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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- While serving on the state retirement board, state Administration Secretary Robert Ferguson has repeatedly pressed board members and agency administrators for a policy change that would significantly boost his pension, records show.
In February 2009, for instance, Ferguson recommended that the Consolidated Public Retirement Board make more people eligible for West Virginia's maximum five-year military service credit by giving state employees credits for six additional U.S. military actions, according to emails sent to a former retirement board member who also served as then-Gov. Joe Manchin's general counsel.
Ferguson did not take part in the six U.S. military events. However, he served in the Marines at the time, which would make him eligible for an additional four years and 11 months of military service credit under his proposal -- on top of the eight months of credit he's already entitled to as an active-duty Marine during the Persian Gulf War.
The state retirement board recognizes the Persian Gulf War as a U.S. military conflict, but state law doesn't authorize the agency to give military service credits for the other six military incidents that Ferguson recommended -- "Lebanon Peacekeeping," the U.S. invasions of Grenada and Panama, attack on Libya, "Restore Democracy in Somalia" and "Restore Democracy in Haiti."
Ferguson was with the Marines from 1978 to 2000, according to the Department of Administration website. His service overlapped the six additional U.S. military actions, which occurred from 1982 to 1996.
In at least six of his seven years as administration secretary, Ferguson has either inquired about or advocated for expanding the military retirement credit, according to emails and letters obtained by the Gazette.
The additional credits -- which would bring him to the five-year maximum -- would allow Ferguson to collect an estimated $7,650 a year in extra retirement pay, or about $229,000 over the next 30 years.
Ferguson, 55, would not comment on his longtime push to expand the military service credit. The Gazette left phone messages and submitted questions in writing, but Ferguson did not answer them. His office referred questions to Department of Administration spokeswoman Diane Holley-Brown.
"Those questions do not pertain to the Department of Administration," Holley-Brown said. "Therefore, I cannot be of assistance."
Don Young, quartermaster for the VFW of West Virginia, said Ferguson's actions, if successful, would help numerous other state employees who are also veterans.
The state's military service credit allows state employees to add up to five years to the total number of employment years used to calculate their retirement pay. The additional years - once plugged into a formula - increase state workers' pension payments.
State law does not require state employees to serve in combat to qualify for military service credits - only that they were on active during the time of the conflicts.
"Secretary Ferguson is trying to fight for the right thing," said Young, who sometimes attends retirement board meetings. "He's simply trying to help veterans. The board needs to be shamed into doing the right thing."
Questions started early
Ferguson's inquiries about the state's military service retirement credit started in 2005, just months after Manchin appointed him to the cabinet secretary post, records show.
That year, Ferguson contacted the office of former U.S. Sen. John Ensign, a Nevada Republican, requesting a list of "military conflicts involving the United States" since 1979, according to a letter Ensign's legislative aide sent back to Ferguson.
In the response, Ensign's office provided Ferguson with a list of conflicts dating back to 1979 -- the year after Ferguson began his service with the Marines.
The Gazette requested a copy of Ferguson's initial letter to Ensign's office under the state Freedom of Information Act, but Ferguson did not provide the document.
Sometime later, Ferguson contacted the office of Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., requesting a second list of U.S. military conflicts.
This time, Ferguson asked for "all armed conflicts, military actions and combat operations" since the Vietnam War, according to an undated response letter from Jeanne Fites of the U.S. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense.
The letter, which Ferguson's office provided in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, wasn't dated but was likely written in 2006, the final year Fites served in that position.
Ferguson did not provide a copy of any correspondence sent to Capito's office. Ferguson apparently contacted Capito's office as a "constituent," according to Fites' letter, and Capito's staff forwarded Ferguson's request to Fites.
Post 9/11 conflicts
In later years, Ferguson continued to raise questions about the state's military service credit.
In December 2007, he sent an email to Anne Lambright, former executive director of the state Consolidated Public Retirement Board.
Ferguson asked why her agency's website suddenly listed "Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom" as U.S. conflicts that could be counted toward the military service retirement credit.
"Why are not the conflicts in Kosovo, Somalia, Beirut, Grenada, Panama, Libya, the USS Cole bombing, the Kobar Towers attack in Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Embassy bombing in Africa, the Liberia embassy evacuation, and all the conflicts in the West Virginia veteran's bonus amendment in the West Virginia Constitution mentioned?" Ferguson asked.
