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Minutes of Proceedings
Session: 2011/2012
Date: 22 September 2011
Venue: 30
The meeting began at 10.35am in public session with the Clerk in the Chair.
The Clerk called for nominations for the position of a temporary Chairperson. Mr Gordon Dunne proposed that: Mr Stephen Moutray be temporary Chairperson of the Committee. Mr David McIlveen seconded this and the nomination was accepted.
On there being no further nominations the Clerk put the question without debate.
Agreed: The Committee agreed that Mr Moutray, being the only candidate proposed, be temporary Chairperson of the Committee.
10.36am Mr Moutray took the Chair.
1. Apologies
Apologies are detailed above.
2. Minutes of meeting held on 15 September 2011
Agreed: The draft minutes of the meeting on 15 September were agreed.
3. Chairperson's Business
Members noted a request from Sainsbury's for the Chair and Deputy Chair to meet with its CEO, Mr Justin King.
4. Matters Arising
Members discussed a letter from the Minister to the Chair with an update on the progress of legislation for NI Credit Unions and Industrial and Provident Societies.
Agreed: To consider a way forward once members have received a summary of consultation responses from the FSA/Treasury and responses from the Irish League of Credit Unions (ICLU) and Ulster Federation of Credit Unions (UFCU).
Members noted correspondence from OFMDFM to the Ulster Federation of Credit Unions regarding credit union legislation.
Members discussed a letter from a member of the public to the Chair regarding credit union legislation.
Agreed: To write to the individual and suggest that he forward this letter to his own credit union association and the FSA/Treasury, as it may help inform the current consultation on credit unions.
Members discussed a letter to the Chair from Finlay Communications Ltd regarding the proposed loss of the BSKYB contract.
Agreed: To note concerns about the potential loss of jobs.
Members discussed a draft list of invitees for the Committee's SME Long Gallery Event on 17 November.
Agreed: To invite representatives from the community and voluntary sector through NICVA.
Members discussed an oral briefing from NICVA
Agreed: To invite NICVA to provide an oral briefing in October.
Members discussed next week's oral briefing on the KPMG evaluation on the Potential Role of the Social Economy Sector and the future of the SEE Strategy Implementation.
Agreed: To invite the Chair of the Social Economy Network to appear as part of that oral briefing.
Members discussed an oral briefing from the Department regarding policy proposals for a new Energy Bill.
Agreed: To receive an oral briefing from DETI Energy Division at the meeting of 13 October regarding policy proposals for a new Energy Bill.
5. Public Sector Gas Uptake: Assembly Research
The Assembly Research Officer joined the meeting at 10.47am.
Members received an oral briefing from the Assembly Research Officer. Key issue discussed included potential savings for public buildings if they converted from traditional fossil fuels to gas.
Daithí McKay joined the meeting at 10.55am and took the Chair.
Robin Newton left the meeting at 10.59am.
The Assembly Research Officer left the meeting at 11.02am.
Agreed: To commission follow-up research regarding:
- Incorporating conversion costs and savings for biomass boilers vs traditional fossil fuels and savings that energy efficiency could make to the costs of heating; and
- The terms of the licences of gas suppliers when they were granted.
Agreed: To copy research paper to Phoenix Gas and Firmus Energy for comment.
Agreed: To copy research paper to Head of Gas at NIAUR and Clerk to meet with Head of Gas to discuss.
Agreed: Write to DHSSPS to determine why it does not furnish DFP with individual data as other Departments do.
Agreed: Await statistics from DHSSPS before proceeding further.
Members agreed to consider agenda items 7, 8 and 9 next.
6. CCNI Corporate Plan 2011-15: Written briefing
Members discussed the written briefing.
Agreed: To receive an overview from the Consumer Council on the organisation.
7. Correspondence
Members noted the following items of correspondence:
i Letter from the Minister to the Chair regarding an update on the work of the Sustainable Energy Inter-Departmental Working Group (SEIDWG).
ii. Letter from the Clerk to the Committee for the Environment regarding:
- Reducing energy costs
- Fracking with respect to Northern Ireland
Agreed: To forward the correspondence to the Department for a response
iii. Letter from the Clerk to the Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure regarding Friends of the Earth: Corporation Tax Debate.
iv. Letter from Clerk to the Committee for Finance and Personnel regarding:
- Budget Flexibility, EYF and Monitoring Rounds
- Monitoring Post Project Evaluations
- Monitoring of Department Efficiency Plans
v. Information from the Committee for Social Development regarding Federation of Master Builders: Form of State Survey.
vi. Letter from the Renewable Integration Development Project (RIDP) with an update on its project.
vii. Letter regarding the HSENI consultation on Proposals to Amend the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (NI) 1997.
viii. Letter to the Minister from the Chair of the Committee for Employment and Learning.
Agreed: To forward the letter to the Minister.
ix. Invitation to members to a launch of a local business improvement programme called 'The Evolution Project'.
The meeting went into closed session at 11.08am.
8. Any other business
Members discussed tourism events.
Agreed: Chair and Deputy Chair to arrange to meet with NITB to see how they can promote a positive attitude to life and living within local communities on which tourism events impact.
The meeting re-opened in public session at 11.17am
9. NITB Programme of Events - 2012/2013: Oral briefing
NITB officials joined the meeting at 11.17am.
Members received an oral briefing from Kathryn Thomson, Chief Operating Officer, Susie McCullough, Director of Marketing and Events. Key issues discussed included key events in Northern Ireland during 2012/2013, forecasts for tourist numbers and promoting local festivals.
David McIlveen left the meeting at 11.45am.
Robin Newton returned to the meeting at 12.04pm.
Agreed: To forward the information received from NITB to the Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure.
NITB officials left the meeting at 12.15pm.
10. Date, time and place of next meeting
The next meeting of the Committee will take place on Thursday 29 September at 10.30am, InterTradeIreland, Newry.
