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Accelerating the Development of an AIDS Vaccine - Supporting Developing Countries as an Alternative?
Diana Sonntag
University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf
February 2007
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This paper examine whether funding developing countries' own vaccine-related activities can resolve shortcomings in vaccine research. We analyse the interaction between the best-shot public good developing an AIDS vaccine and financial assistance in a Nash game. The paper shows that income policies are not hampered. Consequently suboptimal provision can be overcome. It indicates that financing developing countries' efforts in vaccine research is an alternative to uncoordinated research among countries to accelerate the development of a vaccine.
Keywords: AIDS vaccine, best-shot public good, foreign aid
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Single Mom Solutions: Overcome Agoraphobia and Anxiety with Tips From June Steed
Life on this planet is short and if you suffer from panic attacks and agoraphobia, I am betting that you have spent a lot of time in the house and very little exploring the joys that life has to offer. Let's get you out into the world again! What do you gain from having panic attacks? What a ridiculous question this seems! Let's take a deeper look though and see if any of these apply to you.
Agoraphobia and Anxiety Symptoms
Are you able to avoid being an empowered grown up and all the responsibilities and freedom that go with that? Do panic attacks enable you to be the controlling force in all the things your spouse or family do…even if it is a negative thing? Are you able to justify your lack of motivation or energy on panic attacks? What is your currency? What would get you moving again? What have you got that means more to you than panic attacks?
Let's say that you won the lottery, started a new relationship, took a tropical holiday, would that get you moving again? What I am suggesting is that we all have a personal currency and what you need to find is something that is of more value to you than panic disorder. I was housebound with it for many years and my currency was getting a dog. I loved my new dog, Murphy, a great deal.
At first, I could only go a few feet from home with him before I would have to run back to the safety of my front door. He must have been very bewildered as to why he took such short walks when the other neighborhood dogs went around the park! As time went on, however, my love for this dog and his needs for a daily walk of substance became more important to me than the panic.
I remember reading once about a man who was housebound with panic attacks. He and his wife had tried all sorts of therapy but with no success. Finally, his wife packed a suitcase and called a taxi. While she waited for the taxi, she told her husband that she had no choice but to leave him as her own health was suffering from his panic disorder.
When he saw that he was about to lose the wife he adored, he jumped into the taxi beside her and never looked back. They went on to a new life that was panic free because he realized that she was more important to him than the panic. In his future, whenever he felt panic coming on, he let it do its worst and quickly lost the fear of the sensations of fear.
Agoraphobia and Anxiety Strategies
I am in no way suggesting that leaving your spouse or family is the way to manipulate a spouse to get over panic disorder. I am only pointing out that we all have a currency that works better for us than panic disorder. Do you have an orange in the house? When we over breathe (hyperventilate), we can bring on a panic attack. We tend to breathe from high up in our chest and breathe in a shallow rhythm. Lie down on the floor and place the orange about belly button height.
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Now practice breathing slowly and at an even pace from your diaphragm. As you watch the orange move slowly, up and down, up and down, you will know that you are doing this exercise correctly. This tip alone will cut down your panic attacks. Practice, practice, practice! You are better off cold than hot if you have panic disorder. Studies have proven this.
Invest in a personal cooler that fills with water and sprays a fine cold mist around your neck or wrist. Another way to feel cool is to always carry mints with you. When you feel a panic attack coming on, chew several of them. The burst of cooling mint will ease the panic. Another tool is to carry a small freezer gel block, the sort that you would use for a cooler. If you feel hot and about to panic, place the block wherever it will soothe and cool you. It works!
Watch out for the second fear. When we feel a panic attack coming on, if we let it whoosh through us, it will go quite quickly. It is when we add a second fear, such as,
"Oh, no, what's going to happen next?"
" I can't stop it! I'm going to make a fool of myself in front of these people".
"What if I pass out?"
These second and third and fourth fears are what give the panic attack more energy. Rather, sit or stand quietly, try to make your mind blank, breathe slowly and rhythmically, and the panic attack will go away. It is the fear of the sensations of fear that keep us bound. Once your brain sees that you do not attach undue importance to these feelings, it will stop trying to protect you by going into the fight or flight mode. Of course, we want this protection if a hungry lion is sitting beside us but we don't usually need it when we are standing in a line at the grocery store!
What we focus on, expands. If we fill our mind with negative or frightening images, that is what our mind will hold on to. Focus instead on happy and uplifting things. Re-evaluate the movies, magazines and video games you play. Focus on seeing yourself panic free. Where would you like to see yourself panic free, on the beach watching the clouds roll by, playing games with your children or grandchildren, watching their happy faces? Your imagination can transport you anywhere and is better than any television or movie. Practice day dreaming scenes where you are panic free and enjoying yourself.
It might be hard at first but please persevere. Your life is too precious to waste in panic attacks. If you can't imagine being panic free just yet, imagine being in beautiful surroundings, having a mild panic attack that goes quickly. When you see that it's gone, quickly return to having fun again in your day dream. Are you eating well? Most panic attack sufferers could improve their diet but often lack the energy to cook. Easy peasy! Start the day with a delicious, nutrient packed smoothie. Most supermarkets will deliver the ingredients to your door or ask a friend to shop for you.
Each morning, put in one cup of milk, one scoop of protein powder, (vanilla or fruit flavor), a cup of frozen berries or other frozen fruit and a vitamin capsule with the outer case removed. Blend it all together. You will find that the frozen fruit will thicken it so it is like ice cream. Ice cream with nutrition, that is! This tip will set you up for the day and make it less likely that you will have a panic attack. Do you know that millions of people around the world suffer with panic attacks and agoraphobia? Bet you do. Do you also know that many can recover completely using these tips? Give them a try. You may well be the next.
June Steed is a caring and experienced life coach located in Western Canada. She coaches worldwide by phone, email or Skype. Her special expertise is in helping those who suffer with panic attacks, and housebound agoraphobia. She will also coach the housebound live, on their cell phone, as they venture out from the safety of their home. Compassionate and dedicated to her clients' success, she can be contacted at her websitehttp://www.junesteedlifecoach.com on Twitter as @JuneSLifeCoach or at junesteedlifecoach on Facebook.
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Best Western Sonoma Valley Inn & Krug Event Center places you within a 5-minute walk of Sonoma Plaza and Sonoma City Hall. This 73-room hotel has conveniences like free breakfast, an outdoor pool, and free in-room WiFi. It's in central Sonoma and also a short walk from Sonoma Valley Museum of Art and Sebastiani Theatre.
Free continental breakfast is included with your stay and is served from 7 AM to 10 AM.
All of Best Western Sonoma Valley Inn & Krug Event Center's 73 air-conditioned rooms provide refrigerators, coffee makers, and free local calls. Guests can expect free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels and pay movies. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries. Other standard amenities include video-game consoles, safes, and ironing boards.
Property features
At Best Western Sonoma Valley Inn & Krug Event Center, guests enjoy features like an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and a spa tub. If you decide to drive, there's free parking. Front-desk staff can answer questions 24/7, and assist with dry cleaning/laundry, tours or tickets, and securing valuables. Additional amenities include a steam room, free WiFi in public areas, and a conference center.
