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Turkish Airlines celebrates 75th year with festivities
Starting to fly exactly 75 years ago in 1933 with five airplanes, Turkish Airlines flies today to 140 destinations around the word with a fleet of 101 aircraft. And with its steadily improving quality of service, it is rapidly on the way to becoming one of the leading airlines in the world aviation arena.
Celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the airline's founding commenced with the laying of a wreath at the Ataturk Monument on Taksim Square by airline president Temel Kotil, Ph.D. at 10 a.m. on May 20th and continued with the unveiling of an inscription at the Main Executive Office building and the promotion of a specially prepared 75th year book chronicling the history of the airline and its corporate culture. Meanwhile an album entitled 'Yollar' (Roads), specially recorded for Turkish Airlines' 75th year by the 75-person Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in cooperation with the İnce Saz Group, was launched at the Cemal Reşit Ray Concert Hall at 8 p.m. the same evening. The pieces on the album, which consists of seven works, were named for the various 'roads' or 'ways' that have shaped the cultural and economic infrastructure of civilization: the Silk Road, the Spice Road, the Sun Road, the Hezarfen Road, the Migration Road, the Royal Road and the 'Hajj' or Pilgrimage Road. As part of the festivities, a special 'Troy' show was also staged for Turkish Airlines' personnel and their families at the Istanbul Show Center on 21st May. Sharing his enthusiasm at the celebrations, Chairman of the Airline's Board of Directors, Dr. Candan Karlıtekin said, "We are happy to be celebrating our 75th year with such success. We have got where we are today thanks to our personnel who toil with faith and pride and a love of their work. We would like to thank all of Turkish Airlines' employees, all our suppliers, all the firms with whom we work together, our passengers who we feel are behind us every minute, and Turkey. We are aware that our responsibilities are more serious, our obligations even greater today. Tomorrow is a new day and we are going to look at what we can do to find more cause to celebrate." Turkish Airlines President, Temel Kotil, Ph.D., also expressed his great pleasure in celebrating 75 years of Turkish Airlines' success, saying: "Our Company, which took the first step towards its founding in 1933 despite myriad impossibilities, has taken its place today among the world's most respected airlines, becoming Turkey's biggest brand name in the world as its 'flag carrier', with over 20 million passengers a year and over 100 airplanes, and making us all proud by being able to fly to any point in the world. We are proudly celebrating our 75th year today as the Turkish Airlines family. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to our passengers who support us and never give up on us, to our friends, and to all the firms that have served us in various areas."


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1* Seattle (10:10 ET): The season has gone quite well so far for Baltimore. They have a five-game lead in the AL East and are 47-31 overall. But that record comes as a byproduct of a "home-heavy" schedule to this point (44 of 78 games played at Camden Yards). The road hasn't been nearly as kind to the O's, who are now 16-18 away from Baltimore after losing 5-3 last night here in Seattle. While June wasn't good to the Mariners, don't be surprised if we see a "reversal of fortunes" in this weekend series.
Thursday's win got Seattle back over .500. Despite that pedestrian record, they have outscored opponents by 41 runs this year. The issue for them, at least recently, has been a starting rotation decimated by injuries. It all started when ace Felix Hernandez went down at the end of May. But Taijuan Walker returned last night and gave them a much-needed lift, holding the Orioles to just four hits over 6 1/3 innings. I think that Wade LeBlanc is capable of something similar tonight, at least based on his first start of 2016 where he tossed six innings of three-hit, shutout ball against another prolific offense, that being St. Louis.
Baltimore skipper Buck Showalter is very good at managing his bullpen, but he's got an issue right now as he has no lefty reliever to turn to w/ the exception of closer Zach Britton. Showalter's starter for Friday, Kevin Gausman, is winless this year in seven road starts w/ a 5.11 ERA and 1.514 WHIP. Seattle is now 3-1 vs. Baltimore this year and crushed them twice in Camden Yards back in May. The key has been holding them to just one home run in the three victories. If LeBlanc keeps them in the park again tonight, the home team should do just fine. 1* Seattle
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In the headlines: construction starts on the largest solar plant in the world and Telsa thinks about expanding EV factories into Europe and Asia
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- 27 August 2013
Clean Revolution news stories you may have missed:
- Google shrinks carbon emissions with global clean energy projects, August 23
- EIB lends $230 million to boost energy in Central America, August 23
- Global capacity set to surpass 2 terrawats by 2020, with power shifting to emerging markets, August 22
- Carbon price in China's first trading market overtakes EU's ETS, August 22
- Rajasthan unveils largest solar plant in Asia, joins Gujarat as the states leading India's clean energy growth, August 22
- Duke Energy adds biggest solar plant in San Francisco to its renewables portfolio, August 22
- Renewables sector in India has potential to create millions of new jobs, August 21
- Urban resilience vital as coastal cities face US$1 trillion floods by 2050, August 20
- Obama's Hurricane Sandy Taskforce releases plan for rebuilding America's resiliency, August 20
- Swiss Re experts say city decision-makers should consider total climate risk; insurance is key risk transfer tool, August 20
- If you're on twitter join over 40,000 other people from around the world and follow @climategroup for the latest daily news and quick facts.
The organising committee of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has launched its sustainability plan, in which it says it aims to act "in a socially, environmentally and economically responsible way in everything we do". The plan looks at ways to reduce the environmental footprint of transport, logistics and construction. It also considers the clean-up operation, waste management and ways to provide a sustainable supply chain and transparent management. Blue & Green Tomorrow, August 21.
The fifth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is set to reveal that scientists are more confident than ever that humans are causing global warming. Hundreds of scientists, 195 governments and over 100 non-governmental organisations will gather next month to discuss the study, known as AR5, which will be published in 2014. Blue & Green Tomorrow, August 23.
Three major solar manufacturers are producing panels at full speed and contemplating plans to expand capacity to meet surging demand in Asia. Trina Solar Ltd. (TSL), the third-largest panel producer, increased its forecast for panel shipments this year to as much as 2.4 gigawatts from an earlier range of 2 gigawatts to 2.1 gigawatts, according to a statement yesterday. That matches the Changzhou, China-based company's estimated annual production, and it may boost capacity next year. SunPower Corp. (SPWR) and JinkoSolar Holding Co. (JKS) said they're also running their factories at maximum and mulling ways to boost output. Bloomberg, August 21.
Greenhouse gas emissions from China's energy industry are likely to peak in 2027 as renewable energy and gas play an increasingly dominant role in the country's energy mix. That is the conclusion of a major new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) that predicts renewables, including large-scale hydroelectric projects, will contribute more than half of new capacity through to 2030 as the country's total power generation more than doubles. BusinessGreen, August 27.
A rising demand for green electricity across Europe could boost investment in countries' transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure, says research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company's latest report says that key European countries, including Germany, France, UK, Norway, Italy, Ireland and France, will spend substantial sums on grid expansion and upgrade programmes in order increase security of electricity supply, deploy smart grid technology and accommodate new sources of power generation – particularly renewable. Renewable Energy Focus, August 22.
Tesla thinking about building factories in Europe and Asia for upcoming mass-market EV. Tesla Motors' Fremont factory (aka the NUMMI plant that was jointly operated by GM and Toyota before it was sold) is currently producing about 20k EV on an annualized basis, with plans to make over 40k/year by the end of 2014. Treehugger, August 22.
