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BOCA RATON, FL (May 7, 2007) – As the 2007-08 legislative session comes to a close, Florida Atlantic University looks forward to what should be a successful, formal completion to the legislative session. FAU aligned its top priorities with the greatest needs of the state of Florida and the goals of the Board of Governors, including workforce development, and increased research and biotechnology activities.
"In light of the more difficult economic environment in Tallahassee, FAU fared extremely well overall," said FAU President Frank T. Brogan. "Special thanks are due to all who worked so hard over the past 60 days and throughout the year on these issues."
Some current highlights of the 2007-08 legislative appropriation bill that would benefit FAU include –
- The FAU/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Regional Medical Program is scheduled to receive $4.7 million in recurring funding. This will allow the regional medical campus to continue to evolve towards it goal of offering all four years of medical education on FAU's Boca Raton campus, thus increasing the pool of doctors that will practice in the state of Florida who are educated in their own backyards.
- FAU is to receive $6 million to assist in the research taking place in partnership with Torrey Pines.
- There are two separate appropriations scheduled to assist FAU in its acquisition and operation of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (HBOI). The university would receive $8.5 million in recurring funds to operate the institution. In addition, the legislature approved $44,641,984 in PECO funding for renovation and news space on the HBOI campus.
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Apparently EA has announced the new LOTR Battle For Middle Earth game for the Xbox360. This should not shock anyone, as the game is pretty much tailor-made for the console. EA also promises we will have screenshots from the gamer later today. Stay tunes. Click on read more for the press release.
not even really sure what type of game this is, is it maybe the huge scale war strategy game? either way good news that yet another game is announced for the 360. its starting to see that every other day (or atleast a couple times every week) a new 360 game is announced. keep 'em coming!


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We take a look at each candidate's strategy and prep as they gear up for tonight's debate; airlines are seeking to limit the types of service animals allowed on planes but disability rights advocates are pushing back; Long Beach has proposed a new general tax to local businesses that distribute marijuana - some wonder if it could be a bellwether; Plus, we dive into the new venues added to L.A.'s Olympic bid.
We talk about the charges facing the Tulsa Police Officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man last Friday, as well as the rhetoric surrounding recent police shootings; SoCal vehicle registration fees may be hiked in an effort to pay for smog reduction programs – how much are you willing to pay to meet mandated emission cuts?; plus KPCC film critics join Larry Mantle to talk about the week's newest releases, and we pay tribute to the late Curtis Hanson.
Protests have continued in Charlotte over the police shooting of a black man on Tuesday – the police chief said he plans to show the video of the shooting to the man's family but not to the public – we bring you the latest developments; a new proposal to make L.A. an autonomous transit city by 2035 – what will it take?; and we look at how race and class are intertwined, and the implications for SoCal.
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The Sandman Connection: How Vertigo's Flagship Title Crossed Over With the DCU
With today's news that Death — the pallid, parasol-toting embodiment of the End of All Things from in Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" — will be crossing over with Paul Cornell's Lex Luthor story in the pages of "Action Comics," it looks like DC's making an honest attempt to bring at least a few Vertigo titles into their core universe.
In recent years, this is something that hadn't been allowed, with the stated reason being that the company didn't want to cross over their super-hero titles with the more Mature Readers fare of the Vertigo line — an argument that doesn't really hold much water anymore when one of the most important DC stories of the decade involved Dr. Light raping the Elongated Man's wife on the Justice League satellite.
Even so, having one of the most definitively "Vertigo" characters showing up in a book that's been straight-up superheroics for 72 years is a pretty big deal, although it's not exactly a new idea. Despite the clear delineation of the titles, a lot of the flagship Vertigo books have their roots in the DCU proper. Both "Swamp Thing" and "Sandman" even started as DC Universe books, complete with the same logo that ran on the Superman comics.
The fact of the matter is, "Sandman" has its roots in the DC Universe, and this isn't the first time they've been explored.
For starters, there's "Sandman" itself, which — despite its eventual evolution into something more distinct than the mid-'90s punch-ups that it shared shelf-space with — was essentially a super-hero story from the start. Gaiman's Sandman (or Morpheus, or Dream if you prefer) was as much a legacy hero as James Robinson's Jack Knight in "Starman." Both of them are closely tied to a Golden Age legacy character (Wesley Dodds, the Golden Age Sandman, appears in Gaiman's first arc), and both stories end up eventually encompassing other versions of their legacy.
Even more than that, though, that first "Sandman" arc is a super-hero comic. For all its Mature Readers influences, it's the story of a super-powerful strange visitor from a mystic dimension who breaks free from being imprisoned and then goes to get his super-equipment back, and then goes to fight Dr. Destiny, a Justice League villain. It doesn't get more super-hero than that.
The Revivals of Urania Blackwell and Destiny
But it doesn't stop there. Like Alan Moore did with "Swamp Thing," which played with everything from the Demon to the "House of Mystery" and "House of Secrets" versions of Cain and Abel to Roy Raymond: TV Detective, Gaiman brought in plenty of pieces of the super-hero comics, from the '70s Jack Kirby Sandman to Element Girl, an obscure supporting cast member from "Metamorpho" who hadn't been seen since 1966.
Even Destiny of the Endless was a pre-existing DC character who had cropped up in various comics during the Bronze Age:
And despite the shift to being a comic that was about stories rather than super-heroes — or maybe because of it — Gaiman returned to these ideas at the end:
But it wasn't all a one-way street: The DC Universe drew on "Sandman" as well, albeit far less often. The first and probably most notorious was in Cary Bates, Greg Weisman and Rafael Kayanan's "Captain Atom" #42, where Death appeared alongside Jack Kirby's version of death, The Black Racer:
Similarly, she showed up in a very, very tiny cameo in "JLA/Avengers," posed on a cosmic chessboard opposite Marvel's Death:
Dream makes one last DCU appearance as I know of, in the early issues of "JSA," where the '70s Kirby Sandman is tied into Dr. Fate by way of Gaiman in a story involving alternate dimensions, mysticism, rapid aging, the Golden Age Fury, and mind-control. Suffice to say that it's a little complex. After that, it's pretty much it until now, but what's important is that the groundwork is already there.
It's always been there, and it's never really left, save for a seemingly arbitrary decision that's now getting a few very welcome cracks in it.


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Packed meeting agendas leave meeting planners searching for ways to make-up time. In North America, this often translates into working lunches for group dining. I have previously discussed the reasons that companies in other parts of the world reject this option and provided alternatives to the working lunch that I have seen in Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East.
However, when working lunches are the only option, it's always good to:
- Have a separate dining area (e.g. an adjoining lounge, on a patio or separated from the meeting space by an airwall so that set-up doesn't disturb the meeting).
- Reflect the theme of the meeting through decor, service option and menu selections.
- Select menu and service options to make sure the experience is not mundane.
- Budget for an extra set of clean tablecloths to ensure sanitary dining during lunch.
- Thoroughly clean and sanitize the tables if the area for breakout exercises is doubling for dining.
- Schedule an exercise in pairs or trios in the main meeting area.
- Serve lunchtime presenters a bit earlier than the group. They need a break too.
- Never go straight from the meeting to dining. Select a meeting venue close to washrooms. Break for 10 minute break, specifically for hand washing before lunch service begins.
