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Most species of giraffes aren't considered endangered, but if you are a giraffe named Marius living in a Danish zoo, your days are probably numbered. Shortly after Copenhagen Zoo killed Marius, a young and healthy giraffe, Jyllands Park Zoo announced that it not only also has a giraffe named Marius, but that it is considering killing this giraffe as well.
The outrage over the first Marius's death had hardly subsided when Jyllands Park, a zoo in the western part of Denmark, acknowledged similar intentions. According to zoo officials, a plan to breed giraffes on the premises would mean that Marius is no longer welcome since he lacks desirable genes.
At the moment, Marius lives at the Jyllands Park Zoo as a platonic companion to a fellow male giraffe. Zookeepers consider this other giraffe to have more diverse DNA, making him better suited for reproducing. If and when a female is brought in, Marius will have to be either relocated to another zoo or executed. After seven years in captivity, zookeepers say Marius would not survive if introduced to the wild.
"We will of course try to place him in a suitable zoo," said Jesper Mohring-Jensen, a zoologist at Jyllands Park. "But if that is not possible, we might have to euthanize him."
Many animal lovers rightfully object to the term "euthanize" in this instance. Since Marius is not suffering, putting him down would be an act of convenience rather than kindness.
Others are worried about Jyllands Park's commitment to finding Marius a home, particularly since another zookeeper delivered a conflicting message. "We are completely behind Copenhagen and would have done the same," said Janni Løjtved Poulsen. She added that her zoo would not be influenced if a similar protest movement were to emerge around this Marius.
Part of the controversy surrounding the now-deceased Marius is that he was shot in the head and then dissected in front of an audience of families and children for entertainment/education. Representatives for Jyllands Park say they are not yet sure whether they would take a similar course of action if it were to kill their own Marius.
The repetitive scenario begs another question – in a country with multiple words for "blonde", why is there only one name for a giraffe? The fact that there are (or were) two Marius-es seems to be a coincidence. Marius is a common name in Denmark. Though the name literally means "male" in Latin, more recently the name seems to signify a death sentence.
Since Jyllands Park has no immediate arrangements to bring in a female, Marius will be safe at least for the short term. Given the number of international zoos that stepped forward to offer to adopt Cophenagen's Marius, hopefully a successful transfer can be arranged when that time comes.
You can help put the pressure on Jyllands Park to spare Marius's life by signing this petition. If the zoo sees just how many animal lovers are outraged by the death of a giraffe, it may go above and beyond the Copenhagen Zoo in order to avoid a swelling of negative publicity.
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Charlotte G. must be Danish.. cold hearted murder fills her heart. No Charlotte, you are not allowed to commit murder for your sadistic pleasure.. what if it was you under threat of death because you were "surplus" and it's the "way of nature" or whatever dark excuse comes from the dark minds of human psychopaths. Your protests would reach the stratosphere. And you certainly are surplus there are 7 billion humans who have become a liability to all life on earth. Next time you speak think about that.
I vote for slaughtering that criminal liability called zoo director and feeding him to the lions... he's a lot less valuable than the animals.
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To Linda K. - sorry I didn't reply to your answer but I didn't get a notification in my inbox (?); it was not lacking politeness from my side ;-).
I agree with you on the witch-hunt point - it's all too easy. I've done some reading over the past days regarding zoos and their breading programs and got confirmed what I advocate since a long time: close the zoos, don't supply them with new animals, spay/neuter and take care of the animals until they die a natural death. We don't need them anymore today (as for me - we never needed them!) in the time of movies and internet. It's passé - it has outlived itself.
BTW - Denmark not only banned halal slaughtering but also kosher slaughtering (Jewish); they are one and the same except that the words are different. There's a big hoopla going on here if you're interested: http://www.care2.com/causes/should-animal-rights-trump-religious-freedom-denmark-says-yes.html. I just think it's sad how people (with ulterior motives or problems) take such articles always as an opportunity to bash other religions, cultures and traditions and lose focus of the real problem.
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" I've recommended again and again to watch the docu "Earthlings" and spoken out on countless occasions against animal and human abuse; but do you truly believe we first have to present all of our credentials re worse cases and what weve done there before we are allowed to speak up? I don't think so ... "
I will watch it.
No, you do not have to present credentials, fair point. But I think it dangerous to witch-hunt one zoo for something many zoos and I think all breeders do, because it effectively smokescreens the extent of the problem, the fact that this is not a problem with one zoo, but with a whole concept concerning breeding.
There is no quick fix for that, and we do not get to be heroes by making a click on a petition which simply hides the extent of the problem. We would have to do a lot more, as I read that you do, Eleonora.
"It's unthoughtful - childish would be a better word - to call a whole nation barbarians and proclaim to never ever travel there again because of what happened to Marius ..."
I do agree, there barbarians have just passe a law that forbids butchering animal without anesthesia, meaning halal butchering is now forbidden.
FIRE Janni Løjtved Poulsen, then euthanize her. Coldhearted b.....
i might not agree with some of these things but i understand them. but what i BELIEVE is if you are not going to have and keep and LOVE an animal for its whole life (while it's healthy) then don't get it to begin with. i will only put an animal down when it's sick/old. young and healthy? i'm thinkin the owners/handlers need to be put down instead.
Oh, good grief. While I appreciate the need to manage the genetic diversity within the breeding stock of the European zoological association, and understood the reasoning behind the killing of the first Marius, when I opened the link above to the CNN interview with the zookeepers at Jyllands Park, it gave me real pause. They have room for only two giraffes, this second Marius and the one they wish to breed, the older brother of the first Marius! I'm assuming that they had only one parent in common, but that still leaves them with a lot of shared genetic material. The problem here is that they are conducting too much breeding for the space they have available. Any zoo that has room for only two giraffes is going to be keeping them in a small enclosure, where they live, essentially, in jail like conditions. Zoos like this simply should not exist. Large zoos, where the animals have several acres on which to roam, give animals some quality of life and should be the only type still in business.
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This was my first year to grow Autumn Beauty Sunflowers and I am blown away. I garden in containers called Garden Anywhere Box. I planted about 8 seeds to the box and harvested all summer. I love that there are multiple flowers at a time. I have a Pinterest page where I compile my daily harvest pics: http://www.pinterest.com/gardenanywhere/garden-anywhere-box-2014/ If you want to see how the sunflowers did, check out my pinterest page. I harvested all summer and planted again in August. I didn't know if they would make it until a freeze, but I wanted to take a chance. We ended up building a little greenhouse and I was able to move my boxes inside. I am harvesting sunflowers right now.
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I had a lot of issues with these sunflowers. My first planting did not germinate at all. I grew 2 varieties this year (these and lemon queen) and the others all germinated perfectly. These seeds never sprouted. Replanted and had a few plants going but they most wilted and died in the seedling stage. My other sunflowers did excellent. It may have been the very weird rainy and cooler summer we have had here. The ONE plant out of the pack that made it to the blooming stage has some weird deformed blooms with petals sticking out of the center. The correctly formed blooms are beautiful though - so I think I will still try them again next year. Perhaps it was just our growing conditions?
