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For more than 33 years - 18 of those in Georgetown - Larry Ward did his part to keep the streets safe.
On Tuesday, a large crowd gathered at the police department to wish him well in his retirement.
Ward began his career in the Charlotte area and was hired by the Georgetown Police Department in 1995.
After enjoying a lunch consisting of prime rib and sides, Wards co-workers and friends took time to talk about his service to the community.
This man listens, Reserve officer Larry Plogman, who spent years working alongside Ward, said. I love him like a brother. We worked side by side more often than not. We were a team.
Plogman said Ward - whom he called hound dog because of his investigative skills - taught me more about law enforcement than I can remember.
Fellow officer Shelley Brantley said he and Ward had a lot of fun out there.
He said Ward would often hide behind a tree and run radar. He said if someone said something about the tickets he wrote, his common response was PTL. Pay the Lady.
Municipal Judge Robbie ODonnell said Ward always had compassion and concern about his community was always on his mind.
In recent years, Ward has been in a battle for his life because of cancer, said Police Chief Paul Gardner.
He said Ward has received a lot of support from his girlfriend, Patty Burns, and his neighbor Steve Hughes.
Ward said everyone in attendance Tuesday is very important in my life.
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- Check for a foreign object that may have accidentally been inhaled rather than swallowed
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American Thoracic Society http://www.thoracic.org
Canadian Lung Association http://www.lung.ca
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Explore bronchoscopy. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website. Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/bron. Updated February 8, 2012. Accessed September 9,2014.
Fiberoptic bronchoscopy. American Thoracic Society website. Available at: http://patients.thoracic.org/information-series/en/resources/fiberoptic-bronchoscopy.pdf. Accessed September 9, 2014.
Lung cancer screening. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated August 29, 2014. Accessed September 9, 2014.
Needle biopsy of the lung. Radiology Info—Radiological Society of North America website. Available at: http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=nlungbiop. Updated September 10, 2013. Accessed September 9, 2014.
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WASHINGTON — Three years, two elections, and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for the uninsured may be delayed or undercut in much of the country because of entrenched opposition from many Republican state leaders.
In half the states, mainly led by Democrats, officials are racing deadlines to connect uninsured residents to coverage now only months away. In others it's as if the act, signed on March 23, 2010, had never passed.
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Town Meeting Day — the first Tuesday in March — is a tradition in Vermont, and this year it provided a platform to educate residents about their options under the health care law. As many as 250,000 may eventually get coverage through Vermont Health Connect, as the state's marketplace is known.
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"Slice," Five for Fighting's latest single, pays tribute to Don McLean and his classic, "American Pie."
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Ondrasik wrote the track with composer Stephen Schwartz, best known for writing the musicals "Wicked" and "Godspell."
"We were in a coffeehouse and looking through my book and hit upon this 'Slice' idea and, very cliché, but he grabbed a napkin and started writing lyrics down," Ondrasik recalled. "About a half hour after we started working on it, 'American Pie' came on the radio in the coffeehouse, so we're like we're doing something really right or really wrong because some of the music gods are giving us a sign."
The song is peppered with nods to some of Ondrasik's favorite musicians.
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The singer-songwriter who records under the name Five for Fighting penned the influential "Superman (It's Not Easy)," a Grammy-nominated hit in 2001.
"I was definitely in a stage of my artistic career that most songwriters go through: I was being rejected by every record label, I was being passed on, I was kind of frustrated," the pianist and guitarist said. "Thinking back on 'Superman' right now, I've had the experience over the last 10 to 15 years of meeting people with real challenges, folks like our troops who face serious challenges. 'Superman' is not a song I could write today because, frankly, it is pretty easy to be me."
He added, "I did always feel that people who heard it could relate to the sentiment, the kind of at-the-end-of-the-day-we're-all-human sentiment, and never could have imagined it could have obtained what it did. I still enjoy playing that song; I did a show last weekend and probably played 'Superman' for the 8,000th time, but I still enjoy singing it."
Fans will hear an acoustic version of that number and more from the 2009 "Slice" disc when Five for Fighting plays an 8 p.m. show Nov. 13 at the Franciscan Theatre at Lourdes College in Sylvania. Tickets are $26.
"Music can be many things: It can be an escape, it can be an inspiration, it can be a distraction, it can be a teaching tool, it can be cathartic, it can be something fun to jog to — that's what music is for me and, hopefully, some of my songs resonate that way for other folks."
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Incredible Shigeru Ban Pompidou-Metz Art Museum Rises in France
Construction is nearly complete on Centre Pompidou-Metz, an incredible new extension of the original Centre Pompidou modern art museum in Paris. Designed by architects Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines, the elegantly sloping structure takes inspiration from the technical properties of Chinese hats and bridges. The building is topped with a curvaceous roof that does a remarkable job of shielding it from the elements while opening up an expansive volume of space dedicated to the arts.
