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Hercules Wimbledon AC's teenage sprinter Max Mondelli excelled at the British Athletic Indoor Championships at Sheffield on Saturday despite suffering from a heavy head cold.
Mondelli, 18, a pupil at King's College School, Wimbledon, was the second youngest of the 35 competitors in the senior men's 60m, but was not overawed by the strength of the opposition.
He came up against British number one James Dasaolu in his first round heat - and while Dasaolu cruised to a comfortable win, Mondelli reached the semi-final round as he posted a lifetime best time of 6.85 seconds in taking fourth spot.
He was 15th of the 24 qualifiers so his prospects of making it through to the final did not look great.
His previous best of 6.85 was set when finishing fifth in the South of England championships at Lee Valley athletics centre last month.
In between his heat and semi-final, Mondelli covered his head in a large towel and inhaled a steamy vapour in a bid to ease the effects of his head cold, as well as doing much needed school homework.
His aim was to try and improve his lifetime best and, putting the towel and his homework to one side, he again finished fourth but his time of 6.88 was slightly slower than his heat time and he missed out on a place in the final by 0.14secs.
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Ground floor end unit beautifully furnished turnkey unit, previously owner occupied only, large main lanai can be enclosed with sliding glass doors, second enclosed lanai off guest bedroom can sleep one. Master bath has separate shower/toilet, two vanities, guest bath can be accessed directly from guest bedroom or from living area. Ceiling fans in every room, huge trees shade lovely patio, breezes enhanced by additional end unit windows. Steps from large association pool, clubhouse, and library; Farmington Vistas is a very active association--cycling group, water aerobics, weekly socials, poolside games and activities, dining and movie groups, and more.
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Pros: I have not had this vehicle for one year yet. However I really love it. I too was the mom in the mini-van...and let's face it..we all look a little dorky in those mini-vans. I also, feel very safe when driving this car in winter weather. And did i mention, it looks cooler than the mini-van?
Cons: The rear window is small and makes it difficult to see when in reverse. I think the interior doors look a little cheap and the window controls, located only on the center console, is awkward.I have also seen it in other colors. Mine is black. I only like how it looks in black.
Overall review: Overall, I have been very pleased with my car. The teens who are my frequent passengers, think the interior looks like a space ship at night...and think it is a much more expensive car than it is. I also LOVE how safe it is for winter driving.You start your car and it tells you that there may be icy road conditions. My husband tried to do donuts with this car. It won't let you. The traction is impressive.The gas mileage could be better, but it could be worse. I think this is the safest car i have ever had.
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Perfect Family Rig by An MSN Autos Consumer on 12/04/2008. Trim: 2007 Suzuki XL7 Base 2-Row AWD, Owned 1 year.
Pros: Very powerful motor in any situation. 3.6L engine derived from Cadillac CTS but built by Suzuiki of Japan under GM license. Perfect shifting 5 speed tranny. Great ride and tracks good down road. Great, quick reacting, AWD system. Large storage area in rear. Easy rear seat acsess and no problem with rear facing child seat clearance. Decent mileage when wife drives it, "not when I do." Good in heavy snow and MN winter driving. Distinctive shape and headlight style.
Cons: Had grinding sound in front end just after buying new and dealer fixed known problem with warranty. Interior quality not quite up to Honda standards compared to my mom's CRV and dad's new Accord but still good. Poor rear visibility. Headlights bulbs are difficult to change, although I have not have to change one yet. Wide turn radius. Traction control WILL NOT allow me to do donuts, which is probably more good than bad because it does not want you to get in trouble.
Overall review: My wife and I have 20000 miles on this vehicle and it had been PERFECT for family use. We were going to by a minivan but this was a sportier alternative. We got thousands off sticker and an great powertrain warranty, which is a plus because we plan on putting over 100K on it. I was going to buy a CRV but too small, WAY underpowered, and they do not get much better mileage than the XL7. I call it the "Poor man's GMC Acadia." My wife literally is in love with it.
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Maybe its a Lemon???????? by Not entirely satisfied on 03/15/2008. Trim: 2007 Suzuki XL7 Base 3-Row AWD, Owned 1 year.
Pros: Its a nice vehicle for the price,,,notwithstanding the defective camshaft discovered after check engine light came on after 7000 miles. Seats 7,,comfortably,,nice smooth ride,,gas mileage 22mpg hwy.
Cons: Defective camshaft caused engine misfire resulting in at least 10 days in shop for nearly new vehicle. The very very wide turning ratio is terrible,,smallish rear view window. Cheapish interior look and feel,,window controls in odd place on center console. Oil dipstick is too far forward blocked by radiator. Poor acceleration uphill with no load.
Overall review: Vehicle was a decent purchase for the price.Got the 3 row awd for 20k. Check engine light came on after 7500 miles and dealer says it is a defective camshaft. He has seen same problem in other 2007 xl7s. Seems to be a manufacturer defect . Would look further before buying Suzuki again..
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Mace's mom by Rene' on 07/20/2007. Trim: 2007 Suzuki XL7 Base 3-Row AWD, Owned less than 1 year.
Pros: I love almost everything about it.
Cons: Little bit of a blind spot problem at rear corners, but I had driven a Mazda 626 for eight years, so I am still getting used to driving a much larger vehicle. Also, it will take me a while to get used to the location of the window controls, but again, eight years is a long time.
