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Scope and Policy
RBSO publishes new original articles with scientific relevance in the field of Occupational Safety & Health. The journal adopts a multidisciplinary approach and brings several aspects of OSH in the different economic sectors of the formal and informal world of work including: the work and health relationship between; conceptual aspects and analyses of occupational accidents; risk analyses; risk management and OSH management systems; epidemiology; etiology of occupational illnesses; exposure to chemicals and toxicology; relationship between workers' health and environment; OSH education and training; behavior at work and its physiological, psychological and social dimensions; mental health and work; muscle-skeletal disorders, psychological conditions and their relationship to organizational aspects and production restructuring; OSH professions and professional practice; health services organization and occupational safety at public and private companies; labor regulation and laws; workplace inspection; social, organizational, and political aspects of OSH.
Authors are entirely responsible for the opinions they express in the articles.
Publication of articles resulting from research involving human beings must follow ethical principles and comply with the specific legislation of the country where it was carried out. In Brazil authors must inform about the research protocol approval by the Research Ethics Committee. The information should be included in the title page and in the manuscript.
RBSO endorses both policies for registration of clinical trials: the World Health Organization - WHO(http://www.who.int/ictrp/en/), and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors - ICMJE (http://www.wame.org/about/policy-statements#Trial) as well as (http://www.icmje.org/about-icmje/faqs/clinical-trials-registration/), and recognizes the relevance of these initiatives for international registering and international dissemination of information on clinical trials through open access.
Therefore, RBSO only publishes articles on clinical trials that have previously obtained an identification number in one of the Clinical Trials Registration Offices certified by WHO and ICMJE standards . Addresses of Registration Offices are available through ICMJE website ( http://www.icmje.org/about-icmje/faqs/clinical-trials-registration/). Identification number must be indicated underneath the abstract.
Conflicts of interests
Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest concerning the elaboration or assessment of a submitted manuscript, no matter how unlikely they are. Conflicts may involve financial/commercial, academic, political, or personal interests.
Authors must reveal all sources of support or funding received by the study presented in the submitted manuscript.
Reviewers must also inform the journal editorial board whether there is any conflict of interest that may influence their opinion or analysis, and state specifically when their participation as a reviewer of a manuscript is inadequate or inappropriate.
The manuscripts assessment process
Manuscripts submitted accordingly to the instructions to authors and RBSO editorial policy are initially screened by the Scientific Editor. In case it is considered unsuitable for publication, it will be refused; otherwise it will be forwarded to peer review.
Each manuscript is analyzed by at least two reviewers known for their expertise on the theme of the manuscript.
Both parts (author/reviewer) involved in the assessment process will be kept unnamed.
The Scientific Editor's decision is based on both the reviewers' analysis and the associated editors' assessments. If necessary, authors are asked to make alterations in their manuscripts, which are essential for publication acceptance. At this point, not responding in a timely manner may lead to manuscript rejection.
Non-acceptance of a manuscript can happen at any time on the Scientific Editor's criteria. When this happens, authors will receive a written document explaining the reasons for their manuscript refusal.
The journal office is free from any obligation to send back the rejected manuscript originals to authors.
Responsibility and copyright
Submission of papers must be followed by a signed document on Responsibility and Copyright Transfer Agreement, available through the link
It must be signed by all authors and posted to the journal office.
Authors must obtain copyright permission to use pictures, tables, methods or any element which has already appeared in other publications.
Manuscripts shape and presentation
Types of contribution
Article: a contribution aimed at publicizing the results of an empirical, experimental, or conceptual research (up to 56.000 characters including spaces, and excluding titles, abstract, tables, pictures, and references)
Review: a critical and systematized review of literature on a specific subject; the review purpose must be mentioned, the criteria for searching the literature and the researched universe must be specified (in methods), the obtained results must be discussed, and suggestions of studies that will fill in the current gaps in knowledge must be presented (up to 56.000 characters including spaces, and excluding titles, abstract, tables, pictures and bibliographic references)
Essay: a circumstanced reflection, in a writing style that suits the purpose of a scientific publication, which grants authors more freedom to defend a certain view, and intends to deepen a discussion or to present a new contribution/approach on a relevant theme (up to 56.000 characters including spaces, and excluding titles, abstract, tables, pictures, and references).
Reports on experience: a report on an original intervention case or a successful experience. It must refer to an innovative experience with important impact, which could be reproducible. The manuscript must characterize the problem (case) as well as describe the case in a condensed and straightforward manner, presenting and discussing its results. It can also suggest recommendations. Its writing style must be suitable to the purpose of a scientific publication. The methodology employed to deal with the reported case and to assess its results must be described. The references must be pertinent. (Up to 56.000 characters, including spaces and excluding titles, abstract, tables, pictures, and references).
Short Communication: a report on the partial or preliminary results of a research, or for publicizing the outcome of a study of small complexity (up to 20.000 characters including spaces, and excluding titles, abstract, tables, pictures, and references).
Book review: a critical analysis of a book published in the previous two years (up to 11.200 characters including spaces).
Letter: a text discussing an article recently published by RBSO (up to 5.600 characters including spaces).
Preparation of manuscripts
Original contributions in Portuguese and Spanish are accepted. Authors are responsible for their manuscript grammar corrections.
Text should be written in Times New Roman, size 12, on white paper sheets with 3 cm wide lateral margins and simple spacing.
