nearly 1,700 returnees.
Elections held during 2014 in Madagascar, Malawi, and South Africa were peaceful. In Botswana, Namibia and Mozambique, elections are expected during the remaining months of 2014. In Mozambique, discord between the main political parties caused some population movement, but a peace agreement was signed in August 2014. Reports of civil unrest related to the economic crisis continue in Malawi, South Africa and Swaziland.
Governments in the region are concerned about national security, trafficking, human smuggling and abuse of the asylum system, resulting in stricter border controls. National asylum systems in these countries are severely stretched and identifying people in need of international protection is difficult. While nearly all subregional countries are party to the 1951 Refugee Convention, its 1967 Protocol, and the 1969 OAU Convention, most have signed with reservations regarding freedom of movement and employment access. Nearly all the countries, with the exception of Angola and South Africa, have encampment policies that restrict freedom of movement and limit possibilities for self-reliance.
UNHCR supports voluntary repatriation, particularly to Burundi and Rwanda, when conditions are conducive for return. Most governments are also reluctant to offer local integration opportunities, though Namibia, South Africa and Zambia have agreed to locally integrate former Angolan refugees who meet specific criteria. This process is expected to be complete by the end of 2016. Resettlement continues to be an important and effective durable solution in the subregion.
Attacks on foreign-owned businesses continue in South Africa, where most refugees live in urban areas. Similarly, public and official support for refugees has deteriorated in other countries such as Angola, Botswana and Malawi.
People at risk of statelessness in the subregion remain a concern. Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have signed the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness has been signed only by Lesotho, Mozambique and Swaziland. People at risk of statelessness are found mainly in Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe, but exact numbers are unknown.
| Response and implementation |
With a budget of more than USD 25 million, the South Africa operation is presented in a separate country chapter. For other UNHCR operations in this subregion, please see below.
According to government data, more than 20,000 asylum-seekers and nearly 24,000 refugees reside in Angola. UNHCR will continue working with the authorities to strengthen national refugee legislation and reinforce the country's refugee status determination (RSD) capacity. It will promote policies and standards for the admission of asylum-seekers, including those who arrive within broader migration flows.
The Office will advocate for durable solutions, including facilitating or promoting voluntary repatriation to Burundi, Liberia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
UNHCR will also continue to work with the Government of Angola on solutions for the more than 80,000 former Angolan refugees remaining mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Namibia and Zambia.
Following the repatriation of Angolan refugees, Botswana's refugee and asylum-seeking population has decreased to approximately 3,000 people, most being from the DRC, Namibia, Somalia and Zimbabwe. The encampment policy is strictly enforced; refugees found outside the camp without valid permits can be detained for long periods. This has contributed to create social problems, including survival sex, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), high education dropout rates and substance abuse.
Legislative reform remains a priority for Botswana. The Government has established a working group to review the Refugees Control and Recognition Act of 1967. UNHCR will advocate the country lifting its reservations to the 1951 Refugee Convention and intensify efforts to persuade the authorities to find alternatives to detention. Voluntary repatriation for Namibians and Zimbabweans will be pursued.
The Indian Ocean island States of Comoros, Seychelles and Mauritius do not receive many refugees. UNHCR periodically monitors these countries and tries to find durable solutions quickly when new arrivals are reported. The Office will support the small population of refugees and asylum-seekers in Madagascar and continues working with the Government and civil society to address statelessness.
In Lesotho, there are 30 largely self-reliant refugees and asylum-seekers. UNHCR continues to advocate unconditional citizenship for those refugees who have been in the country for five years or more, in accordance with existing national legislation.
Some 17,000 refugees and asylum-seekers in Malawi mainly originate from Burundi, the DRC and Rwanda. UNHCR will continue supporting the Government of Malawi's RSD process and advocating both the lifting of reservations to the 1951 Refugee Convention and the introduction of a new refugee policy. The Office will endeavour to ensure basic needs of refugees living in Dzaleka camp are met, including food, education and health care. With the local community, UNHCR will run activities to prevent SGBV. To increase individuals' self-sufficiency, training and seed money will be provided to kick-start small-scale businesses. The Office will continue promoting voluntary repatriation when possible and pursue resettlement for refugees who meet the criteria.
A 2013 report warned that a number of people were at risk of statelessness in Malawi. UNHCR will support government efforts to identify and appropriately respond to this by providing training and capacity building.
Mozambique hosts 4,462 refugees and 11,478 asylum-seekers, the majority of whom originate from Burundi, the DRC, Rwanda and Somalia. Of these, 8,475 live in Maratane camp, the country's only refugee camp, where basic services and assistance are provided by line ministries, with substantial UNHCR funding. In partnership with WFP, food distribution is facilitated by UNHCR and implemented by other partners. In 2015, UNHCR, with WFP, will consider transitioning to cash and voucher assistance there.
As Mozambique is a route for mixed migration southwards, UNHCR is involved in reinforcing border-monitoring systems and referral mechanisms in a more protection-sensitive manner, with IOM and the Government. The authorities' flexible approach regarding freedom of movement allows people of concern to enjoy work opportunities or study outside the camp, with 47 per cent of the total population settled in urban centres.
UNHCR will advocate: a more conducive environment for local integration; accession to the two UN Statelessness Conventions, following a pledge made by Mozambique in 2011; and the lifting of reservations made to the 1951 Refugee Convention. Mozambique is a pilot country of the Delivering as One framework, underpinning opportunities for UNHCR to implement programmes with other UN agencies.
