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History and Mission
The Center for Civil and Human Rights was founded in 1973 by the Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., then-president of Notre Dame and a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from its inception during the Eisenhower Administration until 1973. Father Ted was able to launch the Center with a grant from the Ford Foundation, as an institute for advanced research and teaching.
While never losing sight of its initial civil rights focus, the Center was inspired by Father Ted's global vision to expand its work to include international human rights. In addition to providing committed lawyers with opportunities to study and to gain practical experience in international human rights law, the Center engages in research and advocacy aimed at strengthening international mechanisms of accountability. Our efforts include supporting interns who work at the two ad hoc international criminal tribunals, preparing friend-of-the-court briefs to promote the development of international criminal law jurisprudence, organizing conferences, and fostering research and scholarship on issues of accountability and transitional justice. Ours is the only institution at an American law school with observer status at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. As recently as November 2007, we sent representatives to sessions of the African Commission. Additionally, the Center initiated a clerkship program for African lawyers at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, as well as research and internship opportunities with the prominent Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
We are founded on the belief that the worth and dignity of every human being mirrors the image of God. Education is essential to building a human rights culture in which dignity, peace and democracy are cherished and protected. Lawyers, serving as champions of the rule of law, have a unique responsibility to ensure that the civil and political institutions of each society are imbued with these fundamental values. To this end, the Center is dedicated to becoming a leader in the education of law students, lawyers and the community at large concerning human rights issues throughout the world, through the development of outstanding teaching programs, publications and research projects.
The Center creates a unique opportunity for lawyers from around the world to spend a year together studying international human rights law. In turn, they may become teachers and advocates for the cause. The Center also reaches out to the University community and legal community at large through its conferences and publications.
As part of a Catholic university, we are committed to the universal relevance of a gospel that teaches that human beings are made in the image of their creator. The freedom and dignity of all persons is manifest in the rich diversity of human cultures and religious beliefs of the human family. However, this freedom and dignity can be protected adequately only where human rights are honored and the rule of law prevails. The Center for Civil and Human Rights strives to build a culture of rights through legal education as part of the Universityâs commitment to living the gospel in a diverse world.
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Free Wall and Roof Insulation For Beaconsfield Residents
By ClaireMitch | Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 17:46
South Bucks District Council has teamed up with Cocoon to offer FREE home insulation to Beaconsfield and other South Bucks residents.
For the sake of ALL the members of your household insulate your home
Subject to a free, no obligation home survey, home owners can get free cavity wall insulation, and loft insulation if the loft has less than 60mm of pre-existing insulation. This FREE* offer is on a first-come first-served basis until September 2012 or until funds run out.
The scheme is open to all private homeowners in South Bucks District, including private landlords.
Why insulate? Well put on your 'energy glasses' and take a look at your home fuel bills! According to the Energy Savings Trust, typical savings are around £25 - £175 per year for loft insulation - depending on pre-existing levels of insulation, and £135 per year for wall insulation.
Chairman of the Council and Sustainability Champion, Councillor Alan Walters, said, 'Opportunities like these don't happen very often, so I urge you to take advantage of this offer. It'll be worth the effort and come winter you will be benefiting from a warmer home and regular savings. The better insulated your home is, the less money you'll spend heating it."
Call Cocoon on 0800 80 48 777 for more information or for a free, no obligation survey, or visit their website at www.cocoonyourhome.co.uk
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In general, grant applications can be submitted by individual artists or arts organisations. Individual artists who are ordinarily resident in Hong Kong must have reached the age of 18 at the time of application. Organisations which are registered and operating in Hong Kong and organising arts activities are also eligible as applicants. They can be registered societies or limited company. Applications will be processed only if sufficient evidence is provided to prove that the arts project is non-profit making. Proof of official registration must also be submitted. (Please refer to page 4 the basic Council publication of "Information for Project Grant Applicants" which should be read and understood by all applicants)
Yes. The Council has designed different forms for different types of project to make it easier for applicants to complete this document. Completed application form detailing information of applicants enables the Council and the examiners to process the application efficiently. Besides, it helps you translate your ideas into words, so that the Council can have a better understanding of your organisation abilities and of the project, such as the schedule, venue, personnel and estimated budget etc. It will thus facilitate future assessment. (Please refer to page 5 of "Information for Project Grant Applicants")
There are two application submission periods every year. The closing dates are 30 June and 31 December respectively. If the Project Grant application deadline falls on a Saturday or a public holiday, the closing date for application will be postponed to the next working day. Application submitted in person must be deposited into the collection box at the Council office by 6:30p.m on the closing date for application. Submission by post is accepted if it is postmarked no later than the deadline. (Please refer to page 8 of "Information for Project Grant Applicants")
4. How long does it take for processing an application? When will the application result be announced?
For performance projects, the notification of result will normally be made around four months after the application deadline. For publication, exhibition, Film/Media Arts Production, Multi-discipline Project and other activities, the result will normally be announced around five months after the application deadline. (Please refer to page 8 of "Information for Project Grant Applicants")
5. If my grant application is successful, when should I start the project?
Generally speaking, a successful applicant can start the project after it has been approved. For example, if you submit a performing arts project grant application in June, the result will normally be announced in October. If the application is successful, the applicant may then start the project. (Please refer to pages 3 and 8 of "Information for Project Grant Applicants")
6.Can I complete the project before submitting a grant application? Or can I start a project before the result of grant application is announced?
The Council does not accept a project being completed before the result is announced. All applicants, except for those who have applied for Literary Arts publication project grants, should start their projects after being notified of the result of a successful application. For Literary Arts publication grant application, the applicants should submit a set of complete manuscripts together with the application form, but should commence the production and printing process after the result is announced. (Please refer to page 8 of "Information for Project Grant Applicants")
7. Can my project receive subsidies from organisations other than the HKADC at the same time?
Yes. The Council encourages the grantee to actively explore other funding resources. The Council will consider the amount of grant depending on the situation, provided that the total amount of income is less than the estimated amount total project expenditure. (Please refer to page 14 of "Information for Project Grant Applicants")
8. Can I submit the application form by fax or e-mail?
No. Applicants must only submit the applications by mail or in person at the Council. (Please refer to page 8 of "Information for Project Grant Applicants")
9. How does the HKADC define a "non-profit making project"?
"Non-profit making project" does not mean that the project cannot generate sales income, e.g. box office sales or tuition fees, etc. Project staff can also be offered salary at a reasonable rate. However, the projected income, sponsorship or other sources of support should not exceed its projected expenditure. As such, the non-profit making project can only be realised with Council's support. (Please refer to page 3 of "Information for Project Grant Applicants")
10. How does the HKADC define an "arts project"?
An "arts project" normally refers to a dance, drama, literary arts, music, xiqu, visual arts, film or media arts, cultural studies, arts education, art criticism and/or art administration project. Projects such as the publishing of manuals, recipes, textbooks and parent-kid health projects do not fall within the scope of support. (Please refer to page 3 of "Information for Project Grant Applicants" and to the Arts Groups as listed on the Council's website)
11. How much can I seek for the grant application? How does the HKADC come up with the grant amount?
The Council will come up with the grant amount according to the estimated expenditure and income of the applications as well as the financial resources available. There are different ceilings for different arts projects. The approved amount will not exceed the grant ceilings of different artforms. Please refer to the "Project Grant Assessment Guideline" of the relevant artform for details.
