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The Parliamentary budget meeting that ended recently in Dodoma can go down in Tanzania's history for tightening grip on government, playing well its watch dog role. A good example is refusing to pass the budgets for the Ministries of Energy and Minerals and Transport.
Secondly, the unanimous decision to form Parliamentary Select Committee to probe the handling of the case facing Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Energy and Minerals David Jairo after Chief Secretary Phillemon Luhanjo announced that the permanent secretary did no wrong when he ordered all departments and agencies under his ministry to contribute Sh 50 million each to facilitate the approval of the ministry's budget by Parliament.
Despite having transformed itself from being 'rubber stamp' into 'biting dog,' some MPs are still skeptical about its overall performance. Dr Charles Tizeba (CCM Buchosa) is one of them, and proposes that there should be a better system of scrutinising the budget, especially with regard to funds allocation.
He says this has proved to be very problematic. After perusing volumes of funds allocation in different ministries, he says, he has found a total of Sh53 billion allocated for the training civil servants outside the country for the 2011/2012fiscal year.
In his view the Parliament is not given enough time to study the national budget documents, saying the practice leads the Executive into misallocation of resources during budget planning.
The diversion of Sh95 billion from the Ministry of Works to the Ministry of Transport is another point that proves that budgetary planning has problems.
The Parliament, he adds, should take part in the whole budgetary strategic planning.
In June the Opposition camp in Parliament complained about allocation of huge sums of money in personnel allowances including sitting allowances for MPs, saying such funds could be directed to financing development projects.
According to Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Mustafa Mkullo, while the budget for 2011/2012 stands at Sh13.5 trillion, personnel allowances account for some Sh352.74 billion of which Sh25.65 is sitting allowances for public servants. Sitting allowances for MPs alone amount to Sh4.92 billion.
Responding to the concern, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office for Policy, Coordination and Parliamentary Affairs William Lukuvi stated that such payments would not be abolished randomly. The relevant authorities would deliberate on the matter taking a decision.
Ezekia Wenje (Chadema-Nyamagana) supports Tizeba's concern, saying that though the Parliament reads some documents of the national budget, other texts containing important information reach the MPs rather late. Enough time is necessary to scrutinise the texts.
But according to a Bank of Tanzania (BoT) economist-turned politician Dr William Mgimwa three stages are needed before the government budget is approved, namely Annual Situation Analysis, Projections of the Annual Budget and Debate - for every budget allocation to different ministries and regions.
On Annual Situation Analysis Mgimwa, currently representing Kalenga Constituency, says government strategic goals should be reflected in economic policies and be reviewed annually both the government and the MPs.
He adds that government performance in the preceding year should be reviewed to know the strength, weakness, opportunities and threats, which the MPs need to understand and advise the government accordingly.
On Projections of the Annual Budget, Mgimwa points out that the government should table at the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Finance and Economic Affairs meeting its recommendations in new changes on various tax rates and tariffs that are meant to influence cash flow of government revenue.
He further advises government to table its proposals on Recurrent and Development Expenditures for every sector and ministry at various meetings of the Parliamentary committees for endorsement before submission to the House for debate by all the MPs.
Stressing the need for more attention by MPs, Mgimwa says: "Debate for every budget allocation to different ministries and regions is an area where adequate time has to be provided. MPs are interested to verify allocation of funds to all important sectors and projects."
Reached for comment on the MPs' observation, Mkullo replies: "You know there were over 300 legislators, and each one had their contributions. Our technical team is working on them (contributions). We will prepare a special compilation for the MPs and the public to see how the government is working on MPs views."


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The Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) has lauded the support it gets from the United Nations Industrial Development organisation (Unido) in promoting sustainable investment in the country.
The kudos was given by the centre's Acting Executive Director, Raymond Mbilinyi at the launch of the TIC-Unido Africa Investor Report 2011 and Investment Monitoring Platform (IMP) that took place in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday.
"The collaboration between Unido and TIC has come a long way since 2000…we hope we will continue so as to promote sustainable investment in Tanzania," he said.
He said through Unido support, the Centre has managed to survey registered projects within TIC and confirmed that approximately 80 per cent of the registered projects operate even though "there is a need to conduct another survey to have an update status of the projects."
He added that together with Unido, TIC managed to conduct Business Development Seminars around the country and assisted to develop 400 projects whereby 80 of them were selected and developed to become bankable ones and helped to find markets and joint ventures in and outside the country.
"UNIDO has continued to support TIC on capacity building through Investment Technology Promotion Office (ITPO)," Mbilinyi said.
For his part, Unido Representative in Tanzania Emmanuel Kalenzi expressed his gratitude to the centre for taking the lead, on behalf of the government in the investment survey exercise in collaboration with other institutions.
He also thanked the companies that participated in the survey for being cooperative and getting to quickly understand the importance of the survey and being part of the process throughout.
Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office, Investment and Empowerment, Dr Mary Nagu said that although Tanzania has attracted a growing number of foreign and local investors, it is not clear as to how many have actually taken off-the ground and what value they have brought into the economy.
"The survey and the tools that have been developed will be able to provide answers to some of the critical questions related to growth and impact of investment and the comparative and competitive advantage for Tanzania based on the actual data collected," she observed.
By March, this year, more than 7,000 investment projects have been registered at TIC with the value of more than USD50bn and are expected to create close to a million jobs.
The Investor Monitoring Platform (IMP) together with the African Investor Survey Report 2011 are a culmination of an intensive work initiated in 2009 on pilot basis in 22 African countries, Tanzania being one of them, with Unido technical support.
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Urban Forestry events April 6, 11, 12Posted April 4th, 2012
Vancouver's Urban Forestry team will host three events this April, which is Washington's Arbor Month. The first event, a workshop on identifying and managing hazardous trees, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 6, in the Elm Room at the Marshall Community Center, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd. A local certified arborist and tree risk assessor will be on hand to answer tree-care questions. Attendees will also see a screening of the film Treeverse. RSVP to 360-487-8308. Wednesday, April 11, is the date of the city's Arbor Day celebration from 11 a.m. to noon at City Hall, 415 W. 6th St., and will feature an official tree planting ceremony, Mac Award recognitions, free seedlings, kids' activities, and a reading of The Lorax. From 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, tree-lovers can attend "Caring for and Pruning Your Landscape Trees" in the Marshall Community Center's Elm Room. Participants will learn pruning basics, such as when and how to make pruning cuts and overall pruning strategies. RSVP to 360-487-8308. For more details, visit the NeighborWoods website.