Although the building's structure may strike some as an awkward compilation of odd forms, Centre Pomidou-Metz is a very well thought out piece of architecture. Ban and Gastines designed the building to have a "superstructure" — a curving roof made of wooden hexagonal units supported by a central metallic spire and four conical pillars. The large surface area of this signature roof element covers a collection of interior spaces where three galleries unite. The glue-laminated timber mesh resembles the cane-work pattern and technical properties of a Chinese hat. The mesh is highly resilient, requires minimal support, and it is coated in a waterproof membrane made of white fiberglass and Teflon. This structure creates a naturally temperate environment, which ensures that works of art are conserved in the best possible conditions.
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Pamela J. Reece, 63, of Fort Wayne, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, at her residence.
Born Dec. 2, 1947, in Fort Wayne, she had been the administrative assistant and a member of Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church for over 13 years.
Surviving are husband, Ronald E.; son, Jason (Amanda) Reece of Fort Wayne; grandson, Haden Lee Reece; mother, Margaret (Miller) DuBois Schuhler of Fort Wayne; sisters, Connie (Jerry) Schuckel and Mickey Byanski both of Fort Wayne; brothers, Phil (Rheta) DuBois of Stafford Springs, Conn. and Fred (Carol) DuBois of Kendallville; and sister-in-law, Sarah (Dick) Michael of Huntington.
She was preceded in death by her father, Cecil DuBois.
Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church, 7215 St. Joe Road with visitation one hour prior.
Visitation is also from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 at Hockemeyer & Miller Funeral Home, 6131 St. Joe Road with rosary service at 3:30 p.m. Burial in Highland Park Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to masses, Women's Care Center or St. Vincent dePaul Society.


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Newton Rings, commonly known as the "rainbow effect", can occur with any case where the screen protector is not adhered to the phone screen itself. The good news is that this effect is completely natural and has a couple of easy fixes:
- We suggest going to a cool air-conditioned area (low humidity), opening the case and then keeping the phone and case parts in the air-conditioned area for about an hour to dry out any humidity.Use the cleaning cloth provided in the package to thoroughly clean the screen and phone (no cleaning fluids). You can breathe on the case or phone with an open mouth just before wiping to create a little condensation which assists cleaning.
- You could also try a very fine puff of baby powder (with all the powder vents closed) from high above the screen protector (on the inside of the case) to allow the faintest, virtually invisible layer of powder to settle on the inside of the screen protector. If you get too much on, wipe and blow it off, then try again.


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As CBP continues to grow, officials contend they are committed to fostering a culture of integrity among agents.
But Pedro Rios, a border activist with American Friends Service Committee, said a big part of the agency's problem is that there is little top-down monitoring of agents' hiring and behavior on the job.
The limited polygraph testing is a serious problem, he and other activists stress.
James Tomsheck, of the CBP's Office of Internal Affairs, admitted to lawmakers during the congressional hearing "that many of those persons hired during CBP's hiring initiatives . . . may very well have entered into our workforce despite the fact that they were unsuitable."
In other words, many agents responsible for protecting America's borders would not have made it past the polygraph — which is standard for recruits at reputable law enforcement agencies across the country.
Border Patrol brochures tout starting pay for agents of up to $50,000 a year, health coverage for which the federal government picks up 75 percent of premiums, and a retirement plan. In return, the agency requires that prospective employees be U.S. citizens, have a driver's license, and pass vision, hearing, and physical-agility tests.
Jumping into higher-paid posts requires a college degree or general work experience — including experience as seemingly unrelated to law enforcement as "customer-service representative."
New Times could not measure how Border Patrol agents' meager qualifications and training may have translated into abuses of immigrants.
Customs and Border Protection spokesman Steve Cribby in Washington would not provide — despite a barrage of requests — information about the number or nature of complaints filed against agents, or about how many were disciplined for mistreating immigrants.
And though agents' jobs are defined by their encounters with illegal immigrants, Cribby said Border Patrol officials do not "track whether the source of a complaint is an illegal alien."
Attempting to extract public information from the agency is a maddening endeavor, but once a serious instance of abuse by an agent surfaces in, say, the news media, federal officials are quick to publicly repudiate the behavior.
Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez said in a June press release that he and federal leaders "place a great deal of trust in our federal law enforcement officials, and . . . will aggressively prosecute any officer who violates the rights of others and abuses the power they are given."
Perez's statement came after Border Patrol Agent Eduardo Moreno pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Tucson to an unprovoked attack on Alfredo Becerra Sanchez in 2006 at an immigration-processing center in Nogales, Arizona.
Moreno initially lied to investigators, telling them it was Sanchez who attacked, punched, and grabbed him. The agent said he fought back, but only in self-defense.
Unfortunately for Moreno, a surveillance camera captured the brutal beat-down, and Moreno's actions were made public. (Moreno's sentencing report, on New Times' Web site, contains a detailed description of the video.)
After agents had searched Sanchez, they walked him to a fenced-in area of the Border Patrol facility where Moreno was working. Walking behind the deportee, Moreno escorted him past the enclosure to a holding cell. Along the way, he ordered Sanchez to put his hands behind his head. Although the prisoner obeyed, Moreno kicked the back of his left knee. Sanchez spun around and faced Moreno but kept his hands on the back of his head.
