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European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET)
ECVET is a common methodological framework that facilitates the accumulation and transfer of credits for learning outcomes from one qualifications system to another. It aims to promote transnational mobility and access to lifelong learning. It is not intended to replace national qualification systems, but to achieve better comparability and compatibility among them. ECVET applies to all outcomes obtained by an individual from various education and training pathways that are then transferred, recognised and accumulated in view of achieving a qualification. This initiative makes it easier for European citizens to gain recognition of their training, skills and knowledge in another Member State.
Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the establishment of a European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) [Official Journal C 155 of 8.7.2009].
The Commission defines the European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) as a methodological framework that can be used to describe qualifications * in terms of units of learning outcomes * with associated points *.
ECVET is a system for the accumulation and transfer of units of learning outcomes in vocational education and training in Europe. It allows attestation and recording of learning outcomes acquired in various contexts, both in other countries and through formal, informal or non-formal learning. Learning outcomes can be transferred to a person's 'home' system to be counted towards the obtainment of a qualification.
The diversity of national systems that define the levels and content of qualifications is not conducive to transnational mobility of learners. ECVET would allow this situation to be remedied by facilitating mobility among learners throughout Europe.
Member States are free to adopt this recommendation and implement the system. They are asked to gradually introduce measures voluntarily, with a view to using ECVET from 2012.
ECVET should be implemented through partnerships and networks based on learning agreements (Memoranda of Understanding), which provide an appropriate framework for credit transfers. With a view to transferring credits, the principles and technical specifications for describing qualifications in terms of units of learning outcomes with associated points are set out in Annex II.
A European ECVET network of relevant stakeholders and competent institutions has been established to promote ECVET and allow Member States to exchange information and experience. From this network, the Commission has established an ECVET users' group, which contributes to the ECVET users' guide and the implementation of ECVET.
Complementarity with other initiatives for the recognition and transfer of skills
ECVET is one of many European initiatives that encourage learner mobility within the European Union (EU), such as EUROPASS and the European Quality Charter for Mobility.
ECVET will also complement the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) by linking vocational education and training with higher education. The ECTS was set up in 1989, and has encouraged transparency and the recognition of periods of study spent in other countries.
The aim of ECVET is to facilitate the transfer of credits for learning outcomes from one qualifications system to another. It is different from the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), which is a common reference framework. Rather than harmonising these systems, ECVET is designed to make them compatible by providing an interface between existing national provisions on the accumulation, recognition and transfer of credits.
ECVET is not concerned with mutual recognition of vocational qualifications, with respect to which the relevant directive imposes binding obligations on Member States.
European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for VET
A new reference tool to encourage Member States to exchange best practices in the field of vocational education and training policies was presented together with ECVET. The European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for VET is designed to improve quality management practices at national level within this field by introducing a set of common criteria and indicators.
The EU's target is to make European education and training systems a benchmark for the world by 2010. As part of the Lisbon Strategy, common objectives were adopted by Member States to improve their education and training systems. The "Education and Training 2010" work programme was drawn up with this aim in view.
The ministerial declaration signed in Copenhagen in 2002, concerns the revival of cooperation in the field of vocational training. It aims, in particular, to implement the Education and Training 2010 work programme in a coordinated manner, and stresses the importance of a credit transfer system for vocational education and training. The Council conclusions of 15 November 2004 indicated the need to continue developing and establishing a European system in this field.
The results of the consultation on the ECVET blueprint held between November 2006 and March 2007 confirmed the need to set up such a system for vocational education and training.
Key terms used in the act
- Qualification: a formal outcome of an assessment and validation process that is obtained when a competent institution determines that an individual has achieved learning outcomes to given standards.
- Unit of learning outcomes: a component of a qualification, consisting of a coherent set of knowledge, skills and competence, which can be assessed and validated.
- Credit points or ECVET points: a numerical representation of the overall weight of learning outcomes in a qualification and of the relative weight of units in relation to the qualification.
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Soon, technology that could help improve eating habits of anorexics and obese people
Obese people have a difficulty feeling full and so they tend to eat at a high rate, whereas those who are anorexic eat at a slower rate.
Scientists and engineers in Europe are going to find out if they can change the way young people who are obese or at risk for becoming obese eat.
Key to this will be developing a technology that monitors how quickly or slowly a person is eating and guides them toward a healthier pace.
Anastasios Delopoulos, project leader said that it is a behavioral issue, when a person begins to eat, they typically begin at a high rate and slow down until they feel full, Discovery News reported.
Delopoulos said that obese people or people at risk for the condition have difficulty feeling full, and so they tend to eat a constant, high rate, whereas for those suffering from anorexia, the rate is unusually low.
Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have already measured these rates in patients using a device called a mandometer, which was developed by AB Mando Group.
The mandometer is essentially a scale that sits beneath a patient's plate and records how quickly it lightens as the patient eats.
Scientists have found that by making patients mimic a normal eating curve, they can train them to have a more normal sense of satiety.