Overall review: I LOVE MY SUZUKI XL7
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SEATTLE (AP) -- The U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians last weekend had twice been injured during tours in Iraq and was reluctant to leave on his fourth deployment, a Seattle lawyer said Thursday.
"He wasn't thrilled about going on another deployment," said the lawyer, John Henry Browne. "He was told he wasn't going back, and then he was told he was going."
Browne, a well-known Seattle defense attorney who recently represented a youthful thief known as the "Barefoot Bandit," said he has been asked to represent the soldier, a 38-year-old staff sergeant from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma.
The soldier is from the Seattle area and asked to be represented by Browne when he was taken into custody, the lawyer said. Browne said he has met with the staff sergeant's family, and unless the soldier is returned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in the next few days, he will travel to meet the soldier wherever he is in custody.
Browne declined to release the soldier's name, which the Army has withheld.
Taliban nixes US talks, Karzai demands NATO pull out of rural areas after civilian killings
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The American campaign in Afghanistan suffered a double blow Thursday: The Taliban broke off talks with the U.S., and President Hamid Karzai said NATO should pull out of rural areas and speed up the transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan forces nationwide in the wake of the killing of 16 civilians.
The moves represent new setbacks to America's strategy for ending the 10-year-old war at a time when support for the conflict is plummeting. Part of the U.S. exit strategy is to transfer authority gradually to Afghan forces. Another tack is to pull the Taliban into political discussions with the Afghan government, though it's unclear that there has been any progress since January.
Although Karzai has previously said that he wanted international troops to transition out of rural areas, the apparent call for an immediate exit is new. Karzai also said he now wants Afghan forces take the lead for countrywide security in 2013, in what appeared to be a move to push the U.S. toward an earlier drawdown.
A statement released by Karzai's office said that during his meeting with visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, the president "requested that the international forces come out of Afghan villages and stay in their bases."
Karzai also said that the "Afghan security forces have the ability to provide security in the villages of our country," the statement said.
Signs of financial stress emerge for Mitt Romney as the long GOP campaign keeps getting longer
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP) -- The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most: his wallet.
New signs of financial stress are emerging in Romney's campaign, which has built a wide lead in delegates thanks in part to the might of his bank account and multistate operation. As rival Rick Santorum's surprising strength keeps extending the nomination battle, Romney has scaled back expenses, trimmed field staff in some cases and begun to count more on free media coverage to reach voters. And he's still relying on an allied super political action committee to supplement his spending on expensive TV ads.
This week, the former Massachusetts governor was forced to spend two days privately courting donors in the New York area, even as his Republican rivals were wooing voters ahead of pivotal elections in places like Illinois, where he hasn't been in four months, and as President Barack Obama was stockpiling cash for the fall general election fight.
On Wednesday, Romney had five finance events in New York, all packed, raising about $3 million, with more set for Thursday. So the news is hardly all bad. Wednesday "was the best day we've had so far," said New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, who accompanied Romney to multiple events, including a donor breakfast in New York City.
But it's less encouraging for the campaign that the money is badly needed to re-fill coffers that had sunk close to their lowest levels since Romney launched his presidential effort last year.
30 Iranian banks cut off from most global commerce following European sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Dozens of Iranian banks were blocked from doing business with much of the world as the West tightens the financial screws on a country it wants to prevent from developing nuclear weapons.
The Belgium-based company that facilitates most international bank transfers on Thursday took the unprecedented step of blocking 30 Iranian banks from using its service. The move is likely to hurt Iran's all-important oil industry and make it difficult for citizens to receive money from relatives living abroad.
The move by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT, is part of a broader effort by Western nations to isolate Iran financially and force it to demonstrate that it is not trying to develop nuclear weapons. Iran says that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only, but officials in many other countries believe otherwise.
SWIFT said it was forced by recent European Union sanctions to discontinue service to the Iranian banks beginning Saturday. SWIFT is a secure private network used by nearly every bank around the world to send payment messages that lead to the transfer of money across international borders.
The chief executive of SWIFT, Lazaro Campos, described the move as "extraordinary and unprecedented."
On anniversary of Syrian uprising, no end in sight to regime crackdown that has killed 8,000
BEIRUT (AP) -- Thousands of Syrians rallied Thursday in Damascus in a display of loyalty to President Bashar Assad, waving flags under a slate gray sky to protest the anniversary of a rebellion that the government says is driven by terrorists, gangsters and extremists.
Outside the Syrian capital, however, tanks and snipers besieged opposition areas, including the southern city of Daraa where the uprising began a year ago, touched off by the arrest of a group of youths who scrawled anti-regime graffiti on a wall.
One year into the Syrian revolt, the fight to oust Assad is cascading toward civil war with more than 8,000 killed and no end in sight to the bloodshed. Worst-case scenarios are playing out in a country where many remain shackled by corruption, a suffocating security apparatus and a family dictatorship that rules over 22 million people.
"We know that this is a criminal regime, but we didn't expect it to reach this amount of killing," Amer Mattar, a 26-year-old activist, told The Associated Press from Jordan, where he fled to safety after being arrested twice in Syria.
