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Research and analysis: Helping disadvantaged young children: how good are local authorities and early years providers?
Updated: Updated with link to short video from report's launch.
At the report's launch, early years stakeholders made pledges saying what they would do to help disadvantaged children. You can see some of the pledges in a short video.
This survey reports on how good local authorities and early years providers are in helping disadvantaged families and their young children. In particular, it looks at implementation and impact of national and local policies on early years providers in some of the most deprived areas of England.
Official Statistics: Children's social care data in England 2016
Updated: The file 'Children's social care data in England 2016: charts, tables and underlying data' has been replaced after incorrect historical data were found in one interactive chart. This did not impact on the 2015 or 2016 figures.
These statistics covering children's social care in England are made up of:
- key findings, charts and tables in PDF and Word format
- tables, charts and individual provider-level data in Excel format
The data covers:
- inspection outcomes for local authority children's services inspections, published by 30 June 2016
- inspection outcomes for all regulated, and other, children's social care provision, 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016
- information about the providers of children's social care, including the numbers of providers and places, as at 31 March 2016
The release combines the Ofsted official statistics on children's homes inspections and outcomes, children's social care (excluding children's homes) inspections and outcomes, social care providers and places and local authority children's services inspections and outcomes.
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Guidance: Local area SEND inspection outcome letters
Ofsted and Care Quality Commission inspect local areas' effectiveness in identifying and meeting the needs of children and young people who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.
The letters on this page are for:
- Bolton - 14 July 2016
- Brighton and Hove - 14 July 2016
Read more about these inspections in the inspection framework and handbook. There is also information about these inspections for families.
Correspondence: Secondary school performance in the Black Country
The Regional Director for the West Midlands has set out her concerns in a letter to local authorities across Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton. She highlights that too many of the secondary schools do not build on the achievements made by primary schools. She also draws attention to unacceptably low GCSE performance, particularly for children on free school meals (FSM). She calls on leaders in the community to work together on improvements for the children and young people of the region.
Research and analysis: The Prevent duty in further education and skills providers
The Prevent duty guidance makes clear the important role of further education leaders in stopping extremists seeking to radicalise learners on campuses and in supporting learners at risk of extremist influences.
Ofsted has responsibility for monitoring the Prevent duty in publicly funded further education and skills providers.
The Chief Inspector commissioned Her Majesty's Inspectors to undertake this survey to establish how well providers are implementing the duty.
Open consultation: Future of social care inspection
Updated: Eleanor Schooling, National Director Social Care, talks about changes to social care - video's now available.
This consultation seeks your views on proposed changes across Ofsted's inspections of children's social care. It has 4 parts:
- principles for children's social care inspections
- a new approach to inspections of local authority children's services from 2018
- a new common inspection framework for social care establishments, agencies, boarding schools and residential special schools from April 2017
- changes to inspections of independent fostering agencies
More information
Eleanor Schooling on the future of social care inspection - hear Eleanor Schooling, National Director Social Care, talk about the proposed changes to social care inspection and how the changes may affect local authorities.
The consultation document and questionnaire
The consultation questionnaire should be read in conjunction with the consultation document. Both documents can be downloaded from this page. Each document is available in 2 formats:
- the Word version of the questionnaire can be filled in by hand or on your computer
- the PDF version of the questionnaire can be filled in by hand
You can also download the consultation document in either format and then complete the online questionnaire.
The business engagement assessment
This is available in 2 formats:
- the Word version of the questionnaire can be filled in by hand or on your computer
- the PDF version of the questionnaire can be filled in by hand
Official Statistics: Further education and skills inspection and outcomes as at 29 February 2016
These inspection of further education and skills in England statistics are made up of:
- key findings, charts and tables in pdf format and word format
- tables, charts and individual provider-level data in Excel format
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Official Statistics: Maintained schools and academies inspections and outcomes as at 31 March 2016
These statistics of maintained schools and academies inspections in England consist of:
- key findings, charts and tables in pdf format and word format
- tables, charts and individual provider-level data in Excel and csv format
- quality and methodology report in pdf format
- pre-release access list in pdf format
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence.
Corporate report: Ofsted social care annual report 2016
Ofsted's third Social Care Annual Report presents a mixed picture. While performance is inadequate in too many local authorities, several demonstrate that improvement is possible – often from a low base – and are now leading the way in providing good and outstanding services for children.
Read Sir Michael Wilshaw's speech from the launch of the 2016 Social Care Annual Report.
Read the Social Care Annual Report press release.
Look at the children's social care inspection data covering 2015 to 2016.
Ofsted is also running a consultation about the future of social care inspection.
Under the new proposals good and outstanding local authorities would have shorter, more proportionate inspections. Ofsted would challenge authorities rated inadequate to improve through regular monitoring inspections. In addition, a new common inspection framework for the inspection of social care regulatory settings will provide comparable and consistent reports across a wide range of providers. The consultation closes on 9 September 2016.
Tell Ofsted what you think: Fill in the consultation on the future of social care inspection.
Official Statistics: Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 March 2016
These statistics cover childcare in England and are made up of:
- key findings, charts and tables in PDF and Word format
- tables, charts and individual provider-level data in Excel format
The data covers:
- registered childcare providers and places as at 31 March 2016
- movement in childcare sector between 31 December 2015 and 31 March 2016
- most recent inspection outcomes as at 31 March 2016
- provisional data for inspections completed between 1 January and 31 March 2016
- revised data for inspections completed between 1 September 2015 and 31 December 2015
Official statistics are produced impartially and free from political influence
Funding and Consultations
Open consultation: Developing black and minority ethnic talent: issues faced by businesses - McGregor-Smith review
In February, the Business Secretary asked Baroness McGregor-Smith to undertake a review of the issues faced by businesses in developing black and minority ethnic talent from recruitment through to executive level.
In order to inform that review, Baroness McGregor-Smith has launched a call for evidence and welcomes your views on:
- the need for change
- identifying obstacles
- assessing the impacts of obstacles
- existing data
- best practice
- recommendations
Closed consultation: National Innovation Plan: call for ideas
Updated: Deadline for responses extended to 30 May 2016.
Innovation can transform lives. It can help us to face some of our biggest challenges, from energy supply and food security, to demographic change and the delivery of public services. It enables businesses to develop new ideas, products and services, and create new jobs and export opportunities.
We want to know how you think the UK can improve its innovation framework. The survey asks for views on 7 areas:
- regulation
- procurement
- access to finance
- data
- challenger businesses
- national infrastructure
- intellectual property
Your ideas will help us to develop a National Innovation Plan which we will publish later this year.
Closed consultation: Tips, gratuities, cover and service charges: proposals for further action
We believe that all discretionary payments for service should be subject to 3 broad policy objectives:
- clear to consumers that they are voluntary
- received by workers
- clear and transparent to consumers and workers in terms of how the payments are treated
The consultation document includes:
- the government's response to the call for evidence
- proposals for further action
We're seeking views on our proposals for further action.
