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Forget the politics, and who did or said what. We have a serious problem here. Unemployeement and here is the solution: 1. Take the illegals and send them home, all the jobs created by doing just that can go to our youth and the people who are unemployed. 2. Companies need to stop hiring illegals to begin with, if a company hires an illegal they should simply have their business shut down period. Watch how many jobs are created by doing that. 3. We need to stop outsourcing stuff to china, and USA needs to become independent again. Our quality of consumer goods is garbage because everything it seems is made in china, where they do not need to follow our build standards or safety standards - its sad and disgusting. 4. Oh yeah, if unemployment was not a free ride for 2 years then I bet more people would be searching for a job, there are jobs out there, you just need to go get them instead of sitting around doing nothing. That's my couple of cents, take care.
Thomas, I agree 100%, people need to put their garbage away properly and stop feeding the bears or any wild animals. People are ignorant and do not realize how much they are hurting the environment and the species by not tucking away their garbage properly or feeding the bears. I think people should do jail time and massive fines for not putting garbage away properly, but I guess that's just crazy. The funny thing is, when their garbage blows around or the bear gets it and leaves it on my lawn it is not their problem any more, its my problem and I have had it.
This country is doomed. The illegals are laughing all the way home and all the time. Why don't the money go towards kids who are LEGAL and born here. Time to take the illegals and send them home PERIOD, take the kids with them. This country has unemployment problems, send the illegals home and let OUR children do those jobs. I can't believe that this is even a question. Why should support be given to these children, their parents came over here illegally and we (the tax paying citizens) are supposed to support them? That is BS.
Wheres the parents / Guardians in all this? 16 years old - driving a car that is most likely not their own (most likely the kids parents car) - where are the parents? You are not allowed to make adult decisions until 18, so the parents should be held somewhat responsible here. This is tragic.
What happened to the good old bat? Not like a baseball bat but the winged bat.... best bug killer ever.
There should have been 0$ set up for anti bullying. The PARENTS need to start taking care of their kids. Most parents think that school is day care - its not. It is a place for kids to learn the books. To learn the laws of life - that's up to the parents to teach the kids. I bullied and was bullied by others as a kid - I grew up to be a nice caring individual, quit treating these kids like babies and they will automatically learn to cope with issues. In the real world at a bar or a club somebody starts bullying you are you going to ask the bartender to help? By that time you would already be knocked out. Raising a nation of weaklings with this anti bullying nonsense. Sure there are limits to the amount of bullying a kid can do, and they should be punished but this is all out of control. Taking bullying away at all levels takes away life lessons that are very important to kids. How many parents got into it with class mates when they were young, you learned a lot from that experience did you not? And nobody ever got really hurt - take that away and our children will not know how to react at all if somebody pushes them or insults them.
Maybe the collar has been on the bear when collars first came out? I am sure the collar is necessary to study the bears habits. Obviously this specific bear has been an issue before, why else would it get a collar? Dogs wear collars all the time, is that inhumane too? Ill bet that collar weighs less then 1 lb. That bear is already used to it, it is not cruel, you are all over reacting. What is cruel is people dumping their garbage outside and allowing the bears to get it and drag it into innocent people's lawns, now that's cruel to the bears and to your neighbors.
was this a dryer or a washer, I did not see any water pour out....
I was hit on my motorcycle by a woman who was talking on the phone, should I be able to sue the person she was speaking to? I do not think so, that's ridiculous, same thing here, I am very sorry this happened to them, but they need to sue the people responsible, or did they already settle out and need more money now? I have a feeling the whole story is not here.
Obviously people just want to get the most money out of every incident that happens against them, sad but true. People need to be accountable for their actions, it is not against a law to send a text while NOT driving. It IS against the law to look at your phone text WHILE driving. Hold the driver responsible and cut the BS. The fact this law suit is even considering allowing to sue the sender who has nothing to do with the crash is absurd. It is up to the person driving to know when to ignore text messages. As a matter of fact, better yet, turn your phone off when you enter your car, problem solved. I ride a motorcycle, and its very dangerous out there, I ride next to and get passed and pass more people talking on phones or texting then I see not doing it, its dangerous and I just want to stay away from these drivers!
> 18 = adult, the driver is negligent the company is just stupid. Make them both suffer. If you are a rich 18 year old you can go buy a fast car CASH, if you crack it up and kill somebody is it the car manufactures fault? How about the dealer? The drivers are responsible, the company should also get involved on some of the financial burden as well, but no way should the company be responsible for ALL of it, the drivers need to pay the price for their stupidity.
Mat - your comments about 'giving a 19 year old a fast car is like giving a convicted felon a gun" are absurd. Age has nothing to do with this obviously the one driver was 28. Both of these jerks were adults, try them as such, throw them in jail and make them pay dearly.
Joe you just re-iterated what 8 said, I guess he should thank you.
Sage- great post, I agree with the no mercy part 100% I was thinking in the world of percentages, it seemed like most people in here wanted to put 90% of the blame on the company where I think 90% of the blame should be on the drivers. Regardless, I hope they all learn their lesson, they killed a biker on his way to work (RIP). I am glad you too are a biker sage, there are not enough of us at all. I wish they made taking a motorcycle course mandatory especially in this state of NJ, people drive crazy, and if they only knew a little about motorcycles it would save so many lives.
My research did not show that either of these drivers were owner of the company, where in this article does it say that? I posted a response based on this article, nothing more. I ride a motorcycle and this is tragic, the drivers should be responsible for this without a doubt, but to expect the company to protect the drivers and cover the whole thing is totally ridiculous. People at some point have to be held responsible for their actions, on company time or not, thats the problem. You have cops that shoot people on 'company time' is it ok because they were on company time? How about cops that do not use their blinkers and drive like crazy people when they are on patrol, thats ok cause they are on company time? Take a look around, most people are working more then not and so people are most of the time on company time. So if I work at a metal shop with sharp cutting instruments and there was a battle with a co-worker and they shoved my arm through the cutting instrument, the company should pay and the co-worker should be free and clear? People need to be held responsible. 19, 22, 78 age > 18 DOES NOT MATTER. You can go to war @ 18, but you can't be held responsible for driving a fast car? This country is doomed.
My original post obviously did not make sense cause it was incomplete.
So wait a minute, If I am a truck driver and I plow through traffic cause I am having a bad day, I should not be held responsible? Let the company handle it? That is REDICULOUS! I agree that the drivers should be trained better, but ALL of the responsibility should not be on the company, maybe a little but not all. It is surely not the roads fault, the cars fault or the weathers fault. The drivers broke the law (Even on company time). If that was my company I would have a waiver that every driver would have to sign that gets the company off the hook if the laws are broken.
The company should NOT I repeat NOT be held responsible for this occurrence. The people driving the cars should be completely responsible, if you want to have somebody pay for the motorcyclists funeral, get the drivers of these cars to pay. While I agree its kind of foolish to let people
wojtek great post, yes Unique bird always distorted the definition of the word murder. As for the bears, The first thing is to get people to hide their garbage, then the population SHOULD control itself, but since people are scumbags that will never fly. So the hunter does the dirty work and gets yelled at for it. Unique bird if you want to yell at somebody yell at the people who do not use bear proof cans. The problem may be that you are one of those people, you like to see the bears spread garbage all over everybody's lawn.
I know people with common last names who are on some airlines no fly list, its an inconvenience yes, but its not a big deal, the media makes this a big deal because it was a little girl.... give me a break, this is not news.


