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India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri, presented the Secretary-General with a cheque for 4.71 million dollars for the UN Democracy Fund on 30 March 2012, bringing to nearly 30 million dollars India's total contribution since the Fund's inception seven years ago. As the world's largest democracy and one of the original founders of UNDEF, India thus remains UNDEF's second largest donor. more >>
March 23, 2012
Deputy Executive Head Annika Savill met with Rodion Sulyandziga, First Vice-President of the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North at UN headquarters on 22 March, in connection with an UNDEF-funded project to support democratic participation of northern indigenous peoples in the Russian Federation. With vast natural resources, Russia's northern regions are of national and global importance. They are also home to vast numbers of indigenous peoples striving to maintain their livelihoods and traditional way of life. more >>
February 23, 2012
UNDEF is delighted that Jeffrey Wright has accepted the UN Secretary-General's invitation to serve on the UNDEF Advisory Board for 2012-13. An award-winning film, television, and stage actor acclaimed for his versatility, with roles in productions ranging from James Bond movies and Angels in America to the recent electoral thriller Ides of March and the Academy Award-nominated Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Mr. Wright is also the co-founder and chair of Taia Peace Foundation, which works to empower rural communities in Africa, especially in Sierra Leone. Mr. more >>
February 17, 2012
Although recent Liberian elections have generally been pronounced free and fair by the international community, studies show that even more than a decade after the end of armed conflict, some voters vote out of fear and ignorance. This is particularly true of rural women and youth, many of whom are illiterate and have no access to civic or voter education. This, in turn, contributes to wider governance challenges and corruption. more >>
February 03, 2012
The first UNDEF-funded Women Leadership School – one of four planned worldwide – was launched by the Women's Democracy Network in Tbilisi, Georgia on 27-29 January. The 25 students, aged 19 to 35, include journalists, political party activists, university students and civil society representatives. A student mentor from the group was selected to help conduct the next Georgia session in the next few months in Kutaisi, providing an immediate opportunity to use the leadership skills she learned during the January training. more >>
January 27, 2012
With UNDEF support, the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance has now been ratified by 15 nations – a milestone which means the Charter will now enter into force. To take effect, the Charter requires at least 15 Member States to sign and ratify. On 16 January 2012, Cameroon became the 15th country to deposit its instrument of ratification with the African Union Commission. As per Article 48 of the Charter, it will enter into force on 15 February, 2012. more >>
January 20, 2012
In Bangladesh, UNDEF funds an initiative to advance pro-poor and democratic governance in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The project works in over 200 villages to step up interaction between organizations of poor tribal peoples and local government administration. It recently held a series of activities in the districts of Baghaichari, Rangamati and Kaptai, including courtyard capacity building sessions on democracy and good governance; sharing sessions between villagers and field staff; advocacy facilitation; group work presentation; baseline survey sessions; and social mapping. more >>
December 22, 2011
An UNDEF-funded online directory of parliamentary committees and NGOs was launched to bridge the divide between Pakistan's Parliament and civil society. It will serve as a resource tool for Parliament to facilitate the use of professional research sources in addressing issues relevant to the Committees. This is essential in Pakistan, where Parliament and parliamentary committees have limited in-house research capacity. more >>
December 20, 2011
In Central Asia, NGOs and independent media often have nowhere to turn for support on new media technology, with little or no in-house knowledge and commercial alternatives that are far too expensive. That's why UNDEF funds a new media clinic in the region. A new group of Central Asian journalists and NGO workers just completed a two-month training programme, which is run by TOL and focuses on using social media for advancing organizations' content and causes, as well as managing and maintaining websites in general. more >>
December 14, 2011
Democratic Republic of Congo, UNDEF supports a project that promotes participatory democracy by creating clubs for Democratic Action. The project is implemented by the Organization Peace, Unity, Reconciliation, Reconstruction (OPURR). With funding from UNDEF OPURR was chosen to awareness and voter education during the presidential and legislative elections in November 2011 in the DRC. Democratic Action Clubs have been established throughout the city of Kinshasa. more >>


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The quarry will be open weekends only during the spring. Friday and Saturday hours of operation will be from 10 A.M to 5 P.M each day, and Sunday hours will be from 12 noon to 5 P.M.
Admission fees will remain $5.00 per adult (16 and older), individuals under 15 are free.
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Discover how Synopsys' Verdi technologies, Siloti Correlation and Siloti What-If Replay Simulation, can enable up to 20X performance improvement for power analysis – from weeks to hours. These technologies enable the use of RTL simulation results to generate gate-level simulation data without the need to bring up the gate-level environment, thus enabling power analysis at early stages of the design cycle. Also included is parallel run technology to enhance performance up to 60X compared to the original flow.
Rich Chang, Product Marketing Manager, Debug, Synopsys
Sep 16, 2015
Learn How to Accelerate Verification Closure with PCIe Gen4 VIP
This webinar shows how to leverage protocol, methodology, verification and productivity features of Synopsys VC VIP and UVM source code test suites for accelerated verification closure of PCIe Gen4 based designs.
Paul Graykowski, Senior Manager, PCIe VIP, Synopsys
Aug 19, 2015
Addressing Verification Challenges of Evolving Ethernet Speeds from 25/40/50/100G and Beyond
We will outline in detail the verification challenges of current and future Ethernet speeds and explain how Accellera UVM Methodology, IEEE 1800-2012 System Verilog Functional Coverage, and SystemVerilog Ethernet Verification IP empowers design and verification teams with methodology, techniques and tools they need to achieve success.
Shenoy Mathew, Senior Corporate Applications Engineer, Verification Group, Synopsys
May 20, 2015
Picking up the pieces: self-contained verification platforms for the modular smartphone era
In the framework of Mobile platforms, learn how source code testsuites provided with Verification IP enable verification engineers to quickly generate diverse permutations of random/constrained random transactions that stress test the systems and subsystems, contributing to "Shift Left" of the verification time and ensure bug free designs.
Nitin Agrawal, CAE Manager, Verification Group, Synopsys
Apr 07, 2015
Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of ARM-based Cache-coherent Verification and Performance Analysis
Synopsys will cover how verification IP for AMBA enables users to generate correct and interesting coherent stimulus for cache coherent SoC verification. This will include the complexities of configuration, stimulus, coverage and checking, as well as how to address the common verification pitfalls.
Neill Mullinger, Product Marketing Manager for Verification IP, Synopsys; Tushar Mattu, Corporate Application Engineer (CAE) for Verification Group, Synopsys
Dec 03, 2014
The 10 Things to Know About Memory Verification: Synopsys Memory VIP
Learn how feature-rich, native SystemVerilog memory VIP rapidly verifies the memory interfaces on complex designs, focusing on 10 key areas where productivity is improved.