The Deputy Chair adjourned the meeting at 12.17pm.
Mr Daithí McKay
Deputy Chair
Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
29 September 2011


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March 6, 2008
AIKEN CTY, S.C. -- Cell phone tower height in Aiken County is over.
On Tuesday Night, the council said okay to the new height restriction.
Single family home residential areas can not have towers unless they are placed on top of an existing building.
Other residential areas can have towers up to 100 feet and 1500 feet from any homes.
In commercial areas, towers can be as tall as 150 feet.
In industrial areas, the height is 250 feet and in the rural areas, the towers can be 350 feet.
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Occurrence of Spontaneous Pancreatic Lesions in Normal and Diabetic Rats: A Potential Confounding Factor in the Nonclinical Assessment of GLP-1–Based Therapies
- Kristina D. Chadwick1⇑,
- Anthony M. Fletcher1,
- M. Cecilia Parrula1,
- Susan Bonner-Weir2,
- Raja S. Mangipudy1,
- Evan Janovitz3,
- Michael J. Graziano4,
- Denis Roy5 and
- Timothy P. Reilly4
- 1Drug Safety Evaluation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ
- 2Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- 3Discovery Toxicology, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Hopewell, NJ
- 4Drug Safety Evaluation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ
- 5Nonclinical Drug Safety, Amylin, LLC, San Diego, CA
- Corresponding author: Kristina D. Chadwick, kristina.chadwick{at}bms.com.
Glucagon-like peptide 1–based therapies, collectively described as incretins, produce glycemic benefits in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Recent publications raised concern for a potential increased risk of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer with incretins based in part on findings from a small number of rodents. However, extensive toxicology assessments in a substantial number of animals dosed up to 2 years at high multiples of human exposure do not support these concerns. We hypothesized that the lesions being attributed to incretins are commonly observed background findings and endeavored to characterize the incidence of spontaneous pancreatic lesions in three rat strains (Sprague-Dawley [S-D] rats, Zucker diabetic fatty [ZDF] rats, and rats expressing human islet amyloid polypeptide [HIP]; n = 36/group) on a normal or high-fat diet over 4 months. Pancreatic findings in all groups included focal exocrine degeneration, atrophy, inflammation, ductular cell proliferation, and/or observations in large pancreatic ducts similar to those described in the literature, with an incidence of exocrine atrophy/inflammation seen in S-D (42–72%), HIP (39%), and ZDF (6%) rats. These data indicate that the pancreatic findings attributed to incretins are common background findings, observed without drug treatment and independent of diet or glycemic status, suggesting a need to exercise caution when interpreting the relevance of some recent reports regarding human safety.
This article contains Supplementary Data online at http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.2337/db13-1268/-/DC1.
See accompanying article, p. 1174.
- Received August 16, 2013.
- Accepted November 8, 2013.
- © 2014 by the American Diabetes Association.
Readers may use this article as long as the work is properly cited, the use is educational and not for profit, and the work is not altered. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ for details.


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What to do...
My community tank is fully up and running now, buuuuuutttt I'd like to add three more platies. That would mean quarentine, which means that I'd have to go buy a tank especially for the purpose.
So... Do I go and get a good ol' 5 gallon glass rectangle with heater/hood/crappy incandescent light/and filter all seperately, or do I buy one of those acrylic Aqueon MiniBow 5 galloners with built tin light and filter. Or, do I quarentine the fish all seperatly in 4 L (~1 gallon) pickle jars with airstones.
What should I do?
If you feel like taking your chances and adding them in the tank - Go for it.
Otherwise a good ole clear plastic bin from your favorit Walmart with a desk lamp over it and Airstone in it will do the same trick for a QT for 1-2 weeks.
You mean like a cleaned out paint bucket or alike? I'd not wanna take my chances that there's chem's left in it that would dissolve into the water. Just get any kinda new bin/ bucket that yu know didn't have anything in it.
Oh! Sorry. No I mean a clean white plastic bucket. (The industrial kind. We've recently rescued some from Tim Horton's that are food quality clean.)
honestly you dont need a light for a q tank, just get a small power head with a sponge attached and throw them in whatever you can find that will hold water. i use this method and works great held a acei in q with a bucket powerhead and a heater for about a month and no problems cept the one it was orignally qtnd for in the first place.
makes me laugh when i see people going all out for a q tank, getting substrate decor and filters. just a waste of money for the intended purpose IMHO
Well, also if I went out and bought a full on tank, I'd end up buying fish to put in it and would then have to buy ANOTHER q tank. :-D I don't suffer from multiple tank syndrome... Yet. ;-)
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text: I'm not sure how effective he will be in the short-term but Suggs may be the best defensive player in football when healthy and motivated. The Ravens are 5-1 and losing Ray Lewis is not that big a deal - he was not particularly effective this season. Ladarius Webb would be a big loss if hes out for the year. I still think the Ravens, Texans and Pats are by far the best 3 teams in the AFC.


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Home of the SCA Lady Dragons: About
About the SCA Lady Dragons
Welcome to the SCA Dragons and Lady Dragons Basketball Program. Our organization is committed to developing athletes between the ages of 9-16 as basketball players for competition at the high school level and beyond.
The SCA Dragons Board of Directors and Coaches desire to make your experience as rewarding and productive as possible. Through hard work and commitment you will continue to develop your basketball skills and realize your potential. This program is not for recreational purposes! The key to success is players, parents and coaches working together. This will ensure a memorable, enjoyable and exciting experience! Ultimately, it is up to YOU to fully develop your basketball abilities!
The SCA Dragons are members of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and Youth Basketball of America (YBOA). The AAU is one of the largest, non-profit, volunteer, sports organizations in the United States. Both organizations are dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. The AAU and YBOA provide registered members with insurance and access to AAU and YBOA organized sanctioned events.