- Walking distance to Sonoma Plaza
- Free continental breakfast
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
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Best Western Sonoma Valley Inn & Krug Event Center550 2nd Street W Sonoma CA 95476
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Guests can start the day with a complimentary Continental breakfast, served in the breakfast area. A heated outdoor pool and spa tub are open year-round. The O'Mai Day Spa offers a variety of massage therapies, along with facial and scalp treatments, reflexology, and bridal packages. A fitness center and steam room are also on site. There is a conference center, and the hotel offers event catering.
Use of a lobby computer with Internet point and guest-laundry facilities is complimentary.
The hotel provides free parking. This property is smoke-free and wheelchair-accessible.
- Outdoor pool
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- Steam room
- Free breakfast
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Conference space
- Total number of rooms - 73
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Fireplace in lobby
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- One meeting room
- Garden
- Picnic area
- 24-hour business center
- Free self parking
- Conference center
- Smoke-free property
- Free WiFi
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- Family Hotel
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- Free Wi-Fi
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- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
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- Video-game console
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- Free local calls
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- Free toiletries
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- Flat-panel TV
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The Best Western Plus Sonoma Valley Inn & Krug Event Center serves a complimentary Continental breakfast each morning. Numerous restaurants and cafés are within a short walk. The hotel offers event catering.
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An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a steam room and a fitness facility.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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So far, Game of Thrones is beating Mad Men in the ratings war. The second episode of the fantasy epic based on author George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Fire and Ice" books drew in 4.3 million viewers, versus 3.4 million for the Mad Men premiere.
As far as I'm concerned, both shows are well written and worth watching. Yet if HBO were spun off from Time Warner (NYSE: TWX ) as an independent company, I'd still rather own shares of Mad Men distributor AMC Networks (NASDAQ: AMCX ) .
Why? Accessibility. By bundling its content with cable providers, HBO makes it unnecessarily difficult to cater to the increasing number of viewers who are just as comfortable watching via tablet as they are on TV.
Consider how Comcast's obtuse Xfinity service handles streamed HBO content. Watching on my Mac requires a log-in to comcast.net and then navigating to a "watch TV" tab, where I can look up episodes and movies. Once I've done that, starting or picking up an episode works great -- just so long as I haven't changed devices. The Comcast Web experience is self-contained.
So is the iPad experience, where HBO GO is available. Logging in there with my Comcast credentials gets access to episodes but no viewing history, making it a poor substitute for Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX ) and Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL ) iTunes, both of which bookmark video content across devices.
But where Xfinity really fails is in the living room. Prior seasons of Game of Thrones simply aren't available through Xfinity On Demand. Interested catch-up viewers are instead pushed to the Web to experience Comcast's streaming weaknesses live and in living color.
Meanwhile, synchronized viewing is only going to get more important. According to IDC, tablets are on track to outsell desktop PCs this year and will outsell laptops come 2014. Hundreds of millions of mini-TVs are out in the wild, waiting to be fed. Hundreds of millions more are coming.
Separately, a recent survey conducted by Belkin and Harris Interactive found that roughly 30% of viewers surveyed said they were at least somewhat interested in replacing traditional cable with digital services such as Netflix. It's a good bet a number of these rule-breaking TV fans already are, or are about to be, tablet owners.
Liberty Media's (NASDAQ: LMCA ) John Malone, a cable industry insider, may have said it best when he questioned the long-term veracity of cable network efforts to bundle content in order to preserve profits.
Cable network operators "have to face reality that maybe you need to segregate your market like everybody else," Malone said in an interview with CNBC's David Faber.
Malone is right: Bundling doesn't make sense anymore. Time Warner is only limiting HBO's options -- and devaluing its content -- by sticking with the dinosaurs that insist upon it.
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HONOLULU - A civilian defense contractor who works in intelligence at the U.S. Pacific Command has been charged with giving national security secrets to a 27-year-old Chinese woman he was dating, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday.
Benjamin Pierce Bishop, 59, is accused of sending the woman an email last May with information on existing war plans, nuclear weapons and U.S. relations with international partners, according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Honolulu.
The complaint alleged that Bishop told the woman over the telephone in September about the deployment of U.S. strategic nuclear systems and about the ability of the U.S. to detect other nations' low- and medium-range ballistic missiles.
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Bishop met the woman at a conference in Hawaii on international military defense issues, the complaint said. It did not specify when the conference was held, but it alleged that the two began an intimate, romantic relationship in June 2011.
The complaint said the woman was living in the U.S. as a student on a J-1 visa, for people in work- and study-based exchange programs. It was not clear what institution she attended, or where she is now.
It's also not known which defense contractor employs Bishop.
U.S. Attorney Florence Nakakuni didn't answer any questions at a press briefing held to announce the charges.
Bishop allegedly hid his relationship with the woman from the government even though his position and security clearance require him to report contact with foreign nationals.
Authorities conducting a covert search of Bishop's home in Kapolei, a suburb about 22 miles west of downtown Honolulu, in November found 12 individual documents marked "secret" even though he's not authorized to keep classified papers at home, the complaint said.
Last month, the woman asked Bishop what western countries knew about "the operation of a particular naval asset of People's Republic of China," the complaint said, though the topic fell outside Bishop's regular work assignments. Bishop researched the issue using open-source records and was observed collecting and reviewing classified information on the topic, the complaint said.
Authorities arrested Bishop at U.S. Pacific Command headquarters at Camp H.M. Smith in Hawaii on Friday.
Bishop wore a white jail jumpsuit and was shackled by his wrists and ankles when he appeared Monday in federal court in Honolulu.
He read and signed documents with the help of a pair of black-rimmed reading glasses.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Puglisi conditionally appointed Bishop an attorney after hearing arguments that his finances weren't sufficient to cover the high costs of defending himself against an espionage charge.
Bishop faces one count of communicating national defense information to a person not entitled to receive it and one count of unlawfully retaining national defense documents and plans.
Bishop's court-appointed attorney, Birney Bervar, said Bishop is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve.
"Colonel Bishop has served this country for 29 years. He would never do anything to harm the United States," Bervar told reporters after Bishop was formally presented with the charges.
No one answered the door Monday at the brown, two-story home listed as Bishop's residence. The shades were drawn, and no car was in the driveway. The home is in a hilly neighborhood overlooking Pearl Harbor and downtown Honolulu.
Bishop was scheduled to appear in court this week for a hearing on whether he will remain in detention during the case. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for April 1.


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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to building a call center in Amarillo.
"We're certain that it will be built. ... That hasn't changed. I think it's just the timeline that's under discussion," said Margaret Jarvis, media coordinator at the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas headquarters in Richardson.
The company has requested an extension of its agreement with the city of Amarillo and the Amarillo Economic Development Corp. to add two more years to the time frame by which it has to show substantial completion of the facility. The original agreement requires such progress by the end of this year.
The AEDC in 2003 granted $2 million to Blue Cross Blue Shield for the purchase of an 11-acre site in Point West Business Park. The agreement holds that the AEDC will grant another $3.2 million to the company over time when the facility reaches full employment levels of at least 500 workers.
But the Amarillo City Commission on Tuesday tabled the company's request over concerns that the service center might never come into fruition.
Commissioners sent the item back to the AEDC to see whether Blue Cross Blue Shield would agree to new conditions to show its commitment to building here, such as a must-start date for construction or a 30-day out clause for the city.