- Provide hand sanitizer.
- Resume presentations when everyone has started main course.
- Break for dessert.
Creative Service Options
- Family-style service.
- Bento boxes.
- Food trucks.
- Catered tailgate parties.
- Ice bars (real or simulated).
- Beach umbrella tables.
- Campfire with wiener roast.
- Banquet facilities with fireplace
Gourmet picnic lunch baskets served on blankets (see image to the right)
or at picnic tables inside or outside meeting room.
Interactive Menu Suggestions
- Mocktails.
- Soda Fountain.
- Lemonade Stand.
- Mobile cappuccino and espresso bar.
- Salad bar.
- Sausage Rolls
- Jamaican cocktail patties.
- Chicken, Beef, and Shrimp Skewers.
- Satay. (Put peanut sauce on the side and label it to protect participants with allergies.)
Main Course
- Fajitas
- Tacos
- Roti
- Chili
- Fondue
- Sloppy Joes
- Steamboat lunch
- Danish open face sandwiches
- Interactive savory crepe stations
Taking a break. Have pizza makers entertain the crowd by flipping pizzas and preparing customized pizzas. Go back into your meeting and, when the pizzas are ready, have a short lunch break.
Gourmet Burger and slider bar.
With the option to "have it your way", people love burgers . Kick it up a notch. Have chefs prepare burgers and sliders at barbecues. Serve veggie, chicken and ostrich burgers. Set up an interactive station for condiments and salad.
Make your own Sandwich bar.
Sandwiches are a staple of the working lunch but turn them from boring to an interactive experience by using a set-up similar to a salad bar and providing a variety of wraps and breads and interesting toppings.
To save time, skip dessert at lunch and make the afternoon break a truly interactive experience.
- Ice Cream fondue (Pictured to the right)
- Fruit Skewers
- Fresh Fruit Stand
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Truffle rolling station
- Make Your Own Sundae bar
- Baked Alaska
- Crepe Suzette
- Cherries Jubilee
- Chocolate Fondue
- Chocolate Fountain
- Interactive fruit and dessert crepe stations
- Chocolate bar featuring everything chocolate including pastry, cake, pudding, chocolate mouse, truffles, ice cream.
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Pamela McPartland
Jacque Johnson, Central Valley School District
Christopher Willis, Federal Way School District
Kasi Walker
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Does Advocacy Have to be Adversarial? A Panel Discussion on Engaging Parents and Advocates in the Special Education Process
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Educational Interpreters Requirements and Opportunities
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John Bresko
Carol Carrothers
I've Got This Data, Now What Do I Do With It?
Sandy Grummick
Amber O'Donnell
Reducing Disparities in Student Discipline
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Results Driven Accountability: Consistency Index Initiative
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Sandy Grummick
Safety Net – The Year in Review
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Special Education Accountability
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Understanding the Significance of the Federal IDEA Grant Application
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Washington Integrated System of Monitoring: Results, Trends, and Takeaways
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Janice Tornow
Tania May
Diann Zavala, Grandview School District
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Washington Integrated System of Monitoring Systems Analysis Critical Elements Outline – Fall 2014
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MELBOURNE BRINDLE, FERRIER, LACCO AND McLEAR SAVE ERNIE RUDDUCK'S LIFE, DROMANA, VIC., AUST.
It's not often that I base a new journal on just one incident. There are six people mentioned in this story, an Australia-wide hero in 1905, a renowned wooden boat builder, an un-named Greek fisherman, the son of a circa 1871 Dromana pioneer, a boy who saved a life shortly before leaving for America (1918) and achieving fame and the son of one of the PIONEERING NEIGHBOURS NEAR CARRIGG ST,DROMANA.
The funny thing is that I would never have found this story if I had not been contacted by Shah about her ancestors who arrived in Rosebud in about 1938. Her father had not known Bill Chatfield of Rosebud West to be a fisherman and I told her that Bill's fishing operation was taken over by a Swede,but like Vin Burnham in his memoirs of life in early Rosebud,I couldn't remember his name. (I just remembered that it was Axel Vincent!)
In the hope of finding it,I did a search for "Rosebud, fisherman" on trove.
DROMANA, Saturday.
A strong easterly wind, a choppy sea, A motor engine in need of repair, and a lucky escape were the chief features of an unpleasant experience which befell Mr Ernest Rudduck, a well-known grocer of Dromana, on the Bay last evening. Intending to have the engine repaired at Rosebud Mr Rudduck arranged with an elderly Greek fisherman to tow the boat, but he started from the Dromana pier alone shortly before 6 p.m., presumably
through a misunderstanding. The Greek failed to overtake the boat, and as the wind increased in force, Mr Rudduck was soon in difficulties. A return to Dromana was impossible, and to continue to drift meant increasing the danger of his already perilous position.
Observing Mr Rudduck's plight from the pier, Ewart Brindle, a lad of about 12, rode to Rosebud on a bicycle to seek assistance. A few minute after his arrival William Ferrier and Mitchell Lacco, well-known fishermen, John McLear, grocer, and Brindle were facing the gale in a fishing boat, and being drenched to the skin as the waves dashed over the vessel.
When the motor boat was reached it was drifting rapidly in the direction ofthe Heads, and had the rescue been delayed the incident might have been attended by still more unpleasant effects. The fishing boat, however, towed it safely to the Rosebud jetty, where the little group of watchers congratulated Mr Rudduck on his escape, and warmly commended the rescuers on their skilful handling of the boat in the trying circumstances.
Ferrier and Lacco are noted for their fearlessness at sea. Some years ago when the barque La Bella was wrecked offWarrnambool, and when all others considered it suicidal to attempt a rescue, Ferrier rowed to the scene of the disaster in a dinghy saving three of those on board. For his courage the citizens presented him with a purse of sovereigns.
(P.4,The Ballarat Courier, 24-1-1916.)
Ewart Brindle was more likely on the pier to sketch vessels sailing past rather than fishing. It hardly seems to have been a day for fishing. Twenty or so years after leaving Dromana,he produced a fabulous map of Dromana that is a history on its own. This map is available from the Dromana Historical Society. With such fabulous recall,his omission of his heroic deed from his recollections of his days as a schoolboy at Dromana, must have been due to modesty. See my journal THE FAMED MELBOURNE BRINDLE.
Much information about Fred and his stepdaughter Mary B.Stone (a.k.a. Polly Vine)is given in Peter Wilson's ON THE ROAD TO ROSEBUD. Fred was one of the original grantees in the Rosebud Fishing Village but was associated with Dromana from early days,Vine being one of the original names on the Dromana State School roll in 1873,the Rosebud school opening a decade later. Fred later lived in a hut on the Dromana foreshore,roughly opposite Seacombe St. How would I know this? Melbourne Brindle's map,of course! There is a photo of Mary in Peter's book and one of Fred on page 73 of Colin McLear's A DREAMTIME OF DROMANA.
Son of Nelson and Jane Sophia Rudduck, Ernie expanded the family business to Rosebud and when the shop was burnt in a bushfire, he soon replaced it. He leased the shop to Rosebud residents. Nelson was the grantee of two Rosebud Fishing Village blocks and donated one of them for the Methodist Church. Three reminders of the Rudduck family in Dromana are the beautiful two-storey Piawola, on the highway just east of Arthur St, Karadoc St on "Karadoc" (as is also the vacant paddock donated by the family for the Dromana Bush Nursing Hospital) and Ruddock Square on the foreshorejust east of the Pier.