Asia's largest single location solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant with a generation capacity of 55 MW was commissioned on Wednesday. The project was part of the first phase of the National Solar Mission. Union renewable energy minister Farooq Abdullah and chief minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated the solar energy plant, which is commissioned by Welspun Energy Limited, at Ravra village in Phalodi. The two leaders also laid the foundation of another upcoming solar energy park in the area; calling the development a giant step towards making Rajasthan not only a pioneer but a hub of solar energy production in the country. The Times of India, August 22.
North America
The construction of what will be the world's largest polycrystalline solar project is underway in Boulder City, Nevada. Situated on about 1,400 acres of land, this is the third phase of Sempra US Gas & Power's landmark Copper Mountain Solar complex, currently one of the largest photovoltaic (PV) solar plants in the US. Slated for completion in 2015, Copper Mountain Solar 3 will be capable of generating enough electricity to power approximately 80,000 homes. RTCC, August 22.
An internal government review into the impact of renewable energy generation is examining whether windfarms hit rural house prices. Environment secretary Owen Paterson has brought in consultants Frontier Economics to establish the loss to house prices caused by onshore wind, the Daily Telegraph has reported. The work is part of a wider study of the impact of renewables on the countryside and the rural economy. The report is a joint project between Paterson's Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The Guardian, August 22.
Biomass electricity generators could risk losing government subsidies if they fail to prove their fuel has come from sources that have been officially certified as "sustainable", under new plans announced today. Climate Change Minister Greg Barker today unveiled new sustainability criteria for wood-fuel, which aim to ensure any fuel used delivers lifecycle carbon emissions savings of more than 70 per cent compared to coal and oil. BusinessGreen, August 22.
Scientists are hard at work on a new alchemy: brewing fuel for cars -- synthetic gasoline -- from little more than water and sunshine. Mimicking the way plants turn sunlight and carbon dioxide in the air into energy and oxygen, the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis at the California Institute of Technology is in a race to trump nature and slow global warming. The effort is backed with $122 million of U.S. Energy Department funds and combines the talents of 120 scientists at Caltech; Stanford University; the University of California's Berkeley, Irvine and San Diego campuses; and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Bloomberg, August 22.
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Tomorrow night fans are excited to finally see "Breaking Amish: Return to Amish." On Friday, Zap 2 It shared a big preview for the upcoming season and Kate Stoltz modeling career is taking off. She has left the Amish world and is doing a great job as a model. Forget the Amish clothes because she is now wearing lingerie.
Kate did not return to Pennsylvania like everyone else. She is living in New York City and working as a model. That is her top priority right now but she will still be on this new season of the show. She decided to take "fus" off her name because it is actually a name that is more marketable for her. She wants to do whatever is best for her career. If you missed it, she even ended up in Maxim magazine.
In the preview, she is wearing lingerie for a photo shoot. She has to be reminded that her name is not Soltzfus anymore and that the "fus" is gone from her name. She is the daughter of the Bishop and always dreamed of being a model. It looks like her dream has come true. She is even in a swimsuit and heels in some of the photo shoots. She knows a bikini isn't modest but she doesn't even really care about it. Her parents are not happy about how things are in her life now.
ET Online also shared a clip of Sabrina on the upcoming season of the show. She is scared about giving birth but every person who has ever had a baby has felt that way. Growing up her mom did not talk to her about where babies came from and she has had to learn a lot as she dealt with her pregnancy.
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Water and wastewater facilities in the top two risk levels would be required to implement "inherently safer technology" if it's technically feasible, cost-effective, and reduces risk without making other facilities along the supply chain more vulnerable. Although DHS has yet to define the tier structure, facilities that use chlorine gas and don't have adequate security measures in place likely will land in those top tiers.
"This is government gone wild. Any installation where you're using chlorine gas in an urban area ought to have proper containment and other security measures in place anyway," argues Chuck Rogers, superintendent of the Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The 14-mgd facility, which uses sodium hypochlorite for disinfection, is secured by triple-strand bared wire, cameras, and an alarm system.
If the $1 billion were distributed evenly per capita nationwide, Rogers' facility would receive about $300,000. "People who say they need a huge amount of money from the federal government to conduct risk assessments haven't been doing their jobs for the last decade," he adds. "We all had fair warning on this. It's a gross waste of money."
The goals of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 have spilled over into annual appropriations on at least one front.
On Oct. 30, President Obama signed the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 2996), which funds agencies including the EPA. This year, the agency is receiving $3.6 billion for water-sector infrastructure, including $2.1 billion for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and $1.38 billion for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF).
More significantly, it includes a "green" provision from last year's massive economic stimulus bill.
From now on, states must spend one-fifth of their total allocation on green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other environmental innovation. Additionally, 30% of each SRF must take the form of principal forgiveness, negative-interest loans, or grants to communities that can't afford to pay back conventional loans.
"It's a good thing," says Carl Myers, assistant director of government affairs for the Water Environment Federation. "It's not just for stormwater detention and green roofs, but also for energy conservation and reuse, cogeneration, and water reuse and recycling. It's the types of things that water utilities like to do anyway."
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Well, a month or so ago, the hype about a "Great Rotation" from bonds into stocks reached a fever pitch. But don't hold your breath.
The theory in a nutshell is that as the Fed tightens policy over the next few years, investors holding bonds from the ZIRP era will flee their positions. That will result in a flow of cash to newer interest-bearing assets, but also into stocks since an uptick in rates likely would be contingent on significant economic stability.
Many investors are eager for this shift to happen, and bullish about the next few years as a result. But it's very risky to filter all of the recent news through the perspective of the Great Rotation — because you'll wind up seeing what you want to see, and miss the true facts.
And the fact is that any rotation is going to happen slowly, and will take years to achieve.
This is a hard reality that many bulls don't want to admit. Just last week, a top executive at Amundi Asset Management — a firm with $1 trillion under its roof — predicted the rotation has begun and told the Wall Street Journal that equities will outperform in the next 12 to 18 months as investors go "risk on."
But remember a simple truth about capital markets: There always is a counterparty, and without a magic wand, you cannot convert all the money in one asset class to investment in another. Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) doesn't issue new stock just because it's a bull market, and bonds don't get retired early just because investors rotate out.
Or put plainly: Lots of people also will be buying bonds and selling stocks for this Great Rotation to happen. That will subsequently affect pricing, and in turn the pace and volume of these sales.
Enough with abstractions. Let's get to the meat here:
Investors have been rushing into stocks lately, but inflows have cooled off significantly since the beginning of the year. Check this graphic from Hibah Yousuf of The Buzz blog at CNNMoney, which shows the pace of inflow to stock mutual funds from bond funds has "slowed considerably" since the beginning of 2013. In fact, we are cruising back to flat — perhaps even into outflow territory.
Furthermore, as Marc Chandler of Brown Brothers Harriman points out, "There is a third asset class that needs to be integrated into the analysis: cash." He goes on to state that one analysis showed "cash holdings rising by about $350 bln in the Nov-Dec period and about $165 bln has flowed out since the start of the year."
A Great Rotation might well be under way. But it's not as simple as just flipping a switch. There will be many periods where stocks will look too expensive for new money — as they have in the last week. There also will be periods where cash or cheap bonds will remain in favor.
So if you're looking for a megashift in the market this year, you might be out of luck. A rotation from bonds to stocks — or among any asset classes including commodities or even cash — naturally takes time and sees momentum wax and wane.
But use that to your advantage. Because the bottom line is the stock market will come back and the bond market will see big upheaval when the Federal Reserve eventually raises rates. The periods when stocks cool off, as we are seeing right now, could be a good time to enter and avoid the feeding frenzy when everyone is buying.
