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Lab talk
Dec 15, 2010
Hydrophilic modification upgrades neural microelectrode
To decrease the impedance of microelectrode arrays designed for neuroscience applications, researchers in Taiwan have fabricated units based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and then modified the MWCNT surface with a steam-plasma (SP) treatment. As the physical size of a microelectrode decreases, its impedance increases and charge-transfer capability decreases. To decrease the impedance, the effective surface area of the electrode must generally be increased. In this work, the group has explored the effect of plasma treatment on the surface wettability of MWCNT.
With an SP treatment the surface of MWCNT is converted from super-hydrophobic (152°) to super-hydrophilic (~5°); this hydrophilic property is attributed to –OH bonding on the surface of MWCNT. Applying plasma with a power of less than 257nbsp;W for 10 s improved the electrochemical and biological properties, and circumvented the limitation of the surface reverting to a hydrophobic condition; a hydrophilic state is maintained for at least one month.
As shown in the figure, the morphologies of treated MWCNT (25 W, 10 sec) were not different from those as grown. For a typical electrode with an open area of 2500 µm2 immersed in phosphate-buffered saline, the impedance decreased from 51.2 kΩ to 3.49 kΩ at 1 kHz (nerve operating frequency) after SP treatment. The impedance of the treated MWCNTs is much smaller than that of electrodes made from other materials such as Au, Pt and Ir.
The modified microelectrode array was used to record neural signals of a lateral giant cell from an American crayfish. The response amplitude of the action potential was about 275 µV with a 1 ms period; the recorded data had a signal to noise ratio of up to 40.12 dB. The improved performance of the electrode makes it possible to separate the neural signals and recognize their distinct shapes.
With further development, the rapid surface treatment will be useful for long-term recording applications.
The researchers presented their work in the journal Nanotechnology.
About the author
Chang-Hsiao Chen is a PhD candidate at the Institute of NanoEngineering and MicroSystems (NEMS), National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan. His research includes microprobe fabrication, carbon nanotube treatment, and signal processing technology. Da-Jeng Yao is an associate professor at the institute, and is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Power Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Engineering System and Science. He received his PhD from the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), US, in 2001. His research scope combines his strong backgrounds in MEMS and thermal fluidics. Areas under investigation include BioMEMS, electronic nose devices, MEMS packaging, thermo-fluidic MEMS, and thin-film property measurement.


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I burnt a CD-RW at school, containing [among others] jdk1.4.2
I installed it onto my mother's desktop [running xp], no problems. But
my laptop [running '98] wouldn't access the disc. So I bought a CD-R
and copied the files onto that.
This disc worked perfectly in my laptop-- I opened the folders,
followed the instructions and installed the java files [the same way
I'd done it on the desktop]. When the installation was finished, a
message popped up, saying that to finish the installation, I'd need to
restart my computer.
When I did, I got an error message:
"Invalid HIBERNATION partition/file. . . RUN HDPREPZ. . .
Searching for Boot Record from CD-ROM. . Not Found
Searching for Boot Record from Floppy. . Not Found
Searching for Boot Record from IDE-O. . OK
Data error reading Drive C
Abort, Retry, Fail? [I'd select 'r']
Data error reading Drive C
Abort, Retry, Fail? [I'd select 'r' again]
VMM32.VXD is required to run Windows.
If this file is not in your PATH, you may need to reinstall Windows.
Windows has stopped. Press CRTL+ALT+DELETE to restart your computer."
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Megastar Chiranjeevi all set to make a comeback
According to sources, Chiranjeevi is in search of a right script. In fact, his son Ram Charan Teja is keen to launch the film on Chiru's birthday (August 22) but, they are yet to finalize the script. "Although dad"s birthday is on August 22, things will fall in place soon since we are looking for a rock-solid script.", Hyderabad Times quoted Ram Charan as saying.
Chiranjeevi was last seen in the film Magadheera, where he did a guest appearance in the song 'Bangaru Kodipetta'. His last film in the lead was Shankar Dada Zindabad.


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Bodies of missing fishermen found near Sarnia
Lake Huron. (AP Photo / John L. Russell)
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Published Sunday, December 9, 2012 11:35AM EST
Last Updated Sunday, December 9, 2012 6:26PM EST
Police have recovered the bodies of two fishermen who were reported missing after their boat capsized northeast of Sarnia on Friday.
Police say their four-metre aluminum boat flipped, sending the two men into Lake Huron, about two kilometers off Kettle Point.
The boat was later found about a mile off-shore.
Provincial police say the body of William George, 58, was recovered Saturday night.
The body of the second fisherman, 50-year-old Craig Bressette, was found on Sunday.
Both men were from Kettle and Stony Point First Nation.
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According to a report by EFluxMedia, in 2003 Microsoft closed a deal with Immersion concerning business and IP licensing arrangements. According to the terms of the sub-license agreement, Microsoft was entitled to at least $15 million from any Sony payment over $100 million, plus 25 percent of any amount over $100 million up to $150 million.
Because back in 2002, Immersion filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and Sony over Xbox and PlayStation game controllers, which Microsoft agreed to pay $26 million at the time in order to settle the lawsuit. But, last year Sony was forced to pay to pay a total of $121 million to Immersion.
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By Spc. Angel Turner, 4th BCT, 1st Cav. Div. PAO November 8, 2011
FORT HOOD, Texas--Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, took time out their work schedule to help Brookhaven Elementary School pass out fundraiser orders Nov. 3.
"I know personally that we would not have been able to do the fundraiser without the support of the unit," said Linda Pelton, the treasurer and fundraising chairman for Brookhaven Elementary. "The truck arrives around 1:3 p.m., and we have everything ready for the parents to pick up between dismissal and 6:00 p.m.
"I got here a few minutes late, and the Soldiers already had everything laid out on the tables. I really appreciate that," added Pelton, who has worked with the school since 2007.
Through yearly fundraisers, Brookhaven is able to provide things outside of the school budget to include playground equipment, picnic tables and planned events like field day. Assisting with the fundraiser not only allowed Soldiers to help the school raise money but it also allowed them to interact with the local community.
"The main thing about the Adopt-A-School Program is that it builds a partnership between the school and the post and it helps the community," said Sgt. 1st Class Cory Smith, the fire support noncommissioned officer assigned to, 1st Sqdn., 9th Cav. Reg. "A lot of these (Soldiers) actually want to volunteer at schools. They want to help kids tutor and do things for (their) community. This is a chance to help," added Smith, a native of New London, Wisc.
