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There is a decline since last year in most programmes in Arts and Commerce in off-campus colleges
Science courses have proved to be a mixed bag
The cut-off for English (Hons) remains high
NEW DELHI: Most campus colleges of Delhi University have registered an overall increase of 0.5 per cent to 2 per cent in the cut-offs for admission to several courses in Humanities and Commerce in the first cut-off list released on Wednesday evening.
However, some of the off-campus colleges have not pitched the cut-offs too high and in fact seen a decline since last year in most programmes in Arts and Commerce. The minimum eligibility criteria for Science courses have proved to be a mixed bag. While some like Daulat Ram College and Gargi College have kept their cut-offs lower than last year, Hans Raj College and Ramjas College have raised the cut-offs for most Science courses they offer.
"There has been a 1-2 per cent overall increase in the cut-off for all our courses. That was obvious because the Class XII results were very good. The cut-off for Science courses has also shot up because the number of students scoring 90 per cent and more was much higher this year," said Hans Raj College Principal S. R. Arora.
Talking of B.Com. (Honours), the cut-off at Shri Ram College of Commerce has marginally increased to 95.25-98.75 per cent from 94.5-98 per cent last year.
To study the same course at Hans Raj and Hindu College, students will require 94.25-96.25 and 94.75-97.75 per cent, respectively.
Sri Venkateswara College is offering B.Com. (Hons) at 94.5 per cent, while at Ramjas College students need 94.5-97.5 per cent, up from 93.5-95.5 per cent last year.
The cut-off mark for B.Com. (Hons) at Lady Shri Ram College and Indraprastha College for Women stands at 95.25 and 93-96 per cent, respectively.
For B.Com. (Programme) -- which has received maximum applications this year -- the cut-off percentage has either gone up at institutions like Daulat Ram College, Jesus and Mary, Kamla Nehru and Kirori Mal College, or has come down as in the cases of Dyal Singh College, Gargi College and Maitreyi College.
At Ramjas and S.G.T.B Khalsa College, the cut-off percentage for B.Com. is 93.5-96.5 and 92.5 respectively. "It seems th e campus colleges have increased their cut-offs to be on the safe side. They have kept the cut-offs high as they do not want to over-admit students," said a University official.
For Economics (Hons), the cut-off at SRCC is a high 93.5-96.5 per cent, up from 92.75-95.75 per cent last year. The same course is available at KMC at 90.5-94.5 per cent.
Economics (Hons) at colleges like LSR and I.P. will be available at a high 95.50 and 91.25-92.25 per cent, respectively.
The cut-off for one of the most popular courses -- English (Hons) -- for colleges other than the 12 institutions that signed up for the Combined Aptitude Test for English remains high.
At LSR it stands at 91 per cent, whereas at Hans Raj College it will be available for 86-90 per cent.
The cut-off for History (Hons) at Hans Raj has gone up from 80-86 per cent to 84-88 per cent. At Hindu College, it is available at 87-95 per cent.
Political Science (Hons) will require 72-84 per cent at Gargi College, a high 90-92 per cent at Hindu, 77-80 per cent at IP College and 83-88 per cent at both KMC and Miranda House.
"There are different reasons for increasing or decreasing cut-offs in courses. Like in Science courses we have not pitched the cut-off too high as there is a high drop-out rate in favour of medicine, engineering and other technical fields," observed Miranda House Principal Pratibha Jolly.
"In Hindi (Hons) too, we kept the cut-off at a middle level as we were unable to fill all the seats last time. Similarly, cut-offs for English and Economics are high as there was a huge number of applications for these two courses," she added.
The cut-off for admission to Chemistry (Hons) at Sri Venkateswara has drastically come down from 80 per cent last year to 74 per cent.
Gargi College has also witnessed a drop of about 2 per cent in both Physics (Hons) and Chemistry (Hons) that are available at 76.33 and 74 per cent, respectively.
At Hindu College, Physics (Hons) requires 91 per cent, while the cut-off for Chemistry (Hons) is 86 per cent.
Candidates who meet the requirements as per the first list have to complete their admission formalities at the colleges concerned by June 29.


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The impact of DRGs after year 3: doing more with less.
Three years into prospective payment, hospital laboratories are straining to keep ahead of costs and workload--and succeeding for the most part.
Test volume continues to climb, yet laboratory staffing is down from the days before Diagnosis Related Groups. That combination of trends, along with increasing automation, spells higher productivity.
But why, with shorter patient stays and shrinking occupancy rates, are hospital laboratories busier than ever? Among the major reasons: 1) hospital marketing is generating more lab work from physicians' offices and other outpatient providers; 2) testing was intensified on acutely ill inpatients in order to speed up their diagnosis and treatment; and 3) hospital labs now perform many tests that they used to send out.
Hospitals are operating more efficiently. A large majority of institutions on prospective payment expect to have a positive operating margin in 1986 despite the fall in patient census. Most hospital laboratory operating budgets are up this year or at least unchanged from 1985.
MLO mined these nuggets from its third annual survey of laboratory directors, managers, and supervisors on the impact of DRGs. Of the 174 members of the magazine's Professional Advisory Panel who responded, three-quarters worked at hospitals under the DRG system, the rest at other hospitals, clinics, or independent laboratories. Tabulated data in this report cover DRG hospitals only.