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Today would have been Julia Child's 100th birthday, and Eatocracy is celebrating her legacy. Fans sent in their favorite stories about the beloved TV chef and cookbook author.
'You taught my dad how to cook'
Monica Bennett was 12 years old and heartbroken over her parents' recent divorce when she moved to Ohio to live with her dad. On his own for the first time, her father had to learn how to cook for his daughter.
Night after night, Bennett found her father bent over Julia's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," preparing a feast for just the two of them. They enjoyed Boeuf Bourgignon countless evenings, but her favorite was Child's crepes. Twenty-five years later, she carries on the crepe-making tradition – and other culinary adventures - with her own family.
"When I'm cooking from the food splattered pages, I feel like he is there right beside me teaching me how to cook again," she wrote on CNN iReport. Sometimes she can even hear his thick Czech accent, calling out "That's right darling, and then you flip the crepe!"
"Thank YOU Julia," she said. "You taught my dad how to cook who then taught me how to cook, and for that, I am forever grateful to you."
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In 1991, Paula Werne was editor of the now-defunct magazine "Catering Today" when Julia Child gave the keynote address at that year's catering industry awards luncheon.
The audience "lapped up every word" of Child's ode to cooking with cream and butter (always in moderation), using real food and savoring the preparation. Then she moved on to her disdain for frozen meals and microwaves, and Werne started to turn green.
Werne knew what was coming next. The magazine publisher began his presentation of the catering industry awards. The top prize? A Denver caterer who sold low fat, low calorie meals. Which were frozen. And could be heated in the microwave.
"We were giving this top award to this caterer who did the opposite of everything she had just lectured about," Werne said. "The timing couldn't have been worse."
Werne, then five months pregnant and already battling nausea, watched Child's jaw clench tighter and tighter, and thought she might be sick in front of the famous chef.
And then, "Ms. Child snorted!"
"I think she tried to sit and be polite but it overcame her. The noise she made was just so visceral – I don't think she could control it," Werne told CNN iReport. "I loved Julia Child that moment. She was my hero from that day on."
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iReporter Cynthia Falardeau loved Julia Child so much she wanted to be her. So she was, for Halloween 1985, and won the costume contest at a college fraternity party with her denim shirt and Aqua Net shellacked hair.
The costume was the closest she got to personifying Child, she said, because "I was a terrible cook."
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"Thank you Julia for inspiring me to dream of food and to find a man that exemplifies all you believed."
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Senior Akeem Richmond sank eight 3-pointers to finish with 27 points, leading East Carolina past Charlotte 75-68 on senior night at Minges Coliseum.
The Pirates (16-13, 5-9 Conference USA) went 12 of 27 beyond the arc. Antonio Robinson finished with 15 points and Caleb White added 14.
Charlotte (14-13, 5-9) shot 45.9 percent from the field to East Carolina's 42.9 percentage, but committed 16 turnovers. Pierria Henry led the 49ers with 20 points, while Terrence Williams and Denzel Ingram each had 11.
Richmond and White each hit a pair from the perimeter to push the Pirates out to an early 24-6 lead. Charlotte closed the first half on an 18-8 run to pull within eight.
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Maine Gov. Paul LePage is about to issue report cards to public schools across the state. The administration says the grades are designed to let schools know how they're doing and to engage parents. But as Keith Shortall reports, critics say the plan is punitive and arbitrary.
The state Department of Education is grading each of Maine's 600 public schools the old fashioned way - with an "A" for the best, and an "F" for the worst.
"Basically, the formulas are based on two things, which is proficiency and growth," says Commissioner of Education Stephen Bowen says elementary schools and high schools will each be graded by their own set of measurements
"And proficiency at the elementary level is basically what students scores are in math and reading, and proficiency at the high school is that math and reading, and also looking at graduation rates as a way of achieving that proficiency," Bowen says.
Growth for elementary schools, Bowen says, will be measured as a percentage of the students in each class who progress to the next level over the course of a year. At the high school level, says Bowen, 11th graders will be compared from year to year based on SAT scores.
"That's not a great solution, but it's still one that allows us to look at: What's the trend? Which way is a school going? Is a school trending upward? Are the scores going up?" Bowen says. "If so, we want to recognize that, because again, the core for us is, how do we recognize best practices, things that are really working on the ground? This is why I've been traveling around a lot to visit schools to see what they're doing, and we want to take those best practices and share them with other districts."
The grading system is also designed to motivate parents to become involved in their local schools - "Pick up the phone, call your superintendent, call your prinicpal: 'What's going on with these math scores?' Bowen says, "and really try to engage people and get them involved in making our schools better."
"If he's looking for parents to got more involved in their schools and support their children, I think this is an utter failure," says Connie Brown, executive director of the Maine School Boards Association and the Maine School Management Association.
Brown says the LePage adminstration's approach has been arbritrary, ignoring arts, science, writing and languages. And she says the plan lacks public input, as compared with similar initiatives in other states that have incorporated written comments from parents about what they think of their local schools.
Brown says she met with Commissioner Bowen to discuss the grading system, and came away - as she puts it - "disillusioned."
"I felt that this was yet another attack on public schools, a way for the commissioner to demonstrate a complete lack of support for the schools he's supposed to advocating for, and great concern about what this could mean for different communities and their public schools," Brown says.
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Adrian McPherson's gambling problems began long before he came to Florida State. You can smell alcohol on a person, you can even find out if an athlete has been in trouble, but you can't look a kid in the face and know if he has a gambling addiction.
Gambling has become one of the top concerns on college campuses today. In the state of Florida, you can place a wager in so many different ways. On the Internet, you can gamble on anything you want. Think about this, an athlete could be placing a wager on the bus ride to a game he or she is about to be playing in.
"Technology the way it is very secretive, you can sit on your cell phone and make a bet," says Bob Minnix, FSU Director of Compliance.
FSU has been in the news a lot in recent times in regards to gambling. Adrian McPherson's problems cost him his scholarship, but it could also cost him any chance of playing sports again.
McPherson's problem isn't unlike any other vice that Americans deal with everyday.
"This isn't just a problem of gambling, it's a problem of drinking and other things that kids get involved in," says Mark Richt.
"We have a campus-wide task force on the situation. It's not just a campus problem, it's a community problem," explains Bob Minnix, FSU Director for Compliance.