Closed consultation: Property ownership and public contracting by foreign companies: improving transparency
Updated: Consultation closing date extended to 4 April 2016.
This discussion paper sets out proposals to improve the transparency of ownership of foreign companies that purchase property or participate in public contracting.
The proposals are designed to help prevent the UK from being a safe haven for corrupt money from around the world.
The consultation closing date has been extended to Monday 4 April 2016.
Closed consultation: Land Registry: moving operations to the private sector
The Land Registry registers the ownership of land and property in England and Wales.
This consultation sets out options to move Land Registry operations into the private sector. The purpose of the consultation is to:
- set out government's reasons for proposing change
- propose how a private sector Land Registry would work
- share our thinking on possible models for the future of Land Registry
- seek views on the proposals, especially on our preferred option
A sale of Land Registry could allow government to pay down debt, or enable other investment for the benefit of taxpayers. It is expected that a move into the private sector would also allow Land Registry to become even more efficient. At the same time it could continue with an appropriate level of service to support the property market.
Closed consultation: Further education maintenance loans (technical and professional education)
We're proposing maintenance loans for higher-level learners in technical and professional education. This includes the new National Colleges and learning at the emerging Institutes of Technology. We want to remove the up-front cost and increase the uptake of technical and professional learning in sectors that are important to the economy.
We'll use evidence gathered through this consultation to make decisions on:
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We would like views from colleges and independent providers in the further education sector, including National Colleges, higher education institutions and other interested bodies.
Closed consultation: Protections for small and micro businesses in non-regulated sectors
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You should back up your submission with strong and clear evidence to support any views offered.
The government made a commitment to consult on protections for small businesses in the competition plan, published in November 2015.
This consultation builds on last year's call for evidence, which looked at current protections around the sale and supply of goods and services to small businesses.
Closed consultation: Non-Financial Reporting Directive: UK implementation
Updated: Added impact assessment and Regulatory Policy Committee assessment.
We want industry views on how we should implement the requirements in the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive (2014/95/EU) into UK law. This amends Directive 2013/34/EU and requires certain companies, with more than 500 employees, to disclose information in their management reports about their:
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Closed consultation: Business impact target, growth duty and Small Business Appeals Champion
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Holmes would've been all wrong for George, I think. I think George thought so too. But it didn't have anything to do with the Peralta fight. George hadn't really fought anyone that could season him the way Peralta good. Peralta was a good, good fighter. Savvy, tough, perfect to test a guy like Foreman, coming up. That fight doesn't say too much about George, really. You might as well judge Tyson from Tillis. And Foreman nearly died after Young. I don't know when people are going to start grasping that.
I pretty much agree with this.
Competent, crafty trial horses always come along and bother up and coming fighters at some point, its a part of the process.
Tyson and Tillis, Foreman and Peralta, Doug Jones and Ali(Though Jones was better then a trial horse, being a contender in his own right, off and on).
But, Holmes still would have beaten Foreman. The jab, the counter right hands, and the sound lateral movement accompanied with the crazy grit, toughness, and determination seal it.
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Comparative study of substrate and inhibitory specificity of monoamine oxidase of squid optic ganglia
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Comparative study of substrate specificity of monoamine oxidase (MAO) of optic ganglia of the Pacific squid Todarodes pacificus and the Commander squid Berryteuthis magister has been carried out. The enzyme of the Pacific squid, unlike that of the Commander squid, has been established to be able to deaminate not only tyramine, tryptamine, serotonin, benzylamine, and β-phenylethylamine, but also histamine-substrate of diamine oxidase (DAO). In relation to all studied substrates, the MAO activity of optic ganglia of T. pacificus is several times higher as compared with that of B. magister. In the case of deamination of serotonin this difference was the highest and amounted to 5 times. Semicarbazide, the classic DAO inhibitor, at a concentration of 10 mM did not inhibit catalytic activity of both studied enzymes. The substrate-inhibitory analysis with use of deprenyl and clorgyline, specific inhibitors of different MAO forms, indicates homogeneity of the enzyme of the Pacific squid and heterogeneity of the Commander squid enzyme whose composition seems to contain at least two MAO forms. There are obtained quantitative differences in substrate specificity and reaction capability with respect to the inhibitors clorgylin and deprenyl for MAO of optic ganglia of the studied squid species. These differences probably can be explained by significant differences in the evolutionary level of these biological species.
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- Comparative study of substrate and inhibitory specificity of monoamine oxidase of squid optic ganglia
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Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology
Volume 46, Issue 3 , pp 227-234
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- 2010-06
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- 0022-0930
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- 1608-3202
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- evolution
- monoamine oxidase
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Canela Cox
|Birth name
|Canela Cox
Los Angeles, California, United States
|Singer-songwriter, Background Vocalist
|Years active
|DreamWorks Records (2001)
Genuine/Monopoly Records (2004 - 2005; 2007 - present)
|Associated acts
|Darkchild, Tim & Bob, So Plush, Rhona, Lil' Mo, Fabolous, DJ Clue, Anastacia, Ak'Sent, Jennifer Lopez, Won G, Anything But Monday
Canela (pronounced Kuh-NAY-luh) is an American R&B singer and songwriter. She is best known in the mixtape circuit for her DJ Clue-remixed song, "Sponsor", and for co-writing Anastacia's worldwide top 20 hit, "Why'd You Lie to Me". She once recorded an album in 2001, however it was shelved after her label folded.
Early life[edit]
Canela Cox was born in Los Angeles, California. She moved to Amsterdam (Holland, Europe) at the age of 14 where her mother, a former Diana Ross' background vocalist, Rocq-E Harrell performed as an R&B singer and recording artist. Upon moving back to the United States at age 18, Canela continued to pursue her musical endeavors performing with numerous musical groups throughout Los Angeles.
2000 - 2001[edit]
In 2000, Canela was featured on Jennifer Lopez's multi-plantinum selling single, "Love Don't Cost a Thing". Though Canela was uncredited for her work on Lopez's song, she performed as Lopez's background vocalist for numerous tours and new songs. While performing with Lopez at a Los Angeles concert, her talent was recognized by Rodney Jerkins, who brought her to DreamWorks Records' attention, and was immediately signed to the label in 2001.
In early 2001, Canela began to record for her self-titled debut album, which featured production by Darkchild, Tim & Bob, Lil' Mo, Fred Jerkins III, Brycyn Evans, & DJ Clue. She and DreamWorks announced at the time that it would be released sometime in December 2001.
Her buzz single, "Sponsor", was released to radio during the process of the recording for her album. In addition to its release, a DJ Clue remix, featuring Fabolous, was released to mixtape circuits, which received heavy underground play. Both versions of the single, however, failed to chart.
Months following the failure of Canela's previous single, "Everything", produced by Darkchild, was released to radio as the official lead single for her debut. A music video was shot for the song, and was able to be viewed on BET's 106 & Park. However, "Everything" suffered the same failure as her buzz single. Because her single failed to chart, DreamWorks Records put a hault on Canela's debut.
