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How to get the 'Downton Abbey' look in your home
Rich Sugg / Kansas City Star
American fans of the PBS show "Downton Abbey" will be able to imitate this stylish fantasy of British life when a company called Knockout Licensing launches multiple brands replicating the look in bedding and bath, home furnishings and decor, housewares, kitchenware and apparel.
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Don't have the elegant dinnerware? Achieve the look with a snowy white tablecloth, bone china with a simple rim of gold, and then a multitude of forks, knives and spoons laid on the table in the correct order, complemented with several stemmed wine glasses or champagne flutes.
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Rustic-looking flatware with bone handles and inlaid coat-of-arms was more likely used "downstairs."
"Downton Abbey" has been delivering the goods for two seasons.
Ardent fans of the highly popular, Emmy Award-winning drama must wait until Sunday for season 3 to begin.
Like the last huge PBS success teeming with great rooms and the vagaries of the British class system -- "Brideshead Revisited" in 1982 -- "Downton Abbey" features a magnificent house that influences the destinies of every character.
Their roles, aristocrat or servant, are played out in the rooms where they live: "upstairs" boudoirs and opulent sitting rooms or "downstairs" scullery, pantries and starkly furnished bedrooms. Habitation determines the clothes they wear as well: velvet evening gown and serious diamonds or crisp white shirt and simple black uniform.
American fans will be able to imitate this marvelously styled fantasy of British life when a company called Knockout Licensing launches multiple brands that seek to replicate to look of "Downton" in North America: bedding and bath, home furnishings and decor, housewares, kitchenware and apparel.
Who knows what Knockout will offer? Perhaps replicas of hunting prints, worn Oriental rugs, faded cabbage-rose chintzes, Staffordshire dogs, Blue Willow china and leather-bound books: the tried-and-true elements of English country house design.
For a style that borrows from the spare black-and-white and rich brown of "Downton's" downstairs where the servants hang out (a look that really is the most modern and comfortable in the 21st century), look at the curated collection of CuriousSofa.com.
The actual formal dinner tables at upper-class soirees in early 20th-century England were more likely to feature a somewhat pared-down look: a snowy white tablecloth, a couple of show-stopping candelabra holding fresh white candles, bone china with a simple rim of gold, and then a multitude of forks, knives and spoons laid on the table in the correct order, complemented with several stemmed wine glasses or champagne flutes.
The mood was more important than the objects, although high-class Brits were as materialistic as they come. The "tabletop" was there to encourage people to make good conversation and observe the best etiquette, all in a setting that was easy on the eyes.
Why not incorporate a touch of "Downton's" elegance into your 21st century life? Plan a dinner party for Sunday night when season 3 begins and have a leisurely "Downton-esque" dinner before you watch.
The key to realistically adding a little "Downton" to your life is to keep the focus on the dining room, where so much of the delicious action takes place.
No footmen are required and finger bowls are definitely passe. But there is a way to have fun getting dressed up and putting together a well-appointed table.
Your "Downton" theme can best be executed using what is called "tabletop" in interior design parlance: all the china, crystal, chargers, napkins, tablecloths, candles, centerpieces, demitasse cups and place cards that make a dining-room table look like the most delicious eye candy.
Many venues offer this merchandise, from Target to furniture purveyors to linen stores.
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Never begin the meal until everyone has been served; the hostess will be the first to begin eating.
Dinner rolls are to be broken in half; then a bite-size piece is again broken off, buttered and eaten. Your knife should never touch the bread, except to add the butter.
The resting position of your utensils is across the top of the plate. Do not "build a bridge" by resting knives or forks on the lip of the plate and then leaning them on the table.
Once a utensil has been used, it is never placed back on the linens. It must rest on plates or saucers.
Your drinking glasses are always positioned near the top of your dinner knife. Even if you are left-handed, the glass should be placed to the right after every sip.
The dinner napkin is folded into a rectangle, resting on your lap with the fold toward your stomach. It is never tucked into one's collar, unless one is eating lobster.
The salt and pepper shakers are always passed together, even if the request to pass was for only one of them. Like a bride and groom (white and black), they never take separate vacations.
The gentlemen should always rise when a lady approaches or leaves the table.
One always passes to the right with one's left hand (crossing over the front of your body), to shorten the range of motion. The person accepting the pass takes it in his/her right hand, then changes to the left hand when passing.
When finished with the meal, one should place the used napkin to the left of the place setting, never wadded up on the top of dirty dishes.
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Rodney Smith, Pink Hill farmer and community leader, has been chosen Ruritan of the Year 2012 by fellow Pink Hill Ruritans.
"Rodney has been instrumental with implementing the club's largest fundraiser — The Pink Hill Annual Dove Hunt — which is held on the opening day of dove hunting season. Rodney provides the sunflower fields for the Dove Hunt and his farm homeplace for the barbecue," said Kenneth Jones, Ruritan president.