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Missouri City man gets life sentence in kidnapping, torture case
A Missouri City man convicted of torturing a woman with pliers, a hot clothes iron and a homemade blow torch has been sentenced to life in prison. Wilburt Dwaine Cash, 30, was sentenced June 27 by 240th District Court Judge Thomas R. Culver, III, the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office said Friday in a news […] [Read More]
Four charged with kidnapping man for $50,000 ransom
Four people have now been charged with beating and holding a man for a $50,000 ransom after accusing him of stealing narcotics and money, court records show. Three of the suspects were arrested on March 28, two days after the victim was allegedly kidnapped. The fourth suspect Jose Jimenez, 23, has not been arrested but […] [Read More]
Mom faces kidnapping charge in son's abduction
A Houston mom is behind bars, accused of kidnapping her 1-year-old son from a northwest Houston barber shop, according to Harris County prosecutors. Vanessa Vallet, 24, faces a felony kidnapping charge and was being held Monday in the Harris County Jail, court records show. A judge denied bond in the case. Investigators said that Vallet's […] [Read More]
Police nab man accused of kidnapping woman
A Houston man is in custody, accused of forcing a woman into her vehicle and telling her she would be arrested if she did not comply with his demands, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office. Michael Wayne Slaughter, 28, was arrested Wednesday, April 18, and is charged with felony aggravated kidnapping, court records […] [Read More]
Woman shot, infant kidnapped in parking lot
UPDATE: The woman shot earlier Tuesday has died, Montgomery County Police Reporter says. ORIGINAL POST: A woman shot a mother and kidnapped her infant in Montgomery County Tuesday afternoon, according to a report from the Montgomery County Police Reporter. Witnesses reported that an adult woman, wearing a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans, shot another woman […] [Read More]
Man warns public about wife's attempted abduction
After a stranger tried to kidnap his wife , a Houston man has hit the streets with a homemade sign to warn others about the incident, according to a KHOU-TV news report. Mario Ramirez said a man tried to force his wife into a car around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. She managed to escaped, he told […] [Read More]
Houston woman sues man for $25 million for 2010 assault
A 29-year-old woman has filed a $25 million civil lawsuit against a Sugar Land man who she says forced her into a trash bin and attempted to set it ablaze two years ago, according to court records. Amber Colette Rose, 29, of Houston, continues to suffer emotional distress from the Nov. 1, 2010, assault by […] [Read More]
Men convicted of abducting Sikes up for parole
Two men convicted in 1986 abduction of 19-year-old Texas City resident Shelley Sikes are up for parole, fueling a firestorm of protest from her family and friends, The Galveston County Daily News is reporting: In two separate trials at venues out of the county, two men — Gerald Pieter Zwarst and John Robert King — […] [Read More]
Reputed gang member terrorized woman: DA's Office
A reputed gang member is being sought for kidnapping a woman as a way of 'paying her back' for a fight she had with the suspect's girlfriend, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office. The suspect, Jacob Richard Godinez, 20, is charged with aggravated kidnapping in the case, court records show. A warrant has […] [Read More]
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A Brazos County deputy constable was arrested by College Station police Wednesday night on a charge of kidnapping, officials told the Bryan-College Station Eagle. [Read More]
Authorities hunt suspect in terrifying Houston kidnapping — KTRK
Police have identified a suspect in a violent kidnapping, robbery, rape and shooting of a woman abducted from her southwest Houston apartment in July, and they're now trying to hunt him down, KTRK-TV (Channel 13) is reporting. [Read More]


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I've been recently considering how cool it would be to have a line of Bos Meadery drinking horns. I'm pleased to see there is even a website called http://vikingdrinkinghorns.com/
My hope is find horn wholesaler and get the Bos Meadery logo emblazoned on the side.
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The National Cancer Institute estimated that, in 2009, 11,270 new cases of invasive cervical cancer would be diagnosed and about 4,070 women would die from the disease. Some researchers estimate that noninvasive cervical cancer (carcinoma in situ) is about four times more common than invasive cervical cancer. Cervical cancer—once one of the most common cancers affecting U.S. women—now ranks 14th in frequency in this population.1
According to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC), women in developing countries account for about 85% of the yearly cases of cervical cancer (estimated at 473,000 cases worldwide) and the yearly deaths from cervical cancer (estimated at 253,500 deaths worldwide). In most developing countries, cervical cancer remains the number one cause of cancer-related deaths among women.2
Studies show that access to health care is an important predictor of cancer screening. The availability of physicians to provide screening could significantly decrease the mortality rate by allowing greater patient access.3 Between 1955 and 1992, the cervical cancer death rate declined by 74%. The main reason for this change was the increased use of the Papanicolaou (Pap) test. This screening procedure identifies changes in the cervix before cancer develops or early stages of cancer. The death rate from cervical cancer continues to decline by nearly 4% each year. Currently, the five-year relative survival rate for the earliest stage of invasive cervical cancer is 92%. The overall (all stages combined) five-year survival rate is about 71%.4 About 55 million Pap tests are performed each year in the United States. Of these, approximately 3.5 million (6%) are abnormal and require further medical care.5
Although the Pap smear has become the standard method of screening, it does not definitively rule out disease. The false-negative rate of the Pap smear ranges from 1.5% to as high as 80%.6 The most likely scenario for false-negatives is that the critical areas on the cervix were not sampled or the laboratory did not identify abnormal cells because of sampling error or the presence of inflammation or excessive blood. The patient may also contribute to the false-negative rate by douching or having intercourse before the examination. If abnormalities go unrecognized, the patient may be erroneously triaged to observation or repeat cytologic surveillance rather than to a diagnostic test such as colposcopy.
Colposcopy is the diagnostic test indicated for evaluating patients with abnormal Pap test results. Colposcopy is a procedure that examines lower genital tract tissue under magnified illumination after the application of 3 to 5% acetic acid. A green filter highlights vascular patterns.7
When researchers looked at the value of using the presence of high-grade precancerous changes in a repeat Pap test (without a human papillomavirus test) to indicate whether colposcopy was necessary, they found that 63.9% of the women who truly needed colposcopy would not have had it. When the presence of lower grades of precancerous changes found on a second Pap test were used to decide who did and did not get a colposcopy, 14.7% of women who truly needed the test would not have had it done.8
Neither cytologic sampling nor colposcopic examination alone provides definitive answers. If abnormal tissue is present, it is the histologic result that provides the basis for treatment or observation. Colposcopic-directed biopsies to confirm lower genital tract disease have become common practice for many physicians, including family physicians. They are also performed by nurse practitioners and physician assistants.7
It is the position of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) that clinical privileges should be based on the individual physician's documented training and/or experience, demonstrated abilities, and current competence. This policy applies to privileges in all areas.9 The AAFP also advocates the development of specific patient-centered practice policies that focus on what should be done for the patient rather than who should do it. When policies address the issue of who should provide care, then recommendations for management, consultation, or referral should emphasize appropriate specific competencies, rather than a clinician's specialty designation.10
The American Medical Association's policy on staff privileges states that "Decisions regarding hospital privileges should be based upon the training, experience, and demonstrated competence of candidates, taking into consideration the availability of facilities and the overall medical needs of the community, the hospital, and especially patients. Privileges should not be based on numbers of patients admitted to the facility or the economic or insurance status of the patient. Personal friendships, antagonisms, jurisdictional disputes, or fear of competition should not play a role in making these decisions. Physicians who are involved in the granting, denying, or termination of hospital privileges have an ethical responsibility to be guided primarily by concern for the welfare and best interests of patients in discharging this responsibility."11
The Joint Commission requires that a process that provides fair and equal treatment to all applicants be established by the hospital or credentialing entity. The process entails that the "credentialing and privileging process involves a series of activities designed to collect, verify, and evaluate data relevant to a practitioner's professional performance. These activities serve as the foundation for an objective, evidence-based decisions regarding appointment to membership on the medical staff. And recommendations to grant or deny initial and renewed privileges. In the course of the credentialing and privileging process, an overview of each applicant's licensure, education, training, current competence, and physical ability to discharge patient care responsibilities is established."12
It is well recognized that performance of colposcopy is within the scope of family medicine. Recent statistics show that 33.6% of active AAFP members perform this procedure in the office setting,13 and approximately 9.6% of members currently maintain colposcopy hospital privileges.14
Evaluation of an abnormal Pap smear is the primary indication for colposcopy. There is no authoritative document or consensus panel report that explicitly details the indications for colposcopy. The following, however, are generally considered to be the most specific indications for colposcopy15:
A joint task force of the AAFP and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) developed "Recommended Curriculum Guidelines for Family Medicine Residents: Maternity and Gynecologic Care."16 These core guidelines, which include colposcopy as a recommended skill, are intended to help residency directors develop curricula and to help residents identify areas of needed training.