The challenge for the new, three-year European Union-funded project, called Splendid, is to bring that monitoring and treatment out of the clinic and into the real world.
For that they'll need to develop less-obtrusive monitoring and behavioral modification technology, and the software to run it.
On the hardware side of things, the researchers are working on developing wearable tech that would be able to understand and monitor chewing, which could be done by using a well-placed microphone capturing chewing noises and interpreting the rate of chewing.
The other option is to adapt a photoplethysmogram âEuro" a device that detects a change in the volume of tissue by monitoring the way light is absorbed or reflected.
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(Oct 30, 2008) On October 23, 2008, the European Court of First Instance (ECFI) annulled a decision of the European Council, issued in December 2007, to maintain the People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) on the EU terrorist list on the grounds that evidence provided by the United Kingdom for its inclusion on the list was insufficient. However, this judgment of the ECFI does not invalidate another decision of the European Council of July 2008 to keep the PMOI on the list based on newly reported information. The PMOI has filed an appeal against the July 2008 decision. It has been reported that the ECFI will postpone adopting another judgment until a final decision is made by the Council on whether to keep or strike PMOI off the terrorist list. (EU Terror List Out-Pacing Court Rulings, EU OBSERVER, Oct. 24, 2008, available at http://euobserver.com/9/26990/?rk=1.)
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In a Super Bowl spot for the XOOM Android powered tablet, Motorola makes the bet that some consumers are by now developing a concern about being just another of the masses and want to differentiate themselves. Interestingly, it's Apple's own strategy from the 1984 Macintosh launch during the Super Bowl, turned back on the brand.
Motorola offers consumers the reward of being an individual. (A somewhat ironic twist, since five years ago the masses were flocking to buy its RAZR phone.) It becomes a choice between hopping on the Apple train—joining a world of identical droids, all wearing the iconic white earbud headphones, who shuffle mindlessly through a monochrome urban universe—or breaking away. One young man retains his power to choose his own path and uses a XOOM to woo his love interest.
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It had taken surprisingly little time for Sandhurst to summon the Amon to the shuttles position in the otherwise deserted star system.
Sandhurst had simply lain back in his flight chair, entering a subtle state of delta-sleep during which his higher brain functions shifted into overdrive, despite his outward appearance of being asleep. After few moments, his eyes still shut, he spoke aloud. Who were you before?
I was me, Verrik answered cryptically, maintaining his attention on the sensors for any signs of approaching vessels.
And who was that? Sandhurst pressed, his voice conveying genuine curiosity. Im wondering what kind of person allows his intellect to be separated from his body and sent off who-knows-where on missions of national security?
Her intellect, actually, Verrik corrected. Beyond that, I choose not to say any more.
Sandhurst cracked an eyelid at that, moving his head fractionally to focus on Verrik though the narrow gap. Its important that I know who Im allied with, and what makes that person tick. Information is power, and while youve undoubtedly got terabytes of data on me, I know nothing about you.
Pity, Verrik deadpanned.
The Amon will be here in short order, Sandhurst continued. Although its far from certain, I suspect that with their talents it might be possible to dig you out from wherever youve latched on to the inside of Verriks skull. Then, they can turn you inside out and study you from all angles.
Verrik paused, glancing over and down at Sandhurst. I dont think Im overly fond of that idea.
Nor should you be, Sandhurst replied. And after youve been poked and prodded to our satisfaction, I have no trouble at all imagining what might become of a non-corporeal entity in the clutches of a species that feeds on life energy. Sandhurst opened both eyes and gave Verrik a saccharine-sweet smile that bordered on rictus.
Verriks expression was tinged with disdain. For someone whos called Larragos on the carpet as often as you have, youve certainly taken on a number of his less appealing character traits.
Says the stone-cold murderer, Sandhurst parried.
The Vulcan cleared his throat. Very well, then. What would you like to know?
Who, why, and where?
I was Alasha of Vulcan, a soldier mortally wounded in the final battle between the followers of Surak and Stask. My
was harvested shortly before my death and stored in the last of Vulcans pre-Surak
arks. There it remained for more than two millennia before being unearthed by operatives of our group. I was resurrected without the benefit of a physical body, and implanted in a series of people over the span of decades. In that time Ive carried out my duties to the best of my abilities.
Sandhurst nodded in his reclined position. A fascinating pedigree.
Im so pleased that you approve, Verrik noted icily.
There was a sudden flash outside the forward viewports and Verrik looked out the windows to see a mammoth Borg sphere hovering a mere five-hundred meters away, dwarfing their shuttle. The Vulcans mouth dropped open as the Operative struggled to overcome her reflexive terror.
Our rides here, Sandhurst said as he sat up in his seat. He came to his feet and patted Verrik on the shoulder. Time to say hello to the Amon.
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Tiffany Klapheke pre-trial hearing on change of venue set
A change of venue hearing for the injury to a child trial of Tiffany Klapheke is set for 9 a.m. Friday in 104th District Court.