In Namibia, there are 3,494 refugees and asylum-seekers and more than 1,700 former Angolan refugees. Nearly all reside in Osire refugee settlement. UNHCR will focus on durable solutions, particularly the local integration of former Angolan refugees and the resettlement of those refugees who remain in the camp, including those from the DRC. The Office will continue strengthening the protection environment, with a view to ensuring the Government assumes full responsibility for protection activities by mid-2015. This will allow UNHCR to phase out its presence, though it will continue supporting the Government, notably in RSD, food assistance and shelter from its regional office in Pretoria.
UNHCR also covers Swaziland from its Pretoria office. At the end of 2013, the refugee population had increased by 25 per cent to 1,045. Approximately half of these refugees are locally integrated and live in urban areas. The Government provides education, health and other services to those who remain in Malindza reception centre, with complementary UNHCR and partner support.
As of mid-2014, some 54,000 refugees and other people of concern were residing in Zambia, most in the two refugee settlements of Meheba and Mayukwayukwa. In 2015, efforts will focus on durable solutions. The Government of Zambia remains committed to honouring a December 2011 pledge to locally integrate 10,000 former Angolan refugees. To facilitate the process, new settlements have been allocated by the Government of Zambia. UNHCR will support the Government in: providing basic services; obtaining donor support for infrastructure improvement; establishing income-generating activities for these integrated communities; and advocating these areas be included in UNDAF and national development plans.
UNHCR will assist refugees through cash-based interventions, rather than food aid, and support governments in ensuring refugees' access to social services.
Zimbabwe hosts more than 8,500 refugees, mainly from the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa, 85 per cent of whom reside in Tongogara refugee camp. UNHCR's overall protection strategy in Zimbabwe will focus on: strengthening asylum practices, particularly improving RSD; improving documentation, including birth registration; finding durable solutions, particularly through resettlement; and reducing individual protection risks, with a focus on SGBV and child protection. WFP is expected to take over the provision of food assistance, while UNHCR works on improving targeted assistance. Specific attention will be paid to lighting the camp, with a focus on sustainable energy resources.
| Financial information |
The total comprehensive budget for the subregion has been decreasing steadily since 2011's USD 93.9 million. In 2012, it was set at USD 90.5 million, and in 2013, the budget decreased again to USD 83.5 million, mainly due to a reduction in the number of Angolan refugees following application of the cessation clause and its projected budgetary implications. In 2014, the budget for Southern Africa decreased further, to USD 71.8 million, but in 2015 has been set at USD 73.5 million, particularly to support the local integration of Angolans in Zambia, as well as the growing number of new arrivals in Malawi.
|UNHCR 2015 budgets for Southern Africa (USD)
Revised budget
(as of 30 June 2014)
|South Africa Regional Office
Source: UNHCR Global Appeal 2015 Update


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Although his courses focus on product design, Ruggiero's multidisciplinary experience enables him to help students look at design from different perspectives. "I think it's very valuable for students to approach design in this way," he says. "It's very current and also useful because there is a lot of crossover between the disciplines." For example, Ruggiero points out that the visual qualities that attract people to a chair or a car are similar to those that make someone look twice at a movie poster. "Humans respond very strongly to graphical elements, colors, and patterns," he says. "The strongest forms are graphical in nature. They create an immediate visual connection that can be very stimulating." A certain aesthetic is not the only thing that well-designed products have in common, however. Ruggiero also finds that behind every design task, no matter how complex or simple, is a universal problem-solving process. "The steps are always researching a context, identifying the problem, generating several solutions, and focusing on one solution to then refine," he explains. Ruggiero is a Parsons alumnus himself, who started teaching shortly after his own graduation in the mid-1990s. So what is it like to teach in the school that he himself attended? "There's a certain comfort level in being so familiar with the place, but it's also funny sometimes because I can see certain things from a student's perspective," he muses. "It's also very encouraging to see how much the school has improved and how it keeps getting better."
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
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Pixellated Face Disease
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Pixellated face disease (or PFD) is a strange and disturbing phenomenon whereby an individual's face becomes blurred and blocky for seemingly no apparent reason. Any individual, no matter how law-abiding or innocent can contract the disease whilst going about their everyday life.
However, the single most disturbing aspect of the condition is that, much like ghosts, the effects can only be seen when the infected individual is viewed on film or photographic format. Thus, one will never know if one has the condition until they appear on World's Wildest Police Chases or CCTV Uncovered.
Many symptoms have been witnessed in conjunction with PFD. Following is a selection of the most common:
- Monsterism, also often referred to as Zombification. A process whereby an individual takes on the characteristics of a monster, most notably a deep, low droning voice. The person in question also begins to move much more deliberately, almost as if they were in slow motion.
- Pixellated genital disease. Often the individual with PFD will display this condition as well. Just as grave as PFD, it can be witnessed when the individual takes their pants off on film. Since the early 1990's, this condition has been seen increasingly in streakers.
- Blurred registration plateism. The affected individual will usually contaminate any vehicle which they drive with a similar affliction. This mainly affects the number plate, which takes on a similar pixellated form to the individual's face.
- Pixellated fingers. An increasingly common mutation, most commonly seen amongst rappers and rock stars. This strand only ever effects the back of the index and first fingers when they are waved in an aggressive manner: known sufferers include 50 Cent and Noel Gallagher and most people at football matches.