Neill Mullinger, Product Marketing Manager for Verification IP, Synopsys; Nasib Naser, PhD, Senior Staff Corporate Applications Engineer, Synopsys
Oct 23, 2014
Reinventing Coverage and Planning with Verdi—A Fully Integrated, Complete Verification Closure Flow To Help You Deliver Chips On Time
The Synopsys Verdi® Coverage solution provides comprehensive planning and coverage analysis technologies as a part of the industry-leading Verdi3™Automated Debug System. We'll discuss why Synopsys' native integration of planning, coverage, and debug technologies provide a complete closure solution to help meet demanding schedules and provide teams with more confidence when asked the inevitable question: '"Are we done yet?"
Steve Chappell, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Debug and Analysis, Synopsys; Michael Horn, Verification Technologist, Synopsys
Oct 14, 2014
Addressing IP Compliance Challenges with UVM-based Test Suites
Protocol verification is a massive time- and resource-consuming endeavor, fraught with complexity and the risk of errors and omissions. Synopsys Verification Test Suites leverage the expertise of protocol experts to provide a rapidly deployable and extensible set of comprehensive tests, written in easily modifiable and reusable SystemVerilog UVM source code. The webinar will give an overview of the architecture and scope of Synopsys' Verification Test Suites to achieve faster and higher quality coverage closure.
Neill Mullinger, Product Marketing Manager for Verification IP, Synopsys; Karim Aoua, Staff CAE, Synopsys
Sep 30, 2014
Advanced Mixed-Signal Design and Verification of Smartcar ICs
In this webinar, Micronas and Synopsys discuss the breadth of automotive IC applications, challenges in design implementation and verification and the solutions that stemmed from their collaboration.
Mario Anton, Micronas; Gernot Koch, Micronas; Marco Casale-Rossi, Synopsys
Jul 31, 2014
Extending Proven Digital Verification Techniques for Mixed-Signal SoCs with VCS AMS
VCS AMS provides mixed-signal verification with a unique performance advantage due to tight integration of VCS functional verification and CustomSim FastSPICE simulation. Webinar topics include an introduction of the new VCS AMS mixed-signal verification solution, RNM with VCS, the SystemVerilog-based AMS testbench methodology, low power verification using UPF power intent specification and AMS debug with Verdi.
Rebecca Lipon, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Verification Group, Synopsys; Arturo Salz, Synopsys Scientist, Verification Group, Synopsys
May 21, 2014
VCS Xprop: Catch X-Related Issues at RTL to Reduce Time-Consuming Gate-Level Simulations
In this webinar you'll learn about a new technology in VCS, called Xprop, which eliminates 'x' optimism at RTL to enable correlation with hardware design behavior. Xprop can be used to reduce and potentially eliminate gate-level simulations for 'x' validation. This webinar will also show how VCS® Xprop eliminates 'x' optimism in advanced simulation flows (such as VCS-NLP) and demonstrate how to debug 'x'-related issues identified by VCS-NLP and Xprop using Verdi™ Power-Aware Debug.
Rebecca Lipon, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Verification Group, Synopsys
Nov 05, 2013
How VCS Improves Coverage Driven Verification Efficiency with Integrated Planning and Management
VCS provides a scalable and integrated planning, management and analysis solution for metric-driven verification. In this webinar, you'll learn how to track coverage and test data in order to correlate results with project goals and resources, so teams know where they are in the verification process and how they have allocated resources. These features are available in VCS 2013.06.
Rebecca Lipon, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Verification Group, Synopsys; Bart Thielges, R&D, Verification Group, Synopsys
Sep 17, 2013
Improve Stimulus Quality and Verification Completeness with VCS Constraint Debug
In this webinar, you will learn about new constraint debug features available in VCS 2013.06. In the batch mode, we will show you how to debug solver solutions as well as improve solver performance. In the interactive mode, we will show you how to stop the simulation on randomize calls, explore the solution and relation spaces in the randomize call, examine the solution distribution of random variables, and modify constraints, re-compiling the design interactively for effective what-if analysis.
Rebecca Lipon, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Synopsys; Jason Chen, CAE, Synopsys; Dhiraj Goswami, Scientist, R&D, Synopsys
Jun 25, 2013
Verilog-to-Verilog Equivalence Checking Using ESP
This Webinar gives a quick introduction to ESP-CV and how recent features are used to verify various Verilog-to-Verilog scenarios. Coverage analysis of the results is also discussed.
Philip Schmidt, R&D Manager, Synopsys; Dave Hedges, Corporate Applications Engineer, Synopsys
May 29, 2013
Accelerate PCIe Integration Testing with Next-Generation Discovery VIP
Learn an optimal strategy for integration testing using UVM in conjunction with next-generation features of PCIe VIP for more efficient test development, error injection and debug.
Neill Mullinger, Product Marketing Manager, Synopsys; Paul Graykowski, Corporate Application Engineer (CAE), Synopsys
Mar 20, 2013
Functional Signoff: Measuring and Improving Verification Quality to Ensure Bug-Free Designs
In this webinar you will learn how Certitude Functional Qualification can be added to traditional coverage techniques, to provide unique insight into the quality of RTL simulation and formal verification environments. Certitude uses a proprietary mutation-based process to insert "artificial bugs" or faults into the design and measure the ability of your existing verification environment to detect these faults. The results of this process provide an objective measure of overall verification quality – the ability of the environment to activate, propagate and detect potential bugs – and identify specific holes and weaknesses like incomplete test scenarios, missing checkers and assertions, or infrastructure problems that can allow RTL bugs to slip through the process undetected. Fixing these weaknesses makes your verification environment stronger and reduces the risk of signing off or taping out with functional bugs.
Rebecca Lipon, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Verification Group, Synopsys; George Bakewell, CAE Director, Verification Group, Synopsys
Jan 10, 2013
Using Advanced Verification IP Capabilities to Accelerate Ethernet Verification
This webinar will be based around a typical Ethernet switch design including a processor, switch fabric and Ethernet MACs. Learn how SystemVerilog, UVM and VIP are utilized to verify the Ethernet digital core and then integration of the core into the system. We also cover advanced VIP features, including test suite and debug, to accelerate productivity.
Neill Mullinger, Product Marketing Manager for Verification IP, Synopsys; Jaspreet Singh Gambhir, R&D Manager for Verification IP, Synopsys
Dec 11, 2012
Deploying UVM Effectively: How to Simplify Testbench Debug and Improve Turn-around-time with VCS
Learn how to utilize VCS and DVE to most effectively deploy, debug and optimize UVM testbenches.
Rebecca Lipon, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Verification Group, Synopsys; Adiel Khan, Corporate Applications Engineer (CAE), Verification Group, Synopsys
Oct 02, 2012
Verification of MIPI Protocols on a Mobile Platform SoC
This webinar is based around a MIPI-based mobile platform that consists of an application processor, baseband IC and RF IC with interfaces to the peripheral devices like camera, and display. The Webinar shows how SystemVerilog, UVM and verification IP (VIP) are utilized to verify the SoC that implements that platform. It will specifically focus on how to validate the data flow for typical scenarios involving the camera (CSI) and display (DSI) interfaces.