Jarvis declined to say specifically whether the company would be receptive to such conditions.
"I think while the talks are still ongoing, I don't want to make any projections about what may potentially happen," Jarvis said. "We'll continue to be in discussions until we reach an agreement, and I think that's as much as anyone really knows at the moment."
A statement Blue Cross Blue Shield issued Wednesday indicated the company "hopes to begin construction" on the Amarillo center no later than the fourth quarter of 2006.
Jarvis acknowledged that schedule wouldn't meet the terms of the original agreement.
The new facility would be the seventh in the state and would be completed within 14 to 18 months, according to information from the company.
And an additional one to two years would be needed to bring the center to full capacity.
Commissioner Madison Scott on Wednesday said he felt better about Blue Cross Blue Shield's intensions for Amarillo and didn't feel any additional wording needed to be added to the extension agreement.
"I'm just glad to see it's progressing along. ... They just needed more time," Scott said after visiting with two Blue Cross Blue Shield officials and Amarillo EDC executive director Buzz David during the day.
"As long as we feel like there's some communication is all I was looking for. We just don't want to let $2 million sit around," Scott said.
Commissioner Robert Keys, who on Tuesday expressed the strongest reservations among his peers about granting an extension to Blue Cross Blue Shield, was in Lubbock on Wednesday and could not be reached for comment.
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ELKINS - Nearly 60 youngsters from Randolph County have been perfecting their golf swing this summer thanks to the John Ballantyne Memorial Junior Golf Association. The group meets at the Elks Country Club Golf Course in Elkins on Fridays, until the sessions conclude on July18.
Joe Walker, co-chair of the JBMJGA, said the organization was formed to promote golf to area youngsters. Coaches and members of the Elkins and Tygarts Valley High School teams are also on hand to help provide instruction.
"This year, we had more kids than ever before," Walker said. "I love seeing the excitement on their faces. I enjoy working with the kids. They are learning a sport they can take with them their entire life. A lot of kids have never had the opportunity to play golf. This is their chance."
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Elkins High School golf team member Grayson Teets, far left, observes while Jacob Vigh gets help with putting from instructor Greg Jones. Others watching include Daniel and Gabriel Ray and Daniel Ruvianto.
During the sessions, kids are taught the proper stance, grip and swing used in golf. Along with the fundamentals, Walker says the kids also learn important life lessons.
"I've taught golf for more than 20 years," Walker said. "It's an individual sport. You don't have to be the biggest, or the strongest or the most talented. You don't have to be up in somebody's space, like in a lot of other sports. A lot of kids don't like that. They feel bullied.
"I detest bullying. The first thing I tell the kids, there is no bullying in golf. The first time you snicker or laugh at someone or try to intimidate someone, then I'm going to stop what we are doing and make you shake hands and apologize in front of everyone. I've not had one minute of trouble."
Walker explained that he and Ballantyne, along with Chris Gow and Bob Miller, began Junior Golf at the Elks Club in 1991. He said Ballantyne ran the program until 2008, when he could no longer continue because of health issues. Ballantyne died in 2012.
"I would say 90 percent of all young people that play golf locally, learned to play from John," Walker said. "The last thing he asked of me, he wanted me to start junior golf again. So, I started it back up this summer."
This time, he brought Robin Mams on to help as co-chair, along with secretary Susie Reckart Martin and treasurer Frank Hinzman. Together they incorporated the program into a non-profit organization to help with soliciting donations.
"The support has been tremendous," Walker said. "Many local businesses and individuals have donated to us, along with the service organizations. We could still use more money, so we have a few ideas to raise funds."
Walker said the organization is working to make the program available year-round. Aside from participating in the junior golf program, the kids are also invited to participate in the Bubba Watson Swing for Life program and take lessons from PGA professional golfer Randy Hernly at Stone Wall Jackson Resort.
The junior golf program is free and open to all youth ages 5 through 16. For more information contact Walker at 304-704-7994 or call the Elks Lodge at 304-636-9704.


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Hey, I've never even seen the guy nor was I at that seminar or any other seminar of his -- I don't actually have an opinion on the CONTENT of your discussion. For all I know, I would have learned a lot and loved it, how would I know?
It's a big difference whether one likes this prof or one likes that prof.
Or someone says: He's not worth do be called a prof. He has nothing to teach.
I actually did mean more like the latter feeling more than the former (although I haven't noticed anything as strong as that in this discussion, but maybe I just wasn't paying attention).
I've had conversations (e.g. in high school) where people said things like your second comment quite openly to other students, and discussed why the person was still teaching (Unions? Politics? We couldn't figure it out - I remember one teacher in particular. We just figured it's hard to fire teachers), even assuming their incompetence as a high school teacher was too obvious and extreme to be at all controversial, and being quite startled when talking to someone else years later and mentioning teachers from high school, hearing 'The best at that school was definitely Mr. ______. Oh my God he was so great -- he was my favourite teacher in all of high school -- it was like the only class that year I learned anything in! I wonder whatever happened to him?"
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A FIRE at a factory making parts for the Samsung Galaxy S5 could stall production of the flagship smartphone.
Asian news sources reported that a factory manufacturing printed circuit boards (PCBs) for the Samsung Galaxy S5 burst into flames at 7pm on Sunday in a blaze that took 287 firefighters and six hours to fight. According to the reports, no one was injured.
The factory, which is contracted by Samsung to build components for its upcoming flagship smartphone, reportedly suffered $1bn damage from the fire, which could harm production of the Samsung Galaxy S5.
Samsung has yet to respond to our request for comment, so it's still unclear whether or not the Galaxy S5 will be ready for its global launch on 11 April.
This isn't the first we've heard of possible Galaxy S5 delays, however. Earlier this month, we reported that Samsung was encountering problems in producing the fingerprint sensor for the smartphone, which means that it might not have enough ready in time.
According to the reports, Samsung has so far produced more non-working fingerprint scanners than ones that work, and has been forced to draft additional manufacturing capacity from third-party companies to meet expected demand. Samsung has not confirmed those reports, though.
If all still goes to plan, the Samsung Galaxy S5 will arrive on UK shelves on 11 April, and will be available through all UK operators and a number of retailers.
While Samsung has yet to announce pricing for the Galaxy S5, it's already up for pre-order from £500.
Samsung has told The INQUIRER that it doesn't expect the fire to set back production of the Galaxy S5. A spokesperson said, "We will do our utmost to help stabilize DAP Corporation's operations.
"In the meantime, we do not expect any production delays of the Galaxy S5, as we rely on multiple contractors. "µ
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There is a parking garage within 100 mtrs from the hotel.
The public parking garage
When you have arrived at the hotel and need a place to park your vehicle, we can inform you of these alternatives: You can park your car in the multi-storey parking garage "Färgaren", located nearby the hotel (approx. 100 m). In "Färgaren" the ceiling height is 2.00 metres. We can´t guarantee available parking space at "Färgaren" This parking garage is not owned by the hotel owners. You pay with your creditcard in the automatic creditcard machines, they are available on each floor(10 floors total).
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There are also 18 parking spaces outdoors. This car park is not owned by the hotel and is located aprox 100 metres from the hotel. You pay by creditcard or coins (VISA, MasterCard, etc. are accepted) in the ticket-machine at the parking lot when arriving. Then you must put the parking ticket, you receive from the ticket-machine, viewable inside the car front window with the text up, otherwise you will unfortunately be fined a high amount of money. You can also use a parking-app called Parkster that you download from your smartphone.