In December 2001, just days before Canela's debut was to be released, DreamWorks Records was bought by Universal Music Group, which caused the label to fold, thus her debut was shelved.
2002 - 2004[edit]
Months after Canela dispersed from DreamWorks Records, Canela co-wrote Anastacia's 2002 single "Why'd You Lie to Me". She was also the female vocalist on rapper Won G's 2004 single "Caught Up in the Rapture".
In 2004, Canela was signed to Genuine Entertainment (in conjunction with Monopoly Records); there, Canela began recording for another album. Its buzz singles, "Blazed" and "Bedrock", were released through Monopoly Records in 2004, however neither single managed to chart. Because of lack of promotion and failed attempts to put out a single properly, Canela left Monopoly Records, and began singing and songwriting for other artists.
2005 - present[edit]
In 2005, Canela was featured as a background vocalist for the soundtrack to Coach Carter. Canela was also featured on female rapper, Ak'Sent's "Pick Up" the following year. Though the single failed to chart, it became an online success for both Canela & Ak'Sent.
Months following Canela's success, she provided background vocals for Disney Channel Soundtracks for High School Musical 2, The Proud Family, Jump In, & Cheetah Girls 2.
In 2006, Canela joined pop band, Anything but Monday; the group was featured in the reality show "30 Days 'til I'm Famous" and has yet to release a debut album which has been delayed several times.
In 2007, it was announced that Canela had rejoined her former Indie label, Monopoly Records.
That same year, she began recording new material for her new album. She released the buzz single, "I'll C U Later" in early 2007, and went on to release two more ("I Want U for Me" & "Kiss 'N Tell") a year later.
Currently, Canela is still recording for the album, and is writing for several artists, as well as performing numerous demo tracks for other artists.
|Chart positions
|RIAA Certification
|Untitled Second Album
- 2001: "Sponsor"
- 2001: "Everything"
- 2004: "Caught Up in the Rapture" (Won-G feat. Canela Cox)
- 2004: "Blazed"
- 2004: "Bedrock" 1
- 2006: "Pick Up" (Ak'Sent feat. Canela Cox)
- 2007: "I'll C U Later"
- 2008: "Kiss 'N Tell"
- 2008: "I Want U for Me"
1 later re-recorded by Ak'Sent & re-released in 2006


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Where've you been all this time?
He wait has been long, but the promises made long ago have finally been kept. Sadly, the promises of yesteryear don't quite add up to excitement todaythe release of Halo for PC is hardly the event it could have, should have been.
Everything from the Xbox version has been faithfully ported here, including the story: A collective of religiously fanatical aliens, the Covenant, has pursued a human battleship to the edges of the galaxy. Forced to land on a strange ring-shaped world, the humans make their final stand. Fortunately, mankind has one last ace up its sleeve: soldier and warrior the Master Chief.
All the things that made Halo fun in the first place are here. From the clever mechanics of a two-gun swap system to the unparalleled three-way attack, the combat in Halo is hard to beat. The trifecta of bullets, bombs, and bumping provides a different approach for every moment of danger. Gathering of enemies in the distance? Lob a bomb. A grunt sleeping on the job? Bash him upside the head.
Die-hard PC gamers swear by their WASD and mouse controls, but among console first-person shooters, Halo does have the dual-stick controls down. Still, while I miss the heft and vibration of the Xbox controller, it's a welcome relief to return to the head-shot accuracy that only the mouse can deliver. And a melee attack that's bound to a mouse's side button works perfectly.
Weapons like the plasma gun feel slightly stronger on the PC, with a slightly longer reload, but that's a relative measurebeing able to make more-accurate head shots with the mouse might be the reason a weapon feels stronger. Turnaround times via the mouse seem quicker, resulting in easier donuts for the Warthog vehicle. That's great for whipping around for quick road kills, but for traditional point-to-point to driving, the mouse feels floaty. Still, the mouse and keyboard controls pretty much rule.
Not so the graphics. Even with all the settings turned down, the game has some visual hiccups. What looks good on a television hasn't scaled so gracefully to the PC. And the whole visual feel comes off as dated, especially since there have been no updates to the character models. While the epic soundtrack is as stirring as ever, sound effects haven't made the transition from the console quite as gracefullyon one computer configuration, the sounds of constant gunfire were continually cut short.
All By Myself
The single-player experience is one drawn-out ride. Sure, there are cool moments like smoking your way through unending tides of a flood or tearing across a winter plain in the scorpion tank, crushing Covenant members beneath your treads. Yet for each of those points, there are innumerable times when you wonder, "Haven't I played this before?"and I don't mean Xbox déjà vu. Plain and simple, the single-player level design has always been Halo's greatest weakness. Whatever aliens built that infernal ring could really use a better architect and an interior decorator. Halo's focus has always been firepower over exploration, but that's no excuse for repetitive stages with a lazy copy/paste mentality to reusing environments.
The PC single-player game does have some advantages: More support troops seem to be plugged in at various points, game saves can be done from any checkpoint, and chapter load times have been significantly reduced. While beneficial, these adjustments don't significantly change the single-player experience and do little to make up for the lack of a real human teammate. And that's Halo's biggest sin.
All By Myself (Part Deux)
Inexplicably, the co-op mode has been completely scratched. A human compadre in the thick of things really kept the Xbox game interesting during Halo's more prolonged stages. Even if there was no way to sync the necessary timing across the Internet, the developers could at least have left a LAN co-op option in. The omission is inexcusable.
Within multiplayer, the additions of the alternate Warthog (now with a rocket cannon) and the flying Banshee are appreciated, along with two new weapons, the flame thrower and fuel rod gun. Yet these things alone don't rewrite the face of multiplayer gaming. The LAN and Internet play work adequately enough and the new stages fit the feel of Halo, but the absence of bots could use attention.
Even when I look at the game through new eyes, ignoring the weekly hours I ritually offered my Xbox, Halo can't compete against the latest and greatest ilk of PC first-person shooters. The multiplayer and mechanics of combat are finely tuned, but aren't enough to lift Halo past its dated single-player, lack of graphical upgrades, and only competent performance.
If this had come out when it was first expected, it would have been a godsend. Now it's like a delayed present. "That's great Dad, but I asked for that toy truck three years ago. Now I want a pony."
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Tony Gonzalez, who said multiple times he was 95 percent sure he would retire after last season, showed that numbers don't always tell the whole story Tuesday when he said he was returning to the Atlanta Falcons next season.
But I still trust numbers, especially when they come from ESPN Stats & Information. They've got a handy file on Gonzalez and all his numbers. So, on this day when Atlanta fans are celebrating, let's take a look at some of the numbers on Gonzalez.
His 13 Pro Bowls are tied for the second most in history. Only Bruce Matthews (14) has been to more Pro Bowls.
Gonzalez is the all-time leader in receptions by a tight end with 1,242. Shannon Sharpe (815) is second.
Gonzalez is the all-time leader in receiving yards by a tight end with 14,268. Sharpe is second with 10,060.
Gonzalez is the all-time leader in receiving touchdowns by a tight end with 103. Antonio Gates is second with 83.