Related Reading
- Of course, there are doubts that a Great Rotation will ever happen based on historical trends. (MarketWatch)
- Furthermore, Citigroup says there's no Great Rotation in 2013. (Business Insider)
- Cullen Roche also riffs on the idea that "securities are always held by someone," as well as other thoughts about the Great Rotation. (Pragmatic Capitalism)
- If and when the Great Rotation happens, BlackRock says don't ignore the power of fixed income altogether. (Investment Europe)
Jeff Reeves is the editor of InvestorPlace.com and the author of "The Frugal Investor's Guide to Finding Great Stocks." Write him at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter via @JeffReevesIP. As of this writing, he did not own a position in any of the stocks named here.


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The relatives of the missing ferry passengers refuse to let the cranes lift the sunken ferry out of the water. The cranes were brought to the site of the ferry disaster with hopes of raising the ferry because the divers cannot get all the way into the vessel.
The 650 divers taking shifts working the search mission can see bodies through the submerged vessels windows. They are unable to break the windows to get in and recovery the bodies, so raising the ship is the alternative, according to NBC News on April 19.
Oxygen is still being pumped into the hull of the ship with the mindset that there may still be some survivors trapped below in air pockets. Relatives of the missing passengers fear that if their loved ones are alive in the ship their safety would be in jeopardy if the ship is lifted out of the water.
With the oxygen being pumped into the ship and nobody willing to say that there is no chance that survivors will be found, families are hanging on to the hopes that there are some still alive. The families are still looking for rescues and not willing to step into the recovery mode as of yet.
A briefing at the gymnasium where the families are staying saw tempers flare with a few dozen family members hurling themselves up unto the stage. They did this in protest of the ship being lifted from the depths of the ocean.
The search and rescue is in its fourth day and families feel that there is a lack of urgency on behalf of the South Korea government to get to any possible survivors. Lee Jong-eui, whose nephew is among the missing passengers, said to the media:
"The government should have hurried up and have done something, but they just wasted four days, which led to this point. I think this is more like a man-made disaster."
The death toll is at 32 today with 270 people still unaccounted for. Most of the missing are young teens who were on a field trip. Their vice-principal, who was along on the trip as a chaperone, was one of the first people off the sinking ship. He was being housed with the missing passenger's family members at the gymnasium when he was found dead, hanging from a tree yesterday. Police report his death as an apparent suicide.
According to CNN News today, Captain Lee Joon Seok was arrested and charged with abandoning his boat, negligence, causing bodily injury, not seeking rescue from other ships, and violating "seamen's law." The captain, who was also one of the first to leave the sinking ferry in a lifeboat, will have to answer for this horrendous tragedy, in a court of law. As will two of his crew, who were also arrested in this tragedy..


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PLAINVIEW - Randall High, led by Stephanie Gibson's 17 points and Anika Holmes' 10, jumped out to a big first-quarter lead and coasted past Hale Center 49-30 on Thursday in the opening round of the Queens Classic at the Hutcherson Center.
The Lady Raiders will meet Monterey in today's high school division semifinals. Monterey defeated Sudan 44-38.
In the other high school division semifinal, host Plainview will take on Levelland. Plainview jumped out to a 24-4 first quarter lead against Dimmitt, and rolled to a 66-27 win. Levelland reached the semifinals with a 42-35 victory over Vega, the defending Class 1A state champion.
Randall led by a 21-6 margin after one quarter, and increased it to 32-10 at halftime.
In the college division, host Wayland Baptist remained undefeated this season as it rolled past Mary Hardin-Baylor 83-39. Jacqueline Godoy led the Flying Queens with 21 points. Cami Rea added 14 and Geronica Tucker chipped in 12. WBU shot 52.4 percent from the field, while Mary Hardin-Baylor hit only 25.4 percent.
In the other college division games, Colorado-Colorado Springs defeated Mary Hardin-Baylor 54-42; Lubbock Christian turned back McKendree College 57-49 and Oklahoma Baptist defeated Xavier 68-50.
Today's college division games match Oklahoma Baptist against Colorado-Colorado Springs, Mary Hardin-Baylor taking on McKendree and Wayland Baptist meeting Xavier.
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Levon Helm tickets now available
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Fayetteville Forward, Jonathan Coulton, Shannon Wurst, Roger Creager and more.
Fayetteville Forward begins tonight
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Apartment Art
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The Ozark Mountain Nightmare Band sets the scene for some serious rock-and-billy in Midtown.
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NAMA 2009 Nominees Announced
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Lots of art to see in Fayetteville on Wednesday
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Winers: Nebbia ticket giveaway
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Own a piece of Razorback history and a new ride at the same time.
To-Do Tuesday: 3/24/09
Nebbia opening night. Music at Smiling Jack's. Cool.
Spring football starts today for the Razorbacks
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Levon Helm is coming home
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Christmas and Crayola — they just go together.
Perhaps I say that because I've always associated Crayola with creativity. As a teacher, my classroom was filled with Crayola products. As a mom, ditto. I've always enjoyed giving children gifts that encourage creativity — not just another toy that will gather dust and be forgotten soon after it's been unwrapped. Over the years, the girls have painted their own Nativity sets. I've made their Christmas stockings. We've baked countless creative cookies, crafted numerous ornaments, and created a tree skirt with the girls' handprints each year. Creative gifts really are the best!
This Christmas, Crayola has some amazing new products. Check out their gift guide. We're not just living in the age of the crayon box anymore.
No, this year you can expect thrills from Crayola like the Digital Light Designer.
This high-tech LED toy lets kids draw anywhere on the 360-degree curved surface with a stylus, and voila! Their marks "magically" light up! Kind of like a 21st-century Lite-Brite (remember those?). If the kids create a design they especially like, they can even save it in the gallery to view again later. Kids can also animate their designs, and play interactive games. I'm wishing I could play with one of these!
The Light Designer is perfect for ages 6 and up, and runs on batteries.
We all know about airbrushing. But what if your kids could airbrush on their own? My first thought upon seeing the Crayola Marker Airbrush was honestly, Uh oh. Looks messy!
But upon reading reviews, that doesn't seem to be a problem — providing that you use it with kids 6 and up (as recommended), and that you prepare an area ahead of time for the fun (I'm thinking outdoors if it's summer, or spread out some newspaper in the basement during winter).
A great feature of the airbrush toy is that it requires no batteries. It works with the kids applying pressure to an included air tank and then pulling a trigger to spray ink from Crayola markers onto paper (you can also purchase special markers to airbrush glass). The set includes the airbrush tank, washable markers, fabric markers, and paper and stencils. This sounds like a ton of fun for kids, as long as they're supervised and don't start airbrushing each other (although I'm sure they'd enjoy that).
I hope you're intrigued by these creative gift ideas. How would you like to win them, for a special child in your life? Thanks to Crayola, one of you will do just that. You can enter to win a Crayola Marker Airbrush AND a Digital Light Designer!
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Enter by December 11, and I'll choose a random winner December 12. Happy crafting!
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The summary below is from the full report titled "Smoking and Deaths between 40 and 70 Years of Age in Women and Men." It is in the 21 March 2006 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 144, pages 381-389). The authors are S.E. Vollset, A. Tverdal, and H.K. Gjessing.