- Full Body Pixellation. In some rare cases, individuals will undergo this most extreme pixellation. Sufferers have been known to take up careers as giant lego men and movie monsters without the need for costumes.
Note that all these characteristics are only witnessed when the subject is caught on film. If you see anybody displaying these symptoms in real life, leg it for your life and call the police (or a doctor) immediately.
There is currently no known cure for the Pixellated Face Disease. Scientists are baffled by the fact the sufferer will display almost no symptoms until caught on film. The individual will go through life looking like any other ordinary
person criminal. Thus, the current advice for those that fear they have the disease is to spend their lives avoiding cameras.
Whilst this is relatively easy for those living in poorer areas such as Wigan which the camera phone has yet to permeate, it is very hard for a PFD sufferer to go unnoticed in places such as Soho or Amsterdam, where large amounts of secret cameras have been set up to make 'home-movies'.
Tragic Tale
One sufferer of pixellated face disease, James Jameson, 24 from Iowa, speaks:
|I was afraid that I might have PFD because at random intervals I began to see green and blue boxes in front of my eyes. To make sure, I took my handgun down to the local bank and ordered the cashier to hand over $500.
|It was an agonising wait until the court appearance. You can imagine my relief when the CCTV footage of the robbery was shown to the jury and it showed my face was in fact not pixellated. I could hardly contain my excitement.
Unfortunately, the judge extended Jameson's sentence as a result of his unnecessary outburst. He is currently serving fifteen years for armed robbery and irresponsible use of a firearm.
Hope for the sufferer
There is, however, hope for the PFD sufferer: many infected individuals will go on to lucrative employment in the media.
Chris Evans, in spite of his cubic facial features, became a celebrated television presenter in the 1990s. Unfortunately, the public's pre-determined conception of those with a pixellated face is that of an untrustworthy individual likely to steal your money. In the case of Evans, this proved to be correct.
Furthermore, sufferers of PFD often go on to achieve lucrative contracts in the visual media, in particular Crimewatch reconstructions and eBoy promotional videos.
Lots of radio DJs are known to have PFD and go to great pains to hide their condition. This is part of the reason why those local radio presenters are never seen on the television. The other reason is that they are just plain idiotic fools.Sufferers have increasingly been seen in the world of video gaming, where the condition is common. Guiseppe Mariano is perhaps the most famous example. Originally finding employment in the plumbing industry, he turned to the new media of video games where he soon became recognised worldwide as the man with the pixellated face.
Many sports mascots are sufferers of PFD. It is thought the masking of their condition is an aid to boosting self confidence and gaining acceptance in society. This is, however, why they hardly ever take their 'head' off in public and why kids are so upset at seeing Leroy the Lion headless.
Similar conditions
The most common condition associated with PFD is 'black strip' syndrome where the face remains largely unaffected, all except for the eyes, which seem to be covered with a strip of black cardboard that sticks to the forehead. This can also affect any sports logos that differ from the programme's sponsor which the individual may be wearing at the time.


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[Learn - The How To series from Adobe] [video2brain - World-Class Training] In a typical DPS layout, you're going to build your documents to match the dimensions of the device. But when you work with multiple pages in this situation, you get a page quality, you get a snap to each one of those pages as your readers go through the article. We're going to take a look at a slightly different approach to that, something called a smooth scrolling article. I'm going to go into the Digital Publishing folder, Articles Start, Pages, Smooth Scroll, and I want you to notice that I have 2 InDesign files here with the file suffix _h and _v. That's the horizontal and the vertical. Those are the layouts that are part of this article, and they're all sitting in a parent folder. This is the article folder, and that's going to be important in a few minutes. I'm going to open both the _h and _v layouts, and let's take a look at these. What you're going to notice right off the bat is these documents were not built at your standard 1024x768 dimension, which is what I typically use when I design for an iPad in DPS. Instead, these 2 files have been built so that the width of the file matches one of the dimensions of the iPad. If we take a look at my _h or the horizontal document, when we take a look at the document setup, we're going to see the width matches the width of the iPad when it's held horizontally. The height could be just about anything you want. Of course, if you make it really huge, your files are going to be really huge too. So work within a little bit of control here. This is the horizontal layout, and when I say horizontal I'm talking about the orientation of the device when I read it. Let's take a look at the other document. If we look at the vertical document and look at Document Setup, we're going to notice the width matches the width of the iPad when it's held vertically. And then the height can be whatever I want. The designs for these 2 layouts might be similar; they might be very different. They could be completely different if you really wanted. The cool thing about a smooth scroll experience is it's a different way of telling the story that you'd find in an article. It's a continuous experience as opposed to a snapped page type of an experience. So let's go ahead and build the folio. I'm going to go to the Folio Builder panel. I'm going to build a new folio. I'm going to call this one Smooth Scroll. The size of this folio is going to be 1024x768. That's the dimensions of the device that I'm targeting. I'm going to go with the default options for the others. And now it's important to note that in the articles level if I attempted to add this current active document as an article, the Folio Builder wouldn't let me, and that's because the aspect ratio of this file does not match the 4x3 aspect ratio of an iPad, and that's the basis of this folio. So the way you bring smooth scrolling content in is by importing. I'm going to go ahead and