It should include:
Title page (all items should be informed in the manuscript; the title page should be sent separately from the rest of the manuscript) with the following:
a) Type of contribution (see definitions above and abide by the correct number of characters).
b) Title in the main language (Portuguese or Spanish) and in English. It must be pertinent, complete, and abridged. When appropriate, it should include geographic (place) and time (when the study was carried out) information.
c) The authors' complete names.
d) Each author's complete institutional affiliation including city, state, and country (refers to professional/academic relationship and not to university degree).
e) Authorship - each contribution to the study must be specified. According to ICMJE authorship criteria, authors must simultaneously fulfill the following conditions: 1. significantly contributed to either the project design and planning or data analyses and interpretation; 2. significantly contributed to the manuscript draft or critical review of its contents; and 3. have been involved with the manuscript final version approval.
Fund raising, data collection, and overall supervision of the research project are not sufficient for authorship. All individuals listed as authors should fulfill the authorship criteria, and all those who fulfill them, must be named as authors. All authors should be involved with the research article to an extent to make public their responsibility for its contents. Individuals who do not fulfill authorship criteria should be named along with their specific contributions in the manuscript's acknowledgments.
f) Name, address, phone number, and e-mail of the author who will be in contact with the journal editorial office and board.
g) Name of one of the authors, with address and e-mail, to be published in the article, in case readers wish to contact authors.
h) Inform whether the project was funded; in case it was, describe the type of funding, inform the funding agency name and the grant awarding document number.
i) Conflict of interest (see information above).
j) Inform the registration number and data of approval by the Research Ethics Committee (Institution where Committee is affiliated and registry number). Present the reasons in case the study was not submitted to a Research Ethics Committee.
k) Inform whether the manuscript is based on a thesis/dissertation. If it is, inform its title, year, and institution where it was submitted.
l) Inform whether the study was presented at a scientific meeting. In case it was, inform whether it was published (available online) as an abstract or a complete version. Inform the event name, place and date.
m) Location and date.
a) Title in the main language (Portuguese or Spanish) and in English.
b) Abstract: Manuscripts must have one abstract written in the main language (Portuguese or Spanish) and one in English, each with no more than 1400 characters, including spaces.
�c) Key-words/descriptors: minimum of three and no more than five, in the main language (Portuguese or Spanish) and in English. It is recommended that authors use structured vocabulary DeCS (http://decs.bvs.br) adopted by LILACS.
d) �The text structure must follow the conventional format of scientific article writing.
e) Authors should avoid mentioning the name of the institution and/or the department responsible for the study in the manuscript, so that authors and/or research groups are not identified during the peer review process.
f) Citations: RBSO adopts the standards of Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT)(Brazilian Technical Standards Association) NBR 10520 version 2002. Parenthethical referencing must be all in upper case, and when otherwise, only the first character in capital letter. Indirect citations within the text must bring the authors' surname and the publication year, as in Souza (1998) or (SOUZA, 1998);for two authors: Lima and Araújo (2006) or (LIMA; ARAÚJO, 2006). In case there are three authors: Vilela, Iguti and Almeida (2004) or (VILELA; IGUTI; ALMEIDA, 2004). When there are more than three authors, only the first author's surname should be mentioned followed by et al.,as in Silva et al. (2000) or (SILVA et al., 2000). In case of a direct citation (literal), the page(s) of the original text must be indicated, as in the following: Ex.1- ... as described by Ali (2001, p. 17): "A great number of these dermatoses are neither counted in the statistics nor cared by the company heath service". Ex.2- (SOUZA; SILVA; ALMEIDA, 2004, p. 24). Ex.3, when there are four or more authors - (FONSECA et al., 2003, p. 41). Direct quotations of up to three lines must be within quotation marks as in Ex.1 above. Direct quotations with more than three lines must be highlighted with a 4.0 cm indentation in the left margin, with a smaller font than the one used in the text without quotation marks - Ex:
Conference calls allow individuals to take part in national meetings without having to leave their homes. Commonly conference calls use television, telephone and computer... (NICHOLS, 1993, p.181).
g) Authors are fully responsible for the reference and quotation accuracy. References must be listed in alphabetical order in the reference section at the end of the manuscript, organized in accordance with the standards of (ABNT) NBR 6023, version 2002, as in the following examples:
WALDVOGEL, B. C. Acidentes do trabalho: os casos fatais - a questão da identificação e da mensuração. Belo Horizonte: Segrac, 2002.
Book chapter
NORWOOD, S. Chemical cartridge respirators and gasmasks. In: CRAIG, E. C.; BIRKNER, L. R.; BROSSEAU, L. Respiratory protection: a manual and guideline. 2. ed. Ohio: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 1991. p. 40-60.
Journal article
BAKER, L.; KRUEGER, A.B. Medical cost in workers compensation insurance. Journal of Health Economics, Netherlands, v. 14, n. 15, p. 531-549, 1995.
GLINA, D. M. R. et al. Saúde mental e trabalho: uma reflexão sobre o nexo com o trabalho e o diagnóstico, com base na prática. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, v. 17, n. 3, p. 607-616, maio/jun. 2001.
Article of magazine, newspaper, etc.
NAVES, P. Lagos andinos dão banho de beleza. Folha de São Paulo, São Paulo, 28 jun. 1989. Folha Turismo, Caderno 8, p. 13.