Of course, the impact of DRGs depends in part on Medicare caseload, which averaged 47 per cent at the surveyed institutions. Medicare patients accounted for 30 to 69 per cent of the cases at more than three-quarters of the hospitals; they outnumbered all other patients at 41 per cent of the hospitals.
Prospective payment is slowly spreading to other third-party payers. Nearly 30 per cent of the panelists report that other health insurers in their communities have adopted some form of prospective payment, up from 23 per cent last year. Blue Cross, Blue Shield, and Medicaid are cited most often.
Those are the highlights; now let's review the details. Table I shows how well the DRG system is meeting Washington's goal of shorter and fewer hospital stays. Patients were hospitalized an average of 5.1 days during the year to date, compared with 5.4 days in 1985 and 5.7 days in 1984. Average stay in 1986 broke down into 5.9 days at larger hospitals in the MLO survey--those with 300 or more beds--and 4.5 days at smaller hospitals.
Occupancy rates at panelists' hospitals also keep dropping, although the decline slowed a bit in 1986. The average proportion of beds filled was 65 per cent for the year to date, compared with 67 per cent in 1985 and 70 per cent in 1984. Last year's survey went back to 1983 and found a still higher occupancy rate for that year.
A wide gap separates occupancy rates at larger and smaller hospitals: This year's averages are 75 per cent and 58 per cent, respectively.
Nevertheless, the two groups of hospitals have a similar ratio of winners to losers in 1986 financial performance. Eighty-three per cent of the panelists say their institutions will have a positive financial margin by the end of the year--82 per cent at larger hospitals, 84 per cent at smaller hospitals (see Table II).
Test volume is up this year at 69 per cent of the labs, by an average of 12 per cent (see Table III). This is the biggest proportion of labs with testing increases since MLO began its DRG surveys three years ago. Volume is down at 11 per cent of the labs. The remaining 20 per cent of labs report no change in testing activity.
Sixty per cent of the labs in the current survey registered volume gains a year ago. Twenty-four per cent had decreases.
We asked panelists whether changes in test volume could be linked directly to prospective payment. Forty-three per cent saw a connection, 37 per cent did not, and 20 per cent had no idea if DRGs played a role in the rise or the fall of testing in their labs. Across all these categories, however, the most frequently mentioned contributor to increased volume was outpatient testing. More efficient utilization of the laboratory and declines in patient census appeared to be the strongest inhibitors of test growth.
Curbs on laboratory workups have their limits, a lab manager in Pennsylvania noted. "The initial response here was to cut back on testing. But that changed when they found that reduced testing caused many patients to remain in the hospital longer for diagnosis and treatment.'
Fully half the panelists--62 per cent at smaller hospitals, 40 per cent at larger hospitals--said their laboratories' test menus have expanded since DRGs were introduced. Menus were pared at 16 per cent of all labs and remained unchanged at 34 per cent (see Table IV). In last year's survey, 45 per cent of the labs added new tests, but in 1984, only 25 per cent had done so.
Reference lab use increased at 24 per cent of the laboratories since DRGs were introduced, decreased at 40 per cent, and stayed the same at 36 per cent. These figures did not differ much from data in last year's survey.
Austerity may be easing a little. Half the panelists' labs have a larger operating budget than a year earlier, compared with 46 per cent of those polled in 1985 and 36 per cent in 1984 (see Table V). Twenty-five per cent are working with a smaller budget than last year, and 25 per cent with the same budget.
The average increase at labs with larger budgets was about 9 per cent. Fifty-five per cent of the labs in smaller hospitals received more money this year, compared with 43 per cent of those in larger hospitals.
Forty-four per cent of the panelists reported that their lab had been turned down on a capital expenditure request since the advent of DRGs, up from 36 per cent in last year's survey. Again, labs in smaller hospitals fared better than those in larger hospitals--only 42 per cent of the former had a capital request rejected, versus 52 per cent of the latter. Eighty-six per cent of all panelists said manufacturers have made more attractive sales offers in the DRG era.
Faster laboratory response time is often an important goal under DRGs. Slightly more than one-quarter of large and small hospital labs alike have trimmed their average turnaround time since going on prospective payment.
But at almost the same proportion of laboratories, turnaround time has lengthene. This is occurring more in smaller hospitals (28 per cent) than in larger hospitals (17 per cent). Nearly half the panelists say turnaround time hasn't changed much one way or the other.
Laboratory management at Albuquerque's 535-bed Presbyterian Hospital had to rethink a trade-off that sacrificed turnaround time. "We have looked at all parameters since DRGs, and turnaround time was hardest hit because of decreased staffing and the decreased ability to respond to rapid changes in test volume,' David Huelsmann, administrative director of lab service, said. A study last summer of response time on CBCs and glucose tests, from receipt of specimens in the laboratory to result reporting, revealed lengthy delays, at least according to the standards of that tertiarycare hospital.