The World Heath Organization has identified smoking as the major preventable cause of human death worldwide. About 5 million people die of smoking-related illness each year. Many studies show that smokers are more likely to die of certain types of cancer and cardiovascular disease than nonsmokers of similar age. However, few studies provide accurate estimates of how much smoking increases the risk for death, especially among women. Good information would be useful to doctors and others when trying to motivate smokers to quit and nonsmokers to not start smoking.
To examine the relationship between deaths in persons 40 to 70 years of age and smoking behaviors in a large sample of men and women.
24,505 Norwegian women and 25,034 Norwegian men who were born between 1925 and 1941 and were participating in a study of cardiovascular risk factors
During 1974 to 1978, the researchers collected health information, including smoking behaviors, from all study participants. Participants completed follow-up examinations about 5 years and 10 years after the initial examination. Death certificates provided information on death and cause of death through the year 2000. The researchers then examined relationships between death and smoking behaviors and estimated the benefits of quitting smoking at various ages.
During the study, 2333 women and 4680 men died between the ages of 40 and 70 years. Death rates were much higher among those who smoked 20 or more cigarettes per day than among people who never smoked. During the study, 26% of women who were heavy smokers died compared with only 9% of women who were nonsmokers. Among men, 41% of heavy smokers and only 14% of nonsmokers died. At each age and at each level of smoking, male smokers had higher death rates than female smokers. Lung cancer deaths were the same in men and women smokers, but male smokers had a higher risk for cardiovascular death than women with similar smoking behaviors. The lower baseline risk for cardiovascular disease in women than in men at similar ages explains these differences. Not surprisingly, the younger smokers were when they quit, the more they lowered their risk for death. However, even among the oldest participants, quitting smoking had a benefit.
The study included only Norwegians. The researchers had information on smoking behavior at only 3 time points; smoking behaviors may have changed during the final years of follow-up.
In men and women, smoking strongly increases and quitting smoking decreases the risk for death between 40 and 70 years of age. The higher death rates among male smokers compared with female smokers seem to be due to lower baseline risk for cardiovascular disease in women compared with men. Lung cancer deaths were similar between male and female smokers.
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Fluorescence Filter Combinations
Red Excitation Filter Sets
The Nikon red excitation fluorescence filter combination category comprises a single carefully balanced set that incorporates a bandpass emission (barrier) filter capable of selectively isolating fluorescence emission occurring in the deep red to near-infrared spectral regions. The barrier filter passband is centered at 700 nanometers, with a bandwidth of 75 nanometers (663 to 738 nanometers). A wide 60-nanometer excitation band encompassing orange and red wavelengths covers the spectral range of 590 to 650 nanometers. The Cy5 HYQ combination employs a longpass dichromatic mirror having a cut-on wavelength of 660 nanometers, which is 10 nanometers higher than the excitation bandpass cut-off.
Performance of the Cy5 HYQ red excitation filter set can be judged by comparing images of fluorophores designed for excitation in the orange-red and emission in the deep red wavelength regions, as illustrated in Figure 1. The specimens are individual adherent monolayer cultures of Indian Muntjac deerskin fibroblast cells labeled with a variety of probes. Figure 1(a) illustrates the Muntjac cells with MitoTracker Deep Red 633, which has an absorption maximum of 644 nanometers and an emission maximum of 665 nanometers. Cellular nuclei from a different culture were labeled with the nucleic acid stain TO-PRO-3 (Figure 1(b); absorbance at 642 nanometers and emission at 661 nanometers). The filamentous actin cytoskeletal network is presented in Figure 1(c), which features the far red probe Alexa Fluor 633 conjugated to phalloidin. Alexa Fluor 633 has an absorption maximum at 621 nanometers and a corresponding fluorescence emission peak centered at 639 nanometers. All of the images in Figure 1 were captured in 12-bit grayscale mode, but subsequently pseudocolored by converting to the RGB color palette and setting the green and blue channels to zero (to produce a red image).
Because most of the emission resulting from excitation by red wavelengths occurs in the deep red to near-infrared spectral region, the fluorescence signal is, in general, only faintly visible or is invisible to the human eye. Consequently, detection using photomultiplier tubes or imaging by CCD cameras without an infrared filter is required for full utilization of the generated fluorescence signal. Although autofluorescence is typically a less significant problem in the far-red and near-infrared regions than at shorter wavelengths, the bandpass emission filter of the Cy5 HYQ set restricts emission at wavelengths longer than approximately 740 nanometers.
The Cy5 HYQ filter combination for red wavelength excitation shares the design characteristic of other filter sets in the Nikon HYQ series of wider passbands with sharp transitions for both the excitation and emission filters. The wide passbands provide increased energy for generating and acquiring fluorescence signal, and with the excitation window spanning wavelengths from yellow-orange into the red, the Cy5 HYQ set can be utilized with a considerable range of fluorochromes, in addition to Cy5, for which it is primarily designed. The bandpass barrier filter transmits signal ranging from visible far-red wavelengths into the invisible near-infrared spectral region.
Nikon Red Excitation Filter Combination Specifications
Table 1
Cy5 HYQ - The Cy5 HYQ filter combination for red-wavelength excitation is designed to provide high-energy excitation of the fluorophore Cy5, although the wide excitation range (yellow-orange to red) allows the set to be utilized with a variety of fluorochromes. Sharp filter transitions between reflection and transmission regions enable maintaining signal separation in combination with the high brightness level resulting from the use of wide passbands. The bandpass barrier filter transmits signal from the far-red into the near-infrared, a wavelength range that is most efficiently detected using electronic detectors, such as photomultipliers and CCD cameras without an infrared filter.
A wide array of fluorophores has been developed for investigations using excitation wavelengths spanning the orange to red wavelength regions. Catalogued in Table 2 are many of the popular dyes and fluorescent probes that can be visualized with the Nikon Cy5 HYQ red excitation filter combination. The localized environment significantly influences fluorophore absorption and emission spectra maximum (peak) wavelengths, so the values presented in Table 2 may vary with experimental conditions. This list is intended to serve only as a guide for filter and fluorophore selection and should not be considered a comprehensive or exhaustive compilation. Many of the fluorescent probes included in the table are proprietary and have been developed to minimize photobleaching while ensuring a maximum overlap between the fluorochrome absorption and emission spectra and common fluorescence filter combinations. Note that due to broad absorption and emission bands, several of the fluorescent probes listed in Table 2 are also suitable for use with filter combinations having other excitation wavelength passbands, particularly in the yellow spectral region.
Fluorochromes with Red Excitation Spectral Profiles
Table 2
Although the Cy5 HYQ filter combination described in this section adequately serves for a majority of the investigations with red excitation wavelengths, several additional specialized filter sets are available from the aftermarket manufacturers. Some of these combinations incorporate orange or red-band excitation with non-standard dichromatic mirrors and barrier filters, which may be chosen to match particular detector characteristics. In other variations, a narrow excitation bandpass may be applied to selectively isolate specific emission lines for sources such as lasers or mercury arc-discharge lamps, which occur in discrete spectral regions. If no strong excitation line for the fluorochrome of interest exists, a wider excitation filter passband may be required in order to collect sufficient signal, and a similar approach is necessary when broadband low-intensity illumination sources, such as tungsten-halogen lamps, must be used.
One minor variation of the Nikon Cy5 HYQ filter set, available from specialty manufacturers, is a longpass version that utilizes the same excitation filter and dichromatic mirror, but incorporates a longpass emission filter for use in investigations in which detection of the longer wavelengths is desired. Other specialized combinations are configured with narrower excitation and/or emission bandpass windows for applications in which signal discrimination is more important than a high signal level. Some of these sets employ very narrow passbands designed for specific fluorophores that have unusually small Stokes shift values. A number of the fluorochromes in the red excitation category are efficiently excited by the 633-nanometer line of the helium-neon laser, and special filter sets are available that have extremely narrow excitation passbands of only a few nanometers width, centered on that wavelength.