close both of these files so it's really clean and clear that we're now going to go and import an article. Let's call this one Smooth Scroll. And we're bringing in a single article. Let's talk about the location. Now I go to the desktop on my machine, Digital Publishing, Articles Start, Pages, and I select that Smooth Scroll article folder. We can see the _h and _v inside. Those suffixes are critical for the import. That way, the Folio Builder knows which file to use for which orientation. I click Open and OK and now the contents of those 2 files is being uploaded into the DPS system, the folio is being built, the articles are being built, and because of the dimension matching one of the dimensions of the folio and the _h and _v, we're going to get the right layout when the device is oriented 1 particular way. I'm going to go ahead and click the Preview button here, and we're going to take a look at this in the Desktop Content Viewer. In the Content Viewer we're going to see a different experience in the page. Instead of snapping and jumping to a page, we get this nice smooth scrolling experience. I'm going to scroll all the way back up to the top, and now when I press R on the keyboard, I see the other orientation and again I get this nice smooth experience as I move down through the content and read the article. That's what smooth scrolling does for you, and that's how you build the documents and import them, add them to a folio. It's also important to note that if I come back to the Folio Builder and select that Smooth Scroll article, I can go take a look at the properties for it. Of course, this is where I could add the title, but the thing that I want you to notice is there's a smooth scrolling option here. The Folio Builder was smart enough to realize that because the dimensions, the horizontals and verticals, had 1 dimension that matched the qualities of the iPad that I was designing for, it's decided to smooth scroll in both dimensions. But you could design it so that you only get smooth scrolling when the device is held horizontally or only vertically, and it's important to note that the directions referred to in this drop-down menu are the orientation of the device, not the document. So if you were to choose horizontal only, that would only give you smooth scrolling when a device was being held horizontally. So there you go. That's how you can work with a different type of page construction. Instead of multiple pages that snap, you use a single page that's long, and you tell the story in a different way using smooth scrolling systems. Give it a whirl. It's really sort of fun to work with, and the key is the naming structure and using the import feature in the Folio Builder.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Like a stubborn family member or insubordinate employee, Xbox One owners might need to tell their fancy new console what to do more than once.
In flashy commercials that began airing last week to promote Microsoft's upcoming video game system, an array of users verbally command their Xbox Ones to do stuff like answer a Skype call, fire up a "Titanfall" match or play the latest "Star Trek" film. The ads leave out one detail: They probably had to repeat themselves a couple of times for it to work.
At a demonstration of the Xbox One this week organized by Microsoft, the new version of the company's voice-and-motion-detecting Kinect sensor didn't work nearly as flawlessly in real life. The Xbox 360 successor, which is scheduled for release Nov. 22, required several commands to be repeated for the response to pop up on screen.
The previous Kinect sensor was equally billed as a game changer when it debuted in 2010 but was considered by many gamers to ultimately be a gimmick.
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By Matt Moore, Associated Press
Marvel Comics is bringing Ms. Marvel back as a 16-year-old daughter of Pakistani immigrants living in Jersey City named Kamala Khan.
The character — among the first to be a series protagonist who is both female and Muslim — is part of Marvel Entertainment's efforts to reflect a growing diversity among its readers while keeping ahold of the contemporary relevance that have underlined its foundation since the creation of Spider-Man and the X-Men in the early 1960s.
Writer G. Willow Wilson and artist Adrian Alphona, working with editor Sana Amanat, say the series reflects Khan's vibrant but kinetic world, learning to deal with superpowers, family expectations and adolescence.
Amanat calls the series a "desire to explore the Muslim-American diaspora from an authentic perspective" and what it means to be young and lost amid expectations by others while also telling the story of a teenager coming to grips with having amazing powers.
Marvel is part of The Walt Disney Co.; DC Entertainment is owned by Time Warner Inc.
Zynga trims 3Q losses under new CEO, stock surges
By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Zynga Inc. whittled its third-quarter losses even as its revenue plunged and fewer people played its digital games.
The improvement raised investors' hopes that the hobbled company might be able to regain its stride under a new CEO hired during the summer, and shares jumped 13 percent in after-hours trading.
The results announced Thursday served as the first report card for Don Mattrick, a respected video-game executive who was overseeing Microsoft's Xbox division until he was hired in July to replace Zynga founder Mark Pincus as CEO of the San Francisco company.
Mattrick is turning to an old colleague to help him in his attempt to engineer a turnaround. Zynga said Thursday that Clive Downie will become its chief operating officer beginning Nov. 4. Downie, 41, is defecting from a mobile game maker called DeNA, but he and Mattrick previously worked together at video game maker Electronic Arts Inc.
If not counting one-time gains, Zynga said it would have lost 2 cents per share. That figure was better than the average loss of 4 cents per share projected by analysts, according to FactSet.
Dog of War: Meet 'Call of Duty's' new barkout star
By Derrick J. Lang, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — His name is Riley.
Unlike his squad mates in the next installment of the rabidly popular "Call of Duty" series, he's not adept at sniping enemy combatants or piloting drones. He can't even pick up a gun.
Yet even though "Call of Duty: Ghosts" isn't due until November, Riley has already become the breakout star of the military shoot-'em-up. He even has a Twitter account — @CollarDuty.
Yup, Riley is a dog — probably the first canine action hero to star in a mainstream video game.