Gonzalez still played at a high level last season. He ranked second among tight ends with 93 receptions.
Gonzalez will get a chance to build on his lead for regular-season starts by an active player. He has 238 career starts. Tampa Bay's Ronde Barber is second with 232.
Here's a record Gonzalez, who turned 37 in February, should have no problem breaking. The only tight end to have at least 20 catches at age 37 or older was Wesley Walls with 20 catches in 2003.
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is preparing to wield broad financial pressure to try to force North Korea to dial back its weapons program, building on strategies former President George W. Bush employed, but then unwound.
The Treasury Department is taking a leading role and will work through international banking channels to try to restrict funds to 17 North Korean banks and companies that U.S. officials say are central players in Pyongyang's nuclear and weapons trade. These firms serve as a financial lifeline to leader Kim Jong Il, his family and ruling circle.
United Nations sanctions call for the banning of the shipment of all luxury goods to Pyongyang's leadership. American diplomats are also negotiating through the U.N. Security Council to sanction by July 12 as many as a dozen North Korean individuals or companies active in Pyongyang's weapons trade. There is likely to be overlap with the U.S. Treasury's list of 17 sanction targets.
U.S. officials said they're targeting key nodes in the North Korean financial system. The language of the new Security Council resolution also provides Washington with leeway to go after a much wider range of targets, said these officials.
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A list of North Korean institutions for which the U.S. wants to cut off funding.
- Amroggang Development Bank
- Bank of East Land
- Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Credit Bank of Korea
- Dae-Dong Credit Bank
- First Credit Bank8
- Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Hana Banking Corporation Ltd.
- The International Industrial Development Bank
- Korea Joint Bank (KBJ)
- Korea Daesong Bank
- Korea Kwangson Banking Corp
- Korea United Development Bank
- Koryo Commercial Bank Ltd.
- Koryo Credit Development Bank
- North East Asia Bank
- Tanchon Commercial Bank
"There are some very powerful provisions" in the new resolution, said a senior U.S. official working on the effort. "It calls for the prevention of all financial services that could contribute to North Korea's...weapons of mass destruction-related programs."
The Bush administration pioneered the use of the global banking system as a weapon against nations involved in arms proliferation and terrorism, such as North Korea, Iran and Syria.
The Treasury Department's 2005 blacklisting of Macau's Banco Delta Asia, which held a large number of North Korea accounts, is viewed today as a model for how the private sector can punish rogue states. The Treasury didn't initially ban U.S. firms from engaging the bank, but simply warned that such transactions risked skirting U.S. law. The result was a run on the bank's accounts and a contagion effect that nearly froze North Korea out of the international banking system in 2006, said current and former U.S. officials.
Mr. Bush eventually eased the clampdown as an incentive for North Korea pushing ahead with disarmament talks.
Senior Obama administration officials say this decision was a mistake that eased pressure on Pyongyang before it took irreversible steps to dismantle its nuclear program. They also said it reaffirmed Pyongyang's belief that it could use international diplomacy to win economic concessions from the U.S.
U.S. officials said Treasury's targeting of a wider number of North Korean banks could potentially have a much more punishing effect on Kim Jong Il than the lone BDA action. These officials also said Pyongyang's recent second nuclear test and a string of missile tests have hardened the resolve of the international community to punish Pyongyang.
"We want to get out of the mindset where the North Koreans are conditioned that these are somehow temporary measures that we'll renegotiate with them at various occasions," said a senior Obama administration official involved in the diplomacy.
Two of the architects of Mr. Bush's action against Banco Delta Asia, the Treasury Department's Stuart Levey and Daniel Glaser, are overseeing President Barack Obama's financial clampdown on North Korea, said U.S. officials.
Last week, the White House named Ambassador Philip Goldberg, who served in Bolivia before his expulsion by the government there last year, to head an interagency body focused on implementing the North Korea sanctions. Messrs. Goldberg and Glaser are scheduled to travel to China and Southeast Asia in the coming week to seek consensus on targeting Pyongyang's finances.
China will be the key to any successful action against North Korea, said current and former U.S. officials. Beijing has proven wary of participating in U.S. actions aimed at interdicting North Korean ships believed to be ferrying weapons or contraband. But China has been willing in the past to constrict Pyongyang's banking activities, particularly when they risked infecting Beijing's own financial system. U.S. officials said China cooperated in blacklisting Banco Delta Asia, in part, because they feared any scrutiny of Macau's financial system could hurt Beijing and the operations of Chinese firms. Macau is a special administrative region of China.
"China looks out for itself and is worried about reputational risk," said Michael Green, who advised Mr. Bush on North Korea.
Countries including Myanmar, Thailand and Singapore could also be key targets in efforts to punish North Korea. Myanmar, in particular, has become a trans-shipment point for North Korean arms and contraband in recent years, said U.S. and Asian diplomats. North Korea in the past has conducted significant financial transactions through Bangkok and Singapore.
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Data. We have data.
With the advent of the Car of Tomorrow, my biggest lament wasn't over speed or handling; it was over that toilet-flushing sound of years of really good, track-by-track, driver-by-driver data going bye-bye. It didn't matter anymore that Jimmie Johnson was the best cookie-cutter driver in the old car. It didn't matter that Greg Biffle was tough to beat at Homestead. Sure, yes, drivers who liked certain tracks probably would still like them, but they might not perform well at those tracks any longer.
But the COT ran 13 short- and/or flat-track events in '07 and now has wrapped up the first seven events of '08. Finally, I feel like I'm gaining some footing, especially on tracks like the one where Saturday night's race will take place: Phoenix International Raceway. An egg-shaped one-miler that's relatively flat in the corners (11 degrees on one side, nine degrees on the other, nine degrees on the backstretch and three degrees on the frontstretch), Phoenix has hosted two COT events (Jeff Gordon won the first, Jimmie Johnson the second), and we've seen a grand total of nine events on tracks I consider instructive to flat-track results.
So let's sift through this blessed data and come up with some fantasy winners for Phoenix:
"Given To Fly" (Featured Elite Drivers)
(Last Week: Carl Edwards, 1st; Kyle Busch, 3rd)
In those nine flat-track COT events, Denny Hamlin has posted two wins, including one a couple of weeks ago at Martinsville. He also has finished in the top 6 in seven of the nine races. There is, truly, Something About Denny. In this event last spring, I thought Hamlin had the best car, but he sped in the pits early and went a lap down with his penalty. Yet, he still came back and finished third. And while I grant you that he benefited from some prescient pit strategy two weeks ago at Martinsville, leading to good track position, he had a mighty fine automobile under him as well. I think he will win Saturday night.
Jimmie Johnson also should be strong. The Hendrick COT advantage seems pretty well nonexistent at bigger tracks, but at the flat venues, it's still around. JJ finished fourth at Martinsville, and his teammates finished second, sixth and seventh. Of course, Johnson won last fall at Phoenix, and he also has posted top-10 finishes in five consecutive Phoenix races. He rolls off seventh for Saturday's race, and I expect he'll stay near the front all night.