The laboratory had created a phlebotomy "sweep team' before the hospital's 1984 entry into the DRG system. Three lab assistants fan out and collect specimens all over the hospital every two hours from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m. A conveyor system delivers specimens to the lab as the collectors leave each floor. Certain floors--ICU, for example--and timed tests such as therapeutic drug assays are exempted from the sweeps. Additional phlebotomists are assigned to handle individual pickups and after-hours collections.
"Without the sweep team, we would have had to triple the number of phlebotomists to provide such comprehensive collection coverage,' Huelsmann said, noting that nearly 60 per cent of the hospital's specimens carry some form of priority status. After the study identified some significant shortcomings, the laboratory took remedial steps. For example, to improve the turnaround on CBCs, the hematology department polled the technologists and them implemented and evaluated various staffing assignments to "work smarter and more efficiently.' A follow-up study is in the works, and Huelsmann expects the results to show a marked improvement.
If turnaround time can take a turn for the worse with cost cutting and staff reductions, what's happening to quality control? Sixty-five per cent of the panelists say QC has not changed in their labs since prospective payment (compared with 70 per cent in 1985 and 80 per cent in 1984). Another 12 per cent say it has increased, and 23 per cent say it has decreased. "Decreased' doesn't necessarily mean a deterioration. In many cases, unnecessary QC has been eliminated.
And how about the general quality of laboratory service these days? "We were still doing manual CBCs when the hospital went on DRGs in 1983,' recalled Cindy Glover, assistant chief medical technologist at 28-bed St. Mary's Hospital in Cottonwood, Idaho. "Our overall quality increased quite a bit after the hospital purchased new equipment to speed up test results.'
At 290-bed R.E. Thomason General Hospital in El Paso, Texas, chief technologist James Klein said: "We're a county hospital with limited funding and a large proportion of indigent patients. We were efficient before DRGs, and we've stayed that way.'
Dana McVey, laboratory director at the 284-bed University of Health Sciences Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., makes prospective payment sound like a boon: "If anything, quality has risen because we're more aware of the consequences of our service. DRGs not only have given a boost to medical care but have also eliminated many of the "frills' and freed us to become better business people.'
Other panelists are not so sure. "So far quality has stayed the same, but because of reduced staff, we are sometimes skating on thin ice,' commented a blood bank supervisor from Virginia A Pennsylvania microbiology supervisor noted that newly hired employees are put to work too quickly, without adequate training because of staffing shortages.
"With all the emphasis on getting the results out, the temptation to let quality slide is certainly there,' a Midwestern panelist said.
Staffing and budget cuts have hurt morale and raised stress in the laboratory, according to a number of managers. "The quality of our testing is about the same, but the technologists' attitude is not,' an assistant lab director said, adding that salary ceilings and minimal pay raises may eventually damage service.
"I worry that not enough is being done to deal with the stress,' commented Paul Symons, director of diagnostic services at 400-bed Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, Mass. When the laboratory lost 14 per cent of its staff in two separate reduction-inforce actions, management coped by upgrading instruments and sending more tests out, including all of the RIA work. Remaining technologists are still working harder because other tests are how performed more frequently.
Charlton Memorial has recognized the pressure on employees and is developing a full-scale stress management program. Employees will learn various stress-reduction exercises and receive counseling. The concept is very popular, which is its biggest drawback, according to Symons. "The hospital will only be able to handle a limited number of people at first, and it may be months before all who want and need help can get into the program.'
Forty-four per cent of the surveyed labs lost staff since DRGs, 16 per cent gained, and 40 per cent held fast (see Table VI). The trend toward reductions seems to be easing--59 per cent of the labs in last year's survey had to thin their staffs.
But deeper cuts were reported by the 1986 panel, an average of 16 per cent at affected labs, compared with 12 per cent last year. Normal attribution is the most common method of reducing staff, used by nearly 60 per cent of the labs that cut back. Selective layoffs according to job classification were instituted by 22 per cent of the labs, and across-the-board layoffs by 13 per cent.
Some panelists see a bright side to retrenchment. Jim Stacy, laboratory manager at 144-bed Huntsville (Texas) Memorial Hospital, said: "We are now at core-minimal staffing levels. However, because we kept all the medical technologists and reduced the aides, the quality of service is probably better. Basically we've brought the overstaffing of the 1970s back down to more realistic levels for the 1980s. And the fact that the lab now has fewer errors and better productivity helps our credibility with the doctors.'
Sixty-two per cent of the panelists reported productivity gains, compared with half of those participating in the 1985 survey and 42 per cent in 1984. Productivity remained unchanged at 30 per cent of the labs surveyed this year and slipped at just 8 per cent.
More than 70 per cent of the panelists said recently acquired instruments helped improve their laboratories' productivity. "Our paid CAP productivity has been at least 100 per cent for the past two years,' Ann Cole, laboratory manager at 226-bed Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, said. "I am now trying to increase our automation as much as possible since I'm not allowed to hire more technologists.'
Overtime increased at 26 per cent of the surveyed labs, decreased at 31 per cent, and stayed the same at 43 per cent. Only 12 per cent of the laboratories in the 1985 survey had an increase in overtime, and only 10 per cent in 1984.
Nearly one-fourth of the laboratories expanded their hours of available service this year. Hours remained the same at 73 per cent of the facilities and were reduced at 3 per cent.