The cavalry troopers helped move boxes full of fundraiser orders and alphabetized them to prepare for parents to pick them up.
Students walked alongside helping "Headhunter" troopers as they eagerly looked for the box that had their name on it.
"This shows kids that the military does care about them," said Sgt. Leonard Little, a cavalry scout and the tasking noncommissioned officer for 1st Sqdn., 9th Cav. Reg. "It puts a light into their eyes and lets them know 'hey if my dad is deployed, there are other Soldiers that will come and help us,'" stated the Wadesboro, N.C., native.
In addition to helping with the fundraiser, Soldiers also passed out Santa Workshop fliers. Squadron Soldiers will also volunteer with Brookhaven students once the workshop kicks off.


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SRINAGAR: In order to arrest losses, J&K government has invested Rs 2.50 crore in its run down Bemina Woolen Mills to improve its production that had plummeted to an all time low. While a washing unit was installed and old machines repaired, most of the capital infusion was devoured by the civil works, officials said.
"It would require a lot of investment to replace the machinery that was installed in the Bemina Mills and in fact some of the items are actually not manufactured now," Javed Iqbal, MD J&K Industries Ltd, a state run corporation with Rs 42.31 crore cumulative losses, said. "So we decided to repair the machinery so that the output improves."


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Dr Arpana Verma (MBChB, MPH, PhD, FFPH) - personal details
Contact details
Role: Director of the Centre for Epidemiology, MUCH and MPH/MRes
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 5206
Director of the Centre for Epidemiology, MUCH and MPH/MRes Institute of Population Health
Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre
Room 2.523 Stopford Building
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Director of the Centre for Epidemiology, MUCH and MPH/MRes
Institute of Population Health
Fax: 01613060693
I qualified as a doctor from the University of Manchester in 1995. Prior to this I worked at the Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, South Manchester University NHS Trust and in Respiratory Medicine.
I thoroughly enjoy teaching and currently teach undergraduates and postgraduates from a variety of backgrounds. My research interestes include urban health, hepatitis C and blood borne viruses. I set up the Manchester Urban Collaboration on Health which is part of the Centre for Epidemiology. More information regarding all our projects can be found on the intranet.
Memberships of Committees and Professional Bodies
British Thoracic Society (BTS)
Diabetes UK
Faculty of Public Health
Public Health Educators in Medical Schools (PHEMS)
European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
International Society of Urban Health (ISUH)
American Association of Public Health (APHA)
Manchester Medical Society
MBChB University of Manchester 1995
MPH (Distinction) University of Manchester 2006
MFPH Faculty of Public Health 2007 (by examination)
PhD University of Manchester 2011
FFPH Faculty of Public Health 2011 (through nomination)
Dr Arpana Verma is director of the Centre for Epidemiology and the Manchester Urban Collaboration on Health (MUCH), as well as a Senior Lecturer in Public Health. MUCH is based within the Institute of Population Health in the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences. MUCH performs high quality research, teaching and training, in the field of public health and has established links to local, national and international public health organisations (www.manchester.ac.uk/much). MUCH was recently designated the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Health Indicators.
Dr Verma is currently the Programme Director for the Masters in Public Health and MRes in Public Health/Prim online distance learning course, which offers an innovative approach to learning, meeting the training needs for health professionals interested in a career in public health or those seeking new skills in this area (http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/programmes/taughtmasters/ph/mph). She is also the Evaluation Lead for Well North, a collaborative programme which is developing, testing and piloting a set of linked interventions to improve the health of the poorest, fastest, in some of the most deprived areas of the North of England (http://www.mahsc.ac.uk/for-patients-and-the-public/well-north/). She is the teaching lead for the MAHSC Global Health theme and a board member of cities@manchester (http://www.cities.manchester.ac.uk/)
Dr Verma was the principle investigator (PI) of the European Urban Health Indicator System project (EURO-URHIS 2) funded by DG Research under the FP7 programme (http://www.urhis.eu/), and is also the president of the European Public Health Association section on Urban Health (http://www.eupha.org/urban-public-health).
Dr Verma is also PI on a number of health service research projects, primarily in hepatitis C and blood borne virus prevention, infection control, immunisation including MMR and HPV vaccine. Many of these projects involve data linkage of health indicators, risk factors and the wider determinants of health to help understand the urban challenges to health both within the UK and globally. The most recent EU grant consists of investigating health ageing in cities.
Dr Verma is also an expert for WHO, which has led to several publications (http://www.who.int/kobe_centre/publications/urban_metrics2011/en/index.html http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/172509/Developing-indicators-for-the-Health-2020-targets-Eng.pdf )
Dr Verma is also part of the Community Based Medical Education team at the Manchester Medical School, and her previous role was Director for Undergraduate Studies for the Institute of Population Health. Dr Verma also runs training events for public health professionals including the Public Health Grand Rounds, Festival of Public Health and with MAHSC, the 11th International Conference on Urban Health 2014 (http://www.festivalofpublichealth.co.uk/ http://www.icuh2014.com/).
Dr Verma also holds an honorary consultant post at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Public Health England.
Undergraduate medical curriculum
Organised Manchester Medical Society Public Health Forum events
Set up a journal club at the PCTs and within research team
Run tutorials for MFPH Part A/OSPHE teaching for trainees as well as running a mock exams
Post-graduate training for public health professionals
Greater Manchester Hepatitis C Study Day 2008
11th International Hepatitis C Conference 2009 (Lowry Hotel, Salford)
On organising committee for EUPHA conferences
Postgraduate Education
Supervising 6 MD/PhDs
Internal assessor/examiner MDs and PhDs for University of Manchester
Teach/taught on MSc/MPH courses (virology, infection, infection control, dietetics and nutrition etc.) for the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University
Examiner for University of Sheffield MPH
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SOMERSET – Karen Engle, who heads the anti-drug organization Operation UNITE, will now also coordinate the PRIDE initiative in Southern and Eastern Kentucky.
Engle became president and chief executive officer of both organizations on Monday, June 25, following approval from PRIDE's Board of Directors last Friday.
Engle replaces former PRIDE Executive Director Richard Thomas, who went to work for the Kentucky Office of Charitable Gaming earlier this month.