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By Sgt. Johnny A. Thompson, USASpecial to American Forces Press Service
BAGRAM, Afghanistan, Oct. 17, 2003 Teeth are the fastest-aging part of the human body, and to help keep coalition forces here aging gracefully, the 452nd Combat Support Hospital's dental unit provides essential dental care for service members in need of immediate attention to their choppers.
Staffed with a general dentist and two dental assists, the dental clinic's mission is to keep troops orally fit to fight.
"We provide emergency dental care for the 11,000 coalition troops here," said Col. (Dr.) James Hove, dentist of the 452nd CSH. "Our role is to make (service members) healthy enough to do their job."
The dental clinic helps troops who need root canal therapy, have severely broken or decayed teeth, or have suffered facial trauma involving their jaw or teeth.
"Because we're a small staff, we don't provide an array of services," said Hove. "Prior to coming to Afghanistan, service members should have received a dental screening from their home station (dental clinic) and had major problems corrected, so we should only deal with dental problems that have happened while the service member has been deployed or treat emergency problems."
While the clinic doesn't provide care for loose fillings, small breaks in a tooth, routine teeth cleaning or other minor dental concerns, Hove noted the clinic doesn't necessarily leave small dental problem unattended.
"The clinic is designed for emergency care in a combat environment," said Hove. Though the clinic doesn't treat small cases that can wait until the deployed service member goes back to a larger facility, Hove said, the clinic staff will do what's necessary to give temporary relief to that service member in Afghanistan Though the clinic isn't equipped with all of the fixtures of a comprehensive dental clinic, it has the necessary tools it needs to get to the root of a service member's problem.
"I brought two of my soldiers to the clinic after they complained of mouth pain," said 1st Lt. Sungbeom Chung, physician at the Korean military hospital, "and after seeing (the dentist), the soldiers said they didn't have any more tooth pains and they were happy with the dental service."
Chung added that the clinic took X-rays of the Korean soldiers' teeth and gave them a general understanding of the cause of the mouth pain and the procedure that would remedy the problem.
"Our defining requirement for treatment is pain," said Hove. "If a (service member) is in pain, then he'll be treated, no matter if the problem is minor or major."
Though the dental clinic averages only about 20 patients a day, Hove noted that having a dental clinic available when a service member needs it is as essential to the coalition forces' mission here as the weapons and ammunition service members are issued in protecting Afghanistan from terrorists.
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Holy bones. Rubber-skinned porn entrepreneur Jenna Jameson looks like she's just about completed her transformation from human to extra terrestrial. The mother ship surely must be landing soon to pick her up and zap her to Mars! There's no other way to explain what the hell is going on with her body (well, we can think of a couple things but we don't want to start rumors). From what we can tell, Jenna looks like a f*cking mess, and her should bones are practically the sizes of her massive breasts. Someone send a platter of bagels over to Club Jenna stat – if she doesn't eat them maybe she can use them to form some sort of protective covering for her skeletal frame.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia University basketball coach Bob Huggins has announced that Jevon Carter and Daxter Miles have signed national letters of intent for the 2014-15 academic year.
Carter, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound guard from Maywood, Ill., currently attends Proviso East High, playing for coach Donnie Boyce. As a junior last season, Carter led his team in scoring with 18 points per game as the Panthers finished fourth in the state. A year earlier, Proviso East was the runner-up.
"Our staff saw Jevon in July and all four of us fell in love with him," says Huggins. "He has the ability to score as well as run your team. Jevon definitely has a great knack of getting his hands in the passing lanes and deflecting balls He reminds us in some ways of former Mountaineer Truck Bryant."
Carter is ranked as one of the top 75 guards in this year's senior class by ESPN. He is ranked as a 3 star by ESPN, Rivals, Scout and 247 Sports. He played AAU basketball with Next Level Performance, where he averaged around 19 points and seven assists this past summer.
Miles, a 6-foot-3, 180-pound guard from Baltimore, Md., currently attends Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Mass., playing for coach Ryan Hurd. Last year, he attended Dunbar High in Baltimore, playing for former Mountaineer guard Cyrus Jones. Miles averaged 15 points, six rebounds and 3.4 assists as No. 1 Dunbar finished 26-2 and won the Class 1A state championship. He hit the game-winning shot at the buzzer to beat Edmondson in the Baltimore City Division I championship game. Miles recorded a double-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds in the Poets' 54-52 win over No. 9 New Town in the state title game. He was named to the Baltimore Sun 2012-13 All-Metro First Team for boys basketball.
"Daxter will significantly upgrade our team's athleticism," says Huggins. "He has very good speed with the ball and a great knack for finishing at the rim. Dax will be able to play multiple positions for us. He has outstanding athleticism that should be make him a very good on-ball defender."
Miles is ranked as a 3 star by Scout and 247 Sports. He played AAU basketball with Nike Baltimore Elite.
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Mormon apostle salutes Jewish rabbi's push for religious liberty
A Mormon apostle joined the nation's highest-ranking Catholic and other faith leaders this week in honoring a pre-eminent Jewish rabbi for his contributions to the cause of religious freedom.
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was awarded the Canterbury Medal from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty at a New York gala Thursday.
Sacks, emeritus chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, has published 25 books on Judaism, faith and philosophy, the Becket Fund reports.
Tributes came from, among other dignitaries, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, D. Todd Christofferson, an apostle for the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Russell D. Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
"Becket Fund's work has allowed all of us, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus, people of all faiths, to come together in the knowledge that we are free to live our deepest convictions in harmony and a spirit of mutual respect," a deeply moved Sacks is quoted as saying. "This enriches the heritage of humankind and has made this world a little freer, allowing each of us, in our own way, to light up the public square with the candle and the flame of faith."
The Canterbury Medal lauds those who have "most resolutely refused to render to Caesar that which is God's," according to the Becket Fund's website. The group touts itself as the nation's premier religious liberty law firm.
Last year's Canterbury recipient was Christofferson's fellow LDS apostle, Dallin H. Oaks, who once served as a Utah Supreme Court justice and has emerged as a leading Mormon voice for religious freedom.


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During 20 years of business, Rick's Island Salon and Day Spa has seen some ups and downs – but it's been mostly ups. They are up from five employees to 37, up from one location to two, and on Tuesday evening, they were up on the rooftop terrace above the Esplanade, celebrating the salon's 20 year anniversary with a couple hundred of their closest friends.
If Rick Popoff was looking for a way to surround himself with beautiful women, he found it. Rick's Island Salon and Day Spa not only caters to beautiful women, it enhances their beauty. The women include Rick's wife, Lisa and their three daughters, all of whom work in the business.
Between the downstairs, where the hairstyling and fingernail manicuring, and the upstairs, where the spa action, or as Rick Popoff called it, "specialty services," takes place, Rick's Island Salon is big enough to get lost in, even before you reach the 2,000 square foot deck – who knew? – overlooking the entryway at the Esplanade. Popoff greeted customers and well-wishers, shaking hands lefty, with his right arm still tender after shoulder surgery. He removed his bulky sling for the party Tuesday, and put it back on partway through the evening.
The 20th anniversary party missed the actual event by a day, but who's counting? Rick's incorporated on Nov. 19, 1992, after he spent eight years managing the spa at the Marriott. Rick's Island Salon was not originally located at the Esplanade, because the Esplanade did not exist when the salon opened.