Klapheke is the mother of 22-month-old Tamryn Klapheke who died Aug. 28 of alleged neglect.
Last week, the 326th District Court granted the divorce of Klapheke and her husband, Dyess Air Force Base Airman Thomas Klapheke, who was deployed when his daughter died. He filed for divorce in October.
District Judge Lee Hamilton will preside over the Friday hearing. Tiffany Klapheke's attorney, David W. Thedford, requested the change of venue in June after Klapheke suggested prejudice against her in Taylor County. Her trial, originally scheduled for July 15, now is scheduled for Sept. 30.
Klapheke remains in Taylor County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bond. She was indicted on one count of injury to a child in connection to the death of her daughter who was found unresponsive in her Dyess Air Force Base home. The girl allegedly died of dehydration and malnourishment.
The Klaphekes' surviving children — ages 3 years and 6 months when Tamryn died — also allegedly suffered from neglect. Both girls are living with relatives, according to a Texas Department of Family and Protective Services spokesman.
Tiffany Klapheke lost parental rights to her two daughters as a result of the divorce, according to court papers. Family and Protective Services now has temporary conservatorship of the two girls, with father Thomas Klapheke having restrictive custody. The final divorce decree was signed July 31 by the 326th District Court and both parties' attorneys.
In a letter written in October from jail, Tiffany Klapheke requested joint custody of the girls.
"I believe both children need us equally," Klapheke wrote. "My husband writes that I have a history of neglecting our children however that has not been proven."
Klapheke also stated that with counseling and parenting classes, she believes they would be able to handle joint custody. She asked that the girls be put in the care of her mother and stepfather if neither her nor her husband prove to be stable parents.
"I ask that Thomas (Klapheke) and I both be permitted visitation should this be the outcome," she wrote.
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The Trimble County High School gymnasium will be the scene of four nights of exciting basketball action next week as TCHS hosts the 8th Region Class A boys' basketball tournament.
Action begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, with the opening round contest between Owen County and Gallatin County.
Wednesday night's (Jan. 18) schedule features host Trimble County entertaining Eminence at 6 p.m., followed by a matchup between Walton-Verona and Williamstown. There will be no games on Thursday, Jan. 19.
The Trimble County Raiders came within two baskets of winning three games in last week's North American Stainless Classic in Carrollton. The Raiders played the equivalent of 13-1/2 quarters in three contests but fell to defeat in two games by two points in an exhaustive, but determined, effort.
Trimble faced Switzerland County in their opening tournament matchup on Wednesday. The Raiders and Pacers battled to a deadlock after four quarters of play. Switzerland County emerged the victor after the extra three minutes of overtime play, 55-53.
Trimble County Lady Raiders coach Kerrie Stewart didn't know what to expect when her team hosted Bellevue Thursday. Her team had battled hard in their road trip to Bellevue a year ago. The Lady Tigers, however, lost most of last year's team to graduation and were forced to field a varsity starting lineup that included three eighth graders. The end result was a 63-31 breeze for the Lady Raiders.
A game plan of deliberate slowed-down offense was well executed in the early stages of Trimble County's outing with regional power Owen County on Dec. 6, but Trimble's inability to generate points on the scoreboard proved to be the Raiders' downfall. Owen eventually pulled away in the second half to score a 43-20 win.
A strong second half capped by a 31-point fourth quarter enabled the Trimble County Lady Raiders to throttle the visiting Williamstown Lady Demons by a score of 74-46 on Friday.
Williamstown led briefly, 4-2, in the early moments of the game. Trimble's tenacious defense enabled eight steals from Williamstown's offensive effort in the first half alone.
Clutch free throw shooting down the stretch gave Trimble County a 50-44 win over Shawe's Hilltoppers in a game which was much tighter than the final score would indicate.
"It was a great game back and forth," Trimble Coach John Leep III said following the exciting game. "Both teams are really similar—heavily guard oriented. It was a fun game to coach in. The players really enjoyed getting to play against a border rival."
Trimble County's Lady Raiders jumped out to an early 10-4 lead early in Monday's game with Shelby County and never looked back on their way to a 52-44 defeat of the Lady Rockets in what Trimble Coach Kerrie Stewart called "a big win for us."
While holding a 35-24 advantage late in the third quarter the Lady Raiders weathered a storm over the next six minutes of play at Shelby pulled within one, at 42-41, with 3:54 remaining in the game.
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That's the thing about continuity. It continues.
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Eli Carter struggles, Rutgers misses a golden opportunity against St. John's
By Matt Sugam
For the final 4:30 of the game, Eli Carter saw the game from an unfamiliar perspective. The bench.
On a night where Carter was 1-of-14 from the field with five turnovers, Mike Rice sat his leading scorer for his porous play in Rutgers' 72-60 loss to St. John's.
Carter – who declined to speak with the media after the game – scored a season-low five points. In two games against St. John's, the 6-foot-2, 195-pound guard is just 4-of-28 for 13 points. Three points below his points per game average.