Despite widening international condemnation and biting sanctions, Assad's regime has remained intact and intelligence analysts say the rebels have yet to pose a serious challenge to his powerful military.
Ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich walks into Colo. prison to begin 14-year sentence for corruption
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) -- Convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich walked into a federal prison in Colorado to begin a 14-year sentence for corruption on Thursday, the latest chapter in the downfall of a charismatic politician that seemed more like a bizarre reality TV show than a legal battle.
With helicopters and TV news crews broadcasting his every move, Blagojevich stepped out of a black SUV and walked into the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in suburban Denver just before noon. Blagojevich -- Illinois' second ex-governor now in prison for corruption -- was convicted on 18 counts, including charges of trying to sell or trade President Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat.
"I'm leaving with a heavy heart, a clear conscience and I have high, high hopes for the future," Blagojevich told reporters and well-wishers as he left his Chicago home early Thursday for his flight to Denver.
Along with his attorneys, the 55-year-old Democrat spent about an hour driving around the minimum-security facility once arriving in Littleton, near Denver, stopping for lunch and waving to onlookers before relinquishing his freedom.
"I think it's kind of surreal to him, but he seems in good spirits," said Brian Pyle, who owns the Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers in Littleton where Blagojevich had lunch. Pyle said he shook the former governor's hand as he left, telling him: "Stay strong." He said Blagojevich thanked him.
USDA responds to social media opposition to 'pink slime' product; gives schools choice
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- School districts soon will be able to opt out of a common ammonia-treated ground beef filler critics have dubbed "pink slime."
Amid a growing social media storm over so-called "lean finely textured beef," the Agriculture Department announced Thursday that, starting next fall, schools involved in the national school lunch program will have the option of avoiding the product.
Under the change, schools will be able to choose between 95 percent lean beef patties made with the product or less lean bulk ground beef without it. The change won't kick in immediately because of existing contracts, according to a USDA official with knowledge of the decision.
Though the term "pink slime" has been used pejoratively for at least several years, it wasn't until last week that social media suddenly exploded with worry and an online petition seeking its ouster from schools. The petition quickly garnered hundreds of thousands of supporters.
The low-cost ingredient is made from fatty bits of meat left over from other cuts. The bits are heated to about 100 F and spun to remove most of the fat. The lean mix then is compressed into blocks for use in ground meat. The product, made by South Dakota-based Beef Products Inc., also is exposed to "a puff of ammonium hydroxide gas" to kill bacteria, such as E. coli and salmonella.
Sales begin Friday for iPad with faster processor, better screen; heavy demand, lines expected
NEW YORK (AP) -- Let the wild rumpus start.
The customary storefront crowds are expected to gather as Apple's latest iPad goes on sale Friday. Long lines are likely even though customers could have ordered the new tablet computer ahead of time for first-day home delivery.
The third version of Apple's iPad will be available in the U.S. and nine other countries beginning at 8 a.m. local time. The new model comes with a faster processor and a much sharper screen. It also boasts an improved camera, similar to that of the latest iPhone.
For many customers, visiting a store in person -- instead of having one shipped -- offers consumers a chance to mingle with die-hard Apple fans.
Two years after the debut of the first iPad, the device's launch has become the second-biggest "gadget event" of the year, after the annual iPhone release. A year ago, thousands lined up outside the flagship Apple store on New York's Fifth Avenue. The device sold out on launch day, even though it didn't go on sale until 5 p.m.
New Orleans police issue arrest warrant for actor Russell Brand on property damage charge
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- New Orleans police have issued an arrest warrant for actor Russell Brand on a charge of simple criminal damage to property valued at $700..
Brand is in New Orleans to film an untitled movie.
Police spokeswoman Remi Braden on Thursday could not immediately release details of what happened Monday. Celebrity website TMZ said the charges stem from a confrontation with a photographer who was trying to take Brand's photo from a car.
In a Twitter posting on Wednesday, Brand wrote, "Since Steve Jobs died I cannot bear to see anyone use an iphone irreverently, what I did was a tribute to his memory."
Neither Brand nor his publicist could immediately be reached for comment.
Portland Trail Blazers fire head coach Nate McMillan
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Portland Trail Blazers have fired coach Nate McMillan.
The Blazers announced the move on Thursday, one day after a 42-point loss to the Knicks in New York. Assistant coach Caleb Kanales will be the interim head coach.
The firing was first reported by Yahoo! Sports.
The Blazers have lost seven of their last 10 games to fall out of the Western Conference playoff race. The firing was part of an overhaul on Thursday that included trading veteran center Marcus Camby to the Houston Rockets and versatile forward Gerald Wallace to the New Jersey Nets.
Portland is 20-23 and in 12th place in the West. McMillan went 266-269 in over six seasons as coach of the Blazers and led them to the playoffs the previous three seasons.


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Last Sunday's 22-21 win over New England marked the first time since it was introduced that the Dolphins didn't run a single play out of the Wildcat formation. Offensive coordinator Dan Henning addressed that aspect of the game plan in his weekly chat with the media Wednesday.
Henning started by admitting that the Wildcat hasn't been the same since Ronnie Brown was injured four weeks ago in the Tampa Bay game.