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Mon-Fri, 07:00 am - 7:00 pm: 15 sek / h or 216 sek / 24 h
Saturday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm: 15 sek / h or 144 sek / 24h
Other time during the week it costs 3 sek / h
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Between 9:00 am - 7:00 pm: 15 sek / hour or 192 sek / 24 h
Saturday between 9:00 am - 4:00 pm: 15 sek / hour or 156 sek / 24 h
Other time during the week it costs 3 sek / hour
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Principles of online style
March 2008
Developed by the Style Working Party under the auspices of the Learning Material Design Sub committee (LMDS) of the Information and Learning Systems Committee (ILSC)
Note: the Principles of Online Style provide a theoretical background to the Online Style Guide.
Feedback to Stephen Relf, CELT.
This page is also reproduced as a PDF
Writing and style for education
This Style Guide is a set of guidelines to assist academic and administrative staff develop and design educational materials that are consistent and professional in appearance. The introduction of CSU Interact increases the options available for pedagogic communication between staff and students, and amongst students. CSU Interact has also bought with it the ability for academic staff to write and design their own learning and teaching materials.
The style guide has four objectives:
- To promote consistency, usability and accessibility in the design of learning and teaching materials.
- To integrate the University style guides in the Web style policy and Style 2000 for print educational materials.
- To integrate scholarship about style for the development of educational resources.
- To provide assistance in writing and designing online study resources.
CSU Interact
CSU Interact is designed to provide an online, scholarly environment for academic research, learning, teaching and professional development. This environment has been designed with the following characteristics:
- Technical and functional integration enabling the integration of research with learning and teaching activities.
- Consistency of the platform for research and teaching.
- Silo-less spaces that can operate across organisational boundaries.
- Supportive of ad-hoc usage enabling staff and students to create spaces which support their activities in a simple and efficient way.
- Single point of access for the many services across a range of systems. ( CSU, 2007)
Learning and teaching
For learning and teaching purposes, CSU Interact is an Online Learning Environment that enables the implementation of Flexible Learning through the provision of existing CSU applications such as the Forums, as well as a collection of new learning and teaching tools within one environment.
Writing and style for education
Writing and the style guides for educational and online uses are different from the normal standards of the publishing industry. Educational reading is slower than recreational reading (Lockwood, 2005), as a result the design of educational study materials is more open to facilitate the non-continuous reading whereby students read and leave the text to consult other resources such as a textbook or laboratory equipment, then return to the study material to continue reading (Hartley, 1987 and Misanchuk, 1992). The need for an open design style is further highlighted when the study materials are online because of the inherently dense nature of academic learning resources, the visual nature of online texts (Kress, 2003), and the potential for access to multiple sites directed from CSU learning resources.
Online readability practices are different. Online readers scan and browse rather than read in-depth (Nielsen, 2007). These practices then inform the style to be adopted for the design of online study materials. Readability and accessibility issues guide the principles of the Style Guide.
There are general principles for writing that apply across the educational media used within CSU. In print, online in Interact and in multimedia, there are traditions of writing instructional text that are compatible with research into the presentation of educational information. Writing and designing educational resources have similar principles to the recommendation of writing online. These principles are described in the 'Writing' section below.
- Organisation of text or site
The traditional way of presenting complex text for ease of understanding for students as novices in the discipline is through the application of organisational processes. In print this has traditionally been conveyed in the use of headings. In digital media, multimedia and online it is conveyed in the use of headings and the organisation of the site as a whole.
- Colour
The use of colour has not been an issue in the publication of print based educational media except in special circumstances relevant to the special printing of particular colour material pertinent to the educational goals of a particular subject. In digital media, online and multimedia, the use of colour is more diverse. In general the use of colour should be guided by accessibility principles in the CSU Accessibility guidelines and the CSU Web Policy.
- Typeface
Typeface refers to the style of the letters used in a text. Print and digital media online and multimedia have separate recommended typefaces that are best suited to reading in that media. It is recommended that for online writing san serif fonts such as Arial and Verdana be used.
- Image, audio and visual files
The use of images, audio and video files require clear production practices for qualitative production and for accessibility.
Writing educational material has been a version of the essayist tradition of academia (Green, 2001). This is a process of continuous writing, development of an argument, canvassing options and arriving at a conclusion. This approach had been challenged by the use of instructional text in which 'the kind of writing is quite different from anything most teachers have done previously' (Rowntree, 1986, p. 81). Rowntree's organisational metaphor for writing instructional text was the 'tutorial-in-print' – 'imagine that you are tutoring one individual learner' (1986, p. 82 emphasis in original). In this form of writing Rowntree recommended that writing instructional texts should be a 'friendly and informal' type of writing using personal pronouns, contractions, and simple text. The structure of the text was that the writing was to:
- Help learners find their way into and around the subject
- Tell students what they need to know to be able to do before tackling the material
- Make clear what they should be able to do on completion
- Advise them how to tackle the work
- Explain the subject matter that relates to what the learners already know
- Encourage students to make sufficient effort
- Engage them in exercises and provide feedback and
- Help them sum up (Rowntree, 1986, pp. 82-83).
Online writing also requires a different approach to writing from the essayist tradition. In a similar disjunction from academic writing, Nielsen (1996) recommended an inverted pyramid style of writing 'starting with the conclusion' rather than the traditional pyramid of the essayist tradition 'starting with the foundation and gradually building to the conclusion'. Nielsen's recommendation is that writing be 'scannable' because his studies reveal that readers of web pages do not read as such but rather they scan text. As a result Nielsen recommends that:
'Web pages have to employ scannable text, using
- highlighted keywords (hypertext links serve as one form of highlighting; typeface variations and color are others)
- meaningful sub-headings (not "clever" ones)
- bulleted lists
- one idea per paragraph (users will skip over any additional ideas if they are not caught by the first few words in the paragraph)
- the inverted pyramid style, starting with the conclusion
- half the word count (or less) than conventional writing' (Nielsen, 1997)
There are great similarities between Rowntree's and Nielsen's approaches to writing despite the independence of their scholarship and the difference of the media in which to write.
However because this is a new area of usage, Lynch and Horton (2002) recommend that the need for flexibility is of greater importance. This applies also to the advice of breaking information in writing online into digestible 'chunks' of information. Lynch and Horton recommend that it may be best to present long passages of information on one web page consisting of multiple screens length, with adequate internal breaks and enabled by hypertextual navigation through the heading structure. As found by one academic at CSU who wrote the study guide online, it was 'a different way of writing' in which 'the argument is constructed differently' (Relf, 2007) and that chunking of information was not always possible because 'it made the information too bitty' (Jones & Relf, 2004). The principle of organisation involving long pages then is that of print textual organisation with the use of adequate headings, sub-headings and sub-sub-headings.
Use of headings
Headings provide the visual conceptual and hierarchical organisation of the text. Headings can prove to be useful in assisting writers plan their texts, as well as indicating the structure to readers. Complex structures such as the illustration below are difficult to follow and it is recommended that the number of the heading levels for instructional text be limited to two or at most three levels (Rowntree,1986; Hartley, 1994; and Misanchuk, 1992).