"The Dove Hunt brings money and visitors from outside our area. This money (helps) us help our Pink Hill community," explained Smith, also the club's treasurer. "For example, we helped the Deep Run Fire Department buy equipment they use to cook for various local fundraisers. We also gave scholarship money for South Lenoir High School. Other organizations include Pink Hill Flower Fund, Mother's Against Meth (MAMA,) and the Pink Hill Wellness & Education Center, Pink Hill Christmas Parade, Christian Chapel and Pink Hill Presbyterian Church."
Smith and his wife, Lisa, are the parents of two Ruritans, Lesley Smith and Rod Smith.
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Join the Young Professionals of Lenoir County to celebrate Carnival and Fat Tuesday with the group's annual Mardi Gras party today at the House of Wang.
The party will begin at 5 p.m. in the bar area with beads, food and drinks. Door prizes will be given away throughout the night. The admission is free, hors d'oeuvres will be served and there is a cash bar.
The Young Professionals group is an extension of the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce, a professional society open to men and women ages 21-40. Events are held bi-monthly and focus on personal growth, social networking, professional development, mentoring and community outreach. To learn more, visit Kinstonchamber.com or join the group on Facebook.
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New VIP classes to start soon
Free parenting classes are being offered for teens through age 23 at the Lenoir County Cooperative Extension office.
Classes of the Very Important Parent 12-month program will begin in March. There will be 12 face-to-face classes, then one per month for nine months of field trips, movies, workshops and two to five technology contacts per week (iPad type devices will be provided), plus quarterly home visits. Participants who complete the program can keep the tablet.
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I was trying to do Mana Tombs yesterday. I finally got a halfway decent group consisting of a hunter, a priest, a druid, and a paladin (me). The group leader goes to look for a fifth. This is what I see in General chat:
[Group Leader]: LF1M Healer
Apparently, I was Protection, the priest was Shadow, and the druid Feral. And 3 of us wasn't good enough for the leader. Honestly, that's just crazy.
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Pickup Group Weirdness
I was trying to do Mana Tombs yesterday. I finally got a halfway decent group consisting of a hunter, a priest, a druid, and a paladin (me). The group leader goes to look for a fifth. This is what I see in General chat:
5 comments:
- SolidState said...
Hehe, I went on a 5-man PuG with my level 61 priest to Blood Furnace. The party included a hunter who refused to use a pet. Seriously.
Beat that :)
- 4:20 AM, March 06, 2007
- Anonymous said...
I joined a 5 man PUG on my feral druid to do one of the outdoor 5 man mobs in shadowmoon valley. I get there and right after I buff the group charges the mob. They yell "Druid, heal the pets (hunter and warlock)!". They knew I was feral.
Meanwhile the DW shaman was going to town DPSing. Well, until he died from pulling agg.
- 8:05 AM, March 06, 2007
- yunk said...
I solo healed as shadow all the way to steamvaults and shadow lab and black morass. I did shadowlab with only a lock and 2 warriors and feral druid but we finished. I'm tired of morons who tell me how to play, or having to try to convince pugs I know what I'm doing.
I finally respecced 2 days ago, botanica and shattered halls are too hard .. actually I just needed better gear. Of course, now they are nerfing botanica some so it may have been unnecessary :) I'm 30/31/0 now, which the armory lists as "hybrid" hmm..
- 1:08 PM, March 06, 2007
- Anonymous said...
BC has convinced me that there were a ton of totally clueless lvl 60s out there. As a hunter, I weep seeing hunters refuse or feign ignorance on using traps. I also heard today a story of a hunter who didn't know what feign death was...
I also boggle a bit at rogues who don't get imp sap for the level grind to 70. Its only 7 points people.
- 11:28 PM, March 06, 2007
- potshot said...
There's a reason they call it PUGatory...
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Intrepid CMCers Camp Out at the Ath for a Shot at the Head Table with Huntsman
A precedent just might have been set just five days before the 2012 presidential election, one that does not involve either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.
In this case, the trailblazers were a group of about 10 students who literally camped out in front of the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum for the possibility of winning seats at the head dinner table of former Utah Governor and Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman who was booked as an Ath speaker on November 1st.
As far as anyone can determine, it's the first time students have camped out (some in tents) just for the chance at being waitlisted for a spot at an Ath table. There is some good-natured dispute as to whether other impromptu Ath "slumber parties" have been held in conjunction with other speakers (Condelezza Rice and Mr. Romney's visits to the Ath spring to mind).
"I've always heard of people considering camping out for major speakers, but never actually doing so," says Christian Neumeister '15, a dual major in PPE/Middle Eastern Studies and one of the campers. "I honestly wasn't surprised to see a tent, but I certainly was when I learned they had crammed 5 people into the 2-sleeper."
In a spirit of full disclosure, Neumeister admits that he didn't actually camp out the entire night. "I turned up at about 4:45 a.m., and got first on the waitlist for my efforts. Five students (most or all of them seniors) set up a tent at roughly 10:00 p.m. the night before, and I was told people turned up at various times during the night (as early as 11:00 pm) and left when they discovered they'd only be on the waitlist."