The AAFP sponsors introductory colposcopy continuing medical education (CME) courses at the Scientific Assembly. In addition, the AAFP offers a freestanding colposcopy course, which is immediately preceded by a women's health course. The AAFP maintains a registry of accredited courses and has published a comprehensive monograph titled the "FP Comprehensive CD-Rom," including syllabus, video, and atlas, which was written and edited by family physicians.
A curriculum in colposcopy must impart both cognitive and psychomotor skills.16 The cognitive experience may be achieved using programmed texts such as the AAFP Colposcopy Self-Study CD-ROM, the AAFP colposcopy syllabus and video or online CME from the American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP). Other colposcopy courses are available through various organizations and institutions.
In the ideal situation, the learner would continue a lifelong learning curve that incorporated participation in intermediate and advanced colposcopy courses and maintain membership in societies actively involved in developing practice guidelines and standards for colposcopic excellence based on evidence-based literature and outcomes data.
Clinical proctoring is an important peer review tool for physicians seeking privileges in hospitals and health care organizations including colposcopy. Please see the Academy's position paper on Clinical Proctoring for additional information.17
The process for credentialing and delineation of family medicine privileges varies among organizations. Before applying for colposcopy privileges, the applicant should ensure that his or her documentation of training, experience, and current competence is in order. The following advice might help the applicant navigate the credentialing process18:
Review the eligibility criteria for each privilege requested and review your training and experience for any gaps or areas that may need to be addressed before applying for privileges.
Collect letters of recommendation from past instructors, preceptors, those who have monitored your clinical performance, and colleagues who have worked with you throughout the years. Assemble case reports including data about the number and types of cases, treatment outcomes, etc. Assemble documentation records maintained during your family medicine residency.
Review documents and hospital bylaws before submission, including procedures in the event of a denial. If you are denied privileges, ask for the reason in writing.
Include complete documentation, case reports, and letters of recommendation with your application for medical staff privileges. Submit copies, not originals, to avoid the possibility that original documents will be lost in the course of review. Maintain ongoing documentation of relevant clinical experience.18
The AAFP recommends the establishment of family medicine departments in all hospitals departmentalized by specialty. The department of family medicine should have rights, duties, and responsibilities comparable to those of other specialty departments of the medical staff. It should have the right to recommend directly to the appropriate committee those privileges that fall within the scope of family medicine without being required to have the assent or approval of any other department.19
The AAFP believes that the department of family medicine should establish and use a core privileging process based on criteria developed by the department. Core privileges within the department of family medicine should reflect the core curriculum and training offered in accredited family medicine residency programs. Criteria for privileges outside of the core should be pre-established by the department of family medicine in consultation with other appropriate clinical departments. Recommendations for privileges outside the family medicine core may then be considered by the department of family medicine according to the criteria jointly established by the relevant clinical departments. In all cases, clinical review of a physician should be done in the department where the privilege originated.19
Some privilege problems arise because other specialists do not understand the scope of family medicine. In addition to providing other specialists with general information about family medicine, family physicians on the medical staff or the family medicine department, if there is one, should consider addressing the following points:
Quality assurance of didactic and procedural training in colposcopy is important and can be fostered through the AAFP prescribed credit mechanisms using expert physicians within the AAFP.
Expanding family physicians' use of colposcopy results in improved access to timely care for patients. Primary prevention by risk-factor identification and patient education is as important in reducing the prevalence of cervical cancer as secondary prevention by identification of dysplastic lesions at the time of colposcopy.
Whether the performance of colposcopy by family physicians saves money and resources at the societal level is unknown, although it would seem to have several favorable results:
Productive areas for educational research in the area of colposcopy privileging include better defining the competency-based measures required for performance of colposcopy and analyzing outcomes to compare clinical practices of all specialties.
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The Minor in Public Service and Community Engagement is a 22-unit, innovative, intensive, interdisciplinary program open to all USF undergraduates, regardless of their major, who are interested in developing their skills and knowledge in public service.
The minor provides the analytical, organizational, and advocacy skills and preparation needed for sophisticated public service. Participation in the minor prepares students to undertake community problem solving through active citizenship. Through experiential learning, reflection, and analysis, students will have direct exposure to some of the most pressing social issues facing the world. Student can select a global and/or local focus depending on their interests. Graduate of the program will be honored as "McCarthy Scholars" at Commencement.
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James Lance Taylor is author of the book Black Nationalism in
the United States: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama, which earned
2011 "Outstanding Academic Title" -Choice: Current Reviews
for Academic Libraries (January 2012). (Ranked top 3
percent of 25,000 books submitted and top 8 percent of 7,300
actually accepted for review by the American Library Association).
He is the Immediate Past President of the National Conference of
Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS), an important organization of
African American, African, and Afro Caribbean political scientists
in the United States.
He is associate professor and Chair of the Department of
Politics at the University of San Francisco. His undergraduate
degree is from Pepperdine University and his graduate degrees were
earned at the University of Southern California (USC). He has
taught previously as a Visiting Associate Professor of political
science at Saint Louis University in Madrid, Spain and political
science and African American Studies at University of California,
He is co-editor and an author with Katherine Tate (UC Irvine)
and Mark Sawyer (UCLA), Something's in the Air: Race and
the Legalization of Marijuana (Routledge, 2013), focusing on
controversies concerning race and marijuana legalization.
Taylor's current research is for a book manuscript,
Peoples Temple, Jim Jones, and Black America, which is a study of
the Peoples Temple movement and African American political history.
Two of his articles on the subject have appeared in recent editions
of the Jonestown Report newsletter at San Diego State University.
Two additional articles on the Post-Civil Rights era
African-American Church and Civil Rights are in production at SUNY
Press. He is currently writing a journal article, "A Black Theology
of the 'Souls' of W.E.B. Du Bois's Black
Folk" in recognition of that book's one-hundred and tenth
anniversary (2013).
He serves as a political commentator on U.S. and San Francisco
politics on behalf of the University of San Francisco's
Media Relations Office. He is a member of the USFFA Policy Board,
and current Chair of the Arts Council (committee of College
Chairs). Taylor has given public lectures recently at Northwestern
University, The Ohio State University, Stanford University,
University of California, Berkeley and DePauw University (Indiana).
He speaks frequently with youth and community groups on issues of
education and community empowerment.
Taylor has also served as a policy consultant for the San
Francisco Human Rights Commission and San Francisco Board of
Supervisors. His teaching and research scholarly interests are in
religion and politics in the United States, race and ethnic
politics, African American political history, social movements,
political ideology, law and public policy, and the U.S. Presidency.
He lives with his family in Oakland, California.
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The leading child killer
Malaria is the leading killer of children in Mozambique. About 36,000 children die from malaria every year and the disease accounts for 40 per cent of all out-patient consultations and up to 60 per cent of in-patients in paediatric wards.
There are three principal ways in which malaria can contribute to death in young children. First, an overwhelming acute infection, which frequently manifests as seizures or coma, may kill a child directly and quickly.
Second, repeated malaria infections contribute to the development of severe anaemia, which substantially increases the risk of death.
Third, low birth weight – frequently the consequence of malaria infection in pregnant women – is a major risk factor for death in the first month of life.