Headings provide the navigational structure of the text. In print this is a conceptual navigation, while online this is a physical as well as conceptual navigation. The navigation is provided visually with the text of headings standing out from the text in the body through the use of size, font and colour of the text and by the use of different spacing around the heading. The subtle use of space with more space above the heading than below indicates that the heading is separated from the proceeding text and relates to the text below. Because there is normally more than one paragraph in the text below a heading, the space below the heading should be the same size as the paragraph space. If colour is used for heading levels, dark shades and other attributes such as bold or italics are recommended to ensure readability so that the heading stands out (Lynch & Horton, 2002) However, it is also important to keep in mind that if students will be printing the material, black headings should be used for black and white printing.
In the online environment this hierarchical structure provides a basic structure but the application of hypertext enables more associative thinking links and the free flow of information (Lynch & Horton, 2002). More elaborate structures of sites takes advantage of the power of hypertext, though it is important that the site does not becomes a confusing labyrinth (Snyder, 1996 and Lynch & Horton, 2002). Lynch and Horton (2002) described the nature of textual structures in higher education as complex and non-linear. They compare textual structures by two axes: the user contact time with the text and the narrative structure of the text. Higher education resources tend to require lengthy contact time because of the complex nature of the text. However, the narrative structure of academic texts is less linear and suitable for hypertextual uses because of their analytical nature.
There is an experimental nature is writing academic texts for the online environment. This experimentation relates to the conversion of established typographical traditions in print to the multimodal online medium. The experimentation also relates to the change of writing styles and uses of the modes and media in the online environment by the academic writers. This style guide is an attempt to match these dimensions of experimentation through scholarship in writing study materials in print with the burgeoning practices and scholarship of writing online which stems principally from commercial and social practices.
It is expected that the Online style guide will be continually reviewed as new tools become available and as writing higher education study materials online is subject to greater research.
Green, B. 2001, English teaching, 'literacy' and the post-age: On compos(IT)ing and other new times metaphors, in P(ICT)ures of English: Teachers, learners and technology, eds. C. Durrant & C. Beavis, Wakefield Press, Kent Town South Australia, pp. 249-271.
Hartley, J. 1994, Designing instructional text, 3 rd edn, Kogan Page, London.
Jones, P. & Relf, S. 2004, Adventures in multiliteracies: Negotiating pedagogic relations in an online era, in Making spaces: Regenerating the profession, ed. S. McLeod, Proceedings of the 2004 Australian Teacher Education National Conference, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, pp. 359-367.
Kress, G. 2003, Literacy in the new media age, Routledge, London.
Lockwood, F. 2005, Estimating student workload, readability and implications for student learning, retention and progression, Paper presented at the 2005 ODLAA conference Breaking down the boundaries: A conference on the International experience in open, distance and flexible learning , University of South Australia and Charles Sturt University, Adelaide, 9-11 November.
Lynch, P. & Horton, S. 2002, Web style guide 2 nd edn, [Online, accessed 18 Dec. 2002]. URL: http://webstyleguide.com/index.html
Misanchuk, E. 1992, Preparing instructional text: Document deign using desktop publishing, Educational Technology Publications, Englewood Cliffs.
Nielsen, J. 1997, Be succinct (Writing for the web), Alertbox, 15 March. [Online, accessed, 21 February 1999] http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9703b.html
Relf, S. 2007, A l(IT)eracy model of professional development for writing online educational material, in What do we know about using new technologies for learning and teaching? A ten year perspective, the 12 th Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning, 25 -28 September 2007, New Hall, Cambridge. [Online, accessed 20 Sept. 2007]. URL: http://www2.open.ac.uk/r06/conference/index.htm
Rowntree, D. 1986, Teaching through self-instruction: A practical handbook for course developers, Kogan Page, London.
Snyder, I. 1996, Hypertext: The electronic labyrinth, Melbourne University Press, Carlton.


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It's time to get ready for the Jones Group Realtors 10 Miler on Feb. 24.
This year's race is the 39th annual 10 miler which has been run by the Sugarloaf Mountain Athletic Club (SMAC) since the race's inception. Race Director Dave Martula has been in charge for 20 of the last 25 years.
For the third year in a row, the race kicks off the USATF New England Grand Prix Road Racing series. Grand Prix events are so popular that they have doubled the size of the entries for this race. Martula expects about 600 runners for the race.
The Grand Prix series consists of 7 races of varying distances from the 5k to the marathon. Each race brings runners and running clubs from all over New England to compete for Grand Prix points and eventually prize money. Prize money is given to individual runners and teams in age group categories.
The Jones 10 Miler also offers prize money for individuals and awards for teams. The overall winners, age group winners and even first local male and female runners are offered cash prizes.
First place male and female winners will receive $200. The prize money is doubled for a course record. But these records are sacred, as Bob Hodge's 48:57 time has held since 1984. Female course record holder is Nancy Conz, whose 57:05 time has not been challenged since 1986.
The course is a hilly, challenging course which starts at the Amherst High School and finishes at the adjacent Amherst Middle School. Most of the course is in Amherst except for a 1 mile dirt road section in Shutesbury. Weather conditions can make this section difficult, if too warm (mud) or too cold (snow or ice).
Cross country runners from Amherst High School and Turners Falls High School volunteer for the race. SMAC reciprocates their efforts by benefiting their programs. Race Director Martula could use more volunteers. He can be contacted at email@example.com
MORE MOVIES: Readers suggested I missed a couple of their favorite running movies. "Running Brave" (1983) is the true story of Native American Billy Mills and his dramatic Olympic Gold win in the 10,000 meter at the 1964 Olympics. "Saint Ralph" (2004) is the fictional story of a troubled teenager who trains for the 1954 Boston Marathon.
Seth Roberts writes the "On The Run" column biweekly. He can be reached at email@example.com
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The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment: Evidence from a "Judicial Experiment"
Hashem Dezhbakhsh
Emory University - Department of Economics
Joanna Shepherd
Emory University School of Law
July 2006
Economic Inquiry, Vol. 44, Issue 3, pp. 512-535, 2006
We use panel data for 50 states during the 1960-2000 period to examine the deterrent effect of capital punishment, using the moratorium as a "judicial experiment." We compare murder rates immediately before and after changes in states' death penalty laws, drawing on cross-state variations in the timing and duration of the moratorium. The regression analysis supplementing the before-and-after comparisons disentangles the effect of lifting the moratorium on murder from the effect of actual executions on murder. Results suggest that capital punishment has a deterrent effect, and that executions have a distinct effect which compounds the deterrent effect of merely (re)instating the death penalty. The finding is robust across 96 regression models. (JEL C1, K1)
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William Chambers (1723-1796)
Design (section) presentation drawing for Marylebone Parish Church London
About 1770
Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour
Museum no. 3363
This drawing is a design for a church by the British architect Sir William Chambers showing a section through a domed neo-classical interior. It was commissioned in 1770 and was intended as the parish church of St Marylebone, just north of Oxford Street, London. The architect designed two schemes, one with a spire and one with a dome. This image shows the more expensive domed option. This kind of 'section' drawing, where the building appears to have been cut in half, is still used by architects today. Colour is used to indicate which walls have been 'cut through' and to describe the space behind. A range of drawings was produced for this project, from rough sketches to detailed plans. This is a highly finished 'presentation drawing' and would have been shown to clients to convince them of the beauty of the scheme and the skill of the architect. However, in this instance it was not enough. The clients proved so indecisive that the church was built only in 1818, to a subsequent architect's design.