One of those intrepid seniors who did camp out is Sally "Macie" Leach '13, a Government major with a Leadership sequence. "Overall, it was a great bonding experience and increased the excitement of sitting at the head table knowing that we had camped out over night to get those spots," she says.
Leach says that she had signed up for the dinner but wasn't aware that the night of the camp out was also the night to sign up for the head table.
"A few of my friends in the tent texted me that there was one more spot and that I should come be the last one," she says. "When I arrived I wasn't exactly sure that I really wanted to spend the night on concrete but as I saw how excited all of my friends were I decided to stay the night in the tent and am glad I did. It is the first time I have ever camped out to see anyone speak and I would do it again!"
According to Leach, all of the campers in her tent have lived in Washington D.C. (3 of them served in the Washington Program together). "It made it especially interesting since first semester last year I was writing memos on Jon Huntsman as a candidate and watching the race get started," Leach says.
Although camping out for a golden ticket didn't guarantee the recipients of being able to ask Huntsman a question, Clare Riva '13, a Philosophy major with an Ethics sequence, was one of the lucky ones.
"I got to ask him a couple questions," she says. "He was very personably and friendly, and it was one of the best head tables I have ever sat at. He made us feel at ease, and it felt much more like a conversation than an interrogation of the question-and-answer period. I did get to pick his brain about some of the flaws of our current primary system. I also got to ask him about his purple tie– something that some of us had been wondering about all day! However, he didn't claim to have worn it for any political symbolism."
Leach says that Huntsman fielded some questions that were asked generically, as "a table."
"We spoke as a table about his run for president, how he decided to run, his daughters and their twitter account, where each of us was from and what we wanted to do in the future and the media's effect on his campaign," she says. "And we actually told him that we camped out and he was impressed with our dedication!"
Although Governor Huntsman might not wield the same drawing capacity as, say, the Rolling Stones or even Justin Bieber, he was just the ticket for the capacity Ath crowd.
"Jon Huntsman is certainly a bigger draw than the Rolling Stones and Justin Bieber, at least to me," Riva says. "I can't speak for the other students who were out there, but ever since I first started learning about Jon Huntsman, I have greatly admired his personal integrity and his approach to politics. He's definitely one of my heroes, and I can't really think of anyone else that I would want to see at the Ath more."
Leach says that dinner with Huntsman made camping for a few hours "totally worth it!"
"It was pretty funny because people kept showing up throughout the night at various hours trying to get a seat and some arrived at 8:00 a.m. and were shocked to see a tent outside which was pretty great! Campus safety at one point even stopped by and asked what we were doing."


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Since a deadly airline crash in 2009, the government hasn't kept its promise to ensure that major airlines are holding their smaller partners to the same safety standards, a federal watchdog says.
The Transportation Department's inspector general faults the Federal Aviation Administration for not taking steps to encourage the big airlines "to consistently share safety information and best practices" with regional airlines that operate flights under contract for them.
That business link is known as code-sharing, by which one airline sells tickets for seats on a flight operated by another airline -- United and United Express, for example.
More than half of all airline flights in the U.S. are operated by regional airlines using names such as United Express, Delta Connection, American Connection and US Airways Express under code-sharing arrangements.
A flight operated by regional carrier Colgan Air for Continental Airlines under the name Continental Express crashed in February 2009 near Buffalo, N.Y., killing 50 people. After that crash, officials at the department and the FAA said they would begin reviewing code-share contracts to see if they impinged on safety.
Investigators cited pilot training lapses by Colgan as a factor. Colgan ended flying in September as part of its parent company's restructuring.
A National Transportation Safety Board investigation and congressional hearings after the Colgan crash pointed out the differences in safety cultures that sometimes occur between the two types of airlines.
For example, at that time, some regional carriers were hiring pilots with as few as 250 hours of flight experience, which FAA rules allow. Major airlines typically hired pilots with about 10 times that much experience.
After the crash, pilot unions and safety advocates said regional carriers were driven to cut corners on safety, including hiring inexperienced pilots at low wages, in part to meet performance goals required under the code-sharing contracts. Airlines that met their goals often earned more money under the agreements, while those that failed to meet such goals were sometimes penalized.
The FAA, despite earlier promises, isn't reviewing any code-share contracts for their safety implications, and the Transportation Department reviews only a small share for their potential economic impact, not safety, the report said.
"As a result, most domestic code-share agreements go into effect without being reviewed by any (federal) regulatory entity," the report said.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report before its public release.
The FAA also doesn't have procedures in place "to advance the agency's commitment to ensure the same level of safety between mainline air carriers and their code-share partners," the report said.
Responding to the report, Robert Rivkin, the Transportation Department's general counsel, said the FAA "believes that all carriers ... meet an appropriate level of safety" regardless of whether they are in a code-share agreement.
After the Colgan crash, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and then-FAA chief Randy Babbitt announced an industry-government "call to action" and they held a well-publicized safety summit. An airline safety "action plan" released by FAA officials at the time promised that the FAA and the department would "develop the authority and processes to review agreements" between major carriers and their regional partners.