After footage released earlier this year revealed that "Ghosts" would feature a four-legged soldier, the Internet uniformly wagged its tail in anticipation. The mere tease of a canine character inspired fan art, doggy cosplay and the unofficial Twitter account, which has attracted over 28,000 followers.
"We ended up using these pieces of tape that the mo-cap system could see as markers," said Adelmeyer.
The inclusion of a dog in the violent, mature series begs the question: Will "Ghosts" have an "Old Yeller" moment?
Batman set to begin again in 'Arkham Origins' game
By DERRIK J. LANG , Associated Press
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Ben Affleck is poised to portray a new incarnation of the Caped Crusader in a film that also features Superman. However, the developers of the upcoming video game "Batman: Arkham Origins" are taking the character back to basics for the third installment in Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's popular "Arkham" series. "Origins," which is primed for release Oct. 25, is set several years before 2009's "Arkham Asylum" and its 2011 sequel "Arkham City." The game unfolds over Christmas Eve during the second year of Bruce Wayne's tenor as the Dark Knight. The crime boss Black Mask has set a $50 million bounty on Batman's cowl-covered head and enlisted several assassins to collect on it.
During a demonstration of the action-adventure game last week, Holmes showed off a level where Batman stealthily sneaks into Gotham police headquarters. First, he shot to the roof and quietly took down a few corrupt SWAT members before maneuvering through the complex, where he eavesdropped on a young James Gordon and his teenage daughter, Barbara.
Largest Ferris wheel nears completion in Las Vegas
By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The madcap carnival on the Las Vegas Strip is getting another over-the-top addition: the world's largest Ferris wheel.
The outer wheel of the 55-story High Roller ride is scheduled to be hoisted into place Monday. The gargantuan project is now visible from all over the city, including the airport. Early next year, it will be outfitted with 1,500 LED lights, and start its slow spin.
"It's going to be an icon," Project Director David Codiga said. "It's going to be a part of your visit to Las Vegas if you ride it or not. It's more or less impossible not to see it if you come here."
Caesars Entertainment Corp., which owns more casinos than any other U.S. gambling company, is building the ride as part of its $550 million Linq development, a new outdoor plaza across the street from Caesars Palace.
The walking mall, sandwiched between the Flamingo and Harrah's hotel-casino, is expected to open this winter. It's designed to lure Gen Xers and millennials, demographics Caesars believes will contribute a majority of Sin City tourist dollars by 2015.
Microsoft works to save face after Xbox backlash
By Derrik J. Lang, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When it comes to hyping next-generation hardware, the video game industry doesn't typically opt for simplicity. However, during a presentation at the GameStop Expo in Las Vegas to promote the upcoming Xbox One console last week, a no-frills, old-school approach is exactly what Microsoft employed when confronted with a convention room full of passionate gamers.
There were no flashy videos, sensational demonstrations or celebrity appearances. Instead, Xbox Live programming director Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb candidly took questions on stage from the crowd for 30 uninterrupted minutes, a refreshing reprieve considering the backlash Microsoft has continued to endure since unveiling the Xbox One in May.
"Look, at Xbox, we really care about the community," Hryb replied when asked point-blank how Microsoft would win back consumers. "We're very focused on what is right for gamers. Everybody at Xbox is a gamer. It's not like we just show up, do our work and go home. We want to make this the best game system that you are going to own for the next 10 years."
Video game boosts mental abilities in older folks
Preliminary study shows older players of specialized video game can boost mental powers
By Malcom Ritter, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- It probably won't become as popular as "Grand Theft Auto," but a specialized video game may help older people boost mental skills like handling multiple tasks at once.
In a preliminary study, healthy volunteers ages 60 to 85 showed gains in their ability to multitask, to stay focused on a boring activity and to keep information in mind — the kind of memory you use to remember a phone number long enough to write it down.
All those powers normally decline with age, Dr. Adam Gazzaley of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues noted in a study released Wednesday by the journal Nature.
The study was small, with only 16 volunteers training on the specially designed game. Gazzaley and other brain experts said bigger studies were needed to assess whether the game could actually help people function in their everyday lives. He's co-founder of a company that aims to develop a product from the research.
The game progresses to harder levels as a player improves, to keep it challenging.
NBC trying to create big event with game
By David Bauder, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- A giant hourglass structure being built on the rooftop of an abandoned Manhattan car dealership may look like Godzilla's futuristic toy but instead represents NBC's hope for the television event of the season.
It's the set for "The Million Second Quiz," a prime-time competition with Ryan Seacrest as host that will play out over two weeks starting Sept. 9. Someone adept at trivia will win a $2 million prize on the Sept. 19 finale.
More than a game, the event is a peek into the future of broadcast television.
With the sources for quality content expanding along with the ability of viewers to watch when and how they want, showing big live events like football games and awards shows is becoming the most reliable way broadcast networks can draw a big crowd and distinguish themselves from rivals.
With the play-at-home app, NBC hopes to capture the imagination of people who have grown accustomed to watching television with a second screen open.
"I said, 'You're spending an awful lot of money. I do hope we're going to use this thing several times over,'" he recalled.
Complicated fun: Are theme parks going geeky?
By Tamara Lush, Associated Press
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Boasting obscure characters and detailed story lines, several new attractions opened at theme parks this summer in Central Florida. The new rides and areas are much different from those just a generation ago, when Dumbo the Flying Elephant was considered high tech.