How tight can things get? According to a South Carolina laboratory manager, "We're so used to managing a service with no resources, we couldn't operate any closer unless we shut down.'
That can be avoided. In Part II of this special report, which follows, we will look at some strategies that are helping laboratories cope with DRGs.
Table: I Hospital occupancy declines . . .
. . . along with length of stay
Table: II Black ink for most hospitals
Does your hospital anticipate a positive financial margin in 1986?
Table: III How did test volume change in 1985?
How will '86 volume compare with '85?
Is this change directly related to DRGs?
Table: IV In-house testing vs. send-outs
Table: V How does the lab's 1986 budget compare with '85?
Since DRGs, has a capital request been rejected?
Have instrument manufacturers made better offers?
Table: VI How staffing has changed since DRGs
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Hi from Rick: Fall — In Love with Europe
In an Edinburgh pub — steamy with conviviality — the locals, like mad chemists, dribble a little water on their Scotch. One of them tells me, "It opens the flavor, like a garden after a light rain."
Europe feels that way to me in the fall — freshly opened up, from Edinburgh to Athens. By October the tide of tourism has pulled out, letting the more subtle bits of local cultures — designed for the enjoyment of people who actually live there — return to the center of everyday life. Sweaters and jackets add a layer of style as Europe kicks back into its rhythm of good living.
For the traveler, Europe's quieter pleasures come into sharper focus. Climbing a bell tower above Venetian gondolas, the air is crisp enough to actually see the Alps... Read more


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BOISE -- For weeks the Boise River has been making a lot of folks living near it nervous, but so far there hasn't been any major flooding.
But that doesn't mean emergency officials have stopped watching the river closely. They even took to the sky this week.
This is the first time the team of agencies used a helicopter to look for problems in the Boise River.
Andrea Dearden, spokesperson for the Eagle, Star Incident Management tells us members from the different agencies went up in helicopter Thursday. The fly-over helped the team look for debris that was obstructing the river and possible flooding that could not be seen from the ground.
Had there been water diverted into an area that we didn't know about, perhaps it's a rural area, or perhaps somewhere nobody is living, is living that hadn't reported it yet, we would have been able to see that, said Dearden.
Dearden says they did not find anything unexpected, but she says they paid special attention to the river banks.
Right now too, remember that the banks are saturated, we've seen high water running fast and high for quite a while now, and so the sides of the river, even when the water is not there it's still very soft, said Dearden.
Dearden tells us the agencies will continue to monitor the river, especially as the water starts to recede, and she wants to warn people that it is still not safe to enter the river.
At this time, Dearden told us they don't have any future plans to go up in the helicopter again, but they can if it's necessary.


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Rosicky determined to end Arsenal trophy drought
Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky feels this is the season to end the club's five-year trophy drought.
The 29-year-old is yet to win a title since arriving in north London from Borussia Dortmund in 2006.
Speaking to the official club website, Rosicky argued only minor adjustments were needed for a successful campaign/
He said: "You could see that we were there almost the whole of last season. We were knocking on the door.
"But we were still missing something so let's hope we learn the lessons and do not make the mistakes we did last season.
"Every year we want to be successful. We are in a big club, so we want to be champions.
"Winning a trophy is definitely a big ambition for me. In every team I have ever played I have always won something, so it was always my aim to do it here as well."
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Today, Florida's poverty rate is just over 17 percent and the city of Miami's hit 29.5 percent in the most recent Census data. At the end of the 1960s, poverty levels in the South hovered around 18 percent of the population.
It was during that time when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spent much of his energy organizing what he called the "Poor People's Campaign." It worked to achieve economic justice and equality for poor people -- a disproportionate number of whom were black.
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Four days before his death, King delivered his Sunday sermon called "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution." He preached about the nation's responsibility in addressing poverty among all colors.
He began the story of the intersection of poverty and race in 1863 with the Emancipation Proclamation and on through the great depression.
But the lack of support wasn't necessarily prejudice against the poor -- land in the Midwest was given away to farmers, the majority of them poor but white. Agricultural colleges were established on that land to train them and increase their productivity.
The Poor People's Campaign was one of King's last major efforts before his 1968 assassination. Joined with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the campaign worked to tackle economic inequity as a means to rectify racial inequality. With the escalation of the Vietnam War, President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty was struggling and the Poor People's Campaign saw itself as picking up the pieces.
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|1 1⁄2 Tablespoon
|4 Medium
|Lemon juice
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|Diagonally sliced celery
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Seedless raisins
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|Chopped salted peanuts
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Chopped pimiento
|2 Tablespoon
|Minced chives
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Cook rice with water, salt and butter or margarine according to package directions.
Cut bananas into 1/2-inch slices.
Sprinkle 1 tablespoon lemon juice over banana slices.
In a large bowl, combine rice, celery, raisins, peanuts, pimiento and chives.
Toss lightly and chill.
Combine mayonnaise or salad dressing, cream, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, curry powder, dry mustard and hot-pepper sauce.
Mix well.
Add to salad and toss lightly.
Arrange salad on crisp salad greens on individual salad plates.