12. What kind of additional information should I provide?
Please refer to the "Project Grant Assessment Guideline" of the relevant artform. The documents provide you with details about the additional information to be submitted with the application form.
13. Can I submit more than one "Project Grant" application?
In general, applicants can submit more than one Project Grant application within the same application period. Please note that only one project from the same applicant would be supported during each application period due to resource constraints on the Council's funding. For Literary Arts, each writer can only submit one project or one publication title for each application deadline. If a literary organisation wants to organise two or more projects or publish more than one publication, it may consider applying for Multi-Project Grant. Please visit our website for latest grant information. Please also refer to "Assessment Guidelines" of the relevant artform for details.
14. have submitted a Project Grant application by mail, how do I know if the HKADC has received my application?
The Council will issue an acknowledgement letter within one month upon receipt of a Project Grant application to notify applicants that the Council has received their applications. (Please refer to page 8 of "Information for Project Grant Applicants".)
15. If my grant application is successful, can I make changes to the project?
Generally speaking, successful applicants should carry out the activities according to the content as stated in the application form. Prior notification in writing must be made to the Council for approval on material project change(s). The Council may grant or withhold approval at its entire discretion. (Please refer to page 10 of "Information for Project Grant Applicants")
16. What if I could not complete the project and submit the project report by the project due dates?
Prior notification in writing must be made to the Council for approval on an extension of the Project Due Date or Project Report Due Date. Any approval of such extension shall be entirely at the discretion of the Council.
17. I am a 15-year-old artist and would like to apply for grant, what should I do?
In general, if the applicant does not reach the age of 18, his/ her guardian can submit the application on his/ her behalf. However, different assessment guidelines apply to different artforms. The Council will only process those applications which meet the eligibility criteria all of which are available on the Council's website.
18. My friend and I have an arts project idea. Can we jointly apply for the grant?
In general, the Council does not encourage joint application as it involves legal responsibilities. We would suggest one of you applying for the project grant. (Please refer to page 7 of "Information for Project Grant Applicants".)
19. Do I have to book the performance venue before submitting a grant application?
No. Applicants can fill in the performance details on the application form (dates, time, location, section) for Council's reference. Successful applicants normally must confirm the performance date, time, venue, section and other details before signing the relevant Grant Agreement with the Council.
20. I am a recent arts graduate and have not tried to submit a grant application to the HKADC. Will the chance for success for my application be lower when compared with those submitted by experienced artists?
You may consider applying for "Grant for Emerging Artists". This grant aims to provide opportunities for emerging artists in presenting and creating artistic works and gain valuable professional experience that will enable them to further their career. You may wish to submit with your application a reference letter from an experienced arts practitioner, or invite an experienced arts practitioner to be your mentor, in support of your application. (Please refer to the "Assessment Guidelines" of relevant artform.)
21. Are the terms and conditions of application and grant of all the different art form disciplines fixed and unchangeable.
No, the Council reserves the right and discretion to make any changes without prior notice.
22. I am a first time grantee of ADC Project Grant but my project is not completed yet, can I submit a new "Project Grant" application?
As the HKADC would like to know the outcome of the project for the first time grantee (organization / individual) before considering its next grant application, first time grantee has to complete the subvented project and submit a satisfactory project report before submitting the next Project Grant application. (Please refer to page 4 of the "Information for Project Grant Applicants")


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For 13 years, the family of Alma Chavez clung to dwindling hopes that law enforcement would catch up to the man accused of killing the soft-spoken nursing student.
Chavez's ex-boyfriend, Raul Andrade Tolentino, was out on bail facing murder charges for the brutal stabbing in 2000 when he slipped across the U.S. border to Mexico. Stretching from Chicago's Pilsen community to California and then Mexico, the fugitive manhunt was marked by blown opportunities and inexplicable delays — before it seemed to stall completely.
But a fresh turn has come to a case that exposed grievous weaknesses in America's extradition system: Mexican officials announced this week that they captured Tolentino in the central Mexican city of Morelia.
Mexican authorities credited the Tribune with spurring them to reopen the hunt for Tolentino following a 2011 newspaper investigation that determined the suspect had been living in his central Mexican hometown. "We opened the case and pursued it and we finally reached the end when we captured him," said Luis Lopez, a prosecutor with the attorney general's office in the Mexican state of Michoacan.
Tolentino, now 42, had been moving from apartment to apartment in blue-collar neighborhoods of that historic city, living under a series of assumed names and holding a shifting array of unskilled jobs, authorities in Mexico told the Tribune.
"He was one step ahead of the law," Lopez said.
Tribune reporters previously found evidence that Tolentino had lived in Morelia, and Alma's father had traced him there as well, passing along that information to authorities before his death.
Tolentino is in a federal jail in the city of Hermosillo, in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora, awaiting extradition to the U.S., Lopez said.
"The Mexican courts will have to rule with respect to the extradition based on existing treaties and understandings, and that can take months," cautioned Chicago FBI spokeswoman Joan Hyde, who confirmed Tolentino's arrest.
In Chicago, Chavez's brother Miguel "Mike" Chavez expressed surprise and elation when told by the Tribune that Tolentino had finally been apprehended after 13 years.
"I am so happy to hear that," said Chavez, choking back tears. "I just hope the law from over there (in Mexico) can bring him to justice."
In the family's neat living room later on Tuesday, Miguel Chavez and other relatives huddled around a cellphone to call Alma's mother in Mexico, where she was visiting family, and give her the news.
"Thank God," said Ana Maria Chavez, weeping.
She said of her deceased husband: "He will see from heaven that there is justice."
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) issued a statement Tuesday applauding the capture. "When I spoke with the Mexican ambassador last year, I raised the Tolentino case and others highlighted by the Chicago Tribune with him and discussed the need to pursue justice in these cases," Durbin said.
"Mexico has continued to make progress in its apprehension and extradition efforts, and I commend its law enforcement agencies as well as U.S. authorities for their work to bring justice to Alma Chavez's family. But other Illinois victims and families still wait for justice in cases where fugitives have fled all over the world."
The 2011 Tribune investigation documented law enforcement lapses throughout America's international extradition program, using new Justice Department data and sealed warrants to identify more than 200 international fugitives from northern Illinois, and then thousands more from across the country. The U.S. Justice Department, county prosecutors and local police failed to work together effectively, neglected to keep track of their mounting caseloads, allowed cases to languish for years and committed outright errors, the newspaper found.
More than half of the Chicago-area fugitives fled to Mexico, a reflection of regional immigration patterns. In many of these cases, the victims and defendants were both immigrants, and often they hailed from the same villages or shared kinship and social networks. Sometimes the victims' families knew where the suspects were last seen in Mexico and shared the information with law enforcement, yet no arrests were made. In the end, the lack of justice shattered the faith these families had in American government.
That is what happened with the case of Raul Tolentino.
The extended families of Tolentino and Chavez both came from small towns near Morelia, and relatives knew each other from Mexico as well as in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, where members of both families settled. Two of Tolentino's brothers even briefly rented an upstairs room in the Chavez's home.


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Curtis Stone talks 'Top Chef Duels'
We interviewed celebrity chef Curtis Stone about "Top Chef Duels," which he hosts and judges. The "Top Chef" spin-off premieres tonight.
Tabatha Coffey offers advice on how to 'Own It!'