Sanchez stood still — even as Moreno pulled a collapsible baton from his utility belt. With a swift motion, Moreno slammed it into Sanchez's abdomen, forcing his body to buckle forward as he stumbled backwards.
The agent moved toward Sanchez and pointed in the direction he wanted Sanchez to walk. Again, the immigrant obeyed. With his hands at his side, Sanchez walked at a normal pace in front of the agent. In the video, Sanchez appeared to turn his head slightly toward the agent as if to say something to Moreno.
"Suddenly and without physical provocation, [Moreno] strikes the victim in the back, throws him to the ground . . . stands over the victim and begins to punch him," investigative records detail.
Sanchez starts "swinging and flailing his arms" and Moreno falls on top of him. Immediately after Moreno goes down, six or seven agents rush the scene to separate the two men and apprehend the victim.
Court records note that "from the time that [Moreno] took control of the victim to the beginning of their struggle on the ground, no other . . . agents are visible on the video."
It is hard to believe that Sanchez didn't cry out in pain sometime during the series of events, when Moreno kicked the back of his knee, slammed him in the stomach with a baton, struck him in the back, knocked him to the ground, or stood over him and punched him repeatedly.
Sanchez suffered a gash to the back of his head, and his face was covered in bruises. He was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in Nogales, where doctors used staples to close his head wound.
Apparently unaware that the surveillance cameras had captured his every move — or under the impression that his actions would never become public — Moreno told investigators, according to an incident report:
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OK, what the hell happened?
It's Sunday morning, and I still can't fully grasp what transpired on Frank Kush Field at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe Saturday night. The only thing I know for sure is Arizona State knocked off Wisconsin 32-30 in a game that featured the strangest ending since, well, I don't know when.
With :18 left on the clock, Wisconsin had the football at the ASU 13-yard line. The Badgers also had burned their allotment of timeouts. Their plan was to have quarterback Joel Stave center the ball in the middle of the field and then spike it on second down to give kicker Kyle French a better lie and plenty of time to attempt the potential game-winning field goal.
That's when things got weird.
Stave did center the ball by taking a knee at the 15-yard line...or did he? That's where the confusion starts. Stave placed the ball down on the line after briefly touching his knee down. He then popped to his feet to get ready to spike the ball. That was the last thing anyone wearing a red and white uniform did with any urgency in the game.
The whistle had clearly blown when ASU's Anthony Jones jumped on the ball, thinking Stave didn't take a knee. He wasn't the only one who thought that.
"He's just going to run to the middle of the field and put the ball down at the 15-yard line," ESPN play-by-play announcer Dave Pasch said in the moment. "This is interesting, he just put the ball down, he didn't take a knee. He just put the ball on the ground and he's saying he gave himself up."
Stave conversed with referee Jack Folliard, presumably pleading his case, but the clock ran the whole time. Stave didn't even get under center to snap the football until one second remained.
"The quarterback put the ball on the ground while he was still standing up, he hadn't been tackled," ASU coach Todd Graham said following the game. "So that should have been a turnover. That should have ended the game."
The officials moved with less purpose than Stave did. In fact, with two seconds remaining, the umpire actually holds his hand up as if to say, "hold on" to the Wisconsin line, spurring at least a movement by the Badgers to get ready.
"The official took forever to put the ball down," Pasch exclaimed on the broadcast.
The scene was chaotic to say the least, but ultimately the responsibility lies with the officiating crew. I fully expect a statement from the office of Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott Monday or Tuesday saying that the crew, headed by Folliard, botched the play. It's the last thing the conference needs from an officiating standpoint, in light of the scandal at last year's Pac-12 Basketball Tournament, but that's what should happen.
So it's a victory for Arizona State -- a win that should propel the Sun Devils into the Top 25 heading into their conference opener at Stanford next Saturday.
For Wisconsin, it's a bitter pill to swallow. The Badgers feel like they should have left Tempe with a one-point win, or at the very least, the opportunity to attempt the field goal.
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The Bachelor Recap: Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici Get Serious in St. Croix
Sean Lowe has been wearing cowl neck sweaters for two weeks on The Bachelor Season 17, and it's completely unacceptable. Like, we feel physically nauseous every time his woolly self is onscreen — and not just because we consumed a jumbo size container of pizza bagel bites. Sean needs to feel the rain on his skin (read: nippes), like, yesterday, so thank god he's wandering over to The Virgin Islands, aka the crop of land formations that he was birthed from. Our theory? A volcano prematurely shot its wad and Shirtless Sean erupted into a sea of virgins.
From Here to Eternity
The time has come for AshLee Frazier and Sean to sexplore each other's bodies with their feelings and emotions. Sean treats this lovely lady (sorry, this lovely adopted lady) to a beautiful private island, where they roll around on the beach, makeout while Hurley and John Locke peep on them, and then stare at each other's breasts. Because, let's be real, Sean's pecs pretty much qualify as Double Ds.