"Karen is no stranger to PRIDE, having served three years as its executive director," said Fifth District Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers. "I know her knowledge and leadership will serve both organizations well as they continue to make Southern and Eastern Kentucky a desirable place to live."
PRIDE, which promotes Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment in 38 counties, was launched in 1997 by Rogers and the late General James Bickford, former Secretary of the Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet. Their vision was to restore the natural beauty of their native region by encouraging citizens to take responsibility for protecting their environment and by providing the education and resources they need to do so.
PRIDE unites citizens with the resources of federal, state and local governments in order to: 1) improve water quality in the region, 2) clean up illegal trash dumps and other solid waste problems, and 3) promote environmental awareness and education. The first two goals are aimed at cleaning up the existing problems created by the region's two primary pollution sources: dumping trash illegally and discharging raw sewage through straight pipes or failing septic systems. The third goal addresses the need to break the cycle of pollution.
Created by Rogers in 2003, Operation UNITE, which stands for Unlawful Narcotics Investigations, Treatment & Education, is a regional anti-drug initiative empowering citizens groups and community leaders in 29 Southern and Eastern Kentucky counties.
Through community coalitions, UNITE seeks to fight this drug epidemic by expanding drug awareness and education programs to keep people from using drugs; coordinating drug treatment and outreach programs for those who are already addicted; and operating regional undercover law enforcement task forces for interdiction and prosecution of those dealing drugs.
"I am humbled by the confidence Congressman Rogers has expressed in my ability to coordinate two of his flagship programs," Engle said. "I see so much potential for PRIDE and UNITE to make a difference in the lives of every person in Southern and Eastern Kentucky."
"Both organizations are led by a quality staff," she continued. "I will utilize this talent to expand existing programs and create new opportunities."
Engle, a native of Pike County, worked for Rogers from 1994 to 1999, first as case worker in Pikeville then as a field representative and project manager in Hazard. She left to become assistant director of PRIDE, and was promoted to its executive director in May 2000. Three years later Engle was tapped by Rogers to create UNITE following a series of newspaper articles detailing the region's drug epidemic.
A graduate of Elkhorn City High School, she received a bachelor of science degree in management with a marketing minor from Union College.
Engle is a 2003 graduate of the Leadership Tri-County program, received the "2004 Aurora Awards Gold Award" for producing the 2003 PRIDE ENVI Awards show, was featured by the Corbin Times-Tribune newspaper in September 2005 as one of 20 successful people under age 40 in the Tri-County area (Knox, Laurel and Whitley counties), and received Leadership Tri-County's "William D. Hacker, M.D., Leader of the Year 2006" award in January 2006. She is currently a participant in the Leadership Kentucky program.
Currently she is a member of the Union College Alumni Association and serves as a member of Governor Ernie Fletcher's Drug Control Assessment Team and the Council on Post-Secondary Education Nominating Committee. She is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky.


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Ethiopia Criticizes Somaliland Opposition Over Alleged Support For Islamists
Issue 285
Hargeysa, Somaliland, July 4, 2007 – The opposition party, KULMIYE, is said to have received a letter of reply from the Ethiopian government which mainly criticizes the party's position regarding southern Somalia and Ethiopia's war against the [Islamic] Courts that governed Mogadishu.
According to informed sources, the letter is made up of eight pages. It is not known how it was delivered to the party.
This response [from the Ethiopians] had been predicted and comes after some KULMIYE Party officials called for a meeting with Ethiopian officials. The letter is said to urge the party to contact the Ethiopian embassy in Hargeysa.
Ethiopia made it clear to KULMIYE Party it was keen to see peace and stability in Somaliland. This position is said to be contained in the letter of reply.
The opposition parties (KULMIYE and UCID) late last year jointly convened an open debate which brought together all segments of society to discuss the possible repercussions of what was then happening in southern Somalia. The two parties did not at the time come out clearly in support of the Union of Islamic Courts. However, the feeling then was that the Ethiopian ambassador, Wibshet Dimise - who was invited to the forum and followed the proceedings through translation - did not like some of the speeches made at the forum.
The chairman of UCID, Eng Faysal Ali Warabe, has in the past said Ethiopia's intervention in southern Somalia can cause instability in the Horn of Africa. However, he has been modifying his position recently as some of his latest speeches show; at times saying Somaliland had many things in common with Ethiopia and its people.
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Have you ever lived anywhere else in the world ?
Yes, I lived in Israel for 2 years in 1993-94 where I worked as an Au Pair for 4 children under the age of 10. My days consisted of school runs, play dates and ballet lessons but my weekends were my own – I had such fun exploring the country which I fell in love with. I also lived and worked in Egypt, Cyprus and Greece for about 3 months each where I did the following: farm labourer, English teacher, chef, bar staff. Had the time of my life!
What countries have you visited ?
Are you ready for this? France (7 times), USA (7 times) Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Czech Republic, Monoco, Greece, Norway, Iceland, Egypt, Israel, Morocco, Jordan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada, Ireland, Gozo, Cyprus, Turkey, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales.
What countries would you like to visit ?
Oh man, everywhere! Of the places I haven't been, the ones I want to go to the most are Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Laos, Russia.
According to you, what are the positive and negative aspects of being an English book blogger ?
The positives are that there aren't so many of us so it's nice to be part of a little group of passionate book lovers. The downside is that every time I see a competition for a book I really want to read it's USA and Canada only :o(
What English authors and books would you recommend ?
How many languages do you speak ?
Where do you usually buy your books ?
Is getting your hands on foreign books tricky or easy (not mentioning online stores) ?
There are often books that I hear about on blogs or on Goodreads etc that I would really like but they aren't available in the UK. If a book has really good recommendations then I will order it from Amazon.
Every country has its clichés. What cliché about England do you consider disproportionate ?
Yes! Charlotte Bronte is my favourite author ever, but it's funny as I didn't read any of her books until I was in my 30's and now I don't know what kept me from her. I also love Anne Bronte but I must confess I struggle to get through Wuthering Heights. I have been to Haworth (where the Bronte's grew up and wrote their books) many time and I love it there. The village is so gorgeous and cute that you can totally see what inspired them. You can actually walk round their house too which I love.
Quick Q&A
Least favorite thing about England : The weather
Favorite typically English food : Sunday roast (beef, roast potatoes, cabbage, gravy – YUM!)