The SCA Dragons were incorporated as a non-profit corporation on August 1, 2005. The Board of Directors are subject to the by-laws of the corporation and have full control and management of the affairs of the Dragons; have the power and authority to adopt or amend by-laws, policy, guidelines, or procedures of the Dragons; appoint coaches for all teams; and handle all operations of the corporation.
For further information please contact Rich Ford @ 615-714-1460
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Your parents are very supportive of your development as a basketball player. Often they are extremely knowledgeable about basketball and may even coach. For the reasons previously mentioned, we need a uniform style of play to be successful. Therefore, please ask your parents to refrain from coaching in the stands during a game. It often serves to confuse players and create uneasy situations. It is always uncomfortable for a coach to remove a player from a game because she/he is listening to parental advice rather than fulfilling the expectations of the coach.
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Dead Glowlight Tetra, not sure what happened
I'm hoping that someone will have an idea what happened to my fish. . .
I cycled a 20 gal long tank. I did a fishless cycle with pure ammonia. I also planted the tank. After the tank finally cycled and the ammonia was at 0 for 2 days, I added fish (5 glowlight tetra last monday).
All the fish did very well their first week in the tank. 4 would swim together. One fish (dubbed "the loner fish") liked to hang by itself.
I was planning on adding more fish tomorrow to my tank. However, last night, the loner fish wouldn't eat. I tried to get it to, but it wouldn't. It also didn't swim too much and appeared to be breathing rapidly. This morning it acted fine. Tonight, I found it dead at the back of the tank. It was really bloated :cry:
Does anyone know what might have happened to it? I'm concerned for my other four fish. The appear to be fine, but I don't want them to catch whatever the loner fish had. I also don't want to introduce any other fish into the tank until I'm sure no others will get sick.
The loner fish appeared fine: good size, nice coloring, good appetite until last night.
My water params are:
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 3 ppm
pH: 8.0
Hardness: 13 dH
Temperature: 78 F.
I fertilize the plants in the tank twice a week with Nutrafin PlantGro.
Does anyone know what caused my fish to die? How long will it take before I know my other fish aren't infected? My fish is still under Petsmart warranty, but I don't want to replace it until I know my tank is safe. Thanks!
Would wait a week before introducing any more fish and might perhaps try a different source for fishes if possible.
Thanks. I know my water is a bit extreme. That's why I chose glowlights, they are a bit hardier than other tetras. The other four fish are doing great. I've been keeping a close eye on them. I think you're right about the one just being a weak fish. It never acted as active as the others. But I'll continue to watch my others closely.
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Invisible support
Timothy Kincaid
August 29th, 2012
In an article entitled "GOP friendlier to gay community — at least behind the scenes", CNN tells the story of Barbara Ann Fenton and Themis Klarides who propose and seconded, respectively, a proposal that the GOP platform endorse civil unions. It seems to tell a tale of party bosses and right wing activists who craft the voice of the party to be ragingly anti-gay, and delegates who don't all necessarily agree.
Check out the article and see what you think.
Fenton said after the meeting she had only one disturbing run-in.
"One person did come up and tell me I should renounce my Catholicism — that what I was spewing was pure evil," Fenton said. "It was hard to keep a straight face."
But for the most part, the reaction she received from other delegates and Republican staffers was positive. She said she felt that behind the scenes, the party was much more supportive.
"People kept buying me drinks and kept coming up to me saying how they wanted to support my group for doing this. I don't have a group," Fenton said. "Some people asked me if I was gay. I told them you could still be for gay rights and be a heterosexual. I don't think that's political suicide. If it was, I wouldn't be a part of this party."
She said, "One guy even dropped a note in my lap. I thought I was going to get bashed with some nasty note, like you'd get in fifth grade. But what it said essentially was, 'I'm in the closet. Thank you so much for this.'
"People may now realize you can be gay and still be welcome in the GOP party."
Personally, I'm decidedly less optimistic than Fenton.


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Mountain Live Explorer - USA
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This augmented reality application let you have information on USA mountains simply turning your smartphone towards the peak and enabling the GPS. This application supports Italian and English languages, in the database there are more then 225.000 mountains.
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There are some stories where finding enough sources to talk to is difficult. My piece for June's edition of ASBJ wasn't one of them. News stories and reports had been trickling in that the homeless population had been soaring because of the recession.
And they weren't your stereotypical image of homeless. More and more families were being displaced as they lost jobs, lost savings and eventually lost their homes. These were people who never dreamed of having to be in a position where their very livelihood was dependent on others.
"I had one parent call me and say, 'I used to volunteer at the food bank and now I have to ask for food,'" said Barbara James, the project director for the Texas Homeless Education Office.
James was one of nearly a dozen people I talked to that illuminated just how difficult it can be for homeless families to get back on their feet, let alone for a homeless student to maintain their education.
"I heard one time that a homeless family had to meet with 32 different agencies every week," James told me. "How do you that when you don't even have a car?"
Like all states, the Texas office that James runs is charged with implementing the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the federal law that requires school districts to remove as many barriers as possible to enable students to continue their education.
But unlike other states, with the exception of Virginia, the Texas office is operated out of a university, which James takes advantage of through numerous interdisciplanary collaborations within the University of Texas, Austin, including conferences with the school of social work and a current project by the school of public affairs that looks at what makes a good homeless liaison and what leads to their burnout.
"We can't compartmentalize homelessness, it transcends so many areas," James said. "Yet in everything in education; in schools, in federal programs, we departmentalize everything and I think if we collaborated more we'd get a lot better performance."
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Now this Nanette Lepore Swept Away wrap dress, I really like on Miley Cyrus.
It's cute, non-provocative, age-appropriate, and something her young fans can realistically inspire to copy.