But wait, there are super serious conversations happening, and shockingly they aren't about Sean's fetish for adopted girls. Turns out this dude wants to know about the drama-rama between his sister-wives, and AshLee has no problem throwing Tierra LiCausi under the bus. Which is the perfect lead-in to Ash dropping the L-word (by which we mean screaming it out into the sky like a crazy person) and the fact that she got married when she was a junior in high school. Frankly, we thought she was about to announce that she and Chris Harrison had hooked up while surrounded by a fleet of St. Croixian dolphins, so no biggie.
Dancing In the Streets
If there's one thing Tierra loves about St. Croix, it's the "natives." In fact, this gal is so pumped up by the local culture that she forces Sean to gyrate with her in the streets next to some traumatized townies who were forced to dress up like birds by Chris Harrison. All we know is that we are currently pregnant as a result of Sean's pelvic thrusts. And we'll be naming all of our offspring Ashley Palenkas.
Of course, Sean and Tierra's afternoon on the town isn't all fun, shell-necklaces, and second-hand embarrassment. Tierra's tierrafied (ahahahahahah!) that Sean has a bad impression of her (you know, because of that whole fake hypothermia incident), so she drops a huge bombshell during dinner. No, she didn't witness her friend get killed by a tree, and no she didn't randomly chop off her arm. Girlfriend simply reveals that she's in love. Pshhh, join the club. Also a note to ABC's cameramen — please stop filming close-ups of Sean's sandy feet. Do not want.
Gulliver's Travels
Sean loves nothing more than a three-way, which is why he invites Desiree, Catherine, and Lindsay out for a romantic 4 a.m. date to explore the island and frolick in a treehouse. Because nothing says "I want to dry-hump you with my eyes in a fantasy suite (aka my pants)" like an early morning wakeup call. But whatever, Sean wants to see the sunset so mush, women, mush!
Anyway, each of these ladies is basically a hot mess during the group date. First Lindsay and Sean make out on the beach in the most animalistic way ever, then Catherine reveals that her dad tried to commit suicide in front of her (ummm, no words so we'll leave you with this: dhsjakdhjksahdka), and then Desiree breaks down into a hysterical fit of ugly-crying for no apparent reason. So, who gets the rose? That weird seagull who literally dives to his death in the ocean. Just kidding, it's Lindsay, you adorable fools!
Bad Girls Club
It's been, like, four hours since Sean and Lesley Murphy last made out, and he's having all kinds of doubts. Everything gets super-duper awkward when Sean forces his lady friend to wander around some sugar plantation ruins, mostly because she fails to drop the L-word. UM, Lesley? Just tell Sean you murdered someone by shoving them off a mountain and call it a day. Give the man what he wants, god.
Obviously, Sean is all kinds of confused about his feelings (WHO IS HE GOING TO MARRY, UGH), so he flies his older sister, Shay, over to St. Croix for some real talk. Dude just needs to find himself so he can rise like a naked, oil-covered Phoenix from the ashes. Also "the ashes" = Chris Harrison's dignity.
Of course, little does Sean know that AshLee and Tierra are having a hysterical cat-fight in the hotel (this is like Beyonce and Sasha Fierce all over again), which causes Tierra to spiral into a fit of crazy and hurl herself off a building. JK, she actually just utters the musings "I cannot control my eyebrow" and "nobody can take my sparkle away," breaks down into a fit of tears and promptly gets sent home. We'll miss you, girl.
The Rose Ceremony
So, turns out Sean is canceling cocktail hour, which pretty much causes mass hysteria among his lemmings. Let's just say most of them are sobbing hysterically, everyone's wearing a caftan, and The Ghost of Tierra's Eyebrow is haunting all her haters. So, which unlucky lady goes home? Buh-bye Lesley, see you in Neverland!


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Biomedical Interventions: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
eLearning course: Male Circumcision: Policy & Programming
This three-hour e-learning course uses reviews the evidence about the protective effect of male circumcision (MC) on HIV transmission and presents available data on the acceptability and safety of MC. It also addresses program and policy issues, such as implementation challenges, and provides policy and program guidance. Developed for health policy makers and program managers, this module focuses primarily on the public health issues related to MC. The course presents information on providing MC in both high- and low-prevalence settings. Modules include key information on commodities and supply chain management; counseling, communication, and demand generation; and the cost and impact of expanding MC on HIV incidence.
A Guide to Indicators for Male Circumcision Programmes in the Formal Health Care System
Indicators are needed to measure how an intervention or program is achieving its goals. This guide developed indicators related to creating demand for male circumcision (MC), generating supply for MC, and maximizing safer sexual behavior. When used, they can help provide feedback for managing MC programs. They developed targeted indicators for indicators for advocacy that include a strong policy component, and behavior/social change. Each indicator has a detailed description, including what the indicator is intended to measure, recommended frequency of reporting, measurement tools needed, how the data will be collected, numerators, denominators, and how the indicator can be interpreted. Countries can choose to add specific indicators to their programs, or adapt them for use.