Thesis, dissertation or monograph
SILVA, E. P. Condições de saúde ocupacional dos lixeiros de São Paulo. 1973. 89 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Saúde Ambiental)-Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 1973.
SEMINÁRIO PROMOÇÃO DA SAÚDE AUDITIVA: ENFOQUE AMBIENTAL, 2., 2002, Curitiba. Anais... Curitiba: Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, 2002.
Abstract or complete work presented at a congress, conference, etc.
FISCHER, R. M.; PIRES, J. T.; FEDATO, C. The strengthening of the participatory democracy. In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THIRD-SECTOR RESEARCH (ISTR), 6., 2004, Toronto. Proceedings... Toronto: Ryerson University, 2004. v. 1, p. 1.
FUNDAÇÃO JORGE DUPRAT FIGUEIREDO DE SEGURANÇA E MEDICINA DO TRABALHO. Relatório de Gestão 1995-2002. São Paulo, 2003. 97p.
Technical report
ARCURI, A. S. A.; NETO KULCSAR, F. Relatório Técnico da avaliação qualitativa dos laboratórios do Departamento de Morfologia do Instituto de Biociências da UNESP. São Paulo. Fundacentro. 1995. 11p.
SOUZA, J. C. et al. Tendência genética do peso ao desmame de bezerros da raça nelore. In: REUNIÃO ANUAL DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE ZOOTECNIA, 35, 1998, Botucatu. Anais... Botucatu: UNESP, 1998. 1 CD-ROM.
MORFOLOGIA dos artrópodes. In: ENCICLOPÉDIA multimídia dos seres vivos. [S.l.]: Planeta DeAgostini, 1998. CD-ROM 9.
Vídeo cassete
CENAS da indústria de galvanoplastia. São Paulo: Fundacentro, 1997. 1 videocassete (20 min), VHS/NTSC., son., color.
Document in eletronic media
BIRDS from Amapá: banco de dados. Disponível em: <http://www.bdt.org>. Acesso em: 28 nov. 1998.
ANDREOTTI, M. et al. Ocupação e câncer da cavidade oral e orofaringe. Cad. Saúde Pública. Rio de Janeiro, v. 22, n. 3, 2006. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci _arttext&pid=S0102-311X2006000300009&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt>. Acesso em: 15 abr. 2006.
BRASIL. Lei nº 9.887, de 7 de dezembro de 1999. Altera a legislação tributária federal. Diário Oficial [da] República Federativa do Brasil, Brasília, DF, 8 dez. 1999.
Federal Constitution
BRASIL. Constituição (1988). Texto consolidado até a Emenda Constitucional nº 52 de 08 de março de 2006. Brasília, DF, Senado, 1988.
SÃO PAULO (Estado). Decreto nº 48.822, de 20 de janeiro de 1988. Lex: Coletânea de Legislação e Jurisprudência, São Paulo, v. 63, n. 3, p. 217-220, 1998.
h) Tables, charts and figures: will be published in black and white. They must be presented in separated sheets, paginated sequentially in Arabic numbers in the same order as they are mentioned in the text. To each one should be given an abridged title contextualizing the presented data. In the tables the title should be on the top of the main body. In photos and illustrations the title should be placed under the main body. No vertical lines should be used in the tables. Sources, notes and observations concerning the tables, charts and figures contents must be presented under their main body. Figures (diagrams, photos. charts, etc) should also be presented individually in different files in an electronic file format that allows high quality printing (not in Word file extension doc or docx). Diagrams should be produced in Excel software (file extension xls or xlsx) and sent in the original format. Photos and illustrations must have a high image resolution, over 300 dpi, and must be in jpg or tiff files. Illustrations must be produced in Coreldraw software version 10 or older (extension cdr) or Illustrator CS2 (extension .ai) and sent in the original file format. Photos and illustrations will only be published if their quality is considered satisfactory. Figures should not repeat data presented in the tables. The total number of tables, charts and figures is restricted to 5 (five).
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i) Acknowledgment (optional) refers to those who collaborated intellectually to the study, either by providing scientific assistant, or by producing a critical review of the research, or even by collecting data, but who did not meet the authorship criteria, with the nominees' permission. Institutions which offered financial, material, or any other support may also be included in these acknowledgments.