Gambling has been a problem on campus, and T.K. Wetherell says he's the man to stop it.
"Dave Hart and I agree that you can't change the past. We made a decision to go on and look what has happened and look to the future. That's what we want FSU athletics to be all about."
Adrian McPherson will have a pre-trial hearing on Wednesday. If he doesn't plea out, then jury selection will commence at 8:30 Friday Morning.
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- "Harry looked down at his body, or rather, what had been his body, for it didn't look anything like his anymore. It was not invisible; it had simply taken on the exact colour and texture of the kitchen unit behind him. He seemed to have become a human chameleon."
- —Alastor Moody uses this spell on Harry Potter in the August of 1995[src]
The Disillusionment Charm (incantation unknown) is a spell that is used to conceal the target. The charm makes that which has been bewitched to act as a chameleon, taking the colour and texture of that which is behind and around them.[1]
It is presumed that there are two methods of casting. It seems that if one is using the charm on themselves, they must twirl their wand around themselves as though they were wrapping themselves in rope[2]. If, however, they are using it on an external target, they must merely rap on the target with their wand. This then produces a sensation that a raw egg has been cracked onto the person's head, as the charm travels down them, granting them near invisibility.[1]
Known uses
On creatures
This enchantment is frequently used on magical creatures, according to magizoologist Newton Scamander. There is a law requiring that owners of all winged horses, including Hippogriffs, must use this charm on the creature daily to prevent muggles from seeing it.[3]
On humans
- Moody: "Come here, boy, I need to Disillusion you."
- Harry: "You need to what?"
- Moody: "Disillusionment Charm. Lupin says you've got an Invisibility Cloak, but it won't stay on while we're flying; this'll disguise you better."
- — Alastor Moody and Harry Potter conversing right before Moody uses this on Harry.[src]
When the Advance Guard of the Order of the Phoenix came to collect Harry Potter from his home in August of 1995, Alastor Moody used this charm on Harry Potter in case of an attack on them.[1]
When stealing the Elder Wand from Albus Dumbledore's tomb, Lord Voldemort used this enchantment on himself so that nobody could see him; he noted that even he himself had difficulty identifying his own being.[4]
During the Battle of Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy, Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe used this enchantment on themselves so that they could watch Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger enter the Room of Requirement to search for a diadem that had been owned by Rowena Ravenclaw.[4]
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- There are numerous portrayals of things being invisible, or else of people appearing noiselessly in the air; both of these may be various instances of this spell being cast.
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DETROIT - A 25-year-old resident of Sterling Heights died Sunday following an early morning accident in Detroit.
At around 3 a.m. police were called to a rollover accident on the south bound side of I-75 near McNichols Road.
The accident closed I-75 closed from seven mile road to Nichols for about three hours.
Witnesses of the crash say the 25-year-old driver lost control and hit the median wall. His vehicle became disabled in the center lanes when it was hit by a Ford Explorer.
---The accident shut down I-75 for several hours Sunday morning
The driver of the Ford Explorer was transported to Detroit Receiving Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police say alcohol appears to be a factor in the crash; however, the crash is still under investigation. Investigators are trying to determine if seatbelts were being used by either driver.
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Happy Re-Cycle Crafting!
These look fabulous! I love paper mache! :) Fun Fun Fun! and Mess Mess Mess! x
Hey sweet girl! You can also line the bowl with saran wrap, and that'll save the vaseline step. Miss you!
I've done this with plastic wrap lining the bowl. But I'm thinking the Vaseline is a great idea. Did the paper feel greasy when the paper bowl popped out? I've done this with self-drying clay inside a bowl too, which is kinda fun. Usually we do that with coils of whatever clay recipe or actual clay. (not for dishwasher!)
~ Loving your blog,
Love it! I've made bowls with newspaper before and would of loved to know about the vaseline and/or styrofoam bowl to help with cracking. ;)
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Google Celebrates Their 13th Birthday!
Google is now officially a teenager, when I look back to when I turned 13 thoughts of maturity comes to mind. Becoming a freshman in High School was a HUGE step. I thought I had achieved so much; graduated from Middle School, set a record for the most goals scored in soccer at my middle school, I felt as if I accomplished a lot by the time I was 13. Too bad it doesn't even come close to Google's major achievements in which they've accomplished in the past 13 years. Google was officially incorporated in 1998, and now in 13 years it is the most widely used search engine amongst numerous other achievements. So on Google's big day, I figured, why not take a look back at some of its great achievements.
1998 – Larry Page and Sergey Brin buy the domain name www.google.com and incorporate Google, Inc.
1999 – Google opens their first office in Palo Alto, California with just 8 employees, and receive $25 Million from venture capitalists.
2000 – Google ads text ads to their results page which generated revenue but yet kept their page load time fairly minimal due to text-only ads.
2001 – Google expands its search engine into 26 different languages and regions.
2002 – Google overhauls Google Adwords and creates the cost structure on a Cost-per-click structure, also implements Google Labs, a place in which users can test Google's beta projects.
2003 – Google adds Google AdSense to their line-up of apps, which enables advertisers small and large to strategically place their ads on content pages related to their topics.
2004 – Google filed for an IPO, and raised $1.67 Billion dollars in the process growing their market capitalization to $23 Billion, ultimately leading to Larry Page and Sergey Brin being some of the youngest Billionaires in the US, and the World.
2004 – Gmail was released.
2005 – Google Maps was created and even came out with a mobile version of Google.com.
2006 – Google came out with 20 new products from Gchat to Google Docs and Spreadsheets.
2007 – Google created Android, the first open source platform for mobile devices.
2008 – Google's index of unique URLs reached 1 trillion URLs.
2009 – Picasa is released for Mac's as a photo editor.
2010 – Acquired a 20% stake in two wind farms in North Dakota to try and help find alternative energy.
2011 – Introduction of a new social media platform, Google +, also added +1's throughout the internet to help develop better search engine results.
2011 – Acquired Motorola Mobility in efforts to further develop a better mobile phone platform and mobile phone hardware.
For a full timeline of Google's achievements, check out their website here. Google has had the ability to continuously grow at such a fast pace, if this is what they accomplished in the first 13 years of being a company; I can only imagine what Google will accomplish next! What do you think is next on Google's list of achievements?
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Information she gave to knox County commissioners includes errors, contradictions, and some admissions of guilt
Knox County Criminal Court Clerk Joy McCroskey on Monday gave officials a 47-page packet of information that was supposed to defend her from accusations that mistakes in her office led to wrongful arrests, defendants kept in jail past their release dates, and erroneous charges.