See my journal WILLIAM FERRIER: AUSTRALIA-WIDE HERO IN 1905. William sailed out to the wreck with his disabled arm strapped to the mast. Despite this error,the article does credit to the journalist.
I've written a journal about the Laccos. Fort Lacco married a King girl whose sister married a Greek fisherman who probably died after their son, Tony, was born. His mother, Emily, later became Mrs Durham and Tony adopted this surname. Emily later owned Fort's Rosebud Fishing Village block on the east side of Durham Place. Tony's grand daughter was Judith Mavis Cock,better known as Judith Durham of The Seekers. The Laccos are revered as builders of wooden boats and the Rosebud Chamber of Commerce has installed a wooden statue of Mitch Lacco on the Murray-Anderson Rd corner, just across that road from thesite of his boat building premises. Mitchell St may have been named after Mitch.
John McLear married Janet Cairns of Boneo and settled just east of the Dromana Hotel. With Harry Copp and Dohn Griffith,he was one of Dromana's professional fishermen. As he was about 70 at the time of this incident,and died in 1918,it was more likely his son, John (Nip), aged 32, who took part in the rescue. I quote from page 104 of A DREAMTIME OF DROMANA.
John (Nip) lived out his life at his father's home.He was Ern Rudduck's right-hand man in the (Dromana) Jetty Store for forty years or more and roved to him in the local football team.... In earlier days he had fished with his father. At one stage he drove Rudduck's grocery cart around the mountain bringing supplies to customers.
As Ernie Rudduck's wife's family seems to have arrived in Dromana not long before W.W.1, the four heroes probably also ensured the lives of Ernie's three children: Rene (Mrs King)who died at Mt Martha in 1988, Grenfell, a very prominent architect honoured by a plaque near Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, and Jack, who starred in sport and academics at Wesley College and was the school captain before becoming a pioneer of the great Australian outback. Jack was killed in 1956 while accompanying his sick youngest daughter on a Flying Doctor plane; it crashed in a violent storm and all aboard were killed.(A DREAMTIME OF DROMANA.)
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Itellya is researching local history on the Mornington Peninsula and is willing to help family historians with information about the area between Somerville and Blairgowrie. He has extensive information about Henry Gomm of Somerville, Joseph Porta (Victoria's first bellows manufacturer) and Captain Adams of Rosebud.
In A DREAMTIME OF DROMANA, Colin McLear gave much biological and genealogical information about the Rudduck family, much of it provided by Miss Elvie Love and Grenfell Rudduck. In view of the great detail about the family,and Ernie,it is surprising that so little was written about Ernie's wife. Although there is also much information on trove about Nelson's wife, and descendants and their spouses, there does not seem to be a notice about Ernie's marriage. I'll keep looking,but here's a start.
AFTER 14 clear days application will be made to the Supreme Court that PROBATE of
the WILL, dated 28th November 1929, of MAUD AUSTRALIA EATON, late of Cheltenham Hos
pital for Aged and Infirm, Moorabin road, Cheltenham, spinster, deceased, be granted to Ernest Rudduck. Gentleman, and Theresa Rudduck, married woman, both of Francis street, Dromana, the executor* and executrix respectively appointed by the said will. (P.17, Argus, 28-6-1956.)
*Ernie was also the executor of James Matthews, Dromana carpenter, who married a descendant of SARAH WILSON.
Maud was discussed in detail by Colin McLear. She was a niece of Watson Eaton, Dromana's amateur doctor whose accidental death so affected the community that a marble testimonial (which can be seen at the Dromana Museum) was produced. Colin did not know her gold mining father's name; it was Bernard Eaton and Benjamin Eaton who was the librarian at the Dromana Mechanics' Institute was probably Maud's brother.
It would seem extremely likely that Ernie Rudduck's wife was Theresa. This is what Colin wrote about her on page 66.
Ern Rudduck was complemented in his endeavours by his ever-gracious wife who with her family came to Dromana before World War 1.One of her talents was her flower arrangements each Sunday in the (Dromana) Wesleyan Church. Their three children were: (as given in the journal.)
Ernie Rudduck married Theresa Lang!
LANG. - On July 16, at Dromana, Theresa Charlotte, widow of the late William, loving mother of William, Theresa (Mrs. Rudduck), Gustave, James, Ernest (deceased),Edman, and Vera, in her 92nd year.-Peacefully sleeping.(P.12, Argus,18-7-1955.)
In 1953,Theresa applied to bring the land containing Ernie's Rosebud shop(s?) under the 1928 Transfer of Land Act. (P.12, Argus, 16-6-1953.) Details of the people that ran the shop and later occupants can be found in Peter Wilson's ON THE ROAD TO ROSEBUD.
Colin McLear mentioned Ernest (and Theresa, of course)living at Mounts Bay, for most of his married life. This was Dr Weld's old home at the head of Jetty Rd., and by Bryan's Cutting. This was at the east corner of Boundary Rd and Hillview Quarry Rd at Melway 159 J9. (Dr Weld's property is shown on Melbourne Brindle's map.) They were still there in 1951 but by 1956,they had moved to Francis St in Dromana.
COTHER-RUDDUCK-The marriage of Joyce, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.E. C. Cother, 47 Ormond road, Ivanhoe, to Jack Rudduck, of Tableland Station, West Kimberley. W.A., younger son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Rudduck, of Mount's Bay, Dromana, will be cele-
brated at the chapel, Wesley College,on Thursday, February 1, at 5.30p.m.
(P.8, Argus,27-1-1951.)
No other genealogical information about Ernest or Theresa has been found on trove,apart from their children's marriages. Ernest was born in 1884 and died in 1972 according to Colin McLear.
The maiden name of Theresa's mother would appear to be SCHLIPALIUS*. See death notice of brother. (P.1, Argus,11-2-1927.)
(*A member of Sorrento's footy team in 1936 with the above surname kicked four goals in the game against Beachdale, oops, Seaford.)
(P.15, Argus, 8-6-1936.)
The Langs were at Dromana by 1913 but not by 1905.
An experience which might have resulted seriously occurred to Mr Lang on Wednesday last. Whilst stepping into his cart, his horse, which is a very spirited animal,bolted. The driver was thrown down, and the wheel passed over his shoulder. Beyond a few abrasions and a general shaking up,Mr Lang was, fortunately, not hurt.After careering down the street for almost a mile, the animal overturned the cart. Mr E. Rudduck arriving promptly on the scene prevented further damage than a broken splash-board. (P.2, Mornington Standard, 20-12-1913.)
Lang Bros. are busy working away in connection with the extension of the Dromana Mechanics' Institute, and appear to be progressing favourably with the work.
(P.5, Mornington Standard, 18-2-1905.) The work in connection with the extension of the Hall is to be commenced at an early date, the successful tenderers being Lang Bros., of Gatehouse-street, Parkville. (P.5, Mornington Standard,4-2-1905.)
Is it possible that Ernie had become acquainted with the Langs while playing footy with Richmond in the V.F.A.
Lang, the biggest man on the ground, played a good, unselfish game. Hudduck, the Dromana lad, played a dashmg game, his long, dAdging runs helping his side immensely. (P.5, Mornington Standard, 14-10-1905.)