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Anna Scordato and Stanley Schwartz - Bioscience Department, Nikon Instruments, Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York, 11747.
John D. Griffin, Nathan S. Claxton, Matthew J. Parry-Hill, Thomas J. Fellers, Kimberly M. Vogt, Ian D. Johnson, Shannon H. Neaves, Omar Alvarado, Lionel Parsons, Jr., Michael A. Sodders, Richard L. Ludlow, and Michael W. Davidson - National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 East Paul Dirac Dr., The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32310.


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32. Obligations and reporting requirements of centres
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Refer to principles 10,11 and 13
Regulatory principles that apply to licensed centres
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maintain proper and accurate records and information about all licensed activities;
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report all adverse incidents (including serious adverse events and reactions) to the HFEA, investigate all complaints properly, and share lessons learned appropriately;
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conduct all licensed activities with proper regard for the regulatory framework governing treatment and research involving gametes or embryos within the UK. including:
- maintaining up to date awareness and understanding of legal obligations;
- responding promptly to requests for information and documents from HFEA; and
- co-operating fully with inspections and investigations by HFEA or other agencies responsible for law enforcement or regulation of healthcare.
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Mandatory requirements
Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Act 1990 (as amended)
31 Register information
- (1)
The Authority shall keep a register which is to contain any information which falls within subsection (2) and which—
(a) immediately before the coming into force of section 24 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, was contained in the register kept under this section by the Authority, or
(b) is obtained by the Authority.
- (2)
Subject to subsection (3), information falls within this subsection if it relates to—
(a) the provision for any identifiable individual of treatment services other than basic partner treatment services,
(b) the procurement or distribution of any sperm, other than sperm which is partner-donated sperm and has not been stored, in the course of providing non-medical fertility services for any identifiable individual,
(c) the keeping of the gametes of any identifiable individual or of an embryo taken from any identifiable woman,
(d) the use of the gametes of any identifiable individual other than their use for the purpose of basic partner treatment services, or
(e) the use of an embryo taken from any identifiable woman, or if it shows that any identifiable individual is a relevant individual.
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Information does not fall within subsection (2) if it is provided to the Authority for the purposes of any voluntary contact register as defined by section 31ZF(1).
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In this section "relevant individual" means an individual who was or may have been born in consequence of—
(a) treatment services, other than basic partner treatment services, or
(b) the procurement or distribution of any sperm (other than partner donated sperm which has not been stored) in the course of providing non-medical fertility services.
12 General conditions
- (1)
The following shall be conditions of every licence granted under this Act—
…(b) that any member or employee of the Authority, on production, if so required, of a document identifying the person as such, shall at all reasonable times be permitted to enter those premises and inspect them (which includes inspecting any equipment or records and observing any activity)…
(g) that the Authority shall be provided, in such form and at such intervals as it may specify in Directions, with such copies of or extracts from the records, or such other information, as the Directions may specify.
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It shall be a condition of every licence to which this subsection applies that—
(a) such information as is necessary to facilitate the traceability of gametes and embryos, and
(b) any information relating to the quality or safety of gametes or embryos, shall be recorded and provided to the Authority upon request.
17 Persons Responsible
It shall be the duty of the individual under whose supervision the activities authorised by a licence are carried on (referred to in this Act as the "person responsible") to secure—
…(g) that the Authority is notified and provided with a report analysing the cause and the ensuing outcome of any serious adverse event or serious adverse reaction.
Schedule 3B Inspection, Entry, Search and Seizure
Inspection of statutory records
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(1) A duly authorised person may require a person to produce for inspection any records which the person is required to keep by, or by virtue of, this Act.
(2) Where records which a person is so required to keep are stored in any electronic form, the power under sub-paragraph (1) includes power to require the records to be made available for inspection—
(a) in a visible and legible form, or
(b) in a form from which they can be readily produced in a visible and legible form.
(3) A duly authorised person may inspect and take copies of any records produced for inspection in pursuance of a requirement under this paragraph.
Arranging inspections
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(1) Where a person—
(a) makes an enquiry to the Authority which concerns the making of a relevant application by that person, or
(b) has made a relevant application to the Authority which the Authority has not yet considered,
the Authority may arrange for a duly authorised person to inspect any of the premises mentioned in sub-paragraph (3).
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) a "relevant application" means—
(a) an application for authorisation for a person to carry on an activity governed by this Act which the person is not then authorised to carry on, or
(b) an application for authorisation for a person to carry on any such activity on premises where the person is not then authorised to carry it on.
(3) The premises referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—
(a) the premises where any activity referred to in sub-paragraph (2) is to be carried on;
(b) any premises that will be relevant third party premises for the purposes of any application.
(4) The power in sub-paragraph (1) is exercisable for purposes of the Authority's functions in relation to licences and third party agreements.
Entry and inspection of premises
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(1) A duly authorised person may at any reasonable time enter and inspect any premises to which a licence relates or relevant third party premises.
(2) The power in sub-paragraph (1) is exercisable for purposes of the Authority's functions in relation to licences and third party agreements.
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(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the Authority shall arrange for any premises to which a licence relates to be inspected under paragraph 3 by a duly authorised person at intervals not exceeding two years.
(2) The Authority need not comply with sub-paragraph (1) where the premises in question have been inspected in pursuance of paragraph 2 or 3 at any point within the previous two years.
Entry and search in connection with suspected offence
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(1) If a justice of the peace is satisfied on sworn information or, in Northern Ireland, on a complaint on oath that there are reasonable grounds for believing—
(a) that an offence under this Act is being, or has been committed on any premises, and
(b) that any of the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) is met in relation to the premises,
the justice of the peace may by signed warrant authorise a duly authorised person, together with any constables, to enter the premises, if need be by force, and search them.
(2) The conditions referred to are—
(a) that entry to the premises has been, or is likely to be, refused and notice of the intention to apply for a warrant under this paragraph has been given to the occupier;
(b) that the premises are unoccupied;
(c) that the occupier is temporarily absent;
(d) that an application for admission to the premises or the giving of notice of the intention to apply for a warrant under this paragraph would defeat the object of entry.
(3) A warrant under this paragraph shall continue in force until the end of the period of 31 days beginning with the day on which it is issued.
(4) In relation to Scotland—
(a) any reference in sub-paragraph (1) to a justice of the peace includes any reference to a sheriff, and
(b) the reference in that sub-paragraph to "on sworn information" is to be read as a reference to "by evidence on oath".
Execution of warrants
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(1) Entry and search under a warrant under paragraph 5 is unlawful if any of sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) and (6) is not complied with.
(2) Entry and search shall be at a reasonable time unless the person executing the warrant thinks that the purpose of the search may be frustrated on an entry at a reasonable time.
(3) If the occupier of the premises to which the warrant relates is present when the person executing the warrant seeks to enter them, the person executing the warrant shall—
(a) produce the warrant to the occupier, and
(b) give the occupier—
(i) a copy of the warrant, and
(ii) an appropriate statement.
(4) If the occupier of the premises to which the warrant relates is not present when the person executing the warrant seeks to enter them, but some other person is present who appears to the person executing the warrant to be in charge of the premises, the person executing the warrant shall—
(a) produce the warrant to that other person,
(b) give that other person—
(i) a copy of the warrant, and
(ii) an appropriate statement, and
(c) leave a copy of the warrant in a prominent place on the premises.