A risk to mothers
Malaria is also a health risk to pregnant women as it has adverse effects on both the mother and the unborn child, including maternal anaemia, foetal loss, premature delivery and low birth weight babies. Malaria contributes to maternal mortality when it compounds conditions such as tuberculosis, HIV infection, malnutrition and iron deficiency.
Prevention better than cure
One of the best ways to prevent malaria, together with house spraying with insecticides, is to sleep at night under an insecticide-treated bed net or the newer long-lasting insecticidal nets, which do not need retreatment. Mozambique has a widespread programme for the distribution and promotion of insecticide-treated mosquito nets.
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What is being done
Between 2000 and 2009, UNICEF supported the distribution of 2.9 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets to pregnant women, children under five, orphaned and vulnerable children and people living with HIV across the country, out of a total of over 6 million nets distributed by various partners.
By 2009, pregnant women in all provinces except Maputo received a long-lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets through antenantal services.
The UNICEF-supported programme complements the government's Indoor Residual Spraying programme.
The insecticide-treated mosquito nets are distributed free of charge to pregnant women through routine antenatal care services in health facilities and to children under five through health campaigns.
UNICEF has worked with the Ministry of Health and a range of partners to develop a cost effective strategy of mosquito nets distribution at district level under the management of District Health Teams.
UNICEF is also supporting the Ministry of Health in the procurement of anti-malarial drugs, through the UNITAID initiative, and is exploring with the Ministry of Health the possibility of embarking on procurement services for large quantities of long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets, aiming at universal coverage.
The way forward
Between 2010 and 2011, UNICEF will continue to support the Ministry of Health in expanding the coverage of long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets and other malaria prevention and treatment methods in two main areas of interventions.
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How do I set up my electric drums in the same way as an acoustic kit?
I have been trying to set it up to resemble an acoustic kit, as best I can, let me explain...
I know the size difference between the too is big, and I know the sounds are different, but I want to set it up to have the same heights and the same distances of the drums apart as a regular rock drum kit.
Like, how tall is a hi-hat, how big is a bass drum, and how high up are the toms when on top of the bass drum, stuff like that.
I am mainly having problems with setting up the hi-hat and the snare drum to work with each other.
When ever I see drummers drumming with both the snare and the hi-hat, they seem to have their wrists crossed, and when I have set my drums up I never have them set up where I can drum with those two with my wrists crossed.
I know I will never have it set up perfectly as an acoustic rock kit, but I want to get it as near as possible, because I plan on getting behind one of those in a band soon enough, and I don't want to have spent all this time practising with this thing, then have to learn all over again.
I know that drummers set up their kits to their comfort, but I just need the standard heights and set ups of an acoustic kit, then I can slightly alter them to my confort after setting them at the right heights and such.
Re: How do I set up my electric drums in the same way as an acoustic kit?
You said it yourself: "I know that drummers set up their kits to their comfort". Check the hi hat heights, snare height, tom height, tom angles, cymbal placement of 50 different drummers and you'll see 50 different ways of setting up a kit. Check it for 1000 drummers and you'll find 1000 ways.....many are similar.....some may even look identical at first glance, but there'll will always be nuances that each drummer has that personalises his/her kit for their own playing situation.
Set it up, start playing and adjust for your own comfort as you go along.
Re: How do I set up my electric drums in the same way as an acoustic kit?
There is no standard, but I get the drift of what you're trying to do. I set up my Tama Techstar to "approximate" my acoustic kit.
Find your throne, and sit down.
Put the snare between your legs, at some kind of "comfortable" height.
Find your right foot. Put your kick pedal under it.
On your left, your hi-hat. Should be "higher than the snare. Ballpark in the 3' range.
Rack tom, all depends on if you run 1 or 2, and if their mounted on your "virtual" kick drum or off to the side. Anyhow, let's say in an 11 'o clock position of the snare.
Floor tom. Find that right leg again, to the right of that leg. Let's say 22-24 inches off the floor.
If you're gonna run 2 rack toms, put a second rack tom to the right of your first. Figure center to center distance is gonna be 12-16 inches apart. Your "virtual" drums are bigger than your pads.
If you're gonna run 2 floor toms, place the second pad right of the first floor tom, center to center space 16-20 inches, or, you could run a second floor on the left. In that case, left of your left leg, at the same height as the right floor.
The picture is my Tama hybrid kit. Real cymbals and snare, electronic double kick, 1 rack, 1 floor, and my SPD-S left of my hats.
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Re: How do I set up my electric drums in the same way as an acoustic kit?
I for one can't play with my wrists crossed; my left hand is much further forward than that. I have my hihat set up so far forward that I have the option of actually moving my right-hand and stick completely in front of the tip of my left stick, meaning I don't cross my hands at all. This allows me to get a much higher stick height for my backbeat (snare hits) without having to life my hihat hand up high to accomodate it.
I got into this after watching Billy Ashbaugh play, he moves between crossing his hands and moving his right hand far forward a lot. Here's a random video of his that shows what I'm talking about; you can see that his hihat hand moves forward and back again a lot:
Anyway, that was just an example drawn from my own experience, since you mentioned hihat positioning and wrist crossing in your post.
So yeah, set your kit up the way it's comfortable for you. There will be massive differences between an electronic and an acoustic kit anyway, so a lot of the techniques that have to do with moving around the kit will have to be re-learned (to some degree). Use the electronic kit to work on your chops, timing, dynamics and general playing skills, and you'll find that very beneficial when moving to a "real" kit, regardless of subtle setup differences.
Re: How do I set up my electric drums in the same way as an acoustic kit?
I don't quite understand this question. Why can't you just set-up your e-kit to approximate your acoustic kit? I have an e-kit and its set-up as close to my real kit as I can make it, in order to smooth transition from one to the other.
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Re: How do I set up my electric drums in the same way as an acoustic kit?
Average kick drum is 20-22" in diameter. typical depth of a tom is 11-12" 22"+12"=34" compensate a few inches for the angle of the hypothetical acoustic drums. set your electric pads roughly 36-37" above the floor. Set your snare pad up relatively close to that height. everything else should be set up where it's easily accessible. Everything else is independent on an acoustic kit so you can put it wherever you want. my personal preference for hi hat position is about 10 o'clock on the snare and roughly 5-7" above it. hope this helps.
Re: How do I set up my electric drums in the same way as an acoustic kit?
The whole crossing hands issue is independent of the acoustic/electronic kit comparison.
On the snare hit a lot of players raise the hihat stick much higher than their normal hits to accommodate the snare stick being raised up. so effectively you will accent the hihat simultaneously with the snare. This doesn't usually matter as the snare dominates. This took me quite a while to realise and get sorted.
I agree with the 10 o'clock position for the hat relative to the snare for the e-kit but again this is subject to taste.
I would also say that the gap between hat and snare should be at least 5" but this is down to personal choice.
Because the snare is typically much smaller than an acoustic snare; either you put it to the left and in plan view next to the hi hat. Or you move it to the centre of where the acoustic snare would be and live with a big gap between the snare and hi hat.
This is the trickiest bit of the lot.
I also tune down the mesh heads on my TD12 for the floor tom as this gives a sloppy tom feel!!!
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Eyeing post transaction fraud
Sitting cyber ducks
Virtual ATMs
Socially rewarding banks
Security 101: Stratfor breach
Skimming 101
In with the new, out with the old
Routing insecurity
Future financial tech trends
Spam, Scams & Breaches
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Eyeing post transaction fraud
We all get it - that post-holiday let down after the excitement dwindles and it's back to business as usual. For consumers, it usually hits when the bills starting rolling in and they realize how much money they actually spent. They might even put off looking over all the transactions that hit their accounts those last few weeks in 2011. That's what fraudsters were banking on with post transaction attacks.