Ferguson's service with the Marines overlapped all of those incidents.
Lambright explained that Betty Ireland, the agency's former executive director who later served as secretary of state, declared that the post 9/11 conflicts would be counted toward the military service credit. Consolidated Public Retirement Board members ratified Ireland's decision in July 2007.
Lambright told Ferguson the retirement board hadn't approved the other conflicts mentioned in his email.
In 2008, Ferguson asked Lambright via email whether her agency had given a state employee an 11-day credit for service during the U.S. invasion of Grenada in 1983.
Ferguson did not take part in the Grenada invasion, but served in the Marines at the time.
"I abstained from the vote because I too was mobilized for this operation and might benefit from any service credit," Ferguson wrote to Lambright in March 2008. "I abstained because I was of the belief that the board was not considering any conflicts not specifically enumerated in the code."
After the retirement board rebuffed Ferguson's push to expand the military service credit, he lobbied for legislation that would bolster his retirement pay.
In emails to Jonathan Deem, Manchin's former general counsel, in 2009, Ferguson said his Administration Department would be "responsible for introducing" the legislation.
Ferguson recommended the bill include the six military events that the retirement board previously declined to count toward the military service credit.
"Because we now enumerate Noble Eagle, my gut tells me that not enumerating the 'other' conflicts listed below MAY further exacerbate the argument from veterans," Ferguson wrote to Deem on Feb. 23, 2009. "On the whole, the bill is sold going forward and is clearly the right thing to do. I need to work with you and [former Manchin legislative liaison] Jim Pitrolo on talking points to address this piece of the bill to legislators and veterans."
The bill didn't get out of committee that year. Similar legislation was re-introduced last month.
In recent months, Ferguson has intensified his push to expand the military service retirement credit for state employees.
In a Dec. 14 letter to fellow retirement board members, Ferguson disputed the findings of a board-appointed hearing officer, who ruled that state Aviation Director Keith Wood wasn't eligible for any additional time toward the five-year maximum five-year military service credit. Ferguson urged fellow retirement board members to overturn the decision.
Wood, who served as an aviator and intelligence officer in the U.S. Army from 1978 to 1992, requested additional military credits for other events, such as the invasion of Panama, "Iraq no-fly zone," and the "Joint Endeavor in the former Yugoslavia."
Ferguson's legislative aide, Donna Lipscomb, delivered her boss' letter to retirement board members at their December meeting. Ferguson didn't attend. Wood, who pilots the state-owned plane, reports directly to Ferguson.
Retirement board members voted unanimously to uphold the hearing officer's decision.
VFW: 'Ferguson demonstrated enormous restraint'
The state Ethics Act prohibits public officials from using their office for private gain.
But there's an exemption that allows public officials to benefit from their office, provided their actions relate to the "advancement of public policy goals" or "constituent services."
Ferguson has said that he didn't seek the Ethics Commission's OK -- through a formal advisory opinion or informal guidance -- before he pushed for the retirement board policy change that would boost his pension pay.
Ferguson already collects a military pension for his service with the Marines.
Young of the VFW said the Consolidated Public Retirement Board should be investigated, not Ferguson. He said board members made an arbitrary decision to count post-9/11 conflicts toward pensions, even though state law doesn't give them that authority.
"The CPRB is a bunch of bureaucrats who are exercising authority they don't have," Young said. "It's disgraceful. Nobody's held them accountable.
Young said veterans plan to meet with Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin about expanding the military service retirement credit for state employees.
"I think [Ferguson] has demonstrated enormous restraint," Young said. "Just because he serves in the governor's cabinet doesn't mean he doesn't have the right to help veterans."
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Chronological Resume
The chronological resume is probably the one with which most people are familiar. On it, work experience is listed in reverse chronological order (most recent job first). Of course this information goes beneath your name and contact information (address, phone numbers and email address) and objective, as it does regardless of the format you choose. For each job, indicate the period of time during which you were employed. The name of your employer and then the employer's location should follow this. Below that you should give a description of each job. Follow your work history with a section on education that lists each degree, certificate, etc. you have earned.This format is best to use when you are trying to show career growth. For example, if your most recent job is store manager, the one before that is department manager, and prior to that you were a sales clerk, you can show a history of upward progression. However, if your work history has been spotty or if it has been stagnant you shouldn't use a chronological resume. If you are changing careers, a chronological resume is not for you either as you will not be able to show a career trajectory.