"I don't think it was them," Myles Mack said. "I think it was just him missing shots that we know he can make. It happens to the best of us. Those two games just weren't his day. It doesn't have anything to do with St. John's defense."
But it hasn't just been St. John's. Cincinnati shut down Carter the game after the Red Storm did the first time.
"We have to address some situation, if you're not scoring, there are other parts of the game that you can excel at to help your team," Rice said, adding, "if it's not dropping for one reason or another, pick up the challenge defensively, make some assists. Do something. Make a play for your team, a winning play."
Which Rutgers (12-6, 3-4 Big East) needed in the worst way. They came into the game in a six-team tie for sixth place in the Big East.
A win would have had Rutgers tied for fourth in the Big East. The loss drops them to sole possession of tenth place.
However, it did't have a big game feel. Despite Rutgers playing their biggest mid-January home game in seven years, it was a subpar atmosphere, with just 4,742 fans in attendance, including an unenthusiastic student section for the first game back after winter break.
"I don't have control of the crowd and who shows up," Rice said. "But I do have control of my team. I was very disappointed in our lack of compete tonight, and our lack of execution especially in the defensive end, and that's what I can control. I know we'll go back to work and gauge the fight in this team."
Especially in Carter. Rice knows the scoring woes are negatively impacting the rest of the Paterson, N.J. native's game.
"Right now it's affecting him," Rice said. "Not putting the ball in the bucket is affecting him while he's on the floor."
But it's not just Carter that Rice has to fix. Rice feels that the entire team has to help make a change. And the third-year head coach has three days of practice with them to do so before Rutgers plays a crucial game at UConn.
"It's a process," Rice said. "We'll do different things. We'll have different looks. We have to find some answers here and it's the coaching staff, and Eli and his teammates. We'll figure it out."


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Awesome picture. I think a lot of the people I work with have been taking two WTF packets in their morning coffee.
I like Coffee Stained. :-)
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I love coffee as much as the next, but aside from a blog about coffee, how useful are they?
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How I Met Your Mother: The Goat - VIDEO
(S03E17) Interesting ending to this one, huh?
I'll get to that after the jump, for those who are spoiler-phobic. This was an episode full of story and character development, and some glimpses into the personalities of all five members of the HIMYM gang. And it was pretty damned funny. The show's starting on an end-of-season roll, and with some big emotional and interpersonal issues coming to a head right now, the last few episodes are looking very promising.
Now, about that goat...
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... OK, let's sort this out:
1. The goat was eating Robin's washcloth.
2. Old Ted said that Robin didn't live there on his 30th birthday, "there" being his apartment.
3. Old Ted then went on to say that must have been his 31st birthday.
Uh... what the hell?
I almost missed that sequence. I thought Old Ted had said that the goat was eating Lily's hand towel. It took my ever-observant girlfriend to point out to me that the hand towels were Robin's, not Lily's. So, that means that, for some reason, Ted and Robin will be living together one year from now. Will they merely be roommates, with Robin moving in after Marshall and Lily finally move to Dowistrepla? Or will they be living together in the biblical sense, back together even though their entire romance was ill-conceived to begin with?
Pretty much the entire episode was about Barney trying to figure out how not to tell Ted about sleeping with Robin. He broke "The Bro Code," and he wanted to figure out a way to make himself feel better. The most ingenious part of it was that he hired Marshall as his lawyer, not only so he can find a loophole in the code, but so that he can tell Marshall and claim lawyer-client confidentiality. Anyway, it gave us a chance to see Barney use his über-shredder and talk about going to war with Portugal and his company's toy company in Pyongyang. It's fun to see Barney uncomfortable, twitchy, and Sky Mall-obsessed.
It seemed that Robin was the cooler customer when it came to trying to deny her tryst with Barney never happened. But she broke as soon as she saw the pic of her and Ted on vacation from last year. It's interesting that Ted said to Robin that he wasn't mad at her about the slip-up, but he was furious with Barney, so much so that he wants to break off their friendship (he even said he should put him in that "box of things I've grown out of," or whatever he called it). I'm guessing because, like Ted said, Barney's done a lot of rotten things, but this is about the lowest he's sunk. But I also think that, despite the fact that Ted's with the unseen Stella, he still has a flicker of a flame for Robin, which is an issue we're going to explore if this show ever gets a fourth season.
Other fun stuff:
- Barney and his ancestor Barnabas will share this week's Best Barneyism of the week. Barnabas started The Bro Code way back in 1776, and he created the rule about not making eye contact during a devil's three-way. But Barney is perpetuating it, even giving the proper sign for it. So they both get to share the award.
- Notice that Washington and Franklin looked away from each other after Barnabas stated that rule. Ick. That's something for George to think about as he travels to "Me, DC."
- I could swear that Franklin was played by the guy who played Mr. Pitt on Seinfeld, Ian Abercrombie.