Help Net Security
reports on how the menacing bank-fraud malware SpyEye borrowed an old trick from its peer ZeuS to hide fraudulent transactions. Get the details and remind your customers to review their accounts in a timely manner for accuracy and any indication of fraudulent activity.
Sitting cyber ducks
Duck hunters take their sport very seriously, arming themselves with waders, camouflage clothing, guns, and decoys. They generally know the best spots to hunt their prey and the most effective techniques to achieve their goals. Cyber criminals and data thieves know the tools of their trade as well and apply them to effect the greatest damage and find the most valuable data. As many as three-quarters of targeted phishing operations are aimed at the financial sector and our U.S. financial system may be a sitting duck for cyber assaults, reports
Virtual ATMs
With threats increasing worldwide at many retail points of sale, from supermarkets to gas station pumps and myriad retailers in between, protecting customer data is of paramount importance to ATM maker Diebold. Diebold's effort to reduce vulnerabilities is taking shape in the form of virtualized ATMs. Virtualized ATMs store customer data on protected data center servers, rather than the physical machines. Thieves can't get their hands on what's not there.
Information Week
has more details.
Socially rewarding bank
In a move that reflects the impact social media is having on everything - including banking - Citibank is offering their customers the benefit of pooling their Citi reward points together with their friends and loved ones on Facebook. Using Citi's new Facebook ThankYou Point Sharing app, customers can combine their points to be used by one person or charity for a gift or a notable cause.
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Security 101: Stratfor breach
2011 did not end on a happy note for security and intelligence think tank Stratfor when the Anonymous hacker group got their hands on Stratfor's servers and 200 GB of credit card and other sensitive information on the firm's clients and email subscribers. Researchers studying the passwords exposed by the massive attack on the security firm say that many of the passwords were simple and easy to decode, including those belonging to former politicians and top-tier executives, reports
. While educating users on selecting stronger passwords is Security 101, you need to enforce strong security policies for websites and applications in your institution.
Skimming 101
Not limited to ATMs, skimming devices can be used at retail locations and gas pumps as well. Unscrupulous employees can use handheld devices to skim credit card and debit card information prior to handing a card back to a customer. A skimming device is capable of storing data for up to 2,000 cards. With millions of people falling victim to skimming at ATMs and average losses of $1,000 per person, education is the key to prevention.
PC World
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In with the new, out with the old
Auld Lang Syne - should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? When it comes to online security, old passwords should. No matter how secure (or insecure) a password is, using the same login information for multiple sites and accounts puts users at higher risk for losing their sensitive information. Teaching your customers and your employees to not reuse old passwords when prompted to create new ones and not to use the same password for accessing multiple accounts is an important lesson in online security. In the case of a data breach like the one at Stratfor, the (in)security of one online service becomes a flaw that attackers can use to infiltrate other networks.
has more on the importance of educating your customers about password reuse.
Routing insecurity
While Americans are becoming more tech-savvy, the average consumer and small business owner doesn't know what WEP, WPA, or WPS stand for, much less what it is or what it does. When they set up a home or small office network, they want the convenience of buying a wireless router that provides the security they need without any techie actions needed on their part. Researchers have discovered design flaws in the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) technology that was intended to make modern routers easier for typical users to securely configure. New tools have been released that can bypass the encryption used to protect wireless routers and make them vulnerable to a basic hacking technique. Get the list of vulnerable routers and more details at
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Future financial tech trends
A new year prompts many of us to forge resolutions for better health, more family time, less spending - and maybe taking the leap from the "old way" of doing things to learning new technology to simplify their tasks.
has four personal finance technologies your consumers may resolve to take advantage of in 2012. And with bank technology budgets on the rise and expected to increase this year,
Bank Systems & Technology
highlights eight bank technology trends in the financial sector driving towards increased efficiency and compliance with new requirements.
Threatpost: Dialing up fake AV scams
PC World: Anonymous targets SpecialForces.com
Help Net Security: SQL injection attacks 1M pages
Threatpost: Ramnit worming its way through Facebook
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Ragan feeling right at home at River Ridge
Ragan is back at River Ridge, the course where his career began
There must be times when River Ridge golf professional Doug Ragan wonders if he has stepped back in time.
Ragan's first job at age 15 was at River Ridge, picking up golf balls at the driving range. Ragan spent eight years at River Ridge before setting out to find his way in the golf industry.
Over the next 10 years Ragan worked at several golf-related jobs, from being a club builder and fitter to working for a company that builds artificial putting greens in golfers' backyards.
Ragan also spent seven years as an assistant golf pro at Elkins Ranch, where he was part of a team that included head pro Chris Harvey and director of golf Dan Hodapp.
Ragan loved the family atmosphere at Elkins, but a new owner came in and let Ragan and many on the staff go.
Just as he was starting his job search, Ragan, 34, got a call from River Ridge head professional Susan Sipes, who told him she would love to have him work at the course where his career got started.
Even though it was a part-time position, Ragan was glad for the opportunity.
Now 17 months later, Ragan is a full-time golf assistant and serves as River Ridge's tournament director.
"It's been fun," Ragan said of his return to his roots. "I have known Otto (Kanny, River Ridge general manager) and Susan since I was 14, so it's the same family atmosphere that we had at Elkins.
"It's family-oriented and I live five minutes from here, so it's really nice to be so close to home. I could not be happier."
Kanny said Ragan has a strong work ethic and is great with customers.
Sipes calls Ragan one of the most solid people she has ever worked with.
"Doug never says no, always finds a way (to get things done) and he never complains," Sipes said. "Everyone loves him. And he keeps everyone calm because he has such a pleasant nature."
While it took Ragan little time to feel back at home, adjusting to a facility with 36 holes has been more of a challenge.
At Elkins, Ragan worked at a course that topped out at about 55,000 rounds per year and had a much smaller staff.
"I'm still getting used to the amount of people we have here and the staffing that goes with having two courses," Ragan said. "Here we have more than 90 marshals and there is always three of us in the (pro) shop.
"At Elkins, there were times when I was the only person in the shop and we only had seven marshals. It was a challenge learning everyone's name and getting to know the operation, but now I feel really comfortable."
One of the many things Ragan learned from Harvey and Hodapp was the importance of customer service.
At Elkins, Ragan knew almost every player that came through the door. He's trying to do the same at River Ridge, starting with greeting customers by first name when they come in the pro shop.
"Calling people by their first name throws them off," Ragan said. "A guy will say 'I have not played here in months, but you know my name.' I'm not as good a Chris and Dan were, but I'm getting there."
While he's putting a lot of his energy into building up tournament play at River Ridge, Ragan is excited about teaching more than he has in the past.
Since head of instruction Lee Martin handles most of the individual lessons, and Chad Wright and Jon Gomez work primarily with junior golfers, Ragan has handled group lessons.
"It's a niche (adult groups) that I don't think has been tapped here,' Ragan said. "Lee and Chad and Jon all have their areas they focus on, so this area needs someone to jump in, and that's what I am doing.
"It's kind of a 'Get Golf Ready' mentality. Five lessons for $100, no more than five in a group. The idea is get beginners out on the course as soon as possible and get rid of the intimidation a lot of new players feel about playing."
Ragan remains close with both Harvey and Hodapp, playing golf with them on a weekly basis. While the idea of working together again is appealing, Ragan isn't planning on leaving River Ridge any time soon.
"It's so nice being here and they treat me so well," Ragan said. "I would love to work with Chris again, but Susan has been incredible to work for and it's just a great group of people here. I could not be happier."
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Planned Parenthood says the fight against the tough new Texas abortion restrictions will continue.
The pledge by Planned Parenthood comes after an appeals court ruling late Thursday reinstating most of the restrictions that a lower court had vacated. The ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means as many as 12 clinics won't be able to perform the procedure starting as soon as Friday.
The panel says the law requiring doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital can take effect while a lawsuit moves forward. The restrictions could take effect Friday.