"We miss Ronnie because Ronnie was the guy we put all the time and effort in, and there were no balls on the ground for the two years he was running it," he said.
"There's something to that. We have to be frugal with it. If you go way back to when we first started it, the man from New Haven (coach Tony Sparano) told you if the ball was on the ground there wasn't going to be much of it anyhow. So when the ball's on the ground and you lose 15 yards you get some 'word to the wise' and it might not even be a statement, it might a 'Harrumph!'"
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"When you get behind that's not the way to go; you need to get back in the game. Last year in the second game against New England people said the Patriots figured it out and shut it down. Well, they didn't shut it down, we did. Every time we got the ball we were behind in the game down here last year. They came back three of those times but in the end they prevailed.
"There's a lot of factors involved: How we do it, who we do it with, and why. Obviously it's shorthanded with Ronnie. One of the reasons we used it in the first place (was) to get Ricky (Williams) and Ronnie in the game at the same time. Two guys who can run outside and inside. That was a feature for it, and was very successful."
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Better taste in art: Elaine or Steve?
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Elaine was outed as the purchaser of the most expensive piece of art ever auctioned:
Steve has a Degas, Van Gogh, and many others, including of course his Picasso which he famously put a hole in: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jul/09/seven-wynns-notable-art-purchases/
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Chuckmonster responded on Friday, 17th January 2014
I miss the days when both ends of Wynn registration lobby, the WTS lobby, concierge and VIP were festooned with jaw dropping art. La Reve really is a sight to behold in person, as was its companion in the Lobby. The Mondriaan in WTC concierge office... holy shit. The Rembrandt in the WTS VIP lobby.... simply incredible. Shame they hid these and sold the rest.
I don't think i could pick a winner in this, they've both got exquisite taste in art. The Bacon is daring, gorgeous and explodes with abstract beauty.
Blakjackkid replied on Saturday, 18th January 2014
I remember seeing the painting "La Reve" several times in the little art museum he used to have at Wynn. The colors originally fooled me into thinking it was a painting by Picasso's rival, Matisse. I'll take Steve's taste in art anyday, I'm just not that into Bacon (or bacon for that matter).


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3.I have always heard you couldn't tell you were even on a ship once you got started, but we could definitely tell we were on a ship once we were past Fla. lot of lurching and rocking, since this is our first cruise don't know if this was because of rough seas or size of boat or if this is just normal.
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Ottawa County Common Pleas Court Judge Bruce Winters has denied a motion to dismiss death penalty specifications in the case of a Fremont man indicted for the murder in March of his estranged wife.
Attorneys representing Randall Ross had filed the motion, citing constitutional and international law violations.
For many people, seeing images of very sick children who are patients at St. Jude Children's Hospital, in Memphis, can be heartbreaking. Many people do not know what to do to help.
For Emma Gould, 10, of Curtice, those very same images proved to be inspiration for this young lady.
Residents respond to Howard Farms open house
Metroparks public relations director Scott Carpenter said an open house for the first Toledo Area Metropark in Jerusalem Township drew "a nice turnout" to the township hall Tuesday night.
"The turnout demonstrates the significance of this project and the high level of public interest," Carpenter said.
An appeals court has upheld the issuance of civil stalking protection order against a Clay Township resident accused of harassing his neighbors.
The Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals earlier this month ruled in favor of Dorothy Fondessy, of N. Genoa-Clay Center Road, who was issued a protection order in November 2011 by the Ottawa County Common Pleas Court.
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CentOS is an Enterprise Linux, meaning that it fits many of the requirements of the big multinationals as well as small / medium enterprises. We will cover the general setup of the various services that small enterprises require today including email, scheduling, collaboration, file management, version management and the management of data backups. As is common with open source solutions there are many and varied options for each of these.We will explain some of the solutions to each issue and how each of them have their advantages and disadvantages. We will go into detail on how to setup each on CentOS as the server and how to configure the clients.
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Brazen theft of Darwen street flower tray (From Blackburn Citizen)
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Brazen theft of Darwen street flower tray
12:30pm Tuesday 3rd July 2012 in Darwen By Dan Clough, Reporter
ONE of 22 flower trays installed around the Sudell area of Darwen, with the help of local schoolchildren, was stolen last weekend.
Coun Roy Davies, who secured £1,200 to put up the trays to brighten up the ward, was dismayed when he saw a man walking down the street carrying one of them.
The trays, given to householders between Marsh Terrace and Tythebarn Street who wanted one, were funded by grants from Twin Valley Homes and the neighbourhood board.
Coun Davies said: "I was driving back from Blackburn at 4.20pm on Saturday when I went past a man carrying a flower tray at the bottom of Winterton Road. I thought it looked suspiciously like one of the ones I put up in the ward.
"I turned the car round and found one was missing from the Industry Street area."
Coun Davies said the man, who was was 5'4" tall, with a white beard and wearing waterproofs, had dumped all the soil out and just taken the tray.
Coun Davies said: "I know it's not the crime of the century, but they cost £1,200 all together, and we had kids from Sudell Primary School planting them.
"Some of them look really nice. For someone to come along and say, 'Oh, I'm having that', is just ridiculous.
"They are taking something away from the people of Sudell ward."
Coun Davies has contacted police.