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In his column, "Scapegoating California teachers" [Opinion, June 26], Erwin Chemerinsky promotes the typical liberal solution to a problem: Throw more money at it.
He suggests California spend more money per pupil. How does he account for the fact that parochial schools, that spend much less per student, can have much better outcomes?
Everyone knows the biggest problem with California's schools (and in other states) is the teachers union.
Bob Guarrera
Laguna Niguel
Ensure voter protection
Last year, the United States Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by doing away with Section 4 – a provision of the VRA that protected the voters in states with notoriously bad records of voter protection.
We continue to need these protections as laws change throughout the nation, leading to the disenfranchisement of many citizens.
Today, we are a mere 49 years from the signing of the VRA, and we continue to need these protections to ensure our democracy remains strong and secure. This is not a partisan issue.
This is an American issue. Lawmakers must be persuaded to protect our most vulnerable voters.
James Smith
San Clemente
Why have we ignored cries for help?
We know, now, that the Obama administration does not appreciate our military men and women. Why else would they not find a quick fix for the Veterans Affairs' horrific problems?
Why would they ignore the country's pleas to get Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, a decorated hero with post-traumatic stress disorder, released from a Mexican prison?
Why would they send a puny number of 300 soldiers to Iraq to face grave, unreasonable odds of death or capture?
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan charity that collects donated clothing, shoes and other items for low-income residents got a really old cast-off in a donation box: A mastodon tooth.
The Grand Rapids Press reports the remains of the extinct relative of the elephant turned up during a July pickup in Grand Rapids. The charity called In The Image turned them over to the Grand Rapids Public Museum, which is adding them to its collection.
The tooth is broken into two parts and is covered in lacquer. A tusk, also covered in lacquer, is hollow at one end and also may be from a mastodon.
The museum already has a number of mastodon bones and the new additions will be available for loan to educators for use as a learning tool in schools.
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We had a fabulous time at this farmhouse. The kitchen/dining area is perfect for entertaining large groups (there's a large island in the kitchen where we gathered each night). The property itself is beautiful during the fall...we took some amazing pictures of foliage and wildlife. The outdoor fireplace was also a very nice touch, perfect for roasting marshmallows. There's also a hammock, trampoline and basketball/tennis court which we took full advantage of. The owner was always very helpful and easily accessible. Overall an amazing weekend.
Great local activities: Lake Minnewaska hiking & swimming, the Gunks rock climbing, Woodstock music and dining, Ashokan reservoir, High Falls shopping, antiquing, roadside fresh produce, Woodstock film festival, Belleyre mountain music festival, Saugerties Garlic festival, Rosendale Pickle festival, Gills Farm Pumpkin cannon, Kelder farms, Accord Speedway, Stone Ridge apple Orchard, just to name a few....
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APNewsBreak: Iran responds to fuel swap offer
VIENNA Iran has formally responded to a nuclear fuel swap proposal backed by the world's major powers with a counteroffer effectively rejecting their demand that Tehran quickly export most of the material it would need to make a warhead, diplomats said Tuesday.
For months, Iranian officials have used the media to criticize the plan and offer alternatives to one of its main conditions - that the Islamic republic ship out most of its stock of enriched uranium and then wait for up to a year for its return in the form of fuel rods for its Tehran research reactor.
While critical of such statements, the United States and its allies said they did not constitute a formal response to the plan, first drawn up in early October in a landmark meeting in Geneva between Iran and the six world powers, and then refined later that month in Vienna talks among Iran, the U.S., Russia and France.
The diplomats told The Associated Press that Iran first submitted such a formal response to the International Atomic Energy Agency earlier this month in a Jan. 6 meeting between Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's chief representative to the IAEA, and agency chief Yukiya Amano. They disagreed on whether the response was oral or written.
The IAEA-brokered talks in Vienna came up with a draft proposal that would take 70 percent of Iran's low-enriched uranium to reduce its stockpile of material that could be enriched to a higher level, and possibly be used to make nuclear weapons.
That uranium would be returned about a year later as refined fuel rods, which can power reactors but cannot be readily turned into weapons-grade material. Iran maintains its nuclear program is only for the peaceful purpose of generating energy.
The Geneva talks grouped the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany around the negotiating table with Iran. Diplomats from two of those big powers said Tuesday Iran's formal counterproposal was essentially a rehash of an already publicly floated offer that fell far short of the six nations' expectations.
In its submission, Iran was offering to exchange enriched uranium only on domestic soil and only simultaneously for research reactor fuel, said the diplomats, who asked for anonymity because their information was confidential.
That would delay any exchange for at least a year or so - the time needed to make the rods for the Tehran reactor. And that, in turn would give Iran time to increase its enriched uranium stockpile to a level where it would still have enough to make a nuclear weapon even if it exported the 1.2 tons (1,100 kilograms) specified in the original draft agreement.
In addition, the Iranian counterproposal calls for exchanges in several tranches, said the diplomats. That, too, runs counter to the Western wish that Iran ship out most of its present accumulation of enriched uranium in one batch and thereby leave it with not enough to make a weapon.
Repeated calls to the cell-phone number of Soltanieh, the Iranian chief IAEA delegate, were not answered Tuesday.