Neill Mullinger, Product Marketing Manager for Verification IP, Synopsys; Narasimhababu GVL, Senior R&D Manager for Verification IP, Synopsys
Aug 07, 2012
Achieving Rapid Verification Convergence of ARM® AMBA® 4 ACE™ Designs using Discovery™ VIP
Overview of challenges of verifying a coherent design. Shows how the features and architecture of Synopsys' new Discovery VIP helps overcome these challenges to simplify verification of ACE design.
Abhijeet Khopkar, R&D Manager, Synopsys; Neill Mullinger, Group Marketing Manager, Synopsys
May 08, 2012
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Pats battle, but fall to Oakers
The Pilgrim girls' basketball team, searching for its first league win of the season, came close on Thursday night but couldn't quite pull it out against Coventry.
The Pats stayed in the game the whole way but ended up on the short end, 53-48.
Pilgrim scored only 13 points in the first half, while Katelyn Reph scored 10.
With the loss, Pilgrim fell to 0-11 in Division I with seven league games remaining. Coventry, which beat Pilgrim 44-35 earlier in the season as well, improved to 3-8.
The Pats will be back in action today at Cranston West at 7 p.m.
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28 U.S. Code § 1337 - Commerce and antitrust regulations; amount in controversy, costs
(a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action or proceeding arising under any Act of Congress regulating commerce or protecting trade and commerce against restraints and monopolies: Provided, however, That the district courts shall have original jurisdiction of an action brought under section 11706 or 14706 of title 49, only if the matter in controversy for each receipt or bill of lading exceeds $10,000, exclusive of interest and costs.
(b) Except when express provision therefor is otherwise made in a statute of the United States, where a plaintiff who files the case under section 11706 or 14706 of title 49, originally in the Federal courts is finally adjudged to be entitled to recover less than the sum or value of $10,000, computed without regard to any setoff or counterclaim to which the defendant may be adjudged to be entitled, and exclusive of any interest and costs, the district court may deny costs to the plaintiff and, in addition, may impose costs on the plaintiff.
(c) The district courts shall not have jurisdiction under this section of any matter within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of International Trade under chapter 95 of this title.
Source(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 931; Pub. L. 95–486, § 9(a),Oct. 20, 1978, 92 Stat. 1633; Pub. L. 96–417, title V, § 505,Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1743; Pub. L. 97–449, § 5(f),Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2442; Pub. L. 104–88, title III, § 305(a)(3),Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 944.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 41(8), (23) (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 24, pars. 8, 23, 36 Stat. 1092, 1093; Oct. 22, 1913, ch. 32, 38 Stat. 219).
Words "civil action" were substituted for "suits", in view of Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Changes were made in phraseology.
1995—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 104–88substituted "11706 or 14706" for "11707".
1983—Pub. L. 97–449substituted "section 11707 of title 49" for "section 20(11) of part I of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. 20(11)) orsection 219 of part II of such Act (49 U.S.C. 319)" wherever appearing.
1980—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–417added subsec. (c).
1978—Pub. L. 95–486designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted proviso giving the district courts original jurisdiction of actions brought under sections 20(11) and 219 of the Interstate Commerce Act when the amounts in controversy for each receipt exceed $10,000, exclusive of interests and costs, and added subsec. (b).
Effective Date of 1995 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–88effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 ofPub. L. 104–88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 701 of Title 49, Transportation.
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Amendment by Pub. L. 96–417effective Nov. 1, 1980, and applicable with respect to civil actions pending on or commenced on or after such date, see section 701(a) ofPub. L. 96–417, set out as a note under section 251 of this title.
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The Antiviral Therapy in Pregnant Women to Reduce Mother-to-infant Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus-drug Test
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Since the implementation of universal vaccination in 1984, the chronic HBV carier rate in our general population reduced from 15-20%, down to < 1% in the post-vaccination population. However, children born to HBeAg positive mothers still may be infected with HBV despite immunization. To further reducing the HBV infection in our people, strategies in reducing infection rate in this high risk group are mandatory. Previous small scale studies using lamivudine treatment in pregnant woman in the third trimester has proved effective in reducing children infection rate. The aims of the present study are to conduct a clinical trial in using Tenofovir (category B) to reduce mother-to-infant transmission, and to monitor the hepaitits B viral status and mother hepatitis occurrence. This is a 3.5 year study. The clinical trials will screen 300 cases of HBsAg positive pregnant women aged 20 to 40 years at gestational at 20-32 weeks. They will be tested for HBsAg and HBeAg. In whom both markers are positive, HBV viral load will be tested. An estimated 100~120 pregnant women with high HBV viral load (>10^8 copies/mL) will be recruited in the study; including 65-55 subjects treated with Tenofovir 300 mg daily starting from 30-32 weeks of gestation (3rd trimester) and continued to 1 month after delivery; and 45-55 pregnant women are enrolled as controls with no drug given to the mother. The newborn babies are given with HBIG within 24 hours after delivery, and HBV vaccines at 0, 1 and 6 months. Maternal complete blood count (CBC) data tested in the first prenatal examination will be recorded. Plasma AST、ALT levels and HBV DNA are tested before Tenofovir treatment, 1 month after treatment, at the time of delivery, and at 1, 2, 4 and 6 months after delivery. HBsAg、HBeAg、anti-HBs and AST、ALT are tested in the children at day 1, 6 moths and 1 year after birth. The primary outcome is reduction of the HBsAg carrier rate of the children at 6 months of age. The secondary outcome is HBsAg carrier rate of the children at 12 months of age, the change of liver function, HBeAg, and viral load in pregnant mother 8 weeks after treatment. The results of the present study will provide potentially applicable methods for reducing mother-to-infant HBV transmission.
Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Pregnancy
Drug: antiviral therapy
Phase 4
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|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
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|The Effectiveness and Feasibility of Using Antiviral Therapy in Pregnant Women to Reduce Mother-to-infant Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus-drug Test
- child-HBsAg [ Time Frame: 6 months after delivery ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]serum status of HBsAg of the infants at 6 months old( >180 days).
- 1. child HBsAg; 2.maternal viral load, HBeAg, and ALT [ Time Frame: 1. 12 months after delivery (infant); 2. 8 weeks after taking medication (mothers) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Serum status of HBsAg of the infants at 12 months old, to see whether this child indeed becomes a chronic carrier of HBV.
- The change of maternal viral load, HBeAg, and liver function, at 8 weeks after medication.
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|Study Start Date:
|January 2011
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|December 2014
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|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: The effectiveness and feasibility, using antiviral therapy
Experimental: Subjects receive tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) oral use prior to delivery in pregnant women with positive serum HBeAg and HBsAg and high HBV DNA levels > 10^8copies / mL, to reduce the rate of mother to infant transmission of HBV infection, and also to monitor the safety of the therapy.