Town council mayor and Sudell councillor Eileen Entwistle said: "Nothing is sacred any more. It is horrible. I don't know how you stop it. At one time you could leave your doors open and leave stuff outside, but not any more."
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He will probably grow dandelions in it. Keep trying to improve things Roy unfortunately there is always one who tries to ruin it for others but don't let it get your fantastic community spirit down.
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commonsenseplease wrote:Totally agree. When you think that people are struggling to keep their heads above water and this is reported. About the flower theft yes it is bad this sort of thing happens but lets be honest what did you expect?
£1200 for a few flower baskets? Given to those who wanted one??!! Are you serious what a waste of money. If you want flowers outside your house buy them yourself! What a waste in such touch times where that money could have been put to much better use!
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As part of a series of initiatives designed to prevent violence and help victims, on October 27, 2010 President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden launched Workplaces Respond to Domestic and Sexual Violence: A National Resource Center, an unprecedented new resource that makes it easier than ever for employers to adopt vitally important policies to protect employees from domestic and sexual violence.
The new Resource Center was formed by a partnership of eight national organizations led by Futures Without Violence, formerly Family Violence Prevention Fund, and funded by the Justice Department's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). It includes a new website for employers with information and a set of powerful tools that have never before been available.
At the October 27 White House event, President Obama said, "The bottom line is this: Nobody in America should live in fear because they are unsafe in their own home – no adult, no child. And no one who is the victim of abuse should ever feel that they have no way to get out. We need to make sure every victim of domestic violence knows that they are not alone; that there are resources available to them in their moment of greatest need. And as a society, we need to ensure that if a victim of abuse reaches out for help, we are there to lend a hand." Watch video and read the transcript of President Obama and Vice President Biden's remarks here.
The event marked Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It also featured Council on Women and Girls Chair Valerie Jarrett, Major League Baseball's Joe Torre and White House Advisor on Violence Against Women Lynn Rosenthal.
On average, there are some 1,300 attacks and four to five murders of women due to domestic violence each day in this country. Every day hundreds of women are sexually assaulted. The violence often follows victims to work. A 2006 study from the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 70 percent of U.S. workplaces do not have domestic and sexual violence policies in place.
Interactive New Website
The new website is designed to change that. At www.workplacesrespond.org, employers can enter their name, location, and number of employees, and then go step-by-step to develop and download a workplace policy addressing stalking and domestic, sexual and teen dating violence that is right for them.
The website also offers a quiz to test knowledge about domestic and sexual violence, fact sheets, frequently asked questions with answers, a protection order guide, safety and security information, and an interactive training component.
In addition, it offers components to help employers and unions assess security issues, respond safely and effectively to violence, provide referrals to community based services when violence is identified, and implement measures to prevent violence.
"We have worked extensively on workplace issues in the past, but these interactive tools and the broad focus on all forms of interpersonal violence are unique. We are convinced that the Resource Center provides what employers need and want," said Futures Without Violence President Esta Soler.
"Too often in the past, employers have come to us after an employee who was a domestic violence victim is murdered at work, or a stalking victim is raped outside her workplace," Soler added. "In these situations, employers are left to wonder what they could have done differently, and colleagues are traumatized or terrorized. With these new tools, employers can act before tragedies occur, helping to prevent them and to keep workplaces safe and productive."
Futures Without Violence leads the Resource Center's partnership of eight organizations: Legal Momentum; Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and its National Sexual Violence Resource Center; the Resource Sharing Project of the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence; American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence, the Stalking Resource Center a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime and the Victim Rights Law Center. In recent years, Futures Without Violence and its partners have developed numerous resources to help businesses better assist victims of violence, including self-help kits for employers, model workplace policies for addressing violence, and a training program for employees, supervisors and executives.
Workplaces Respond to Domestic and Sexual Violence: A National Resource Center was authorized in the Violence Against Women Act of 2005. The initial, one-year, $916,000 project is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, OVW. The multi-disciplinary project will develop outreach, technical assistance and training programs and emphasize getting information to employers of underrepresented employees, including those who are low wage, immigrant, young, older or in other ways vulnerable. Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA) and Senator Patty Murray (WA) championed support for the Resource Center in Congress and have been long-time advocates for the needs of victims of violence in the workplace.
In recent years, Futures Without Violence and its partners have developed numerous resources to help businesses better assist victims of violence, including self-help kits for employers, model workplace policies for addressing violence, and a training program for employees, supervisors and executives.
Workplaces Respond to Domestic and Sexual Violence: A National Resource Center was authorized in the Violence Against Women Act of 2005. The initial, one-year, $916,000 project is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, OVW. The multi-disciplinary project will develop outreach, technical assistance and training programs, and emphasize getting information to employers of underrepresented employees, including those who are low wage, immigrant, young, older or in other ways vulnerable.
According to a 2006 study from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly one in four large private industry establishments (with more than 1,000 employees) reported at least one incident of domestic violence, including threats and assaults, in the past year. Women are much more likely than men to be victims of on-the-job intimate partner homicide. A 2005 study from the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence using data from a national telephone survey of 8,000 women about their experiences with violence, found that women experiencing physical intimate partner violence victimization reported an average of 7.2 days of work-related lost productivity and 33.9 days in productivity losses associated with other activities.