- Though the jokes about "hitting it" (with a clown, in Lily's case) and "penetrating the barrier" were kind of silly -- we knew they were talking about 30th birthdays -- it was still great to see NPH's nervous reactions. My favorite? Ted: "Do you want my Xbox?" Barney: "Ted, she has a name!"
- Alyson Hannigan looked especially cute this week. I was intrigued when Lily was equally disgusted with and curious about Robin's night with Barney. "That's so gross! Was it amazing?"... "Did he have... devices?"... "Was he all smooth down there?" Marshall seemed to be justifiably horrified by his wife's line of questioning.
- Ranjit pops up again, and rightly roots for Ted to wail on Barney.
- Barney chose the wrong end to protect on that free shot, didn't he?
- Loved how Barney and Robin recounted how each would have reacted under normal circumstances after a Barney conquest. But we knew Robin couldn't take it the extra step Barney did: "Robin, guess who nailed the Metro 1 News chick last night? High five!" To her credit, she did return the high five.
- Barney's nude pics go in his mental "bpeg" folder. Nice.
- I can see how Robin knows how to tell goat turds from muskox turds -- she did live in Canada -- but how did Marshall know what goat turds looked like?
- The other Bro Code rules we heard -- a bro must always say yes, a bro must always provide protection, a bro must always alert another bro to a girlfight -- were well demonstrated, especially Ted becoming a transsexual Russian just to help Barney get laid.
Man, I'm really looking forward to next week's episode. Even if Brit Brit comes back -- which was confirmed by CBS today; she'll be back on May 12 -- this looks like we're in for some pretty intense episodes. Intense and funny, which is how HIMYM should be.
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On a men's fashion website I used to edit, we had a recurring feature where we asked various tastemakers (yeah, I hate the word, too) to name their favorite items. Inevitably there came a day when we reached out to Lapo Elkann, the Italian automotive heir who more than any of his peers seems determined to keep the word "dashing" from becoming obsolete. What was the no. 1 pick on Elkann's list of sartorial must-haves? One of the tailored Caraceni suits he famously inherited from his grandfather Gianni Agnelli, perhaps? Or the futuristic sunglasses he carves out of carbon fiber for his company Italia Independent? No, it was a Wrangler denim shirt, wardrobe staple of cowboys and playboys alike.
Start investigating the origins of denim and you will quickly find yourself mired in a murky, arcane field of study that can take you from the Wild West to 16th Century Genoa, Italy, without providing any definitive answers. For our purposes, though, we can trace the classic work shirt's current popularity to 1967. That was the year Warner Brothers released Cool Hand Luke, the film in which Paul Newman proved that going to jail doesn't mean having to sacrifice your personal style, not as long as your personal style encompasses rugged shirts in a shade of faded blue that perfectly matches your eyes. (Prison's dietary restrictions, on the other hand, could be more of a hurdle.) Newman and other anti-establishment figures of sixties and seventies cinema (see Nicholson, Jack, Five Easy Pieces) would cause subsequent generations of hipsters from Tokyo to London to spend hours scouring vintage stores in search of just the right western-style shirt. It's surely no coincidence that Ralph Lauren, Mr. RRL himself, also founded his company in 1967.
These days, of course, every designer, from high end to high street, offers a variation on the denim work shirt. A few guidelines: Choose one that is as well tailored as your favorite dress shirt; unless your daily working environment involves horses and rope tricks, you may want to take long look in the mirror and ask yourself if you're man enough for flap pockets, pearl snaps, or any other overt Western details (in the case of Wrangler-loving Mr. Elkann, the answer was an emphatic si); and assuming you're not auditioning at the Grand Ole Opry, don't pair with jeans but with a suit, Caraceni or otherwise.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two nearly simultaneous explosions targeted a Turkish peace rally Saturday by Kurdish activists and opposition supporters in Ankara. At least 86 people were killed and nearly 190 wounded in what appeared to be suicide attacks, Turkish officials said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — On Oct. 3, a U.S. AC-130 gunship — at the request of Afghan ground forces fighting the Taliban, according to the American commander in Afghanistan Gen. John F. Campbell — mistakenly bombed a trauma hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, killing at least 10 patients and a dozen Afghan staffers. Many more were wounded, and many remain missing in the wreckage of the now-abandoned hospital. The aid group's international staff members have been accounted for. President Barack Obama apologized and the U.S. military is investigating.
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The federal law known as the Clery Act is credited with bringing improvements to campus safety, even as sexual assault and gun violence remain major concerns. Supporters of the law plan to mark its 25th anniversary next month.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians carried out two stabbing attacks in Jerusalem on Saturday before being shot dead by police, while another two Palestinians were killed during a violent demonstration near the Gaza border fence, as violence continued to spread following a series of attacks against civilians and soldiers in the past week.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jacob deGrom sure seems to thrive on baseball's biggest stages.
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Matthew J. Powroznik Sr. died peacefully on Saturday, March 1, 2014. He was 78.