(5) In sub-paragraphs (3)(b)(ii) and (4)(b)(ii), the references to an appropriate statement are to a statement in writing containing such information relating to the powers of the person executing the warrant and the rights and obligations of the person to whom the statement is given as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(6) If the premises to which the warrant relates are unoccupied, the person executing the warrant shall leave a copy of it in a prominent place on the premises.
(7) Where the premises in relation to which a warrant under paragraph 5 is executed are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent, the person executing the warrant shall when leaving the premises, leave them as effectively secured as the person found them.
Seizure in the course of inspection or search
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(1) A duly authorised person entering and inspecting premises under paragraph 3 may seize anything on the premises which the duly authorised person has reasonable grounds to believe may be required for -
(a) the purposes of the Authority's functions relating to the grant, revocation, variation or suspension of licences, or
(b) the purpose of taking appropriate control measures in the event of a serious adverse event or serious adverse reaction.
(2) A duly authorised person entering or searching premises under a warrant under paragraph 5 may seize anything on the premises which the duly authorised person has reasonable grounds to believe may be required for the purpose of being used in evidence in any proceedings for an offence under this Act.
(3) Where a person has power under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) to seize anything, that person may take such steps as appear to be necessary for preserving that thing or preventing interference with it.
(4) The power under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) includes power to retain anything seized in exercise of the power for so long as it may be required for the purpose for which it was seized.
(5) Where by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (2) a person ("P") seizes anything, P shall leave on the premises from which the thing was seized a statement giving particulars of what P has seized and stating that P has seized it.
Supplementary provision
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(1) Power under this Schedule to enter and inspect or search any premises includes power to take such other persons and equipment as the person exercising the power reasonably considers necessary.
(2) Power under this Schedule to inspect or search any premises includes, in particular—
(a) power to inspect any equipment found on the premises,
(b) power to inspect and take copies of any records found on the premises, and
(c) in the case of premises to which a licence relates or premises which are relevant third party premises in relation to a licence, power to observe the carrying-on of the licensed activity on the premises.
(3) Any power under this Schedule to enter, inspect or search premises includes power to require any person to afford such facilities and assistance with respect to matters under that person's control as are necessary to enable the power of entry, inspection or search to be exercised.
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(1) A person's right to exercise a power under this Schedule is subject to production of evidence of the person's entitlement to exercise it, if required.
(2) As soon as reasonably practicable after having inspected premises in pursuance of arrangements made under paragraph 2 or after having exercised a power under this Schedule to inspect or search premises, the duly authorised person shall—
(a) prepare a written report of the inspection, or as the case may be, the inspection and search, and
(b) if requested to do so by the appropriate person, give the appropriate person a copy of the report.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2), the "appropriate person" means—
(a) in relation to premises to which a licence relates, the person responsible, or
(b) in relation to any other premises, the occupier.
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A person who—
(a) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement under paragraph 1(1) or 8(3), or
(b) intentionally obstructs the exercise of any right under this Schedule,
is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
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In this Schedule—
(a) "duly authorised person", in the context of any provision, means a
person authorised by the Authority to act for the purposes of that provision, and
(b) "licensed activity", in relation to a licence, means the activity which the licence authorises to be carried on.
35B Fees
The Authority may charge a fee in respect of any of the following—
(a) an application for a licence,
(b) the grant or renewal of a licence,
(c) an application for the revocation or variation of a licence, …
Licence conditions
Suitable practices must be used in the course of activities authorised by this licence and in other activities carried out in the course of providing treatment services that do not require a licence.
Any member or employee of the Authority, on production of a document identifying the person as such, if so required, must at all reasonable times be permitted to enter those premises and inspect them (including inspecting any equipment or records and observing any activity).
In support of an inspection, the Authority must be provided, within 28 days of a request in writing being made, with such information as specified in the written requests or in Directions.
When carrying out licensable activities, the centre shall only use those processes which have been
expressly authorised by the Authority and published on the HFEA website (as amended from time to time).
The Authority must be provided, in such form and at such intervals as it may specify in Directions, with such copies of or extracts from the records, or such other information, as the Directions may specify.
HFEA guidance
Legal obligations toward the HFEA
32AInterpretation of mandatory requirements
Centres have various legal obligations toward the HFEA. The person responsible should familiarise themselves with these, which include:
a) allowing HFEA inspectors to enter centre premises or relevant third party premises at reasonable hours
b) allowing HFEA inspectors to inspect centre or relevant third party premises, including inspecting equipment and records, taking away copies of records and other required items, and observing any activity, and
c) notifying the HFEA of any new activities or treatment services, before those services or activities are carried out.
The law also requires centres to provide certain information to the HFEA, either on request or at intervals or by deadlines specified in Directions. This includes information relating to:
a) the quality or safety of gametes and embryos
b) the traceability of gametes and embryos
c) adverse incidents and near misses, and
d) register information, including:
i) registration information for donors, patients and patients' partners
ii) information on the intention to treat
iii) IVF treatment and embryo creation information
iv) donor insemination information
v) treatment outcome information.
Directions also outline how and when information should be submitted. For example, licensed centres must report using the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system unless they are given prior written authority to use a different method.
Collecting and recording information for the HFEA
- 32.1
The person responsible should ensure that:
a) data is submitted in line with Directions, using HFEA guidance on the completion of forms
b) data is submitted within the timeframe required by Directions
c) the data submitted is of good quality, and any errors and omissions are identified and corrected within the timeframe specified by Directions
d) suitable processes support verification and sign-off of the centre's data in line with Directions and 'HFEA Policy on Collection, Confirmation and Publication of Register Data'
e) staff who submit data to the HFEA are adequately trained, and supported with standard operating procedures, and
f) data collection, recording and submission processes are monitored and audited, and information from these is used to trigger any corrective action needed.
- 32.2
The person responsible should ensure that mechanisms used to monitor data collection, recording and submission are regularly reviewed to ensure that requirements are met.
- 32.3
The person responsible should ensure that checks on the quality of data submitted to the HFEA include reconciliation of Register data to source documentation (ie, patient and donor records) held by the centre. Some system and process errors may be identified only in this way.
- 32.4
The person responsible should tell the HFEA as early as possible if they plan to move to a different IT system for submitting Register data. Such a move may mean staff no longer have access to previous data, or cannot correct records on the old IT system (ie, patient and donor registration, and linked gamete source/treatments and pregnancy outcomes).
- 32.5
The person responsible should tell the HFEA as early as possible if they expect to close the centre, and should make adequate arrangements for:
a) accessing and storing patient and donor records in the future
b) submitting outstanding information to the Authority, and
c) providing outcome data that will be pending when the centre closes.
Requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
- 32.6
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) gives the public the right to access information held by central government, local government and other public organisations. The FOIA is intended to improve openness and accountability to the public. Therefore, any recorded information (eg, on paper, computer file, email, disk, tape or microfiche) submitted to the HFEA may be disclosed under the FOIA. This excludes information covered by the confidentiality provisions of the HFE Act 1990 (as amended). The HFEA will consider arguments from information providers for non-disclosure, but may decide that the information must be disclosed.
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In the JLP (Japanese Experiment Module Experiment Logistics Module Pressurized Section), FE-2 Reisman performed the periodical status and shell temperature check from the MKAM (Minimum Keep-Alive Monitor).