Other Initiatives
At the White House event, Administration officials announced a range of other measures covering six federal agencies, to help address the impacts of violence. They include initiatives to reduce the backlog of rape kits that have not been tested or processed, provide guidance to housing authorities and landlords so they can evict perpetrators and make sure victims do not lose their housing, and increase financial security for victims of violence, and:
- The Affordable Care Act's new Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program provides $1.5 billion over five years to states for evidence-based home visitation services. The law requires every state to consider domestic violence as one of six benchmarks in improving the health and safety of families in at-risk communities. Nurses, social workers, educators, child development specialists or other staff will promote the health and well-being of children and their families in these communities, intervening early to reduce rates of domestic violence and child abuse.
- Through the Affordable Care Act's new Pregnancy Assistance Fund, NC, NM, OR, VA and WA will provide help for pregnant women who are victims of domestic and sexual violence. High schools, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families offices, health clinics, and child welfare agencies will have tools to reach vulnerable women and connect them with services.
- The Head Start program is reaching out to pregnant women and parents of young children to prevent and respond to domestic violence. Head Start centers in AL, FL, MI, MT, NM and SC are launching a community-based Safe Families, Safe Homes early education curriculum to help staff and partners identify and respond to young children exposed to violence.
- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has launched the Defending Childhood Initiative to protect children from the harmful consequences of witnessing violence. The initiative will work to prevent exposure to all types of violence and build children's resiliency to recover and thrive when violence does occur.
- The new Enhancing Services for Children and Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence program supports innovative, evidence-informed services for children exposed to domestic violence. Starting this month, projects in AK, NJ, ID and WI and a national clearinghouse will help children heal from the trauma of abuse and build stronger community services.
- New tools for communities to improve enforcement of protective orders. Civil Protection Orders: A Guide for Improving Practice to keep victims and their children safe by providing guidance to advocates, attorneys, judges, law enforcement officers, and prosecutors to ensure that protective orders are issued, served and enforced throughout the United States.
- The Access to Justice for Domestic Violence Victims, a pilot project to encourage more commitment from the private bar to provide pro bono legal services to victims of domestic violence. Beginning in New Orleans, LA, and Baltimore, MD, private law firms will hire law students who have participated in law school clinics and defer their start dates while they work at domestic violence service providers to help victims secure protective orders, navigate the family courts, and access safe housing.
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We have sequenced at the Broad Institute and released to the 1000 Genomes Project the following datasets for the three members of the CEU trio (NA12878, NA12891 and NA12892):
This is better data to work with than the original DePristo et al. BAMs files, so we recommend you download and analyze these files if you are looking for complete, large-scale data sets to evaluate the GATK or other tools.
Here's the rough library properties of the BAMs:
These data files can be downloaded from the 1000 Genomes DCC
Here are the datasets we used in the GATK paper cited below.
DePristo M, Banks E, Poplin R, Garimella K, Maguire J, Hartl C, Philippakis A, del Angel G, Rivas MA, Hanna M, McKenna A, Fennell T, Kernytsky A, Sivachenko A, Cibulskis K, Gabriel S, Altshuler D and Daly, M (2011). A framework for variation discovery and genotyping using next-generation DNA sequencing data. Nature Genetics. 43:491-498.
Some of the BAM and VCF files are currently hosted by the NCBI: ftp://ftp-trace.ncbi.nih.gov/1000genomes/ftp/technical/working/20101201_cg_NA12878/
FILTER field status
-- targets used in the analysis of the exome capture data
Please note that we have not collected the indel calls for the paper, as these are only used for filtering SNPs near indels. If you want to call accurate indels, please use the new GATK indel caller in the Unified Genotyper.
Both the GATK and the sequencing technologies have improved significantly since the analyses performed in this paper.
If you are conducting a review today, we would recommend that the newest version of the GATK, which performs much better than the version described in the paper. Moreover, we would also recommend one use the newest version of Crossbow as well, in case they have improved things. The GATK calls for NA12878 from the paper (above) will give one a good idea what a good call set looks like whole-genome or whole-exome.
The data sets used in the paper are no longer state-of-the-art. The WEx BAM is GAII data aligned with MAQ on hg18, but a state-of-the-art data set would use HiSeq and BWA on hg19. Even the 64x HiSeq WG data set is already more than one year old. For a better assessment, we would recommend you use a newer data set for these samples, if you have the capacity to generate it. This applies less to the WG NA12878 data, which is pretty good, but the NA12878 WEx from the paper is nearly 2 years old now and notably worse than our most recent data sets.
Obviously, this was an annoyance for us as well, as it would have been nice to use a state-of-the-art data set for the WEx. But we decided to freeze the data used for analysis to actually finish this paper.
If you want the raw, machine output for the data analyzed in the GATK framework paper, obtain the raw BAM files above and convert them from SAM to FASTQ using the Picard tool SamToFastq.
This document describes the resource datasets and arguments to use in the two steps of VQSR (i.e. the successive application of VariantRecalibrator and ApplyRecalibration), based on our work with human genomes.
Note that VQSR must be run twice in succession in order to build a separate error model for SNPs and INDELs (see the VQSR documentation for more details).