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You can buy this dress from Shopbop for $395, or My-Wardrobe.com for £293.
On Rachel Ray, Miley talks about an experience she had at a Chanel store.
"My very first time going into a Chanel store they said 'hey we have a bunch of people, and we never really ask for autographs, but they would love to have an autograph'…So I'm writing down Chanel, and I'm like oh my gosh this is so cool you know. And the lady looks at me and goes 'You obviously don't come in here often.' And I was like, what do you mean? "You spelled it channel.†And I was like dang it! So I totally spelled Chanel channel, instead. But, whatever I'm from Tennessee I don't know how to spell half the things."
Dang it, those stores can be so mean sometimes. You can check out Miley full interview at TV Crunch.


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Many colleges and universities have programs that give credit for college-level courses taken in the past, as well as accumulated work experience
Maybe you have some old college credits tucked away like change in a drawer that you'd like to put to use, or you've spent time and earned experience in your field that should be worth something when returning to college to pursue a degree.
Many if not most colleges and universities have established programs giving credit for old courses or accumulated knowledge. Often called degree completion programs, they can be used if you return to school or are a first-time college student who skipped college earlier and is convinced now's the time to secure a degree.
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The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools describes a college degree completion program on its website as one usually designed for working adults and non-traditional students who transfer credits from previous courses or gain credits from experience.
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The non-profit Council for Adult and Experiential Learning helps colleges set up plans for crediting work and life experience and has formed a program, LearningCounts.org, that can help apply experience to college credits.
One of the more familiar ways to transform experience to college credits is the CLEP or College Level Exam Program used by 2,900 colleges and universities to access credits for undergraduate degrees. You may be able to earn up to 12 credits by passing a CLEP exam, though it varies by school, the CollegeBoard.org said on its website.
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A blend of science fiction and noir detective fiction, Blade Runner (1982) was a box office and critical bust upon its initial exhibition, but its unique postmodern production design became hugely influential within the sci-fi genre, and the film gained a significant cult following that increased its stature. Harrison Ford stars as Rick Deckard, a retired cop in Los Angeles circa 2019. L.A. has become a pan-cultural dystopia of corporate advertising, pollution and flying automobiles, as well as replicants, human-like androids with short life spans built by the Tyrell Corporation for use in dangerous off-world colonization. Deckard's former job in the police department was as a talented blade runner, a euphemism for detectives that hunt down and assassinate rogue replicants. Called before his one-time superior (M. Emmett Walsh), Deckard is forced back into active duty. A quartet of replicants led by Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) has escaped and headed to Earth, killing several humans in the process. After meeting with the eccentric Eldon Tyrell (Joe Turkel), creator of the replicants, Deckard finds and eliminates Zhora (Joanna Cassidy), one of his targets. Attacked by another replicant, Leon (Brion James), Deckard is about to be killed when he's saved by Rachael (Sean Young), Tyrell's assistant and a replicant who's unaware of her true nature. In the meantime, Batty and his replicant pleasure model lover, Pris (Darryl Hannah) use a dying inventor, J.F. Sebastian (William Sanderson) to get close to Tyrell and murder him. Deckard tracks the pair to Sebastian's, where a bloody and violent final confrontation between Deckard and Batty takes place on a skyscraper rooftop high above the city. In 1992, Ridley Scott released a popular director's cut that removed Deckard's narration, added a dream sequence, and excised a happy ending imposed by the results of test screenings; these legendary behind-the-scenes battles were chronicled in a 1996 tome, -Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner by Paul M. Sammon. Karl Williams, Rovi
- Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Run Time: 03 hr 47 min
- Language: English , French
- Subtitle Language: French , Spanish , English
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Release Date: October 23, 2012
- Lead Actor: Harrison Ford , Rutger Hauer , Sean Young , Edward James Olmos , M. Emmet Walsh
- Supporting Actor: Charles Knapp , Robert Okazaki , Kimiko Hiroshige , Daryl Hannah , William Sanderson , Brion James , Joe Turkel , Joanna Cassidy , James Hong , Morgan Paull , Kevin Thompson , John E. Allen , Hy Pyke
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Academy Awards (2), Golden Globe Awards (1)
- Academy Awards , Best Visual Effects , 1982 , Douglas Trumbull, David Dryer, Richard Yuricich
- Academy Awards , Best Art Direction , 1982 , Linda de Scenna, Lawrence G. Paull, David Snyder
- Golden Globe Awards , Best Original Score , 1982 , Vangelis
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Firefighter Scott Holmes (left) and Capt. Greg Morris, members of the Charleston Fire Department honor guard, place a wreath on Capitol Street at the site of the Woolworth Department Store fire. The annual ceremony remembers the seven firefighters who died fighting the blaze on March 4, 1949.


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Tool Chestcomments (4) May 16th, 2012 in Reader's Gallery
I needed a modest-sized tool chest to transport tools I will be using at a workshop this summer. I wanted something fairly compact, not a "master craftsman" chest (another project for another day). I studied a lot of designs in books and via the web, including FWW. I highly recommend Jim Tolpin's The Toolbox Book, even if you are not making a tool chest.
I decided to use some baltic birch plywood I already had on hand. I wanted something that would make tools easy to reach and return, with two smaller bins I could keep handy when working at someone else's bench away from home. Using the fairly bland baltic ply, I decided to make a stark design and not try to hide the plywood nature of the materials. I like the decorative aspect of miter keys in a contrasting wood, so I decided to use that construction method for this project.
Design or Plan used: My Own Design - David Hickson
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Good, functional design. I like your thought that things can be rearranged as new needs develop---I believe the old fashioned craftmen used the same approach, ending up with magnificent chests that held EVERYTHING and needed 3 men and a boy to carry them!