This was interesting to read as I am Ernest
Rudduck's granddaughter.My father Grenfell was his middle child.He wrote his family history before his death in1964.I have this if anyone is interested.
Belinda Loma Prest (Rudduck)
Pages 55 to 66 of the late Colin McLear's A DREAMTIME OF DROMANA are devoted to the Rudduck family,including genealogical details back to 1650,the origins of the Rudduck/Karadoc name, corsets,the Dromana hospital, Prahran, Chapman and Rudduck links,
etc.compiled from information collected by Mrs Elsie Love and Grenfell Rudduck, grand-children of Nelson Rudduck and Jane Sophia (nee Chapman.)
Ern (1884-1972)who was the fifth child of Nelson,ran the jetty store at Dromana for most of his life and built a store at Rosebud which was rented by others. As well as following Nelson as a shire councillor,Ernie was an excellent footballer,as was his cousin,Doug Chapman.
Australian Football - Ernest Rudduck - Player Bio
Ernie Rudduck. Name, Ernest Rudduck. Born, 1884-03-14. Height, 0 cm. Weight, 0 kg. Jumper, -. V/AFL Clubs, Collingwood. V/AFL Games, 14.
Australian Football - Doug Chapman - Player Bio
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Doug Chapman. Name, Douglas Chapman. Born, 1889-05-24. Height, 191 cm. Weight, 86 kg. Jumper, 1. V/AFL Clubs, Richmond, Melbourne. V/AFL Games, 33.
And as for Ernie's son,Grenfell, let's look at the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
Rudduck, Grenfell (19141964)
by Ian W. Morison
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, (MUP), 2002
Grenfell Rudduck (1914-1964), architect and town planner, was born on 19 September 1914 at Dromana, Victoria, second of three children of Ernest Rudduck, storekeeper, and his wife Theresa, ne Lang, both Victorian born. His parents, staunch Methodists committed to community service, named him after the missionary (Sir) Wilfred Grenfell. Educated at Wesley College and the University of Melbourne (B.Arch., 1939), 'Gren' was awarded a Blue for Australian Rules football, a half-Blue for rowing and a number of prizes from the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects. He was articled in 1937 to Leighton Irwin and became active in R.V.I.A. affairs. At Queen's College chapel, University of Melbourne, on 2 September 1939 he married Loma Butterworth Amos; her father, a Methodist minister, conducted the service.
In May 1941 Rudduck won the R.V.I.A.'s Haddon travelling scholarship for designing a community health-and-recreation centre which he proposed to construct step by step to enlist public support. Head of architecture at the Working Men's College, Melbourne, from January 1942, he joined (April 1943) the Department of Post-war Reconstruction, Canberra, where he provided theoretical and technical advice on plans for housing. In November 1944 he moved to the regional planning branch. Dr H. C. Coombs, the department's director-general, was impressed by his flair for negotiation.
Backed by Coombs and (Sir) John Crawford, director of research in Coombs's organization, in 1947 Rudduck was granted a research fellowship in social science by the Australian National University to study technical aspects of regional planning. He took leave to attend the 1947-48 session in town planning at University College, London, under Professor William (Baron) Holford, and used his Haddon scholarship to travel to Europe and North America. Back in Australia, he returned to his department (renamed National Development in 1949) and was appointed director of regional development in 1951.
Rudduck helped to organize the inaugural congress of the Australian Planning Institute (held in Canberra in 1951) at which he presented a paper on the growth of Australia's regions. He then toured the country with Holford, believing that he had a stake in the development of the entire continent. His drive and dedication salvaged a faltering project to map Australia's resources. He recruited experienced cartographers from overseas to the team which produced the first Atlas of Australian Resources (1952).
After attending the British Commonwealth Economic Conference in London in 1952, Rudduck became attracted by the idea of planning in an international arena. In 1955 he was seconded for three months to a United Nations' technical assistance mission in Malaya. He was then seconded for two years to advise on housing and settlement in Pakistan, where he established a natural rapport with his clients. His appreciation of their country's history, geography and culture informed both his 'urban biographies' of Karachi, Dacca and Lahore and his common-sense approach to building low-cost housing in rural areas. Rudduck's Towns and Villages of Pakistan (Karachi, 1961) became a local best-seller. The National Planning Commission of Pakistan invited him back for three months in 1964 to advise on a third '5-year plan'.
At home, Rudduck gave advice on regional planning to the Department of the Army before accepting, with some misgivings, an appointment in March 1958 as associate-commissioner to the new National Capital Development Commission. A Canberra resident since 1943, he moved easily between private and official assignments. From 1951 he served as an adviser to the A.N.U.'s building and grounds committee; in 1955 he worked with Professor Denis Winston on a site plan for the university while reporting to government on the infrastructure needed for airlifting beef in the outback.
Never a bureaucratdespite his years as a public servantRudduck was 'always a compassionate rebel', warm hearted and engaging, interested in people and ideas. He stood by his beliefs. His skills as a mediator gained public acceptance for the commission's transformation of the 'bush capital'. He saw Canberra as a garden city of no more than 100,000 people, and maintained this view despite the pressures of population growth. By 1963 this stance put him in fundamental conflict with the commission's larger plans. Sidelined from its mainstream work, he concentrated on building relations between communities and planners, anticipating popular movements of later decades. He promoted urban research, remained an advocate of regional development in Australia (citing Canberra as an example of what could be done) and pressed planners to regard local communities as clients whom they should heed.
Survived by his wife, daughter and three sons, Rudduck died of myocardial infarction on 19 December 1964 in East Melbourne and was buried in Dromana cemetery. A stone wall and plaque near the West Basin ferry terminal on Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra, commemorate him.
Select Bibliography
Architecture in Australian, Mar 1965
Australian Planning Institute Journal, Jan 1965, Apr 1967
Canberra Historical Journal, no 30, Sept 1992
Grenfell Rudduck papers (National Library of Australia).
P.S. Despite mentioning only his Collingwood games above,I have found that a 1905 collection of footballer cards has Ernie Ruddock(sic) of Richmond listed at card 45.
(Ernest Ruddock Cards Checklist
Ernest Ruddock Cards Checklist. 45. 1905 W.D. & H.O. Wills - Past & Present Champions Base Set - Ernest Ruddock, Richmond.)
Ernie as pictured as a maggie on this website:
RUDDOCK, Ernest - Mornington Peninsula ... - Fox Sports Pulse
Grenfell was no slouch as a footballer either. (See biography.)
Strangely the Ballarat Courier was the only newspaper to publish an article about the rescue of Ernie Rudduck in 1916. As the journalist wrote "last evening", he obviously not seen the incident and perhaps a friend living at Rosebud or Dromana had provided him with the world-first scoop. The person who gave him the information had probably only got the story second-hand anyway.
Fred Wild, a member of the Dromana Historical Society, was responsible for making the fame of an ex-Dromana State School student, Ewart Brindle, known. As a result, one of Ewart Brindle's paintings hangs in the Mornington Peninsula Shire offices.