These recommendations are valid for use with calls generated by both the UnifiedGenotyper and HaplotypeCaller. In the past we made a distinction in how we processed the calls from these two callers, but now we treat them the same way. These recommendations will probably not work properly on calls generated by other (non-GATK) callers.
The human genome training, truth and known resource datasets mentioned in this document are all available from our resource bundle.
If you are working with non-human genomes, you will need to find or generate at least truth and training resource datasets with properties corresponding to those described below. To generate your own resource set, one idea is to first do an initial round of SNP calling and only use those SNPs which have the highest quality scores. These sites which have the most confidence are probably real and could be used as truth data to help disambiguate the rest of the variants in the call set. Another idea is to try using several SNP callers in addition to the UnifiedGenotyper or HaplotypeCaller, and use those sites which are concordant between the different methods as truth data. In either case, you'll need to assign your set a prior likelihood that reflects your confidence in how reliable it is as a truth set. We recommend Q10 as a starting value, which you can then experiment with to find the most appropriate value empirically. There are many possible avenues of research here. Hopefully the model reporting plots that are generated by the recalibration tools will help facilitate this experimentation.
True sites training resource: HapMap
This resource is a SNP call set that has been validated to a very high degree of confidence. The program will consider that the variants in this resource are representative of true sites (truth=true), and will use them to train the recalibration model (training=true). We will also use these sites later on to choose a threshold for filtering variants based on sensitivity to truth sites. The prior likelihood we assign to these variants is Q15 (96.84%).
True sites training resource: Omni
This resource is a set of polymorphic SNP sites produced by the Omni geno- typing array. The program will consider that the variants in this resource are representative of true sites (truth=true), and will use them to train the recalibration model (training=true). The prior likelihood we assign to these variants is Q12 (93.69%).
Non-true sites training resource: 1000G
This resource is a set of high-confidence SNP sites produced by the 1000 Genomes Project. The program will consider that the variants in this re- source may contain true variants as well as false positives (truth=false), and will use them to train the recalibration model (training=true). The prior likelihood we assign to these variants is Q10 (%). 17
Known sites resource, not used in training: dbSNP
This resource is a call set that has not been validated to a high degree of confidence (truth=false). The program will not use the variants in this resource to train the recalibration model (training=false). However, the program will use these to stratify output metrics such as Ti/Tv ratio by whether variants are present in dbsnp or not (known=true). The prior likelihood we assign to these variants is Q2 (36.90%).
The variant quality score recalibrator builds an adaptive error model using known variant sites and then applies this model to estimate the probability that each variant is a true genetic variant or a machine artifact. One major improvement from previous recommended protocols is that hand filters do not need to be applied at any point in the process now. All filtering criteria are learned from the data itself.
java -Xmx4g -jar GenomeAnalysisTK.jar \ -T VariantRecalibrator \ -R path/to/reference/human_g1k_v37.fasta \ -input raw.input.vcf \ -recalFile path/to/output.recal \ -tranchesFile path/to/output.tranches \ -nt 4 \ [SPECIFY TRUTH AND TRAINING SETS] \ [SPECIFY WHICH ANNOTATIONS TO USE IN MODELING] \ [SPECIFY WHICH CLASS OF VARIATION TO MODEL] \
For SNPs we use both HapMap v3.3 and the Omni chip array from the 1000 Genomes Project as training data. In addition we take the highest confidence SNPs from the project's callset. These datasets are available in the GATK resource bundle.
Arguments for VariantRecalibrator command:
-resource:hapmap,known=false,training=true,truth=true,prior=15.0 hapmap_3.3.b37.sites.vcf \ -resource:omni,known=false,training=true,truth=true,prior=12.0 1000G_omni2.5.b37.sites.vcf \ -resource:1000G,known=false,training=true,truth=false,prior=10.0 1000G_phase1.snps.high_confidence.vcf \ -resource:dbsnp,known=true,training=false,truth=false,prior=2.0 dbsnp.b37.vcf \ -an QD -an MQ -an MQRankSum -an ReadPosRankSum -an FS -an DP -an InbreedingCoeff \ -mode SNP \
Please note that these recommendations are formulated for whole-genome datasets. For exomes, we do not recommend using DP for variant recalibration (see below for details of why).
Note also that, for the above to work, the input vcf needs to be annotated with the corresponding values (QD, FS, DP, etc.). If any of these values are somehow missing, then VariantAnnotator needs to be run first so that VariantRecalibration can run properly.
Also, using the provided sites-only truth data files is important here as parsing the genotypes for VCF files with many samples increases the runtime of the tool significantly.
You may notice that these recommendations no longer include the
--numBadVariants argument. That is because we have removed this argument from the tool, as the VariantRecalibrator now determines the number of variants to use for modeling "bad" variants internally based on the data.
Some of these annotations might not be the best for your particular dataset.
Depth of coverage (the DP annotation invoked by Coverage) should not be used when working with exome datasets since there is extreme variation in the depth to which targets are captured! In whole genome experiments this variation is indicative of error but that is not the case in capture experiments.
Additionally, the UnifiedGenotyper produces a statistic called the HaplotypeScore which should be used for SNPs. This statistic isn't necessary for the HaplotypeCaller because that mathematics is already built into the likelihood function itself when calling full haplotypes.
The InbreedingCoeff is a population level statistic that requires at least 10 samples in order to be computed. For projects with fewer samples please omit this annotation from the command line.