Cecile Richards is president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which is challenging the restrictions. She says "This fight is far from over."
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Current high-throughput genomic technologies, especially next-generation sequencing, have revolutionized biological research and provided unique opportunities to study broad and novel questions about the regulation of gene expression. With these technologies, there has been an exponential increase in the types and the amount of high-throughput experimental datasets pertaining to the dynamics of gene expression, including time-series gene expression data and genome-wide maps of nucleosome occupancy, epigenetic marks and transcription factor binding sites in cells and organisms under various experimental conditions. In my lab, we develop computational models to take advantage of existing datasets to study the dynamics and mechanisms of transcriptional gene regulation and propose testable hypotheses.
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Functional epigenetic patterns and their dynamics
Epigenomic information vary between cell types, between individuals and between organisms. It also spans several timescales, ranging from short term processes, such as cell differentiation to long-term processes such as aging. Due to this diversity of biological responses involving epigenomic variation, comparative analysis of varying epigenome maps provide a wide range of applications and opportunities for knowledge discovery. We developed computational models to reveal epigenetic patterns and their impact on the gene expression and DNA functionality [Bioinformatics 2010; NAR 2011]. Future interests of the lab includes exploring organism and cell-type specificity of epigenetic marks through comparative analyses of multiple epigenome maps. In addition, our lab is interested in studying the timing and changes in epigenetic patterns during development, aging, and diseases.
Regulatory networks in light of epigenetic data
Transcription factors, gene promoters, epigenetic marks, chromatin-modifying proteins, and nucleosomes together form extremely complex and dynamic regulatory systems. Although recent studies identified basic principles behind transcriptional regulation along with the individual role of many regulatory elements in regulation, we still lack a global understanding of genetic and epigenetic regulatory networks. Large collections of diverse regulatory relationships can be inferred from different high-throughput measurements and can be summarized in the form of networks. In the past, we developed network biology algorithms, particularly for the construction and analysis of protein-protein interaction networks [PKDD 2009; Bioinformatics 2008], regulatory networks [Bioinformatics 2009], and gene co-expression networks [Bioinformatics 2009]. More recently, we are interested in incorporating epigenetic data into regulatory networks to answer exciting questions regarding the combinatorial histone mark patterns, control mechanisms in transcriptional regulation that involve epigenetic signaling, and causal relationships between epigenetic marks and other regulatory elements.
Mining healthcare datasets to improve healthcare
Advances in data generation techniques combined with the decreasing genotyping and computing costs has led to an explosion of clinical genomic data in recent years. In addition, hospitals and clinics are increasingly utilizing electronic health record (EHR) systems for record keeping that form a vast repository of diseases and treatments that could be mined to drive discovery in disease genomics. A recent interest of my lab is to incorporate information in EHRs with next generation sequencing datasets to develop computational clinical decision support systems.
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Webb AE, Pollina EA, Vierbuchen T, Urbn N, Ucar D, Leeman DS, Martynoga B, Sewak M, Rando TA, Guillemot F, Wernig M, Brunet A (2013) FOXO3 shares common targets with ASCL1 genome-wide and inhibits ASCL1-dependent neurogenesis. Cell Reports, Volume 4, Issue 3, 477491.
Rafalski VA, Ho PP, Brett JO, Ucar D, Dugas JC, Pollina EA, Chow LM, Ibrahim A, Baker SJ, Barres BA, Steinman L, Brunet A (2013) Expansion of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells following SIRT1 inactivation in the adult brain. Nature Cell Biology, 15, 614624.
Salih DAM, Rashid AJ, Colas D, Torre-Ubieta L, Zhu RP, Morgan AA, Santo EE, Ucar D, Devarajan K, Cole CJ, Madison DV, Shamloo M, Butte AJ, Bonni A, Josselyn SA, Brunet A (2012) FoxO6 regulates memory consolidation and synaptic function. Genes Development, 26(24): 27802801.
Greer EL, Maures TJ, Ucar D, Hauswirth AG, Mancini E, Lim JP, Benayoun B, Shi Y, Brunet A (2011) Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance of Longevity in C. elegans. Nature, 479: 365371.
Ucar D, Hu Q, Tan K (2011) Combinatorial chromatin modification patterns in the human genome revealed by subspace clustering. Nucleic Acids Research, 39(10):4063-4075.
Firpi H, Ucar D, Tan K (2010) Discovering Regulatory DNA Elements Using Chromatin Signatures and Artificial Neural Network. Bioinformatics, 26(13):1579-1586.
Satuluri V, Parthasarathy S, Ucar D (2010) Markov Clustering of Protein Interaction Networks with Improved Balance and Scalability. ACM Intl Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, ACM-BCB.
Ucar D, Altiparmak F, Ferhatosmanoglu H, Parthasarathy S (2009) Mutual Information Based Extrinsic Similarity for Microarray Analysis. International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BiCoB.
Ucar D, Beyer A, Parthasarathy S, Workman CT (2009) Predicting functionality of protein-DNA interactions by integrating diverse evidence. Bioinformatics, 25(12): 137-144, ISMB 2009 Conference Proceedings.
Asur S, Parthasarathy S, Ucar D (2007) An Event-based Framework for Characterizing the Evolutionary Behavior of Interaction Graphs. The 13th Int'l Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, SIGKDD, Best Applications Paper Award.
Ucar D, Neuhaus I, Ross-MacDonald P, Tilford C, Parthasarathy S, Siemers N, Ji R-R (2007) Construction of a Reference Gene Association Network from Multiple Profiling Data: Application to HIV Data Analysis. Bioinformatics, 23(20): 2716-2724.
Ucar D, Asur S, Catalyurek U, Parthasarathy S (2006) Functional Modularity in Protein-Protein Interactions Graphs Using Hub-induced Subgraphs. The 17th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, PKDD.


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Archive for the 'History' Tag
Is the Intrepid Memorial sailing into trouble?
By Defense Springboard
In the pantheon of privately managed Navy memorials, one of the most envied is the Intrepid–the centerpiece of New York City's Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. Perched in Manhattan, the Intrepid draws in enough revenue to survive complex–and pricey–maintenance, grow facilities and attract a high-profile board (Including Xe/Blackwater founder Erik Prince). To envious outsiders, the institution seems like it is on the right track.
But how healthy is the Intrepid, actually?
Find out more here, at NextNavy.com
Tags: History, history lessons, Memorials, Military History Buffs, Navy Memorial
Ex-USS Iowa (BB-61): Is the "Iowa-Saving" nonprofit honest?
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Is the organization attempting to "save" the ex-USS Iowa (BB-61) telling the truth?
With the agreement to shed the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, the ex-USS Iowa is set to be disposed of in about seven years. To save the Iowa, the Navy's designated partner, "Historic Ships Memorial at Pacific Square", must raise $15-20 million dollars.
But the President of "Historic Ships Memorial at Pacific Square," Elaine Merylin Wong, is saying some things that make me question her credibility.
Look at the recent news coverage. As the the Governor of Iowa, Chet Culver, signed on to support fundraising efforts, Wong said, according to the Des Moines Register, her organization has done quite a lot:
Already, $4 million has been raised and spent, and another $18 million to $20 million is needed to prepare the USS Iowa for public visitation, Wong said.
The article also said Wong painted a dire picture of the ship's condition:
"Today, the ship is somewhat of a bathtub itself. It draws in copious amounts of ocean water, said Merilyn Wong"
But that…well, that horrible news on the ship's condition totally contradicts what Wong said earlier in the month. A few days ago, the Courthouse News Service reported this:
Wong says the inside of the ship is in "pristine condition," and says it has "received at least $1.5 million in work in the last four or five years."
The nonprofit hopes to raise another $18 million on top of the $4 million it already has raised to restore the Iowa.
So what is the deal? Is the Iowa's interior "pristine" or shipping a "copious" amount of water?