It doesn't.
Much of the information actually includes admissions to the problems, avoids addressing the mistakes, or is in itself riddled with errors, according to a WBIR Channel 10 analysis.
The information she provided also contradicts newly obtained documentation kept in the Knox County Justice Information Management System, or JIMS, the recordkeeping system that officials use to make decisions on whether a defendant is up-to-date on payments, court appearances, or community service.
McCroskey turned over the information, mostly narratives put together by her own employees, in the wake of a WBIR News 10 investigation that delved into a series of problems in her office that appear mostly tied to poor training, outdated information and the refusal to cooperate with other county departments.
Officials say office workers are entering the wrong data into the records management system, losing crucial paperwork and providing defendants, prosecutors, and authorities with bad information, according to a series of emails, memos and documents obtained by WBIR.
Baker case: McCroskey's version of what led up to James Baker's arrest
Baker case: Time stamp shows warrant status updated after wrongful arrest
Other cases: Some McCroskey narratives in which her office admits mistakes
Under fire from a series of reports, McCroskey on Monday apologized to Knox County Commissioners during the board's monthly voting session, but she didn't say why. She said her office, which oversees Fourth Circuit Court, General Sessions and Criminal Court, handled roughly 70,000 cases last year and that it had problems "in far less than 1 percent of those cases."
She then gave commissioners a packet she said would address many of the problems mentioned in hundreds of pages of emails that were shared between the Knox County District Attorney's Office, the county law department, the criminal court clerk and a number of judges.
The emails, which detail a number of wrongful arrests and cases that prosecutors have asked general sessions court judges to set aside due to errors, were first made public by WBIR.
Here's a look at what News 10 reported, the new documents it obtained this week, and why the information McCroskey, in most instances, gave the commission doesn't add up:
• WBIR, using internal memos obtained from the Knox County Sheriff's Office, reported that authorities on Sept. 5 placed James Baker under arrest on what they believed to be "an active" warrant. But court records show Baker had actually been picked up four months prior, and on May 8 took care of the matter. When he arrived at the jail on his second arrest, Chief Deputy Clerk Janice Norman, who works with McCroskey, called the Sheriff's Office and told them the second warrant was invalid because it had already been served, "but the clerk's office failed to remove it from JIMS," according to the sheriff's office memo.
McCroskey's version of events does not acknowledge her clerk's admission and denies the outstanding warrant existed. However, a JIMS "arrest warrant summary" obtained this week by WBIR confirms the warrant's existence, and reveals it was the result of the clerk's office failure to update the original warrant from "issued" to "served" prior to the Sept. 5 arrest. That failure meant deputies had no way of knowing that Baker had already been picked up, processed, and released when they re-arrested him in September.
After four months and two trips to the county jail, Baker's file was updated to reflect the original arrest. Hours after his wrongful arrest in September, a clerk finally changed the status of Baker's warrant to "served," according to the time stamp on the JIMS records.
• WBIR noted cases in which clerks entered wrong fines into the system, specifically one instance in which the fine was supposed to be $250, but entered as $25. The narrative McCroskey supplied agreed that officials made a mistake, adding "we under-charged the driver instead of over-charging them."
• WBIR reported that Johnny Edgar stayed in jail an additional three days past his scheduled release date because a clerk never sent his release papers to the Knox County Sheriff's Office. McCroskey said her office accepted responsibility for the mistake. She did not say how the error occurred.
• WBIR noted cases in which clerks entered wrong convictions in the system, specifically one instance in which a clerk entered "Driving Under the Influence" instead of the much lesser offense of "Public Intoxication." A statement McCroskey supplied to commissioners acknowledged the mistake, adding that "when brought to our attention we corrected the error and a corrected abstract was sent to Nashville."
• WBIR reported that Jodi White was arrested on Jan. 8 on a violation of probation warrant that should have been brought to the judge to be dismissed, since she had completed the terms of her probation. A narrative from one of McCroskey's clerks acknowledges that White was taken into custody, even after completing the term of her probation. But, the narrative never addressed the office's failure to bring the case before a judge for dismissal. The narrative also erroneously state that White was arrested in Jan. 8, 2012, when it was this year.
• WBIR reported that Edward Corts, picked up for public intoxication on Dec. 19, 2012, spent up to an extra 16 days in jail because he wasn't scheduled a court date until early January. The narrative supplied by McCroskey's clerk said that's because the courts were closed until Jan. 3. However, JIMS records say that the county had a jail docket for Dec. 27, meaning he could have gone before the judge then – eight days prior to when he was eventually released.
• WBIR reported that Andjuan Macon was arrested in February despite fulfilling his court obligations and paying his fine a year prior. The narrative provided by McCroskey's clerk indicated that he had not paid his court costs in full by February of last year, which resulted in the warrant issued for his arrest. But, a JIMS report that WBIR obtained this week contradicts the clerk, stating that Macon had "paid in full" on Feb. 28, 2012. That's when the district attorney's office contends Macon's case should have been set aside for dismissal, according to records. Instead, the clerk issued a new court date.
Further, Macon's initial crime stems from a shoplifting charge at Kmart, according to his citation. The judge banned him from the discount store as part of the terms of his probation. The clerk, though, entered the wrong information into the system. It currently states that Macon is banned from Food City, according to his criminal history record.
• WBIR reported that a "very pregnant" South Carolina woman was told by a clerk that she needed to appear in court if she wanted more time to pay her ticket. The woman left her home at 4 a.m. to drive four hours to Knoxville. The narrative supplied by McCroskey suggests that "she wanted to come."
McCroskey, who has declined to comment, has contradicted herself a number of times.
At one point she told WBIR that she didn't know about any wrongful arrests. However when WBIR presented her with information obtained through an open records request, McCroskey conceded there had been one person wrongfully arrested, but days later, blamed it on the Sheriff's Office.
On Monday, she retracted that statement and told commissioner's the sheriff's office shouldn't shoulder any blame.
She also told Channel 10 that she's never met with other local leaders to discuss the errors originating in her office. Records and interviews with Knox County officials suggest otherwise.
She has declined to say how she will address the problems.


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The Chandler Lady Lions did themselves in with mistakes and errors leading to a 9-2 loss to Washington in their Class 3A State semifinal game Friday.With the Warriors being the No. 1 ranked 3A team the miscalculations were too much to recover from.Washington scored four runs in each of the third and fourth innings to easily take the win.