That plan said one of its short-term goals was that "major carriers should seek specific and concrete ways" to ensure that their smaller airline partner carriers adopt and implement the larger company's most effective practices for safety. That was to include periodic meetings to review safety data gathering programs and "to constantly emphasize their shared safety philosophy."
The inspector general's report said that although the FAA sponsors biannual information-sharing events for the airline industry, "it has not taken steps to encourage mainline carriers to consistently share safety information and best practices with their code-share partners."
The FAA dropped its plans to review code-sharing agreements because agency officials felt the largest airlines had taken steps to increase their safety sharing with their regional partners, the report said.
But the inspector general found that while that was true of one large airline, it wasn't the case for others. The report reviewed four major and eight regional carriers who participate in code share agreements, but did not identify the airlines.
Rivkin replied in a letter to the inspector general that the FAA doesn't make a distinction between "major" and "regional" carriers because "all of those carriers meet the same standards."
Scott Maurer, whose 30-year-old daughter, Lorin, died in the Colgan crash, said he was disappointed but not surprised by the inspector general's findings.
"These promises tend to end up becoming lip service," he said. "It sounds good at the time, but there is no follow through."


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As Mike explains and demonstrates, the Fender Jaguar became synonymous with the Surf Sound in the early sixties and remains so to this day. Surf music played on the Jaguar was an inspiration to Mike in his early career and has crept its way into the Heartbreakers repertoire at various points in their career.
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Adrian Peterson is in Minnesota and planning to attend Tuesday's OTAs.
C.J. Anderson reported to Broncos OTAs weighing 221 pounds, down more than 20 from the 2014 offseason.
The Chargers have informed FS Eric Weddle that they will not discuss an upgrade to his contract.
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians plans to use more no-huddle offense this season.
Texans coach Bill O'Brien doesn't have a timeline for naming his starting quarterback.
Jordan Reed recently underwent a "procedure" on his knee.
The Panthers are closing in on a contract extension with Cam Newton.
Saints coach Sean Payton made it clear he will prioritize getting C.J. Spiller the ball "in space."
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Gallery: 19th Annual Canstruction Design Competition Winners Announced!
The Canstruction charity competition was originally conceived by the Society for Design Administration and has been hosted by the Arts World Financial Center for the past four years. The American Institute of Architects, City Harvest and Move for Hunger also provide support throughout the competition. Move for Hunger partnered with iMoveGreen to make the transportation of the food possible between the participants' work sites and the World Financial Center.
After much work to assemble the over 99,305 cans of food that collectively made up the 26 structures, jurors took a stroll through the exhibit to narrow down their selections. Juror Richard Hayden presented an honorable mention to Leslie E. Robertson Associates for their "Shedding Light on Hunger" entry. He was particularly drawn to the team's intellectual thought behind the design and their use of the candle as a metaphor for the issue of hunger. Next came Mary-Jean Eastman who presented the second honorable mention to Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP for "NepTUNA the HippoCANpus Against Hunger." She noted the structure's exquisite form and great alignment.
Moving into the categorical prizes, juror and Interior Design Magazine editor Annie Block presented the Best Use of Labels award. Using simple black and white labels, Gruzen Samton and the IBI Group created "QR-CAN: Link to Fight Hunger" whereby when you take a picture of it, you can scan the picture and it leads to the Canstruction website. Juror Ellie Krieger presented Dattner Architects with the Best Meal prize for their "Root Against Hunger" design. As author and host of The Healthy Appetite, Krieger appreciated the group's focus on quality, stressing that all too often when catering to the food insecure quantity becomes the main focus rather than the healthfulness of the meal. Juror and master carpenter Chip Wade and 9/11 Memorial mastermind Michael Arad awarded the Structural Ingenuity award to Skanska USA for their risky and challenging "Suspending Hunger" design.
The Cheri Award was another category that honors Canstruction Founder Cheri C. Melillo who passed away in 2009 from terminal cancer. Her husband and son were on hand to present the award to students from Eleanor Roosevelt High School, recognizing their risk, hard work and dedication to the project. The two were surprised to learn high school students had been behind the design.
Finally, Executive Chef and juror Wade Burch presented the Juror's Choice, the award that takes into consideration the most factors. This year's big award went to Gensler and WSP Flack + Kurtz for their "Loaded Dice" entry. Burch commented on the group's use of over 5 tons of food that included 24 different food items, most of which were organic. He was particularly struck by the variety that would offer food pantry chefs the options to craft an endless possibility of meals and vary the menu for over a month. The team's canned food contribution alone is enough to feed over 5,000 New Yorkers!
The structures will be on display through the week and visitors are encouraged to bring a can of food to donate. The goal is to double last year's 88,000 pound of donated food that fed over 70,000 hungry New Yorkers!
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- UNDP around the world
Many of UNDP's relationships with countries and territories on the ground exceed 60 years. Find details on our successes and ongoing work.