William Chambers was the greatest official architect of his day. Born in Sweden he trained in Paris and Italy, and settled in England. He was appointed Architect to the King and his style was based on English Palladianism. His Treatise on Civil Architecture became an influential work.
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Canadian artist Linda Sormin, who is conducting a monthlong ceramics residency at Louisiana ArtWorks, will present a slide lecture on her work, tonight from 7 to 9.
"Process Art and the Found Object, " a panel discussion featuring artists William Cordova, Linda Sormin, Sally Heller and moderator Dawn Dedeaux, takes place on Tuesday from 7 to 9.
"Salvage Exhibition, " a selection of works by Sormin, opens with a reception Aug. 30 from 6 to 9. The show continues through Oct. 10, with hours by appointment only.
Louisiana Artworks is at 725 Howard Ave. Events are free with a suggested $3 donation. For information, go to www.louisianaartworks.org or call 504.571.7373.
Getting on the map
Prospect 1 New Orleans, the citywide international art exhibition, takes place Nov. 1 to Jan. 18. In addition to the official events, Prospect 1 planners are compiling a database and map of satellite exhibitions taking place during the event. The deadline to submit your satellite exhibition is Sept. 1.
Downloadable versions of the database/map registration form can be found at www.prospectneworleans.org. For more information, call 504.756.7060 or send an e-mail to email@example.com.
Open Studio sign-up
Artists in Marigny, Bywater, and St. Roch neighborhoods interested in opening their studios for a public tour Nov. 1 and 2 from noon to 5 p.m. should contact tour organizer Ze daLuz by Sept. 15. Entry fee: $20.
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ABC's 20/20 will put Texas justice under the microscope Friday with an investigation into Cameron Todd Willingham's conviction and execution and a closer look at the Curtis Severns arson case.
ABC News already has a story online that reveals some of its reporters' findings. The Willingham report builds on many of the unsettling questions that have been raised in previous stories by ABC, The New Yorker and many other media outlets. Experts tell ABC that Willingham's conviction was based on junk science. For example, one of the arson investigators who worked on the case has pointed to the presence of "crazed glass" (tiny cracks in glass) as definitive proof. An independent fire expert, Gerald Hurst, calls the idea that crazed glass proves arson a myth.
"They said they found 20 indications of arson. There were zero indications of arson," Hurst said. "The Willingham case is like a hundred other cases I've seen, except that they executed him. The others are rotting away in prison."
Severns falls into the latter category. He's serving 17 years after being convicted of burning down his gun shop in Plano. The ABC story looks at compelling evidence suggesting that an electrical fire could have caused aerosal cans to explode, setting off multiple fires. A video showing exactly how that could have happened was not shown at trial.
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York Area Regional Police have arrested and charged three people in connection with an arson that happened earlier this month.
The Aug. 17 fire in the 2300 block of Springwood Road damaged an unoccupied home, police said.
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If you read their page, they check each FB account to make sure you have a reasonable amount of "friends" Āso it appears they are being pro-active about not giving chunks to fake FB accounts. ĀOr they have a script that checks your profile to make sure you have been a FB user for X days and have more than X friends... to make sure you just didn't whip up a fake FB account that night to get yourself some free referrals.

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I drank her bleach, and now I'm brainwashed,
but she, deserves, to have, a good time,
"tonow", "tonow", "tonow". "
When I was in high-school, a teacher of mine introduced me to the power of observation.
When you spend time observing, you unknowingly spend time developing composition(s).
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United Methodist Bible study
What: Santa Clarita United Methodist Church hosts its weekly lectionary Bible study, where church members and visitors can read the scripture in preparation for Sunday worship. Visitors welcome.
When: 8 a.m. Sundays
Where: Santa Clarita United Methodist Church, 26640 Bouquet Canyon Road, Saugus 91350
Contact: (661) 297-3783 or www.scumc.org
Friendly Valley service
What: Pastor Stan Fix continues the Lenten Sermon series with "Viva Recycling." All are welcome.
When: 10 a.m. Sunday
Where: Friendly Valley Community Church, 19246 Ave. of the Oaks, Newhall 91321
Contact: (661) 251-1311
Burning Bush service
What: Pastor Les Robinson of The Burning Bush Church finishes a three-part series entitled "Mission Possible," about the mission to reach others with God's love.
When: 10 a.m. Sunday
Where: The Burning Bush Church at Legacy Christian Academy, 27680 Dickason Drive, Valencia, 91355
Contact: (661) 297-BUSH (2874) or visit www.burningbushchurch.org
Unitarian service
What: Guest minister Rev. Dr. Betty Stapleford presents a sermon on "Forgiveness and Transformation."
When: 10:30 a.m. Sunday
Where: 22900 Market St., Newhall 91321
Contact: uuofscv.org
Purim Carnival
What: Temple Beth Ami holds a Purim Carnival featuring food, games and contests for kids and the family. $5 for carnival and $5 for meal tickets.
When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday
Where: Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences, 28141 Kelly Johnson Parkway, Valencia 91355
Contact: (661) 255-6410
Chabad of SCV celebration
What: Chabad of SCV hosts a Purim celebration with a Moroccan feast and Stunt Circus performance. Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for children.
When: 4 p.m. Sunday
Where: Chabad of SCV, 23120 W. Lyons Ave. No. 19, Newhall 91321
Contact: (661) 254-3434
Distinguished Series speaker
What: As part of Congregation Beth Shalom's Distinguished Speaker Series, Rabbi Andrew Sacks, director of the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel and of the Religious Affairs Bureau of the Masorti Movement, delivers the talk, "The Color of Judaism in the Jewish State: the Mix of Religion and Politics in Israel Today — Possibilities for Tomorrow." Free and open to everyone.
When: 7:30 p.m. Monday
Where: Congregation Beth Shalom, 21430 Centre Pointe Parkway, Saugus 91350
Contact: (661) 254-2411
Friendly Valley service
What: Pastor Fix presents, "24 Hours That Changed The World," a short-term Lenten-Study that explores Jesus' divinity and his humanity as he moves through the last 24 hours of his life on earth.
When: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday
Where: Friendly Valley Community Church, 19246 Ave. of the Oaks, Newhall 91321
Contact: (661) 251-1311
Little Shepherd's Nursery School
What: The Little Shepherd's Nursery at First Presbyterian Church of Newhall is holding open enrollment from March 28 through the last day of March. Little Shepherd's is a half-day school with classes from 9 a.m. to noon, and if needed, extended care is offered every afternoon until 3 p.m. Parents can choose from Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes; Tuesday and Thursday classes; or a five-day a week program.
When: Sign-ups are being taken at the school during school hours. No appointment needed.
Where: First Presbyterian Church of Newhall, 24317 Newhall Ave., Newhall 91321
Contact: (661) 254-2312
Open Door theology night
What: Open Door, a progressive Christian church, hosts "Theology Nite at the Pub." The first topic is forgiveness.