And… more worryingly, if the "Historic Ships Memorial at Pacific Square" has raised and spent $4 million dollars (never mind the $1.5 million supposedly spent on interior work–I'm assuming that's money the government has spent on things like dehumidifying the vessel), where is it?
Where did $4 million dollars go? There's no record of this amount of money ever entering the nonprofit's books.
None of the $4 million dollars that the "Historic Ships Memorial at Pacific Square" has "already raised" shows up on the Form 990s nonprofits are required to file on an annual basis. In fact, the 990s point to an organization starved for funds. They detail an organization that is, quite frankly, a horrible–almost incompetent–fundraiser.
According to the 2006 and 2008 990s, the Historic Ships Memorial at Pacific Square took in $16,595 in 2002, $26,782 in 2003, $11,930 in 2004, $15,147 in 2005, $25,254 in 2006, $41,459 in 2007, and $ 30,905 in 2008.
That's not anywhere near $4 million dollars.
So…where's the money? For a nonprofit, the public gets to know these things.
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Tags: BB-61, History, Memorials, naval heritage, naval history, Navy, San Francisco, USS IOWA
Which Floating Naval Monument Will You Save?
By Defense Springboard
What's the most endangered floating naval monument? Is it the soon-to-be abandoned ex-USS Olympia (C 6)? The "get-it-out-of-water-or-it'll-sink" ex-USS Texas (BB 35)? The "dry-dock or dispose" ex-USS Yorktown (CV-10)?
If the Navy had a hefty (yet limited) amount of funds earmarked to bolster floating Naval memorials/floating landmarks, which monuments would you like to see the fund save?
Or…would you prefer funds went towards the best-preserved vessels? Or just save the ones in trouble? Do let me know!
Tags: historic Navy ships, History, History & heritage, Monuments, naval history
A Day at the Office: Dick Couch on the Rescue of Captain Phillips
By Jim Dolbow
Retired Navy SEAL and noted author Dick Couch told USNI Blog:
The recent events off the coast of Somalia focused the nation on the issue of piracy on the high seas. This was last dealt with in any serious way during the Jeffersonian era, when the seven frigates sortied against the pirate threat.
These recent events also focused on the use of SEALs to resolve what evolved to be a hostage crises on the high seas. Past the shooting mechanics, which were a neat piece of work, there are two other issues that I find compelling. The first is the professionalism and courage of the on-scene commander. Someone had to make that decision, and that decision could well have turned out badly–and then that commander would have had to live with the call. These issues are never easy and never certain. I'm sure there are a few sleepless nights in his future, replaying events and wondering, "What if . . ."
Lost amid the decisive ending was the commute to the job site. That too was an interesting piece of work. Given the distances involved, those SEALs had to load up their gear–probably kit that involved a helo-borne assault and surface swimmer attack as well as sniper work–and parachute into the water. They probably jumped from a C-130, perhaps with refueling en route. Then they had to be recovered from the water and sort themselves out for a multiple-assault scenario. This is is like being a concert violinist, parachuting into the sea with your Stradivarius–probably at night, getting fished from the drink, then playing a concert–without missing a note.
For our SEALs, it was a day at the office–just like a day at the office for a heart surgeon or Kobe Bryant.
Many thanks to Captain Couch for his insights on the rescue of Captain Phillips. Loyal readers of this blog may remember our prior interview with Dick Couch about his latest book, The Sheriff of Ramadi.
Tags: History
Times Past
By Jeffrey Withington
My single favorite page in any Proceedings issue is the last page: "From Our Archive." It's great to read of things past, but seeing the faces and emotions really drives it home. This has to be my favorite photo since joining the Institute. The full version of the picture can be found here:
- From the August 2008 issue of Proceedings
It was around 2345 the other night when we discovered a goldmine of memories. As I checked in for the night, a firstie (senior) called me over. "Hey, I have all these pictures and video from your plebe year," he said as he handed me a CD. "Thought you might have wanted them. Make sure they get spread around to your classmates."
I was now holding a time capsule of sorts. This disc held images of my friends and I which we had never seen. Sites like Facebook make it extremely easy to share and view all your friends' photos. That's certainly neat but after awhile you've seen all of them; I was given something "old" but refreshingly new. It was our version of "From Our Archive."
I grabbed a couple of friends, one of whom was currently reading old emails from plebe year ("Wow, did I really sound like that," he wondered), slid the CD into the tray, and started going through it. The pictures chronicled our plebe year starting from Hello Night (August), where we were "welcomed" by the upperclass. That's when we felt it. "I sort of wish I were a plebe again."
Yeah, I said it. Do I really want to go rewind spend another two and half years to get to this point? No, not really. But there was something exciting, fresh, and simple about the first year. There's something exhilarating about the "Us vs. Them" mentality of it all.
I know a lot of readers here are former/current military…I'm curious as to what you reflect upon and say "I sort of wish I were a _________ again." Was it a remarkable crew? First division? First command?
Tags: archive, History, plebe, usna, withington
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It covers to Greville Rd on the Northern Motorway, Lincoln Rd on the North-Western Motorway, and Alfriston Rd on the Southern Motorway. You can view a map that shows areas of congestion in colour, but the best feature are the traffic cameras. I live in Takapuna, and Esmonde Rd is diabolical, so I open a window that shows me the Esmonde Rd onramp looking towards the Harbour Bridge:
This tells me that, indeed, traffic is, what we in the industry would call, 'cack'. So, I mess around at home…I mean work. The window refreshes every minute, so I get up-to-date pics of the saps in the rush hour crawl that have to do it every day.
Eventually you can see it clears, and now it's time to leave, because by the time I get to the on ramp, there'll be a negligible queue of a few cars.
Not only does this save me up to half an hour a day sitting in traffic, it also reduces the amount of pollution I cause, and eases congestion on the roads through spreading the traffic out. If more people could do the same, it might make the whole traffic network more bearable.
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Entering high school is a tremendous experience. This is an important time when a kid gets to decide who he wants to be. The transition from junior high to high school can be a tough one for both kids and parents. Aaron Hunt teaches Educational Research at West Texas A&M University has some advice on making the transition a little easier.
- Students should get involved in some type if extra curricular organization. High schools offer so many choices-- from electives, to fine arts, to clubs, and sports. There really is something for everyone. Pick something and stick with it.
- Make a dry run before the first day. Find lockers, classes, etc.
- Be positive and enjoy each day. Life is what you make of it, and there are too many tough things to get hung up on the negative.
- Have no regrets!
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The cornerstone of the Trottier Energy Futures Project is a quantitative model built on the Canadian Energy System Simulator (CanESS). The model is the foundation for developing a series of scenarios to reduce Canada's annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from more than 700 megatonnes (Mt) in 2050 to a goal of 100 Mt—an 80% reduction from Canada's 1990 baseline of 500 Mt.
CanESS is a relatively structured model based on the best available data on the Canadian energy system. The TEFP is using CanESS to calculate the GHG implications of different visions of Canada's energy future, and will feed the results of its stakeholder engagement sessions into the model. Whenever a TEFP consultation or engagement takes place, participants are asked to frame their recommendations so they can be expressed as inputs to the model. That way, the best knowledge and expertise from outside the world of energy, climate, and carbon helps shape our solutions to the 80% challenge.


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YORK — A woman convicted of killing the former mayor of York more than three years ago is appealing her conviction.
The Herald of Rock Hill reports Julia Phillips is appealing her Sept. 5 murder conviction and life sentence in the strangling death of her former boyfriend Melvin Roberts.
The notice of appeal was filed Monday with the South Carolina Court of Appeals in Columbia.
Phillips, 69, was convicted after an eight-day trial in the death of the 79-year-old attorney.
Phillips was convicted of playing a role in the planning and plot to kill Roberts over trying to get money from his will after he cut off her financially and was going to end their relationship.