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Former Ford Motor Executive and Hershey Co. Chairman Lead Chairman & CEO Peer Forum Speaker Line-up Business Wire NEW YORK -- April 18, 2013 Corporate Board Member and NYSE Euronext's 4^th annual Chairman & CEO Peer Forum on June 11, 2013 will feature Hershey Co's Chairman Jim Nevels talking about changes impacting board leadership over the past two decades, and Clifton Lambreth, former Ford Motor Co. executive and author, Ford and the American Dream, Return to Greatness: Driving the American Dream, and The Ad Man, sharing how Ford transformed from near-bankruptcy to profitability and what leadership lessons boards can take away. The Chairman & CEO Peer Forum, to be held at the New York Stock Exchange, was developed to address the top concerns and issues facing today's CEOs, independent chairmen and lead directors. "Effective board leadership is what separates great boards from adequate boards," said TK Kerstetter, chairman of Corporate Board Member, an NYSE Euronext Company. "From building a better board and executive compensation to M&A, shareholder relations and effective information technology oversight, this is event will arm participants with the knowledge needed to respond appropriately to changing trends and lead their boards in today's challenging business environment." All attendees will receive a complimentary board compliance oversight and governance diagnostic reviewing their board practices against their peers, provide by Corpedia, an NYSE Euronext Company. Upon conclusion of the event, all attendees will be invited to tour the NYSE trading floor. In addition to Lambreth and Nevels, other confirmed speakers include: *Michael Del Giudice, Lead Director, Consolidated Edison Inc.; Director, Reis Inc. *James McTaggart, Retired Founding Partner, Marakon Associates; Director, Blyth Inc. *J. Thomas Presby, Lead Director, World Fuel Services Corp.; Director, ExamWorks Group Inc., First Solar Inc. and Invesco Ltd. *James Kackley, Chairman of the Board, Orion Energy Systems Inc. and Perficient Inc.; Director, Herman Miller Inc. *John Scribante, Chief Executive Officer, Orion Energy Systems Inc. *Lopa Zielinski, Director and Senior Counsel, Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF *Board advisers from Bass Berry & Sims, MacKenzie Partners, Meridian Compensation Partners, PwC, Spencer Stuart, and Sullivan & Cromwell. For more information on the 2013 Chairmen & CEO Peer Forum and to view the complete event agenda, visit https://www.boardmember.com/2013chairpeerforum.aspx About Corporate Board Member Corporate Board Member, an NYSE Euronext company, is the leading information resource for senior officers and directors of publicly traded corporations, large private companies and Global 1000 firms. The quarterly publication, Corporate Board Member magazine, provides readers with decision-making tools to deal with the strategic and corporate governance challenges confronting their boards. Corporate Board Member further extends its governance leadership through an online resource center, conferences, roundtables and timely research. The magazine maintains the most comprehensive, up-to-date database of directors and officers serving on boards of publicly traded companies listed with NYSE Euronext and The NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. stock exchanges. www.boardmember.com Contact: Jamie Tassa Corporate Board Member (615) 309-3200 x247 email@example.com
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Afghan women team creates history
Aug 19, 2007
India U-19 Team Faces Tough Challenge in AFC Qualifiers, Says Coach Lee Johnson
Press Trust of India | Thursday October 1, 2015
India U-19 football team will face Palestine, UAE and Afghanistan in the AFC Qualifiers. Their first match is against Palestine on Friday.
Women's Cycling Team Pushes Past Roadblocks in Afghanistan
Reuters | Monday March 9, 2015
While Afghanistan's national men's cricket and football teams have enjoyed the spotlight, women's sports have made more halting progress, with athletes facing family pressure and patchy public support.
Afghanistan National Football Coach Stabbed in Attack
AssociatedPress | Monday January 12, 2015
Afghan criminal investigation police chief Mohammad Farid Afzali said that Afghanistan national football coach Mohammad Kargar was in good condition at a Kabul hospital after being injured in his head and waist.
SAFF Women's Championship: India Crush Afghanistan 12-0; Move Into Semis
Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 18, 2014
As if recording mammoth wins against Maldives and Bangladesh were not enough, the women in blue made Afghanistan look like they were playing a different sport, crushing their opponents with a ruthless approach in their last Group A engagement.
What India Hopes to Achieve at BRICS Summit
India News | Written by Anchal Vohra | Monday July 14, 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is flying to Brazil, drawn not by the football world cup fever, but to face his first diplomatic test on a global stage - the sixth annual BRICS conference.
Cash and flats for SAFF champions Afghanistan
Agence France-Presse | Sunday September 15, 2013
Celebratory gunfire erupted across Afghanistan when the side won the South Asian Football Federation title in Kathmandu on Wednesday, beating India 2-0 to bring a rare moment of joy to the war-torn nation.
India drop 10 places to 155th spot in FIFA rankings
Press Trust of India | Thursday September 12, 2013
The FIFA rankings added salt to India's wounds, a day after the country failed to defend its SAFF Cup title, losing to Afghanistan in Kathmandu.
AFC President hails Afghanistan's SAFF Cup victory
Press Trust of India | Thursday September 12, 2013
Afghanistan shocked defending champions India 2-0 to clinch their maiden international silverware.
Wim Koevermans' role should come under scrutiny, says PK Banerjee
Press Trust of India | Thursday September 12, 2013
Olympian P K Banerjee, under whose regime as manager and technical director India had won the title in 2005, today said the Dutchman's should come under scrutiny after Wednesday's defeat.
SAFF Cup: Shower of jubilant bullets mark Afghanistan's win vs India
Associated Press | Thursday September 12, 2013
The Afghans beat India 2-0 in the South Asian Football Federation Championship, a tough match whose result brought a rare moment of unity to this ethnically fractious, war-weary nation.
Wim Koevermans rues missed chances in SAFF Cup final but proud of team
Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 11, 2013
The Dutchman wasn't amused that the AIFF has so far failed to break the deadlock by talking to the I-League clubs.
SAFF Cup: Afghanistan wins first international football title
Associated Press | Wednesday September 11, 2013
Afghanistan has never played at the World Cup, or even at the Asian Cup. But the country has been getting better in recent years, rising up the FIFA rankings to No. 139 on the latest list.