These days, a ride involving a simple, blue elephant just won't cut it.
Take World of Chima at Legoland, for instance. The attraction is based on a Lego building block play set and Cartoon Network show about eight animal tribes, a crocodile king, magical vehicles called Speedorz and a life force called Chi. There are epic battles over the Ancient Pool of Chi, set in a lushly landscaped tropical world.
Or look at Universal's Transformers ride. It isn't just inspired by the toy and the movie — it's a detailed, 3-D, "interactive battle" between the Autobots and Decepticons that has its own website.
When did fun become so complicated?
Attraction designers have a difficult job: They must present a story to guests of all ages, from all walks of life.
It all comes down to narrative, theme park experts agree.


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- "I wouldn't let you wave your blunders around like a victory flag."
- ―Brynden Tully chastises Edmure Tully
Edmure Tully is a recurring character in the third season. He is played by Tobias Menzies. Edmure is the son and heir of the late Lord Hoster Tully of Riverrun. He is the younger brother of Catelyn and Lysa.
Edmure is the son and heir of Lord Hoster Tully. Edmure is the new head of House Tully and thus has recently become the Lord of Riverrun and Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. The Riverlands are one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms and House Tully is one of the Great Houses of the realm. Riverrun is the ancestral seat of House Tully.[2]
Edmure's mother Minisa Tully died in childbirth during his early childhood. He has two elder sisters Catelyn and Lysa. He was also raised with his father's ward, Petyr Baelish. It was Edmure who first nicknamed him "Littlefinger."
Catelyn is the widow of the late Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Lord Paramount of the North and Lysa is the widow of Jon Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie and Lord Paramount of the Vale.[3]
Season 3
Edmure presides over the funerals of his father, per the custom of House Tully, in which the departed is placed on a funeral boat and set on flames with a flaming arrow. Edmure fails at hitting the boat, causing his annoyed uncle to push him away and complete the deed himself. Later he's chided by King Robb and Ser Brynden for attacking Stone Mill, an attack in which more than two hundred men were lost only for Ser Gregor Clegane to flee south to Casterly Rock and only two unimportant nephews of Tywin Lannister to be taken hostage.[4]
When emissaries from House Frey arrive at Riverrun to negotiate Walder Frey's terms of reconciliation with Robb Stark, Edmure is pressured by Robb, Brynden and Catelyn to take Robb's place in his previously arranged marriage to Roslin Frey as compensation for his military blunder at Stone Mill. Edmure reluctantly agrees.[5]
En route to the Twins for Edmure's wedding, the Stark and Tully army is forced to make camp due to heavy rain. Catelyn and Bryden warn that Walder Frey is a prickly man and will take the delay as another slight.[6]
Upon finally arriving at the Twins, Edmure nervously eyes Walder Frey's brood, trying to figure out which of the unattractive bunch is to be his wife. At the ceremony, Walder lifts Roslin's veil, revealing her to be a beauty, much to Edmure's relief, Robb's shock, and Catelyn, Blackfish and Walder's amusement. At the wedding feast, Edmure enjoys himself immensely, when Walder and Robb call for the bedding ceremony, eagerly allows himself to be led away by the other Frey girls. It is only after his departure that the Red Wedding begins.[7]
Edmure is taken prisoner and remains a hostage of Lord Frey.[8]
Family tree
|Season Three appearances
|Valar Dohaeris
|Dark Wings, Dark Words
|Walk of Punishment
|And Now His Watch is Ended
|Kissed by Fire
|The Climb
|The Bear and the Maiden Fair
|Second Sons
|The Rains of Castamere
Behind the scenes
Edmure initially appeared in the first season HBO viewers guide family tree for House Tully. He remained part of the season season viewers guide but did not appear in the show. He was confirmed as a character for the third season in May 2012.[9][10] Tobias Menzies was announced in the role in July 2012.[11]
In the books
In A Song of Ice and Fire, Edmure appears at the very end of the first novel, but in the TV series his debut was pushed back to Season 3. Edmure has the auburn Tully hair and beard and blue eyes. He is enthusiastic, outgoing and confident, which all help his skill as a commander, but is also prone to rash actions motivated by desire of personal glory and single-minded thought.
Edmure Tully is a middling knight and effective, but not outstanding, battle commander. He is unwed, while his father continued to chew over various offers for the best match. Since his father's descent into illness and infirmity, Edmure has ruled over Riverrun as de facto lord for some time. Walder Frey was also angry with him as he had repeatedly offered one daughter after another to Lord Hoster Tully for a marriage contract to Edmure.
Riverrun called up their bannermen and rose up when the Lannister forces started attacking their lands in retaliation for Catelyn Stark taking Tyrion prisoner. Edmure was captured when Jaime Lannister defeated his army at Golden Tooth, but he was subsequently freed when Robb Stark destroyed Jaime's army in the Battle of the Whispering Wood and lifted the siege of Riverrun.
After Eddard is executed and Robb's bannermen proclaimed him King in the North, Edmure and the Riverlands do as well, even though they were never part of the original northern kingdom. Robb Stark took most of his Northern army from Riverrun to invade the Lannister's home territory in the Westerlands, leaving Edmure behind to defend Riverrun and hold the line of the Red Fork of the Trident (using mostly the local forces of the Riverlords). Between their headquarters at Riverrun and Harrenhal, Edmure and Tywin Lannister's forces then engaged in numerous skirmishes which harried the Riverlands between the Red Fork and Gods Eye lake.