How do you "Own It!" like Tabatha Coffey? The celebrity hairstylist shared her tips on being a successful entrepreneur.
Online dating from a man's perspective
'Online Dating Rituals of the American Male' is a new TV show that tells the story of online dating from a man's perspective.
'Real Housewives of New Jersey' couple admit to financial fraud
The Giudices pleaded to mail and wire fraud conspiracy and bankruptcy fraud stemming years of hiding income and lying to obtain financial loans.
TV Watch List: Wednesday, February 12
Metro's Wednesday night TV breakdown.
Get 'Toned Up' with Bravo stars Katrina Hodgson and Karena Dawn
The best friends and business partners taught us this routine.
Million-dollar dating (and sex) advice from 'Millionaire Matchmaker' Patti Stanger
'The Millionaire Matchmaker' aka Patti Stanger has some no-holds-barred advice for all you lonelyhearts out there.
'Shahs of Sunset' star Asa Soltan Rahmati is a 'spiritual gangster'
Asa of "Shahs of Sunset" opens up about all the drama.
Drama Queen: 'Beverly Hills' housewife Kyle Richards gets real
"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Kyle Richards opens up about all the drama in preview of the show's fourth season premiere.
'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' cast member Carlton Gebbia dishes about the show
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has booked a light heavyweight throwdown featuring Anthony Perosh (12-6) vs. Nick Penner (11-1) for its UFC on FX 2 event on March 3, 2012, scheduled for the AllPhones Arena in Sydney, Australia.
Nine MSN has it:
The pair will fight on March 3 at Sydney's Allphones Arena, with Perosh looking to extend his winning form which most recently saw him take a second round submission victory over Cyrille Diabate at UFC 138 in Birmingham."11-1 light heavyweight prospect Nick Penner has verbally agreed to make his UFC debut against Anthony 'The Hippo' Perosh," said UFC Managing Director of International Development, Marshal Zelaznik. "Perosh is coming off back-to-back submission wins and looks to make it three in a row in his home country."
UFC on FX 2 will feature a welterweight headliner between Martin Kampmann and Thiago Alves as well as the opening round of the promotion's inaugural four-man flyweight tournament, featuring Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall and Joseph Benavidez vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani.
Here's what the March 3 line-up looks like thus far:
Main event:
170 lbs.: Thiago Alves vs. Martin Kampmann
Main card (FX):
125 lbs.: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall
125 lbs.: Joseph Benavidez vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani
185 lbs.: Court McGee vs. Constantinos Philippou
Preliminary card (FUEL):
205 lbs.: James Te Huna vs. Aaron Rosa
185 lbs.: Jared Hamman vs. Kyle Noke
170 lbs.: Jake Hecht vs. T.J. Waldburger
265 lbs.: Oli Thompson vs. Shawn Jordan
205 lbs.: Anthony Perosh vs. Nick Penner
For all the latest and greatest news and notes on UFC on FX 2: "Alves vs. Kampmann" click here.


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BATON ROUGE, La., (KNOE 8 News) - The 2013 edition of Quality Counts has been released and Louisiana's overall ranking jumped to 15th this year from 23rd last year and up from 44th in 2008. The annual publication is a report card on education, providing a national and state-by-state summary and competitive analysis. With the improvement, Louisiana now ranks in the top third of states in the nation.
Louisiana received high praise yet again and showed gains in two of the three indicators recalculated for 2013. Quality Counts updates scores in the six main performance measures on a rotating basis. Three of the six performance indicators in the 2013 Quality Counts report are fresh for this year, including Transitions and Alignment and School Finance Analysis.
Transitions and Alignment. In 2013, Louisiana was well above the national average in this category which evaluates the state's alignment of early childhood education and college and career readiness. Louisiana is one of only 8 states earning an "A" letter grade on educational alignment policies, increasing the state's score 10.8 points to 92.9. The 2013 national average for Transitions and Alignment is 81.1 for a grade of "B".
School Finance Analysis. This measure evaluates not only overall school and student funding, but also equity in the distribution of funds throughout districts. Louisiana earned a score of 75.3, up from 74.7 last year, earning a grade of "C", and ranking 21st. The 2013 national average was 75.8 for a grade of "C".
"This reinforces the strong foundation we have laid for increasing career and college readiness for all kids across Louisiana," said Chas Roemer, president-elect of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. "However, it also highlights the need to redouble our efforts to realize the results our kids deserve and our economy demands."
The scores in remaining categories - Standards, Assessments, and Accountability and The Teaching Profession - are based on the state's score from the 2012 report.
Standards, Assessment, and Accountability. In 2012, Louisiana earned a score of 97.2 and a grade of "A", ranking second in the nation in this category. The 2012 national average was 85.3 for a grade of "B".
The Teaching Profession. For its policies on improving and maintaining teacher quality, Louisiana received a 2012 score of 79.6 and a grade of "B-". The state was ranked 11th in the nation. The 2012 national average for The Teaching Profession was 72.5 for a grade of "C".
Summary of the 2013 Quality Counts Data Analysis:
Louisiana 2013 Overall Score: 79.0
Louisiana 2013 Overall Grade: C+
Louisiana's 2013 Ranking (50 States and DC): 15
2013 National Overall Grade: C+
The entire Quality Counts report can be found on Education Week's website, at www.edweek.org.


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Christ and Human Thought:: Greek Philosophy, Part I
Rev. Dr. Cornelius Van Til
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Son of Founding Faculty member, Paul Woolley
Edward A. Woolley, friend of the seminary, died on Saturday, August 9. Dr. Paul Woolley, his father, served as the founding professor of church history and registrar from 1929-1977. Dr. Carl Trueman currently sits as the Paul Woolley Chair of Church History.
Please join us as we mourn the loss of this brother.
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With Dr. R. Kent Hughes
Dr. R. Kent Hughes will be the plenary speaker for the 2014 Preaching Conference, which will be held on October 21 and 22. Dr. Hughes will be speaking on the subject of "The Essentials of Biblical Exposition." He will also be joined by the Mortification of Spin team, Carl Trueman, Todd Pruitt, and Aimee Bird, for a panel discussion.
Registration will follow in the coming months. Please save the date!
Alumnus Mr. Paul Fields (M.A.R. '77)
"I remember hours of long reading assignments for every course and late night discussions with folks who loved the Bible, theology, and academic rigor. The old teaching guard was pretty much gone, although Dr. Van Til would drive onto campus, and students would quickly congregate around his car. I took Dr. Wooley's last American church history course. I still have all my course notes; I can't quite throw them out."
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Preachers and Teachers of God's Word
Author Linda Finlayson, wife of Westminster Director of Library Services Sandy Finlayson, recently released a new book for youth. Wielding the Sword is a great introduction to the men who preached and the women who taught God's Word from the early church and throughout history. They stood up to heresy and oppression to show the Gospel to the world in a way that we can look up to today.
Order your copy at the Westminster Bookstore
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Seasonal travel destinations
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As you plan a Labor Day trip, find out which cities are best to visit each season.
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Piatt County Deputies hope to have solved a string of burglaries that spanned two years.
Sheriff's Deputies arrested 19 year old Nathan Darsham, and two 17 year olds. The three were scared away by an alarm at a home, between Cisco and Cerro Gordo on May 6th.