Fred has had much communication with Melbourne Brindle's family in America. Ewart's sister, Vera, wrote about the rescue of Ernie Rudduck and Fred has relayed her information as follows:
Mel Brindle's sister VERA wrote in her memoirs that Doan was towing Ern's broken-down motorboat when a ship passed between them breaking the rope and setting Ern adrift. On seeing this, Mel rode a bicycle to Ernie's mother's house and alerted her and said he needed help. Apparently Mel wrote to Ern's family years later explaining the event. Maybe they still have the letter somewhere.
Doan was Jonah Griffith, who was the son of Abraham Griffith from Boston, U.S.A., and certainly not Greek.


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Millcreek worker files discrimination claim
A longtime Millcreek Township employee has filed a civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Erie charging that the township and three officials discriminated against him on the basis of his race.
Larry E. Manus, a black man who holds the position of garage and mechanic foreman, said he is paid approximately $1.50 less an hour than other similarly employed white Millcreek Township foremen. He said other foremen are paid at a full-time rate under the collective bargaining agreement, but that the township improperly carved out a hybrid position for him that was not contemplated in the collective bargaining agreement.
He said after he complained of his pay disparity to the labor union to which he belongs, the AFL-CIO, and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and township officials, he was retaliated against and subjected to a hostile work environment.
In one instance, Manus said, a fellow employee physically accosted him.
Named as defendants are the township, Supervisor Brian McGrath, and former Supervisors Sue Weber and Joseph Kujawa.
Manus' lawsuit charges civil rights violations, aiding and abetting discrimination and breach of contract. He is seeking damages of more than $3 million, including back pay dating to March 2009 to make his pay commensurate with other foremen in his bargaining unit, as well as money for pain, suffering, inconvenience and public humiliation.
He further wants the court to prohibit the township from further violating civil rights laws and order it to diversify its workforce.
The complaint was filed on Manus' behalf by Erie lawyer Anthony Rodriques, who declined to comment beyond what was alleged in the lawsuit.
Erie lawyer Richard Perhacs handles employment matters for the township.
"The township has not seen the complaint yet," he said. "But we are pretty familiar with Mr. Manus' complaints because he has been making them for a long time. We have not found them to have any merit."
Manus, who has worked for the township for 23 years, received a right-to-sue letter from the Pennsylvania Human Relations commission in December.
He says in the complaint he has experienced discrimination back to 1990, including two decades ago when a supervisor directed racial epithets at him. The supervisor was suspended for two days, the complaint states.
"Plaintiff will further testify that he was a constant object of derision, ridicule and jokes, directed at him by his co-workers and management personnel, regarding his unequal pay, that he was the sole African-American employed in the workplace, that he was playing the race card by protesting discriminatory practices," the complaint states.
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Naomi Prawer Kadar Foundation and ORT Launch New Training Seminar
The inaugural Naomi Prawer Kadar International Seminar for Digital Technology in Jewish Education in Moscow signifies the importance ORT places on the teaching of Jewish Studies to assure the continued vitality of Jewish communities in and around the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
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New Councilwoman Jolanda Jones gives a thumbs-up after being sworn into office Wednesday morning. To the right is Councilman Ron Green, beginning his third and final term.
But the mayor, controller and council members sat stoically on the dais during the 90-minute ceremony, which included blessings by Houston's new Cardinal Daniel DiNardo and Reverend Dr. Marcus D. Cosby of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. (Controller Annise D. Parker later confessed that she was wearing long underwear under her formal skirt. That's just the kind of sensible thinking we like in a controller.)
The mayor's speech had nothing in the way of concrete policy goals for the next two years. But it was a moving, effective paean to what makes the Houston region great: economic growth (250,000 new jobs in almost four years); opportunity (new lives for refugees from Vietnam, Iran and the Congo); and cultural diversity (from Beyonce to the world's largest televised ministry, Lakewood.)
The mayor seemed to be trying out some new slogans: He invoked the phrase "common ground" or "higher ground" eight times. (Is the latter phrase ear balm to flood-weary Houstonians?). He also referenced the TV show The Jeffersons at least twice, saying that Houston is "moving on up."
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Vol. IX, No. 17 ~ EINet News Briefs ~ Aug 25, 2006
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APEC EINet News Briefs offers the latest news, journal articles, and notifications for emerging infections affecting the APEC member economies. It was created to foster transparency, communication, and collaboration in emerging infectious diseases among health professionals, international business and commerce leaders, and policy makers in the Asia-Pacific region.
In this edition:
- Global: Cumulative number of human cases of avian influenza A/(H5N1)
- Global: Proposal to share avian influenza data
- Global: Experts worry that antivirals may mask avian influenza
- Global: Caucasus, Balkans at high risk for deadly H5N1 virus: Disease continues to spread in Africa, Asia and the Near East
- Netherlands: Dutch order poultry indoors to prevent bird flu
- Russia: Human anthrax in West Siberia
- Russia: 5 persons ill with botulism after eating canned mushrooms
- Indonesia: 46th bird flu death confirmed
- China: Antibiotic contamination blamed for 6 deaths and dozens of illnesses
- China: Undiagnosed febrile illness among infants in Qingdao, Shandong Province
- China: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in China: Follow-up Report No. 19
- China: Human bocavirus infection confirmed
- China: Snails cause meningitis in Beijing
- Cambodia: 2 new outbreaks of the deadly bird flu virus in ducks
- Indonesia: 61st suspected case of avian influenza
- Indonesia: 60th confirmed case of bird flu
- Malaysia: Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease Cases in Sarawak Reach 13 800
- Thailand: New strain of avian influenza poses no added human hazard
- Thailand/Laos: Recent wave of bird flu in poultry in result of both old and new strains of H5N1
- Thailand: Increased failure rate in diagnostic testing for human avian influenza
- Viet Nam: 2 suspected cases of avian influenza test negative
- Viet Nam: Avian influenza may break out from 8 million geese
- Viet Nam: Ban on transporting poultry, cattle
- USA: CDC and APHL make influenza virus sequence data publicly accessible
- Trinidad & Tobago: Low strain bird flu found
- USA (California): Paragonimiasis from eating raw imported freshwater crab
- USA (California): 12 cases of Vibrio parahaemolyticus after consumption of raw oysters
- USA (California): Tick-borne relapsing fever
- USA (Washington): Red tide shuts down shellfish beds
- Egypt:Avian influenza Follow-up report No. 3
1. Updates
- Influenza
- West Nile Virus
2. Articles
- Pandemic influenza preparedness in the Asia–Pacific region
- Long-Term Clinical and Neuropsychological Outcomes of West Nile Virus Infection
- Imported Melioidosis --- South Florida, 2005
3. Notifications
- CDC releases recommendations on prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis among infants and children
- 8th International Feline Retrovirus Research Symposium
- Biological Crisis Management in Human and Veterinary Medicines 2006.
Global: Cumulative number of human cases of avian influenza A/(H5N1)
Economy / Cases (Deaths)
Total no. of confirmed human cases of avian influenza A/(H5N1), Dec 2003 to present: 241 (141).
Global: Proposal to share avian influenza data
Now many leading avian influenza scientists have tentatively agreed to share data as part of an effort called the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID). In essence, the participants have agreed to place genetic sequences into secure sections (which have not yet been set up) of existing online databases, as soon as possible after producing and analysing them. The group proposes using the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration, a network of 3 major public databases, for the collection.