Afghanistan dash India's hat-trick hopes, win SAFF Cup 2013
Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 11, 2013
A fleet of Afghan Parliamentarians arrived in the afternoon to cheer their team and one of them even went onto the extent of announcing an apartment and USD 25,000 each for the whole squad if they happen to win the match.
Teams should only be judged on the ground, says India football coach Wim Koevermans
Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 10, 2013
The Dutchman's comment was in reply to Afghanistan's assistant coach Ali Jawad Attaii's assessment that they are "technically and physically" far more superior than the Indians.
SAFF Cup preview: Determined India take on formidable Afghanistan in final
Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 10, 2013
India have won the trophy six times in the first nine editions having failed to reach the semis only once.
This is how good India can be, says Wim Koevermans after SAFF Cup semi-final win
Press Trust of India | Monday September 9, 2013
While India's Dutch coach can take heart from the fact that his strategy of shutting out Ali Ashfaq worked wonderfully. Maldives' Hungarian coach was, however, livid about a penalty, which he felt was denied to Ashfaq by Jordanian referee Idham Mohammed.
SAFF Cup: India set up final clash with Afghanistan after 1-0 win over Maldives
Press Trust of India | Monday September 9, 2013
The winner came in the 85th minute when Mehtab Hossain's corner from the right flank was neatly headed down by Syed Rahim Nabi and Arnab Mondal, who had joined the attack, struck a powerful angular right-footer that crashed into the net.
Afghanistan enter SAFF Cup final with 1-0 win over hosts Nepal
Press Trust of India | Sunday September 8, 2013
Nepal had their chances, including back-to-back penalties awarded in the 88th minute under controversial circumstances, but Afghanistan goalkeeper Mansur Fagiryar saved Rohit Chand's spot-kick on both occasions.
SAFF Cup: Embarrassing loss for India vs Nepal but Wim Koevermans says goal achieved
Press Trust of India | Thursday September 5, 2013
India, who pipped Pakistan for a last-four berth on the head-to-head count, play either Maldives or Afghanistan in the second semifinal on September 9.
Wim Koevermans names India squad for SAFF Championship
Press Trust of India | Monday August 26, 2013
India has been clubbed along with Pakistan, Bangladesh and hosts Nepal in Group A, while Group B comprises Afghanistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bhutan.
In Kabul's killing fields, soccer unites 'foes' Afghanistan, Pakistan
Agence-France Presse | Wednesday August 21, 2013
Afghanistan, ranked 139th in the world just above Pakistan, dominated the game from the kick-off and secured an easy 3-0 win on Tuesday. It was the first international match in Kabul for ten years.
Football fever in Kabul ahead of Afghan-Pakistan friendly
Agence-France-Presse | Tuesday August 20, 2013
Afghanistan, ranked 139th in the football world, last played at home in 2003 in a clash against Turkmenistan and have not played Pakistan, ranked 167th, in Kabul since 1977.
Afghan fans abuzz over return of international football
Agence-France-Presse | Monday August 19, 2013
The match at the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) stadium in Kabul has sparked major interest in the war-torn country, with a sell-out crowd expected at the afternoon game.
India face Pakistan in SAFF Cup opener
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday July 30, 2013
India are clubbed with hosts Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan in Group A of the championship while Afghanistan, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bhutan have been clubbed in Group B, in the draw that was done Tuesday in Kathmandu.


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Criminologists have measured and studied the relationships between crime, firearms and self-defense for decades. They've even published some peer-reviewed findings on Florida.
Consider what the experts know:
? More or less gun control makes no difference to overall rates of murder or suicide, according to five studies we reviewed.
"The determinants of murder and suicide are basic social, economic and cultural factors, not the prevalence of some form of deadly mechanism," says a report from the University of California at Irvine.
? Resisting an assailant or other criminal with a firearm significantly reduces the chances of injury or property loss, according to research by Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck. However, the "vast majority" of people who defend themselves or their homes don't actually fire their weapons, Kleck found - threatening a criminal with a deadly weapon almost always is enough.
? About 1 percent of Americans defend themselves with firearms each year. That's small, statistically, but amounts to nearly 190,000 Floridians per year.
? "Stand your ground" laws, first passed by Florida in 2000, do not deter crimes such as robbery, battery or aggravated assault, according to a Texas A&M University study released last month. However, they led to a "statistically significant" 8 percent net increase in homicides, including self-defense shootings and murders in 20 states that adopted them, it found.
"Incentives matter in one important sense: lowering the threshold for the justified use of lethal force results in more of it," says the Texas A&M report. "On the other hand, there is also a limit to the power of incentives, as criminals are apparently not deterred when victims are empowered to use lethal force to protect themselves."
? Rifles, including semiautomatic tactical weapons, are rarely used in gun violence, so the potential impact of banning such weapons would be too small to measure, the National Institute of Justice reported in 2004.
? In Europe, more or fewer guns do not equal more or less death. Countries such as Norway, Germany and France have high rates of gun ownership but low murder and suicide rates. Affluent Western European countries that ban guns have murder rates half ours; Russia and poor Eastern European countries that ban guns have rates twice ours.
? School campuses are among the safest, least violent places in America - with the rare, horrible exception, FSU's Kleck says. More or fewer concealed weapons on campuses would make no difference to overall student safety.
Kleck, one of the nation's most quoted experts, knocks down some common fallacies in his book, "Point Blank: Guns and Crime in America."