Functional Resume
A functional resume is a good format to use if you are changing careers. Although you don't have an employment history in the field in which are seeking a new job, you do have skills you have obtained through other experiences, both paid and unpaid. These are called transferable skills and a functional resume allows you to highlight them.This type of resume categorizes your job skills by function, emphasizing your abilities. Follow your name, contact information and objective with a section for each of the functions or abilities you want to highlight. Your related work experience goes beneath each section heading. For brevity's sake, try to keep to a maximum of three of four functions. For example you might have sections titled "Supervision and Management," "Accounting," and "Writing and Editing." Within the section titled "Writing and Editing," one of your items might be "Edited monthly newsletter to promote upcoming library events and workshops." Begin with the function on which you want to place the most emphasis. Choose the one that is most relevant to the job for which you are applying. Target your resume to different employers by changing your objective as well as the order in which you list the functions. The one downside of a functional resume is that it doesn't provide a job history. This may arouse the suspicions of the person reviewing your resume who will surely want to know something about your employment history. A combination resume will solve this problem.
Combination Resume
A combination resume is exactly what it sounds likeit is a hybrid of a functional resume and a chronological one. This is a useful format if you are changing careers but have a solid, though seemingly unrelated, employment history. You can also use the combination format if your work history includes only one place of employment, but you spent a significant amount of time there and your job duties were very diverse. It lets you stress the various skills you attained through that job.The first item on a combination resume, after your name and address, should be your objective. Next come the sections describing your abilities or job functions. Follow the instructions for putting together a functional resume but keep your descriptions a shorter since you will have to leave room for the second part of this format: "Employment Experience" or "Work History" (choose whichever title you prefer!). This part resembles a chronological resume. List employers and dates here, but do not offer further descriptions as you have already described your abilities in the functional part of this resume.
Using the resume format that is best suited for your background and job search objectives gives you the best opportunity to tell a prospective employer about yourself and how you will best serve his or her needs. If you have an extensive work history that does a good job of showing off your attributes, go with a chronological resume. Use a functional resume to show off your abilities while de-emphasizing a limited work history, or use a combination resume to show off your abilities and a bit more extensive but still limited work history.


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Players, coaches treated for carbon monoxide at Duluth arena
At least 14 people who attended a hockey practice at Fryberger Arena on Wednesday night were checked out by emergency responders after reports of carbon-monoxide poisoning symptoms.By: News Tribune staff, Duluth News Tribune
At least 14 people who attended a hockey practice at Fryberger Arena on Wednesday night were checked out by emergency responders after reports of carbon-monoxide poisoning symptoms.
The Duluth Fire Department arrived on the scene of the arena just after 8 p.m. as some of the people who had been at the arena returned on the advice of medical personnel. Medical technicians checked for signs of carbon monoxide poisoning. Eight to 10 people at the scene had elevated levels of carbon monoxide.
Acting Assistant Fire Chief Jerry Keppers said that "dangerously high" levels were found in the arena.
Some players and coaches with higher risks went directly to hospitals after feeling symptoms at home.
Online schedules show that the Duluth Heights Mite 1 team had a practice from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Fryberger, which is off of Woodland Avenue in the Hartley Park area of Duluth. Several teams had been practicing after school Wednesday and a phone tree system was used to contact players who already had left the arena.
The fire department hasn't determined where the carbon monoxide came from.
The issue of air quality at ice arenas came up in 2010 when bills made their way through the Minnesota Legislature aimed at improving ice rink air quality, especially by reducing carbon monoxide and nitrous dioxide produced by internal combustion engines.
At the time, Gordy Atol of Duluth, arena manager at the Duluth Heritage Sports Center and Fryberger Arena, said ice arenas in Minnesota are required to test air quality once a week and make quarterly reports to the Department of Health. He said the Zamboni machines at Heritage and Fryberger, which run on propane, have emissions tests once a year.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Violet \Vi"o*let\, n. [F. violette a violet (cf. violet violet-colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Iodine.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor). [1913 Webster] Note: The cultivated sweet violet is Viola odorata of Europe. The common blue violet of the eastern United States is Viola cucullata; the sand, or bird-foot, violet is Viola pedata. [1913 Webster] 2. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum. [1913 Webster] 3. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. --Mollett. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Corn violet. See under Corn. Dame's violet. (Bot.) See Damewort. Dogtooth violet. (Bot.) See under Dogtooth. Water violet (Bot.), an aquatic European herb ({Hottonia palustris}) with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid leaves. [1913 Webster] .