Deputies stopped a vehicle matching witness description and tire marks, in Rural Bement two days later. The lead investigator says the suspects admitted to a least 13 break ins, in several Piatt County towns.
Anyone with further information should call the Sheriff's Department at 762-7822.
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Brad Cooper still awaits the appellate process though the delay thus far is not the result of any particular fault in the appellate system. This is neither the fault of judge, prosecutor or criminal defense lawyer. Due to the voluminous trial transcripts, exhibits, motions and orders; compounded by the cornucopia of substantive appellate issues worthy of inclusion in the defense brief, the greatest single task may be keeping that brief to the maximum page limit of 35 pages. Perhaps a rule should be considered that would limit the length of the defendant's appellate brief to some fraction of the size of the printed transcript in the record on appeal. It seems a bit odd that cases consuming a single week of court time that can be reduced to several hundred pages get the same page limit for the defense brief as a case that consumed 10 weeks of court time and yielded a transcript well in excess of 8,000 pages. But, as anyone who followed the Cooper case likely knows already, I don't get to write the rules.
At Brad's appellate attorney Ms. Ann Peterson's request, the deadline for submission of the defense brief has been moved back to November 5, 2012. I will keep you posted as to any subsequent changes in status.
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Definition: A two-minute penalty originating on the bench, i.e., too many men on the ice, or an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty charged to the coach or a player on the bench. The penalty must be served by a player on the ice at the time of the infraction.
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On April 28th, all 50 states will be holding rallies in their respective capitols.
The Virginia Rally for Women's Rights will be held at Nina F. Abady Festival Park in downtown Richmond from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. Our Guest Speakers will include Delegate Kaye Kory (38th District), Delegate Charniele Herring (46th District) and Delegate Jennifer McClellan (71st District). Women's Strikeforce PAC founder and former Virginia delegate, Robin Abbott will speak along with Strikeforce Sponsor and former delegate, Katherine Waddell. Victoria Bragunier, President of the Richmond Chapter of the National Organization of Women, Caroline O'Shea of NARAL-Pro-Choice VA, Carolina Velez, a Domestic Violence Advocate with Safe Harbor, and Elizabeth Wong of ACLU-VA will also be speaking at the rally.
For more information about the Richmond rally:
@WOW_VA on Twitter
For more information on your state's rally:
Don't think women's rights are under attack? Here is the state-by-state legislation:
Violence Against Women Act (1925) is still stalled in the Senate.
US House of Representatives passes the "Let Women Die Bill" HR 358: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2011/10/17/the-let-women-die-bill-of-2011-hr-358-forces-women-to-play-russian-roullette-in-their-hospital-emergency-roo0
SB 5 Personhood (life at conception)
SB12/HB418 Requires ultrasound (Right to Know/See). Story about Alabama bill: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/26/alabama-ultrasound-bill-governor-robert-bentley_n_1302298.html
SB6/ SB96/ SB223 Physician guidelines regarding abortion or abortion-inducing drugs
SB10/HB112 Prohibit reg health ins coverage for abortion from health exchange plan
SB20 Prohibit reg private health ins coverage for abortion
SB335/HB112 Prohibits reg health ins coverage for abortion from FUTURE "Obamacare" ACA health insurance exchange
SB31 Adds unborn child to felony if exposed to drugs while pregnant
SB105/HB375 Health care providers can deny service based on their conscience (State equiv of Fed Blunt Amendment)
HB43 Removes Alabama from authority of Federal Affordable Care Act
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled doctors can be sued for the death of an unborn, pre-viable child. http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/03/12/gvsb0312.htm
Arizona Legislature is considering bills to de-fund Planned Parenthood, allow doctors to withhold information from patients to prevent abortions, and to allow employers to opt out of contraception coverage for religious reasons. The contraception bill also would allow employers to demand women provide reasons for why they are using birth control and allow for firing if it is for non-medical reasons. Republican Rep. Terri Proud wants to make a law that would force women to witness an abortion before having an abortion.
The Arizona state Senate passed a bill that would allow doctors to conceal information about disabilities or deformities affecting a fetus in order to prevent abortions. http://rt.com/usa/news/lawsuit-arizona-birth-abortion-149/
Proposed Arizona prenatal nondiscrimination act allows men to block abortions. http://jezebel.com/5886575/prenatal-discrimination-act-is-actually-designed-to-let-men-block-abortions
Arkansas-based conservative group attempts to get a ballot initiative that would define life as starting at conception. The state's Attorney General rejected the petition. http://parentsagainstpersonhood.com/2012/01/04/arkansas-personhood-rejected-by-attorney-general/
A Colorado bill, which passes the state House, would increase penalties if a person hurts a woman and causes death or injury to her unborn child. Critics say it effectively criminalizes abortion. http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20192390/bill-personhood-status-fetuses-killed-or-hurt-by
Colorado's Supreme Court approves a ballot initiative for a constitutional amendment that would prohibit a woman from terminating a pregnancy for any reason. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/07/colorado-supreme-court-approves-anti-abortion-personhood-ballot-initiative/
Florida passes a bill requiring a 24-hour wait before an abortion, and requires that clinics be owned by doctors. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/02/florida-house-passes-24-hour-wait-for-abortions/
Personhood Florida launched a two-year push to get a fetal personhood initiative on the ballot in 2014. http://floridaindependent.com/70707/personhood-florida-continuing-push-for-2014-amendment
The house passed HB 954 (fetal-pain bill), which would ban abortions after 20 weeks even if the baby is not expected to live. http://www.lifenews.com/2012/03/01/georgia-state-house-passes-fetal-pain-based-abortion-ban/
Rep. Terry England, speaking on HB954, does not see a problem with requiring women to carry to term a fetus that is already dead or is not expected to survive outside the womb. "Life gives us many experiences," he explained. "I've had the experience of delivering calves, dead and alive — delivering pigs, dead and alive. … It breaks our hearts to see those animals not make it." http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/09/georgia-lawmaker-compares-women-to-cows-and-pigs/
The Idaho Senate passes a bill requiring an ultrasound for women seeking a abortion, as well as providing a list of providers of free ultrasounds. The catch? Those providers are mainly crisis-pregnancy centers run by pro-life groups and the ultrasounds performed there may not meet the requirement of the law, necessitating a second procedure. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/53750624-68/bill-idaho-ultrasound-abortion.html.csp
Topeka decriminalized domestic violence in late 2011, hoping to balance their budget. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/us/topeka-moves-to-decriminalize-domestic-violence.html
Kansas offers a sweeping anti-abortion bill that would allow doctors to withhold information about birth defects, require women to hear a fetal heartbeat, and force doctors to inform women about a disproved link between breast cancer and abortions. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/06/kansas-anti-abortion-bill_n_1258185.html
HCR11: Rep. Hoffman is sponsoring a resolution to ask federal Congress to defund and appropriate no future funding to Planned Parenthood.
SB593: Sen. Alario is sponsoring a bill that states fetal pain and viability is at 20 weeks, which would ban any abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
SB330: Sen. Ward is sponsoring a bill that would criminalize the act of abortion if the abortionist is not a licensed physician.
Prevents legal abortions after six weeks, or when a fetal heartbeat is detected. For women having partial miscarriages where there is still a faint heartbeat, her life must be in critical danger before receiving medical care to treat the miscarriage. 10-25% of all pregnancies end in miscarriages.