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So I'm someone who likes puns and flirting. So it may have been some miracle that an article on this subject written in a risqué fashion has not been done before. I'm looking for opinions and if any tips can be offered. I am worried that readers will find the article too crude and dry for it's own taste.
The banknote (at the top of the article) and the coin/condom images were made by Sonje (she also did the coin's caption), who was very, very helpful here. The other three images and captions were done by myself. ---kun "whisper sweet nothings into thine ear..." 15:45, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
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Tennessee Teen Challenge
Last year's Teen Challenge quilt proved very popular with QFK's very active Coker Creek, TN, Chapter, so they've done it again!
Hardworking judges Gayle Edwards, Karen Eshman, Patti Willeford and Lynda Dicandio had a hard time reaching a decision; each one of the 18 quilts was amazing ...Read More »
70 and Counting...
These three intrepid ladies, Mary Prokarym, Dane Niess and Sue Volpe, from a quilt group in Scranton, PA, drove 2-1/2 hours each way from home to headquarters in Fairless Hills, PA, to bring us 70 quilts to help fill our quilt room, severely depleted by our having shipped out ...Read More »
The Personal Side of Dominion Energy
This beautiful young lady is Katie, the daughter of an employee at Dominion Energy, one of our most faithful and long-time supporters.
It was truly a blessing when Dominion Energy became involved with QFK. Through their partnership we are able to fund workshops so that quilters could come together and ...Read More »
Something Exciting is Always Happening in Coker Creek!
One of QFK's most active chapters, Coker Creek, TN, raises funds by raffling a quilt once a year.
This year's masterpiece boasts a patriotic theme and will be awarded in February, 2014, "Presidents' Month."
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Quilts in Court
Our Silicon Valley QFK Chapter does an amazing job distributing quilts in and around Santa Clara County, CA, not only to hospitals but also to LACY, Legal Advocates for Children and Youth, whose attorneys and social workers advance the legal rights of their clients and empower them to lead happy ...Read More »


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Preston Yancey is hosting a beautiful series on the church called #ATLT, At the Lord's Table: A Conversation, and today I have the privilege of being a contributor. My piece is on unity. I hope you're as moved reading it as I was writing it. Please stick around on Preston's site to read others' posts on the church.
That They May Be One
That They May Be One
"The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me."
- John 17:23, ESV
The first time I felt the glory of God, I was at a small Catholic church in Mesa, Arizona. A black woman—a bellowing alto—sang "Amazing Grace" while I wept under the power of a Jesus I did not yet know.
Years later, after believing and committing to this Jesus, I worshipped Him at a charismatic prayer gathering in London, England. I knew little about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but a girl prophesied God's response to questions I had asked Him in quiet desperation earlier that day. I came to know Jesus as a responsive God.


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Fast-pumping tunes can really motivate you to push through tough workout routines, but there's more to choosing the best headphones than you think.
Discover the best sport-specific options for you, from the best headphones for jogging, working out in the water and much more.
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The Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences found that headphone use radically increased the amount of bacteria brewing inside the ear and 92 percent of earphone sharers also shared harmful bacteria. Pick a pair you like and keep them to yourself!
Waterproof Headphones for the Water Lover
Want to listen to music during a water workout? Consider wearing h2o audio's Surge Sportwrap Headphones ($59.99; h2oaudio.com). The patented technology of these waterproof headphones keeps them working up to 12 feet under water, but keep in mind that you'll need to find a waterproof MP3 player or armband as well. You can also safely rinse out these earphones after use to eliminate bacterial growth.
Best Headphones for Jogging
Runners seeking the extra protection of additional reflective decals and the comfort of an ergonomically designed headset should wear Sennheiser's PMX 80 Neckband ($54.99; compusa.com). Water-resistant and sweat proof, this sturdy headset fits perfectly around the back of the head and stays place during rigorous workouts.
For the Cardio Workout Junkie
You want to focus on your cardio workout routine, not your earphones, so you need something sturdy, lightweight and soft. 2XL's GROOVE Hanger Bud Bunny ($14.99: 2xl.com) headphones sit perfectly in your ear and have non-slip hangers to softly cup your skin.
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If you want to share music with teammates to fuel the warm-up, this ultra lightweight portable sport speaker by cy-fi ($159; mycyfi.com) is perfect. Just hook up these oddly shaped cordless speakers to your iPod or MP3 players and they should last for more than 6 hours.


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The Columbia River Maritime Museum specializes in collecting and exhibiting maritime artifacts from the Columbia River and the Pacific Northwest. The Museum's collection, made up of artifacts collected since its opening, has grown to more than 30,000 objects, 20,000 photographs, and a 10,000-volume research library. Combined, these resources make the Columbia River Maritime Museum one of the foremost repositories of Pacific Northwest maritime artifacts in the country.
The Columbia River Maritime Museum accepts the donation of artifacts to the collection on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the object's relevance to the mission of the Museum, its space and preservation requirements and other factors. Find out more about donating an item.
Look for the following special pieces during your visit:
- a National Historic Landmark vessel, the Lightship Columbia, which was the last active-duty floating lighthouse on the West Coast when it was retired
- the U.S. Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat 44300, the first in a long line of surf rescue vessels developed for use on the treacherous Columbia River Bar
- the Pilot Boat Peacock, arguably one of the vessels most significant to the development of commerce in the Columbia basin, second only to the Columbia Rediviva, for which the river was named
- a model-1841 U.S. Navy officer's sword and scabbard found buried on Clatsop Spit, and believed to be from the shipwrecked USS Shark that foundered on the Columbia River Bar in 1846
- the bridge from WWII-era Fletcher-class destroyer USS Knapp, DD-653 that served in both WWII and Korea
Researchers, scholars and authors from around the world have tapped the informational resources of the Columbia River Maritime Museum. It has also served as a knowledge source for National Geographic, The Sea Hunters, The History Detectives (PBS), Oregon State Parks and Recreation, Oregon Public Broadcasting and the National Park Service.