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Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka['u]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. Grain, Kernel.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. [1913 Webster] 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. [1913 Webster] Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or Indian corn (see sense 3), and in England to wheat. [1913 Webster +PJC] 3. a tall cereal plant (Zea mays) bearing its seeds as large kernels in multiple rows on the surface of a hard cylindrical ear, the core of which (the cob) is not edible; -- also called Indian corn and, in technical literature, maize. There are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; white corn or southern corn, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; sweet corn, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; pop corn, any small variety, used for popping. Corn seeds may be cooked while on the ear and eaten directly, or may be stripped from the ear and cooked subsequently. The term {Indian corn} is often used to refer to a primitive type of corn having kernels of varied color borne on the same cob; it is used for decoration, especially in the fall. [1913 Webster +PJC] 4. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. [1913 Webster] In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. A small, hard particle; a grain. "Corn of sand." --Bp. Hall. "A corn of powder." --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] Corn ball, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. Corn bread, bread made of Indian meal. Corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed (Agrostemma Githago syn. Lychnis Githago), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. Corn flag (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also sword lily. Corn fly. (Zool.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called "gout," on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is Chlorops t[ae]niopus. (b) A small fly (Anthomyia ze) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. Corn fritter, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] Corn laws, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. Corn marigold. (Bot.) See under Marigold. Corn oyster, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] Corn parsley (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus (Petroselinum segetum), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. Corn popper, a utensil used in popping corn. Corn poppy (Bot.), the red poppy (Papaver Rh[oe]as), common in European cornfields; -- also called corn rose. Corn rent, rent paid in corn. Corn rose. See Corn poppy. Corn salad (Bot.), a name given to several species of Valerianella, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. Valerianella olitoria is also called lamb's lettuce. Corn stone, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] Corn violet (Bot.), a species of Campanula. Corn weevil. (Zool.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil (Sphenophorus ze[ae]) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See Grain weevil, under Weevil. [1913 Webster]


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Mixed Media Shadowbox
Jacqueline Myers-Cho creates this "dress-up" themed mixed-media shadow box.
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6" x 6" wood
wood for frame
acrylic paints
rubber stamps
rice paper
gel medium
green glaze
polymer clay
metallic gold paint
card stock
thin permanent marker
light switchplate
Contact paper transfers
2" x 2" and 1" x 1" squares copper sheet
wire cutters
3" and 10" strips of bamboo
3d nails
nail hanger
1. Cut wood to 6" x 6," sand edges, and paint with gesso. Let it dry. Paint the board blue and then wipe it off with a rag.
2. Carve your own stamp or use a purchased design that you like. Using a paintbrush, spread a thin layer of gesso on a flat surface. "Ink" up your stamp with the gesso and print onto your fabric. Continue doing this until the borders are covered. Let it dry.
3. To attach the fabric to the board: Glue the fabric to the board, using the gel medium. When it is dry, glaze it with green and dab off extra paint. Paint on a little blue in the center and dab off extra.
4. To make the face and shoe: Condition polymer clay and roll into a ball. Make the face by pushing the clay around with your fingers, or a mold can be used if that feels more comfortable. Set it aside.
5. Roll out a 3" x 1-3/4" rectangle, about 1/4-inch thick. Cut out your show shape. With a flower stamp, press gently into the polymer shoe to create texture. Roll out a 2-inch snake to make the bow. Form bow and attach to the shoe.
6. Bake in the oven following the manufacturer's instructions. Let it cool and paint it with gesso.
7. When dry, paint lips red and shoe black. When dry, glaze them with the metallic gold paint.
8. Draw/trace a dress onto your card stock, and outline it with thin permanent marker. With the gel medium, glue it down onto the plate. Cover the top with gel to create texture and let it dry.
9. When dry, paint the dress red and stamp flowers with the pink gesso around perimeter of the dress. When that layer dries, glue down contact paper transfers and let it dry.
The final step is to dry brush on the gold and the green wood color.