Favorite place in Yorkshire : Malham in the Yorkshire Dales – it's breathtaking
Favorite bookshop : Shakespeare & Co in Paris and Waterstones in Leeds (it's massive!)
Favorite English author : Charlotte Bronte (dead) and Joanne Harris (living)
Favorite English singer/band : Ooh, it would have to be something from the 80's as that was my era – Wham! or Duran Duran maybe (god, I'm showing my age now, LOL).
Favorite book to read while travelling : Oh anything that is so engrossing that I get lost in it and forget the journey. Maybe a chicklit – they are always fun!
Plane or train : Plane
Boat or bus : Boat
Bike or feet : Feet
Castles are amazing and so full of history and intrigue
I LOVE Yorkshire Puddings.
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Criminal Justice 100 – Survey of Criminal Justice
This course is an introduction to the study of the criminal justice system in the United States. The history, theory and practice of the various subsystems within the criminal justice system will be explored. Additionally, the various indices that provide measures of crime in the United States, the role of the police, the courts and corrections in addressing the "crime problem," and selected Supreme Court decisions will be critically examined. 3 credits. Fall sections are restricted to CRIM majors only. Spring sections are open to all students.
Criminal Justice 200 – Introduction to Corrections
The theory and practice of prison management and criminal rehabilitation are examined in this course. The overarching concepts of this course are: the functions of punishment and rehabilitation; historical and cross-cultural approaches to punishment, deterrence, and rehabilitation; current theories and practices; and future possibilities. The course is intended for those interested in the general study of sociology and criminal justice, prison administration, and complex organizations. Prerequisite: CRIM 100 with grade of C- or better or permission of instructor. 3 credits.
Criminal Justice 205 – Introduction to the U.S. Court System
This course is an introduction to the study of the United States Judicial System. The history, theory, and practice of the courts systems within the criminal justice system and its impact on the citizens of the United States will be explored. Additionally, the uniqueness of the dual courts system in the United States will be examined. Prerequisite: CRIM 100 with grade of C- or better or permission of instructor. 3 credits.
Criminal Justice 210 – Introduction to Policing
This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to conduct a critical analysis of the institutions of policing and the social actors therein. Topics that will be covered include: sociological notions of policing; social research and policing; historical developments and evolution of policing institutions; police roles and functions; police authority; control of the police; police deviance; and the emergent police occupational subculture. Prerequisite: CRIM 100 with grade of C- or better or permission of instructor. 3 credits.
Criminal Justice 305 – White Collar Crime
This course examines white-collar crime from a broad theoretical perspective and with a focus on the methodological issues involved in research on the causes of such crimes. Issues surrounding the origin and conceptual definitions of white-collar crime are studied and critically assessed. The costs associated with white-collar crime, especially corporate crime are investigated and analyzed. Computer crime is given particular emphasis. Other topics that are examined include: occupational crime, governmental crime, and state-corporate crime. The course gives particular emphasis to how the criminal justice system and the public respond to white-collar crimes. Prerequisite: CRIM 100 or permission of instructor. 3 credits.
Criminal Justice 323 – Gender and Crime
This course will integrate theoretical and empirical information on a wide variety of issues related to justice and women and issues surrounding women as criminal justice practitioners. Issues related to social control and gender, theoretical perspectives and empirical research on criminal offenders, the place of women, and the victimization of women will be examined. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior. 3 credits.
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Abner Mares has announced that he will vacate his WBC junior featherweight belt in order to fight as a featherweight, a development which comes after his failure to secure a unification bout with RING 122-pound champion Nonito Donaire, Mares' manager Frank Espinoza confirmed on Thursday.
"We vacated the title because we want to start challenging at 126," said Espinoza. "Abner's dream has always been to be a three-time world champion, so this seems like a really good time to move up and to fulfill his dream."
The story was initially reported by BoxingScene.com.
On Friday, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer issued a contract on behalf of Mares (25-0-1, 13 knockouts) offering rival Top Rank $3 million for the services of Donaire (31-1, 20 KOs), who, along with Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, said that the terms of the offer were not to their satisfaction.
Schaefer's 13-page offer was sent to Top Rank lawyer David Marroso, a senior attorney with the Los Angeles-based O'Melveny and Myers law firm, and would make Golden Boy the lead promoter "in association with Top Rank" with no options on Donaire.
"Right now, what we want to do is probably come back in April and sit down with Golden Boy and see what they have available. We'll get Abner a tuneup fight, and then see how he feels at that weight division," said Ezpinoza.
"From there, we'll discuss it with Abner and then maybe take one or two fights at that weight before he really thinks about challenging (for a 126-pound title). We want to see how he feels first, and then look for his first title fight."
Meanwhile, Donaire, who is coming off third-round knockout of Mexican veteran Jorge Arce in December, wants to return to an HBO-televised clash on April 13 against either WBA 122-pound beltholder Guillermo Rigondeaux or former two-division beltholder Vic Darchinyan.
Mares called out Donaire after his November unanimous decision over WBA bantamweight titleholder Anselmo Moreno (33-2-1, 12 KOs), who was dropped during the fifth round of a loss that ended his 27-bout winning streak that had included 10 knockouts.
Over a more than a 20-month span as a bantamweight through December of 2011, Mares twice defeated ex-beltholder Joseph Agbeko, earned a decision over former Darchinyan and battled to a draw with then-beltholder Yonnhy Perez.
After defeating Agbeko by consecutive majority and unanimous decisions, the latter in December of 2011, Mares rose to 122 pounds for a unanimous decision over ex-beltholder Eric Morel in April to earn the WBC's belt that had been vacated by Japan's Toshiaki Nishioka.
"Abner accomplished all of his dreams at 118, and he's accomplished all of his dreams at 122," said Espinoza. "Now, he wants to venture into and entertain the 126-pound division, and become a three-time world champion. It's one of the dreams and the goals that he's always had."
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- Turtle posts a sign in the elevator saying that she is the bomber, but not the burglar or the murderer, and that she'll treat everyone to Chinese dinner when she wins the game.
- Mr. Hoo says Grace has trouble with her kids, and he's glad to have Doug. Madame Hoo just says "Boom." She's excited that they're going to go to watch Doug race. She thinks about how she won't ever take his medals, or sell the clock with the mouse on it, even if it will take longer to save up to go back to China.