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year. The JV aims to tap the rapidly growing index business.
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and the CME Group-Dow Jones JV will contribute the Dow Jones
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been launched behind schedule as originally it was expected to
begin operations in the first half of 2012.
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Speculation has been slowly mounting over the last few days that Arsenal (as well as Chel$ki and Liverpool) are targeting young Southampton left back Matt Targett after missing out on another Southampton left back – Luke Shaw. Currently behind Luke Shaw in the pecking order at Southampton – Targett has been impressing in the under 21 league for Southampton and apparently Arsenal scouts have been impressed with his technical ability.
From what I can gather – this story first appeared on Goal.com over a week ago – and as the Luke Shaw story died out – this one has gathered pace. So what do we know? Targett is clearly talented and will have been watched by countless clubs due to his involvement in the Under 21 league. With Shaw signing a new contract Targett may well find his route to the first team blocked for the foreseeable future. Or Targett may well prepare to wait at the club in the knowledge that at some point in the near (ish) but slightly longer than initially thought future (due to his new contract) – Shaw will be leaving Southampton. When Shaw does leave – Targett could well find himself in pole position to make that spot his own. Considering everything though – I very much doubt that anything will happen with this until the summer. Targett certainly is a talent and unquestionably someone that we will be keeping an eye on in the future – but because of his age and lack of experience I don't think he is a target for now. Having said all that – you only have to look at Jenkinson to see that young players without much experience can step up and play a major part.
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The GAO used to be called the General Accounting Office, which conjured up images of row upon row of accountants bent over the ledger books of government looking for errors in math. It couldn't have been further from the truth and that's why Congress changed the name to the Government Accountability Office.
These folks are no-nonsense investigators working for the taxpayer, making sure we're getting our money's worth of services from our federal government. I still like the image of a bunch of suits blowing the whistle on whatever malfeasance they might find.
The scene in today's cartoon hearkens us back to the lone Chinese guy stopping the tank at Tiananmen Square, but I didn't want to use that image –– it's been over-used in my opinion –– but the thought of a guy in a suit bringing the mighty United States war machine to a halt is intriguing and ironic and I had to bring it to life.


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Pitons Management Area, Saint Lucia
Pitons Management Area is a World Heritage site in Saint Lucia located at 13°48'N and 61°04'W.
Geographical Location
Saint Lucia is an island of 617 square kilometers (km2), located between Martinique and Saint Vincent in the Lesser Antilles islands of the eastern Caribbean. The Pitons are two volcanic cones on the southwestern coast at 13°48'N and 61°04'W, just south of the town of Soufriere.
Dates and History of Establishment
- 1986: Most of the reef system fringing Gros Piton was declared a marine reserve;
- 1994: The Soufriere Regional Development Foundation (SRDF) was founded and the Soufriere Marine Management Area (SMMA) established under the Fisheries Act of 1984;
- 2002: The Pitons Management Area (PMA) established under the Physical Planning and Development Act, 2001.
- 2003: The Pitons Charter affirmed national commitment to the Protected Areas.
Total Area: 2,909 hectares (ha), comprising: Marine Management Area: 875 ha within the PMA; Terrestrial Conservation Areas: 467 ha - 341ha (public), 126 ha (private); Multiple Use Area: 1,567 ha (80% private, 20% public).
Land Tenure
Mixed public (53%) and private ownership (47%). Terrestrial areas are administered by the Ministry of Physical Development & Housing with the Forestry Department, and marine areas are administered by SMMA under the Department of Fisheries.
Ranges from 75 meters (m) below sea level to 777 m (Gros Piton) and 743 m (Petit Piton) above sea level.
Physical Features
The Lesser Antilles are the island peaks of a 700 km-long volcanic arc of 18 volcanoes, overlying a tectonic plate subduction (under-thrusting) zone. The Pitons are two steep forested cone-shaped mountains rising side by side from the sea on the southwest coast of Saint Lucia with spectacular abruptness. Gros Piton is three km wide at the base, Petit Piton is one km wide and is linked to it by the high Piton Mitan ridge. The peaks are the degraded dacitic cores of two lava-dome volcanoes probably formed on the side of a collapsed andesitic strato-volcano. They rise on the edge of the geologically complex caldera-like gravity-slide formation known as the Soufriere Volcanic Center, also the Qualibou depression which surrounds the whole area, including the town of Soufriere. In the center of the depression are the Sulphur Springs, a geothermal field or solfatara with sulphurous fumaroles and hot springs surrounded by a variety of other volcanic features: explosion craters, lava flows and deposits of pumice and ash. The volcanic area has been dormant for at least 20,000 years. If the Pitons are remnants of cumulo-domes, and not volcanic necks or plugs which are common, they are geologically unique. The soils are skeletal on steep slopes but are deep fertile clay loam elsewhere.
The Marine Management Area is a shoreline 11 km long by 1 km wide. It comprises a steeply sloping continental shelf down to the 75 m contour, with fringing and patch reefs, boulders and sandy plains. 57% of the nominated area is covered by healthy coral.
The island has a moist tropical climate with a rainfall of 2,000-2,500 millimeters (mm). It is dry between January and April, wet in November and December and the temperature is constant at 26.7° Celsius (C).