When: 7-8:30 p.m. third Tuesday of every month
Where: Madd Bailey's Pub, 16200 Mil Potrero Highway, Pine Mountain 93222
Contact: Pastor Christine Buma at (661) 242-1267 or www.lutheranonline.com/opendoorministries
Joy Bible study
Who: Grace Baptist Church
What: Joy of Living Bible Study for women; an interdenominational, in-depth study of God's word in an informal, small-group setting. Child care available for children through age 5.
When: 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays
Where: 22833 Copper Hill Drive, Saugus 91390
Contact: Fran Padgett at (661) 254-1039 or email email@example.com
Lenten Fish Fry
What: St. Clare's Catholic Church 33rd annual Lenten Fish Fry. Costs $7.50 for two-piece dinner, $8.50 for three-piece, available for dine-in or take-out. Proceeds benefit charities and families in need.
When: 4:30-8 p.m. every Friday through April 15
Where: 19606 Calla Way, Canyon Country 91351
Contact: (661) 252-3353 or www.st-clare.org
'All About Easter'
What: Valencia United Methodist Church hosts "All About Easter," a family-friendly program that tells the story of Easter. Crafts, carnival games and a bounce house are also part of the event. All are welcome. Rain or shine.
When: 2-4 p.m. March 26
Where: Valencia United Methodist Church, 25718 McBean Parkway, Valencia 91355
Contact: (661) 255-1301, firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.umcv.org
'Lenten Soup Suppers'
What: Santa Clarita United Methodist Church hosts Lenten Soup Suppers with chili, stew or soup. Donate bread, water or show up to help set up.
When: 5:30 p.m. March 23, 30 and April 6 and 13
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Community prayer picnic
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UPDATE: Xian's victory at EVOLUTION 2013 has made quite a splash in his home of Singapore, with news outlets from all over the city-state covering the event. Singapore's largest paper, The Straits Times, gave Xian front page coverage, while numerous mainstream online media outlets have covered the win as well. Even Singapore's primary political party, People's Action Party, offered their congratulations to Xian via Facebook.
- Singapore pro gamer makes history with win at Evo world championships (Yahoo!)
- Singaporean tops world's largest video game fighting tournament (The Straits Times)
- Singapore gamer crowned Super Street Fighter 4 champion (TodayOnline)
- DM MCX Xian Wins 'Super Street Fighter IV' Grand Finals at Evo 2013 (MTV)
- Girls feel excited by S'porean champion gamer's fast fingers (Newnation)
Every year the best fighting game players from around the world gather in Las Vegas, NV, but this year the level of competition seemed higher than ever. That didn't stop the pride of Singapore, Mad Catz and Team.DM's Xian from wading through the fire to come out on top as EVOLUTION 2013 World Champion!
Xian was forced to face fellow Mad Catz teammate TOKIDO in the Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 Grand Finals (though it was the third time today the two squared off, once in the SSFIVAE Winner's Bracket, and again in King of Fighters XIII), but he didn't let the pressure of being in the spotlight rattle him. With a crowd full of rowdy supporters, Xian guided his Gen through wave after wave of hadoukens from TOKIDO's Akuma to ultimately secure victory. Not only was this a dream fulfilled for Xian, but for all of Team.DM as well, who can now take pride in the fact that Singapore is seen as a global force in the fighting game community.
We will have more coverage of EVOLUTION 2013 soon, but we wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of our professional players for their hard work, and to congratulate the finalists, Daigo "The Beast" Umehara, Hajime "TOKIDO" Taniguchi, and the EVOLUTION 2013 World Champion, Ho Kun Xian!


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LIN INGABIRE STARTED SCHOOL two weeks ago. Joining his kindergarten classmates at Holy Name of Jesus, a Catholic school in New Orleans, he finger-painted, sat in a circle for story time and took a nap. He was just a kid doing what thousands of other kids were doing on the first day of school.
Except that Lin's presence in class was a miracle. Until last month, as he wasted away in a disease-ravaged refugee camp in Zaire, Lin, 4, seemed destined to become just another statistic of Rwanda's civil war.
Lin's father, Celestin Hakiruwizera, 38, is a Hutu, a member of Rwanda's ethnic majority, and a physician who had once worked for his country's Office for Population Control. In 1992 he came to New Orleans to pursue graduate 4studies in public health at Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. His wife, civil servant Florence Ingabire, 35, and their children, Angelique, 7, and Lin—who, in keeping with local custom, took their mother's surname—stayed behind in Kigali, the capital. The communal warfare between the Hutu majority and the Tutsi minority, which started last April, erupted so suddenly that Celestin—in the U.S. on a student visa and subject to stringent travel restrictions—was unable to get home to help his family.
On April 8, with warring forces contesting Kigali, Hakiruwizera spoke to his wife by telephone. Sitting in his apartment in New Orleans, he could hear artillery shells exploding. "She told me, 'They bombed the fourth house from ours, so we are inside,' " says Hakiruwizera. "And she said the kids don't have anything to eat—there's no water." That conversation was the last Hakiruwizera would have with his wife. When he tried to call her again the next day, the line was dead.
On June 19, Hakiruwizera, frantic with worry over his family, got a letter from Rwanda's former minister of public health, an old friend from his days in government service, with the news he had been dreading for weeks. Florence, a Tutsi, had been slain with a machete.
Then on June 30, another letter, this one from Hakiruwizera's sister-in-law, by now in the Goma refugee camp, brought news of a holocaust. "My wife was dead, my daughter was dead," he recalls. "So were my dad, my two brothers, my two brothers-in-law and my two sisters." All that was left of his family was little Lin, the son he hadn't seen since the boy was just 2. His sister-in-law, who would soon die of cholera, had seen him in the camp.
Desperate, Hakiruwizera turned to his friend Allen Campbell, president of Air Care International, a New Orleans-based humanitarian organization that ships supplies to war-torn areas of Africa. Hakiruwizera had been assisting Air Care's Rwanda relief effort by consulting on his countrymen's nutritional needs. Recalls Campbell: "When Celestin called, he was weeping. He said 'Allen, help. My son is alive in Rwanda. I've got to get him out.' " As Campbell worked out the logistics of taking his friend to Africa, Tulane students helped raise $500 to defray his expenses.
Through the intervention of Sen. J. Bennett Johnston (D.-La.), Hakiruwizera got permission to leave the U.S. for 60 days. On Aug. 2 he and Campbell took off for Uganda, which borders Rwanda on the north, and rented a truck to travel to Zaire. "We went from camp to camp, looking around and asking people about Lin," says Hakiruwizera. At one point they were joined by a man claiming to know where Lin was; eventually the search party grew to 10 people in two cars.
On Aug. 5, Lin's fourth birthday, Hakiruwizera got a break. A refugee at one of the camps said, "We found a little boy who said he's so glad his daddy is in America." Hakiruwizera ran to the boy, and the child cried out, "Dad!" For a few seconds, the father was doubtful, not recognizing the emaciated child who had lived for three months on a daily ration of a spoonful of rice and some raw corn. "The problem was he was sick with malnutrition," says Hakiruwizera. "Honestly, I thought he was not my son. Then I thought, 'Tonight he is going to die.' He was lying on the ground, the very dark soil."