The data will at first only be accessible to scientists who have signed the agreement, but will become open to the public after 6 months at the most. Scientists who sign up make a promise to share their sequences. They must also agree to collaborate with, and appropriately credit, all other researchers in publications and intellectual-property agreements.
By storing all the sequences in a designated place and allowing more open access, the hope is that researchers will be able to carry out comparisons quickly of one new strain against many others from both animals and humans. This type of analysis can reveal whether a virus is acquiring mutations as it spreads between bird flocks, or -- should the virus start spreading between people -- whether it is becoming resistant to drugs.
Global: Experts worry that antivirals may mask avian influenza
Menno de Jong, a virologist at an Oxford University clinical research unit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, told Bloomberg News this week that avian influenza may go undetected in patients who take the drug days before testing. An incorrect diagnosis is problematic because it may hamper early detection of disease spread.
Some countries are responding to local human H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks by distributing oseltamivir to local citizens. For example, the Jakarta Post reported this week that Indonesia's health ministry had distributed the drug to 2,100 villagers in Garut, a district in West Java, Indonesia, where three recent cases have been documented (one not yet in the World Health Organization's [WHO's] official count) and authorities are investigating the possibility of human-to-human transmission.
Antiviral drugs such as oseltamivir are designed to reduce the duration of viral replication and should be taken within 48 hours of symptom onset, according to WHO recommendations. However, De Jong's team, which observed 18 cases in Vietnam, found that analysis of nasal and throat swabs taken from patients 48 to 72 hours after beginning oseltamivir treatment was unable to detect the virus.
Meanwhile, a public health official in Thailand expressed the same concerns about possible false-negative testing results for the H5N1 avian influenza virus in patients who take oseltamivir. In an article that appeared in The Nation, a Thai daily newspaper, Paijit Warachit, director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences, said that initial laboratory tests did not detect the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the country's two most recent cases.
Global: Caucasus, Balkans at high risk for deadly H5N1 virus: Disease continues to spread in Africa, Asia and the Near East
Though the disease has now been confirmed in some 55 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, up from 45 in April this year, the rate of infection among poultry has slowed in most countries, according to FAO surveillance reports, thanks to programmes and projects to improve surveillance efforts, strengthen veterinary services and in some cases through the implementation of vaccination campaigns.
The deadly virus continues to spread in Asia, particularly in Indonesia where 45 people were confirmed to have died from bird flu. There have also been new outbreaks in Thailand recently and HPAI has been confirmed at a commercial poultry farm in Laos.
HPAI is also problematic in some African countries including Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria, where FAO's Emergency Prevention System reports outbreaks in poultry farms near Abeokuta, the capital of Nigeria's southwestern state of Ogun.
"In Europe, we believe the southern Balkan area and Caucasus are a high-risk region for H5N1," said Juan Lubroth, head of FAO's Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal Diseases. "The region is not only a prime resting ground for migratory bird species, but poultry production is mostly characterized by rural and household husbandry with little in terms of biosecurity and strong regulatory inspection. In Romania it is still too early to say if the situation has stabilized."
Europe/Near East
Netherlands: Dutch order poultry indoors to prevent bird flu
The Dutch Agriculture Ministry ordered farmers on Tuesday [22 Aug 2006] to keep their poultry indoors from 1 Sep 2006 to protect flocks from the threat of avian flu from migrating birds.
"During the forthcoming migration period, there is a risk that migratory birds can spread bird flu," the ministry said in a statement. "For this reason, all holders of chickens, geese and other birds should keep them indoors." [The official press release says, "chickens, geese and other poultry, including waterbirds." - Mod.AS]
Alternatively, farmers can construct an enclosure that would make contact with wild birds impossible, it said.
The Netherlands, Europe's 2nd biggest poultry producer after France, reported 2 suspected cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in owls at a Rotterdam zoo earlier this month [August 2006] but later said initial tests ruled out the disease. Final test results are due later this week.
Russia: Human anthrax in West Siberia
Local authorities have imposed quarantine restrictions in the village where the man lived, and no other anthrax cases have been reported, the spokesman said.
Russia: 5 persons ill with botulism after eating canned mushrooms
The implicated mushrooms, _Lepista nuda_, were collected and preserved in 2005. The [day after consuming the mushrooms], those affected became ill with weakness, vomiting, and diarrhea. The patients did not seek medical attention on the 1st day and [instead treated themselves]. When the visitors from Moscow returned home, [they sought] medical aid. Doctors in Tambov have taken measures to identify other victims after physicians from Moscow sent them information about cases of botulism.
Now 6 more inhabitants of the village of Kulichevka are [under observation by] infectious disease physicians, including 3 children under 14 years old; 4 more victims are undergoing treatment in
clinics in Moscow, Voronezh, and Tambov.
Indonesia: 46th bird flu death confirmed
A 35-year-old woman was Indonesia's 46th bird flu death, health authorities said today [20 Aug 2006] as they stepped up an urgent probe into whether she may belong to a [suspected] cluster of cases.
The woman came from Cikelet, a group of villages in West Java's Garut district, where 2 other people -- one of whom remains alive -- have been confirmed as being infected with H5N1. At least 16 others are being tested.
Three other people from Cikelet have also died recently while exhibiting possible bird flu symptoms but were not tested for the virus, heightening concern that limited human-to-human transmission may have occurred in the area. Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari told ElShinta radio that one of the 3 people who died of possible bird flu was the child of the latest victim, the 35-year-old female patient.
The minister said samples from a further 16 people in the area had been taken for testing. Of 3 suspected bird flu cases earlier hospitalized in the provincial capital of Bandung, 2 have [tested negative], but test results for the 3rd were not yet available, she said.
China: Antibiotic contamination blamed for 6 deaths and dozens of illnesses
"The drug should go through a 30-minute disinfection process at 221 degrees," Xinhua quoted Wang Zhexiong, an official with the state Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as saying. "But the company lowered the temperature to between 212 degrees to 219 degrees and shortened the time to only 1 to 4 minutes," Wang said.
A team sent to investigate the manufacturer in Anhui province found "excessive bacteria" in the sample they took, Xinhua said. Wang said further analysis was needed to find out what kind of bacteria the sample contained.
The FDA has promised to punish the manufacturer for its production faults and hold related producers and managers accountable, but the agency did not give details, Xinhua said.
The company had produced 3.7 million bottles of the injection since June 2006, with most of that sold in 26 provinces across China, it said. So far, more than 1.2 million bottles have been recalled and more than 403 000 bottles have been located and sealed up, Zhang Jixiang, another FDA official was cited as saying. He could not account for the remaining stock.
China: Undiagnosed febrile illness among infants in Qingdao, Shandong Province
According to the Children's Hospital, recurrent high fever is unusual. "For children to come down with this type of virus [virus involvement cannot not be assumed from this description - Mod.CP] is a bit unusual! Only 3 hours after intravenous drip, body temperature can rise again," said Municipal Children's Hospital ER Director Xu Jing. "We ran blood tests on every child, and the results were basically normal. And there are no complications. Over the past week, our clinical staff has been worn out treating children. In a single day, we might treat more than 80 infants with fever caused by unknown illness. Among these, the youngest is 40 days old and the oldest 2 years old," said Xu Jing.