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
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- Comoros
- Congo (Dem. Republic of)
- Congo (Republic of)
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Djibouti
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
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- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq (Republic of)
- Jamaica
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
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- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao PDR
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
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- Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
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- São Tomé and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
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- South Africa
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- Swaziland
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
Regional PresenceMuch of UNDP's work is administered through 5 regional bureaus.
- Operations
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UNDP and the UN System
In India, the UNDP Resident Representative is also the UN Resident Coordinator (UNRC) representing the UN system in India. As the chair of the UN Country Team (a team comprising the heads of UN agencies), the Resident Coordinator provides overall leadership for the United Nations strategic initiatives and the operational framework for development in India.
The effectiveness of the UN Resident Coordinator System is central to providing ever higher quality services to programme countries to enable them to accelerate MDG progress, advance peace and stability and achieve sustainable human development. According to UNDP Administrator Helen Clark, "When we empower Resident Coordinators and UN Country Teams, streamline decision-making, and lay out clear lines of accountability, we do improve the coherence, effectiveness, and efficiency of the UN at the country level." There are 23 UN agencies working in India. Most of them have offices in India, and a few who do not, are supporting projects.
The UNCT developed the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), India for the period of 2008 to 2012. The overarching objective of the UNDAF is to promote social, economic and political inclusion of the most disadvantaged, especially women and girls and the specific goals are in line with the national priorities of the Government of India's 11th Five-Year Plan. UNDP was an active partner in the development of the UNDAF. It is also the lead agency for many of the thematic clusters such as Governance for implementation, monitoring and evaluation of specific outputs and outcomes under the UNDAF.
Joint efforts
As part of a joint UN initiative, UNDP supports Solution Exchange – an online platform that brings together development practitioners through Communities of Practice (CoP). As part of this initiative, UNDP leads four CoPs - Decentralisation, Microfinance, Disaster Management and Climate Change. UNDP chairs the Operations Management Team (OMT) and have been working with UN agencies to minimise operational costs by agreeing on common services.
UN agencies in the country
APCTT (UNESCAP): The APCTT works on technology transfer services, technology capacity-building, promotion and management of innovation as well as sub-regional and regional networking.
FAO: FAO focuses on providing technical assistance in facilitating multi-lateral cooperation to reduce the risk to food security and economic growth. It offers support to the national government in strengthening the implementation of national missions and programmes aimed at reducing poverty and piloting innovative approaches with governments, NGOs and private sector in agricultural and rural development.
IFAD: IFAD's focus is on providing access to improved livelihood opportunities, microfinance services, and the use of new technologies for tribal communities in semi-arid areas.
IFC: IFC's main areas of focus are- infrastructure, natural gas, wind power, port services and developing PPP in infrastructure sector.
ILO: The overarching goal of ILO work is to promote equal opportunities for all women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and dignity.
IMF: The focus of IMF's work is to facilitate the flow of information between the Government of India, the Reserve Bank of India and the IMF, and to train officials from RBI, national and state governments.
UNAIDS: The UNAIDS in India provides technical support for implementation of the third five-year phase of the National AIDS Control Programme. It also generates strategic information to track and monitor the epidemic.
UNODC: UNODC activities in India focus on drug abuse awareness, preventing transmission of HIV, precursor chemical control, human trafficking and on new areas such as prison reforms, migrants and corruption.
UNDP: UNDP is committed to help India achieve the global Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as the national objectives articulated in consecutive Five-Year Plans. The goal of the organization is to help improve the lives of the poorest women and men, the marginalized and the disadvantaged in India. UNDP works in the following areas: Democratic Governance, Poverty Reduction, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Environment and Energy, and HIV and Development.
UNESCO: UNESCO's work in India focuses on capacity building in the areas of education, natural, social and human sciences, heritage sites, culture and strengthening communication and information capacities.
UNIC: The UNIC was the first United Nations office to be established in India and also covers Bhutan. UNIC's work includes informing media, governments, NGOs, academia and general public about the work of the United Nations.
UNFPA: UNFPA works within the SWAP on the Reproductive and Child Health programme (RCH II) within the rubric of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). It also provides support for addressing pre-natal sex selection and gender based violence, improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health, promoting safe sexual behaviour, mainstreaming RH and gender in disaster response, and promoting population and development strategies.
UNHCR: The UNHCR protects and assists about 11,500 refugees in India. While India is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its Protocol of 1967, it has been a member of UNHCR's Executive Committee in Geneva since 1996.
UNICEF: The India Country Programme is UNICEF's largest country programme of cooperation. The overall goal of the Country Programme is to advance the fulfillment of the rights of all women and children in India to survival, development, participation and protection by reducing social inequalities based on gender, caste, ethnicity or region.
UNIDO: The UNIDO's Regional Office for South Asia acts to mobilize knowledge, information, skills and technology to promote competitive industry, productive employment and sound environment.