10. Cut a 2"x2" and a 1"x1" square from the copper sheet. Draw and score onto them to create designs and patterns. Fold all the edges on the small square.
11. Cut the large square on the diagonal; you will have a triangle. These corners will be used for the corners of the board. Cut the triangle in 1/4 inch of the middle angle and fold over the two short edges.
12. With wire cutters, cut 3- and 10-inch pieces of bamboo. Paint the 10-inch piece green. Wrap a copper strip around the 3-inch piece.
13. Glue the corner copper pieces, the dress plate, the head, and the copper square on the board.
14. Cut your frame pieces and sand. Paint all pieces. Nail on the 6-inch side pieces first, using the 3d nails. Nail on the bottom 6-1/2-inch piece and then the top. The top piece will have a 1-inch over hang on both sides. Nail the hanger on the back.
15. To complete the assemblage, glue down the shoe, small piece of bamboo, and the long piece to the roof.
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Henderson chairman steps down to join Royal London
by Sarah Miloudi on Dec 13, 2012 at 07:40
The chair of Henderson Group Rupert Pennant-Rea will stand down from the board in May, investors were told, at the same time as wider corporate structure changes were unveiled at the company.
By the time of his departure next year, Pennant-Rea will have been a director at Henderson for almost nine years and announcing his intention to leave Pennant-Rea said the company had 'come a long way' since his arrival.
'I am leaving the company and board in good shape,' he said.
Pennant-Rea's decision coincides with his appointment to the Royal London Group board as a non-executive director and chairman designate.
Henderson said that a 'comprehensive search' for his successor is already underway.
In addition, Henderson used the same statement to the market to announce a raft of other changes, including a shift in its tax residency from Ireland to the UK by means of a corporate restructuring and a move which sees all of the group's strategic decision making move to Britain as well.
As a result of this change Henderson said its board had decided to reduce its number of executive directors.
David Jacob and James Darkins stepped down with effect from 12 December.
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Troubled South Africa debates impact of white rule
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Few South Africans have the moral stature of retired archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who campaigned against apartheid and now laments the crime and inequality that plague the nation two decades after it cast off racist white rule.
"We can't pretend we have remained at the same heights and that's why I say please, for goodness' sake, recover the spirit that made us great," Tutu said. "Very simply, we are aware we've become one of the most violent societies. It's not what we were, even under apartheid."
This month, South Africa reopened a conversation over the extent to which the legacy of apartheid drives persistent imbalances in services and opportunities. Some argue that current leaders lean on the past to justify squandered chances to improve South Africa and even invoke the specter of apartheid for political gain.
The fresh discussion began with reported comments by National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel that South African officials should assume full responsibility for the nation's problems and resist the temptation to continually blame apartheid.
Those include a faltering education system, an uneven record on providing basic services and allegations of corruption and cronyism that drain public faith in the government. The African National Congress, in power since the first all-race elections in 1994, has improved housing for many poor people and presides over a society that is immeasurably more tolerant than its predecessor. But the gulf between the wealthier white minority and the millions of blacks who can't find work and live in shacks remains wide.
"While wanting to see change happening fast in every corner of the country, we are under no illusion that South Africa will automatically and comprehensively change in only 20 years. That is impossible," President Jacob Zuma said this week. "The legacy of apartheid runs too deep and too far back for the democratic administration to reverse it in so short a period."
Zuma has pointed to old inequities, noting white South Africans earn far more than blacks even if political power is now in the hands of elected leaders. Yet South Africa is in "a much better place" than it was under apartheid, and is working toward real unity, devoid of racism and other forms of discrimination, said Zuma, who turned 71 on Friday.
But the grim reference point of apartheid is fading among younger voters. The general elections in 2014 will mark the first time that the leading edge of the generation born after apartheid, known as the "born frees," will be eligible to vote. An estimated 3 million young people, or 10 percent of the electorate, with no direct experience of apartheid will be able to vote.
A foundation chaired by F.W. de Klerk, the last apartheid-era president who negotiated a power transition with Mandela and later shared a Nobel Peace Prize with him, said in a statement Friday that Zuma's references to apartheid are diverting attention from the need for effective policies.
"When President Zuma says that 'we cannot stop blaming those who caused it,' he is playing the very dangerous game of making whites the racial scapegoats for the manifest failures of his own government," de Klerk's foundation said.