It's an exaggeration, he says, that motivated criminals will always get their hands on guns and commit crimes regardless of obstacles.
"Criminals do many things that are only casually or weakly motivated," he writes. "It is not at all impossible for crime-preventive effects to be achieved with the more temporarily motivated criminals who may make up the majority of the active offender population."
Kleck also dispels a common belief among gun-control advocates: that "weakly motivated" offenders become killers based on ease of purchasing weapons, so restricting sales will reduce murder rates.
"Most homicides are unpremeditated, most develop out of arguments, and many involve combatants who knew one another," he writes.
The most sensible way to control gun crime, he said in an earlier interview, is to employ techniques or laws that prevent known criminals and unstable, violent people from gaining possession of firearms.
Makes sense to us. Now, have a good debate.


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Spelling variations of this family name include: Wysong, Wisong, Weisong, Wiesong, Weysong and others.
First found in Germany, where the name Wysong made a great early contribution to the feudal society of Europe. The name became prominent in local affairs, where it continued to play important roles in the savage tribal and national conflicts as each group sought to enhance its power and status in an ever changing territorial profile. The earliest known record of the surname Wysong is of Hans Weysung, who was a pot maker in Ulm in 1505.
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Baidu Rakes It In
Tech M&As are far outpacing IPOs this year – and other alarm:clock news from the land of private venture funding.
The blockbuster public debut of the Chinese search engine Baidu last week provided a nostalgic glimpse of the good-old days for tech market IPOs. Baidu's shares jumped 354 percent last Friday in their first day of trading on the Nasdaq. Millionaires were minted overnight.
As it turns out, however, the IPO market – particularly for venture-backed companies – is currently fairly tepid. According to the most recent statistics from Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), second-quarter 2005 saw only ten venture-backed companies go public, raising a total of $714.1 million. This represented the lowest total number of IPO dollars since the second quarter of 2003.
To counterbalance the weak IPO climate, though, the M&A market has come to the aid of the overall tech sector, providing a path to liquidity for investors and entrepreneurs – while allowing large publicly traded companies to add breadth to their offerings. The 451 Group, a research firm that tracks tech financings, reported that U.S. and international companies spent a whopping $86 billion to acquire technology ventures in the second quarter of 2005.
When the numbers for the third quarter of 2005 come in, we'd be surprised if they don't continue to look strong. In the past week alone, some of tech's biggest names made a number of notable acquisitions.
Last week, AOL acquired privately held Xdrive, a provider of online storage and backup services, for an undisclosed amount. Xdrive, founded in 1999, offers a Web-based storage platform that allows subscribers to keep all their digital assets, such as music and pictures, in one place. These assets are accessible from any computer and free up local hard drive space.
News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media Division announced last week that it had acquired Scout Media, publisher of a network of 200 local sports team-focused sites and 47 publications covering various teams. The move came fast on the heels of two other News Corp. deals: last Monday the company said it was offering $93 million for an Australian online property-listings site, realestate.com.au, and in July News Corp. purchased Intermix, owner of the wildly popular social networking site, myspace.com, for $580 million.
Earlier in the week, Oracle announced its intention to purchase Indian banking software company i-flex Solutions in a deal that could be worth $909 million, pending regulatory approval. Another software behemoth, IBM, announced it was purchasing DWL, a private Atlanta-based maker of customer data integration software that was funded by MMC Capital and Insight Venture Partners.
Finally, MCI, which is awaiting the approval of a pending merger with Verizon, announced on Tuesday it was acquiring Totality, a provider of managed communications services to corporations such as American Airlines and Best Buy. Founded in 1999, Totality's investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners and Baker Capital. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.


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PCM Hosts Co-Ed Track Invitational This Afternoon
Posted By Sports On April 2, 2013 @ 5:59 am In Today's Local Sports | Comments Disabled
In addition to Knoxville, Pleasantville and themselves, PCM High is hosting a Co-Ed track invitational this afternoon in Monroe that will feature a total of eleven different schools. Greg Bonnett, head boys' track coach for the Mustangs, said he is looking to take a page out of Coach Anderson's "playbook" and look to see his guys peek at just the right time, which is at the end of the year at the state qualifying meet. He adds that he is putting emphasis on this first meet today, but he's just looking for his guys to improve with each race they run or each jump or throwing event they compete in. The stands will be pretty packed for the 11-school invitational in Monroe, and everything starts at 5:00 p.m.
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Opera Essentials: Dialogues des Carmélites
22 May 2014
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Starbucks shoppers spending more
The Seattle-based company said global sales rose 7 percent at cafes open at least a year.
The Seattle-based company said global sales rose 7 percent at cafes open at least a year, including an 8 percent rise in both the U.S. and Asia. In the region encompassing Europe, the Middle East and Africa, where the company has struggled, the figure rose 2 percent.
The sales performance is somewhat of a standout in the restaurant industry. Chains including McDonald's and Burger King have blamed the weak economy as they fight to drive up sales. But others are faring relatively better, with Chipotle reporting a 6.2 percent sales increase at stores open at least a year and Dunkin' Donuts reporting a 4.2 percent increase for the latest quarter.
Starbucks Corp. has managed to keep growing through a mix of measures. It's adding items such as Evolution juices, which can cost as much as $6 a bottle, and has rolled out new sandwiches and salads to get people to spend more when they stop in for a drink. Prices on several beverages were also increased over the summer.