UN Women: Advancement of women's rights being the centre of all its efforts, UN Women focuses its activities on three strategic areas: Enhancing women's economic security and rights; reducing prevalence of violence against women and HIV/AIDS; advancing gender justice in democratic governance, and capacity building of women elected representatives.
UNMOGIP: The UNMOGIP observes developments pertaining to the adherence of the cease-fire of December 1971 and reports these to the Secretary-General. Based in both India and Pakistan, UNMOGIP has field stations, liaison office in New Delhi, administrative and logistics HQ in Rawalpindi, and operational HQ (alternates six-monthly between Rawalpindi and Srinagar).
UNOPS: UNOPS' India Procurement Office (IPO) has been operating from New Delhi since September 2007. It operates, currently, as a procurement agent for Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
WB: The World Bank's Country Strategy for 2009-2012 focuses on helping the country to fast-track the development of much-needed infrastructure and to support the seven poorest states to achieve higher standards of living.
WFP: The World Food Programme's Country Programme (2008-12) has three major components- capacity development to improve the performance of food based schemes, improving nutritional status of women and children through fortification initiatives and support to the ICDS and improving food security by creating assets and reducing vulnerability through food for work projects.
WHO: In India, WHO provides technical assistance and collaborates with the Government of India and major stakeholders in health development efforts. It assists in policy development; capacity building and advocacy. The four main strategic objectives of WHO in India are: reducing the burden of communicable and emerging diseases; promoting maternal and child health; scaling up prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and strengthening health systems development within the national and global environment, with a focus on human resources.
UNCTAD: UNCTAD assists Indian policy makers and other stakeholders in understanding the developmental dimension of key trade issues.
UN HABITAT: The Programme focuses on: Pro-poor Urban Water Governance, Urban Water Demand Management, Integrated Urban Environmental Sanitation, and Creation of income generation opportunities for the urban poor by involving them in the management and delivery of community-based water and sanitation services.
UN Millennium Campaign: The UNMC works in close collaboration with the UNRC mechanism for promoting MDGs, especially focusing on civil society initiatives.
ITC, Geneva: International Trade Centre, Geneva has operations in India and works as a Non-Resident Agency.


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OXFORD, Ohio – Miami Women's Soccer overcame a speedy Kent State team and a rain-soaked field to extend its unbeaten streak to three games with a 1-0 win Sunday at the Miami Soccer Field. The RedHawks improved to 5-6-1 overall and 2-1-1 in the Mid-American Conference despite being outshot 12-10, including 4-2 in shots on goal, and surrendering 10 corner kick opportunities to the Golden Flashes, who fell to 7-5-0 and 2-2-0 in the MAC.
"With conditions that didn't particularly favor us, the girls just had to grind it out," head coach Bobby Kramig said. "It was a good, professional effort. We talked to them before the game about the need to get the early goal and we did that. All credit to Kent, they put a lot of pressure on us and we did a good job making it hold up."
The Flashes pressured the Miami defense from the opening kick, earning three corners and a shot on goal between the 2:30 and 3:30 mark of opening half. Each time Kent State attacked, senior goalkeeper Allison Norenberg and the rest of the Miami defense stopped the attack.
"They're really direct," Kramig said of the Flashes' offensive attack. "They just pound the ball forward and chase after it. I thought a few times in the first half our back four got a little flat footed. I think we figured it out and read it a lot better in the second half."
After clearing the third corner in a row, the RedHawks moved the ball up field and started a counter-attack. The team kept the ball in the offensive half for the next two minute before working the ball to the middle of the field in the Kent penalty where senior forward and leading scorer Katy Dolesh took over possession and fired a shot on goal in the sixth minute. Kent State keeper Stephanie Senn made the save, but couldn't control the ball as Dolesh regained possession, pushed it to her left and to fellow senior Kayla Zakrzewski who finished it into the back of the net from 10 yards out for her fourth goal of the year with 14:17 remaining on the clock in the first half.
Throughout the rest of the first half, the teams traded attacks with neither team gaining much of an advantage. The Flashes' best opportunity in the half came with 19:18 left on the clock when the team gained three corners in a row, but Miami again stepped up defensively.
In the second half, Kent State tried to get the goal back, firing eight shots with two of them on goal, but again Norenberg made the saves to preserve her fourth shutout of the year.
The Golden Flashes' best opportunity came at the end of the 58th minute when they worked the ball into the Miami penalty box and sent in a close-range shot. Norenberg made the save, but the ball sat in a puddle in front of the goal where the visitors picked it up and sent in another shot. This time the Miami defenders stepped in front of the ball, blocking the shot and clearing it out of the zone.
"It was part of the conditions," Norenberg said about the scoring opportunity. "[The ball can] hit the ground and spray anywhere. I just put my whole body into it."
The Miami keeper made four saves in the game to improve to 4-6-1 while her counterpart, Senn, stopped one of the two RedHawk shots that were on goal to move to 6-5-0. The Red and White earned two corners on the game.