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SANTA ANA – Authorities say a convicted sex offender who kidnapped and violently assaulted two young girls 27 years ago is scheduled to be released from Chino State Prison on parole Wednesday and will move to Irvine, Tustin or Santa Ana.
Top law enforcement and political leaders in Orange County held a joint news conference Tuesday to warn the public about Lawrence Joseph Brown, who they believe will hurt another child. They also criticized the state's Department of Mental Health for not designating Brown a sexual violent predator, which would have kept Brown committed in a psychiatric hospital once he was finished with his sentence.
Brown, 52, served 25 years of a 49-year sentence for two separate, random attacks in Santa Ana on two girls, ages 7 and 8, in 1983. In both cases, Brown, then 25, snatched the girls in a red van, sexually assaulted them and then let them go, warning them that he would hurt them if they told anyone, police said.
"Free to roam our streets, this monster is a ticking time bomb,'' Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said.
"Isn't it only logical that Brown knows he can never again be caught violently kidnapping and sodomizing a young girl, and next time he will murder his victim so he doesn't return to prison?" Rackauckas said. "What does his next victim look like?"
Brown was convicted in February 1985 of seven felonies, including five counts of forcible sex crimes against a child. That April, he was sentenced to 49 years in prison but allowed to serve half that time, enabling him to be released Wednesday, Rackauckas said. If he had been convicted now for those acts, he would have been sentenced to more than 300 years to life in prison, he added.
Authorities had hoped to keep Brown off the streets by asking the state's Department of Mental Health to designate him as a sexual violent predator, an individual who committed at least one sexually violent offense, diagnosed with a mental disorder and would likely reoffend unless they are treated or held in custody. Such "predators" are kept in custody at psychiatric hospitals after they served their prison sentence.
But the state agency decided Brown was not a sexual predator, setting the stage for his release in Orange County on Wednesday.
State Sen. Lou Correa, who was at the news conference held at the Orange County District Attorney's Office, said he and Rackauckas are working on drafting legislation that would give prosecutors and law enforcement the chance to appeal the state agency's decisions.
Right now, evaluators don't have to reveal their decision-making process on whether an inmate meets the criteria of a sexually violent predator, said Correa, who said he would introduce legislation in December urged the public to voice opposition to Brown's release.
"Lawrence Joseph Brown should not be released,'' Correa said. "Call the Governor's Office. Make sure he is not released tomorrow."
Jennifer Turner, a spokeswoman for the Department of Mental Health, said she could not comment on the Brown case because of patient privacy rights.
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Brown already has been let out once, unbeknownst to law enforcement.
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so she's in the finals now?
Good for her! I thought she was amazing
Shoot me down but i didn't think she was that good last night. But l loved Diversity.
I think it's great that she made it through, but agree that she seemed to be struggling a bit with that particular song.
Hopefully, she'll go on to have a better choice for her style?
My favourites are Diversity and the sax player.
I just can't bring myself to like Susan Boyle's voice
Good for her... I'm glad she made it to the finals .
How did that young boy who sang Piu Jesu do? Did he make it to the finals?
i luv diversity great original act, totally brill routines and funny too and the lead and his bro go to/went to the school where i work. the tall fella ashley who choreographs them is an A* student in every subject and such a really nice bloke just like his bro. met his mum in asda a while back too :)Originally Posted by Isafari, post: 136545
i cant either diane, i think her performance last night was a bit out of tune at the begining. not struck on the voice at all
i think the sax player is garbage lol he dont even sound like a sax just a loads of screaming lol
Do you mean the guy who pretends to play the sax rather than the guy who really does play?Originally Posted by ukwdwnut, post: 136584
Susan Boyle was less than great on Sunday, ok, not great. I am getting a bit bored with all the hype around her aswell, especially with how often it's mentioned on the show itself, on Sunday on ITV2 Ant said it was been like on the Susan Boyle show! It's getting a bit much.
I was talking about the guy who actually plays the sax....I love listening to the saxOriginally Posted by Jodie, post: 136712


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CHANDIGARH: Fiza aka Anuradha Bali, the second wife of former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister and Kalka MLA Chand Mohammad aka Chander Mohan on Thursday submitted a petition to the Punjab State Human Rights Commission against her husband and the Mohali Police.
Arriving at the Commission office here, Ms. Fiza was accompanied by Global Human Rights Council chairman and lawyer Arvind Thakur. Parrying media questions, they went to the Commission office and submitted the petition which was filed through the Global Human Rights Council.
In the petition, a prayer has been made to direct the Mohali police to register a case against Mr. Chander Mohan, the elder son of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, on the basis of her criminal complaint lodged with the police on February 16 on charges of rape, hurting religious sentiments, cheating and defamation. Mohali SSP J. S. Aulakh has also been made a party to the petition. Interestingly, the Mohali police have already summoned Ms. Fiza and Mr. Chander Mohan on Friday.
Mr. Chander Mohan, who is already married to Seema Bishnoi, had converted to Islam along with Ms. Bali in December and announced their marriage. However, he had disappeared from Ms. Fiza's flat in Mohali on January 28 and denied his second wife's allegation that he had been kidnapped by his younger brother Kuldip Bishnoi.