Troy Alstead, Starbucks' chief financial officer, said the increase in the average receipt for the quarter was mostly because of food. "As they're adding those purchases, that's giving us a lift," he said.
Still, Alstead said only about a third of purchases overall include food. But he said the trends are improving, and should continue to do so as the company finishes the rollout of new La Boulange baked goods.
For the quarter, Starbucks said it earned $481.1 million, or 63 cents per share. Analysts expected 59 cents per share. A year ago, the company earned $359 million, or 46 cents per share.
Revenue rose to $3.8 billion, but was short of the $3.81 billion analysts expected, and its stock fell 2 percent to $79.20. Over the past year, the stock is up more than 73 percent.
Starbucks also said Wednesday that it expects revenue growth of "10 percent or greater" for 2014, which Alstead said represented "zero change" in the company's expectations. In the previous quarter, Starbucks had specified a forecast of 10 percent to 13 percent growth.
The company also raised its dividend by 24 percent to 26 cents per share.
Starbucks has about 20,000 locations around the world, with about 12,000 of those in the U.S.
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South McKeel Elementary Academy
Lakeland, FL 33803
About This School
Charter schools are public schools, but differ from traditional public schools in that they are independent and are operated by educators, parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs, or others. Funding for charter schools is based on designated local or state educational organizations. Those organizations are responsible for monitoring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of education, but permit the schools to operate outside of the traditional public school education system. See South McKeel Elementary Academy's test results to learn more about school performance.
In 2011, South McKeel Elementary Academy had 15 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Florida average is 15 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
Student Ethnicity (2011)
Students (2011)
Students Per Teacher (2011)
Female/Male (2011)
Subsidized Lunch (2011)
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Grade 3 Reading Performance
South McKeel Elementary Academy Reviews
I attended the spring concert held at Victory church two nights ago and was struck immediately by the lack of minorities in this school. I see the statistics on this web site which show in 2009 72% Caucasian enrollment, and only 12% Black, less than that Hispanic and Asian. What a shame! These (Caucasian) children are missing so many life-long learning opportunities to interact and engage with other cultures in a wholesome environment. The impression I got from the parents and children I observed at Victory was that this is a room full of little rich kids whose parents don't want them in traditional public schools and don't want to pay for private school. I think the state could and SHOULD do a better job of monitoring the ethnic breakdown of the school population. I personally would not send my child to South McKeel. We have enough prima donnas already without molding another generation of children into the same. Love your children enough to let them experience the real world now (which, by the way is NOT 72% Caucasian!) so they don't have such a hard time adjusting when they are thrown into it as adults.


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Sec. 2206.001. LIMITATION ON EMINENT DOMAIN FOR PRIVATE PARTIES OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES. (a) This section applies to the use of eminent domain under the laws of this state, including a local or special law, by any governmental or private entity, including:
(1) a state agency, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;
(2) a political subdivision of this state; or
(3) a corporation created by a governmental entity to act on behalf of the entity.
(b) A governmental or private entity may not take private property through the use of eminent domain if the taking:
(1) confers a private benefit on a particular private party through the use of the property;
(2) is for a public use that is merely a pretext to confer a private benefit on a particular private party;
(3) is for economic development purposes, unless the economic development is a secondary purpose resulting from municipal community development or municipal urban renewal activities to eliminate an existing affirmative harm on society from slum or blighted areas under:
(A) Chapter 373 or 374, Local Government Code, other than an activity described by Section 373.002(b)(5), Local Government Code; or
(B) Section 311.005(a)(1)(I), Tax Code; or
(4) is not for a public use.
(b-1) Subsection (b)(3) does not prohibit the taking of private property through the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes if the economic development is a secondary purpose resulting from the elimination of urban blight under Subchapter I, Chapter 214, Local Government Code. This subsection expires December 31, 2016.
(c) This section does not affect the authority of an entity authorized by law to take private property through the use of eminent domain for:
(1) transportation projects, including, but not limited to, railroads, airports, or public roads or highways;
(2) entities authorized under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including:
(A) port authorities;
(B) navigation districts; and
(C) any other conservation or reclamation districts that act as ports;
(3) water supply, wastewater, flood control, and drainage projects;
(4) public buildings, hospitals, and parks;
(5) the provision of utility services;
(6) a sports and community venue project approved by voters at an election held on or before December 1, 2005, under Chapter 334 or 335, Local Government Code;
(7) the operations of:
(A) a common carrier pipeline; or
(B) an energy transporter, as that term is defined by Section 186.051, Utilities Code;
(8) a purpose authorized by Chapter 181, Utilities Code;
(9) underground storage operations subject to Chapter 91, Natural Resources Code;
(10) a waste disposal project; or
(11) a library, museum, or related facility and any infrastructure related to the facility.
(d) This section does not affect the authority of a governmental entity to condemn a leasehold estate on property owned by the governmental entity.
(e) The determination by the governmental or private entity proposing to take the property that the taking does not involve an act or circumstance prohibited by Subsection (b) does not create a presumption with respect to whether the taking involves that act or circumstance.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 7), Sec. 1, eff. November 18, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (S.B. 18), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 693 (H.B. 364), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Sec. 2206.002. LIMITATIONS ON EASEMENTS. (a) This section applies only to an easement acquired by an entity for the purpose of a pipeline to be used for oil or gas exploration or production activities.