Its first location was at 207 North Collier Blvd., just down the road, and they expanded in 1996. Along with Starbucks, Rick's was the first tenant to sign up when the Esplanade opened in 2004. In 2005, Rick's opened a second location off-island at Verona Walk.
It was a leap of faith to commit to such a large space and full line of services, but it has paid off, Rick said.
"There are 22 beauty salons on the island, but there are not many anywhere in Collier County who can do what we do," he said. "For a true day spa, you have to have all the services under one roof. We can do large wedding parties because we have the staff to accommodate them."
Rick denied having any business genius, attributing the company's success to being in the right place at the right time.
"We were fortunate enough to grow with the island." If there is a business genius, he said, it is his wife Lisa, who acts as business manager, deals with the CPAs, and oversees day-to-day operations. Lisa said the formula is simple. "Give the people what they want" – and a little bit more.
And Rick's is definitely a family operation. Daughter Sasha, 27, has been doing hair for eight years, and Krista, 24, is becoming one of their top stylists, said the proud papa. Nikki, the youngest, has just finished beauty school, and is working the front desk.
Schooling is important to Rick, who studied at the Sassoon School in London, and served a two-year apprenticeship with George Phillips in Detroit before coming to Marco. The salon has a program of continuing education, to keep their technicians and therapists current and engaged.
Helping with that effort is the school's Dr. Anurag Argarwal, "Doctor A," who is part of the team for rejuvenation therapies, including facials, collagen and liposome, microdermabrasion and derma planning.
Giving back to the community is another key to Rick's becoming woven into the fabric of Marco Island. They were members of the chamber of commerce from their first year. Rick has served on the board of directors since 1998, and was chamber president in 2000. Lisa Popoff has volunteered as a school crossing guard for 23 years.
They support all the Island's events and charities, and created one of their own, offering free back-to-school haircuts for all schoolchildren. This summer, they gave away 186 cuts, helping the kids go back to school looking sharp.
Tuesday evening, Rick was holding giveaways every 20 minutes, handing out blow dryers, gift cards, free haircuts and skincare services. Climbing the stairs to the second floor specialty services section and the party on the roof, one passed a sign reading "You are entering the treatment area. Please respect the quiet zone." With the open bar, dozens of animated conversations, and the DJ pumping tunes, it's fair to say nobody paid the sign any attention.
Debbie Walsh has worked for Rick's since eight months after they opened, and attended the party Tuesday with her daughter, photographer Molly Hennings. At Rick's, the customers feel at home, because the staff feels at home, Walsh said.
"This is my second family," she said. "They are just good people."
Rick's Island Salon and Day Spa, at 800 North Collier Blvd. in the Esplanade, offers a wide array of salon services, focusing on hair, skin and nails. Therapeutic body massage, waxing, facials, collagen and liposome treatments, the "ultimate relaxation spa pedicure," and just for the guys, the "gentleman's pedicure," are available, along with a full range of hair cutting, coloring and retexturizing. For more information on spa services, call Rick's Island Salon and Day Spa at (239) 642-6696.


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I have a treat for you today!! I have long been admiring Kim Baker's gorgeous gel polish manicures in some online forums. She creates elaborate designs with crystals, beads and gems that awe and inspire. I asked if she would be interested in writing a guest post to share her technique, and thankfully she accepted.(…)READ MORE »


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Dr. Monaldi is Visiting Professor of Energy Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Roy Family Fellow of the Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Geopolitics of Energy Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is also Adjunct Professor of International Energy Policy of the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He is on leave as Professor at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) in Caracas. He is the founder and Director of IESAs Center on Energy and the Environment. He is Professor of Political Economy at UCAB in Caracas and Visiting Lecturer at Uniandes in Bogotá and ESAN in Lima. In 2008-2009, he was Visiting Professor at Stanford University and Campbell National Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He has consulted to numerous international institutions and companies, including: World Bank, IDB, CAF, PDVSA, Shell, Total, Statoil, IHS-CERA, RWI, and Eurasia Group. He has numerous academic publications, recently including: Institutional Collapse: The Rise and Breakdown of Governance in Venezuela in Hausmann, R. and F. Rodriguez, eds. (2013) Venezuela Before Chávez, Penn State University Press; Oil Fueled Centralism in Venezuela in Anderson, G. ed. (2012) Oil and Gas in Federal Systems, Oxford University Press; and The Political Economy of Oil Contract Renegotiation in Venezuela in Hogan, W. and F. Struzenegger; eds. (2010) The Natural Resources Trap, MIT Press. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science (Political Economy) from Stanford University, a Master in Development Economics from Yale University, and a B.A. in Economics from UCAB.


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The La Porte Educational Development Foundation will be hosting a community-wide "Kick Off" for drug prevention on October 15, 2012.
Student Assembly
At 9:30am, all students in grades 3-8 will attend a "Stay In School, Stay Off Drugs" assembly presented by the Harlem Ambassadors. This assembly will take place at La Porte High School.
The Harlem Ambassadors vs. The La Porte Legends
La Porte High School Gym l Monday, October 15, 2012 l Games start at 6:30pm
Offering a unique brand of Harlem-style basketball featuring high-flying slam dunks, dazzling ball handling tricks, and hilarious comedy routines. The Harlem Ambassadors basketball team consists of talented male and female players that are drug free, college educated, and positive in appearance. They travel the country promoting "stay in school and stay off drugs".
They will challenge the superintendent, principals, and teachers in a friendly game of basketball. The staff members are being sponsored by a variety of clubs and businesses in La Porte. Some school PTA's are sponsoring staff members as well. This activity is a wonderful example of one of the many ways our community members support our students.
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District offices for the Beverly Public Schools are located in the Memorial Building. Included with offices for the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent are the following departments: Finance & Operations; Personnel; Pupil Personnel Services; Food Services; and Child Welfare, Attendance, Title(s) IX & VI, and Homeless.
Our school district is an excellent place for all students to learn and grow. After student safety, improving student achievement is our highest priority. I am truly proud of what we are able to do for the young people of this community and their families. Our progress as a school system in recent years is evidence that the Beverly community holds education as a high priority. As a result, we are held in high regard both regionally and around the state.
Quality education is achieved only through a partnership of educators, students, parents, and the greater community. As you search this website and learn more about our schools, I encourage you to look for ways you can support the work of our schools and help us achieve our mission "to enable all students to reach their potential through an academically challenging and diverse education".
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Western Governors University, www.wgu.edu, the nonprofit, online university with more than 43,000 students in all 50 states, is leading the U.S. in educating math and science teachers, according to a report by higher education research and consulting firm Eduventures. In 2012, WGU was the top overall producer of STEM teaching graduates and led the nation in the following specific degree areas:
The first online teachers college to earn accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), WGU's Teachers College offers degrees leading to teacher licensure as well as master's degrees in education and education administration. Established in 2003 with the support of the U.S. Department of Education, the Teachers College has more than 11,000 enrolled students and an additional 11,000 graduates. In 2013, WGU was the only online university to be recognized by the National Council on Teacher Quality's Honor Roll.