Drug: antiviral therapy
100-120 pregnant women seropositive for both HBeAg and HBsAg and with hepatitis B viral DNA level > 10 8 copies/mL. Among them, 55-65 pregnant women will receive TDF therapy 300 mg once daily, starting from the gestational age 30-32 (the 3rd trimester) until 4 weeks after delivery of the neonate under informed consent. The total treatment duration will be 3-4 months. Another 45-55 pregnant women with the same serum HBAg and HBsAg and HBV DNA status will be enrolled as the control group with no TDF therapy ( An open-labeled study)
No Intervention: Control
Subjects receive no intervention, but with blood tests for mothers and infants before and after delivery, as a comparative group to experimental arm.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 40 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- pregnant women in 30 to 32 weeks of gestation, with positive HBsAg and HBeAg,serum viral load above 8log10 copies per mL
Exclusion Criteria:
- major systemic disease
- Pregnant woman with infection of human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C virus
- Pregnant woman is receiving any drug with antiviral activity or any form of drug therapy for hepatitis B virus
- Pregnant woman whose ultrasonographic examination reveals congenital anomaly of the fetus
- Pregnant woman whose amniocentesis reveals any genetic abnormality
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01312012
|National Taiwan University Hospital
|Taipei, Taiwan, 10002
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|Mei-Hwei Chang, PhD
|National Taiwan University
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|Study First Received:
|January 20, 2011
|Last Updated:
|April 11, 2014
|Health Authority:
|Taiwan: Department of Health
Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
hepatitis B virus,mother-infant transmission, nucleoside analog,pregnant women
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Virus Diseases
DNA Virus Infections
Digestive System Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
Hepadnaviridae Infections
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Liver Diseases
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Therapeutic Uses
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Scientists studying many different parts of the planet's ecosystems are warning that Earth may be on the verge of a sixth major mass extinction event. In a series of papers published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers examining biodiversity around the globe paint a gloomy picture for the planet's species. Warning signs include recent mass die-offs of amphibians and declining fisheries.
Over the course of the Earth's history, there have been at least five major extinction events -- the End Ordovician, Late Devonian, End Permian, End Triassic, and End Cretaceous. But are we facing a sixth major extinction period -- and is there anything that can be done about it? In this segment, Ira talks with biologist Paul Ehrlich about what is driving biodiversity loss and what can be done to reverse the trend.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jockey fights in horse racing are as much a part of the sport as whips, saddles and the $2 bet.
Most times, the dustups take place behind closed doors, not in the winner's circle.
And certainly not on national television following a Breeders' Cup race.
Yet Calvin Borel was angry following a bumpy ride in the $500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon on Friday at Churchill Downs. When he approached rival Javier Castellano to sort things out, it was obvious Borel — who has endeared himself to fans because of the way he wears his heart on his silks — was upset.
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Two riders who usually save their jostling for the racetrack turned that ground — a place typically reserved for big smiles and even bigger winner's checks — into a fight club on Friday after the opening race of the Breeders' Cup.
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Every Friday, we'll update you on how each of the New York
Rangers' prospects playing in Canadian junior leagues, college and overseas
performed over the previous week
Yogan (OHL)
This week: 4gp, 2g, 3a, 5pts, +3, 0PIM
This season:
25gp, 10g, 11a, 21pts, +6, 39PIM
Kreider (NCAA)
This week: 1gp, 1g, 0a, 1pt, 2PIM
This season:
14gp, 10g, 8a, 18pts, 30PIM
Kreider scored his third game-winning goal of the year on
Thomas (OHL)
This week: 2gp, 1g, 1a, 2pts, 0-rating, 0PIM
This season:
18gp, 8g, 7a, 15pts, -8, 6PIM
Thomas has not had a great season and Jess Rubenstein
wonders if being cut early from Rangers' camp messed
with his confidence. Thomas was
invited to Hockey
Canada's World Junior team selection camp.
McIlrath (WHL)
This week: 1gp, 0g, 1a, 1pt1, 0-rating, 0PIM
season: 16gp, 2g, 7a, 9pts, -1, 42PIM
McIlrath served a three-game
suspension for a charging major on November 23rd and returned to action on
Wednesday. McIlrath was not invited to Hockey Canada's World Junior team selection camp.
Fasth (Swedish Elite League)
This week: 1gp, 0g, 0a, 0pts, 0-rating, 0PIM
This season:
21gp, 5g, 11a, 16pts, +9, 4PIM
Fasth suffered
a broken ankle in a gruesome
way and will be
out for three months. Fasth has
already dealt with knee issues and a concussion this season.
Miller (OHL)
This week: 2gp, 0g, 0a, 0pts, -2, 0PIM
This season:
27gp, 11g, 21a, 32pts, +3, 20PIM
St. Croix (WHL)
This week: 4gp, 4g, 5a, 9pts, +9, 2PIM
This season:
28gp, 14g, 23a, 37pts, +9, 23PIM
St. Croix has been on an absolute tear, tallying seven goals
and seven assists in his last five games to go with a plus-12 rating. He has a six-game point scoring streak and is now the prospect scoring leader. St. Croix's best game of the week came on
Saturday when he posted his third 3+ period of the season against
the Lethbridge Hurricanes. St. Croix
has five goals and four assists in
his last two games against the Hurricanes.
Pashnin (KHL)
This week: 2gp, 0g, 0a, 0pts, +1, 4PIM
This season:
27gp, 2g, 2a, 4pts, +4, 26PIM
Lindberg (Swedish Elite League)
This week: 3gp, 1g, 1a, 2pts, +1, 0PIM
This season:
25gp, 3g, 3a, 6pts, -6, 8PIM
Ceresnak (OHL)
This week: 4gp, 0g, 1a, 1pt, 0-rating, 2PIM
This season:
26gp, 3g, 6a, 9pts, +3, 14PIM
Jess Rubenstein wonders if Ceresnak has hit the "European
wall" that many young players from overseas run into after a few months
away from home.
McNaught (University of Calgary)
This week: 2gp, 0g, 0a, 0pts, -1, 4PIM
season: 12gp, 0g, 0a, 0pts, -2, 24PIM
Noreau (QMJHL)
This week: 3gp, 1g, 0a, 1pt, -1, 2PIM
season: 22gp, 2g, 9a, 11pts, +5, 34PIM
Stajcer (OHL)
This week: 2gp, 1.92 GAA, .946 SV%, 1-0-0-1
This season:
11gp, 2.32 GAA, .933 SV%, 4-3-2-2
Stajcer was the first star of the game on Wednesday night as
stopped 38 of 39 shots against the Barrie Colts.
McColgan (WHL)
This week: 3gp, 0g, 5a, 5pts, +3, 0PIM
season: 25gp, 7g, 22a, 29pts, -4, 25PIM
Fogarty (BCHL)
This week: 3gp, 0g, 2a, 2pts, 0PIM
season: 27gp, 15g, 19a, 34pts, 16PIM
Past editions of Friday On The Farm:
On The Farm: Edition #1 > (9/30/11)
On The Farm: Fast Start For Fasth > (10/7/11)
On The Farm: Kreider Coming Into His Own > (10/14/11)
On The Farm: Scoring Streaks Abound > (10/21/11)
On The Farm: Thomas Suspended For 10 Games > (10/28/11)
On The Farm: St. Croix Streaking > (11/4/11)
On The Farm: McIlrath Out With A Concussion > (11/11/11)
On The Farm: Miller Proving Worthy Of First-Round Pick > (11/18/11)
On The Farm: Fogarty On Fire > (11/25/11)
Friday On The Farm: Fasth Out For 3 Months > (12/2/11)
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SYRACUSE Brandon Triche and James Southerland have one thing on their minds: getting No. 17 Syracuse a badly needed win over DePaul on their Senior Night.