Ultimately Tywin attempted to force a crossing of the Red Fork to return to the Westerlands, but in heavy fighting was repulsed by Edmure's forces. Unfortunately, this ruined Robb's overall military strategy: Robb had invaded the Westerlands hoping to lure Tywin back into his home territory, and Edmure was supposed to let him cross back into the Westerlands, and offer only token resistance so Tywin wouldn't realize this was exactly what Robb wanted. Worse, when Tywin was repulsed he turned southeast, allowing him to follow the course of the Blackwater River and thus arrive at the Battle of the Blackwater just in time to decisively attack Stannis' army from behind. The combined error drastically weakened Robb's position in the war.
- ↑ 'Game of Thrones' Season 3 Casting News: 'Office,' 'Avengers' Actors Join The HBO Series
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Tully - Hoster Tully entry
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Arryn - Lysa Arryn entry
- ↑ "Walk of Punishment"
- ↑ The Climb
- ↑ The Bear and the Maiden Fair (episode)
- ↑ "The Rains of Castamere (episode)"
- ↑ "Mhysa"
- ↑ Winter is Coming
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ "Massive Comic-Con Casting Reveals" from Westeros.org, 13 July 2012
See also
- Edmure Tully at A Wiki of Ice and Fire. (Major spoilers from the books)
|Edmure Tully
|Bran Stark
|The Riverlands
|Lord Paramount of the Riverlands · Lord of Riverrun
|Edmyn Tully
|Current members:
|Brynden Tully · Roslin Tully
|Deceased members:
|Catelyn Stark · Hoster Tully · Minisa Tully · Lysa Arryn
|Brienne of Tarth


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For the past two weeks some greedy oil dealers have formed a cartel to discredit the newly introduced bulk oil importation, claiming that the new system was denying the government $7million (Sh11.2billion) every month in revenue.
The cartel, backed by some greedy and corrupt politicians, infiltrated their spin in some sections of the media in bid to pressure the government to abandon bulk oil importation or to award the tender to one of their own.
To back their claims, they chose a single factor of pump pricing, saying bulk oil importation had totally failed to reduce the price for consumers, contrary to earlier claims by the government.
They also attacked the Petroleum Importation Committee, accusing it of favouring some foreign-based bidders at the expense of the locals. All these noises were driven by greed, corruption and personal interests.
The truth of the matter is that bulk oil importation has exposed massive cheating, under-declaration and tax evasion in the lucrative oil industry. We are all aware of how this sector has been steeped in tax evasion, smuggling and adulteration during the past decade. For instance, between January and February, this year, when bulk oil importation was first introduced, a total of 524,000 metric tonnes of oil have been imported.
However, during the same period in 2011, before this system was introduced, statistics show that only 202,000 metric tonnes of oil were imported, which goes to prove how cheating and under-declaration marred the industry.
How can the demand for oil surge dramatically by over 100 percent just after introducing bulk oil importation? This is just a drop in the ocean, according to sources within the oil industry.
For March and April, 2012, a total of 600,000 metric tonnes will be imported, while in May and June, the amount will increase to 640,000 metric tonnes. Therefore, the first advantage of bulk oil importation is curbing tax evasion because there won't be massive cheating and under-declaration that has clouded the industry for so many years.
Let us give bulk oil importation a chance. It will help this country a lot, contrary to what the critics would have us believe. We know that their zeal in opposing the system is driven by greed and personal interests.
A decline or increase in fuel prices is determined by factors beyond bulk oil importation. There are global factors like the unrest in the Middle East, especially in Iran, Iraq, Syria and the entire Arab world. Other global factors include the Euro Zone crisis, the strong economy of China that drives oil demand upwards and other related production factors.
At the local level, you have the weakening shilling against major international currencies, mainly the US dollar, and high transport costs from the entry port to the final destination. All these factors can't be cushioned by bulk oil importation. There may be some technical glitches facing the newly introduced system, but it's too early to abandon it simply because some greedy guys are no longer getting the super profit they used to rake in through tax evasion and cheating.
Sections 33(1) and 33(2) of the Petroleum Act (2008) states that all petroleum imports for the Tanzania local market should be procured through an efficient and competitive system.
Based on that, the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA), from the year 2009, had to develop a mechanism by which petroleum products would be imported through a legally-defined system, which is the Bulk Petroleum Procurement System (BPS).
Therefore, oil marketing companies formed a company (Petroleum Importation Coordinator-PIC) that will be handling all matters related to the operations of BPS, of which the first cargo under the system is being imported.
What is needed is to improve the bulk oil importation system by making it more transparent, fair and honest, especially for those who have been tasked to supervise it. Let us stop cheap politics against bulk oil importation, which is driven mainly by greed and corruption.


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Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) - Americas
BirdLife has identified 12,000 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) worldwide, representing the largest global network of important sites for biodiversity. Identified using internationally agreed criteria applied by local experts, IBAs are the sites needed to ensure the survival of viable populations of most of the world's bird species. They hold a large and representative proportion of other biodiversity too. Though large enough to support self-sustaining populations of key species, they are small enough to be conserved in their entirety.
To date, 2345 IBAs have been identified in the Americas, with almost 3000 expected when the process is complete. Important Bird Areas of the Americas: Priority Sites for Biodiversity Conservation was the result of a collaborative effort in all 57 countries and territories across the hemisphere, including the 23 organisations of the BirdLife Americas Partnership.