"Preparing effective STEM educators is a national priority, and from the inception of our Teachers College, WGU has been focused on developing and delivering high-quality math and science education programs," said Dr. Philip Schmidt, Dean of WGU's Teachers College. "The tremendous growth of these programs in less than 10 years is evidence of the need for them as well as their quality."
Like all of WGU's degree programs, the university's teacher education programs are competency-based, an approach that focuses on measuring learning rather than time spent in class. Designed to meet the needs of busy adults with work and family obligations, competency-based learning allows students to advance as soon as they demonstrate mastery of course subject matter. Students have 24/7 access to course materials, studying and learning on their own schedules with the individualized support and guidance of faculty mentors. Because they can move quickly through material they already know, many students can accelerate their time to graduation—the average time to earn a bachelor's degree at WGU is about three years. Tuition at WGU is affordable—about $3,000 per six-month term for teacher education programs—and it is charged at a flat rate, regardless of the number of courses taken. The university is committed to keeping costs as low as possible; tuition has not increased since 2008.
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PEPFAR Gender Technical Working Group Gender Special Initiatives
Addressing gender issues is essential to reduce risk of the vulnerability of women and men to HIV infection, to mitigate the impact of the epidemic, and to improve health outcomes. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) proactively confronts the changing demographics of the HIV epidemic, integrating gender throughout prevention, care, and treatment activities with a focus on the five cross-cutting, gender strategic areas:
1. Increasing gender equity in HIV programs and services, including in reproductive health
2. Reducing violence and coercion
3. Addressing male norms and behaviors
4. Increasing women's legal protection
5. Increasing women's access to income and productive resources, including education.
In addition to dedicated PEPFAR resources for the integration of gender into prevention, care, and treatment programs at the country level, PEPFAR's Gender Technical Working Group (GTWG) provides global technical leadership on pertinent gender and HIV issues. In 2007, the GTWG launched four initiatives to develop evidence for what works—at the individual, family, community, and national levels—to address factors contributing to HIV, such as adolescent girls' vulnerabilities, harmful gender norms, and sexual violence. The four initiatives are:
- Quebrando Barreiras. The Capable Partners Program (CAP) Mozambique decided to expand the HIV prevention tools available to local organizations facilitating community discussions about HIV. Among these tools was the Quebrando Barreiras (Breaking Barriers) series. Four short films, based on real-life situations, depict barriers that may prevent Mozambicans from adopting safe sexual behaviors. The barriers dealt with include multiple and concurrent partnerships, intergenerational sex, alcohol abuse, issues with interpersonal relationships (both familial and romantic), gender-based violence, disclosure of HIV status, and perceptions of masculinity.
- The Male Norms Initiative (2007-2010). Implemented in Ethiopia, Namibia, and Tanzania, the initiative built the capacity of in-country partners to integrate male engagement (ME) strategies into their HIV programs through training, materials development, network development, and policy review. Some of the promising practices to increase ME that were identified by implementing partners include strategic involvement of partners and organizational leadership, investing in and strengthening the national advocacy networks, and linking facility-based activities with complementary community interventions.
- The Initiative on Girls' Vulnerability to HIV (known as the Go Girls! Initiative) (2007-2011). Implemented in Mozambique, Botswana, and Malawi, this initiative employed a multi-sectoral, integrated program adapted for each country. Program elements included: community mobilization; improving adult-child communication skills; use of reality radio; school- and community-based life skills; assisting teachers and principals to create a safe school environment; and girls' economic strengthening activities. In all countries community leaders, adults, parents, and youth have recognized the value of girl-focused programming. The initiative was met with enthusiasm from community members, emphasizing the need for programming that gives adults the skills they need to build strong, nurturing relationships with their children and other adolescents in the community.
- The Special Initiative on Sexual Gender-Based Violence (2007-2010). Implemented by 10 PEPFAR partners in Rwanda and Uganda, this initiative complements efforts to expand sexual violence services, improve service quality, increase service demand and uptake, and provides an evidence base for scaling-up such efforts in the future. Implementing partners use site-specific service delivery models based on the needs, preferences, and capacities within their health care setting and based on government policies and community practices. An evaluation of the initiative is ongoing.


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I love fresh squeezed juice. It's one of Sunday's little pleasures. Sure, I could make it anytime I want to but I never do. I always feel too rushed during the week. But Sunday is perfect. It's a day of fresh squeezed juice, pancakes made from scratch and, if it's warm enough, an afternoon spent in Dolores Park.
But every time I make it, I am a bit annoyed by all the left over peels. In fact, I feel this way anytime I eat or use citrus fruit in a recipe. And one can only add so much citrus to their worm composting bin, ya know? Sure, the city composts too but it still feels wasteful. Especially since it takes quite a few grapefruits to fill up a glass. Even more so if you are making orange juice!
As I mentioned last time, this country wastes too much food so I am always looking for ways to eat what is usually discard. And while I haven't gone full-on freegan (or even tried it), candying citrus peels seems like a reasonable compromise. Right?
1. After you use the citrus fruit of 4 grapefruits, whether it be by juicing or something else, you'll need to scrape out all remaining fruit with a spoon. You don't have to get all Type A about it. Some can be left behind.
2. Then you want to cut the peels into strips. Of course, this depends on how you plan to use the candy. If you are going to use it as a garnish, julienning the peels is probably best. But if you are going to put them in a candy dish or mix them in with your granola, you might want to cube them. If you are going to eat them off of your partner during some sexy fun time, maybe slice them into rings?
3. Add the peels to medium sauce pot and cover them with about 1-inch of water. They're going to float so you need to push them down in the pot to ensure you have enough water.
4. Transfer them to the stove and bring them to a boil over a medium-high heat. Once the water is boiling, strain the peels. I love this part, the whole house starts to smell like warm citrus. It's a bit intoxicating.
5. Repeat step four at least three more times using fresh water every time. This is to remove some of the bitterness in the pith. If you like orange marmalade, doing this four times should be enough. If you aren't a fan of bitter, you can do it two more times.
6. For our fifth boil, you are going to add 2 cups of sugar along with the water. Bring it to a boil and then reduce it to a low simmer. Cook the peels for two hours. If the water starts to cook down too fast, just add a bit more.
7. Remove the candied peels from the stove. They should be Gummi Bear-like and the sugar and water mixture will be syrupy. If you want eat these immediately, place the candied peels on a drying rack and let them firm up. Do this for a few hours. Or you can store them in the refrigerator for up to a week until you are ready to use them.
8. Once the peels have cooled and firmed, place 1 cup of sugar in a shallow bowl and roll them in it. You can mix this up too. Mix in 1 tablespoon of dried ground ginger with the peels to add a bit of spice. Clove would also work.
How beautiful are these? Enjoy!
This recipe originally appeared on KQED's Bay Area Bites.
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Step 1: Materials Needed
Fondant (homemade or bought)
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For the bottom of this cake, I used white butter cream. I'd give you my recipe but it's a guarded secret. ;-)
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You knew it had to end some time.
How long can the Lady Hornets keep winning Southwestern Athletic Conference championships in indoor track, cross country and outdoor track. At some point, that streak has to end.
But not this year.