Considerations for implementing models for optimizing the volume and efficiency of male circumcision services (MOVE)
This report outlines various considerations and options for organizing adult MMC surgical services in order to improve the efficiency and service volume while assuring a safe service of high quality. It is a guide for both program managers involved in setting up or strengthening MC services, and funders and policymakers who need to make decisions about the costing and financing of MC services.
Guidance on Engaging Volunteers to Support the Scale-up of Male Circumcision Services
Volunteer medical personnel can help respond to short-term demand for medical services that local personnel do not have the skill to perform, or the infrastructure to support demand. They also build long-term capacity in training local staff during their efforts. This guide provides information on how medical volunteers can help bring male circumcision (MC) services to scale for policy makers, program managers, professional associations and the volunteers themselves. In addition to laying out the objectives of the MC volunteer program, this document describes the roles and responsibilities of all parties involved: coordinating bodies, professional associations, implementing agencies, ministries of health, service delivery sites, and volunteers.
Traditional Male Circumcision in the Context of HIV Prevention: A WHO/UNAIDS East and Southern Africa Regional Consultation
This report summarizes the findings of a meeting on traditional male circumcision (MC), which brought together those involved in both traditional and medical MC in eastern, southern, and western Africa, as well as policymakers, government officials, and UN and non-government agency representatives and researchers. The aim was to increase understanding of traditional MC practices, promote best practice for collaboration between the health sector and traditional circumcisers, and examine ways for traditional MC to contribute to HIV prevention. It covers the challenges of improving communication between the medical community and traditional male circumcisers, improving the safety of traditional MC and building links between medical and traditional MC, each with country examples and summaries of discussions by the relevant working groups during the meeting. Individual country follow-up plans are included in the report.
PEPFAR Male Circumcision Partners' Meeting: Commodities and Improve Coordination of Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention
This report documents what took place during a meeting among organizations working with the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to promote and provide male circumcision (MC) as an appropriate HIV prevention strategy in certain country contexts. The first day of the meeting focused on sharing experiences, lessons learned, and challenges to implementing MC service delivery programs in the field. The second day focused on commodity and procurement issues that present a challenge to scaling up MC services. The report recommends how to improve the supply chain in order to support rapid scale-up of MC activities. In addition, meeting participants reached consensus on an essential MC kit. The report includes three lists of possible MC commodities options.
Decision Makers' Program Planning Tool (DMPPT): Calculating the Costs and Impacts of a Male Circumcision Program
This tool is comprised of a series of spreadsheets and a manual explaining their use in estimating the costs and impact of scaling up male circumcision (MC) services. Costing information is calculated by delivery mode based on locally derived information about staff time and salaries, supplies, equipment, and shared facility and staff costs. Users can also estimate the impact of MC on a country's HIV epidemic, including net cost per averted HIV infection. By varying coverage levels and speed of scale-up, users can examine the cost and impact of different scenarios. This tool was used to model the cost and impact of scaling up MC services in 14 eastern and southern African countries.
Male Circumcision Situation Analysis Toolkit
A situation analysis is crucial to developing safe male circumcision (MC) services. Such an analysis can help program planners (1) understand the determinants and scale of MC practices, (2) assess current capacity to perform safe MC, and (3) understand whether community support exists for MC. This toolkit contains six tools that can be used to obtain a situation analysis from which to build a successful MC program. These tools include guided desk review, key informant interviews, stakeholders' meetings, focus groups, service availability, feedback and action.
Male Circumcision Services Quality Assessment Toolkit
This tool can be used to assess the quality of male circumcision (MC) services, guide setting up services, and improve existing services. In addition to measuring a site's progress towards meeting standards, it can be used for certification or accreditation. It first outlines how the toolkit should be used, how often assessments should take place, and what should be done with the findings. The toolkit contains extensive checklists that can be used to assess everything from infection prevention and control to the surgical procedures taking place, counseling, and managing adverse events.
Operational Guidance for Scaling up Male Circumcision Services for HIV Prevention
This document was written to provide programmatic operational guidance to countries that want to implement and scale up male circumcision (MC) services. These recommendations can help programs bring MC services to scale safely, efficiently, and effectively. The guide contains 10 essential components for operationalizing MC services such as human resource development and social change communication. For each of these 10 components, readers can find a summary of key issues, key actions for consideration, and key tools and guidelines that can be accessed on the Internet. There are also vignettes from different country experiences launching MC efforts thus far.
Safe, Voluntary, Informed Male Circumcision and Comprehensive HIV Prevention Programming: Guidance for Decision-makers on Human Rights, Ethical and Legal Considerations
Male circumcision (MC) programs for HIV prevention have distinct human rights, ethical, and legal implications. This document contains guidance for decision-makers, program planners, and health care providers. State responsibilities that are outlined include protection and promotion of human rights; developing a legal, regulatory and policy framework; protecting and promoting the rights of the child; ensuring access to accurate information; protecting women in the context of MC; and progressively expanding access to voluntary MC services. Responsibilities of health care providers include ensuring: safety, non-discrimination in access to services, voluntary and informed consent, and respecting confidentiality. The document includes considerations related to infant, child, adolescent, adult MC, as well as special considerations to women. It is meant to be used with the companion document, UNAIDS Legal and Regulatory Self-Assessment Tool for Male Circumcision in Sub-Saharan Africa.