Matt was the son of the late Apolonia (Leciak) and Walter Powroznik.
He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Arlene (Stevens); children, Marie Powroznik and Matthew J. Jr. (Stacie); granddaughter, Apolonia; and his sister, Stephanie McGuire.
Matt's family will receive relatives and friends from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday, March 7, at the James J. McGhee Funeral Home, 690 Belmont Ave., Southampton, Pa. A memorial service for Matt will be held by Rev. John J. Kilgallon at 12 p.m. Interment is to be private at the request of Matt's family.
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Toby's back to bloggin'!
And he's full of good cheer and news, heavy sarcasm.
Spoilers ahead.
We all knew we'd have to deal with Aidan being gone. That was hard enough but Sinead (Nina) will not be returning for Series 4 and Russell (George) says this will his final series. It's unclear whether Russell will actually be in a few episodes or not at all. This was unexpected for me as I was already dealing with the loss of Mitchell but now George too?
Jesus, it's like re-eventing the wheel here.
Michael Socha (Tom) becomes a prominent lead in Series 4 and another new lead male character is introduced into the mix of things!
Well, either the way Toby says it gives him license for bringing in new creatures, etc…so that's something to look forward too eh?
Head over to www.bbc.co.uk if you'd like to read the blog post for yourself!
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Ex-UK judge blasted for blaming drunk women for acquittal of rapists
A former UK judge has sparked outrage after she blamed drunk women for not providing enough evidence in rape cases, causing the rapists to walk free.
Judge Mary Mowat, who retired aged 66 after 18 years as a circuit judge, said that one in four rape suspects walks free because of a lack of corroborative evidence, often because the victim is drunk, the Daily Express reported.
She said that it is an inevitable fact of it being one person's word against another and the burden of proof being that you have to be sure before you convict and even claimed that the rape conviction statistics will not improve until women stop getting so drunk.
Anti-rape campaigners have slammed her comments as "outrageous" and Jill Saward, victim of the Ealing vicarage rape in 1986, said that it's quite outrageous of the judge to say this because she is actually defending the behaviour of men who set out to rape, which is not an appropriate thing to say.
Katie Russell, of Rape Crisis, said that Mowat makes clear that it is never 'allowable' to rape a 'drunken woman', her comments are potentially very harmful.
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How glaring is the difference between virologists grudgingly agreeing to redact potentially sensitive details of their research in the public interest (although it will be available to recognized researchers who presumably promise not to share it with terrorists) and climate hysterics fighting Freedom of Information Act requests and court orders in an effort to hide their data and methodology because "you only want to find something wrong with it"?
Grudgingly, Virologists Agree to Redact Details in Sensitive Flu Papers
by Martin Enserink
Two groups of scientists who carried out highly controversial studies with the avian influenza virus H5N1 have reluctantly agreed to strike certain details from manuscripts describing their work after having been asked to do so by a U.S. biosecurity council. The as-yet unpublished papers, which are under review at Nature and Science, will be changed to minimize the risks that they could be misused by would-be bioterrorists.
But the stricken details may still be made available to influenza scientists who have a legitimate interest in knowing them under a new system the journals and U.S. government officials have been actively debating for some time.
The two papers have both been reviewed at length by the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity(NSSAB), and both have been the subject of intense global media attention the past 2 months. They have also triggered debates among scientists, security experts, and officials within various branches of the U.S. government.
The studies show how certain mutations in H5N1's genome can make the virus more easily transmissible among ferrets, flu scientists' preferred animal model—and thus, also more dangerous to humans. An H5N1 strain that transmits well between people could trigger an influenza pandemic with potentially millions of casualties, scientists fear.
This morning, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a statement saying that NSABB has recommended to the authors and the journals that the manuscripts "not include the methodological and other details that could enable replication of the experiments by those who would seek to do harm."
The team that wrote the H5N1 paper under review at Science has grudgingly agreed to do so, says one of its members, virologist Albert Osterhaus of Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The group received the recommendations in writing on 1 December and sent Science a revised paper more than a week ago—although they completely disagree with NSABB's verdict. "This is unprecedented," says Osterhaus, who believes public health is best served by making the information widely available. Science has sent the revised version back to NSABB for another round of review, Osterhaus says. (Science Insider)


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The Rift Valley game preserves of Kenya and Tanzania (especially Amboseli, Serengeti, and Masai Mara) fill with the dust clouds and thunderous noise kicked up by vast herds of wildebeest and zebra. Some 1.5 million animals traverse the veldt here in the late summer on their way north to follow the rains—and the fresh grass and drinking water they provide.
When to Go: August to September.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health authorities Wednesday intensified pressure on makers of dietary supplements, warning individuals or companies marketing "tainted" products that they could face criminal prosecution, among other consequences.
The move comes after several reports of injury and even death from the use of illegal supplements that are deceptively labeled or contain undeclared ingredients. These include those laced with the same active ingredients as drugs already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, analogs (close copies) of those drugs or novel synthetic steroids that don't qualify as dietary ingredients.