Track coach Ritchie Beene continued his remarkable run of track championships, rallying from a 11.5-point deficit to Prairie View A&M on the final day to beat the Lady Panthers by 13 points by scoring 126 points on the final day of competition to win the SWAC outdoor track title in New Orleans for their fourth consecutive outdoor title.
"We knew we were going to need to come from behind today and we had talked about that in our meeting last night," Beene said. "The thing about that is the respect I have for Prairie View, their athletes and their coaching staff. But where there is a will there is a way and we got out here today and not everything went our way, but we kept fighting."
The Lady Hornets trailed the entire day until the 100-meter dash when Brianna Scott-Glover's fourth-place finish and Paris Thompson's fifth-place finish handed ASU nine points and a 107.5-106 lead with just seven events left. Alabama State pulled away in the 5000-meter run with 10 points on Artrailia LeSane's third-place finish and Paige Rankine's fifth-place finish.
The Lady Hornets also continued their dominance in the 4×100-meter relay event as the team of Jasmine Pope, Alexis Ferebee, Latrice Lee and Scott-Glover posted their best time of the season.
"Overall this has been an exciting weekend and I am so happy for these ladies," Beene said. "A lot of people in the SWAC are going to come for you, but there is one thing about it. If you are going to get a SWAC championship right now you have to come through ASU."


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Fiat releases first 500e images, heading to L.A.
To be showcased at American Music Awards this Sunday
Fiat has released the first two images of the upcoming 500e, ahead of the L.A. Auto Show.
Scheduled to go on sale sometime next year in California, the city car's EV version will also be showcased this Sunday at the American Music Awards. Judging by these official photos, not a lot has changed compared to the regular model, except for a different lower white front fascia, new wheels, aero underbody lip, lower side sills and possibly low-rolling tires. Moving inside there's a white and orange theme, an updated gauge cluster and push buttons instead of the regular gear shifter.
The 2013 Fiat 500e could be powered by an electric motor with 100 hp (75 kW) and feature a lithium-ion battery. Further details about the car are not known at the moment, but reports are indicating that Fiat will lose about 10,000 USD for each unit. It seems that Chrysler will make this car only to meet California's ZEV Mandate and to learn more about electric powertrains.
The all-new battery-electric Fiat 500e brings Italian flavor to the electric vehicle market with a unique combination of iconic 500 design, performance and range. The zero-emission Fiat 500e will premiere on the "green carpet" of the American Music Awards on Sunday, November 18, and will be showcased to the general public for the first time at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show. The Fiat 500e will be available in the state of California in 2013.


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Details matter. Nature's attention to the insect world never ceases to delight.
While chopping firewood, the strange-looking larvae start to drop from holes in the center of the hickory tree. The birds seem to relish in the special winter delicacy as if someone lifted the top off an aromatic pot of soup.
The hidden larva is from the Cerambycidae family. The Round Headed Borers larva is a new species for me to observe.
The orange spots add great color.
The various sizes do not matter to the birds. A tiny wren took flight and dropped the fatted larva food about five times before settling in to eat.
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It's easy to forget about the French and Indian War.
The conflict happened before the United States came into existence, which means that it sometimes falls outside the "American History" curriculum altogether. That's a shame, though, and we'd love to see the French and Indian War take its rightful place as a major turning point in the "grand narrative" of American history.


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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how things have gone for the Los Angeles Kings as of late. 14 games in and the Kings aren't where they want to be, especially having lost five straight decisions. Today, though, Rich Hammond of LAKingsInsider spoke with general manager Dean Lombardi regarding his thoughts on the team's perforrmance thus far and where to go from here.
Lombardi mentioned how he liked his team's effort the last couple of games. Personally, I was more impressed with Los Angeles' against Pittsburgh then I was with their effort last night. I was impressed with Los Angeles' discipline in the first period of last night's game in addition to Dustin Penner's early performance where he recorded three shots and on a breakaway.
Lombardi went on to say that he was happy with his team's defensive play but admitted that Los Angeles' offense was currently one of the worst in the league. "we've always said that we want to add to our game, and part of that was obviously adding to our offense without losing our defensive identity. We're still caught there," Lombardi told Hammond. Lombardi also went on to say that a lack of scoring is a prime concern with many other teams in the league. With that said, at least the Kings don't have to feel alone in that department.
Hammond later asked Lombardi if he was willing to admit that things are getting off-page in terms of the players listening to the coaches. Lombardi wasn't prepared to say that which, on the surface, means that Terry Murray's job isn't in danger - or so it seems. Lombardi pointed to that issue with effort and went on to say that if his team had given efforts like they had in the last two games, then the Kings would have a better record, most likely. After all, Los Angeles' last two opponents were teams who are among the best in the league (in Pittsburgh and San Jose). Also, the majority of Los Angeles' penalties recently were of the undisciplined variety and, thus, could have easily been avoided. Having said that, though, like every other negative, it can easily be built upon.
As far as Dustin Penner goes, Lombardi that #25 isn't in the best shape but does see him at the gym, which he has never seen before. That alone should speak wonders for the struggling winger. We saw a bit of good in Penner's game last night and at this point, we can only hope that the effort gradually builds with each passing game. All in all, like the rest of the negative aspects surrounding the Kings right now, Dustin Penner's play is not an issue that Lombardi is willing to give up on.
Terry Murray may still have a job and the Kings are still on a five-game skid but overall, it's actually refreshing to see Dean Lombardi speak up and give his take on the season so far. It's never easy watching games when your team is losing but if last season was any indication, the Western Conference is going to be in a logjam essentially from top to bottom throughout the majority of the season. That doesn't necessarily help the Kings but it certainly doesn't hurt them, either.
Tonight marks the beginning of a four-game homestand for the Kings, which concludes with their first meeting with their cross-town rivals from Anaheim. After tonight's game, the Kings have a date with the Vancouver Canucks and, as we all know, there is no love lost between those two clubs.
As for Lombardi, he spoke out and now fans have a general idea of how he feels. If you want to read the interview in its entirety, you can do so right here: Lombardi talks about early-season skid.
14 games in and Dean Lombardi is still patient so let's all try to be a little more patient, as well, especially yours truly.


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An asphalt heating and drying device for recycling or repairing asphalt. Nuggets of waste asphalt are inserted into a heat chamber that has a plurality of heat tubes that carry hot air into the chamber and adjacent to the waste asphalt nuggets. The heat chamber has a "live floor" with controllable spinning rotors which have forward reaching teeth. The spinning rotors pull the asphalt from the heat chamber into a lower chamber having two horizontal spiral augers. The augers mix the asphalt nuggets and the lower chamber heats the asphalt nuggets to their ultimate delivery temperature. The hot dry asphalt is then expelled from the device.
1. A recycling apparatus for the treatment of a recyclable commodity such as asphalt, said apparatus comprising:
a chamber having an entrance opening adapted to receive the commodity, the chamber also having a top end, a bottom end, and side walls;
a heat generator adapted for the production of heat, wherein the heat produced by the generator is in communication with the chamber;
a plurality of rotors combined with the bottom end of the chamber, wherein said rotors are adapted to allow the passage of at least a portion of the commodity from the chamber;
an exit opening providing for the expulsion of the commodity from the apparatus; and
a plurality of heat tubes which aid in the communication of heat from the heat generator into the chamber.