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- Jake tells them to have fun at the track meet, which isn't where they're going.
- Inside the apartment, Jake asks Angela and Sydelle to leave so Grace can have some privacy. Angela realizes her parents aren't bugging her or checking on her—she's alone.
- She laughs, and then decides everything's okay.
- Sydelle thinks things are great, and they're going to win. Angela thinks they might not, because they have a song instead of a name.
- Sydelle sings "purple waves of grain," and Angela says it's not purple, it's amber waves.
- Meanwhile, Judge Ford is worried about the revenge on Mrs. Westing. Dr. Deere and Chris show up, and Dr. Deere asks her to hang out with Chris for the afternoon.
- The medicine is helping Chris a lot, and he can talk without stuttering as much. Dr. Deere leaves to go back to the hospital.
- Chris says he'll birdwatch while the judge does her research. The judge realizes that the only possible player who could be Mrs. Westing is Crow.
- Chris shows the judge a flock of geese flying, which makes her drop her papers. When she picks them up, she realizes that the wax figure looked like a picture of Westing from fifteen years ago, so no one knows what he looks like now. She realizes Westing must be in disguise.
- Meanwhile, Turtle tries to relax at the dentist's. She distracts herself by thinking about how she kicked Barney Northrup hard when he stopped by her family's apartment that morning. She's worried about having her hair cut off.
- At the track meet, Doug wins the mile run. Mr. Hoo is super-proud, and thinks his inner soles are going to be a hit. Madame Hoo wants Doug to wear his medal to the meeting that night.
- Back at Judge Ford's apartment, Sandy is sad, and says that he ran into Barney Northrup, who fired him. He says he asked Barney to talk to the judge, because she might be a good reference, but the judge says he never called. She wonders if Barney is Westing in disguise.
- Sandy asks Chris about bird watching, and then pulls the judge aside. The two decide they just have to protect Mrs. Westing, who they think is Crow. Sandy also says he thinks Otis has been lying about who he really is, and he thinks Otis is actually Westing.
- Over at the Westing house, Crow and Otis arrive early for the meeting. She says she's worried that something bad might happen, and that she might be in danger. Otis doesn't believe her and says it sounds like she's been drinking again—and then he apologizes.


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The fascinating game of soccer with cards! Even if you don't know what offside is, this game will fascinate you!
You send eleven players onto the field. You decide which part of the team you particularly want to strengthen: The defense? Then begin with four defenders. Or instead do you want to play with four men in the center zone? And pray that your two forwards are enough.
The tactic cards bring action to the game! Select the cards which bring strength to your team. Take the offensive, but guard against being countered!
After six game periods you find out who goes home a winner. An extension is played if the scores are tied, and sometimes the game comes down to a single, dramatic shootout!
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Oliver Abendroth
Year: 1998
Players: 2
Time: 30 - 40 minutes
Ages: 12 and up
Weight: 415 grams
Language Requirements: An English translation of the rules is provided.
- 60 Soccer cards
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Average Rating: 4.5 in 2 reviews
Firstly I'd like to agree with the reviewer below in that perhaps red/yellow card & injuries are too common (you have a 50/50 chance of a player prone to yellow cards getting one if he has to test) in this game; we played for 120 minutes (it was 3-3 after the full 90) and at the end of the game we were both down to 9 men, had at least three players each with a yellow card and only two subs left out of four!
However, I have to say that this is also one of the most fun, draining games I've ever played, and is a fine addition to the Kosmos two-player line. The components are excellent and the names and artwork on the cards are quite a spoof in their own right. We played on until way past when I had planned to leave as there was no way I was leaving until the match was over (this was one of several games we played, it's not excessively long).
Overall an excellent, fun game well worth anyone's time. By the way, I won 4-3 after extra time with the last counterattack of the game. Following this it would have gone to penalties!
Finale is a fine, if somewhat complex game of soccer for two. Each player chooses a team of fifteen footballers and two sets of tactics cards from within either of the two team decks. The tactics cards have different balances of defense, midfield and striker strengths that have direct bearing on how you set up your team (3-4-3,2-5-3 etc.)
The gameplay consists of several turns (in 15 min increments on the turn record) where each player chooses a tactics card from their current hand, the higher card becoming the attacker. Players pick different footballer cards based on their current strengths (after which cards are rotated /tapped as in Magic) as dictated by the tactics cards...Count up the total strength of cards plus die roll vs. opponent and goal is allowed or denied.
We found that yellow cards, red cards and injuries were way too common, so we play house rule of checking die roll twice for each possibility rather than once, fail twice in a row then effected. Much better soccer realism. It takes a couple of plays to get fast, but then very fun!
I was reading a magazine article about Franz Beckenbauer the other day and he commented that until 1970 Germany just could not beat England at football, but once they'd cracked how to do it, there was no looking back! It seems once you have solved a problem, you wonder why you didn't do so earlier. The problem solving also applies to football games. What scale should the game be? Is it a simulation of a league like Soccerama or a tournament like Wembley or ADG's World Cup? Other companies have tried to simulate a single football game -- World Soccer in the seventies or more recently, Soccer from Lambourne Games. The real answer seems to be that the computer games have stolen the march and there is nothing in the board game department to challenge them. Well, the Germans may be slightly closer to solving the problem of the single football game and it has come from Kosmos. Their attempt focuses on a single match and the tactical overview within each game.
Each player is given 30 players and 30 tactics cards, with the players being colour coded for goalkeepers, defenders, midfield players and forwards, and the inspiration appears to have been the Siedler card game, because the cards are rotated as they are used.
Before the start of the game, the two players secretly select a hand of 15 players, 4 of whom are the substitutes. Then they select 11 of the tactics cards and one card that is a kind of universal tactics card that you use if you run out of the rest. A hand of three of these is taken from a shuffled deck. Each tactics card tells you what players to match up on either side when making up a move in football. Usually there are two parts to a move and the top half shows the first match-up and the lower half the second. If you imagine that during the course of a game, a move can start anywhere on the pitch, and make progress or break down, then this seems to be what is simulated. As a player loses possession (through the breakdown of a move), the opponent can begin a new attack or the attacker may start probing the defender with another approach.