IBAs identified thus far cover an area of 3,284,602 km2, representing 7.9% of the land area of the Americas. Thirty-one percent of the IBAs are fully protected, 22% are partially protected, and the remainder are either unprotected or without information.
Among other site-based conservation initiatives, IBAs have become the basis for identifying Key Biodiversity Areas in the Caribbean and Central America, and have been used to draw up site "shadow lists" for the Ramsar Convention and Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN).
IBAs are functional tools for implementing international environmental agreements. For example, sites will play a key role in regional agreements or memoranda under the Convention on Migratory Species. IBAs have also been employed to meet obligations within the Convention on Biological Diversity, such as national reports, National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, and the Programme of Work on Protected Areas.
IBAs are also used to inform the safeguard policies of major donors, such as regional and multilateral investment banks, when defining critical natural habitats within development proposals. Large corporations in the extractive industries use them to avoid, mitigate or compensate for damage done by their operations.
Finally, IBAs have become part of local community conservation and initiatives in sustainable livelihoods.
IBAs in Brazil
In 2004, SAVE Brasil (BirdLife Partner) was established with the mission of conserving birds, their habitats and biodiversity, and working with people towards the sustainable use of natural resources. One of the first tasks was to identify the country's IBAs.
Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world at over 8.5 million square kilometres, and includes three of the world's most extensive biomes: the Amazon Rainforest, the Pantanal Wetlands and the Cerrado savannas. Brazil also has the largest remaining remnants of the Atlantic Forest, the most threatened biome in the Americas.
The first part of the study was completed in 2006, with the publication of Important Bird Areas in Brazil: Part I – the Atlantic Forest Region. This book described 163 IBAs in the Atlantic Forest, the Caatinga, the Pampa, and portions of the Cerrado.
The second volume, Important Bird Areas in Brazil: Part II – Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal, was published in 2010, and described a further 74 IBAs.
Together, the 237 IBAs covered more than 94 million hectares, 11% of Brazilian territory. Only 21% of the sites are protected, 39% are partially protected; the remaining 40% have no official protection at all.
The two IBA directories are contributing to the protection of key sites for biodiversity in Brazil. For example, the second volume is being used by Brazil's Ministry of the Environment to guide the Ecological-Economic Macro-zoning of the Brazilian Amazon.
IBAs in the Caribbean
There are 285 IBAs in the Caribbean, documented in a range of regional and national publications. With the BirdLife network as chief advocate, these internationally important sites for bird conservation are being mainstreamed into conservation and development planning, and national legislation.
For example, IBAs have been included in the 2009–2013 Strategic Plan for the National Protected Areas System in Cuba, and the National Master Plan for Protected Areas in the Bahamas. IBAs are built into Bonaire's Spatial Planning Scheme, Montserrat's updated National Physical Development Plan, and Grenada's new System Plan for Protected Areas. IBAs are also being identified as high priority eco-zones within the Nature Policy Plan for St Eustatius, Saba and Bonaire.
The Ramsar Secretariat is promoting a list of IBAs to governments as candidates for designation as wetlands of international importance. For example, in the Dominican Republic, the Laguna Cabral IBA was designated as a Ramsar site. IBAs identified for seabirds are also informing the designation of Ecologically or Biologically Significant marine Areas (EBSAs) by the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The BirdLife Caribbean network has helped to secure new protected areas at a significant number of IBAs, such as the Humedal Sur de Pinar del Río, Caletones and Delta del Mayarí IBAs in Cuba. In the Dominican Republic, the Loma Charco Azul Biological Reserve was created; advocacy at local level also led to the designation of the country's first Municipal Protected Areas such as at the Cabo Rojo wetland. In the Bahamas, three IBAs have been included in a proposal for national parks on the island of San Salvador.
The BirdLife network's interventions at IBAs include working with Local Conservation Groups, strategic land purchase, reforestation, providing drinking water and schooling to remote communities (Haiti), and restoring an abandoned shooting swamp as a "no-hunting" shorebird refuge (Barbados).
The project "Sustainable Conservation of Globally Important Caribbean Bird Habitats: Strengthening a Regional Network for a Shared Resource" ran from 2003 to 2007, with funding from the United Nations Environment Programme's Global Environment Facility (GEF). Based in the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, this project enabled the development of a strong network of organisations committed to the conservation of Caribbean birds and biodiversity at IBAs. It also involved working with local governments, NGOs and regional support groups to enhance conservation efforts and improve public awareness at IBAs through training around 450 teachers, setting up small scale eco-tourism ventures, and organising events such as the Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival. In 2011, the work was recognised as one of the 20 best projects in GEF's 20-year history.


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The 16 year old is charged with two open counts of murder following Thursday night's murder of Nash County Deputy Warren Lewis and last week's murder of Thomas Hinton.
Family and friends were at Dail's home Friday shocked by the arrest. The sisters and brother that we spoke to said they had no clue that their brother was caught up in something this big--and don't think he is capable of murder.
Dail's Brother Tyrionta says, "I don't think my brother has no heart to shoot no gun--cause my brother is too kind for that--in my heart anyways--so might people might have another opinion--but it's just me."
Dail's sister Trashana added Dail would never do anything like this because he has a family just like deputy Lewis does.
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