The dominant vegetation is tropical moist forest grading to subtropical wet forest with small areas of dry forest near the coast and on steep slopes, and small areas of wet elfin woodland on the summits. On the Pitons especially, small undisturbed natural forests remain, preserved by the steepness of the land. At least 148 species of plants have been recorded on Gros Piton, and 97 on Petit Piton and the ridge, many St.Lucia species being found only or mainly there. Many mosses, lichens, orchids and bromeliads thrive in the rainforest conditions. There is a relatively high level of endemic or rare species: the endemic shrubs Acalypha elizabethae, and Bernardia laurentii, found only on the summit of Petit Piton, the rare shrubs Justicia carthaginensis and Piper reticulatum, the rare vines Gonolobus coriacea, Amphilophium paniculatum and Melothria pendula and a herb, Eipatorium microstemon. There are also eight rare species of tree: one found only on the summit of Petit Piton - the pencil cedar Juniperus barbadensis (CR), Ocotea coriacea, Guarea kuntheana, Krugiodendron ferreum, Picrasma excelsa, Forestiera eggersiana, Randis nitida and Myrcianthus fragrans.
Twenty-seven bird species have been recorded on Gros Piton, including five endemic birds: Saint Lucia oriole Icterus laudabilis, St.Lucia black finch Melanospiza richardsoni (EN), Saint Lucia flycatcher Myiarchus oberi sanctae luceae, St.Lucia peewee Contopus oberi and St.Lucia house wren Troglodytes aedon sanctae luceae. There are 3 rodents, the indigenous opossum Didelphis marsupialis, 3 species of bat, 8 reptiles including the endemic Saint Lucia anole Anolis luciae and 3 amphibians; and many butterflies among the numerous invertebrate species which have not yet been completely surveyed.
The coral reefs are healthy and diverse, comprised of fringing and patch reefs. A short survey to a depth of 20 m revealed 168 species of finfish, 60 species of cnidaria, including corals, 8 molluscs, 14 sponges, 11 echinoderms, 15 arthropods and 8 annelid worms. Hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata (CR) are seen inshore and whale sharks Rhincodon typus and short-finned pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus, are seen offshore. A comprehensive survey would certainly reveal greater diversity.
Cultural Heritage
Archaeological sites - megalith, petroglyphs and middens - prove the existence of an Amerindian Carib population which was displaced by Africans brought by the French who settled in the mid 17th century. In 1814 the island was ceded to Britain from which independence was gained in 1979. There was a history of slave rebellions and the Soufriere area, especially the slopes of Gros Piton, was a base camp for runaway slaves and their settlements. This, aided by the rugged topography, nurtured a local tradition of independence. There are also old plantation estates and sugarmill ruins.
Local Human Population
No one lives permanently in the conservation and marine areas of the PMA. The surrounding rough topography and local traditions have favored diversified medium-sized estates and small hill farms in the region where 1,500 people live within the terrestrial multiple use zone of the Management Area. There is a thriving artisanal fishery.
Visitors and Visitor Facilities
For thirty years tourism has been the only growth sector in the economy, and visits by cruise ships are a growing trend. The Sulphur Springs are the island's most visited site, averaging 200,000 visitors a year and have an excellent visitor center and trails. The Pitons, majestic forested coastal volcanoes beside a Caribbean reef, are a natural and accessible tourist goal but walking trails are rudimentary as yet. The Gros Piton summit trail starts at Fond Gens Libres where there is an interpretation facility. Soufriere town has three resort hotels, two within the PMA which are supportive of conservation, and several smaller hotels; also three jetties for access from the sea for cruise ships. The Soufriere Regional Development Foundation (SRDF) and Soufriere Marine Management Association have been established to increase community participation in the development of local tourism. The SRDF offices house an information center. There are commercial dive operations and marine tours including whale and dolphin watching. This marine area tourism is closely monitored by the SMMA.
Scientific Research and Facilities
Several recent studies have been made of the flora and fauna, terrestrial and marine, and of issues affecting the conservation of the Pitons. Species lists from these studies are given in the nomination document. A team from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad, has studied the geology and geomorphology; the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute has supplied planning and monitoring expertise. There is a plan for comprehensive research and monitoring of key species, wildfires and visitor use. Coordination will be by the Pitons Management Area Scientific Advisory Committee.
Conservation Value
The Pitons are a spectacular area of iconic coastal scenery with highly productive subtropical wet and tropical moist forests harboring endemic species, and an adjacent fringing coral reef in excellent condition. Its volcanic geology illustrates the history of an andesitic composite volcano over a crustal subduction zone.
Conservation Management
The Pitons are already within the borders of Qualibou National Park, the prime tourist attraction of Saint Lucia, and are almost revered for their distinctive character and as symbols of national identity. The Pitons Management Area Plan incorporates a Land Use Plan and management plan for the whole site. The final version was approved in 2003. The Indicative Land Use Plan agreed between all relevant agencies and stakeholders proposes three zones: Terrestrial Conservation Area for both public and private lands, Terrestrial Multiple Use and Marine Management Area. Controls in the Terrestrial Conservation Area will be strict to ensure that access by visitors will have minimal impacts. Within the Multiple Use zone development will be controlled by existing laws supported by the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment and by detailed Design Guidelines to minimize the impacts of building, physical development and farming. Management of the various private lands within the PMA will be by stewardship arrangements, incentives and where necessary, through acquisition. The Marine Area is divided into five sectors: reserves, fishing priority, yacht mooring, multiple use, and recreational areas based on shore. Fishing and tourism do not have detrimental effects at present
The Soufriere Regional Development Foundation was set up in 1994 to increase the local area's involvement in the development of tourism. The award-winning Soufriere Marine Management Area Plan augments this for the Marine Reserve. The nominating committee is well aware of the need to finalize and enforce a land use policy and guidelines for development and to coordinate the fifteen or more different government and other organizations with authority over the area. These issues are fully addressed in the Management Plan. Coordination of planning and management will be by the PMA Advisory Committee and of scientific work by the PMA Scientific Advisory Committee.