Experts at the municipal Center for Disease Control believe that admission to hospitals of large numbers of infants with sustained high fevers is likely due to the abnormal weather in Qingdao, created by continuous high heat and humidity. Parents are advised to be cautious about food hygiene with toddlers and prevent the effects of the weather from causing the pathogen [pathogens?] to reproduce and accelerate transmission.
China: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in China: Follow-up Report No. 19
China: Human bocavirus infection confirmed
Last August 2005, Swedish researchers said they had identified a previously unknown virus that may cause many cases of serious respiratory infections in children. They named the virus human bocavirus and suggested researchers start a systematic search for all the viruses that cause respiratory infections.
China: Snails cause meningitis in Beijing
It is the first time the so-called Guangzhou angiostrongylus meningitis has been found in Beijing, according to the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau's website. It has warned people not to eat raw seafood, which may carry parasites that threaten health.
The 1st case, involving a 34-year-old man, was found by the Beijing Friendship Hospital in June [2006]. The patient suffered from unbearable headaches and nausea after eating a dish called cold snail meat in [a local] restaurant. The snail meat was from Amazonian snails Fushouluo in Chinese a popular dish in Sichuan-style restaurants in Beijing.
Doctors took samples from the restaurant and found the parasite in 2 of the snails. By last Thursday [17 Aug 2006], 23 people had been found to suffer from the meningitis in the capital's hospitals, said the bureau. They had all eaten cold or spicy snail meat, from Amazonian snails, at branches of the same restaurant.
According to the bureau, 5 of the 23 were in a serious condition, 3 had left hospital, and 2 were seemingly self-cured. No deaths have been reported.
Cambodia: 2 new outbreaks of the deadly bird flu virus in ducks
"We have discovered 2 more outbreaks of bird flu, but it has not infected the people yet," Kao Phal, the director of animal health at the agriculture ministry, told AFP on Friday [18 Aug 2006]. Both the new outbreaks of the H5N1 virus were in Kampong Cham province, just northeast of the capital Phnom Penh, he said.
One outbreak originated with ducks from the region where bird flu was detected on 12 Aug 2006, after a farmer smuggled 2000 ducks out of the area where authorities were slaughtering birds to prevent the disease from spreading, he said. Those ducks were taken to Tbong Khmum district, 125 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of the capital, where most of them had died by Friday [18 Aug 2006], Kao Phal said. Health authorities slaughtered the remaining ducks, and one official was fired for failing to prevent the movement of the birds, he added.
A separate outbreak was detected in nearby Batheay district, where ducks began falling ill on 12 Aug 2006. Kao Phal said 600 birds in that district have died or been killed.
Indonesia: 61st suspected case of avian influenza
A 35-year-old woman was admitted to Adam Malik Hospital after showing symptoms of bird flu. Simalungun is close to Karo regency where 8 people in one family died after contracting H5N1 last May in the world's largest cluster of cases. If [samples taken from her prove] positive, the woman may have contracted [infection] from chickens in her neighborhood which had died suddenly and tested positive for the disease.
There are still 4 people suspected of having bird flu in Cikelet, but they have not been hospitalized because their condition is improving. However, another person suspected of having bird flu was admitted to Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung.
Indonesia: 60th confirmed case of bird flu
The girl from Bekasi, an eastern suburb of Jakarta, is the 60th case of avian influenza in Indonesia, 46 of which have been fatal. "The girl is still alive and receiving treatment in hospital. She is getting better," I Nyoman Kandun, Director General of Communicable Disease Control, told reporters.
Indonesia has seen a steady rise in human bird flu deaths this year and the virus is endemic in poultry in nearly all of the provinces of the sprawling archipelago. Fears of a possible new cluster arose after a 35-year-old woman from the West Javan village of Cikelet who died was confirmed to have been infected by bird flu [virus]. Her 9-year-old daughter died a week before after showing signs of bird flu, although no samples were taken for testing. They are among 18 people in the area being investigated for suspected bird flu.
"Though some of these undiagnosed deaths occurred in family members of confirmed cases, the investigation has found no evidence of human-to-human transmission and no evidence that the virus is spreading more easily from birds to humans," the WHO said in a statement.
Malaysia: Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease Cases in Sarawak Reach 13 800
The latest figure brought the total number of children infected since the disease broke out early this year [2006] to 13 800, Chan said at a news conference in Kuching, capital of the state. Throughout the state, Sibu registered the highest number with 3025 cases, followed by Miri (2872), Kuching (2125), Bintulu (1761) and Sarikei (946). So far, the disease has claimed 13 lives, including 7 who have tested positive for Enterovirus 71 (EV71).
Thailand: New strain of avian influenza poses no added human hazard
Genetic analyses showed all three samples had undergone slight mutations -- which are typical of influenza A viruses that have circulated for some time -- but the changes did not make them any more dangerous to people, Poovorawan said. "There was no change in their receptor binding sites and there was no change in their resistance to (anti-viral) Tamiflu," he said, referring to 2 key traits of H5N1. Scientists look at these traits when determining if there may be changes in H5N1 that would enable it to jump more easily
to people and spread easily among them.
Thailand/Laos: Recent wave of bird flu in poultry in result of both old and new strains of H5N1
The FAO says last month's outbreak in Thailand's Pichit province was caused by the same strain that has been circulating in the area since 2003, meaning the virus has become endemic to the region.
Outbreaks in Thailand's Nakhon Phanom province and Vientiane in Laos, on the other hand, were caused by strains that did not exist there previously but that did resemble ones found in southern China, the FAO said.
"Timely reporting and sharing information continue to be crucial," said He Changchui, FAO's Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, pointing out that while some countries can beat back occasional bird flu reoccurrence, poorer countries still need funding to strengthen veterinary services and build up transboundary animal disease containment programmes.
Thailand: Increased failure rate in diagnostic testing for human avian influenza
Dr Paijit Warachit, director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences, said there had been laboratory failures in detecting the [H5N1] virus during the first tests of the 2 most recent cases of bird flu in 2006. "It's been more difficult to test [the virus] this year," he said. Both cases were confirmed as H5N1 in a ubsequent test.
"It may be because the progress of the disease [in humans] has become more complicated," Paijit said. One factor could be the effect of oseltamivir, or tamiflu, which is believed to be the only effective defence against bird flu in humans. The drug, Paijit said, was only able to prevent the virus from replicating and did not destroy it. That meant little of the virus was excreted into that part of the respiratory tract where specimens are taken for testing. "[Medical staff] took swabs in that area, yet as it turned out there was not enough of the virus to enable them to detect it," he said. "The virus was deeper in the respiratory passage."
Since 2004 when bird flu emerged in Thailand, the ministry has tested more than 4000 people for the virus and the failure rate due to [incorrect specimen collection] had been only 3 per cent, he said. But that figure had risen to 20 per cent in 2006, Paijit said. "We need to continue our studies to see whether the virus will become more and more difficult [to detect] in the future," he said.
In response to findings by Chulalongkorn University scientists that a new form [i.e. strain] of the virus had been detected in Nakhon Phanom, Paijit said this strain had yet to infect humans. The virus was found in poultry and it would probably be more virulent than the old one, he said.
Viet Nam: 2 suspected cases of avian influenza test negative
No new human cases of H5N1 have been reported in Viet Nam for 10 months now.
Viet Nam: Avian influenza may break out from 8 million geese
In southern Ben Tre province, 50 ducks and geese tested positive for H5N1. The local veterinary agency has sent 600 blood samples of 300 ducks and geese to the HCM City Veterinary Centre for testing.