Instead, Lin remained in Kampala, Uganda, for the next 3 ½ weeks as his father nursed him back to health. On Aug. 30 the two began the 21-hour journey back to New Orleans, where Lin, afflicted with too-vivid memories of Rwanda's carnage, can try to recapture his childhood. After a brief visit to New York City, Hakiruwizera, who is back at Tulane, is planning to resume his studies. He is still dazed by his good luck in finding Lin, but he worries about the children he saw in the camps. "I will return to Rwanda," he says. "I am somebody who can help those people."
SABRINA McFARLAND in New York City
The Refugee
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YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown police have one person in custody and are looking for another following a house break-in Tuesday morning.
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
Getting back to football was likely more of a relief to Goose Creek High School than it was to any other team in the state.
The Gators finished their first spring practice earlier this month after last season's drama saw them booted out of the playoffs for a rules violation. The uproar over the harshness of the penalty carried over until at least March when the members of the South Carolina High School League agreed to make changes to the constitution under pressure from state legislators.
But now it's back to business for the Gators, who look to build on their past successes. Counting last season's 13-0 record, Goose Creek has won 40 of its last 42 games.
"We are excited to be on the field and preparing for the 2013 season," Goose Creek coach Chuck Reedy said, "Obviously we lost some great players from last year's team but have a good nucleus coming back. The expectations for this team are high and their work ethic and attitude are exceptional."
It all starts in the Gators' option offense with quarterback Dantez Bennamon, who will be a senior next fall. In 2012, he passed for 1,136 yards and 11 touchdowns, while rushing for 535 more and six touchdowns.
Rising senior Caleb Kinlaw is the top back returning. He had 1,006 yards and 15 touchdowns.
"He's bigger, stronger and faster, and ready to have a great season," Reedy said.
Rising seniors Jordan Barnes and Kalan Ritchie are the top pass catchers returning. They combined for 13 grabs, 170 yards and five scores.
Rising junior Deondre Daniels moves over from defense to play wide receiver and brings with him a bundle of speed. He qualified for the state track and field meet as a sprinter this spring.
Tackles Tyler Hood (6-2, 270) and Trey Simmons (6-1, 310), a pair of rising seniors, are returning starters on the offensive front.
On defense, the Gators will bring back four of the top seven tacklers, including rising senior linebackers Daylin Julius and Shaquille Salley.
Cornerback Omar McRae is back too after making 11 interceptions. Reedy calls both of his corners "outstanding," including Andre Rhodes.
Daquan White is returning along a defense line that lost three Division I players.
"As usual, we've got work to do," Reedy said. "The summer is an important time in getting ready for the season."
Translation: Reedy expects his players in the weight room.
Teams can begin practice Aug. 2 with the first live scrimmages against another opponent on Aug. 8.
The regular season will begin statewide on Aug. 29, though some teams will have Week 0 games on Aug. 22.
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The observation of many patients suffering with scarlet fever gave me the impression that their fate depended, in part on the anatomic configuration of their throats, and led me to verify this conclusion by statistical study. To this end special charts were printed, and observations were collected, covering certain definite points in tonsil structure. I am indebted to assistant resident physicians and interns in the scarlet fever pavilion of the Willard Parker Hospital, especially to Doctors Cootner, Tolle and Crawford. who made the observations on admission. A large number of the observations were verified or corrected by me on my later visit. It is thought that in this way the observations have greater value as averaging any personal error.
In table 1 are tabulated 154 cases which were observed during my services in 1919 and 1920. This does not represent all the cases seen during that time, as cases in
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• The splanchnic circulation is composed of gastric, small intestinal, colonic, pancreatic, hepatic, and splenic circulations, arranged in parallel with one another. The three major arteries that supply the splanchnic organs, celiac and superior and inferior mesenteric, give rise to smaller arteries that anastomose extensively. The circulation of some splanchnic organs is complicated by the existence of an intramural circulation. Redistribution of total blood flow between intramural vascular circuits may be as important as total blood flow. Numerous extrinsic and intrinsic factors influence the splanchnic circulation. Extrinsic factors include general hemodynamic conditions of the cardiovascular system, autonomic nervous system, and circulating neurohumoral agents. Intrinsic mechanisms include special properties of the vasculature, local metabolites, intrinsic nerves, paracrine substances, and local hormones. The existence of a multiplicity of regulatory mechanisms provides overlapping controls and restricts radical changes in tissue perfusion.
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You've probably heard about it. People putting spoons of coconut oil in their tea, saying that it will help health and help them lose weight. But is Green tea with coconut oil really worth the hype?
Nutritional Therapist Daniel O'Shaughnessy, known for his blog "the naked nutritionist", claims that it has numerous health benefits and can be useful in diet, even going so far as giving the mixture the moniker "Bulletproof Green Tea". This superman of a beverage contains high levels of antioxidants and there has been research whether it has effect on weight loss or aging. Coconut oil is, as critics have stated, saturated fat but it also source of medium chain fatty acids, which has been linked to many health benefits including increasing metabolism. Coconut oil also contains Lauric Acid which has been shown to benefit immunity to disease and to bone health. Green tea with a tablespoon of Coconut oil, or "Bulletproof Green Tea", can help curb appetite and maybe help prime the body to burn fat.
Miranda Kerr, an australian model, is a known user of coconut oil in her diet is reported to have said,
"I will not go a day without coconut oil. I personally take four tablespoons per day, either on my salads, in my cooking or in my cups of green tea."
In response to her claim, many doctors, including the World Health Organization have deemed this degree of coconut oil as risky. It is saturated and those doctors make the claim that this consumption of saturated fat may lead to coronary problems.
There are definitely two schools of thought in terms of coconut oil. One, that because it is indeed and oil and a fat – believe it should not be made part of a daily diet and could be replaced by other things in your diet by other things – maybe even cracking out that dark chocolate bar. The other side cites that the high quantity of lauric acid in coconut oil and that the oil is converted into immediate energy, not fat, outweighs any negative effects, if any. Whatever school you find yourself in, coconut oil in your tea is definitely something to try. You may not come out of it looking like Miranda Kerr, but with something cool enough to be called "bulletproof", why not give this supertea a try? All you need to do is brew that mug of green tea and put a spoon of coconut oil in it – and you're ready to rock out and next time you'll be bulletproof.


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A man died after a single-vehicle crash in Sacramento early Saturday.
Witnesses said the driver sped up as he turned onto Mack Road, hit a soundwall and drove through a chain-link fence about 1:05 a.m. Saturday. The car then flew into the air and over the Elder Creek Canal.
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GEN News Highlights : Oct 8, 2009
NHGRI has awarded Helicos BioSciences a two-year $2.9 million grant to back research on the chemistry and molecular biology underlying the company's technology. The Helicos® Genetic Analysis System is a single-molecule sequencing platform.
"We expect to make continuous improvements to the core technology that will increase throughput and accuracy of the system without any hardware changes," states John Thompson, principal investigator for the grant.
The money is part of the Sequencing Technology Development Program representing NHGRI's signature project for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The project is part of NIH's Grand Opportunities program, designed to support large-scale, high-impact work that is expected to accelerate critical scientific breakthroughs and enable growth and investment in biomedical R&D.
The Helicos Genetic Analysis System reportedly eliminates the biases, complexity, and errors introduced by nucleic acid amplification. It requires minute amounts of starting material, and provides the most direct and accurate view of the genome, the company adds.
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