"Rearviewmirror" (Midrange Drivers of Note)
(Last Week: Ryan Newman, 4th; David Ragan, 13th)
Did someone just say something about a COT advantage on flat tracks? Casey Mears is the Hendrick minion who finished seventh at Martinsville, and he posted a Phoenix career-best 13th-place finish in his winged Hendrick jalopy last fall. Now that he's pretty safely inside the top 35 in owner points (he's 27th), Mears can breathe just a little easier and focus on doing enough the rest of this season not to lose his job in the No. 5. I think he will give you a top-15 finish Saturday.
And I'm going back to the Ragan well. Suddenly, the No. 6 is one of the most consistent teams out there; since his wreck-induced 42nd at the Daytona 500, Ragan hasn't finished worse than 23rd in six events and has four top-20 results in those races. He was an impressive 11th two weeks ago at Martinsville, which tends to be a pretty good predictor for Phoenix. So despite the fact that Ragan finished 32nd and 41st at Phoenix last season, I'm rolling the dice and sticking with him as one of the best undervalued drivers of the weekend.
"Not For You" (Beware Of These Drivers)
(Last Week: Jimmie Johnson, 2nd)
This section of STBC is devoted to finding the guys who, statistically speaking, don't excel on the present week's track and/or track style. I'm not definitively predicting a guy will stink at this week's race; rather, I'm saying there are more consistent fantasy options elsewhere. This week, I'm staying away from Kurt Busch. Listen, the elder Busch has a very nice history at Phoenix. He's won here (in the spring of '05), he's never finished worse than 24th, and he has seven top-20s and five top-10s in eight career starts at this venue. But the Blue Deuce hasn't had it together this year, currently stands 15th in points and didn't look very strong finishing 33rd at Martinsville. History says Busch has a chance Saturday, but I'd rather look elsewhere.
"Nothing As It Seems" (Weekly Sleepers)
(Last Week: Brian Vickers, 16th; Paul Menard, 17th)
Mark Garrow, my pal from ESPN and Jayski, will hurl epithets in my direction because of how poorly Jamie McMurray has performed for his fantasy team, but I actually kind of like the No. 26 as a sleeper this weekend. After his horrible start, McMurray finished eighth at Martinsville and followed that up with an unexpected (to me) 14th at Texas. Jamie Mac has exactly zero top-10 finishes in nine Phoenix tries, but if we're investing in him this week, we don't need a top-10. A top-20 will do, and he's got three of those at this track. Here's a guess that Roush's overall strength so far in '08 carries McMurray to 15th or better.
I also like the smooth and steady hand of Bobby Labonte this week. Since the fall of '04, Labonte has five top-10 finishes in seven starts at this venue, including an eighth in his Petty COT last season; he also had an 18th last year. Labonte disappointed with a 25th a couple of weeks ago at Martinsville, but Saturday night's race could be more to his liking: a battle of attrition. He'll launch from the 34th spot, which means he probably doesn't have a super-fast piece, and he could even go a lap down. But Phoenix has been known for wrecks and blown engines in the past, and hopefully Labonte hangs around long enough to finish in the top half of the field.
"Off He Goes" (Deep-League Hail Mary)
(Last Week: David Gilliland, 15th)
Very quietly, DEI has turned in some OK results in this first post-Junior season. Martin Truex Jr. is threatening the Chase again, Mark Martin has driven pretty well (including an eighth-place finish last week in Texas), Aric Almirola shocked Bristol by finishing eighth in Martin's ride and even Regan Smith in the No. 01 pulled out a very nice result at Martinsville. Smith makes an interesting Hail Mary this week; he's owned in only 25.7 percent of ESPN leagues, yet his 14th at Martinsville indicates he's got the flat-track chops to be competitive Saturday. Now, unfortunately, Smith hasn't topped 30th at any other race so far this season, which explains why he's so lightly owned. But if the final driver on your team didn't qualify this week, at least you know Smith will be in the race (he's teetering on the brink, but he's 35th in owner points), and I think he could give you a top-25.
Christopher Harris is a fantasy baseball, football and racing analyst for ESPN.com. He is a six-time Fantasy Sports Writing Association award winner across all three of those sports.
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South African Dominance May Derail Bid for Key Africa Post
South Africa's bid to flex its foreign-policy muscle by capturing the African Union's top post may be thwarted by nations resentful of its already dominant role on the world's poorest continent.
South Africa initially failed to back the 54-nation body's demand last year that Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo cede power to Alassane Ouattara following a disputed election. It also clashed with members Gabon, Nigeria and Ethiopia, which recognized Libya's National Transitional Council even as President Jacob Zuma was persuading the AU to delay recognition.
"South Africa's handling of the Libya fallout has hurt it badly on the continent," Chris Landsberg, a politics professor at the University of Johannesburg, said in a phone interview. It "may be unsuccessful in its bid."
South Africa generates a third of sub-Saharan Africa's gross domestic product, is the only African member of the Group of 20 industrialized nations and holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council. Its home affairs minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is seeking to depose incumbent AU Commission Chairman Jean Ping of Gabon at this weekend's meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital.
Ping has the support of West Africa and North Africa, said an Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Ministry official who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the election, in a telephone interview.
Kenya Support
Gabon will back Ping's re-election, Foreign Ministry spokesman Etienne Nguema said in a phone interview from Libreville, the capital. Kenya will support the incumbent, the Nairobi-based Daily Nation reported on Jan. 22, citing Assistant Foreign Affairs Minister Richard Onyonka.
African countries bought 34 percent of South Africa's manufactured goods in the third quarter, more than any other region, according to central bank figures. South African International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says her country is seeking the post to ensure the union plays a more forceful role in world politics and is run more effectively.
The AU has refused to confront the leaders of several member states accused of flouting democracy and human rights violations, including Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi. The grouping last year elected as its ceremonial head Equatorial Guinea leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has been in power since 1972 and whom Human Rights Watch, the New York-based advocacy group, accuses of plundering his nation's oil riches.
Arab Spring
African Union mediation efforts during the Arab Spring uprisings that toppled governments in Tunisia and Egypt last year came too late to have any effect, while its attempts to restore calm in Libya were overtaken by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization bombings that helped topple Qaddafi.
On March 10 last year, as NATO sent ships to the seas off Libya, the AU's Peace and Security Council said it rejected any foreign military intervention and urged the international community to support its negotiating team of five African presidents, including Zuma.
A week later, South Africa backed UN Security Council Resolution 1973, which authorized the use of "all necessary measures" to protect Libyan civilians. U.S. and coalition forces began military action against Libya on March 19 and Qaddafi's regime was deposed in August.
President Zuma later said the bombing campaign constituted an abuse of the UN resolution, which was supported by the Security Council's other two member states: Nigeria and Gabon.
French Candidate
South Africa also differed with French-speaking African countries last year, saying the International Monetary Fund should be headed by an emerging-market candidate while such countries as Ivory Coast supported France's Christine Lagarde.