It would do wonders for a team in a funk following three straight losses.
The season is about pushing forward, said Triche, who has been part of 113 wins in his Orange career and needs six more to tie Kris Josephs school record. As a whole, we just have to be better in every aspect of the game, focus, and be more patient.
If theres any consolation, Saturdays 58-53 home loss to Louisville was preceded by setbacks at Marquette (74-71) and in the Carrier Dome to archrival Georgetown (57-46). Three losses in a week to teams now ranked fifth (Georgetown), eighth (Louisville) and 15th (Marquette) with a combined record of 69-16.
The losses have sent Syracuse (22-7, 10-6 Big East) plummeting out of the top 10 and out of contention for their second straight Big East regular-season title. Syracuses only remaining regular-season games are against DePaul (11-18, 2-14) at home tonight and at league-leading Georgetown (23-4, 13-3) on Saturday.
We have two games left, and what we really need to do is focus on those two games and work on what we need to and try to get a little bit better, coach Jim Boeheim said.
The Hoyas used staunch defense and a career-best 33 points from Otto Porter to snap Syracuses 38-game home winning streak in front of a massive Carrier Dome crowd of 35,012. The other two games were there for the taking and the Orange didnt.
Marquette won behind Davante Gardners 26-point performance in the middle, and the setback to the Cardinals in front of a home crowd of 31,173 was especially disheartening. Triche, a Syracuse native, struggled through 2-for-11 shooting and committed a career-worst seven turnovers. That game was lost in the final two minutes by sloppy ballhandling and a defense that left Luke Hancock open for a 3-pointer that snapped a 48-all tie.
In the last two games, weve given ourselves a chance to win in spite of that, Boeheim said. Weve lost three straight games to zone defenses, so I would imagine were going to see more of that.
Triche had plenty of company against Louisville. The Oranges big men Rakeem Christmas, Baye Moussa Keita and freshman Dajuan Coleman were 1-for-3 shooting, did not attempt a free throw, and had six rebounds, two blocks and zero steals. In contrast, Louisvilles Gorgui Dieng had 11 points, 14 rebounds, two blocks and two steals, and altered several shots in making the going difficult in the middle for Triche and point guard Michael Carter-Williams.
Hopkins Eyes USC
Syracuse assistant coach Mike Hopkins, a native of San Mateo, Calif., has reportedly interviewed for the vacant head coaching job at the University of Southern California.
The Los Angeles Times said a person with knowledge of the situation told them the Hopkins nterview has already been conducted. Hopkins played high school basketball at Mater Dei High School in Laguna Hills, Calif.
Boeheim confirmed the report to Syracuse.com. I know he interviewed for that job, Boeheim said. Its a good job, hes from Southern California, its up to him, its his decision.
Boeheim also spoke about the possibility of losing his top assistant on the Upon Further Review radio show on Tuesday night. Hes a tremendous young coach and hes interested in going back to Southern California.
When asked if hed like Hopkins to succeed him: Wed like that to happen, its just a question of what he wants, Boeheim said. What I want is not important. Its what coach Hopkins wants to do is thats important.
Hopkins played at SU from 1989-1993 and has been an assistant coach under Boeheim from 1995-present.
Kevin ONeill, a Chateaugay native, was fired by USC in January.
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In the Norwegian Atlantic, whales and dolphins abound. Every day, it is possible to observe large male sperm whales in the deep waters of an underwater canyon near shore. In the winter, the fjords are a feeding area for these mammals. Although Norwegian commercial whaling for minke whales is still a reality, there is increasing interest in whale watching—an activity that attracts tourists from around the world. You'll join a group of researchers in the town of Andenes on the island of Andøya, where you'll study whales and dolphins, focusing on migration, behavior, and the interactions of sperm, humpback, and killer whales with whale-watching boats. When the weather doesn't cooperate, you'll help with critical research tasks indoors, such as identifing individual animals using photographs and recording data.
Northern Norway is an extraordinarily beautiful place, and you can spend your off hours exploring its natural wonders. During the summer, you'll enjoy a boat trip to a nearby island when tens of thousands of puffins spend much of the year. You may also hike the island in search of foxes, elk, and otters, or enjoy a barbecue on a white sandy beach. You'll meet local fishermen and whale-watch captains, and throughout the project, the researchers will share their findings and interests with you.
Through this work, you'll help contribute to more sustainable environmental policies that will benefit cetaceans and people alike.
Your research will help in the development of guidelines to protect whales and dolphins in northern Norway.
Cetaceans—whales and dolphins—play key roles in marine ecosystems. Their population status indicates the oceans´ health; in other words, studying them gives us a window into how other species and the habitat as a whole are faring.
Interactions between humans and marine mammals in the Norwegian Arctic have been steadily increasing. The oil, gas, and fishing industries—the most important industries in the country—present risks for marine communities, and cetaceans in particular, if not properly managed. Exploring the seabed to look for oil produces loud sounds that can affect the whales' prey, their feeding success, and their ability to communicate. The high number of fishing boats in the winter, traveling in the dark, increases the possibility of collisions with whales. And as more tourists participate in whale watching, more boats encroach on whale habitat.
Observe killer whales and other cetaceans.
On this expedition, you'll observe and record how sperm, humpback, and killer whales interact with human activities. Through this work, you'll help contribute to more sustainable environmental policies that will benefit cetaceans and people alike.
Andenes is located on Andøya Island in the Vesterålen region, and is part of an archipelago in the northern Norwegian Atlantic. The area is spectacularly beautiful, featuring steep mountains plunging into the sea, numerous fjords and lakes, and—depending upon the time of year and the weather—the famous midnight sun or the northern lights. Thanks to the warm current of the Gulf Stream, Vesterålen has relatively mild winters and moderately warm summers.
You'll find a wealth of natural and historic attractions and activities, ranging from hiking trails, berry picking, and fossil hunting to gallery browsing, shopping, and visiting museums. A few of the opportunities you may have during your stay in Andenes include participating in reindeer herding and spending the night in a Sami tent, enjoying a dip in Arctic hot pools followed by a swim in the Arctic Ocean, and learning about research on the northern lights and climate change.
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Stay in a historic house, complete with some of the original restored furniture, near the town bakery, the research station, and the whale observation platforms. The house has four bedrooms, a big kitchen, a dining room with a fireplace, and a garden where team members can sit and enjoy coffee and the midnight sun (depending on the season). It also has a washer and dryer.