In Finale, tactics cards shape the moves. Sometimes the start of a move involves a build up from defence, and so the goalkeeper, a defender and a midfield player may be involved. At other times the move may start further up the field. The game simulates this by comparing the number of balls (like resources in the Siedler card game) on each player taking part in the move and a die roll is added. The die adds 0-3 points. In the first part of the move (the build up) the attacker only needs to match the defender's score. If he does, the second part of the move comes in. If the attacker beats the defender on the final part of the move a goal is scored. If the move breaks down, the defender may become the attacker and the roles are reversed. Every time a player takes part in a move their card is turned 90% in the direction of an arrow on each card. Sometimes the player gets stronger, sometimes they stay the same level and sometimes they fall. This represents their stamina or their form in a match. Lars Lassig, a midfield player, starts off with 4 balls. This is pretty good as the top value is five. However, his form/stamina fluctuates wildly. His form falls to a 1, remains at 1 and then rises to three, before it returns to the original four.
The names on the players' cards are Continental European, so for the Brits it is more difficult to feel familiar with them, (although the recent proliferation of foreign stars into the English game may help!). However, the pictures on the cards are caricature-like, so they do resemble some well-known British stars (probably by accident or do most footballers look a bit gormless?). You can imagine the commentary: Hechter knocks the ball out to Fense, who cuts inside and finds Lars Lassig. Meanwhile the opponent is attempting to break down this move with his forwards and a midfield player.
The tactics cards start by being played simultaneously. Each card has a number and the higher one becomes the attacker. The difference between the cards is the degree of possession that that team has over the other and the number of attacks that the team can have. This can be interrupted if an attack fails at either stage of the move. If not, the moves are resolved with either goals or misses. Once the number of attacks has been resolved, a time period is complete and there are six of these in a game. Tactics cards are replenished and the game continues.
Team selection allows a total of 50 points to be spent on players. This can result in a wide variety of formations, although each team must, of course, have a goalkeeper. The players themselves are valued at 1 to 8 points and this normally represents the number of balls they have on each side of the card, but also their consistency. Lars Lassig is only a 2-point player, because he is also injury prone and has a tendency to appear in the referee's notebook. Besides turning a player's card through 90 degrees, a player may have a symbol in the top right hand corner of that facing. The die is rolled and your player may be booked, injured or even sent off! In our first two games no team finished with the same team as they started and there were three sendings off!!! Maybe this is as a result of the new standards being introduced in the World Cup. Either way it gives the manager lots of thinking to do. When you have a move that involves a group of players such as your midfield players, you generally have a choice, and therefore their disciplinary position, form and the score in the game make you either play safe or take a risk. All of this is in the melting pot as you choose your tactics cards, which, because there are no duplicates, you cannot force to come in a better order through adding multiples into your selection. (This is a possible expansion possibility, for sure.)
So there is the game. A pretty good attempt as a simulation and an even better attempt as a playable game. It deserves to have a good deal of air time because the combinations are so unpredictable, which adds to the replayability. Each game should last about 45 minutes, once players are familiar with the processes. Like Beckenbauer, I can't see why this approach wasn't considered before. It's getting much closer to the play of a football game. Try it.


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Hargeysa, Somaliland, June 10, 2006 (SL Times) – Somaliland government envoy for Southern Africa, Jawahir Mohamed Ali Sheikh Madar, discussed the issue of Somaliland with Rwandese Foreign minister Charles Murigande.
Jawahir who returned to Hargeysa on last Thursday told reporters that the purpose of her visit to Rwanda was to promote Somaliland and gain diplomatic support for its recognition.
Jawahir said she was impressed by the tremendous progress made by Rwanda in a time span of 10 years.
"It was particularly marvelous to see how they kept their country clean with no plastic bags on the streets or hanging from trees" Jawahir said.
The Somaliland diplomat praised the role played by the Rwandese in community development.
"The Rwandese army during the peacetime took the initiative to work with the people of Rwanda towards community development, with emphasis on building schools, hospitals, roads and brides. The concept originated from Rwanda's visionary president Paul Kagame and his chief of staff General James Kabarebe," she explained.
According to Jawahir the "government of national unity" in Rwanda has performed a miracle since 1994 genocide by uniting the nations, transuding tribal differences, for lacking the challenges of development.
She said that the Rwandese military officials agreed to her request to exchange their experience with officers from the Somaliland army in terms of participation in community development works.
Source: Somaliland Times
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Hi there,
I've had problems with numerous installs of Twitter Widget Pro not updating tweets and I've discovered - I think - that it's all down to a problem with my hosting and your use of TLC Transients. This MAY (or may not) also be the cause of other people's lack of updates.
The behaviour I was seeing was that I appeared to have different versions of my tweet stream "cached" and I could flick between the different cached versions by changing the settings. So, for example, with lot of widget settings I might see Tweets A, B and C. With a different set of widget settings I would see Tweets C, D and E. Changing the widget's settings between the two brought up to two different cached lists. BUT...when I posted a new Tweet NEITHER cached list of Tweets got updated.
I checked the database and noted a few timestamps in transient values in there and then went and checked the code.
TWP uses a hash of the widget options as a key for the transient "cache" of fetched Tweets. See line 710 of the plugin in the _getTweets function:
$key = 'twp_' . md5( $this->_getFeedUrl( $widgetOptions ) );
So that explains why different Tweet settings have different cached lists of Tweets, and how I can switch between them.
But why are they never updating?
Well, I've not done a too-thorough inspection of the code but TLC transients seems to use a "loopback" URL to fetch the cached list of Tweets without holding up the user - similar to how WP-Cron works. When scheduled it does:
add_action( 'shutdown', array( $this, 'spawn_server' ) );
And the spawn_server callback looks like this:
public function spawn_server() {
$server_url = home_url( '/?tlc_transients_request' );
wp_remote_post( $server_url, array( 'body' => array( '_tlc_update' => $this->lock, 'key' => $this->key ), 'timeout' => 0.01, 'blocking' => false, 'sslverify' => apply_filters( 'https_local_ssl_verify', true ) ) );
NOW...my hosting company don't actually allow me to make these
loopback HTTP requests. So, all my installed instances of TWP are broken.
Options for me seem to be:
1) The TWP developer make use of TLC Transients optional
2) I could put some hack in that deletes the transients every now and then. I DO have WP-Cron working (via a Unix cron job), so I could setup a job to clear the transients from the database using that.