Recent cases of alleged police brutality, a staple of the apartheid era, reinforce the idea that South Africa is morally adrift, even if the rate of some violent crimes has dropped in recent years.
On Friday, a judge postponed to May 24 a case against nine police officers accused of murdering a Mozambican taxi driver who was dragged from a police vehicle in February. Also Friday, eNCA.com, a South African news outlet, posted CCTV footage purportedly showing a woman being beaten by an off-duty police officer in view of two of his uniformed colleagues. Top police officials have said the vast majority of officers are law-abiding.
While South Africa has made "huge advancements" in the past two decades, "there is still a long way to go," said Lesiba Seshoka, spokesman for South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers.
He said whites mostly dominate industry and that there should be a "radical transformation" to distribute economic resources more equally. When Nelson Mandela and other ANC leaders negotiated an end to apartheid, they did not insist on such restructuring, fearing it could set the country on a downward path similar to that of neighboring Zimbabwe after independence.
Tutu made his comments Thursday in a Cape Town ceremony to celebrate his receipt of the 2013 Templeton Prize, a $1.7 million award for spiritual work, the South African Press Association reported. He recalled that South Africa was "flavor of the month" at the time of the 1994 elections, as the world saw voters waiting patiently to cast the first ballots of their lives.


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Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer will make his Met debut with a new production of Verdi's Rigoletto, in a staging that moves the opera's tragic events from a decadent 16th-century Italian court to the glitzy, depraved setting of the Las Vegas strip circa 1960.
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2. Duet from Act I of Verdi's "Rigoletto." Željko Lu?i? (Rigoletto), Diana Damrau (Gilda). Production: Michael Mayer. Conductor: Michele Mariotti. 2012-13 season.
Polish tenor Piotr Beczala sings the Duke, here an amoral lounge singer whose entourage includes the world-weary comedian Rigoletto, sung by Serbian baritone Željko Lu?i?. German soprano Diana Damrau sings the role of the innocent Gilda, Rigoletto's daughter and the victim of the predatory Duke. Slovakian bass Štefan Kocán sings the assassin-for-hire Sparafucile and Belarussian mezzo-sopranoOksana Volkova makes her Met debut as the seductress Maddalena. Italian conductor Michele Mariotti, who made his Met debut earlier this season, conducts his first company performances of the Verdi masterwork.
Mayer's production will also feature the work of debuting artists Christine Jones (set design), Susan Hilferty (costume design), Kevin Adams (lighting design), and Steven Hoggett (choreography). The Saturday, February 16 matinee performance will be transmitted worldwide as part of the Met's Live in HD series, which is now seen in more than 1,900 movie theaters in 64 countries around the world.
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As I've written here before, I'm a Bikram yoga devotee. Though I've become rather scarce in the hot room over the last several months, my aim is to get back to three classes a week. So I was delighted to get this time lapse from a friend on Facebook, reminding me of every little moment of those 26 asanas, in 105 degrees, for 90 minutes.
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I am, perhaps, a yoga cliché. A mid-50s, bookish, somewhat perfectionist, slightly workaholic sort of person who had begin to wonder if that modest but persistent pain in her left hip was innocuous and temporary or whether my body was just deciding to ache, possibly forever.
Then, almost precisely a year and a half ago, I quit smoking after a life-long habit, and 4 months later I took my first Bikram yoga class. It's been something of a conversion experience, honestly. Bikram involves a fixed 90-minute regimen of 26 asanas or postures, two sets of each posture, performed in a room heated to 105 degrees. The heat increases flexibility, and it also puts the cardiovascular system into overdrive, and creates a kind of peak experience for even a novice practitioner.
The goal of my first class, as a person who had never practiced yoga, let alone yoga in such heat, was simply to keep up as best I could and not leave the room. I succeeded at that, though I felt I might expire or possibly throw up; the sense of centered physical and spiritual well-being that came over me after that first class was so astonishing, I have gone back 3 or 4 times a week ever since, acclimating to the heat, and thriving on the yoga. My experience of Bikram yoga is almost liturgical — the 90-minute regimen offers the same Sanskrit postures in the same order, and even the same directions from the instructors — echoing the Latin liturgy of my Catholic girlhood in a powerful, almost sub-molecular way.