TULSA – The Shawnee cheer squad put up a mile-wide sign before the Wolves took the field Friday at district foe Bishop Kelley. "Send the Comets back to space," it read.
BETHEL ACRES — Pauls Valley scored touchdowns on four of its first five possessions, caused four Wildcat turnovers and cruised to a 40-7 win at Bethel Friday in District 3A-3 action.
With a 12-1 obliteration on Drumright at Friday's State Tournament semifinal game the Dale softball team is well on their way to a Championship threepeat.
EDMOND — Down 5-1 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh and final inning, Dale scored five runs to pull out an improbable 6-5 win over Roff Friday in a Class A semifinal at Edmond Santa Fe.
BLANCHARD — For the second time in three weeks, the District 3A-2 road was unkind to Meeker.
Seminole defeated Kingfisher 40-21 in a non-district game Friday to get even with Kingfisher after two losses to the Yellowjackets in 2014, one of which knocked them out of the playoffs.
LAWTON — Shawnee tied the score at 2 in the top of the sixth inning, but saw Lawton MacArthur score seven runs in the bottom of the same inning and end the Lady Wolves' fast-pitch season with a 9-2 regional defeat Friday.
Tecumseh breezed past Harrah 8-0 Friday to earn their spot in the Class 4A State Tournament next week in Oklahoma City.
The Shawnee Police Department's license plate reader alerted an officer to a stolen vehicle this week, resulting in the arrest of a driver on numerous complaints.
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The Office of Civic Engagment also works in close partnership with the Center for Student Activities, Leadership and Service to support their vast array of comprehensive volunteer programming for students.
In addition, the Office of Civic Engagement coordinates the NYU Combined Campaign in which full-time employees donate funding to the United Way of NYC and dozens of local nonprofit organizations (as distributed through the NYU Community Fund). Since its inception in 1982, the campaign has raised over $2.4 million to support nonprofit organizations near NYU campuses.
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The reception is held in conjunction with Albany's 1st Friday and celebrates the exhibition showcasing the best high school art in the Capital Region. Awards will be presented at 7 p.m.
Date: Friday, April 4th, 2014
Time: 6:00 pm
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Opalka Gallery - Albany Campus
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For more information, visit: www.sage.edu/opalka.
This juried show represents entrants in grades 9-12 from high schools in Albany, Schenectady, and Rensselaer counties.
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text: Cheers erupted around Folsom as their beloved Bulldogs took the state title Saturday. "Winner, winner, we won," a woman shouted as she ran out from a bar on Sutter Street Saturday evening. Bars and restaurants carried the game for locals who were unable to attend the game. The Folsom High Bulldogs stomped Serra 48-20 to claim the Division II title. JoAnne Reinking, a trustee for the Folsom Cordova Unified School District, posted a note of congratulations on a social networking page. "Congratulations to our Bulldog players, coaches and parents," she wrote. "What an incredible experience, one that will always be remembered." Mary Mast, the director for the Folsom History Museum, also posted note of praise for the Bulldogs. "The Folsom Bulldogs just won their state division football game," she wrote. "Party and parade time." Telegraph Sports Editor Matt Long and photographer Philip Wood are on the scene in Carson. For more, check at folsomtelegraph.com.


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Stool Tests for Colorectal Cancer
Test Overview
A stool test is one of many tests used to look for colorectal cancer. These tests may find cancer early, when treatment works better. Colorectal cancer affects the large intestine (colon) and the rectum.
There are three kinds of stool tests:
- Fecal occult blood test (FOBT). For this test, you put tiny samples of your stool on a special card or cloth and send it to a lab. The lab uses chemicals to find blood that you can't see with the naked eye. With some test kits, you can add the chemicals yourself at home. FOBT tests don't cost much.
- Fecal immunochemical test (FIT), also called an immunochemical fecal occult blood test (iFOBT). This is a test that may be easier to do at home than FOBT. There are no drug or food restrictions, and collecting a stool sample may take less effort. But it costs more than FOBT.
- Stool DNA test (sDNA). Instead of looking for blood in the stool, this test looks for abnormal DNA from cancer or polyp cells. Of the three tests, it costs the most.
Blood in the stool may be the only symptom of colorectal cancer, but not all blood in the stool is caused by cancer. Other conditions that can cause blood in the stool include:
- Hemorrhoids . These are enlarged, swollen veins in the anus. Hemorrhoids can form inside the anus (internal hemorrhoids) or outside of the anus (external hemorrhoids).
- Anal fissures . These are thin tears in the tissue that lines the anus (anal sphincter) up into the anal canal.
- Colon polyps . These growths of tissue are attached to the colon and often look like a stem or stalk with a round top.
- Peptic ulcers . These sores form when the digestive juices made in the stomach eat away at the lining of the digestive tract.
- Ulcerative colitis . This type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) causes inflammation and sores (ulcers) in the inner lining of the colon and rectum.
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) . This is the abnormal backflow (reflux) of food, stomach acid, and other digestive juices into the esophagus.
- Crohn's disease . This type of inflammatory bowel disease causes inflammation and ulcers that may affect the deep layers of the lining of the digestive tract.
- Use of aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Stool tests may be used to check for colorectal cancer, but they are never used to diagnose it. Other tests for colorectal cancer include flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and CT scan (virtual colonoscopy).
A stool test is one of many tests that may be used to screen for colon cancer. Other tests include sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and computed tomographic colonography. Which screening test you choose depends on your risk, your preference, and your doctor. Talk to your doctor about what puts you at risk and what test is best for you.
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Why It Is Done
Stool tests are done:
- To look for signs of cancer.
- FOBT and FIT/iFOBT tests look for blood in the stool. These tests are useful to screen for colon cancer, because tissue or polyps with cancer are more likely to bleed than normal colon tissue. If bleeding is found, more tests will be done to find the cause. It's important to call your doctor if a home test shows blood in your stool. A home test doesn't replace the need for a regular exam by your doctor.
- Stool DNA tests look for abnormal changes. Colon cancer cells often contain DNA changes in genes. Cells with these changes can be shed into the stool, where this test may be able to find them.
- To help find the cause of abdominal pain.
- To check for the cause of anemia.
- As part of a routine physical exam for those with a higher chance of getting colorectal cancer, especially at age 50 and older.