Miami's 2-1-1 MAC record puts the team in first place in the league's East Division and fourth overall behind Western Michigan (4-0-0), Eastern Michigan (4-0-0) and Ball State (3-1-0). The RedHawks take on the top two teams in the conference next weekend as they travel to face the Broncos on Friday, Oct. 11 followed by the Eagles on Sunday, Oct. 13.


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(The federal health insurance Open Season ends at close-of-business today. Today's column contains links to earlier columns and radio shows, designed to help you find the best buy for you and your family.)
A friend who does pre-retirement counseling at federal agencies estimates that in every class he teaches, about one-third of those who are married say their spouse is also a fed. He said that is especially true in the D.C. area, in Huntsville, Ala., and at military bases or facilities in relatively remote areas.
Being hitched to a fellow fed presents certain options and choices and a chance to save money on health insurance premiums and deductibles. That's especially true if one is a postal employee. And that presents certain options and choices for a fed family shopping for health insurance.
Health insurance — regardless of your age, health or marital status — is an important topic because today is the deadline for picking your 2013 FEHBP plan. If you do nothing, which is what most people do, you will stay in your current health plan. That's great if it hasn't changed. But if its premiums are going up, its benefits package is changing or your doctor is leaving its PPO network, you could be in for a series of unpleasant surprises in 2013.
Many fed couples discover that buying self-only coverage is cheaper because the single premium is less than the family premium — if that family consists of only two people. Two single premiums might be $1,250 each, whereas the family premium might be $2,700. A no-brainer, right? They could save money by having two self-only plans. Do the math. Except....
Walton Francis, author of CHECKBOOK's Guide to Federal Health Plans uses this example: "Suppose the happy couple are in a car going someplace together. It happens, even with married couples. Suppose that car has a serious accident in which both are seriously injured. Lots of hospital time and medical bills. If they had a family plan, they would have to satisfy one deductible. But if they have two self-only plans, their out-of-pocket costs could double."
Worth thinking about.
Another example is if one of you works for the Postal Service and one works for another agency. Who should buy the family plan? In most cases, the postal employee should do it because he or she pays lower premiums (for the same plans and same coverage) as nonpostal workers. Depending on the plan, the couple could save anywhere from a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand dollars a year in premiums. Worth checking out.
Finally, don't forget the five-year rule. In order to take FEHBP coverage into retirement you must be enrolled in the program (any plan) for the five years prior to retirement. Switching to the FEHBP just before you retire won't cut it. Even if your private-sector spouse has better or less expensive coverage (highly unlikely) you should enroll in one of the low-premium federal health plans, just to satisfy the five-year rule.
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The Girls Impact the World Film Festival, presented by the Harvard College Social Innovation Collaborative (SIC) and Connecther, is a film festival and scholarship program in which high school and undergraduate college students submit 3-5 minute short films that focus on a variety of global women's issues, including maternal health, microfinance initiatives, child-marriage, sex-trafficking, poverty alleviation, etc.
Winners will receive a monetary prize, film distribution channels via SIC, Connecther and Creative Visions networks, as well as an internship opportunity at Creative Visions in Los Angeles. An official screening and red carpet will take place at the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, MA on February 22. The film festival has marketing partners in college campuses across the nation.
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With the holiday season almost upon us and winter break just weeks away, you might want to start considering how you'll spend your free time. And while working and internships are ideal, winter break also provides you with the opportunity to read for pleasure. There are a range of benefits gained from non-required reading that are not confined to just reading ability: Leisure reading has shown to help students be more articulate, develop a higher order reasoning and think more critically. Not sure what to read? Check out the titles from some of your favorite celebrities below for some book-spiration:
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November 17, 2014
The Young Patriots Essay Contest is designed to challenge high school students to creatively solve problems in the realm of public policy through the art of writing. Controversial topics are assigned each year and only three winners will be chosen. The topic of this year's essay contest is: "According to the four required readings. What policy changes should the government pursue in order to best foster economic prosperity?"
This year, they're introducing an interactive reading and education component to ensure you, as students, gain valuable insight on the NCPA's perspective and message. Please read the four following pieces as you consider the above topic. Your submission will be graded in part according to how carefully and thoughtfully you engage with these four challenging articles. They are:
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November 11, 2014
For the budget-conscious high school senior, it seems like a no-brainer to apply to the local state school for the best shot at affordable tuition. But that's not always the case: Depending on where you live, an out-of-state college may be even cheaper than your home state university. Don't believe us? Check out the list below from U.S. News and World Report for the top 10 public colleges with the lowest tuition for out-of-state students:
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November 10, 2014
The AXA Achievement Scholarship awards $670,000 annually. Fifty-two students – one from each state, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico – receive scholarships of $10,000. Of those 52 students, 10 students are chosen as national winners and receive an additional $15,000 scholarship award and an internship opportunity with AXA Equitable.
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November 7, 2014
With this year's midterm elections behind us, have you ever wonder: "Man, I could do a better job than [insert disappointing political official's name here]"? Only to realize almost immediately that crushing sense of defeat given the fact that you're too young and inexperienced to run… or are you?