"The bill would ban abortion after six weeks which violates Roe v. Wade. It would forces women to prove they have been raped. It would force women to be raped by the state. And it would define life as beginning at conception, a concept Mississippi voters overwhelmingly defeated last fall. " http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/16/mississippi-gop-passes-anti-abortion-bill-with-heartbeat-transvaginal-ultrasounds-personhood-and-anti-contraception-measures/
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Mississippi passes a measure aimed at closing the state's only abortion clinic. http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/13/443890/mississippi-house-passes-measure-aimed-at-closing-the-states-only-abortion-clinic/
HB 1075 Prohibits laws requiring pharmacies to carry any specific drug or device—Passed House 144-12 on 2-15; On Senate calendar for 2nd reading 2-27
HB 1274 Abortion-inducing Drugs Safety Act Voted do pass in Health Care Policy Cmte, 2-8-12
HB 1541 Conscience rights of medical workers—Hearing in House Health Care Policy Committee, 2-8-12; Referred to Rules Committee 2-29-12
HB 1853 Prohibits a vasectomy from being performed on a man unless it is to save his life or prevent substantial and irreversible physical impairment introduced 3-1-12
SB 772 Safety procedures for the use of abortion-inducing drugs; to be heard 3-6-12 in Senate Health, Mental Health Committee
SB 745 Allows crisis pregnancy centers to freely engage in religious practices; to be heard 3-6-12 in Senate Health, Mental Health Committee
SB 749 Protects certain religious employers from having to provide birth control coverage—on Senate informal Calendar 3-2; Sen. Justus offered a substitute 2-21
HCR 41 Declares House's opposition to birth control mandate—passed House 114-45 on 2-22; on Referred to Senate Rules Committee 2-27
Nebraska Republicans are trying to pass "Freedom Of Conscience Clause" that targets women's health. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/10/nebraska-republicans-aim-to-pass-freedom-of-conscience-clause-that-targets-womens-health/
Nevada anti-abortion groups proceed with ballot initiatives to protect "prenatal" persons and prohibit abortion. http://www.necn.com/03/02/12/APNewsBreak-Nevada-anti-abortion-measure/landing_politics.html?&apID=60075f43f7fc48b682665f497624381c
New Hampshire
The New Hampshire House passes a bill forcing doctors to tell women of a link between breast cancer and abortion, which has been scientifically disproved. http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/15/444995/new-hampshire-house-bill-falsely-claims-abortion-causes-breast-cancer/
New Hampshire House votes on two bills: one banning third-term abortions and another that allows judges two business days before they have to decide whether a juvenile who does not want to inform her parents may have an abortion. http://www.shakesville.com/2012/03/reproductive-rights-updates-az-ks-ms-nh.html
New Hampshire House approves a 24-hour waiting period for abortions. http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120314/NEWS06/703149951
Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) approves language on a proposed personhood ballot initiative defining life as beginning at conception. http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/News2?abbr=daily2_&page=NewsArticle&id=31466
Trying to pass a personhood amendment, SB 1433, declaring a fertilized egg is a person, which could make birth control illegal and partial miscarriages unable to treat until the woman's life is in danger. http://newsok.com/oklahoma-senate-passes-personhood-act-saying-life-begins-at-conception/article/3649308
HR 1595 mandates that a 34-item questionnaire be filled out by abortion providers for each procedure. The questionnaire doesn't include the woman's name or "any information specifically identifying the patient," but it does ask for age, race, level of education, marital status, number of previous pregnancies, and the county in which the abortion was performed, information which opponents of the bill argue would be enough to identify a woman in a small town. The questionnaire also asks about the mother's reason for the abortion, her method of payment, and even what type of insurance she has, as well as whether the fetus received anesthetic and whether there was "an infant born alive as a result of the abortion." http://jezebel.com/5376502/new-oklahoma-law-will-put-details-of-all-abortions-online
Heartbeat informed consent act (SB1274) http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/07/us-oklahoma-abortion-heartbeat-idUSTRE82609J20120307
Oklahoma attempts to cut funding to Planned Parenthood. http://newsok.com/oklahoma-lawmaker-says-by-cutting-funds-to-planned-parenthood-bill-harms-women-children/article/3649472/?page=1
Requires all women seeking a legal abortion undergo a medically unnecessary vaginal ultrasound probe (with exceptions for rape and incest). Pennsylvania's governor suggests women "close their eyes," during the procedure.
Pennsylvania HB 1077 (ultrasound bill) requires technicians give women personalized results and "strongly encourages" women to view the screen during the ultrasound.
Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett tells women to just close their eyes. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/tom-corbett-ultrasound-bill-pennsylvania_n_1348801.html
Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is drafting a bill that would ban funding for all family planning and women's health services, including preventive care. He is directly targeting Planned Parenthood and similar PA health centers that offer abortion: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/04/lawmaker_readies_bill_to_cut_f.html
Rhode Island
Rep. Karen MacBeth, a self-described conservative Democrat, introduces a bill requiring ultrasounds before an abortion. http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/03/ri-bill-to-requ.html
The Tennessee legislature proposes a bill that would publish the names of doctors who provide abortions, as well as potentially identifying women who undergo the procedure. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-nn-tennessee-abortion-bill-20120319,0,2256987.story
Requires all women seeking a legal abortion undergo a medically unnecessary vaginal ultrasound probe, including rape victims. http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2012/02/16/tx-ultrasound-law-to-go-into-effect/
Texas HB 15, called "Women's Right to Know" which modifies Section 171.012 of the Health and Safety Code.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry implements a law that excludes Planned Parenthood from the Medicaid women's health program, causing the Department of Health and Human services to revoke federal funding for family planning via Medicaid to the state. http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?ID=13527
Gov. Gary Herbert signs a law requiring a 72-hour wait to obtain an abortion. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-21/utah-governor-signs-72-hour-abortion-waiting-period-bill
The Utah state legislature passes a bill that would ban sex education in schools. However, Gov. Herbert (R) vetoed it. http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_20216508/governor-rejects-sex-ed-bill
Gov. McDonnell signs into law a measure requiring an ultrasound prior to obtaining an abortion; however, a controversial provision requiring a transvaginal ultrasound was removed after significant pressure. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j8HgnFMNbBrI0mmEGd3DDTnEZkGQ?docId=7648c83887b84792a3208c61205f0720
The Virginia House of Delegates passes a bill that would define life as beginning at conception. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/23/virginia-personhood-bill-defeated-senate_n_1297463.html
Federal judge rules Washington pharmacists cannot be required to dispense Plan B if they have a moral objection. http://www.pharmalot.com/2012/02/washington-pharmacists-dont-have-to-sell-plan-b-2/
SB 507 requires "the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board to emphasize non-marital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect" http://chicagoist.com/2012/03/07/wi_grothman_parenthood_abuse.php
While speaking on SB507, Representative Don Pridemore spoke against divorce, even in cases of abuse. http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/142161793.html
Wisconsin Republicans attempt to repeal the Equal Pay Enforcement Act. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/equal-pay-enforcement-act-wisconsin-scott-walker_n_1299750.html?ref=tw
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According to the Mayo Clinic, a typical Thanksgiving meal can easily climb to 3,000 calories, more than is recommended for most people in an entire day, and that doesn't include the leftovers and the sweet treats we continue to graze through that evening. The bottom line -- it's easy to leave our Thanksgiving get together with heavier hugs than when we came unless we plan ahead.