How To Prepare
Since colorectal cancers do not bleed all the time, FOBT and FIT/iFOBT tests are done over several days on different stool samples. This increases the chance of finding blood in your stool if it exists. A stool DNA test requires only one sample.
You may need to avoid certain foods for 2 to 3 days before the test. This depends on what kind of stool test you use. If you aren't sure, ask your doctor.
Do not do the stool tests during your menstrual period or if you have active bleeding from hemorrhoids. Also, do not test a stool sample that has been in contact with toilet bowl cleaning products that turn the water blue.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
How It Is Done
You will need to collect stool samples over three different bowel movements on three different days. The test kit includes a wooden applicator and test cards. Be sure to follow the instructions that come with your test kit, including any instructions to avoid certain foods in the days before the test.
- Complete the identification information on the front of each card.
- During a bowel movement, collect a small amount of stool on one end of an applicator. You might try catching the stool on some plastic wrap draped loosely over the toilet bowl and held in place by the toilet seat. If you use a container to collect the stool, first clean and rinse it well to get rid of any substance that may affect the test results.
- Apply a thin smear of stool inside box A.
- Reuse the same applicator to obtain a second sample from a different part of the stool. Apply a thin smear inside box B.
- Close the cover of the slide.
- The next two times you test your stool, complete the remaining cards in the same way.
- Return all slides to your doctor either in person or by mail within 4 days of collecting the samples.
- If your test kit has the developer solution, wait 3 to 5 minutes before you put 1 drop of the developer solution on the area with the stool. Put 1 drop of the developer solution on the control areas of the card so that you will know what positive and negative test results should look like. An area to read the results is found on the reverse side of the card. Turn the card over and read the results within 10 seconds.
Other ways to do FOBT:
- Some kits instruct you to use a special cloth to wipe with after a bowel movement. After wiping with the cloth, you put the developer solution on it to check for color change that means there is blood in the stool.
- Other kits have a special test pad that you place in the toilet after having a bowel movement. The pad will change color if the stool has blood in it.
If there is blood in your stool, call your doctor as soon as possible.
You will need to collect two stool samples for testing over different days. The test kit includes brushes and test cards. Be sure to follow the instructions provided in the test kit. The FIT/iFOBT test doesn't require a special diet in the days before you take the test.
- Complete the identification information on the labels provided.
- Flush the toilet before your bowel movement. After you go, put used toilet paper in the waste bag from the kit, not in the toilet.
- Brush the surface of the stool with one of the brushes for about 5 seconds. If the stool is loose, use the brush to simply stir the water around the stool.
- Remove the brush from the water, and gently shake it once to remove extra water and any clumps of stool.
- Dab the end of the brush onto the test card for about 5 seconds. Close the flap on the card, and seal it with one of your labels.
- Put the used brush into the kit waste bag, and throw the bag in the trash.
- The next time you test your stool, complete the remaining card in the same way.
- Put the test cards in an envelope, and mail it as soon as possible after you have collected your second sample. Your doctor will tell you your test results.
Stool DNA test
You will receive a kit from your doctor with supplies and instructions for doing this test at home. Always follow the instructions in your kit.
- This test requires an entire stool sample. You use a special container for the stool. The container is placed in a bracket that stretches across the seat of your toilet.
- Have your bowel movement while sitting on the toilet. Make sure the stool goes into the container.
- Place the container and an ice pack in a shipping box. Close and label the box.
- The specimen must be shipped to the lab within 24 hours of your bowel movement. Your doctor will tell you your test results.
How It Feels
You may find it unpleasant to collect a stool sample for these tests.
These tests do not have any risks.
For some FOBT kits, you can read the results yourself. Other tests, including FIT/iFOBT and stool DNA, are read by your doctor.
A normal FIT/iFOBT or FOBT test means that there was no blood in your stool at the time of the test. A normal sDNA test means that no abnormal cells were found. Normal test results are called negative.
An abnormal FIT/iFOBT or FOBT test means that there was some blood in your stool at the time of the test. An abnormal sDNA test means that some abnormal cells were found. Abnormal test results are called positive.
Normal results
If a stool test is normal, it does not always mean colorectal cancer or colon polyps are not present. That's because these tests can miss polyps and some cancers.
Talk with your doctor about how often you should do a test, depending on your age and any risk factors you may have for colorectal cancer.
Abnormal results
A colon polyp, a precancerous polyp, or cancer can cause a positive stool test. With a positive test, there is a small chance that you have early-stage colorectal cancer.
Talk with your doctor about what test you may need next. Most of the time, an abnormal stool test means that you will need to have a colonoscopy.
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have a stool test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Having blood in the urine, menstrual bleeding, hemorrhoids, an anal fissure, bleeding gums, or nosebleeds.
- Having cleaning products in the toilet water at the time of the test.
What To Think About
- Stool tests can produce false-positive and false-negative results.
- False-positive means that the test may be positive when you don't have a polyp or cancer.
- False-negative means that the test may be negative when you do have a polyp or cancer.
- These tests may miss polyps and some cancers.
- The stool DNA test is still new, and it isn't available everywhere.
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- Chernecky CC, Berger BJ (2013). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 6th ed. St. Louis: Saunders.
- Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
- Haas JS (2013). Adult preventive health care. In EG Nabel, ed., ACP Medicine, section 2, chap. 2. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.
- Hoffman RM, et al. (2010). Colorectal cancer screening adherence is higher with fecal immunochemical tests than guaiac-based fecal occult blood tests: A randomized, controlled trial. Preventive Medicine, 50(5–6): 297–299.
- Levin B, et al. (2008). Screening and surveillance for the early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps, 2008: A joint guideline from the American Cancer Society, the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 58(3): 130–160.
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22 U.S. Code § 4315 - Use of foreign mission in manner incompatible with its status as foreign mission
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(a) Establishment of limitation on certain uses
A foreign mission may not allow an unaffiliated alien the use of any premise of that foreign mission which is inviolable under United States law (including any treaty) for any purpose which is incompatible with its status as a foreign mission, including use as a residence.
(b) Temporary lodging
For the purposes of this section, the term "residence" does not include such temporary lodging as may be permitted under regulations issued by the Secretary.
(c) Waiver
The Secretary may waive subsection (a) of this section with respect to all foreign missions of a country (and may revoke such a waiver) 30 days after providing written notification of such a waiver, together with the reasons for such waiver (or revocation of such a waiver), to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(d) Report
Not later than 180 days after December 22, 1987, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Congress concerning the implementation of this section and shall submit such other reports to the Congress concerning changes in implementation as may be necessary.