2. The recycling apparatus of
3. The recycling apparatus of
4. The recycling apparatus of
5. The recycling apparatus of
6. The recycling apparatus of
7. The recycling apparatus of
8. A recycling apparatus for the treatment of a commodity such as asphalt, said apparatus comprising:
a chamber having a top end, a bottom end, and side walls, wherein the chamber has an entrance opening near the top end adapted to receive the commodity;
a heat generator adapted for the production of heat, wherein the heat produced by the generator is in communication with the chamber, and wherein the heat is communicated into the chamber through a plurality of tubes;
a plurality of shafts extending horizontally across the bottom end of the chamber, wherein the shafts are combined with a plurality of rotors having forward reaching teeth, and wherein at least some of the rotors are mechanically driven by a power source so as to be adapted to allow the passage of at least a portion of the commodity between adjacent rotors;
an auger chamber positioned below the plurality of shafts, wherein the heat generator communicates heat into the auger chamber;
at least one auger housed in the auger chamber, said auger adapted for receiving the commodity passed through the rotors; and
an exit opening from which finished commodity product is expelled from the apparatus.
9. The apparatus of
This invention relates to asphalt recycling, and more particularly to an apparatus which heats and dries nuggets of asphalt which have been ripped from a paved surface to convert them into asphalt which can be used in the same manner as newly manufactured asphalt.
Asphalt and Portland Cement (concrete) are the two constituents of hard surfacing for the major roads in America's transportation system. In excess of 90% of America's roads are surfaced with asphalt. Asphalt is typically manufactured in large scale plants by mixing sized aggregate, sand, and asphalt cement (petroleum compound). This mixture is then dispensed into transport vehicles and taken to jobsites. Most current asphalt jobs involve re-paving existing roadways or parking areas, which often requires the old pavement to be transported away from the jobsite after it is ripped from the paved surface.
As an alternative to manufacturing new asphalt in an asphalt plant, chunks or nuggets of discarded asphalt can be recycled and reused as asphalt. The waste asphalt nuggets can be re-introduced into new asphalt mixtures, or they can be reheated and used for patching paved surfaces. If properly prepared, recycled asphalt can be of the same quality as new asphalt, yet it is cheaper to produce. Recycling of asphalt can be done on a large scale in an asphalt plant, or on a smaller scale using recycling machines at the jobsite.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,791,814 and 4,946,307 disclose an apparatus for recycling asphalt at a job site. Although on-site recycling devices have limited production compared with large asphalt plants, the on-site application increases time and cost efficiency because the asphalt does not need to be transported to and from the asphalt plant. By using the asphalt recycling machines, contractors can avoid buying new fresh mix from an asphalt plant, trucking costs to get the fresh mix to the site and the old asphalt to a disposal area, and, in some cases, dumping fees.
Output quality and quantity from asphalt recycling machines varies depending on the condition of the asphalt being recycled, its moisture content, and the amount of contamination (non-asphaltic material) contained in the asphalt. To achieve high quality and quantity of recycled asphalt, the reusable nuggets of asphalt must be warm and dry before they are introduced for recycling. The use of warm, dry asphalt increases both the physical strength and the adhesion strength of the recycled product. U.S. Pat. No. 5,335,989 describes an enclosed heated chamber called a "hotbox" which is used to heat and dry asphalt nuggets before they are introduced for recycling. After several hours in a hotbox, the reusable nuggets of pavement are soft, warm, dry, and capable of being manually shoveled into potholes or introduced for recycling. One problem with hotboxes is that they do not allow continuous introduction of waste asphalt, rather, for each batch of asphalt, the chamber must be filled, sealed, heated, and emptied. Another problem with hotboxes is that large nuggets of asphalt must be manually broken before or during application. Another problem with hotboxes is that they have no means for homogenizing or mixing the material while it is in the hotbox. This lack of mixing reduces quality and quantity of recycled product because it produces some asphalt that is too hot, and some asphalt that is too cold. Furthermore, many hotboxes require waste asphalt to be shoveled into and out of the heating chamber, which requires excessive amounts of time and labor.
Some on-site asphalt recycling machines comprise drying chambers that allow the waste asphalt to be dried in the recycling machine before the recycling process begins. However, this drying step is usually the rate determining step for the entire process. Furthermore, the drying chambers in the recycling machines have many of the same problems as the hotboxes discussed above, such as "batch" loading, and the lack of a mixing means.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device which efficiently heats and dries nuggets of asphalt ripped from a paved surface.
It is further an object of the invention to provide a device that allows for continuous loading and unloading of asphalt instead of batch loading.
It is further an object of the invention to provide a device that is capable of on-site applications so that waste asphalt can be recycled and reused at the jobsite.
It is further an object of the invention to provide an efficient device for use in asphalt recycling which will make asphalt recycling cost effective for contractors and thus reduce the amount of waste asphalt sent to landfills.
Other objects of the present invention will be apparent from this specification.
The present invention evenly heats, dries, breaks apart waste asphalt, and homogenizes ingredients into usable recycled asphalt. After asphalt is torn from an existing road, parking lot, path, or other paved surface, the nuggets of torn-up asphalt are loaded into an opening near the top of the present invention. The top of the present invention comprises a rectangular heat chamber that features a plurality of inverted U-shaped heat tubes that carry hot, dry air into, and adjacent to, the asphalt nuggets. This dries and softens the waste asphalt.
The heat chamber has a "live floor" comprising mechanically driven controllable spinning rotors which have forward reaching teeth. The rotors pull the waste asphalt through the "live floor" using the forward reaching teeth to rip and pull apart large pieces of asphalt. The controllable spinning rotors ensure that the asphalt is pulled from the heat chamber at an appropriate rate.
The spinning rotors pull the asphalt into a lower chamber comprising two horizontal spiral augers. The first auger serves as a collector, mixer, and conveyance system. In the lower chamber the commodity is collected, mixed, and heated. The final auger row finishes the product. Finishing consists of heating the mixture to its ultimate delivery temperature, completing the separation of coagulates, and evening dispersion of aggregate. After the product is expelled from the device, it is then ready to be used interchangeably with newly manufactured asphalt in a typical paving or pavement repair procedure.
A unique feature of this invention is its ability to provide a continuous flow of asphalt treatment. Due to the buffering of commodity and the ability to meter hot mix ingredients, the present invention does not require batch loading to achieve product completion as do hotbox-style machines. Pieces of waste asphalt can continuously be loaded into the top, and finished product continuously expelled from bottom the machine.
The present invention is adapted for transport to jobsites, where damaged pavement can be processed and re-applied, typically without additives, resulting in finished pavement equal in quality to newly manufactured asphalt.
The heat chamber 12 comprises a plurality of heat tubes 14 which are generally shaped like an inverted "U" or "V". The heat tubes 14 are best seen in
The heat is provided by a heat generator, which in the preferred embodiment is an open flame housed in the flame isolation chamber 24 as shown in
As shown in
In the preferred embodiment shown in
The design of the chamber floor holds the commodity in the heat chamber 12 of the machine for heating, until the rotors 16 are mechanically rotated. These mechanically driven rotors 16 function to pull the asphalt through the gap between them and into the upper auger chamber 30 below.