The crew jointly reviewed the Robotics pre-launch checkout activities ahead, including the updated DOUG (Dynamic Onboard Ubiquitous Graphics) software uplinked for tomorrow's scheduled SSRMS (Space Station Remote Manipulator System) operations and the procedures for starting up the DOUG. (Tomorrow (5/20) Reisman will check out both RWS (Robotics Workstations), as during the 1 JA prelaunch checkouts. Afterwards, the CDR and FE-2 also have some DOUG setup time and then maneuver the SSRMS into an ATV survey position using a Joint OCAS (Operator Commanded Auto Sequence) to look at two areas for possible MLI (Multi-Layered Insulation) damage. After the survey, the SSRMS will be maneuvered to grapple the MBS PDGF-3 (Mobile Base System/Power & Data Grapple Fixture 3), followed by a base change by ground commanding to prepare for the next day. On 5/21, the crew will release the other end of the arm at the Node-2 PDGF and maneuver to the 1J Docking position. DOUG is a special application running on the MSS (Mobile Service System) RWS laptops that provides a graphical birdseye-view image of the external station configuration and the SSRMS arm, showing its real-time location and configuration on a laptop during its operation.)
The FE-2 also set up the video configuration for the Robotics ops by putting in place the necessary cable hook-up of the UOP DCP (utility outlet panel/display & control panel) power bypass cable at the CUP RWS (Cupola Robotic Work Station).
In preparation for the STS-124 spacewalks, Garrett initiated recharge procedures on REBA (Rechargeable EVA Battery Assemblies), HL (Helmet Light), PGT (Pistol Grip Tool), and EMU (Extravehicular Mobility Unit) batteries in the US Airlock. (This is the first of two recharges that will be required to prepare all batteries for flight, including three contingency batteries for return on STS-124.)
Kononenko completed the routine maintenance of the SM's SOZh/ECLSS system, including ASU toilet facilities systems/replaceables. (Regular daily SOZh maintenance consists of replacement of the KTO & KBO solid waste containers, replacement of an EDV-SV waste water and EDV-U urine container, and processing U.S. condensate water as it becomes available in a filled CWC from the Lab humidifier.)
The crew conducted their regular 2.5-hr. physical workout program (about half of which is used for setup & post-exercise personal hygiene) on the CEVIS cycle ergometer (FE-2), TVIS treadmill (CDR, FE-1), RED resistive exercise device (FE-2), and VELO bike with bungee cord load trainer (CDR, FE-1).
Afterwards, Reisman transferred the crew's exercise data file to the MEC (Medical Equipment Computer) for downlink, as well as the daily wristband HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) data of the workouts on RED, followed by their erasure on the HRM storage medium (done six times a week).
At ~5:30am EDT, Sergey Volkov & Oleg Kononenko downlinked a PAO TV message of greetings to the participants of the joint conference 'Space for Mankind' of the International Astronautics Academy (IAA) and the K. E. Tsiolkovsky Russian Cosmonautics Academy in Korolev near Moscow, to be replayed at the conference opening on 5/21. (' €¦The ISS is a place where human achievements in space exploration for the past 50 years have special appreciation. Scientific experiments and practical results obtained in this field have already produced significant impact on the development of the world civilization and on life on Earth and will be doing so in the future €¦.We are proud to note that such a representative conference is taking place in Korolev, the birth place of practical cosmonautics, a place where MCC-M is located, which along with Houston and other centers, controls and operates the ISS; Korolev also is the home base of Energia corporation, whose Soyuz vehicles are used for ISS crew rotations €¦')
At ~5:30am EDT, the crew conducted a telephone conference radio exchange with the editor of the Russian COSMOS Magazine, Yekaterina Timofeyevna Beloglazova
At ~4:10pm EDT, Garrett is scheduled for his weekly PFC (Private Family Conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/MS-NetMeeting application (which displays the uplinked ground video on an SSC laptop).
US Condensate Processing Update: Troubleshooting continued on Lane 3 of the SRVK. The failure of the separator unit was confirmed; to be replaced next week. Teams are working on procedure for pumping US condensate into ATV tanks. ISS will have condensate tanks empty prior to 1J if possible without the water dump. ATV to check whether they can support prep tasks for pumping of US condensate into ATV tanks as early as May 22.
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Mar 4, 2011 - by Steve Gerweck
Reported by Adam Martin of Wrestleview.com
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's next scheduled appearance on WWE Monday Night Raw is believed to either be the March 14th show in St. Louis, MI or the go home Raw on March 28th in Chicago, Illinois.
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As politicians in Washington woo the Christian Coalition and other extremist anti-American pro-theocracy groups, one man stands up and speaks his mind without fear of retaliation from these bullies.
Speakers at Pat Robertson's "Road to Victory" Conference include Presidential hopefuls George W. Bush, Elizabeth Dole, and Steve Forbes. Also on the agenda are Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, loose cannon Pat Buchannan, commentator Alan Keyes, and "Christian Nation" revisionist and political opportunist Rev. Gary Bauer.
Meanwhile, the November, 1999, issue of "Playboy" Magazine hit the stands with a surprisingly candid interview from a politician: Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura.
That Mr. Ventura would be candid is no surprise: last spring he joined the ranks of Thomas Jefferson in refusing to abuse his office to promote the National Day of Prayer event. Refusing to endorse a similar event, Jefferson said to Rev. Samuel Miller: "civil powers alone have been given to the President" who has "no authority to direct the religious exercises of his constituents." Ventura's refusal fired the opening salvo in a battle against what would become his most formidable enemy: organized religion.
Undeterred by the reaction from the pro-theocracy camps, Ventura okayed the now famous "Playboy" interview. In it, he called organized religion "a sham and a crutch for the weak minded" and blamed it for telling people to "go out and stick their noses in other people's business."
The Reform Party has since called for Ventura's resignation from the party.
Isn't this always what happens when an atheist speaks out, even mildly, against the dangers of organized religion? Even many religious people are fed up with organized religion, and practice a private, unintrusive form of faith. But anybody who criticizes the behavior of the traditional religions is branded a "bigot" and "anti-religious." Now it's our turn to feel the heat. Again.
And this panic to see bigotry where it does not exist is particularly scary now that racial epithets have replaced four-letter words as The Taboo Language.
If "homophobia" is the notion that gays and lesbians have an evil "agenda" besides forwarding their own Liberty, dignity, and safety, then the fear of any criticism of religion should be called "atheophobia." We encourage the use of this new term in describing vitriolic behavior like that being leveled against Governor Ventura.
Here is a working definition:
1. fear of or intolerance toward atheists;
2. fear of any criticism of religion or spirituality;
3. fear of any move to bring religious neutrality to government or public life, or any move to neutralize the influence of religion (or one particular religion) upon government or public life;
4. fear that God may not exist, and the corresponding zeal to bring credibility to the notion that God does, indeed, exist.
Recognizing that organized religion and the Reform Party have gone too far in their atheophobic treatment of Jesse Ventura, Positive Atheism teams up with American Atheists in asking each atheist to send the Governor a letter of support.
Index: Atheophobia and the Jesse Ventura Flap
Copyright ©1999 Cliff Walker; Portland, Oregon


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I do remember! I started online journaling in 1999 when my friend Leah introduced me to LiveJournal. Remember when having a LiveJournal used to be the coolest thing ever? I had a LJ when it was brand new, ad free, and you could only have one icon! Imagine that! I really enjoyed LiveJournal and I was loyal to the site for years and years, even having a paid subscription for multiple years and pouring endless amounts of time into learning how to make my own LJ themes (who remembers the cool S1 styles?).