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In the picture above, snapped with an iPhone after a class this past Tuesday evening, I am practicing the corpse pose. What the instructor calls "the most important posture in the series." Being fully, deeply relaxed, focused, and cognizant of one's body allows the teaching of yoga to settle in and take hold. This is what Seane Corne calls "mystical work."
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2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup dark molasses
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
Very easy and not too sweet - perfect with a scoop of ice cream. If the cake sank in the middle it was either under cooked - check with a tooth pick in the center or your batter was too wet. Mine took exactly 35 minutes.
It was too much molasses for us. It was just okay. I would not make it again. I had the same problem like some of the other reviews, it sank in the middle, not a lot, but did just a bit. But it was not undercooked in the middle or anything like that. I kept it 6 minutes longer than the recipe said but likely that is just my oven.
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Brilliant! Not too sweet, and the glaze is amazing. Made according to recipe and it turned out great.
For me, there was just too much molasses, if I make this again I will half it. Otherwise good flavor.
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I really liked the molasses flavor and spiciness of this cake! I think the lemon glaze is also a nice touch - it makes it feel a little fancier, but you can still put whipped cream on it. I made it twice, exactly as directed, and 35 mins was a perfect cooking time.
Ilove this simple recipe. I will change this-no boiling water, no molasses, no spice except almond extract- 1/8 tea. 2 tablespoons dry ground ginger, fresh Tumeric in grinder 6 tablespoons. MMM.
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This is Update #11 regarding post-Sandy plans and progress.
Good news! As of 7:00pm yesterday, all seven schools have been re-energized! This is (FINALLY!) the news we've been waiting for. The bad news is there are still some homes without power, so our sympathies remain with those families and we will of course continue to extend whatever accommodations or arrangements they may need to make their lives slightly less dislocated or complicated.
Here is where we stand for next week:
- All seven schools will be operating on normal, regular drop-off and pick-up, full-day schedules. There will be no more extended drop off times, so allow some extra time as the traffic patterns will reflect more cars on the road at the same time trying to navigate through a still incomplete set of functioning township roads (but the return of busing will help congestion--see below).
- Busing is back! As you might imagine, there are going to be delays here and there as buses negotiate some of the roads that remain closed, so please be patient as there are many people involved right now giving it their all to make this work. There will be a follow-up email later tonight with detailed busing information.
- Lunch programs will be largely back to normal (K-5 schools will receive detailed information about their individual PTO food day plans).
- K-5 parent conferences have been postponed (so all five days this week are full school days at all seven schools). Conferences will now be held on Dec 4-6 (see separate Edline email dated 11/9/12 for further details and feel free to confer with your building principal if you have any questions).
- Each school will send out communications regarding when particular school-specific events that were missed will be rescheduled.
STATUS OF THE MAKE-UP DAYS: At this time, we do not know how the missed days will be made up. "The Make-Up Decision" is an important topic to be sure, and I know people need to know for future travel and other plans, so we will definitely have that conversation soon. Just not RIGHT now. :-)
That's it for now. In fact, that's it for these storm updates. They are toast! We have all endured quite a bit over the past two weeks, but we have also joined together to overcome much and have probably learned some things about ourselves (and our operation) along the way as well. I cannot say enough about how the extended Millburn family--teachers, principals, support staff, students, parents...everybody!--has worked as a team to help each other in these times of need. Now we are all looking forward to getting back to providing our Millburn students with the very best education, anywhere.Time to get back to work on that.
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Tacrolimus and Sirolimus as Prophylaxis After Allogenic Non-myeloablative Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
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First received: January 24, 2006
Last updated: March 15, 2012
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The purpose of this study is to extend the use of Tacrolimus and Sirolimus to determine how effective it is in preventing graft versus host disease (GVHD)in patients that have received non-myeloablative peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Graft Versus Host Disease GVHD |
Drug: tacrolimus Drug: sirolimus Drug: fludarabine Drug: busulfex |
Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Tacrolimus and Sirolimus as Graft Versus Host Disease Prophylaxis After Allogeneic Non-myeloablative Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation |
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Further study details as provided by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To assess the incidence and severity of grade II-IV acute GvHD developing by day 100 following non-myeloablative PBSC transplantation using tacrolimus and sirolimus. [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To assess donor stem cell engraftment, including donor-host hematopoietic chimerism studies post transplant [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- to assess disease response. [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 30 |
Study Start Date: | January 2006 |
Study Completion Date: | July 2009 |
Primary Completion Date: | January 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Detailed Description:
Drug: tacrolimus
Given orally just prior to and following stem cell transplant
Drug: sirolimus
Given orally just prior to and following stem cell transplant
Drug: fludarabine
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Drug: busulfex
Given intravenously over 3 hours for 4 days
- After the screening procedures confirm that the patient is eligible to participate in the research study, they will be admitted to the hospital to receive chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation (SCT). The duration of the hospitalization for the procedure is approximately 8 days.