When the rotors 16 are rotated, their teeth 35 will pull the commodity apart (if clumped) and gently sprinkle the aggregate/asphalt cement mixture down into the auger chamber 30 of the machine. This breaking of the commodity into smaller pieces increases the exposed surface area which facilitates more thorough and even heating. Additionally, this separation facilitates moisture removal. The mechanically driven horizontal shafts 28 should be variable speed, reversible, and capable of rotating from two to sixty revolutions per minuets (RPM). The same speeds should be achievable in the reverse direction. The purpose of reversing the rotors 16 is to reject foreign objects that may be impassible or become lodged in-between the rotors 16.
In the preferred embodiment, the reversing cycle occurs automatically when the machine recognizes there may be a jam in one of the rotors 16. When a jam occurs, the rotors 16 at the jam location should reverse, complete approximately ten rotations, and then return to their functional direction of rotation. This may reorient the obstruction so that it can pass, or, if the obstruction is too large to pass, the machine should shut down and alarm after five consecutive reversion cycles. This will give the operator an opportunity to determine and execute a corrective action.
In the preferred embodiment, all of the mechanically driven rotor 16 shafts are controlled independently so that commodity migration velocities into the auger chamber 30 can be controlled. An alternative embodiment employs automatic rotor 16 RPM adjustments to ensure even densities of product as it is sprinkled into the auger chamber 30. This should also ensure even depletion of commodity nuggets from the heat chamber 12.
A pair of augers 18, 20 are located on either side of the central heat dispensing chamber 27 below the horizontal shafts 28. The augers 18, 20 are driven by a power source 50 as seen in
The commodity will drop from the upper auger chute hole 32 into the lower auger 20. The lower auger 20 "finishes" the commodity. Finishing consists of mixing and heating the commodity to its ultimate delivery temperature and completing the separation of coagulates and evening dispersion of aggregate. The product will be conveyed and mixed as it moves to the finished product exit hole 22. The finished product exit hole 22 is a hole in the lower auger chute 36. Finished commodity product is expelled from the device through the finished product exit hole 22.
The present invention can be used either alone as an asphalt recycling device wherein it expels finished product ready to be applied to a roadway or parking lot, or it can be used as a pre-cycling device wherein after finished commodity is expelled through the exit hole 22, the finished commodity is then directed into a separate asphalt recycling machine to undergo further recycling treatment.
The present invention is adapted for transport to jobsites. At the jobsite, the old pavement can be removed, processed, and re-applied, typically without additives, resulting in finished pavement equal in quality to newly manufactured asphalt.
Having thus described the invention in connection with the preferred embodiments thereof, it will be evident to those skilled in the art that various revisions can be made to the preferred embodiments described herein with out departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is my intention, however, that all such revisions and modifications that are evident to those skilled in the art will be included with in the scope of the following claims.
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CLEMSON - Rodney Williams will partner with play-by-play announcer Don Munson in the booth calling games on the Clemson football radio network, the school announced Friday. Williams will provide color commentary, replacing Will Merritt after his 12-year run.
Williams (32-10-2 from 1985-88) was the sole owner of the most wins in Clemson quarterbacking history for 26 years, until Tajh Boyd matched him last fall. At the time he graduated, Williams held school career records with 4,647 passing yards on 333-of-717 attempts in 44 starts.
"I'm excited to be a part of the Clemson football broadcast and be around the program again," Williams said. "This is a great opportunity, and I can't wait to get started this fall."
Williams was inducted to the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in the spring, and joined the Clemson Hall of Fame in 2000. He never earned an all-ACC accolade, but he was MVP of the 1986 Gator Bowl and 1988 Citrus Bowl as well as Clemson's offensive MVP in his senior season of 1988.
"We're happy to bring Rodney on board as the color analyst," said Gerry Dickey, general manager of Clemson Tigers Sports Properties. "His experience and knowledge of Clemson football will be great for the broadcast."
Munson was named Voice of The Tigers on April 30, replacing Pete Yanity, who'd served in that capacity since 2003.
"It's great to welcome Rodney back to the Clemson broadcast," Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich said. "He and Don will do a great job for us in the booth this fall and our fans will enjoy listening to them call games."
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Families unite to celebrate diabetes breakthrough
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The lives of diabetes sufferers and their families across the world are being transformed by treatment pioneered at one of the South West's leading universities.
For five years Emma Matthew's life was a stressful cycle of blood tests and insulin injections as she cared for her son Jack, who suffers from a rare form of neonatal diabetes.
Jack frequently experienced hypos – low blood glucose levels – which caused him to collapse and would often result in seizures. Further diabetes-related developmental delays left Jack unable to speak and reliant on picture cards to communicate with his family.
"Life revolved around Jack's diabetes and making sure he was safe," Emma said. "We'd wake up in the night with Jack completely manic because his blood sugar level was so high, or in convulsions on the floor because it was so low.
"We couldn't take part in normal activities because we had to take so much medication and bags of sugar, to account for any eventuality.
It was a living nightmare and we were all absolutely shattered."
This all changed when a breakthrough at the University of Exeter medical school introduced a new method of treating Jack's form of diabetes.
In 2004 a team of scientists led by Professors Andrew Hattersley and Sian Ellard discovered that in some patients with neonatal diabetes the genetic mutation responsible for impairing their body's insulin production also caused abnormalities in channels in the pancreas.
The researchers found they could correct the defect using a medication called sulphonylurea. The drug enables cells in the pancreas to release their own insulin – the hormone responsible for controlling blood glucose levels – removing the need for insulin injections.
Emma contacted the team at Exeter after she came across an article about the treatment in a national newspaper.
"Within a week Jack was tested and diagnosed [with the defect]," she said. "Within three days on the new medication he started showing signs of not needing insulin.
"It became obvious that Jack's blood sugar levels were really stable. He had stopped collapsing on the floor and he suddenly started smiling and laughing.
"Six weeks later, he came out of school and all the staff were grinning from ear to ear. He came up to me with this big smile on his face and said 'hello mummy' – the first words he had ever spoken."
Neonatal diabetes affects around 1 in 100,000 babies and results in epilepsy and developmental delays such as learning difficulties and muscle weakness in around 20% of cases.
About half of patients diagnosed with the illness will have the pancreatic abnormalities that can be treated by sulphonylurea tablets.
Sophie Tasker was 18 when she became one of the first people in the country to get diagnosed by researchers at Exeter and said the change to tablets made a "dramatic difference" to her life and her health.
"It's fantastic – I feel much more relaxed and I can be far more independent because we don't have a risk of collapsing with low blood sugar," the now 25-year-old welfare officer said.
"[Before] I had to be really careful about what I ate, and I was always bruised. I felt self-conscious about taking my insulin – if we were in public, I'd inject myself under the table."
On Monday, April 14 Sophie and her parents joined Emma, Jack and 32 other families from around the world at an event organised by Exeter Clinical Research Facility to bring together individuals who had been affected by the medical breakthrough.
Ms Matthews described the day as "astounding" and "uplifting".
"For the first time we were able to meet children like Jack," she said. "I found it incredibly emotional to hear from the young people themselves how much better they felt after switching to the treatment."