(e) Definitions
For the purposes of this section—
(1) the term "foreign mission" includes any international organization as defined in section 4309 (b) of this title; and
Source(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title II, § 215, as added Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 128(a),Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1343.)
December 22, 1987, referred to in subsec. (d), was in the original "the date of the enactment of this Act", which was translated as meaning the date of enactment of Pub. L. 100–204, which enacted this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
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Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 128(b),Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1343, provided that:
"(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall apply to any foreign mission beginning on the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 22, 1987].
"(2)(A) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply beginning 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act with respect to any nonimmigrant alien who is using a foreign mission as a residence or a place of business on the date of enactment of this Act.
"(B) The Secretary of State may delay the effective date provided for in subparagraph (A) for not more than 6 months with respect to any nonimmigrant alien if the Secretary finds that a hardship to that alien would result from the implementation of subsection (a)."
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It's never too early to start contributing to a registered retirement savings plan or a tax-free savings account, is what banks tell you every January and February or what they like to refer to as "registered product season."
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Barely a day after the memorable funeral of Tanzania's most successful movie star Steven Kanumba, people have never stopped to visit the site of his grave at Kinondoni Cemetery in Dar es Salaam.
People of all ages, races, and sexes have been seen at the grave site yesterday as they went to visit it.
It has been an abnormal episode for people, particularly without any close blood relationship, to take trouble and visit a grave site but for Kanumba has been a different story altogether.
When interviewed some of them said they did not have a chance to see the funeral procession on Wednesday afternoon owing to big crowd.
The heavy rains that pounded Dar es Salaam City on Wednesday slowed the pace of the people on their way to the grave site.
However, the congregation gained tempo yesterday as people boarded buses and other transport means heading towards the Kinondoni Cemetery.
Others said they missed to attend the Tuesday's funeral due to various reasons, including family commitments and business activities.
"We were not present in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday thus we find it useful to come here and pay our last respect to our beloved Kanumba though his body has already been buried," said one of the visitors to the graveyard site.
How long would people continue to flock at the Kanumba's grave site which has been transformed into a 'artistic shrine" is yet to be ascertained.
During Kanumba's funeral procession on Tuesday, most of the mourners missed to pay their last respects as organisers cut short the session.
The payment of last respect ritual would have delayed the burial of Kanumba's body probably to late night or beyond.
The ritual needed a complete day at a spacious ground as claimed by most of the mourners who missed to pay last respect to the fallen hero.
It was the biggest ever crowd to attend such a funeral at the Kinondoni graveyard for an artist of film celebrity for decades.
The multitude of people would be established in exact number but might have exceeded ten thousands.
Most of the crosses of other graves were broken as people struggled to access the burial site last Tuesday.
Kanumba died suddenly on the dawn of Saturday morning and the news shocked many people across the country and beyond.
Mystery still surrounds his death as his girlfriend Elizabeth Michael, also known as Lulu, has been charged for the alleged murder at the Kisutu Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam on the very Wednesday.
Kanumba was born in 1984, did not leave an heir and was not married until he met his sudden death that rocked most of the households in East Africa.


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Suspected bank robbers led San Diego police on a chase from Kearny Mesa to Balboa Park Saturday.
Police said a man robbed a Wells Fargo Bank on Ruffin Road around 11 a.m., sparking a pursuit from Kearny Mesa to Santee and back to San Diego. At one point, the van stopped at Antigua Boulevard near Portobello Drive in Tierrasanta. The driver and one passenger were arrested, but a back seat passenger jumped into the driver's seat and drove away.
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The crash happened about 9:45 a.m. when a 26-year-old motorist going north on Mission Bay Drive ran a red light at Garnet Avenue, police said. His Nissan pickup hit a Honda Accord and a Volvo, both headed east with a green light.
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43 U.S. Code § 391 - Establishment of "reclamation fund"
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All moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, including the surplus of fees and commissions in excess of allowances to officers designated by the Secretary of the Interior, and excepting the 5 per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands in the above States set aside by law for educational and other purposes, shall be, and the same are, reserved, set aside, and appropriated as a special fund in the Treasury to be known as the "reclamation fund", to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands in the said States and Territories, and for the payment of all other expenditures provided for in this Act.
The provisions of the Act entitled "An Act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands," approved June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, be, and the same are hereby, extended so as to include and apply to the State of Texas, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands.. [1]
[1] So in original.
Source(June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 1 (part),32 Stat. 388; June 12, 1906, ch. 3288, 34 Stat. 259; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1,42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100; Pub. L. 99–396, § 17,Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 843.)
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This Act, referred to in first par., and the Act entitled "An Act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands," approved June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, referred to in second par., are act June 17, 1902, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this Title and Tables.
The first paragraph of this section is comprised of act June 17, 1902, and the second paragraph is comprised of act June 12, 1906, as amended.
1986—Pub. L. 99–396inserted reference to American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands in second par.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
Words "officers designated by the Secretary of the Interior" substituted for "registers" on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
Previously, references to register and receiver changed to register by acts Mar. 3, 1925 and Oct. 28, 1921, which consolidated offices of register and receiver and provided for a single officer to be known as register.
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Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.
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What is the most universal Spanish word to describe a possum? What regional variations exist? Does the translation refer specifically to the same animal as the English word, or does it cover a larger variety of animals?
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Technically, "possum" refers to species of the suborder Phalangeriformes, distributed in Australia. However, "opossums" are also commonly called possums (in America). So, "Falangero" is correct for "possum", and it's derived from the latin name of the suborder they belong (Phalangeriformes). Anyway, I guess possums are not quite common animals. For "opossum" the spanish word is "zarigüeya". "Zarigüeyas" are common and well known animals in America (only american marsupials). So, it depends on what animal are you really refering to.
Anyway, I think "posum" is totally understandable, and if you check in spanish wikipedia for "posum", you get the correct answer. I just ask to a couple of friends (spanish native speakears too) about the meaning of "Los falangeros viven en Australia" y "Los posums viven en australia". Falangeros in the first sentence isn't uniquely associated with an animal, but posum is. I also think in some contexts, "falangero" could be easily interpreted as "thief" rather than an unknown animal, for people ignoring the real meaning of the word. Again, it's not a common animal.
that might be a regionalism only. my wife is from Masaya. I always forget the Mexican word, which brought me to this site
In Texas and Mexico - tlacuaches or tacuaches (more common for tejanos).