Mr. Chander Mohan had told the electronic media from somewhere in hiding that he was missing his first wife and children. There are unconfirmed reports that he has rejoined his first wife and children and the family has gone abroad.


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When I switched from a 1.3x crop camera to a full frame, I went with the 16-35. I love the heck out of that lens. Any distortion, color fringing and perspective correction is corrected in seconds using Photoshop's lens correction/profile. I use this lens for architecture, among other things, and find it satisfactory.
If I was to specialize in architecture, I might opt for the 17mm T/S, but right now the 16-36 offers massive flexibility to shoot everything from landscapes to office portraits.
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NO HIDING IN SHADOWS FOR SHADOW COMPLEX!Shadow Complex, you've probably heard of it. This metroidvania inspired Xbox Live Arcade game as been the talk of the videogame town lately and for good reason. It brought in the end of Xbox Live's Summer of Arcade 2009 and what I way to end it, I've heard many a folk say that you should always end the show with a showstopper and Shadow Complex is a worthy showstopper. But it's also been rather interesting to hear some of the opinions of those who haven't fallen in love with this game.
No game will please everyone and I should say right here that I have been thoroughly enjoying it. Afterall, it's a 'genre' that we haven't seen a great deal of these past few years and although there have been a number of similar games (for example the Castlevania games on DS). They haven't exactly been revolutionary for today's gamers, mostly being appreciated by those who have fond memories of the classics such as Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. So it's surprising we haven't seen a worthy game to add that modern spice sooner. Especially when it's a genre that many of today's younger gamers haven't experienced.
Now I don't want to start talking about the game to much in this blog as I want to write up a review pretty soon, but I've wondered if it's my lack of experience playing any great degree of Super Metroid or any of the Castlevania games that as me so thrilled about Shadow Complex. Whatever might be going on outside of the game politically will hopefully have little affect on how well Shadow Complex does, Jeff wrote up a rather interesting article yesterday that clearly shows how popular that game as been already despite only being released on Wednesday. Though I do hope gamers don't boycott the game due to the views of a certain person (you probably know what I'm talking about), especially when Chair Entertainment have worked so hard in creating this beast.
I'll admit that calling Shadow Complex an Xbox Live Arcade game feels a little odd, especially when it contains more replay value then most shelved retail games on the market right now and it's even harder to see how this will change XBLA as a whole. Few games currently found within the arcade catalogue can even be compared to Shadow Complex on graphics alone and it's because of this that I find it difficult to see it as an 'arcade' game on my Xbox 360. It's only in specific spots that the arcade development limits currently in place rear their head to remind me it's an XBLA game.
But it's impossible to please every gamer and understandable there have been those who don't see what all the fuss is about. In many respects it's an old formula given a facelift of sorts and I can totally understand why many a gamer haven't exactly been blown away by Shadow Complex despite the rave reviews it's been receiving. This as lead me to believe that it's the younger gamers of today that will see Shadow Complex as a breath of fresh air to the digital arcade scene and I might even add myself to the 'younger' crowd of videogamers. For even I feel as if this could be the beginning of a bright exciting future for the genre.
Must stop, as I'll end up repeating myself when I review it soon. But I'm rather fascinated by the different receptions the game as been getting. Some gamers have been blown away while others have seen it all before, it's rather interesting to see how the different age groups of gaming view Shadow Complex. It's also worth noting that it's the potential new spark in yet another classic genre, it almost feels as if we're going back in time. What's the next forgotten videogame genre to receive a popularity boost thanks to XBLA, PSN and WiiWare? Potentially Xbox Live Arcade might never be the same again and there are many questions that Microsoft will eventually have to answer. Is Shadow Complex the beginning of a new breed of arcade game?
What are your views on Shadow Complex? and Will it affect the way future arcade titles are developed?
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|Trash Bin Compartment: No
|Stools Included: No
|Wheels: Yes
|Wine Storage: No
|Stemware Storage: No
|Cart Handles: Yes
|Finished Back: Yes
|Weight Capacity: 300 Pounds
|Shelf Weight Capacity: 100 Pounds
|Commercial Use: Yes
|Eco-Friendly: Yes
|Product Care: Oil regularly with mineral oil
|Country of Manufacture: United States
|Assembly Required: Yes
|Additional Parts Required: No
|Product Warranty: Replacement parts available for up to 5 years for the duration of manufacturing.
About the ManufacturerCatskill Craftsmen is the nation's leading manufacturer of domestic hardwood ready-to-assemble kitchen carts, islands, and work centers. Catskill also manufactures gourmet butcher block chopping blocks, cutting boards, hardwood cabinets and furniture, plus book carts and racks. Located in Stamford, New York, Catskill Craftsmen has been producing quality wooden products for over 55 years.
Catskill Craftsmen is located in Stamford, New York, a small rural village nestled in the northern sections of the Catskill Mountains, at the headwaters of both the Schoharie and Delaware rivers.
Catskill Craftsmen began operations in 1948, and has developed over the years, becoming the nation's leading manufacturer of RTA (ready to assemble) hardwood kitchen islands, carts, and work-centers. The company is privately held, and takes great pride in its products and services.