"Some contain prescription drugs or analogs never tested in humans and the results can be tragic," said Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, principal deputy commissioner at the FDA, at a Wednesday news conference. "We have received reports of serious adverse events and injuries associated with consumer use of these tainted products, including stroke, liver and kidney damage, pulmonary failure and death."
Since 2007, he added, FDA has issued alerts on 300 tainted products.
"FDA is calling attention to an important public health problem," Sharfstein said. "Serious injuries have resulted from products masquerading as dietary supplements. . . They're usually poorly labeled so consumers don't know what they're buying."
Most of the illegal products are marketed in three categories: to promote weight loss, to enhance sexual prowess and as body-building products, the agency noted.
The weight-loss products identified with problems include Slimming Beauty, Solo Slim and Slim-30, which contain sibutramine (or analogs), the active ingredient in the FDA-approved drug Merida, recently withdrawn from pharmacy shelves due to a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke.
The body-building products include Tren Xtreme, ArimaDex and
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Using the command summary in the help file
To open the command summary for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server User Administration Tool, you can type besuseradminclient and one of the following parameters:
- -?
- -h
To display the command summary for a specific parameter, type besuseradminclient -help <parameter> . For example, besuseradminclient -help add.
Note the following rules about the format of the command summary:
- The command summary is organized by parameters (for example, -add, -delete, -move, and so on). Each parameter is listed with its associated subparameters.
- A parameter can only be used with its associated subparameters.
- Each subparameter works with the parameter or subparameter that is outdented immediately above it.
- The word "or" separates parameters or subparameters at the same level. When several options are separated by "or", choose one of those options to use.
- Subparameters at the same level can be used together, unless separated by the word "or".
- Optional parameters or subparameters are enclosed in square brackets ( [ ] ).
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find·a·bil·i·ty n
a. The quality of being locatable or navigable.
b. The degree to which a particular object is easy to discover or locate.
c. The degree to which a system or environment supports navigation and retrieval.
From Peter Moreville's book, Ambient Findability.
When Peter Moreville first coined the word "Findability", he seemed to really understand the importance of making things easy to find, quickly accessible, easily identifiable… Findable.
But I'm not so sure Moreville quite had in mind what I'd like to talk about in this post. I'd like to discuss the importance of making your website findable given the current conditions of our web ecosystem.
If you're not easily findable, you're missing a huge slice of potential visitors. You're talking to a void instead of an audience.
Smack Dab in the Clutter of the World Wide Web
The "Web" is constantly evolving. In many regards, it is comparable to a living organism. The Web finds new and better ways to perform old tasks. The Web grows larger every day. The Web matures replacing old conventions with new ones, and ethics are constantly reshaping the way things work.
Because of the continuous shape-shifting nature of the Web, it can be difficult to approach issues like the "Findability" of a specific website in a timeless way. At the same time, it is becoming more important to make your site findable as the web continues to grow. If people can't find your site, they cannot connect with the value you add to the web. How can we make our sites quickly and easily findable through Search Engines and other websites?
I do think it's possible to shed some light on what makes a specific site more findable given our current state of the web – and possibly provide some insightful ways for keeping a site findable for years to come.
1. Evaluate Your Purpose and Value
The first step for making a website more findable is to evaluate its purpose and identify what value it brings to the web.
Pretend you're the publisher of a new Coffee Magazine for a moment. What makes your magazine worth reading, and who is going to benefit from reading it? You're probably the pretend-owner of a fake magazine that shows readers how they can save tons of money by not spending cash for Internet at Starbucks (Honestly, who in their right mind would pay $5 to get online at Starbucks?).
Whatever the case, you find that you bring value to a crowd of coffee enthusiasts with your make-believe-magazine. Because of this, you'll probably market your product in local coffee shops or perhaps even the Internet-Nazi Starbucks Regime.
Why is this important? Publishing a Magazine has it's similarities to publishing a website, especially blogs and sites that periodically update in post form. It's important to evaluate the value and purpose of your site, and consider where it should be marketed.
Ask yourself questions like: Who would benefit from using my website? What websites do that target audience frequent/search for answers? How does this group search? Why should they be searching for me?
Find places where people will be looking for a site like yours based on your answers, and be sure that your website is seen in those places. Sometimes this happens on its own (Popular Search Engines tend to automatically index websites), while other times you'll have to get more involved. Submit your site to websites in your niche, contact webmasters and tell them why your site could benefit their readers, and integrate yourself into social networks that relate to your topic.
2. Becoming What People Expect You Are
This probably goes against everything you ever heard about peer pressure as a child, but your website needs to conform to what people expect it to be.
We've talked about the importance of keeping conventions in the past, but websites should also be predictable. Totally predictable.