UNAIDS Legal and Regulatory Self-Assessment Tool for Male Circumcision in Sub-Saharan Africa
This tool can help countries "gauge how well the existing legal and regulatory framework is supporting male circumcision (MC) service scale-up for HIV prevention and indicate what changes may be required." It is informed by health and human rights standards in international and domestic law, and reflects UNAIDS guidance on safe, voluntary, informed MC. The tool contains information on how to use it, the mix of skills and backgrounds needed for the assessment team, and provides users ways to assess MC availability, acceptability, education and counseling, how children and women are affected, and issues related to access and informed consent, among other topics. It is meant to be used with the document Safe, Voluntary, Informed Male Circumcision and Comprehensive HIV Prevention Programming: Guidance for Decision-makers on Human Rights, Ethical and Legal Considerations.
Manual for Male Circumcision under Local Anesthesia
This comprehensive manual describes the safest and most practical methods for male circumcision (MC) in resource-limited settings. It starts by describing the benefits and risks of MC, and how MC can be linked to other sexual and reproductive health services. The bulk of the manual provides technical guidance on the MC procedure, detailing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes providers need to safely provide different procedures. Containing multiple photos and drawings, sample consent forms, information sheets for clients, stock cards, adverse event forms that manual is an excellent training tool. In addition, the manual contains a chapter on counseling and client and obtaining informed consent for MC, infection prevention, managing complications, and running a MC service.
Initiating Community-Level Medical Male Circumcision Services in South Africa and Training Their Teams (August 2010–December 2011): Project Report
The implementation report provides details on the effort of Jerusalem's Operation Abraham Collaborative and St. Mary's Catholic Mission Hospital, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to roll out a medical male circumcision (MC) intervention in South Africa. Challenges and solutions are discussed. Preparing the facility was the first step in implementation, and floor plans and photos are provided. The project goal was to circumcise 50 or more men a day; therefore, an efficient patient flow had to be established. Training hospital and clinical staff on MC was the next step; a daily training schedule illustrates how this worked for the program, which trained 19 medical doctors, 53 nurses, 11 administrative personnel, and 3 counselors between August 2010 and December 2011. Educating the clients through preoperative group and individual counseling is another key program component. Measures for quality assurance and sustainability are included. Finally, program details for participating hospitals are provided.


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How to put on (and take off) an Incipio Destroyer case for iPad
The Incipio Destroyer Case for iPad is a cute name for something that's supposed to protect your precious iPad, but protect it does. Like a tank. Seriously. It bloody well comes with a tool to secure it on and off! Does that make it difficult? Not really. I found it rather intuitive actually.
Check out the video above to see me give a try, and there are a few pictures of the final results, after the jump!
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How to put on (and take off) an Incipio Destroyer case for iPad
@hungwell2 any case that doesn't protect your device=no sale
why does every video have to start with her showing her face. might as well rename all the videos to "whatsherfacewhothinksshespretty will show you how to __________"
Six for sure, with a possible total of 8.
on a side note, a camera tripod would be a great investment. the video appeared to get a tad shaky towards the end.


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The Associate Vice President for Facilities provides expertise, leadership and oversight in planning, programming, budgeting and implementing the University's capital plan, working collaboratively with the MAUs and community college campuses, and with vice presidents and other executive officers.Ā This mission serves as a means to provide and maintain facilities that will ensure an effective, quality education and research environment for faculty, staff, students and the public community.Ā This position monitors capital projects, coordinates master planning and development, oversees the UA capital plan and conducts the President's Office reviews of projects and other documents before they are transmitted for the President's or Board of Regents' approval.
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Is it advisable, right or wrong, to "pre-drill" with Drill or End Mill prior to finishing off the job with the Ball End Mill.
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Last time I Riveted, I drilled part way and "eyeballed" to finish it with a Dremel. Took a while.
It's for Riveting AKs as you might have guessed.
Any guidance welcome. Thanks all.
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Has anybody seen memcache clients suddenly stop being able to talk to the memcached server and mark it as dead?
In fact many people have seen this. The Pivot with the question is using the memcached gem, while others noted that the memcache-client gem had special retry logic within it to deal with such a situation. In the latter case, some have still seen connections to memcache timeout despite the retry logic and despite the fact that memcache appears to be up and operational by all other checks.
That being said, nobody had any notion of what the root cause was – anybody out on the interwebs have insight on this?
Anybody seen random segmentation faults and bus errors happening in Ruby?
One of our projects is seeing intermittent crashing of the Ruby interpreter (MRI) while running the app. It seems to happen in a random place inside of Rails, but never the exact same place. We can't find anything suspicious about the code where it is crashing.