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Rumble, Corki, or Nunu if you don't include the mechs/planes/Yetis
However, if you include that, then I can't really say who's the weakest.
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I had a quick peak back at my options, and after starting from the top and going down, I knew at first glance that Amumu imo wins this award.
A crying dead yordle with no memory, nor violent intent/lust for revenge. He wanders the world seeking hugs, and hopes to make friends who accept him in an arena that promotes butchering your adversary in unreasonably violent ways. :P
I think the people who are saying Riven is weak didn't read a big post about her lore they had a while ago.I can't find the link, but in it we basically found out that Riven's will is so strong that it can literally reshape her sword into any form that it needs to be.
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Any yordle who is a user of technology.
probably Gragas, he's got good abilities but as far as lore goes he's literally a giant drunk, he's strong but in a fight i think most every other champ could take him
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Vi's story is garbage.
Over all, and if each person has their technology and magic at full disposal, it's a tough call.
I want to say Karma, but everyone in Ionia is pretty much willing to die for her.
I also want to say Nidalee, because she doesn't really have that much going for her.
Maybe Trundle, too, for the same reasons as Nidalee.
Poppy, only because her lore does not tell people how she learned how to use the weapon, nor does it actually say she can fight she just took her fathers hammer in hand, and decided to fight with it, and dun duh duh duh~~~ she was entered into the leauge
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In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned 3 continents. In Great Britain and the United States, Soviet spies worked their way into the scientific community; in Norway, a commando force slipped behind enemy lines to attack German heavy-water manufacturing; and deep in the desert, one brilliant group of scientists was hidden away at a remote site at Los Alamos. This is the story of the plotting, the risk-taking, the deceit, and genius that created the world's most formidable weapon. This is the story of the atomic bomb.
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Zeke: "Hi mommy."
Me: "Hey, buddy."
Me: "My head hurts SO bad today. Zeke, why does my head hurt so bad?"
Zeke: "Because you play on your computer too much. And I'm ready to eat lunch."
OK, I get it.
I think I'll go fix us some lunch=)
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Due to the suggestion of my future (brief) country-mate Keify I've decided to dust off one of my favorite thread traditions from last summer. Basically you just throw up pictures and joke/talk about random NBA players. You may recall the ground breaking Pictures of Crappy Players Who Have Rings or Short-Time Suns You Love. Well from the makers of that thread comes...Random NBA Players You Hated (Sometimes For No Reason).
Does this mean you can't have a reason to hate them? God no. Hate on playas, hate on. But if you do have a reason you hate them please list it - and try to be clever. I mean we get that you hate Kobe Bryant and LeBron James...that makes you like the rest of the non-Heat/Laker fan world. Also include pictures - it makes the game fun.
Current and former players are both applicable. Did you hate Malik Sealy and were just afraid to admit it since he's dead? Well this is the thread for you.
First player that comes to mind for me with current players? Jerryd Bayless. I just can't think of anything about that guy's face that I like. I'm pretty convinced that if he were saving a ton of orphans from a bus fire I'd still boo him.
As for former players - I really didn't like Terry Cummings. I'd muster the reason but he just always seemed annoying to me as a kid. I hated the Spurs before hating the Spurs was cool.
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(Really I should have gone straight onto the bike when I got home, only I am so very fond of blogging, I felt I would burst if I did not write my swimming-related post first! It would be more thoroughly triaspirational if I refrained from blogging until I had finished both parts of the workout...)
It was a good one this evening, I think. I realize I have been slightly discouraged about swimming in recent weeks, mostly just because I am still at this frustrating stage where doing flip turns (of a sort!) makes my swim much less enjoyable and yet they must be done or I will never learn to do one properly. I did them on the warmup lengths, it was dutiful but discouraging, but the emphasis on technique for the first freestyle bit made me feel justified in totally ditching 'em for a bit, which of course leads to the most enjoyable swimming! Like switching from writing poetry in rhyming couplets to blank verse...
(And then a very befinned and bepaddled novice in the next lane over actually complimented me on my flip turns, it was sheer blandishment and the fact is that they are still barely deserving of the name but it made me think about perspectival questions, and the way that one person's slow is always another's fast and so forth. We get very easily used to whatever progress we have made and reproach ourselves for not being already and ever-onwards-and-upwards better, faster, etc. etc. but really progress does come in uneven spurts, it is likely that I have been improving in minor ways over the last few months even if I feel like I'm mostly standing still.)
Warmup: 4 x 150 as follows:
100 free, 50 back
100 free, 50 breast
100 free, 50 fly
100 free, 50 build
Main set (abbreviated):
2 x 100 free drill-swim by 25
2 x 200 free on 4:00 concentrating on technique
(This was the bit that put me in a good mood--I felt very smooth and strong in the water [let us not speculate on how it looked from the outside!], and it was quite feasible to swim them in 3:45 and have fifteen seconds of rest--I would call it medium effort rather than hard, I was just concentrating on form and on doing a brisk open turn at each end and getting a really good kick and streamline off the wall.)
4 x 50 drill-swim stroke in IM order
4 x 100 IM, starting with 20 seconds rest and lowering it by five seconds each time
Time was almost up by that point, so Coach Amy gave me the sensible assignment of 200 easy free with flip turns.
2000 total
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Thursday swim
Posted by Jenny Davidson at 4/10/2008 07:38:00 PM
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- Brent Buckner said...
It would be more thoroughly triaspirational if I refrained from blogging until I had finished both parts of the workout...
Probably OK for swim/bike bricks, but not so good for bike/run bricks!
- April 11, 2008 at 10:26 AM
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Human Lymphangiogenic Endothelial Cells Derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells with Matrix or Scaffold as Curative Therapy for Secondary Lymphedema Complications of Breast, Gynecological and Other Cancer Treatment
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Public Abstract:
Acquired or secondary lymphedema, the chronic and progressive swelling of an extremity due to trauma to the lymphatic vascular system, is a frequent complication of treatment for cancer. Although most well-documented for breast cancer, with incidence rates of 4% to 70% (depending on methods of assessment and length of follow-up), studies have also reported rates of 20% for gynecologic and 10% for genitourinary cancers and 16% for melanoma. Lymphedema has been called "one of the most dreaded sequelae of breast cancer treatment" due to cosmetic deformity, limited mobility, chronic inflammation, pain and fatigue, lifelong attention to symptom alleviation, and increased medical cost burdens. Currently, there is no advanced pharmacologically-based treatment, and this disorder is known to exact a psychosocial toll that negatively impacts quality of life and survivorship. We will address this huge unmet medical need by producing a novel therapeutic to restore normal lymphatic vessel function in lymphedema patients. Our target product will consist of highly purified pro-lymphatic endothelial cells (cells forming lymphatic vessels) derived from pluripotent stem cells by a process we can already make substantially compatible with FDA guidelines and scale up to anticipated clinical dose levels. This will be combined with a proprietary hydrogel matrix (already under development in clinical-grade form) that can be safely implanted under the skin by physicians after lymphedema onset.