Management Constraints
The local use of most forest resources is sustainable. Dry season restriction of access to prevent man-set fires, and educating local people on the values of the uncommon flora to forestall further impacts were strongly recommended by Cox. Hurricanes, dry-season fires, deforestation for timber, fuel and agriculture, livestock grazing and noise from tourist helicopters are threats. But the strongest impacts are from proposed developments in inappropriate places, such as the large luxury hotel already built on the almost pristine land between the Pitons, and marine pollution from solid wastes and eroded sediments from construction and mining which threaten coral and marine life. The government is acting to combat these. At present however, there is a lack of adequate staff and funding for the Pitons Managed Resource Area.
The SMMA has one Manager and five part-time specialists: Range Forest Officer, Fisheries Biologist, the Executive Director of the St. Lucia National Trust and two SMMA administrative staff. There are also 4 full-time rangers. The PMA is to have a Manager, two administrative assistants and two rangers, and an on-site office will be built.
The anticipated annual expenditure for the first two years is $162,000, initially to be supplied by the government. In the future the SMMA will also gather revenue from user fees, visitor, research and conservation operator fees, grants, donations and sales. The World Wildlife Fund has funded preliminary resource studies.
IUCN Management Category
- VI (Managed Resource Protected Area) Soufriere Marine Management Area
- Unset Pitons Management Areas
- Natural criteria i, iii. Natural World Heritage Site
Further Reading
- Anthony, D. (1997). Inventory of Flora and Fauna of Gros Piton, St. Lucia. Environmental and Coastal Resouces Project, Castries. 83pp.
- Bloom, A. (1998).Volcanoes in: Geomorphology: a Systematic Analysis of Late Cenozoic Landforms, pp 92-115. Prentice Hall. ISBN: 1577663543
- Cox, C. (1999). A Rapid Inventory of the Flora and Fauna of Petit Piton and the Ridge Between the Pitons. Forestry Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Castries. 30pp.
- De Beauville-Scott,S.,Moore, P. & Mortley, K. (1999). Report on Baseline Biodiversity Study of the Marine Area Adjacent to Gros Piton and Petit Piton: Anse l'Ivrogne to Malgretoute. Department of Fisheries, Castries. 56pp.
- De Beauville-Scott, S., George, S. & St.Lucia Heritage Committee (2003). Pitons Management Area Management Plan. Working Documents for Consultations.
- Devaux, R. (1999). Bibliography [of ] the Pitons of Saint Lucia. St. Lucia Research Centre Ltd.
- Dingwall, P. & Thorsell, J. (2004).World Heritage Nomination - IUCN Technical Evaluation. Pitons Management Area (St. Lucia). IUCN.
- Francis, P. (1993). Volcanoes: a Planetary Perspective. Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN: 0198540337
- Global Volcanism Program. Geoscience Press Inc.,Tucson, Arizona.
- IUCN (2003). Global Strategy for Geological World Heritage. Draft report.
- Lindsay, J. et al. (2002). Volcanic Hazards Assessment for St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles. 46pp.
- Ministry of Education (2003). Nomination for Inclusion on the World Heritage List of the Pitons Management Area, Saint Lucia. [Contains a bibliography of 34 references.]
- Putney, Allen 1999. Potential Natural Sites in the Caribbean.
- Simken, T. & Siebert, L. (1994). Volcanoes of the World. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U.S.A. ISBN: 0945005121.
- Sullivan S., Bustamente, K. & G. (1999). Setting Geographic Priorities for Marine Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean. TNC. ISBN: 188676509X.
- Wilkinson, C. 2002. Status of Coral Reefs of the World. Reefbase. ISBN: 0642322090.
- Wood, C. (2002). Geological Significance of the Proposed World Heritage Site in Saint Lucia. Report to St. Lucia WH Committee, 24pp.
- World Heritage Centre (2002). Proceedings of the Marine Biodiversity Workshop, Vietnam.
- World Heritage Committee (2000). Synthesis Report on the Seminar on Natural Heritage in the Caribbean . Information document, Surinam. 17pp
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The fiction of Pakistan's friendship, however, is becoming exceedingly hard to maintain, most of all because Pakistanis themselves don't believe it. The latest poll of Pakistani public opinion carried out by the Pew Global Attitudes Project , for example, has found that attitudes toward America - already profoundly negative - have declined still further. To wit, just eight percent of Pakistanis now see the United States as a partner, while nearly three-quarters (74 percent) view it as an enemy. Back in 2009, 64 percent of those surveyed did. Similarly, America's favorability rating, already low, has continued to deteriorate; from 16 percent in 2009 to 12 percent today.
These statistics speak volumes about the true state of relations between the United States and its most troublesome South Asian partner. So does Pakistan's own view of its geopolitical position. In the latest Pew poll, only 45 percent of respondents said it was important to improve ties with the U.S.-down from the 60 percent that held such a view just last year. Pakistan's population, in other words, is increasingly thinking beyond partnership with the United States.
This is perhaps most pronounced on the counterterrorism front. Back in 2009, 72 percent of Pakistanis supported U.S. financial and humanitarian support for their government's fight against Islamic extremists, and 63 percent supported American aid on intelligence and logistical matters as well. Today, by contrast, only half of all Pakistanis approve of U.S. economic and humanitarian aid, and just a third (37 percent) supports intel sharing and coordination.
As for military assistance, the numbers are even worse. Counterterrorism combat operations (carried out through special forces deployments or-increasingly-via drone strikes) have never been popular with Pakistanis, who have tended to view them as an unacceptable encroachment on their national sovereignty. When surveyed by Pew in 2010, less than a quarter (23 percent) of those polled supported such forceful intervention. And a series of Coalition missteps over the past two years has soured the Pakistani public on U.S. military action still further. This includes a tragic November 2011 operation by NATO forces in northwest Pakistan that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead, precipitating a fundamental political rupture and causing the country to close its borders to the Coalition. Ill-will still prevails; less than a fifth of Pakistanis (17 percent) now support U.S. military operations on their soil, despite the persistence of Islamic extremists in their country's unruly border regions.
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