It was noted that the project in question is using libxml (to support Nokogiri) and that various combinations of libxml and MRI are known to be incompatible; in fact a few previous Blabs posts exist on this subject. However, in this case the crashes do not happen deterministically, which is unlike the cases described previously.


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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
CHS parenting seminar, blood drive nears
MSG Bobby Matthews and the Cross High School JROTC Department are preparing to conduct their fifth annual Parenting Seminar and Community Wide Blood Drive at the school.
The Parenting Seminar will be conducted at Cross High School from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 10. Certificates will be given to all parents who complete the seminar. Additionally, four $25 Walmart gift certificates will be awarded and a light lunch will be served.
The blood drive will be conducted at St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church, 272 Highway 45, St. Stephen, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 21.
For additional information on the scheduled activities you may contact Matthews at (843) 899-8900, ext. 2203.
MSG Matthews is entering his 10th year of service at CHS, and conducts the above activities for the students, parents and community, without outside funding assistance. His dedication and commitment are indeed commendable.
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The Belle Isle Garden Club is pleased to announce the most recent winner of the Yard of the Month award for July and August. Members of the club are honored to recognize Arthur L. and Donna Ravenell of 2149 Highway 45 for the fine effort they have made in creating their beautiful yard and gardens.
Jefferson Reunion
Heirs of the late Rev. John H. Jefferson Jr. traveled from near and far to celebrate their connections and history, July 19-21 in Moncks Corner.
After a moving prayer service and banquet, attendees were treated to an interesting and historic Gullah Reading by Ruth Middleton. The family was then graced by a second inspirational performance from the Orangeburg Fusion Dance Company; and as the second dance performance of the evening came to a close, Joletta Barnes, thrilled everyone with her masterful vocalization of "Titanium," which garnered her a standing ovation.
The speaker for the occasion, Rep. Joseph H. Jefferson Jr., was presented to attendees in an eloquent fashion by grandson, Ryan Patterson. The message, which focused on heritage, family, and mission, was timely and excellent.
A wonderful time was had by everyone and commendations go to the 2013 officers, all committee chairs and members for an outstanding family gathering.
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Celebrities spent this past weekend dressing up and showing off their Halloween spirit. With Halloween mere days away there's still time to perfect your costumes or try a new one out for the day, so we've gathered 30 celebrity Halloween costumes from the weekend that might inspire you.
If you want to get back at your ex, use Deryck Whibley as inspiration who dressed up as his ex-wife Avril Lavigne and her new man Chad Kroeger with a friend. If you're not in a malicious mood and are looking for something cute, check out Darren Criss' adorable Moonrise Kingdom costume. Or, are you looking for some good couples' costume ideas for you and your significant other? Take a look at Kim Kardashian and Kayne West and JWoww and Roger Mathews for inspiration.
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SPSU Writing Center
The purpose of SPSU's Writing Center is to provide centralized, coordinated writing services on campus and online, specifically targeted to the needs of its polytechnic student population. It is also to provide institutional support for integrating writing across various academic disciplines and university functions. The SPSU Writing Center aims to work with faculty across a number of disciplines on the role and place of writing within their own majors and professions.
Writing Center services are available free of charge for SPSU faculty and currently enrolled SPSU students.
Instructors referring students may use the Writing Center Referral Form to provide specific direction to students and consultants as well as to document the outcomes of the consultation.
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Consultation in the Writing Center is not a proofreading service but a collaborative effort to improve student writing. Writing consultants work with students to help them do the following:
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Students requesting feedback on drafts must bring in a printed copy in most instances (there is a printing station in the Student Center). Consultants may, at their discretion, make reasonable exceptions regarding printing based on the following criteria:
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Students are also encouraged to provide instructor guidelines for assignments as well as any other relevant documents including but not limited to rubrics, examples, and related readings. Consultants may require students to provide such documentation.
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Writing consultants are highly qualified university staff and faculty members who work with students to help them improve their communication skills. Students are expected to actively participate in the session and treat consultants with the same degree of respect as they would an instructor in the classroom.
Consultants will only offer guidance on assignments written by students who are present for the session.
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Students seeking services may reserve a 25-minuteconsultation. In an effort to serve as many students as possible, students will be limited to one appointment per day, beginning Fall 2013. A 5-minute grace period will be granted, after which point walk-in students may be served.
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USAID is the largest provider of food assistance in the world and we are seeking to maintain our leadership role – to be the best at what we do – by evolving our programs with the times. So today I would like to share with you the evolution of food aid and how evidenced-based learning can improve our programs. I also want to highlight how we are currently using the flexibility provided through the International Disaster Assistance account and how the critical reforms in the 2014 Farm Bill are enabling USAID to reach more people quickly and cost-effectively. These reforms serve as the basis for USAID to continue to pursue additional flexibility in food crises to use the right tool at the right time.