Meals will be prepared in a common kitchen. In the summer, the evening meal is the heartiest, and you'll usually pack a lunch to take with you into the field. In winter, lunch is the main meal and will be cooked fresh and hot. Try some typical Norwegian food, including fresh fish and potatoes. Fruits and vegetables are also always available from local supermarkets.
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Nor'easter update: Brick, New Jersey evacuated in preparation for dangerous storm
One week after Sandy devastated many seaside communities in northern New Jersey, one of them is telling some of its residents to evacuate yet again -- this time because of a new storm.
The Office of Emergency Management for Brick, New Jersey, issued the mandatory evacuation order for residents in low-lying areas as a nor'easter approaches. According to the National Weather Service, the community of about 75,000 people will get more than an inch of rain and wind gusts as strong as 55 mph.
"(The) nor'easter ... has the potential to strongly impact our town with high winds, storm surge and flooding," a notice on the township's website said.
Brick lists a number of areas from which residents must evacuate, while "strongly" encouraging some whose homes were damaged or otherwise affected by Sandy to leave the area as well.
According to Jersey Central Power and Light, more than 12,000 customers in Brick, about 37% of the total served in that community, were still without power Monday night. The town is about 14 miles north of Toms River and south of Asbury Park, two of many area communities still reeling from Sandy.
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The book defines WANs on page 19 asLocal Area Networks, generally called LANs, are privately-owned networks within a single building or campus of up to a few kilometers in size. They are widely used to connect personal computers computers and workstations in company offices and factories to share resources (e.g. printers) and exchange information. LANs are destinguished from other kinds of networks by three characteristics:
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LANs are restricted in size, which means that the worst-case transmission time is bounded and known in advance. Knowing this bound makes it possible to use certain kinds of designs that would not otherwise be possible. It also simplifies network management.Since they didn't ask for the hardware controling it, I wont let you in on how the switching and transmission lines are located in the two.A Wide Area Network or WAN, spans a large geographical area, often a country or continent. It contains a collection of machines intended for running user (i.e. application) programs. We will follow traditional usage and call these machines hosts. The term end system is sometimes also used in the literature. The hosts are connected by a communication subnet, or just subnet for short. The job of the subnet is to carry messages from hosts to hosts, just as the telephone system carries words from speaker to listener. By seperating the pure communication aspects of the network (the subnet) from the application aspects (the hosts), the complete network edsign is greately simplified.
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We have what is usually just an annoying problem in the High Country—tractor trailer drivers taking what appears to be the shortest route, then finding the short-cut they're taking was not designed for long and wide vehicles. Weekly, there are trucks stuck on the switchback curves on such as Wilson's Ridge Road and others—and especially treacherous is NC 194 in a number of areas, but especially above Valle Crucis where recent improvements did not address switchback curves there. Yesterday, another aspect of ignoring signs for trucks not to use the route surfaced, with first responders heading to a stroke call finding a stuck tractor trailer between them and their patient. The first unit to come upon the truck called in the issue, causing the dispatch of another district's first responders to the initial call. Trooper Alexander, who responded to the stuck truck call, said that it took a large Hampton's wrecker quite some time to work the rig through the curve, but he said that there is little or nothing as far as citations for these drivers who take ill-advised routes.
The issue is taking on additional urgency in Avery, with NC 194 out due to last week's landslide that took out a large section of the three lane—a route favored by truckers. Reports from Avery say that a number of truckers are taking the detour over Blevins Creek, in some cases, running other traffic off of the winding—and also damaged road not meant for such heavy traffic. Avery officials are struggling with how to route school buses over the detour, with the yellow machines too heavy for the rating of the road. But now, school officials are saying they may need to send six buses over Blevins Creek while repairs are underway—repairs that may take months. For now, there is no solution for either large vehicle issue.
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David Chaundy-Smart took it as a compliment when his high school vice-principal told him he was wasting his youth by climbing. A Youth Wasted Climbing tells the story of how he and his brother, Reg, spent the last years of the 1970s fighting suburban boredom to become, in the words of renowned climbing historian Chic Scott, "one of the leading figures in Ontario rock climbing throughout the 1980s."...24-Sep-2015
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Ruchkin, 42, was the technical force behind the 2004 first ascent of the north face of Jannu, part of the "Big Walls" the Russian Way" series of 10 first ascents envisioned by Alexander Odintsov. Ruchkin has been present for five of the seven routes completed, including those on the Troll Wall, Norway; Trango Tower, Pakistan; and Great Sail Peak, Baffin Island. This summer he will attempt the north face of Masherbrum in Pakistan....10-Sep-2015
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Alex Johnson bought a trad rack. She admits that she doesn't know how to use it yet, but is excited to learn. She's been one of the biggest names in competition bouldering for almost a decade, but now, she's ready to move on....23-Jul-2015
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It all changed when I returned home. I planned the deployment to coincide with my End of Active Service. Life had other plans. After returning from Afghanistan, I started going through what would be a two-year divorce. I left the IC, moved back down to Chattanooga, and barely kept my sanity. "PTSD" as they call it....15-Jul-2015
The Beatnik of the Alps: A tale of FA's, Rescues, Love, and Suicide22-Jun-2015
Gary Hemming—the enigmatic Californian who brought the modern American climbing spirit and technique to the Alps during the 1960s—was a cultural hero in Europe during an era of social upheaval. Yet his fame in Europe—and anonymity in America—sat uneasily with his rebellious nature. Mirella Tenderini explores Hemming's tumultuous life and spectacular climbs, creating a profound and tragic portrait of a man who sought a freedom—of love and climbing—that eluded him in this world. And perhaps in death Hemming became what the living cannot be—a legend and a myth....22-Jun-2015
Kev Shields – High Solace: Demons, Depression and Solo Climbing20-May-2015
Kev Shields solos E7 and hard dry tooling lines. He has only one good hand. And suffers from epilepsy. Here, he discusses his demons and how solo climbing elevated him from the abyss of depression. ...20-May-2015
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Chris Webb Parsons, 29, has a sense of humor to go with his bold and scrappy nature. In his hometown of Canberra, Australia, he held the highest school suspension rate for offenses ranging from dropping his pants to squirting the principal with a fire extinguisher. His sophomore year, Chris was expelled for setting off two chlorine bombs at Canberra High....15-Dec-2014
What I've Learned: Sonnie Trotter06-Nov-2014
Sonnie Trotter chats with Rock and Ice on his beginnings, climbing with Tommy Caldwell and still crushing after becoming a father....06-Nov-2014
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Reinhold Messner was the first to climb Everest without oxygen. He has established upwards of 500 rock routes, made extreme desert crossings, polar expeditions and has written over 50 books. This is his ecstatic wisdom of a life spent on the edge....11-Mar-2014
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For years Klem Loskot was a driving force in the evolution of bouldering, raising standards in some of the world's most famous areas. Then he dropped off the map. Ten years later he has resurfaced, still hovering near a ceiling that's difficult to define....21-Jan-2014
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Layton Kor, one of America's greatest and most revered climbers of all time, has died.