A medical doctor, Dlamini-Zuma is the ex-wife of the president, who has rallied support for her candidacy. She served as South Africa's foreign minister between 1999 and 2009, when she was appointed to her current post, and would be the first woman to head the continental body since it was founded as the Organization of African Unity in 1963.
"She will make a very good executive secretary," Landsberg said. "She knows the continent inside out. She has tremendous foreign policy experience."
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki touted Dlamini-Zuma as his successor. Her nomination challenges a tradition that the top AU post go to a smaller state to offset the political and economic dominance of South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, Libya and Egypt, said Siphamandla Zondi, director of the Institute for Global Dialogue in Pretoria.
'Close Margin'
"Whoever wins will win by a very close margin," Zondi said in a phone interview. "South Africa could cause resentment and feelings that it is throwing its weight around and looking after its own interests."
The commission runs the AU's day-to-day affairs, while a largely ceremonial chairmanship of the union rotates annually among the leaders of its members. Ping, Gabon's former foreign minister, has led the commission since 2008.
While Dlamini-Zuma may be able to address the AU's administrative difficulties, she would have little scope to deal with its other shortcomings, said Nomfundo Ngwenya, an analyst at the South African Institute for International Affairs.
No Position
"It's not the commission that determines the AU line, it's the heads of state," she said in an interview from Johannesburg. "I don't think you can necessarily put a South African there and expect them to dictate to the rest of the countries on how to be more efficient or more forceful or more assertive."
Heads of state from the 15-nation Southern African Development Community, a regional trading bloc that includes South Africa, have declared their support for Dlamini-Zuma, Nkoana-Mashabane said. Still, Malawi, a member of the group, has not taken a position, Information Minister Patricia Kaliati said in a phone interview.
Voting is scheduled to take place on Jan. 29 and the result will be announced on the same day, the AU said on Jan. 24. The winner requires a two-third majority.
"Countries are at liberty to vote and vote according to their convictions," minister Nkoana-Mashabane told reporters at Bela-Bela in South Africa's Limpopo province on Jan. 18. "We are very, very confident that we've got the requisite support."


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Chapter 24. Mental Illness and Mental Health
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Published Online: 13 MAY 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713181.ch24
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Handbook of Applied Cognition, Second Edition
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Britney Spears' Dad Bought Ex-Boyfriend's Cheating Video to Protect Her
Don't mess with Papa Spears.
Don't mess with Papa Spears.
Hardcore Britney Spears fan David LeCours recently got the surprise of his life when his idol penned him a heartfelt letter in response to a moving letter that he gave her.
At the 2014 MTV VMAs last night (Aug. 24), Katy Perry brought some major nostalgia with her red carpet dress! The singer and her date Riff Raff channeled Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake's iconic all-denim outfits from the 2001 American Music Awards.
Things got a little bit awkward during Britney Spears' Las Vegas residency when she appeared to be lip synching to Sia during a recent performance.
Before she was a Marvel superhero ('Guardians of the Galaxy') and before she was an alien on the planet Pandora ('Avatar'), Zoe Saldana co-starred in the 2002 critically-panned film, 'Crossroads,' which starred Britney Spears at the height of her music career.
Despite the critical backlash from the movie, however, Saldana has nothing but good things to say about Spears, and even defended the pop star after a raw version of 'Alien' without auto-tune was leaked on the Internet last month
Britney Spears is adding another fragrance to her perfume repertoire, a repackaging of her 2005 scent Fantasy.
Can Britney Spears add 'dine-and-dasher' to her lengthy resume?
The latest previously unreleased song to hit the Internet is early version of 'Alien,' off the 'Britney Jean' album.
Jamie Lynn explains why getting introduced to Alan was so special, talks the likelihood of going on tour with Britney and discusses her daughter watching 'Zoey 101.'
In a new original song, YouTubers Rob Cantor and Andrew Horowitz manage to combine 29 spot-on celebrity impersonations!


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Your family will have a fun time on vacation sitting on the decks enjoying the view and bird watching or taking a soak in the private pool. Relax in the hot tub after a long day at the beach, or sit on the private dock and try your hand at crabbing! Drop the boat in at the community ramp, and dock it behind the house for a week of fun. Wooden walkways line the canal for everyone's enjoyment. The pool table is just one more reason to stay at Dancing Dolphin! The fireplace at the property is for decoration only.
GROUND LEVEL: Private Pool, boat dock and wooden walkway. Game Room with Flatscreen, wet bar, wine chiller, beer fridge, dishwasher and Pool Table; Bedroom with Pyramid, Single Sleeper Sofa and TV, Full Hall Bath with glass shower. Elevator access in hallway.
LEVEL 1: Foyer, King Master Bedroom, Bedroom with Queen and writing desk, Bedroom with Twins, Full Bath, Laundry closet, elevator access. Large deck overlooks canal and pool.
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Am in Toronto now where we held a successful Premeir event yesterday - 19 carefully targeted customers attended a day long Premier awareness building event where we helped them understand all the cool aspects of this great offer (even though i say it myself, it really is a great offer)
We had Phil Sorgen, the President of Microsoft Canada inaugurate the event, Ron Withers Director of Enetrprise Services spoke about all the features of Premier, we had an industry analyst weigh in with his views on the nature of the business and then we had some terrific customer testimonials. These customers were really able to show better than any marketing that we can think of, what the real value of Premier is.
This was 5 months in the planning and was a lot of hard` work indeed. I had the pleasure of working with and getting to know people like John Rukavina, Suzanne Battiston, Jason Bartlett, Pierre Collins and Maxim Artemenko the last of whom kept puzzling over how I could have a Russian name:-) Turns out he is a big fan of Mithun Chakravarty as well, one of Bollywood's famous film stars.
The team did this while holding regular day jobs which makes their commitment even more creditable.
Pierre and I went to 'The keg' after the event and had a nice celebratory meal.
Erica Thode who works with me in Redmond spent many hours reaching out to customers and ensuring that there was a good turnout. She too has shown great commitment towards making this a success.
Dickson 'the dude' Co also helped with some number crunching as we analyzed the market to understand size of opportunity.
So now that the event is over we can look back at the effort and say that it was time well spent. In the days ahead, we'll no doubt see some tangible business results as well.
Next stop Sydney where the team has been hard `at work as well. I'm sure that will be another biggie .....


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Running Time: 119
Director: Rocco Siffredi
Company: Rocco Siffredi Productions
Distribution Companies: Evil Angel
Cast: Katka, Pamela (I), Tara (I), Jane Darling, Franco Roccaforte, Romana (I), Denis Marti, Lucy (I), Vanessa (I), Alena (I), Rocco Siffredi, Kelly (I), Robert Rosenberg, Sabina (I), Neeo, Jane (I), Kristin, Eva (I), Blanka (I), Michaele
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Genre: All-Sex
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Rocco Siffredi organizes a live sex show in which the models wear body paint and work the catwalk for a studio audience before what turns into a free-for-all for the porn stars involved. Siffredi and pals such as Franco Roccaforte and Denis Marti basically grab the various hired help randomly and bang them at will. There are about a dozen girls who participate in the sex, but the sexy brunette pair of Lucy and Eva really stand out in the three-guy, three-girl finale —the best scene of the tape. The action is unpredictable and virtually nonstop as Siffredi runs around getting blowjobs from seemingly everyone and picks girls up at their table mid-conversation and whisks them backstage to fuck. Three-ways and anal abound during this backstage look at a raw sex party.