In our testing we've found that in order to achieve the best exome results one needs to use an exome SNP and/or indel callset with at least 30 samples. For users with experiments containing fewer exome samples there are several options to explore:
When modeling indels with the VQSR we use a training dataset that was created at the Broad by strictly curating the (Mills, Devine, Genome Research, 2011) dataset as as well as adding in very high confidence indels from the 1000 Genomes Project. This dataset is available in the GATK resource bundle.
Arguments for VariantRecalibrator:
--maxGaussians 4 \ -resource:mills,known=false,training=true,truth=true,prior=12.0 Mills_and_1000G_gold_standard.indels.b37.sites.vcf \ -resource:dbsnp,known=true,training=false,truth=false,prior=2.0 dbsnp.b37.vcf \ -an QD -an DP -an FS -an ReadPosRankSum -an MQRankSum -an InbreedingCoeff \ -mode INDEL \
Note that indels use a different set of annotations than SNPs. Most annotations related to mapping quality have been removed since there is a conflation with the length of an indel in a read and the degradation in mapping quality that is assigned to the read by the aligner. This covariation is not necessarily indicative of being an error in the same way that it is for SNPs.
You may notice that these recommendations no longer include the
--numBadVariants argument. That is because we have removed this argument from the tool, as the VariantRecalibrator now determines the number of variants to use for modeling "bad" variants internally based on the data.
The power of the VQSR is that it assigns a calibrated probability to every putative mutation in the callset. The user is then able to decide at what point on the theoretical ROC curve their project wants to live. Some projects, for example, are interested in finding every possible mutation and can tolerate a higher false positive rate. On the other hand, some projects want to generate a ranked list of mutations that they are very certain are real and well supported by the underlying data. The VQSR provides the necessary statistical machinery to effectively apply this sensitivity/specificity tradeoff.
java -Xmx3g -jar GenomeAnalysisTK.jar \ -T ApplyRecalibration \ -R reference/human_g1k_v37.fasta \ -input raw.input.vcf \ -tranchesFile path/to/input.tranches \ -recalFile path/to/input.recal \ -o path/to/output.recalibrated.filtered.vcf \ [SPECIFY THE DESIRED LEVEL OF SENSITIVITY TO TRUTH SITES] \ [SPECIFY WHICH CLASS OF VARIATION WAS MODELED] \
For SNPs we used HapMap 3.3 and the Omni 2.5M chip as our truth set. We typically seek to achieve 99.5% sensitivity to the accessible truth sites, but this is by no means universally applicable: you will need to experiment to find out what tranche cutoff is right for your data. Generally speaking, projects involving a higher degree of diversity in terms of world populations can expect to achieve a higher truth sensitivity than projects with a smaller scope.
--ts_filter_level 99.5 \ -mode SNP \
For indels we use the Mills / 1000 Genomes indel truth set described above. We typically seek to achieve 99.0% sensitivity to the accessible truth sites, but this is by no means universally applicable: you will need to experiment to find out what tranche cutoff is right for your data. Generally speaking, projects involving a higher degree of diversity in terms of world populations can expect to achieve a higher truth sensitivity than projects with a smaller scope.
--ts_filter_level 99.0 \ -mode INDEL \
We make various files available for public download from the GSA FTP server, such as the GATK resource bundle and presentation slides. We also maintain a public upload feature for processing bug reports from users.
There are two logins to choose from depending on whether you want to upload or download something:
location: ftp.broadinstitute.org
username: gsapubftp-anonymous
password: <blank>
location: ftp.broadinstitute.org
username: gsapubftp
password: 5WvQWSfi
Inside of the Broad, the latest bundle will always be available in:
with a subdirectory containing for each reference sequence and associated data files.
External users can download these files (or corresponding .gz versions) from the GSA FTP Server in the directory bundle. Gzipped files should be unzipped before attempting to use them. Note that there is no "current link" on the FTP; users should download the highest numbered directory under current (this is the most recent data set).
Additionally, these files all have supplementary indices, statistics, and other QC data available.
Includes the UCSC-style hg18 reference along with all lifted over VCF files. The refGene track and BAM files are not available. We only provide data files for this genome-build that can be lifted over "easily" from our master b37 repository. Sorry for whatever inconvenience that this might cause.
Also includes a chain file to lift over to b37.
Includes the 1000 Genomes pilot b36 formated reference sequence (human_b36_both.fasta) along with all lifted over VCF files. The refGene track and BAM files are not available. We only provide data files for this genome-build that can be lifted over "easily" from our master b37 repository. Sorry for whatever inconvenience that this might cause.
Also includes a chain file to lift over to b37.
Includes the UCSC-style hg19 reference along with all lifted over VCF files.


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Generation Y has been called lazy, entitled know-it-alls.
But the harsh reality is that this generation also graduated into one of the toughest job markets with some of the highest student loan debt, so they've had to be scrappy to find their financial footing in an uncertain economic climate.
As a result, today's twenty and early thirty-somethings have largely eschewed purchases that previous generations consider a rite of passage and have forged their own way in the job market.
Of course, there are exceptions to these generalizations, but in broad strokes, here are five money lessons for millennials that other generations can learn from.
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