Kor rose to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960 by establishing a string of first ascents that included Castleton, The Titan and Standing Rock in Canyonlands, the Naked Edge in Eldorado, the South Face of Washington Column in Yosemite, the Yellow Wall on the Diamond, and Proboscis in The Yukon. ...22-Apr-2013
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Jack Roberts died January 15 on Bridalveil Falls, the 400-foot Grade 5 ice climb outside Telluride, Colorado, a route he had done countless times. Says his wife, Pamela Ranger Roberts, "When they finally reached me in Cuba, over 24 hours later, and told me, I truly did not believe it. My first thought was, 'He can't be dead, he's in Telluride. NO WAY he could die in Telluride!'" ...15-Apr-2013
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Legendary hold shaper Ian Powell comes to grips with addiction, destruction and his own creative form....08-Apr-2013
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Three weeks ago, on February 11, Dan Osman would have turned 50. He died 15 years ago this year. A friend remembers adventures in bridge jumping with this climber and rope jumper who went bigger and bigger....05-Mar-2013
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Mike Foley likes to draw, usually portraits, in charcoal. He spends anywhere from a couple of hours to a few days on a given drawing. "I like stuff that involves a lot of fine-detail work," he says. "I'm pretty meticulous like that." He also likes complex, "minute-detail" climbs....15-Jan-2013
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Recap: Michael Del Zotto on the Marek vs Wyshynski Podcast
Earlier today Michael Del Zotto was on the Marek vs Wyshynski Podcast today.
- Del Zotto said that one of the big things that he has noticed is the impact the lockout has had on small business in the Toronto area.
- He was asked if players would still go out of their way for the good of the game and said that the union is very close and they just want to do what is best for the sport.
- His fan interaction now is "hit or miss" as some fans support the players and other are very vocal and call him and the other players greedy. He says that he likes to think that either reaction shows a want and desire for hockey to return.
- Del Zotto said that he really enjoyed his time in Switzerland, called it a "good experience" and said that he got to ride his bike to the rink every day. He said that the lifestyle is much more relaxed over there.
- He played in all different kinds of rinks, some of which had big standing room sections and one in Ambri that wasn't entirely enclosed. He said that he was colder playing in that game than he was during the Winter Classic.
- On his contract, Del Zotto said that the issue was finding a middle ground and that he and the Rangers weren't able to do that.
- He says that his back injury is getting better and he returned to North America just to make sure everything was in order. He says that it isn't serious and he would be ready to play if the season was going to start.
- On the charity game he is playing in this week,"anytime you have an opportunity to give back, to be able to give back is something that we enjoy doing and we have the time to do it now. It's a lot of guys that I know well.
- Del Zotto says that not getting a chance to see what the Rangers can do this season is "frustrating." He said "we have a very young team but we have grown. The main core has stayed together. Adding Nasher is what we needed. Scoring wasn't our forte last season but we are really hoping to get something going in January and making some noise.
- In a comical story, Del Zotto said that he went over to play in Switzerland with only one pair of skates. He ordered more skates but while they were being shipped the skates that he had broke. Del Zotto then had to sit out the rest of that game and another game because he didn't have another pair.


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OriolesRedskins28 wrote: If it doesn't work out then shift him to the bullpen next year (or deal him).
I'm OK with this, but if he doesn't work out as a starter, we're not going to get much for him in a deal. AM offered him to the DBacks for Reynolds, but Arizona didn't bite. I think we all would have liked to have Hernandez in the pen last year.


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The folks at Epipheo Studios teamed up with Wilson to create this animated instructional video for surviving the rise of the machines. The tips range from common sense (do not punch a robot) to the more technical (go for the giant robot's leg joints).
The only problem I see here is the assumption that humans would be safe in the water. Hello, robot crabs? I'm grabbing a copy of the book anyway, but come on.
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The Past Looks Of The People's Choice Awards « Read Less
The People's Choice Awards thare airing this Wednesday (1/9) which will show off fan favorites in all catergories like music, movies and TV. I find this award show really interesting because people like me and you choose the winners! Not only is it fun to see our favorite celebs accept awards, BUT they always look gorgeous!
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RIO DE JANEIRO - On the last day of the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, virtually every national government and dictatorship on Earth signed an agreement dubbed "The Future We Want." The "We," of course, did not include regular citizens — it was mostly a coalition UN functionaries, dictators, tax-funded environmentalist organizations, and Big Business bosses seeking to profit at taxpayer expense.
The final document agreed to on June 22 was a far cry from sweeping deals like the UN's "Agenda 21" reached at the original Earth Summit two decades ago — especially because not much concrete progress was made in advancing the global body's vision outlined in the months before the conference. But while the latest UN agreement does not officially create new, legally binding commitments on signatories, it does mandate an "intergovernmental process" under the UN to figure out the best way to extract the world's wealth for use in achieving ill-defined "sustainability" goals.
Most of the real action and progress actually happened on the sidelines as the UN amassed a stunning half a trillion dollars in commitments for the "sustainability" agenda from governments and Big Business — the largest value of pledges ever raised at an international environment summit. But the final document still offers some insight. Concerned analysts, for example, noted that the document reiterates support for numerous controversial principles including attacks on national sovereignty, private-property rights, and what remains of the free market.
One of the biggest developments to emerge from the Rio+20 agreement — barely noticed by the world press — is that poverty has now officially displaced environmentalism as the chief driver behind the UN agenda. Other key points included the adoption of a reference to "Mother Earth" in the text, as well as numerous calls for more money in UN coffers and more authority in global agencies.
Another crucial element of the text was the alleged need to "educate" the youth — critics called it proposed brainwashing — for the UN's vision of "sustainable development." If progress is made on capturing the minds of the youth for the global agenda, its proponents hope, the conference will have been a success for its organizers and supporters seeking to advance UN schemes.
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For years, Flower Memorial Library has remained dark on Sundays, despite repeated requests from its patrons to open the facility seven days a week.
But that is expected to change while the city tries a pilot program to open the library on Sundays this fall.
If it works out, the Sunday hours would become permanent, said Councilwoman Roxanne M. Burns, who has helped spearhead the efforts for more library hours. The city plans to open the library from noon to 5 p.m. during the pilot program that runs from Oct. 7 until Nov. 25.
Were going to see if there is need and to see if its something we want to continue, Ms. Burns said Sunday.
The Watertown City Council will discuss the pilot program at tonights meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. in the third-floor council chambers at City Hall, 245 Washington St.
The citys employee union, however, may remain a stumbling block. The city still needs to negotiate with the union to reach an agreement on Sunday hours, Ms. Burns said.
In the meantime, library Director Barbara J. Wheeler has volunteered to work on those eight Sundays, Ms. Burns said. The city will also advertise for two temporary library clerk positions needed to make the extended hours happen, Ms. Burns said. The city would pay them $14 an hour.
For the past couple of years, council members have been working on adding the Sunday hours, but the union has been unwilling to negotiate the issue in the employee contract. As part of a previous extension plan, the library already added Wednesday night hours and has been open Saturdays this summer.