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According to a recent report by the American Cancer Society in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), along with recent statistics of NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, a continuing overall decline in cancer mortality rates over past decades has led to an estimated 13.7 million cancer survivors in the U.S. as of mid-2012, with almost 18 million survivors projected by 2022. Female breast cancer survivors alone currently account for around 22% of this total, and with roughly 12% of the U.S. population, California harbors a large and growing number of survivors. Preserving an adequate quality of life after cancer treatment and managing healthcare costs related to treatment complications will have increasingly important implications for our state's healthcare infrastructure and economy. Acquired lymphedema is a chronic, progressive, presently incurable, psychosocially debilitating complication of cancer treatment that negatively impacts both survivorship and healthcare costs. We are attempting to develop a therapeutic candidate able to effect regenerative repair of lymphatic vessels damaged by cancer treatment that resulted in lymphedema. This will consist of specialized endothelial cells that we derive from stem cells and combine with a proprietary hydrogel matrix that can be safely implanted under the skin any time after the onset of lymphedema. This could have beneficial impacts in an area of major unmet medical need.
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The objective of this Development Candidate (DC) award proposal is to use a stem cell based approach to treat lymphedema, which is chronic and progressive swelling of an extremity. Lymphedema is caused by trauma to the lymphatic system and is a common complication of cancer treatment. The objective of this proposal is to differentiate lymphatic vessel-forming cells from pluripotent stem cells and combine them with a biocompatible hydrogel matrix that will be injected to help repair lymphatic vessels to treat lymphedema. Objective and Milestones - Although the proposed milestones proposed were considered appropriate, reviewers questioned the ability of the applicant to complete all proposed studies within the award period. - The applicant did not clearly define decision points or the go/no-go decisions in the research plan. - The Target Product Profile lacked detail, particularly with respect to the proposed function of the therapeutic cells and the target dose. Rationale and Significance - Although the rationale to use lymphatic cells for the formation of vascular structures is good, there is little evidence that the cells will be functional in the intended disease settings. - The project does address an unmet medical need. A therapy that can help promote lymphatic vessel growth would have significant clinical benefit if successful. Feasibility and Design - The proposed animal models of lymphedema are not representative of the human post-mastectomy setting. Reviewers were not clear as to how proof of concept of reduction of lymphedema could be shown. - The timeline for the proposed studies was viewed as unrealistic. - Preliminary data were not compelling. They did not clearly demonstrate that the cells behaved as the desired lymphatic endothelial cells, and convincing in vivo data were not provided. -No information was provided about what doses would be tested and how that might relate to clinical translation. Qualification of the PI (Co-PI, Partner PI, if applicable) and Research Team - PI and collaborators have appropriate experience and expertise. - An appropriate multidisciplinary team has been assembled. The team is well versed in cell production and characterization, but the proposed studies raised serious concern about the level of understanding of the primary disease that the applicants are proposing to treat. Collaborations, Assets, Resources and Environment -Assets, facilities, and resources appear to be adequate to conduct the proposed studies. Responsiveness to the RFA - The project is responsiveness to the RFA in that it uses human stem cells to develop a treatment for an unmet medical need.


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South Dakota woman are earning $8,956 less than men, or 78 cents for every dollar. That's according to an analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau data released Thursday, showing just how much the gender-based wage gap is affecting women in the state.
The numbers are based on the median yearly pay for men and women.
The finding is part of a first-ever analysis of these data by congressional district, conducted by the National Partnership for Women & Families. It provides a unique opportunity for South Dakota's women, families and lawmakers to consider the local impact of disparities in pay. More on the gender-based wage gap in South Dakota can be found here. The full analysis includes data for all 50 states and all 435 congressional districts in the country.
"It is stunning and deeply troubling to learn that the wage gap affects women in nearly every congressional district in the country. Women and their families are losing critical income for food, gas, rent, health insurance and more due to a punishing gender-based wage gap that has plagued this country for decades," said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership. "This new data should be a clear and resounding wake-up call for all lawmakers who have the power to pass legislation that would help close the gap and promote economic security for the women and families in their districts."
South Dakota's pay nearly mirrors the national average of 77 cents for every dollar paid to full-time working men, according to Census data. According to the new analysis, the congressional districts with the largest gender-based pay differences are found in Louisiana, Virginia, New Jersey and West Virginia. The districts with the largest wage gap are in southern Louisiana; women there are paid just 61 cents for every dollar paid to men.
The Paycheck Fairness Act would close loopholes in the Equal Pay Act and establish stronger workplace protections for women. In the last two Congresses, the U.S. House of Representatives passed it, but it fell two votes short of moving forward in the Senate in 2010. It was reintroduced in the current Congress but blocked by a procedural vote in June of this year.
"The wage gap is taking a tremendous toll on women and their families throughout the country," Ness added. "The gap persists across industries, education levels and, as these data make clear, it spans the geography of our country. It's time for all members of Congress to take a hard look at the damage being done in their districts and commit to promoting fair wages by passing the Paycheck Fairness Act."
The National Partnership's findings for all 50 states and all 435 congressional districts can be found here: www.NationalPartnership.org/Gap. More information on the wage gap can be found at www.NationalPartnership.org/FairPay.


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Casey Hudson leaves BioWare
Mass Effect's executive producer leaves to "take on a new set of challenges".
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So much that could be told in the Mass Effect universe.
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The VideoGamer.com Podcast: Episode 61
Welcome, once again, to the VideoGamer.com Podcast. To be a bit more specific, welcome to another one of those super-irreverent episodes where the train of conversation is derailed every five minutes or so. Hey, sometimes that's just how we roll.
Mass Effect team working on a game set in a new fictional universe
Built from the bottom-up with 'all new gaming technology'.
Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka leave BioWare
Co-founders exit RPG studio to work in the beer industry and social entrepreneurship.
Mass Effect 3 for Wii U not being developed by BioWare
The upcoming Wii U port of Mass Effect 3 will not be handled by BioWare.
Mass Effect 3's Leviathan arrives this month
Mass Effect 3's next DLC, The Leviathan, is due to arrive on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on August 28, Bioware has confirmed.
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Sanford: I have a very quick couple of press statements in light of the lieutenant governor's press statement of earlier today. And what I actually have here is -- Ben if you would hand them out which include my thoughts -- I have a letter for the lieutenant governor that I will share with you all and you all can review it to your pleasure.
The long and short of my letter to him is I very much appreciate the offer. In some ways, the proposal is almost a representation of something close to heaven on Earth because with all due respect to the sea of TV cameras and the load of reporters -- nothing against our time together here over the last 60 days -- but in a lot of ways it would represent heaven on Earth on that offer of him taking my spot here in the last 16 months, but, you know, as much as I might like to do that, as much as I want to do that, I really believe it would be wrong for a couple of different reasons and I want to go down these different reasons. Let me back up a little before I get in the events of explaining sort of the larger context of where I am coming from.
I was unfaithful to my wife. You all know that, every South Carolinian knows that and I think the world knows that, but when confronted with it I laid all the cards on the table, I talked about it in absolutely pain-staking details and in some ways I talked about it more than South Carolinians wanted to hear about it, but I laid the cards out on the table.
And in the wake of that, y'all in the media, pundits, every body else analyzed it, dissected it, focused on it, reported on it, analyzed it, reported on it, focused on it some more, analyzed it, focused on it, reported on it some more and then analyzed it, focused on it and reported on it some more and then more and in that process South Carolinians moved on.