3) I could use another plugin.
I know that TLC Transients is a clever way of making some big efficiencies. And I know that my hosting issue is probably a rare thing. But I could really use some feedback on whether TLC Transients will continue to be used or not, or if I have to consider one of the other options.
I hope that write up is useful to someone else too.


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Congressional staffers banned again from Wikipedia after "transphobic" edits | Ars Technica
One of the edits was to an article about the TV show Orange is the New Black. The article on the show noted actress Laverne Cox as the first ever "real transgender woman" to play in a women-in-prison narrative. Someone using the Congressional IP address changed the description of Cox, describing her as a "real man pretending to be a woman."
In an article about transphobia, the same Congressional IP address added a sentence reading: "Vice magazine cofounder Gavin McInnes desribes [sic] transphobia as a perfectly natural response to someone pretending to be something that they are not," referencing an article by McInnes.
The addition was deleted three minutes later. The Congressional user defended the edit on the talk page, saying that the article was "too pro-trans" and needed to be more neutral. "I don't see how disagreeing with the concept that transphobia is a negative thing is considered 'hate speech,'" wrote the Congressional user. "The whole concept of 'transphobia' is being promoted to trivialize the experiences of real women (or 'womyn-born-womyn' as some people call us)."
Other Wikipedia editors said the changes were hate speech, noting that the IP address already had an "untrustworthy" record. The "vandal" likely wasn't a woman at all, but a "puerile male intern/staffer desperate to become the House's very own Jester," wrote editor JohnValeron.
Well, it's their playground, but I don't see how censorship increases its value to any significant degree.


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You've all heard the claim that we aren't really atheists, we are just mad at god. (Or you will see such things as "so and so claims to be an atheist.")
Today, though I saw an argument in chat with a theist, and someone else's account of an argument they had out in public, and I stopped to wonder if maybe we aren't sometimes encouraging this line of bullshit, albeit unwittingly.
What happened in both cases was the atheist began recounting all the sorts of horrible things Yahweh is portrayed as doing or believing or commanding. In one case, I saw the atheist say "why should I love god when he won't love me back?"
The problem with this sort of thing is we usually don't take care to phrase our remarks to make it clear that god is a character of fiction. When discussing the misdeeds of Yahweh we tend to fall back on a convention we use when we talk about a fictional character in a book. We refer to him by name and talk as if the guy was real and the book was not fiction, for example, "In George Orwell's 1984, Winston Smith was arrested for thoughtcrime," not, "In George Orwell's 1984, the character Winston Smith..."
We know what we mean, because we both know Winston Smith (or god) is fictitious. But they don't know god is fictitious.
Talking this way with someone who believes the fictional character is real might cause him not to understand you are just following the convention. Your phrasing sounds to him like you accept god as real, he "knows" god is real, so he assumes at some level you think god is real.
What I am suggesting here is that you ever want to bring up how nasty this being is, you make it clear that you don't think he exists, make sure you put "fictitious" (or equivalent) in every other sentence at least, and not let them think for a minute that you assume the existence of god.
Yes I know that when you just said you were an atheist this shouldn't be necessary, but obviously many of these people don't understand atheism in their guts, so don't let their paradigm default you into a "believer but mad at god" box.
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Attitude much?
Yes, exactly. Basically remember who you are talking to and their context of knowledge.
Another example like the one you gave here is that biologists, talking to each other, will often anthropomorphize evolution, saying such-and-such organ's purpose is this, and that so-and-so was designed to... As if evolution were conscious of what it were doing. They know it isn't, but it's faster to talk that way, and neither risks being misunderstood. But usually they are much more careful talking to the general public because there might be creationists lurking. (And they most assuredly don't want to be quoted out of context as believing in ID!)
An MD friend of mine says he endeavors to say things like "The heart's function is to pump blood" even with other people who he knows accept evolution, just to not form bad habits.
biologists, talking to each other, will often anthropomorphize evolution
This is true for many, many expressions and cliches. (First one that pops into mind is "it's just the nature of the beast", when talking about any process or machine, etc.) I think it's a very important observation, because it points out one of the tendencies humans have to automatically assume purpose or cause or intent (and so on), because (perhaps) that's how our consciousness evolved.
Before we had adequate vocabulary or other ways to communicate our ideas to each other, it was much easier to assume there was some kind of "spirit" or other consciousness in other people, animals, or even objects (like mountains) or processes (like weather). This kind of thinking naturally made it easier to assume there were other, animating, conscious entities at work everywhere in the world around us.
I agree it's tedious, and they should understand. Yes, they're often lazy and boorish, petulant, etc... and the problem really is deeper than their willful misunderstanding of what you mean. You obviously don't have to cater to theists' ignorance if you don't wish to.
But my purpose in engaging them is actually to help them see the absurdity of their position, even if I have to spell it out for or spoon feed them. When I engage atheists, I do expect them to have some rudiments already down, but I never expect that from theists. Should they be more educated? Yes. Is it their responsibility? Yes. But what should be and what are, are usually quite at odds. The sad thing is, I do think most of them are that dense and truly do believe we're simply angry; I think it does have to be spelled out that we're speaking hypothetically. I do feel like I'm speaking with three-year-olds.
If dealing with those types is not your thing, by all means, don't. Most of them won't do the research on their own and, if we want to make progress with them, we've gotta speak their language... or just continue letting them override all of our rights. It does make me feel resentful sometimes, but I do hope my efforts will be worth it.
I think your efforts are probably wasted, not that you aren't quite adept and knowledgeable, it's just that most theists identify so personally with their beliefs, that to attack the belief, is to attack them, which causes an immediate lockdown of the logic centers of their minds.
I rarely attack theists, for that very reason - I attack their Bible, the very foundation of their entire belief system, which is built on fable and fabrication. I can't honestly say that that has ever deconverted anyone either, but if I can just raise a question in a mind, or if I'm really lucky, a doubt, then I've done the best I can.
Religion will ultimately die on its own, I'm just trying to help it along by applying a tourniquet to it's neck.
I agree completly. It's very important to choose your words, or choose what words not to use. I have found it helpful to not use the word god at all. I try to keep the conversation on the topic of ideas, If you can learn to do this without lossing your cool, or your mind, your relligious foe will always bring it back to the bible, the "word of god". Your response to this should always be, no those are the words of the men who wrote the bible thousands of years ago. It has worked for me and no one has mistaken me for someone who just needs a push in the right direction for many years now.