Sixty dedicated employees work hard to insure that our products are delivered rapidly and meet your satisfaction. Catskill's manufactured items are made from naturally self-sustaining, non-endangered North American hardwoods, primarily birch and hard rock maple. Lumber is purchased from area sawmills, then dried, manufactured, and packaged on site. All sawdust, shavings and waste materials generated during the manufacturing process is converted into wood pellet fuel, and used to heat homes. Catskill is proud to say, "our operations generate no wood waste".
Catskill is also a leading manufacturer of exclusive, private label kitchen workcenters for the trade. Their products are described as "high quality at fair prices".
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More of a DIY project than I thought.
A. from Colorado – Verified Buyer
This cart is came damaged, but one call into the manufacturer and things were taken care of immediately. I can't say enough about them. It should probably be packaged in three boxes instead of two so it's not quite so heavy for the poor delivery persons. The cart itself is okay. It's a bit more of a DIY project than we were planning on. There's not much finish to it. We expected the butcher block top to be unfinished because it's a cutting board, but the rest of the cart doesn't have much finish on it at all. We are having some trouble with the hardware on the cabinets hitting the table top extension on the side, but I guess we'll figure that one out with time. I wish the shelves were a little more substantial. They are really thin and just made of partical board. I wish the whole thing were more solid wood or even press board instead of particle board, but I guess you get what you pay for. And it's not like I paid over $1000. It was quite the project to assemble and my husband is quite the handy man.
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Paul from Jamestown, IN – Verified Buyer
This island was delivered quickly and in excellent condition. Over the years I have put together all types of furniture kits but this one was way above all others in quality fit and finish. While the various parts are not labeled once you lay them out and refer to the excellent instructions it's pretty much a no-brainer. It took me 3 or 4 hours to put it together but it was done one time and came out great. Extremely happy with the finished product.
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This is a beautiful addition to our kitchen! It is somewhat time consuming to put together, but worth it. Take your time and do it right.
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Received quickly.. It is assembled, in my kitchen and beautiful..the reviews were very helpful and being made in the United States was a big plus.
Great product!
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Perfect color and size. Also great pricing on it. Loved the free shipping and no tax. That saved us a lot of money.
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Follow the instructions and this is easy to assemble. It stores a lot of stuff.
looks great
Deborah Coykendall from Mount Morris, MI – Verified Buyer
quality, fair price. support help wonderful. we love it. color of wood lighter than shown. A beautiful piece of furniture
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Oh Anned.
You stated that "underloaded" ammo could cause an explosion...are you sure that's not the opposite? An underloaded gun can cause a "squib" load that doesn't leave the barrel and fuses it cloased and the follow up cause an explosion...I guess that would make you correct actually.


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Kelly tweeted: "Saturday night @Dannycipriani87 #Living" alongside the snap which showed the couple in what looked like the back of a car getting pretty cosy.
The Mirror reports that the pair spent yesterday afternoon together at a London hotel, before Kelly took Danny back to her place.
Later the two went for dinner in Blackfriars and then, according to the Mail Online, hit Base nightclub before heading back to Kelly's pad at 4am.
According to the Sunday People, friends say that the pair are trying to make their relationship work again after splitting back in June 2010.
Kelly called time on her relationship with Thom Evans last week, despite the pair looking very loved up as they spent Christmas together with their families.
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Particle Technology and Fluidization
Experimental profiles of lateral mixing of feed particles in a three-dimensional fluidized bed
Article first published online: 20 JUL 2010
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12376
Copyright © 2010 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
AIChE Journal
Volume 57, Issue 6, pages 1459–1469, June 2011
Additional Information
How to Cite
Liu, D. and Chen, X. (2011), Experimental profiles of lateral mixing of feed particles in a three-dimensional fluidized bed. AIChE J., 57: 1459–1469. doi: 10.1002/aic.12376
Publication History
- Issue published online: 5 MAY 2011
- Article first published online: 20 JUL 2010
- Accepted manuscript online: 20 JUL 2010 12:00AM EST
- Manuscript Revised: 2 JUL 2010
- Manuscript Received: 5 SEP 2009
Funded by
- National Key Technology R&D Program. Grant Number: 2006BAA03B02-10
- The High-tech Research and Development Program of China. Grant Number: 2009AA05Z311
- The Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Southeast University
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- fluidization;
- mixing;
- dispersion;
- tracer;
- bed collapse
Solids mixing data of high quality is one of the most crucial steps for quantitative studies, but it is a difficult task to obtain in a fluidized bed especially with a 3D configuration. Therefore a novel sampling technique is developed with bed collapse method, for measuring lateral mixing of feed particles in a 3D fluidized bed. The sampling tool is designed using a "bottom-to-top sampling" idea. Its development, configuration and measurement repetition are discussed in detail. The effects of mixing time, fluidizing gas velocity, and particle size of bed material on the tracer distribution are investigated. A quantitative comparison of lateral dispersion coefficient shows that our results agree fairly well with measurements and predictions of correlations for lab-scale fluidized systems in previous studies. The presented 2D profiles of the lateral mixing can be used to validate fundamental solids mixing models or verifying convenient measurement techniques. © 2010 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2011


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