I mean, I was in Barnwell two nights ago and I spoke there and it was interesting the number of people who brought up jobs and the economy and what was going to happen next, they brought up this notion of restructuring and what is the makeup of the way South Carolina government works. They brought up spending and what was happening on that front, they brought up federal issues in terms of what was happening with health care and what was not happening and they talked about a bunch of different things, but they weren't talking about this.
What I've consistently seen -- and I was in Hampton the other day for lunch and I was over in Summerville a number of days back -- you retrace your corners in the state and what you find is an amazing capacity for forgiveness with real world people and there's an amazing, I guess, acceptance of this notion of God can use imperfect people to perform jobs in all walks of life. I consistently get that when I talk to people across the state and the one exception is here in Columbia and I don't mean this negatively to you all in the press, but some in the press are very much still focused on this and some political circles are still focused on this. And you end up with something of a circus because in some cases some circles want the next job, you know, some stirring up in this front could help in that direction or other folks view it as payback time. You know I developed my list of folks who aren't real fond of where were coming from in the world of politics and they figure it's payback time. Live by the sword, die by the sword, you know, it's your time. With all due respect to some in the media, maybe some think it'll help sell papers. I mean, there are a variety of different reasons why this has been chronicled as it has, and I don't mean that meanly, but look at the fact that this state is going to run a $100 million deficit this year and the amount of coverage that has gotten versus some of these other things, it says, 'Wait a minute. We have some big, real world issues that we gotta be talking about.' And it is incumbent upon the folks in the media to be talking about some of those things.
And I guess what I say to cut to the chase in this matter is that I'm not going to be railroaded out of this office by political opponents or folks that were never fans of mine in the first place. Or put a different way, a lot of what's going on right now is pure politics, plain and simple.
And so what I talk about in my letter is, you know, me hanging up the spurs 16 months out as comfortable as that may be, as much as I might to do that on a personal basis, it is wrong, one, because as much as you might dislike somebody, it is not right to go out and try to rewrite history because we have an incredible record when it comes to looking out for the taxpayer. And there have been attempts to rewrite history on that front.
You know, the wrong was mine, pure and simple, and you know I've said more about it than needs to be said.
But this next one, when folks actually go through all the numbers and look at all the different matrices by which we can be compared, we come out looking incredibly good, and this goes way beyond the notion of us using the state plane a full third less than the previous administration or one-half less than one of the other administrations. It goes beyond selling off a jet you could cross the Atlantic in and saving a million dollars in the process. It goes beyond using a Cessna to get around the state because it was cheaper than that to use the plane that burned jet fuel. But as I'm talking about when we begin looking into this and people want to be doing serious reporting or they want to be doing a serious investigation, they will be uncovering these facts. It turns out, forget the cost of a business-class ticket or a first-class ticket, or even a private jet across the Atlantic, turns out as we begin our little bit of looking around, turns out people were flying back and forth on the Concorde from Europe in day's past. It turns out that members of the General Assembly were flying on business-class tickets. It turns out that there was a long-standing practice with drop-offs and pick-ups in regards to state planes and other assets that were anything but in the best interest of the taxpayer. It turns out political leadership in the state used the state plane to go to golf outings, weddings, a whole host of things and it really does need to be looked at in regards to that larger context of how did this administration use state assets or anything else it was responsible for when measured against other administrations. So I think it's wrong to rewrite history on that front. I also think it's wrong considering the Constitutionally weak status of the governor of the state of South Carolina, as much as I might want to fold the tent -- again, just because folks might be frenzied up, frightened or other things in the General Assembly -- does not mean it is the right time to fold the tent.
I would thirdly say that good decisions in the world of politics, as in every other area of life, is based on facts, not reports. And so if I was to go around the room, if I was to ask you [Sanford points to a reporter], how many first-class tickets have been bought by this administration, you'd say what?
Reporter: A dozen or so?
Sanford: Okay, a dozen. You? [Sanford points to another reporter]
Second Reporter: Fifty?
Sanford: Fifty? Okay, we could certainly go around the room which is based on a fair assessment of what recently got reported in the AP then read in every paper since then -- I read it in the Post and Courier this weekend -- and the answer is ZERO and we can prove that. And I look forward to an Ethics study that will actually begin to look at reality versus 12 or 50 first-class tickets when zero were purchased. And so you don't want to make a decision in the world of politics based on innuendo, suggestion or a report when reality is something else.
And finally I would say as I send this letter back to the lieutenant governor, because I really do believe -- and I would not be sticking around if it were not a binding fact -- that we have a real opportunity in these last 16 months to do some profound things in regard to restructuring, spending with regard to jobs and the economy in the state of South Carolina that have never been there before at least in the history of my administration.
And I say that because many people kept assigning to me is that the reason I did that was to get to the next ladder up: "He only wants to talk about stimulus because he wants to run for president" or "he's only talking about this because he wants the next spot on the ladder." Again, what is unequivocally clear is that the end of my politics is at the end of my 16 months, but I do want to make the most of it and again I think with people being in the General Assembly and what the House are saying it ain't about him climbing to the next spot on the ladder, it's about him do with or don't we want to do this in regard to restructuring or spending limits or other opportunities to jobs and the economy, that's what I want to aim at; that's what I am going to be aimed at here in the next 16 months and I just wanted to say that and leave it with y'all.
Ben, would you hand these things out?
Thank you all.
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Good Guys With Guns Fail to Stop Bad Guys With Guns
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." – Wayne LaPierre, head of the National Rifle Association
It's always been the underlying morality of the anti-gun-control zealots. Wayne LaPierre, the head of the National Rifle Association, merely put it into a succinct, sound-bite-able form. And it's not just the morality of the gun nuts. It drives right to the heart of the philosophical infrastructure of the entire conservative/libertarian ethos. When they look out their windows, they see a terrifying, dangerous, scary world. They see a war. They don't all agree on what that war is, but whether it's a war on freedom, a war on men, a war on white people, a war on Americans, or even a war on Christmas, they believe that there is a war on. They believe the world is made up of good guys and bad guys. And for a group of people who love to bag on "Chicago-style politics," they're mighty firm believers in the Chicago way: They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue.
The thing is, we already know that LaPierre is at least half-wrong. A good guy with a gun is not the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun. A good woman, 100% unarmed, was able to stop a bad guy with a gun just last month.
And now we know that LaPierre is all the way wrong. Because while humanity's recent track record shows that good people without guns can stop bad people with guns, it does not bear out LaPierre's belief that good people with guns can do as well. 12 people are dead and numerous others are wounded after a gunman–possibly multiple gunmen–opened fire today on the Washington Navy Yard, which is filled with good guys with guns, both military and police.
The shooter or shooters wore military-style dress, so don't be shocked to find out he was or they were affiliated with a militia or a sovereign-citizen group or some other wingnut movement obviously related to conservative politics.
But good guys with guns did not end up being as successful as a good woman with a good heart was a month ago. She prevented a body count. Good guys with guns got killed at the Navy Yard today.
Nobody is saying that police should not have returned fire. Nobody is saying they did their jobs wrong. Nobody is even saying that, in this instance, Antoinette Tuff could have done a damn thing to talk these shooters down. Given that they're probably from a militia and therefore probably racist, they probably would have just shot her.
But the point is, good guys with guns don't stop bad guys with guns. The only way to stop bad guys with guns is to create a culture and a society that just doesn't produce as many of them. And until we recognize that, we will continue to be plagued by bad guys with guns.