Yes I think that would work well.
On second thought... you might run into someone who responds with "he's your god too!"
In which case I'd suspect he thinks you are claiming to have your own god. Many christians implicitly believe that everyone worships something whether they know it or not.
Anyhow if you get this response, definitely take a step back and be more direct in asserting god is a complete fiction, not just "not my god."
I have "enshrined" this point in what I hope is better form here:
Interesting article, worth a read:
That's a good point Steve. Even my atheist best friend told me "you are just mad at God" when I told her I no longer believed in God (after knowing her for 25 years and my being a theist during all of that time). I was upset that she made that comment. We had a little bit of a fluff about it. Now I just don't bring religion up at all around her because I don't want to get pissed off again. She says she is an atheist but the last time religion was brought up she was saying things that an agnostic would say. I don't know what her deal is anymore.
It is annoying when you tell someone your stance about something you are very serious about and they do not get it at all, or just don't want to get it.


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I have a GFCI tripping problem that initially occurred intermittently but quickly progressed to the point that the breaker would not reset. Through researching the forum, I pretty quickly narrowed it down to the heater. When the heater is unplugged from the controller, the spa will remain powered and the circ pump will run. I bought a new heater and installed it and the spa powered up and ran for a few minutes then the GFCI tripped again. Now, same as before, the GFCI trips immediately anytime the heater is plugged in. It doesn't matter if the controller has the heater on or off, the breaker will trip as soon as the heater is plugged in. I don't see any visual problems on the controller board or with any of the connections and I have proper voltage readings between the terminals and with neutral at the receptacle. When testing the heater, I get 11 Ohms between the terminals and around 5 MOhms between the terminals and ground. 5 MOhms seems like a pretty "open" circuit, but I'm not sure how sensitive the GFCI is. Does this measurable resistance between the element and housing indicate that this new heater is bad? Thanks for any advice.


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Definition of interesting in English:
Arousing curiosity or interest; holding or catching the attention: an interesting debate it will be very interesting to see what they come up with
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Given only 134 hours to accomplish what would otherwise take months, Edward Joseph, Deputy Chief of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo, pulled off nothing short of an election day miracle.
Joseph, speaking at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at John Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. on May 25, described the effectiveness and speed with which his team carried out the supervision of the Serbian presidential elections in Kosovo on May 6.
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo, whose aim is to oversee democratic elections and protect human rights, supervised polling booths for the first round of elections where voters in Kosovo were invited to cast their ballots at any of the OSCE-orchestrated polling centers. Although the election process in Kosovo proved successful, the OSCE staff initially thought they had been dealt "mission impossible." The tardy negotiation between Pristina and Belgrade over the appropriate polling procedures on April 30 left OSCE scrambling to find locations, materials, and staff for the election.
Quickly, 28 centers were erected and ballots, boxes, and ink transported to the desired locations. Three Kosovo Serbs, one international coordinator, and one interpreter were stationed at each voting center.
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is the organization's largest field operation and has maintained favorable relations with all communities in Kosovo. In the weeks leading up to election day, Joseph said simmering tensions between rival factions made OSCE's supervision "the best choice to avoid what could have been a bad situation."
The OSCE proclaims itself "status neutral," meaning it has no position relating to the statehood of Kosovo.
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For The King's Academy-Sunnyvale, it was deja vu all over again. For the second straight year, the Knights rallied from behind to win the West Bay Athletic League girls soccer play-in match, earning a berth into the Central Coast Section Div. III playoffs.
The Knights needed a dramatic goal and got it from Kara Need, who scored in the 79th minute, good for a 2-1 victory over Harker-San Jose.
TKA (7-16-1) was the No. 4 seed from the Foothill Division, the Eagles (12-3-1) were the Skyline Division champs. Last year, The King's Academy came back from 3-0 to stun Skyline winner Pinewood-Los Altos Hills 4-3 to win the league's play-in match. The Knights find out Saturday where they are seeded in CCS.
"This was a very similar situation," Need said. "This was very exciting."
"The team played their hearts out," TKA's first-year coach Janie Korver said. "They played with passion and played together. We couldn't have done it without the whole team."
Like Korver, Harker coach John Docherty is a first-year coach.
"I told my girls before the game that this was gravy for them," said Docherty, a native of Scotland. "We won the championship. Kudos to King's Academy. They were well-organized and well-coached. They deserved the victory."
The game-winning goal was rolled in by Need, the ball evading Harker goalie Alicia Clark. The final whistle blew at two minutes of stoppage time.
"I think someone passed it to me," said Need, who has around 10 goals this season. "I can't remember."
Need was involved in several opportunities for the Knights, especially in the first half. Her shot in the 26th minute hit the top post. Jett Hayward created another shot for Need, but her attempt out in the open was high over frame.
In the 39th minute, Rebekah Mehuys headed the ball to Need, whose shot on frame from close in was saved adeptly by a diving Clark. Mehuys was there for the follow, but Clark made another save.
"Clark was magnificent in goal," Docherty said.
The Knights' Allie Silkwood had some brilliant dribbling on the right flank, often eluding defenders.
"No. 6 (Silkwood) on the outside impressed me," Docherty said.
The Panthers broke the stalemate with a fabulous shot on the run by Nikita Parulkar, who sailed one over the head of Knights goalie Mikaela Lewman from 40 yards out in the 56th minute.
TKA got the equalizer when Mikayla Allen left-footed one that bent into the far side of goal in the 66th minute.
"I was pretty sure when I shot it that it was going in," Allen said. "I was hoping it wouldn't curve."
It was the last game for five TKA seniors on their home pitch -- Maria Grinis, Mary Mauntz, Katie Necas, Rebecca Penner and Need.
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Definition of effortless in English:
1Requiring no physical or mental exertion: went up the steps in two effortless bounds
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- A few lazy eights showcase the effortless maneuverability of the aircraft's design.
- It all looks so easy and effortless up on the screen, but this is a very dangerous job.
- Two girls ran in front of the pack, their strides appearing easy and effortless.
1.1Achieved with admirable ease: her effortless sense of style
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- He is a passionate garden-maker, a sensualist blessed with an artist's eye and an effortless sense of style.
- Her style is effortless, drop-dead elegance.
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