Professor Ellard said the university was "delighted" to welcome the families.
"It's always extremely gratifying and humbling to see first hand that research by the team at the University of Exeter Medical School is yielding real benefits to families," she said.
"This family day is a chance for us to learn from them about how clinical care can be improved, as well as to follow their progression."
The Exeter team's discovery has prompted changes to international guidelines on treating neonatal diabetes. All people diagnosed before nine months of age can now get a free genetic test to identify which treatment they need.


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Carl Wolf should abandon his campaign to become a city commissioner.
Wolf's candidacy was problematic from the start because his job as general manager of the Battery Park Marina would preclude him from casting a commission vote on one of the most important issues the city faces -- the proposed Marina District -- if he were to be elected.
That conflict alone diminished his capacity to be a leader and was a high enough hurdle to overcome in establishing a legitimate city commission candidacy.
But Wolf's acknowledgment Wednesday he mailed an anonymous letter to more than 400 city residents expressing concern about the Sandusky Yacht Club's efforts to expand is the death knell for his candidacy.
Wolf said he mailed the letter to Yacht Club members who live in Sandusky using the club's return address because he had that right as a club member. Well, he also had the right to stand up and put his name to his opinions and offer true leadership on an issue about which he obviously feels passionately.
His intentions might have been honorable, but his method was sneaky.
Obviously there is a conflict among members of the Sandusky Yacht Club and that will play out in the coming months. But Wolf's decision to express his opinion behind a cloak of anonymity is not the kind of leadership the city needs.
We urge Mr. Wolf to withdraw from the race.


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How would you define religion in academic terms?
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A moral system, and a set of procedures for carrying it out. Radical compassion.
The need and desire to have the unexplained translated into the workings of a superior being. Usually corrupted by the officials holding rank. The strong held belief that morality cannot exist without the belief of said superior being.
An ancient tool of discovery that discovered nothing worthwhile. A set of rules to enslave the mind. A roadblock to the advancement of humanity. For many of us a thing of the past. An inferior and obsolete moral system. A comfort blanket for those in fear of their own enslaved and deluded minds. An embarrassment to any god had he ever existed. Hang on, let me get breakfast first.....
Religion is faith-based (bad) philosophy, science and government.
I like "A system of metaphysical beliefs held in faith and despite lack of evidence or evidence to the contrary."
I am not sure how to define it but I know I lost it.
For me, religion is the abdication of one's will to the mental aberrations of long dead men.
A weltanschauung (life stance) which involves personal and/or communal activities centered around a shared belief in a higher power.
@Arcus - I think we can put yours and my definitions together, and we've got the whole thing. Does it have to be shared? Sometimes people share it without knowing it.
The definitions can be placed together as they concern two different aspects of religion, though I would have to contend that activities need to be shared. A religion consisting of one member isn't really a religion, as it would die with the person.
True. Morality is by definition shared. If I do something that doesn't affect anyone else, it's not a moral decision. I think you can have a religion of one, a personal religion. I agree though it's not very successful if it dies with that person, as religions go.
Shared? So a person can't have a personal religion?
Why not?


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Ventura is a paleolibertarian who takes all sort of conspiracy theories seriously and Howard Stern is a shock jock/radio show host/comedian whose politics are not well known. His Presidential web page is here.
One of Ventura's platform planks is scrapping the political party system by outlawing political parties.
Would you vote for them if only to keep a major party candidate out of the White House?
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Would you vote for them if only to keep a major party candidate out of the White House?
The paranoid wrestler and the motormouth jockey? Those idiots? Fuck no. I want government to be accountable, not made into a circus.
Didn't government start out as a circus back in ancient greece. To the public the emeporor was the greatest showman of all, the senate where the clowns and so forth. Not much has changed really just names.
Emperor? Senate? Greece? Perhaps you are thinking of Rome. Or you are thinking of Greece but you are referencing the demagogues. Admittedly the same point could be made of any state where the people vote.
Kinda got me facts on rome and greece mixed up a bit there, sorry bout that and thanks for pointing it out.
It is a circus, therefore nothing would change but..
At least you wouldn't have career politicians in charge of the store.
"you wouldn't have career politicians in charge"
I think this is a laudable goal. Politicians whose main job is to get themselves re-elected is a problem. I think the founding fathers imagined a scenario where prominent members of society would give up a few years to serve the public then return to their normal lives. This current revolving door between office-holders and lobbyists could never serve the people's interest.
I wonder how Ventura thinks he's going to outlaw political parties without the help of the political parties themselves?
I wonder how Ventura thinks he's going to outlaw political parties without the help of the political parties themselves?
Or without suspending the Constitution.
I suppose in the same way some people think wrestling is REAL. :D
I think we can do better.
I won't vote for them but I hope they stay in the race. It would make for some great comedy. I would like to see the Tea Party break off from the GOP and become a true third party, which would render both them and the GOP politically useless and impotent.
Uhm, wasn't the president in Idiocracy a former pro-wrestler? Would Ventura replace water with Mountain Dew?


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Deliberately misleading headline by leftist hacks on NJ.com
Hope these disgusting pigs are in jail where they belong. Throw away the key.
Let's put her back on the road so she can outright kill some innocent pedestrian. Jail is appropriate for people who have no respect for the lives of others. Her own passengers could have been killed but you are so worried about the criminal.
Canada admitted they were warned at the start not to delay the game. Some folks just think they can ignore the warning and do as they please.
Missing a hand call? Not so unusual if you watch soccer on a regular basis.
Guess I am the resident contrarian but I really really love the new format.
Thanks for making this site fresher and easier to read for us old timers.
Heartfelt prayers.
It would have made more sense to the community to reduce the administration and the teaching staff.
Work for ABC do you?
You can spew lies all you want, but the truth is that ABC covered up Zimmerman's injuries. The fired employee is probably now an honored employee of Eric Holder.
We will all be holding our breath for seven minutes.
Most people speed up and down Gorge Rd. Many times the cars just speed past a stopped schoolbus with it's lights flashing.
We need a police car to get the license plate of speeders and then at the bottom of the road when the hit River Road they get pulled over.
Lots of folks walking up and down the hill and it is always harrowing.
Surprised to see the first two posters here. Thought they would be out at the kiss in.
Talk about how convenient it was to leave his post and then notice the cars were missing.
A little insider action???
Other than the fact that it was his kinfolk who flew into those builidings, what right did he have to sign a beam.
Turns my stomach.
When he visited the reflecting pool during his campaign he flung the flowers into the pool and turned away.
Too bad the Record of Bergen County didn't think this was worthy of a news story in today's paper.
After all, who cares........right???
At what point is the criminal's automobile confiscated? IMHO, they should lose their auto the first time.........for a six month period. After that, another arrest means the auto is taken forever.
It's not enough to read the page but to study the meaning of every word.
Quite an accomplishment.
Oh, there are sports competitions going on? Who knew???
Like Costas, NBC is rotten to the core.
Hey captain, so how is it that Tebow got to the playoffs while the Jets went home.
Guess all those folks who made Tebow's jersey the #1 seller were backing someone who just couldn't win games.
How many championships did Tebow win? Who won the Heismann. Oh, that must have been Sanchez, right?