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The Dinner Club At Alchemy Of The Hearth
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- Where Alchemy of the Hearth, 960 Rancheros Drive Ste L, San Marcos, CA Map | Website
- Age limit All ages
- Categories Food, Lectures & Classes
- Cost $25
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Our interns are cooking and we'd like you to join us for a fun filled evening of communal dining. They'll feed you from appetizer to dessert and explain what their inspiration was behind the menu and how each dish was created.
You'll interact with the chefs of tomorrow and be instrumental in their development. Come hungry and be prepared to be impressed! Seating is limited and pre registration is required.
Alchemy is a teaching kitchen preparing tomorrow's chefs today! Your donation of $25 is greatly appreciated!
Date: September 30th at 6 p.m.
Cost: $25.00
Location: Alchemy of the Hearth at 960 Rancheros Drive Ste, L, San Marcos, CA 92069. Google Maps.


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Well guys, it's been a political week. President Obama was inaugurated and sworn in for the second and now he's working to define his legacy.
And while this is very big news, it's certainly not the only ground breaking political news involving African Americans and the White House these days.
Because every Thursday night there's at least one other politically-savvy African American who pretty much runs the White House and the President from her infamous damage-control firm in DC.
Yes, I'm talking about Attorney Olivia Pope, the complex Scandal-queen herself, played by Kerry Washington on ABC's hit show Scandal. It's safe to say that black folks have not been this excited about Thursday night since Cosby.
And though it's the fictional world of TV, there are certain realities about the politics surrounding this show that should be discussed.
For one, as most of you know, African Americans run this show in just about every aspect.
It's based on and co-executive produced by real-life, damage-control specialist Judy Smith, a former member of the Bush White House who represented Monica Lewinsky and Michael Vick.
Written and created by another brilliant sister, Shonda Rhimes, it's the highest-rated drama among African-Americans, and Kerry Washington is the first black female lead in a network drama in almost 40 years.
Wow, comets return faster than that.
The NY times ran a piece pondering if Washington's lead role represents a "new era of post-racial television where cast members are ethnically diverse but are not defined by their race or ethnicity."
Hmm…post-racial TV, huh? Only took us 40 years to get another black female dramatic lead and now we're post-racial?
In any event, it does raise some interesting questions regarding the type of roles and characters we should embrace in the 21st century.
Must they be good or moral characters like those on Cosby, especially given the media's ongoing negative stereotyping of black life on screen? Or should they be more complex, both good and bad, more like Washington's Olivia Pope?
Tell us if you want your 21st century black characters to be all good like Cosby or more complex like Olivia Pope and why.
I'll leave you with this from Dr. Brittney Cooper, assistant professor of women's studies at Rutgers University, on the unique character of Olivia Pope.
"She's the most complex black female lead we've ever seen in prime time. You're not getting an archetype, you're not getting a stereotype, you're getting a fully-fledged human being."


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First-time mother Frances Ross didn't agonize about returning to her managerial position at IBM as her maternity leave neared its close in September. Instead she weighed her scheduling options and found them plentiful.
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Revamping Emergency Treatment Of Children
By KATE STONE LOMBARDI
Published: June 21, 1998
THE typical family moving to Westchester considers many factors before choosing where to live. There are the taxes, of course, the caliber of the school district, the safety of the streets and perhaps the length of the commute. But how many parents consider the quality of emergency medical care?
Most parents presume that every ambulance and each community hospital is equipped to handle a serious pediatric emergency. This presumption may not necessarily be correct, according to a group of pediatricians who have joined to improve emergency care for children.
Dr. Norma Dreyfus, a pediatrician in Larchmont, offered the following scenario: a mother is in the park with her 4-year-old son, who is playing with a small ball. Suddenly he is choking and gasping for breath, the ball having lodged in his throat. The mother tries the Heimlich maneuver, but it is ineffective. The child becomes pale and limp and is no longer breathing. Luckily, the park is across the street from a hospital. The mother runs with her child to the emergency room, assuming that her child will soon be all right.
''The assumption is made that once in an emergency department, proper help is at hand,'' Dr. Dreyfus said. ''But this assumption may or may not be correct. In this case, the doctors look into the child's mouth and see what looks like a multicolored jawbreaker. They try to remove it only to push it farther down the airway. If -- and I repeat if -- the emergency department has the proper size equipment and if it has professionals who are trained to treat children, your child may have a chance. Remember the minutes without oxygen are ticking away. Your child is unconscious, blue and limp.''
In the situation Dr. Dreyfus described, the emergency room was staffed with a doctor and nurse who were trained in advanced pediatric life support. Further, they have the pediatric-size medical equipment on hand to remove the small ball.
''They reach for the child-size laryngoscope and McGill forceps and remove the foreign object,'' Dr. Dreyfus continued. ''But he still doesn't breathe. Remember, this hospital staff has been trained properly and is well-versed in airway management and its consequences for the pediatric patient. The team knows to bag and mask him and after a few minutes he sits up none the worse for wear. Now take a moment to think of the alternative. An emergency department prepared with neither the knowledge or equipment to care for your child.''
Dr. Dreyfus, along with eight other doctors in the county, is working on Paces, a project of the local chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Paces is an acronym for Pediatric Area-Wide Coordinated Emergency Services. The project is the first phase of a national effort to establish Emergency Medical Services for Children, a federally financed initiative meant to insure that children with serious injuries or illnesses will have access to services that offer them the best chance of survival.
The plan is based on the concept that a critically injured child's survival depends on several factors. First, at each level of care, beginning with the ambulance service, professionals need to be trained in pediatric emergencies. Second, equipment of the right size needs to be available, both in ambulances and emergency rooms. Third, coordination is necessary at all levels of care. For instance, if a child is taken to a community hospital with an injury beyond the scope of the hospital, after the child is stabilized, there should be a procedure for immediate consultation and transportation to a center with more advanced treatment.
''You don't expect every hospital to be a tertiary care center, or even right below that level,'' said Dr. Joli Yuknek, director of pediatric emergency medicine at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla and a member of the committee. ''But you do want some policy to expedite things because time is of the essence. What we don't want to happen is, 'Oh, gee, I have this sick kid we need to transfer to another place. O.K. Now who should I call, where's the phone number?' Then you get the operator, she transfers you to some other place. We want a policy where you call Hospital A, and the system is activated to transport that child.''
One of the goals of the committee is to see that every hospital in the county with an emergency room meets the minimum standards of the American Academy of Pediatrics for an emergency department approved for pediatrics. The criteria cover basic staffing, training, equipment, supplies, policies and procedures for treating pediatric emergencies. Hospitals that meet the standards will be given a logo to display showing their compliance.