Saira Blair, an 18-year-old West Virginia University freshman, won a seat on the West Virginia House of Delegates after defeating her Democratic opponent 63 percent to 30 percent. Doing the majority of her campaigning out of her dorm room, Saira will be the youngest state lawmaker in the nation. She campaigned on a pledge to work to reduce certain taxes on businesses and holds anti-abortion and pro-gun positions. "When I made the decision to run for public office, I did so because I firmly believe that my generation's voice, fresh perspective and innovative ideas can help solve some of our state's most challenging issues," she said. Studying economics and Spanish, Blair will defer her next semester so that she can attend the legislature's 60-day session in the spring and will resume her coursework in the fall. (For more on this story, click here.)
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November 4, 2014
In an effort to help talented low-income high school students get into and succeed in college, Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a new initiative to do just that.
According to The New York Times, the effort will involve hiring 130 full-time college counselors and enlisting 4,000 college students as part-time advisers. Using video chat, email, telephone and text, they will mimic the support network — composed of guidance counselors, teachers, parents and friends — that more affluent high school students take for granted. "Many of America's brightest students don't apply to college simply because they lack access to the right information and guidance, particularly students from low- and middle-income families who want to go to competitive colleges but don't think they can afford it. That limits their opportunities and contradicts what we stand for as a society – and it holds us back as a nation because it prevents so many smart young people from contributing to the best of their abilities," said Michael R. Bloomberg. This new initiative aims to directly help as many as 65,000 students a year! (For more on this story, click here.)
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November 3, 2014
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October 29, 2014
The Graduate School at Northwestern University will join Elmhurst College, the University of Iowa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a handful of law schools as it begins asking applicants about their sexual orientation.
According to The Graduate School, this question has been added to its application to gain a clearer understanding of the school's community and to better serve all in the school. "It's important for us, but also for others to move in this direction, as well," said school dean Dwight McBride in a statement. "If we don't ask the question, we are not building a data archive and, therefore, have no way of knowing what the needs of our populations and subpopulations in our communities are – beyond guessing and anecdote." It's important to note that answering the question will be optional and will specifically ask whether applicants self-identify as a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer/questioning (LGBTQ) community. (Northwestern University does not pose the question on its undergraduate application.) For now, school spokeswoman Josie Whetstone said LGBTQ groups on campus have greeted the news without criticism, most likely because it's an optional inquiry. (For more of this story, click here.)
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October 28, 2014
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Montréal will be the host city of the 110th AAA Annual Meeting! Montréal is the city with the largest number of restaurants per resident in all of North America. In the city's tourist districts, there is an average of 64.9 restaurants per square kilometer (160 per square mile). Montréalers spend more than 12% of their income on food and beverages.
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During last year's AAA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, how much money did AAA members spend on coffee?
Keep in mind that there were more than 6,000 meeting attendees over the course of five days. So sales will exceed $6,000 but are less than $20,000.
Understanding that our blog readers may prefer an evening cup of joe, please submit your answer as a comment to this post by 11:59 p.m. EST today (Monday, April 4) to be eligible to win. Two lucky winners will receive a coffee mug from our new AAA Café Press shop.
Remember, now is the time to renew your membership, complete your meeting registration and submit your proposal. The proposal deadline is April 15, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. EST.
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CHARLESTON – According to information provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Charleston, Mingo County Commissioner David L. Baisden has agreed to plead guilty to extortion charges.
Federal prosecutors filed a motion on Wednesday in U.S. District Court requesting a plea hearing for Baisden. Judge John Copenhaver didn't immediately set a hearing date. Baisden had been scheduled to go to trial on October 21st.
Baisden, age 66, has served as a commissioner for approximately 6 years, having first been elected to that office in 2008, and again in 2012. He served as Mingo County Assessor for several years before becoming a candidate for commission.
Baisden is accused of trying to buy tires for his personal vehicle at a government discount, then terminating the county's contract with Appalachian Tire when the company refused to cooperate and transferred the county's business to Mike's Tires.
Baisden stepped down from the position of purchasing agent after being indicted and arrested on August 15th on the extortion charges, but has not resigned as commissioner.
During a phone interview with the Williamson Daily News, Commissioner Greg "Hootie" Smith stated that he was not aware that Baisden had agreed to a plea, but explained in detail the steps that would be taken to name a new commissioner if and when he resigns from office.
"First of all, let me say that contrary to belief, John Mark (Hubbard) and I do not have the power to remove any of our elected officials from office. There are three ways in which that can be done; they can be beat in an election, resign from office or be ousted," explained Smith.
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Physician Gary Slutkin spent a decade fighting tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS epidemics in Africa. When he returned to the United States, he thought he'd escape brutal epidemic deaths. But then he began to look more carefully at gun violence, noting that its spread followed the patterns of infectious diseases. A mind-flipping look at a problem that too many communities have accepted as a given. We've reversed the impact of so many diseases, says Slutkin, and we can do the same with violence. (Filmed at TEDMED.)
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