USAID's mission across the globe is to partner to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies. In Central America, USAID assistance has been an important part of this effort. For example, past programming has expanded financing for small businesses and supported macroeconomic policies to reduce inequities and improve access to quality health and education. We have seen political, social, and economic advances in countries like Costa Rica and Panama. However, in recent years, social development and economic growth in Central America have been stymied by a dramatic rise in crime and violence—particularly in the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. This insecurity is rooted in deep-seated issues of social and economic inequity, weak institutions of criminal justice, the failure of the region's governments and private sector to expand economic opportunity for vast segments of the population, and increases in gang violence and international crime. As these long-standing challenges in Central America worsened, we saw the consequences manifest at our border last year when more than fifty thousand unaccompanied children left their homes in Central America to make the dangerous journey to the United States.
President Barack Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget request of $383.4 million for South Asia reflects our sustained commitment to the region through a steady level of funding over the past few fiscal years. In more than 100 countries around the world, including 32 in Asia, U.S. development assistance plays a vital role in building the foundations for lasting economic prosperity, fostering democratic values and combatting the causes of instability that pose threats not only in far-off places, but also here on our own shores — threats such as profound human suffering, more frequent and intense storms that erase gains and set back whole societies, and weak systems of governance that continually fail to meet the needs of the people. USAID is expanding stable, free societies that provide lasting alternatives to otherwise destabilizing forces, while also creating markets and trade partners for the United States and fostering goodwill abroad — all with less than 1 percent of the total federal budget.
Ultimately, our investment in development represents the vanguard of our economic strength, moral leadership, and national security. At the same time, it advances an unprecedented global fight to end extreme poverty. Since the dawn of humanity, extreme poverty has crowded at the heels of progress—stifling hopes and undermining growth across the centuries. But today, we stand within reach of a world that was simply once unimaginable: a world without extreme poverty and its most devastating consequences, including chronic hunger and child death. As President Obama said at the United Nations General Assembly, "America is committed to a development agenda that eradicates extreme poverty by 2030. We will do our part to help people feed themselves, power their economies, strengthen their policies, and care for their sick. If the world acts together, we can make sure that all of our children enjoy lives of opportunity and dignity.
Thanks to bipartisan support in Congress and from the American people, USAID is responding to unprecedented development challenges, including some of the most pressing events unfolding on the world stage today. By partnering to end extreme poverty, reduce state fragility, and promote resilient democratic societies, we help developing countries transform into peaceful, open, and flourishing partners for our nation.
The Syrian crisis is the largest and most complex humanitarian emergency of our time. The emergence of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has exacerbated an already protracted crisis in Syria, where the Assad regime has waged an unrelenting campaign of bloodshed against its own people for four years.
The humanitarian situation grows more complex every day. There are more than 12.2 million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance— more than half of Syria's pre-war population, and equal to the combined populations of New York City and Los Angeles. According to the United Nations (UN), Syrians are now the largest refugee population in the world under the mandate of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. One in five people displaced globally is Syrian.
In our fight against Ebola, we have seen great suffering, but also scenes of survival and resilience. Patients can beat this disease. The U.S. government in collaboration with our international partners, including many volunteers and NGOs, can beat this disease. To get to zero, we must remain vigilant. This unprecedented epidemic has required a herculean global effort. And we have seen how America's leadership galvanized a worldwide response from governments, NGOs, and volunteers. Ebola underscores the importance of tackling fragility and extreme poverty in these poor countries. It quickly debilitates weak institutions and systems, wreaking havoc in communities least prepared to fend off the disease. We strive to not only reach our goal of getting to zero Ebola cases in West Africa, but strengthen health systems, enable societies to fend off future threats, and allow those who lost ground to return to a path of prosperity and stability. These efforts are core to USAID's mission to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies. They are also critical to America's interests and security at home and abroad.
Forging strong partnerships will be critical to meet the immense challenges and needs ahead in Iraq and Syria. As part of our commitment to ending extreme poverty and promoting resilient, democratic societies, USAID will continue to provide life-saving, needs-based assistance and protect and empower women and minorities, while pushing to secure access to additional populations currently trapped in areas controlled by ISIL. Our hearts are with the thousands of people who remain trapped in unsustainable situations, and we are gravely concerned for the health and safety of these displaced men, women, and children, besieged by acts of violence committed by ISIL, the Syrian regime, and other extremists.
This unprecedented crisis underscores the importance of tackling fragility and extreme poverty. Ebola preys on weak systems, wreaking havoc in communities least prepared to fend off the disease. That is why we must work not only to control the epidemic at its source in West Africa, but to bolster our global health systems. These investments are critical if we are to avoid having future outbreaks that follow a similarly devastating and costly path. This effort is core to USAID's mission to both end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies that advance our global security and prosperity.
Today, 600 million Africans do not have access to electricity. Hospitals cannot function optimally. Businesses cannot open and children cannot read after dark. Food rots before it makes it to market. But it does not have to be this way. Together with our partners in Congress, Africa, other donor nations, and private businesses, Power Africa is working to greatly increase access to reliable, cleaner energy in Africa.
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