During budget sessions last spring, Councilwoman Teresa R. Macaluso and Councilman Joseph M. Butler Jr. lobbied to implement a pilot program.
The library board requested the city hire two clerical workers at a cost of nearly $88,000 to allow the library to open Sundays. The library board also wanted to add as much as $37,000 in city funding for contracted part-time security.
Library officials cited occasional vandalism, minor criminal incidents and erratic patron behavior when requesting hiring a private firm to provide security four or five hours a day. It would add to the security cameras already in the building and a city police officer who walks through the building daily.
The library expects to receive a final report on the security issue next week, according to a memo prepared by Elliott B. Nelson, the assistant to the city manager.
In other business, council members are also expected to get an update on the thefts of money, cellphones and other possessions that went missing from the visiting teams locker room during Saturday nights Watertown Red and Black football game at the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds.
The thefts were discovered at halftime when Albany Metro Maller players entered the locker room. City police officers were called to investigate.
The Albany team, which led 13-7 at halftime, did not return to the field, and the game was suspended.
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2-On-Your-Side's Stu Boyar caught up with West Seneca's Matt Anderson who reflected on his Olympic experience as a member of the United States volleyball team.
Team USA lost to Italy in the quarterfinals in London, coming up short in the defense of the gold medal they won in Beijing. Anderson, 25, is the youngest member of the American squad and his overall play in the tournament was very impressive.
Boyar was able to talk with Anderson at an event in Baltimore over the weekend, and shot the interview above with his iPhone.


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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
By Eric Brandner
A jubilant Elaine Rogers held up a set of gold keys.
Then she asked her staff to make sure she didn't lose them.
The USO of Metropolitan Washington has made its name on deeds, not symbols. But it was plain to see the pride Rogers took in holding up those keys in front of a tent full of troops, donors and media during the Feb. 5 grand opening of the USO Warrior and Family Center at Fort Belvoir, Va. After years of planning, fundraising and building, USO Metro's newest center was finally a reality.
"We are so humbled and so honored to be entrusted with the keys to this building," said Rogers, USO Metro's president. "This building [will be] a home, a place of hope and possibilities with quiet places for reflection and a pure entertainment zone for those who just want to kick back and have some fun."
With years of assisting wounded, ill and injured troops, USO Metro is uniquely qualified to run both the Belvoir center and its sister Warrior and Family Center which will be built in Bethesda, Md.
Its operation served troops and staffers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington for decades before the campus relocated to Bethesda. USO Metro delivers more than 16,000 instances of support to wounded, ill and injured troops each year. Those include everything from bringing blankets and toiletries to their hospital rooms to career and life transition workshops to fun outings to get troops and caregivers away from the grind of the medical campus.
"They've been at this for a long time," USO President Sloan D. Gibson said. "They know how to take care of these men and women. They will operate this center and I am certain that as time progresses that it will stand for … the USO at its very best."
USO Metro is one of 19 USO charters in the United States. The difference between USO charters and what the USO refers to as direct-report centers is that charters are – for all intents and purposes – responsible for their own operation. It's roughly the same concept as a restaurant franchise: chartered USOs must maintain USO standards of service to troops while also raising their own funds.
Once a charter is established, it can open multiple centers. USO Metro has 10 centers and one Mobile USO in its geographic area of responsibility, covering a 78-mile range from Baltimore-Washington International Airport in the north to Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, Va., in the south.
USO Metro employs 36 people across a range of specialties. But like all USO operations, the lifeblood of USO Metro's organization is its volunteers. USO Metro has nearly 5,000 volunteers on its rolls and recruited 350 additional people to take weekly four-hour shifts at the center.
"Our volunteers always amaze me," said Cheryl Laaker Hall, USO Metro's chief operating officer. "Every single time we put out a call for help, we're full. … Our volunteers do amazing things for us – things you can't really pay somebody to do."
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CANTON The St. Lawrence River Valley Redevelopment Agency has changed application guidelines for community grants to streamline the award process and speed growth in St. Lawrence County.
Since the agency was granted $16 million in 2010 for economic development, it is contracted to allocate 5 percent of its total funds toward community development projects each year.
This year, the agency has allocated $554,325 for community development and environmental improvement projects.
Its been a very successful program so far, county Industrial Development Agency CEO Patrick J. Kelly said. As with any endeavor, it can always be improved. We tried to add a little more clarity to the process to make it as straightforward and clear as possible.
Many of the changes are subtle, Mr. Kelly said, with each change focused specifically on the goal of job creation.
There has been a change in order to provide more clarity and definition of the scoring section, Mr. Kelly said. This is so applicants have a sense of more of what the agency is looking for.
What the agency is looking for: immediate job creation.
This year, funding that had been set aside for four of the 12 projects that was due to expire last year was extended. In order to curtail future extensions and make more jobs immediately available, the application now includes a section for applicants to illustrate their projects time line toward completion.
Funds are awarded based on a point system. Projects that can be started within 30 days of approval and completed within six months will be given more points, Mr. Kelly said.
Overall, the agency wants to see activity and a positive return and quick implementation, Mr. Kelly said.
Also, projects with at least 10 percent of funding provided by other sources will be given higher preference.
As in previous years, there is no maximum or minimum application amount. Applicants and their projects must be located principally in the county.
The purpose of these changes was to provide more clarity at the outset, Mr. Kelly said. The more clarity you provide, the easier it is for applicants to get a sense and understand whether their project is going to be received favorably. That is a small, but important difference.
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Week 13 Clue (8/22)
Forest that was once the westernmost reaches of Cormanthor.
Week 12 Clue (8/8)
Also known as "the One Land".
Week 11 Clue (8/1)
Name of the great vale that separates the Lurkwood from the Spine of the World along the river Mirar.
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Title of the individual tasked with lighting the great pillar of Narbondel daily.
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Every century this silver dragon masquerading as a dwarven king is freed from magical stasis as a solid mithral statue.
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Matron Mother of the Menzoberranzan noble house whose members conceal their identities with veils or masks while in public.
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House of renegade drow who have infested the forest of Cormanthor for over a century.
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City of the Hammer delved by dwarves in the Year of the Ensorcelled Kings.
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Nation located between Chessenta and the Vilhon Wilds.
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The immense, labyrinthine dungeon beneath Waterdeep.
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Rural Community where Elminster the Sage retired.


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1/4" straight to 1/4" silent connections. The Lava cable's silent connector allows you to plug in your guitar without hearing bothersome popping and buzzing sounds.
Break free from straight, standard instrument cables when you buy a Lava coiled cable today.
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Comments about Lava Retro Coil 20 Foot Instrument Cable Straight-Straight Assorted Colors:
I received the cable by mail in a timely manner. Unfortunately one of the input jacks was broken - there was a loose piece on it, so it did not work properly. To me, on a scale from poor to excellent, that is poor.
Even more frustrating, I called the company owner whose name is listed on their website and left a message, but nobody called me back.
To be fair, I have another one of their products that works well, but this one did not and the company response was ... poor.
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