(b) A property owner whose property is acquired through the use of eminent domain under Chapter 21, Property Code, for the purpose of creating an easement through that owner's property may construct streets or roads, including gravel, asphalt, or concrete streets or roads, at any locations above the easement that the property owner chooses.
(c) The portion of a street or road constructed under this section that is within the area covered by the easement:
(1) must cross the easement at or near 90 degrees; and
(2) may not:
(A) exceed 40 feet in width;
(B) cause a violation of any applicable pipeline regulation; or
(C) interfere with the operation and maintenance of any pipeline.
(d) At least 30 days before the date on which construction of an asphalt or concrete street or road that will be located wholly or partly in an area covered by an easement used for a pipeline is scheduled to begin, the property owner must submit plans for the proposed construction to the owner of the easement.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a property owner and the owner of the easement may agree to terms other than those stated in Subsection (c).
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (S.B. 18), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Sec. 2206.051. SHORT TITLE. This subchapter may be cited as the Truth in Condemnation Procedures Act.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (S.B. 18), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Sec. 2206.052. APPLICABILITY. The procedures in this subchapter apply only to the use of eminent domain under the laws of this state by a governmental entity.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (S.B. 18), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Sec. 2206.053. VOTE ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) Before a governmental entity initiates a condemnation proceeding by filing a petition under Section 21.012, Property Code, the governmental entity must:
(1) authorize the initiation of the condemnation proceeding at a public meeting by a record vote; and
(2) include in the notice for the public meeting as required by Subchapter C, Chapter 551, in addition to other information as required by that subchapter, the consideration of the use of eminent domain to condemn property as an agenda item.
(b) A single ordinance, resolution, or order may be adopted for all units of property to be condemned if:
(1) the motion required by Subsection (e) indicates that the first record vote applies to all units of property to be condemned; and
(2) the minutes of the governmental entity reflect that the first vote applies to all of those units.
(c) If more than one member of the governing body objects to adopting a single ordinance, resolution, or order by a record vote for all units of property for which condemnation proceedings are to be initiated, a separate record vote must be taken for each unit of property.
(d) For the purposes of Subsections (a) and (c), if two or more units of real property are owned by the same person, the governmental entity may treat those units of property as one unit of property.
(e) The motion to adopt an ordinance, resolution, or order authorizing the initiation of condemnation proceedings under Chapter 21, Property Code, must be made in a form substantially similar to the following: "I move that the (name of governmental entity) authorize the use of the power of eminent domain to acquire (describe the property) for (describe the public use)." The description of the property required by this subsection is sufficient if the description of the location of and interest in the property that the governmental entity seeks to acquire is substantially similar to the description that is or could properly be used in a petition to condemn the property under Section 21.012, Property Code.
(f) If a project for a public use described by Section 2206.001(c)(3) will require a governmental entity to acquire multiple tracts or units of property to construct facilities connecting one location to another location, the governing body of the governmental entity may adopt a single ordinance, resolution, or order by a record vote that delegates the authority to initiate condemnation proceedings to the chief administrative official of the governmental entity.
(g) An ordinance, resolution, or order adopted under Subsection (f) is not required to identify specific properties that the governmental entity will acquire. The ordinance, resolution, or order must identify the general area to be covered by the project or the general route that will be used by the governmental entity for the project in a way that provides property owners in and around the area or along the route reasonable notice that the owners' properties may be subject to condemnation proceedings during the planning or construction of the project.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (S.B. 18), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Sec. 2206.101. REPORT OF EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORITY; EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY. (a) This section does not apply to an entity that was created or that acquired the power of eminent domain on or after December 31, 2012.
(b) Not later than December 31, 2012, an entity, including a private entity, authorized by the state by a general or special law to exercise the power of eminent domain shall submit to the comptroller a letter stating that the entity is authorized by the state to exercise the power of eminent domain and identifying each provision of law that grants the entity that authority. The entity must send the letter by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(c) The authority of an entity to exercise the power of eminent domain expires on September 1, 2013, unless the entity submits a letter in accordance with Subsection (b).
(d) Not later than March 1, 2013, the comptroller shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the presiding officers of the appropriate standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives, and the Texas Legislative Council a report that contains:
(1) the name of each entity that submitted a letter in accordance with this section; and
(2) a corresponding list of the provisions granting eminent domain authority as identified by each entity that submitted a letter.
(e) The Texas Legislative Council shall prepare for consideration by the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, a nonsubstantive revision of the statutes of this state as necessary to reflect the state of the law after the expiration of an entity's eminent domain authority effective under Subsection (c).
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 81 (S.B. 18), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.


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totalshave February 07, 2009 - 03:32:35 (See all My Comments)
love the guy's skin color but he's a little to hairy for me...Reply
Croynan February 07, 2009 - 00:49:38 (See all My Comments)
it's a lousy photo shoot. plus the guy shaved and trimmed. give it a break already.Reply
crisco February 06, 2009 - 23:24:19 (See all My Comments)
Well, he's not really that cute to me. His ass looks a hell of a lot better than his face.Reply
dirtyboy February 06, 2009 - 21:54:13 (See all My Comments)
is this guy in pain , the last pix looks like he is dyingReply