Eventually, I branched off and bought my own domain. When I was in college, boyfriend who was computer savvy helped me purchase and set up my first website (b2!) and ever since then I've had my own blog. Online journaling has always been a part of me. I love writing, I love the blogging community, and I don't foresee myself ever stopping! At least not anytime in the near future!


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Late-Inning Runs Lift UCF Past Tulane, 6-2 at C-USA Baseball Championship
May 26, 2012
UCF scored three runs over the final two innings and a trio of hurlers combined to limit Tulane to three hits as the second-seeded Knights opened the final day of pod play in the 2012 Conference USA Baseball Championship with a 6-2 win over the Green Wave on Saturday at Trustmark Park.
After falling behind 2-1 following home run by Tulane right fielder Nick Schneeberger, UCF starter Ray Hanson retired the next 13 batters he faced and allowed just three base runners the rest of his outing. Roman Madrid (5-2) earned the victory out of the bullpen after fanning a pair and walking one in 1.2 innings of no-hit baseball, and Joe Rodgers tossed a perfect ninth to close out the contest.
In victory, UCF improves to 43-15 on the year and finished 2-1 in C-USA Championship pod play. The Knights, who are ranked as high as No. 14 in the national polls and entered the day with an RPI of 23, will learn of their postseason destination on Monday when the NCAA Selection Committee announces the field of 64. Tulane, meanwhile, fell to 38-20 and will hope to be among teams chosen for the postseason.
With the score tied at 2-2 after seven complete, UCF took the lead for good with three runs here in the top of the eighth. First baseman D.J. Hicks walked to open the inning, and designated hitter Jeramy Matos followed with a single. Third baseman Nick Carrillo advanced the runners 90 feet with a sacrifice bunt, and Green Wave reliever D.J. Ponder set up a potential double play by intentionally walking right fielder Erik Barber.
Ponder struck out left fielder JoMarcos Woods for the second out of the inning and got nine-hole hitter Spencer Haynes to dribble a ground ball to first. The ball took a tricky hop and reserve infielder Tucker Oakley was not able to make a play at the plate or at first, and that allowed Hicks to score. After gaining control of the ball, Oakley stood in frustration after seeing the Knights go ahead, but Matos never stopped running and wound up scoring all the way from second on the play. Centerfielder Ronnie Richardson tacked on another run with an RBI-single through the left side of the infield to put the Knights ahead, 5-2.
Madrid pitched his way around a one-out walk in the bottom of the inning, and UCF got an unearned run in the top of the ninth when catcher Chris Taladay and Hicks drew back-to-back walks to open the stanza and Woods hit a two-out, RBI-single through the right side of the infield to account for the final score.
Barber, Haynes and Matos shared team-high hit honors with two each and Haynes led the way in the RBI category with a pair. Hanson finished the day with a pair of strikeouts and allowed two runs on three hits and a walk in 6.1 innings of work.
UCF wasted little time getting on the scoreboard as Matos ripped a two-out RBI single up the middle off of Tulane starter David Napoli to plate Taladay from second and stake the Knights to an early 1-0 lead after a half inning of action. It could have been worse for Tulane as shortstop Darnell Sweeney drew a one-out walk, but was caught trying to steal second. Sweeney's free pass was one of three issued by Napoli in the inning as Taladay and Hicks also walked to set up Matos' run-scoring base hit.
Tulane has struck back quickly in the home half of the inning as Schneeberger hammered a two-run homer high over the wall in left, but that would be the only tally of the day for the Green Wave. The squad from New Orleans had just two more hits the rest of the way, and one of those came when a Bowen Woodson ground ball hit teammate Brennan Middleton trying to advance from first two second in the fifth.
UCF saw a scoring opportunity slip through its fingers in the third when Schneeberger gunned down Taladay at the plate trying to score from second on a Barber single to right, but the Knights were able to tie things up in the fourth with the help of a Green Wave error.
Napoli pitched his way in and out of trouble over the next two innings, but Alex Massey was called in from the bullpen after Haynes singled and Richardson walked off the Tulane starter. Massey appeared to get his team out of a jam as he induced a tailor-made double-play ground ball off the bat of two-hole hitter Darnell Sweeney as Green Wave shortstop Brennan Middleton fielded the ball cleanly and tossed to second baseman Bowen Woodson for the second out of the inning. Woodson's pivot toss was low and squirted past starting first baseman Sean Potkay and the error allowed Haynes to score from second to set up the Knights' late-inning heroics.
Ponder (2-1) was tagged with the loss after giving up four runs (three earned) on three hits and four walks while posting a strikeout in 1.0 inning of relief.
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A review of A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Siting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband "Master."
When I was tasked with reviewing Rachel Held Evans' new book, I was admittedly nervous. A lot of heated discussion is circling around AYear of Biblical Womanhood, and I was hesitant to step into the fray. However, having now read the book, I'm excited to be part of the conversation. There's a lot worth talking about, and yes, much to critique. Unfortunately, many are tossing aside this book for its flaws without considering the valid points it brings to an important conversation.
Evans spent twelve months following "as many of the Bible's teachings regarding women as possible in my day-to-day life" (xxi). She created a "Biblical Woman's Ten Commandments," and each month dedicated herself to one of the commands. These included "submitting" to her husband by saying "Yes, Master," to every request; mothering; having a gentle and quiet spirit; dressing modestly; devoting herself to "the duties of the home;" covering her head in prayer; and so on. Evans found herself learning how to sew her own clothes, spending a week in a tent while on her period and trying to feed a very temperamental electronic baby.
This all makes for a funny and thoughtful book. Evans' goal was to show her readers just how hard and ultimately oppressive it would be to literally do everything the Bible teaches regarding women. "I set out... to show that no woman, no matter how devout, is actually practicing biblical womanhood all the way." By the time I was done reading, I was inclined to agree. If biblical womanhood means sewing my own clothes and sleeping in a tent, count me out! The problem is, while this may be biblical womanhood in the sense that it covers a literal read on what the Old and New Testaments say about women, it's not "biblical" in so far as it offers Old Testament law and scriptural narrative on the same plate as New Testament directives. This has proved to be the main issue many have with the book. Evans not only adheres to New Testament instructions (women must be gentle and quiet, must dress modestly, must cover their heads in prayer), but also Old Testament, Jewish cleanliness rituals (touching no one during her period, following kosher rules) as well as creating commands out of narrative prose (taking the 31st Proverb to literally mean women should sew their own clothes, rise before dawn, etc.).
As many have pointed out, Christians no longer practice cleanliness rituals because Jesus' death was the final sacrifice and cleansing for our sins (John 1:29, Romans 3:27-28 Romans 6:14 Galatians 2:16-21 Acts 3:20). We also generally understand that narrative passages, like Proverbs 31:10-31, are meant to praise godly behaviors, not create a set of legalistic rules for us to follow.
So, by mixing Old Testament laws and rituals with scriptural narratives and New Testament instructions, Evans has confused people. Some have accused her of being intentionally misleading, but I don't believe this was her intent. She wanted a compelling, funny story, so she mixed in Jewish observations of cleanliness rituals and keeping kosher, created some rules out of a proverb most understand to be an accolade to one specific woman, and didn't make a distinction between those things and the instructions the New Testament (specifically Paul) gives women. That's a problem for many, and Evans has admitted as much. On her blog, she responded to critical feedback, saying:


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