Se conoce como "tlacuache" en algunas partes de México.
I found this on WordReference dot com:
My Larousse Gran Diccionario lists two Spanish words for the two animals refereed to as "possum" in English:


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Cardiac Pacemakers
Cardiac pacemakers are self-contained, battery-operated units that send electrical stimulation to the heart. They are generally implanted to alleviate symptoms of decreased cardiac output related to abnormal heart rate and/or rhythm. Pacemakers are generally used for persistent, symptomatic second- or third-degree atrioventricular (AV) block and symptomatic sinus bradycardia.
Cardiac pacemakers are covered as prosthetic devices under the Medicare program, subject to the following conditions and limitations. While cardiac pacemakers have been covered under Medicare for many years, there were no specific guidelines for their use other than the general Medicare requirement that covered services be reasonable and necessary for the treatment of the condition. Services rendered for cardiac pacing on or after the effective dates of this instruction are subject to these guidelines, which are based on certain assumptions regarding the clinical goals of cardiac pacing. While some uses of pacemakers are relatively certain or unambiguous, many other uses require considerable expertise and judgment.
Consequently, the medical necessity for permanent cardiac pacing must be viewed in the context of overall patient management. The appropriateness of such pacing may be conditional on other diagnostic or therapeutic modalities having been undertaken. Although significant complications and adverse side effects of pacemaker use are relatively rare, they cannot be ignored when considering the use of pacemakers for dubious medical conditions, or marginal clinical benefit.
These guidelines represent current concepts regarding medical circumstances in which permanent cardiac pacing may be appropriate or necessary. As with other areas of medicine, advances in knowledge and techniques in cardiology are expected. Consequently, judgments about the medical necessity and acceptability of new uses for cardiac pacing in new classes of patients may change as more conclusive evidence becomes available. This instruction applies only to permanent cardiac pacemakers, and does not address the use of temporary, non-implanted pacemakers.
The two groups of conditions outlined below deal with the necessity for cardiac pacing for patients in general. These are intended as guidelines in assessing the medical necessity for pacing therapies, taking into account the particular circumstances in each case. However, as a general rule, the two groups of current medical concepts may be viewed as representing:
Group I: Single-Chamber Cardiac Pacemakers – a) conditions under which single chamber pacemaker claims may be considered covered without further claims development; and b) conditions under which single-chamber pacemaker claims would be denied unless further claims development shows that they fall into the covered category, or special medical circumstances exist of the sufficiency to convince the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) that the claim should be paid.
Group II: Dual-Chamber Cardiac Pacemakers - a) conditions under which dual-chamber pacemaker claims may be considered covered without further claims development, and b) conditions under which dual-chamber pacemaker claims would be denied unless further claims development shows that they fall into the covered categories for single- and dual-chamber pacemakers, or special medical circumstances exist sufficient to convince the MAC that the claim should be paid.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) opened the National Coverage Dectermination (NCD) on Cardiac Pacemakers to afford the public an opportunity to comment on the proposal to revise the language contained in the instruction. The revisions transfer the focus of the NCD from the actual pacemaker implantation procedure itself to the reasonable and necessary medical indications that justify cardiac pacing. This is consistent with our findings that pacemaker implantation is no longer considered routinely harmful or an experimental procedure.
Group I: Single-Chamber Cardiac Pacemakers (Effective March 16, 1983)
A. Nationally Covered Indications
Conditions under which cardiac pacing is generally considered acceptable or necessary, provided that the conditions are chronic or recurrent and not due to transient causes such as acute myocardial infarction, drug toxicity, or electrolyte imbalance. (In cases where there is a rhythm disturbance, if the rhythm disturbance is chronic or recurrent, a single episode of a symptom such as syncope or seizure is adequate to establish medical necessity.)
(Effective May 9, 1985)
B. Nationally Non-Covered Indications
Conditions which, although used by some physicians as a basis for permanent cardiac pacing, are considered unsupported by adequate evidence of benefit and therefore should not generally be considered appropriate uses for single-chamber pacemakers in the absence of the above indications. MACs should review claims for pacemakers with these indications to determine the need for further claims development prior to denying the claim, since additional claims development may be required . The object of such further development is to establish whether the particular claim actually meets the conditions in a) above. In claims where this is not the case or where such an event appears unlikely, the MAC may deny the claim
Effective October 1, 2001
C. Other
All other indications for single-chamber cardiac pacing for which CMS has not specifically indicated coverage remain nationally non-covered, except for Category B Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trials, or as routine costs of single-chamber cardiac pacing associated with clinical trials, in accordance with section 310.1 of the NCD Manual.
Group II: Dual-Chamber Cardiac Pacemakers – (Effective May 9, 1985)
A. Nationally Covered Indications
Conditions under dual-chamber cardiac pacing are considered acceptable or necessary in the general medical community unless conditions 1 and 2 under Group II. B., are present:
Dual-chamber pacemakers may also be covered for the conditions as listed in Group I. A., if the medical necessity is sufficiently justified through adequate claims development. Expert physicians differ in their judgments about what constitutes appropriate criteria for dual-chamber pacemaker use. The judgment that such a pacemaker is warranted in the patient meeting accepted criteria must be based upon the individual needs and characteristics of that patient, weighing the magnitude and likelihood of anticipated benefits against the magnitude and likelihood of disadvantages to the patient.
Whenever the following conditions (which represent overriding contraindications) are present, dual-chamber pacemakers are not covered:
All other indications for dual-chamber cardiac pacing for which CMS has not specifically indicated coverage remain nationally non-covered, except for Category B IDE clinical trials, or as routine costs of dual-chamber cardiac pacing associated with clinical trials, in accordance with section 310.1 of the NCD Manual.
05/2004 - Made minor revisions to text to transfer focus of NCD from actual pacemaker implantation procedure itself to reasonable and necessary medical indications that justify cardiac pacing. Therefore, only framework of NCD revised and not NCD itself. Effective and implementation dates 04/30/2004. (TN 12) (CR 3290)
06/2004 - Made technical revision to TN 12 by incorporating an exception for Investigational Device Exemption Clinical Trials. Discard TN 12 and replace with TN 16. Effective and implementation dates 04/30/2004. (TN 16) (CR 3369)
This NCD has been or is currently being reviewed under the National Coverage
Determination process. The following are existing associations with NCAs, from the National
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