One of the biggest mistakes I see on websites are poorly titled headers and links. You don't see Newspapers title their World News Section, "Overseas". You don't see Starbucks label their Internet-Access plan "Let Us Rip You Off!". Likewise, it's important to avoid trendy and clever titles that may mislead viewers of your own site.
By using appropriate titles, not only will your site let users retrieve the content they need more easily, but search engines and other websites will have an easier time listing you appropriately, resulting in more visitors and readers over time.
3. Optimize Your Site
We're not talking SEO here (a useless term if I might add). I like to think of myself as a UO guy. A User Optimizer.
User Optimization if you will.
Many of the things you do to optimize your site will be transparent to the user, while others are crucial to your websites findability. One of the most important things you can do is give every page on your website an appropriate Title Tag and Meta Description.
Why? The Title and Description of your site are usually the first (and often the only) things users will see while searching the web. Search Engines use them in their results. Social Networking sites tend to use them by default. They even help users keep track of sites they've bookmarked in the past.
User Optimization helps draw in new visitors, and brings back repeat-viewers.
4. Befriend Your Peers
One of the interesting phenomenons of the web over the past few years has been the rise of "Social Networking" and Micro-blogging. Sometimes, findability comes down to knowing the right people.
Get to know other webmasters, bloggers, and people in your niche. Offer a helping hand when you can, and the favor will often times be returned. People are more comfortable linking to people they know and trust than people they've never spoken with.
If you offer a service, make sure that you're making it known to others what you do. Maybe the people you get to know won't be interested in hiring you, but perhaps one of their contacts will be.
5. Find More Ways to Make Your Site Findable
What other things can you do to make your site findable?
Do you have any success stories about what has made a site of yours more findable? What are you doing now to make your site findable by your target users?
We all benefit from findability – Users and Developers alike. With the upward trend of users viewing website content indirectly (ie: feedreaders, search engines, etc), Findability is sometimes one of the only parts of the User Experience you have any control over. Developers benefit from Findability as well through increased viewership, leads, conversions, sales, etc.
Heck, even Starbucks understands the importance of Findability by forcing you to land on their Pay-For-Internet page when you first plug in at one of their hot spots! HA! Good luck with that one Starbucks!
This post was written at a Starbucks, where it cost $3.99 for Internet access.


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Hosay Studios LLC was founded on January 2013. Our mission is to create casual games and applications that have a strong local flavour. While our focus is currently on the local market, it is our dream that one day we can have a global presence so as to spread our interesting culture to other parts of the world. There are just so many interesting things happening in this little island of ours that we are proud of and would love the world to know about!
At present, we have successfully launched 2 games and 3 apps which are available on both iOS and Android platforms. The results so far have been extremely encouraging. Our free-to-download approach ensures that no one is left out and everyone gets to enjoy our products. For example, one of our apps, Haze@SG, which provide a convenient way to check the current PSI has over 20,000 users and the number is increasing by the day.
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Number of games made: 2, Simon Says Classic, Merlion Pinball
Number of apps made: 3, Weather@SG, Haze@SG, Tio!Toto
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The World Health Organisation has a permanent seat on the Gavi Board
The World Health Organisation (WHO), which has a permanent seat on the Gavi Board, is a member of Gavi's Executive Committee, Governance Committee and the Programme & Policy Committee.
The WHO is represented on the Gavi Board by:
Dr Bustreo is Assistant Director-General for Family, Women's and Children's Health and previously Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health.
Dr Bustreo had assignments at the World Bank and Norway and in country and regional offices of the World Health Organization (WHO) including Sudan, Senegal, Bangladesh, as well as WHO's EURO office in Copenhagen and headquarters in Geneva. Dr Bustreo's career in international health has focused on diseases affecting the poor and the disadvantaged. Her work with the WHO focused on child health but also included tuberculosis surveillance and control, particularly multi-drug resistant TB.
Italian by birth, Dr Bustreo has also worked in Italy with local NGOs, setting up primary health care system for refugees in the former Yugoslavia, and assessing the condition of Iraqi children in the aftermath of the Gulf War. Dr Bustreo received a degree in medicine and a postgraduate qualification in rehabilitation medicine from Padua University, Italy, and later obtained a M.Sc. in Communicable Disease Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Dr Bustreo speaks fluent English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian and has studied Russian and Arabic.
Dr Okwo-Bele has been Director of the WHO Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals since 2004. He is responsible for strategic direction, coordination and management of normative and programmatic immunisation activities. During his 27 years in public health, Dr Okwo-Bele has worked at country, regional and global levels in support of the expansion of childhood immunisation programmes, contributing to policy formulation, capacity building, programme planning and evaluation, and disease surveillance.
From 1993 to 2002, he directed the Polio Eradication Initiative in Africa, resulting in the reduction of polio endemic countries from 34 to 2. In mid-2000, Dr Okwo-Bele coordinated the development of the WHO/UNICEF Global Immunization Vision and Strategy for 2006-2015, which set a number of immunisation goals and strategies aimed at expanding the benefits of existing and new vaccines to more people.
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