Police have not identified Phillips' accomplice.
Information from: The Herald, http://www.heraldonline.com
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This is just an random video that I saw and loved it so here........
Hey everyone guess what I just ate (Drum roll plz)........ "Maruchan 3 minute ramen.
*sigh* yes it's true I LOVE ramen, my favorite flavor is chicken, it's so good. You can eat ramen in many different ways, some people put hotsauce in it, some people put cheese in it. But my uncle crushes hot cheetos, spinkle them in the ramen, then gets a slice of cheese, let's it melt and then poors it on the ramen. Yep all of that together, it's not that bad actually. But yeah I like other flavors too, like, beef, shrimp, teriyaki, and those are the only ones that I can find so I haven't had any other flavors.......... Well anyway if you have any suggestions for ramen flavors or stuff to put into ramen let me know okay
This has been Ramen time with CrimzonN3k0 z
Hey everyone it's that time of year again, time for everyone to pull out their walltes and try to buy an even better present then the other person is giving you so that they'll feel bad and get you an even awesomer birthday present! I'm just kidding ^^ this is the time of year when it's all about being with your friends and family and be witheach other because that's fun to do ya know. Giving gifts to the people who are special to you, drnking egg nogg and eating a nice cooked meal. Yeah and being outside of school away from anoying teachers and stuff. But mostly spreading the happiness of the holidays. So from CrimzonN3k0 z to everyone else HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Okay some of you people must know who StarlightPrincess is right? Anyways you see one day I was looking at her teeth and I saw that they weren't as shiny as mines ya know. I always get complements on how shiny and white my teeth are and StarlightPrincess was being a hater and everything and tried to say that my teeth weren't even white. I mean just cause hers wanna be all un-shiny and everything doesn't mean that mines gotta be all dull and boring like hers (huh she is such a hater c'mon now it's just teeth so calm down already)
Well anyway I dedicate the video below to me shiny teeth and to Grimmjow
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Dear Budget Fashionista,
I was just wondering how you feel about clothing swaps. Have you ever been to/organized one? I have been trying to get one off the ground but since I'm a misplaced college graduate with no friends (everyone moved home) short of posting on Craigslist I have run out of ideas to get people interested. Any advice you have would be beyond helpful.
How to Do A Clothing Swap
Answer: I think clothing swaps are fun! I've done clothing swaps before and I wrote about them in my book, How to Be a Budget Fashionista.
In order to get people interested I would pitch it more as a party/event than a clothing swap and start small (about 4 or 5 people) who happen to be about the same size and/or have similar fashion sensibilities. You wouldn't want to invite someone with a 'socialite' style to a clothing swap full of people whose style tend to be 'sporty'.
I would ask co-workers (although it could be weird) as well as check to see if there's a clothing swap meet-up in your area. If not, put one together and start to recruit new friends. Another idea is to see if a local thrift or consignment shop would be interested in hosting a clothing swap (with whatever hasn't been swapped donated to the store), which may be safer than inviting strangers into your home.


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BPW Approves Preservation Of 461 Acres In Baltimore
And Dorchester Counties Through Rural Legacy Program
Annapolis, Md. (December 7, 2011) Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown, who today chaired the Board of Public Works (BPW), announced approval to preserve 461 acres of Maryland landscape, including 90 acres in the Manor Rural Legacy Area and 371 acres in the Nanticoke Rural Legacy area, through the Rural Legacy Program.
Working together to preserve these historic properties demonstrates the landowners commitment to making conservation a priority, said Lt. Governor Brown. By safeguarding our fields, farms and woodlands, we can preserve the legacy of our land in Maryland for generations to come.
Manor Rural Legacy Area (Baltimore County) Preservation of the Filbert Property will permanently protect 18 acres of productive pastureland and woodlands while eliminating one development lot and its impervious surfaces. This property lies in close proximity to a tributary of Parker Branch which empties into Big Gunpowder Falls, an important waterway to the Chesapeake Bay.
The Filbert Farm is in the heart of My Ladys Manor, a National Register Historic District, and is amidst thousands of acres of farmland and forest under permanent preservation in Northern Baltimore County, said James Constable, President of The Manor Conservancy, Inc. Made up of productive pastures and woodland, it is an integral part of the scenic landscape visible to the public from Manor Road. Conservation of this property adds protection to nearby Parkers Branch, a tributary that flows into the Gunpowder River and ultimately into the Chesapeake Bay.
Preservation of the McDonough Property will permanently protect an additional 72 acres of cropland, pastureland and woodland and will eliminate two development rights. The property provides a permanent forested buffer to 1,475 feet of Carroll Branch, which empties into Big Gunpowder Falls, an important tributary to the Chesapeake Bay.
The Duddington, owned by Henry McDonough, is part of historic Clynmalira, a grant of 5,000 acres of farmland to Marylands Carroll family. The owner of this parcel is a Carroll descendant. This new easement adds to several thousand acres of permanently preserved farmland along Carroll Road in Baltimore County, much of it being part of the original grant, said Constable. A lovely early 18th century residence sits on the property and adds to the scenic vista from Carroll Road. The preservation of this property will add significant protection to Carroll Branch that meanders through the property. This stream flows into the Gunpowder River and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay.
Each of these properties is in My Ladys Manor, a tract of approximately 10,000 acres listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which comprises the land given by the 3rd Lord Baltimore to his wife in 1713.
The Manor Rural Legacy Area totals 28,434 acres, of which 14,471 acres are protected. Both of these easements will be held by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and The Manor Conservancy, Inc.
Nanticoke Rural Legacy Area (Dorchester County) Preservation of the Creighton Property permanently protects 371 acres of valuable forest and farmland and establishes a 13,800 foot buffer to protect the water quality of the Nanticoke River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. It also eliminates 25 development rights. The easement will protect land that contains habitat for the Delmarva Fox Squirrel and breeding and stopover habitat for migratory songbirds and raptors. The property has approximately 110 acres of mixed forest that is contiguous with a large block of forest that supports forest interior dwelling species habitat.
This is an important project because the parcel links the Rural Legacy Area to a 50-mile riparian corridor of permanently protected lands along the Dorchester County shoreline of the Nanticoke River, said Liz Zucker, Eastern Shore Project Director of The Nature Conservancy. It is the power of private/public partnerships that has made this extensive Nanticoke corridor possible.
The Nanticoke Rural Legacy Area totals 21,300 acres of which 12,055 are protected. This easement will be held by DNR and the Department of the Navy.
Marylands Rural Legacy Program provides funding to preserve large tracts of forestry and agricultural land and natural resources, and for environmental protection while sustaining land for natural resource-based industries. Enacted by the General Assembly in 1997, Marylands Rural Legacy Program has to date provided over $205 million to protect 67,354 acres of valuable farmland, forests, and natural areas. The 11-member Rural Legacy Advisory Committee and the Rural Legacy Board, which is comprised of Marylands Agriculture, Natural Resources and Planning Secretaries, reviews grant applications annually. For additional information, visit dnr.maryland.gov/land/rurallegacy/.
The three member Board of Public Works is composed of Governor OMalley (chair), Treasurer Nancy Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot. The BPW is authorized by the General Assembly to approve major construction and consultation contracts, equipment purchases, property transactions and other procurement transactions.
|December 7, 2011
Contact: Josh Davidsburg
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is the state agency responsible for providing natural and living resource-related services to citizens and visitors. DNR manages nearly one-half million acres of public lands and 17,000 miles of waterways, along with Maryland's forests, fisheries and wildlife for maximum environmental, economic and quality of life benefits. A national leader in land conservation, DNR-managed parks and natural, historic and cultural resources attract 11 million visitors annually. DNR is the lead agency in Maryland's effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay, the state's number one environmental priority. DNR is the lead agency in Maryland's effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay, the state's number one environmental priority. Learn more at www.dnr.maryland.gov