''Just as with the safe house program, this will alert the community to havens where their seriously ill or injured children will have a greater chance for a positive outcome,'' Dr. Dreyfus said.
To encourage education in caring for sick or injured children, the group is also acting as a clearinghouse for educational courses on pediatric advanced life support and has put together a calendar on classes in the Hudson Valley for emergency medical technicians, pediatricians and hospital emergency departments.


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King Sunny Ade show canceled
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Nigerian juju master King Sunny Ade was scheduled to perform at the Cedar Cultural Center this Saturday night with his band the Sunny Beats, but a car accident that took the lives of two of his bandmates has forced Ade to cancel the remainder of his current tour. See below for an official statement from Ade's management, and visit the Cedar's site for information about their ticket refund policy.
We regret to inform you that King Sunny Ade¹s scheduled concerts in Chicago (April 16, 2010), Minneapolis ( April 17th, 2010) and Lincoln, Neb. ( April 18th, 2010)have been cancelled. On March 26, 2010, two members of King Sunny Ade¹s band, Gabriel Ayanniyi (talking drum) and Omo Olope (percussion), were killed in a car accident, while on their way to a music video shoot. "Gabriel was a great protégée talking drum player that everyone in Nigeria was talking about," says Ade's U.S. manager Andy Frankel. "These musicians' deaths is a great loss."
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The hours of preparation, consideration and speculation are over ladies and gentlemen. Here we have a rookie draft class eager to get to work and contribute, something the 49ers have spent months searching for. See, GM Trent Baalke and HC Jim Harbaugh have prospected, staked their claims and excavated their talents…now it's time to analyze what is truly gold, silver and other valuable players and what is fool's gold. Dependent on how malleable the players and roster become is whether or not Harbaugh can mold this lode into his true vision of the 49ers moving forward. Luckily for Coach Harbaugh, GM Trent Baalke worked his 11 NFL Draft picks and truly came home with a haul.
Remember 'Sky is the Limit'?
A few months ago Anquan Boldin was quoted saying the 'sky is the limit' for the 2014 offense. Much to everyone's delight, rumblings of an improved passing attack and continued progress in the young but impressive career of Quarterback Colin Kaepernick began to soar. But the 49ers weren't done there; they followed suit and went out to grab free agent WR Brandon Lloyd in order to bolster the competition at WR #3. Many thought Lloyd would bring a level of experience and impressive body control mixed with great hands to the third position and begin to create this unique passing attack.
For an organization which has struggled to produce a solid WR outside of Crabtree within the NFL Draft, many fans (and skeptics) looked to the 2014 draft class as the time for the 49ers to get it right. Discussions as to whether a DB or WR being taken at #30 or traded up for swirled back and forth. The 49ers didn't get a name like Watkins, Benjamin or Evans but they sure got one that garnered attention and a collective sigh from their NFC West opponents.
Stevie Johnson has been a name thrown around the 49er community and fan base for a few years now as a potential favorite to land in San Francisco and do great things. From growing up in the area and living just around the corner from Candlestick Park, to being a childhood 49er fan…things almost had that Kaepernick feeling when it all came together (and we all know how that turned out). Johnson has eclipsed the 1,000 yard mark three times in his career and averages 12.7 yards per catch as well as 50+ yards per game. Add that to 201 of his 301 catches moving the chains and we have ourselves a WR Corps that looks unstoppable. Perhaps Boldin did have it right, for a franchise who has come up short three years running (as result of a struggling passing game) in 2014 the sky could truly be the limit for the 49ers.
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The 49ers have a large number of potential free agents coming in 2015, and at key positions none the less. Names like Mike Iupati and Michael Crabtree spring out at you; Frank Gore is another who could potentially find himself on the outside looking in. All in all, the 49ers have some very hard decisions coming up and none could be more important than their apparent franchise Quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Kaepernick is seeking between $15-18 million a year and regardless of whether or not the 49ers believe he is worth that, someone will pay it. So for now, the 49ers are working hard in an attempt to lock him up on an extension sooner rather than later and save that severe hit to next season's cap space. In addition, the 49ers rank 31st in cap space, which shows their desire to 'win now' rather than just continue building for the future. Kaepernick's progress this season will surely dictate the pace and aggressiveness of the discussions moving forward. He surely has the weapons and experience at his disposal, no excuses in 2014.
The Truth
I spoke earlier on Frank Gore and his potential departure, which should get the fan base in a ferocious uproar (and rightfully so). The 49ers legend has eclipsed the 30-year mark of his lifetime and sooner rather than later the arrow will begin to point south. Sure, he posted another 1,000-yard season (including 9 touchdowns), which gives Gore seven seasons of 1,000 yards or more in his 10-year career.
Think about this though, in the last three years Gore has not only played in all 16 games (48 games total) but he has also played in another eight NFL Playoff games after posting those 1k seasons. During which, Gore has carried an additional 140 times for 646 yards (4.6 YPC average) and hauled in 18 receptions for 167 yards. That's another ½ NFL season under his belt in the last three years straight for an aging ba
ck. Do the math to figure the projection for Gore's numbers based off the eight postseason games he has played in and he would haul in 280 carries for 1,292 yards and 36 receptions for 334 yards. That would hypothetically be his second BEST rushing season in his career.
It is hard to begin to pull back on a guy who has given so much for so long. He surely deserves a ring prior to the end of his great run with the team. In order to get there, the 49ers MUST begin to spare him here and there to save his legs. For a 31-year-old NFL RB, an extra half-season on old legs begins to take its toll, especially in the punishing NFC West. Don't be surprised if Gore is kept fresh for the playoffs, and this means a lot of Hyde/Lattimore/Hunter in his place for the longer haul.
Gore will likely finish out the 2014 season and be asked to come back in a lesser role as the 49ers simply cannot afford to spend big time money on him with all the future signings that must take place. Gore could always take the deal to retire with the very team which chose him (rarity) but history and numbers show he could likely go elsewhere in an attempt to keep pace with the NFL. The next year or two will surely be bittersweet for 49ers fans. Because Frank Gore is a pro's pro and deserves the best in whatever he does. What would be great is if #21 can go out on top a la 'The Bus' and retire on his ring…and as a 49er.
Quick Hits
- Tank Carradine and Marcus Lattimore will get to contribute and earn their way onto an already packed roster…should be fun to watch.
- Second-round pick Carlos Hyde will come into an already crowded backfield and look to earn that #2 or #3 spot. Hyde recently signed his four year contract with the franchise.
- Lawrence Okoye will be able to show exactly what he has learned from training and traveling with the team for the 2013 season, can the Olympic wonder breakthrough?
- Lattimore says he feels 'great' and is working on the surrounding muscles in his knee to get himself ready for TC.
- Stevie Johnson/Brandon Lloyd and fourth-round pick Bruce Ellington should make for an exciting and fun battle at #3 WR position.
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