- Patients will receive fludarabine once daily over 30 minutes intravenously for 4 days and busulfex once daily over 3 hours intravenously each day for the same 4 days.
- Just prior to the transplant and following the transplant the patient will receive sirolimus and tacrolimus to help prevent Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD). Both medications are taken orally.
- Patients will also take medications to help prevent possible infections (e.g. acyclovir). Filgrastim, a white blood cell growth factor, will be given daily in an injection under the skin, starting the day after the stem cell transplant and until the patients blood counts have recovered.
- After the stem cell infusion, the patient will be examined and have blood tests weekly for 1 month. At about the 1-month visit, a bone marrow biopsy and/or blood tests will be performed to determine the percentage of donor's cells in the blood or bone marrow. These tests will be repeated at 3-4 months after transplant.
- At 3-4 months after the transplant, patients will also have tests to reassess the response of your disease to transplant. This may involve a bone marrow biopsy, blood tests, and/or radiology studies depending upon the type of cancer.
- Follow-up will continue for the remainder of the patients life.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with hematologic malignancies who are at a high risk of complications after conventional transplantation
- Availability of a related donor who is identical at 6 HLA loci
- Greater than 18 years of age
- Performance status 0-2
- Life expectancy of > 100 days
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Evidence of HIV infection
- Heart failure uncontrolled medication
- Total bilirubin > 2.0mg/dl that is due to hepatocellular dysfunction
- Serum Creatinine >2.0
- Cholesterol > 300mg/dl while adequately treated
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00282282
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115 |
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Principal Investigator: | Vincent Ho, MD | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
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Responsible Party: | Vincent T. Ho, MD, Principal Investigator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00282282 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | 05-362 |
Study First Received: | January 24, 2006 |
Last Updated: | March 15, 2012 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute:
non-myeloablative peripheral blood stem cell PBSCT tacrolimus sirolimus |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Graft vs Host Disease Immune System Diseases Busulfan Fludarabine monophosphate Sirolimus Everolimus Tacrolimus Fludarabine Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Pharmacologic Actions |
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating Alkylating Agents Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents Therapeutic Uses Myeloablative Agonists Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Antibiotics, Antineoplastic Antifungal Agents Anti-Infective Agents Anti-Bacterial Agents |
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The average bed is 1 to 3 feet across. Sometimes they're bigger. I've found that most bass make their beds in less than 5 feet of water and really close to the bank. At places like Garrisons lake here in Delaware, they were in really shallow water and up real tight. When you find an empty one, you may have spooked the bass away; so don't think there isn't one around, just back up a few feet and wait for a minute or so. If you don't see it after that, then just move.
RED = Finished Spawn GREEN= Spawning Now YELLOW = GETTING READY
Once you find a bed, position yourself to where you can see the bed but are far enough away that the bass won't be spooked. A good distance is about 5 or 6 feet away. Sometimes even if you stand right over a bed on the bank, the bass won't move, but it won't hit the bait either. If you are fishing in stained water like you have here in many lakes you might able to get closer.I wear clothes that blend into the background and try not to let your shadow cross the bed. keep low and don't make a lot of big movements. Next, just flip or pitch your lure just past the bed. Slowly crawl it right onto the edge of the bed. Wait for a few seconds and then crawl it to the center of the bed. The bass is now looking at the lure. The bass is getting nervous and wants to get it away from its eggs, so the whole point is to make your lure look like it is trying to eat the bass's eggs. Next, twitch your lure just a bit a couple of times. Now wait for the bass to move in. He will probably get very close to your lure, sometimes almost right to his nose. Twitch your lure as softly as you possibly can (whenever you do twitch your lure, you don't want it to move very far at all).
Take a look at some of the baits I just ordered for bed fishing like the Higtail and the Prologue.