Mai Van Hiep, head of the provincial Veterinary Agency, said that the local government should not ban farmers from rearing ducks and geese. Ben Tre currently has around 700 000 ducks and geese. Its ducks have received the 1st vaccination only. The province is preparing for the 2nd injection.
In Tien Giang province, analyses of blood samples of 11 geese that were not vaccinated shows that up to 2/3rds of the samples were positive for type A/H5N1 virus.
Viet Nam: Ban on transporting poultry, cattle
The Vietnamese government on 8 Aug 2006 instructed state agencies and localities nationwide to beef up management and inspection of transport, slaughtering, trade and import of fowl and related products, including placing a temporary ban on import of live poultry and related products from countries hit by bird flu, combating poultry smuggling more fiercely, enforcing the existing ban on raising fowl in inner areas of major cities, and continuing bird flu vaccination.
USA: CDC and APHL make influenza virus sequence data publicly accessible
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released genetic blueprints for over 650 genes of influenza viruses into a database accessible to researchers worldwide. The action marks the beginning of a collaboration between the CDC and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) that will allow for greater access to data on a variety of influenza virus samples obtained from patients in the United States, including avian influenza H5N1 if it should arrive here.
Through the new collaboration, CDC expects to provide genetic information for several hundred influenza viruses per year as a way to encourage more research on influenza. The sequence data will be available in nearly real time through GenBank, the public-access library for virus sequences managed by the National Institutes of Health, and through an influenza database housed at Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL). The information added will include viruses from the annual flu season in the United States, any animal influenza viruses that infect humans and any novel strains that may emerge such as avian influenza H5N1. The new agreement will only apply to viruses isolated in the United States.
Previously, the influenza sequences were available to a small number of influenza researchers who work together with WHO to recommend which influenza viruses should be included in influenza vaccines around the world. The sequence data will now be available through GenBank to anyone with Internet access.
Trinidad & Tobago: Low strain bird flu found
The Ministry said the low pathogenic strain of AI (LPAI) "does not pose a significant threat to human beings." "It does have some agricultural significance, as it may cause deaths in poultry, although the impact on the country's poultry industry is expected to be negligible," the release stated.
Samples have been sent to the United Kingdom for verification, and the Ministry said measures are being implemented to contain the spread of the disease. The Ministry is taking a "positive" view of the identification of LPAI, saying it provided proof that measures implemented to detect bird flu were effective. No information was available regarding culling of birds at the farm, which was not identified.
USA (California): Paragonimiasis from eating raw imported freshwater crab
"The Orange County Health Care Agency has received reports of 2 cases of lung fluke infection caused by the parasite Paragonimus. These infections are usually related to eating raw or undercooked freshwater crab that is infected with the parasite," said Dr. Hildy Meyers, Medical Director of Public Health Epidemiology and Assessment.
Lung fluke infection can be a serious illness in humans, but it is not transmitted from person-to-person. Symptoms of lung fluke infection can include cough, difficulty breathing, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever and hives. The parasite, Paragonimus, can migrate from the lungs to other organs, and infection can last for
years. Medication is available to treat the infection. "We encourage anyone who has developed any of these symptoms after eating raw or undercooked freshwater crab, even if the symptoms are mild, to contact their physician as soon as possible and provide information about when and where raw crab or crayfish may have been consumed. In many people, onset of symptoms may not occur until 6-10 weeks after ingestion of raw, undercooked, salted or pickled crab. It is also very important that freshwater crab and crayfish are properly cooked and not undercooked before they are eaten," Dr. Meyers stated.
USA (California): 12 cases of Vibrio parahaemolyticus after consumption of raw oysters
[These are cases diagnosed in southern California. The original source of the shellfish eaten in these cases is not stated (while exposure may have occurred in Mexico, the source of the shellfish was not mentioned). - Mods.LL/MPP]
USA (California): Tick-borne relapsing fever
People contract the disease from soft ticks, which live in the nests of small animals like mice and chipmunks. Rustic, rodent-infested cabins are often a source of the disease.
"The Tahoe Basin is becoming a hotbed for this disease," said El Dorado County Health Officer Jason Eberhart-Phillips. Five cases were reported here in 2005, and health officials have identified 3 cases so far this summer [2006].
There are only about 25 cases of tick-borne relapsing fever in the USA each year, according to the CDC, primarily in high-altitude, coniferous Western forests.
USA (Washington): Red tide shuts down shellfish beds
The eastern Kitsap Peninsula also has been affected, along with areas near Port Gamble, Port Ludlow and along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, said Frank Cox, a Health Department marine biotoxin coordinator.
Scientists were particularly worried by very high levels of the toxic organisms called Alexandrium sp., which produce powerful neurotoxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning in humans.
The large bloom of toxic algae also was worrisome for the state's shellfish farmers, who battled a recall of raw oysters [in July 2006] after a separate outbreak of vibriosis, a bacterial illness.
Egypt:Avian influenza Follow-up report No. 3
To date, the results of active and passive surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza indicate that there have been no positive cases in domestic or wild birds since 30 Jun 2006.
The results of laboratory tests for highly pathogenic avian influenza in zoo birds in all the governorates indicate that there have been no positive cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza since 24 Apr 2006.
1. Updates
Seasonal influenza activity in the APEC Economies
(WHO 8/17/06 http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/update/en/ )
Seasonal influenza activity, weeks 27-30, 2006
During weeks 27–30, with the exception of New Zealand, where high levels of influenza activity were reported, overall influenza activity in both northern and southern hemispheres was low.
Australia. Localized influenza A activity was reported during weeks 27–30.
Chile. Localized influenza A(H3N2) and A(H1N1) activity continued to be reported during weeks 27–29.
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. Influenza A(H1N1) virus has been circulating since the first week of 2006 together with B virus. Since week 11 A(H1N1) virus has predominated. Activity started to increase during week 23 and remained at a high level until week 30.
New Zealand. An increase in A(H3N2) activity was observed during week 23. Since week 25, activity was reported as regional until week 30, when widespread A(H3N2) activity was reported.
Thailand. Localized influenza A(H1N1) activity has been reported since week 26.
During weeks 27–30, low influenza activity was reported in Canada (A and B), Japan (H3 and B), and Mexico (A). Philippines reported no influenza activity.
Avian/Pandemic influenza updates
West Nile Virus
Of the 7 provinces testing dead wild birds for West Nile virus, those having positives include: Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan
2. Articles
Pandemic influenza preparedness in the Asia–Pacific region
Coker R, et al. Lancet. Available online 22 August 2006.
Summary: Concerns are mounting that the threat of another influenza pandemic will become a reality and that the epicentre of the outbreak could be the Asia–Pacific region. We assessed the documents that some Asia–Pacific countries have published as part of preparedness planning for an outbreak of influenza in people. Regional approaches were polarised. Thailand, China, and Vietnam had set out a strategic vision to strengthen future capacity in preparedness planning. By contrast, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand took a strategic approach aimed mainly at harnessing available resources or preparing for the deployment of resources such as stockpiled antiviral agents and vaccines. The plans of Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand compared favourably with the best European plans. The plans of resource-poor countries addressed some issues that were largely neglected by most European plans. Other countries (including those that do not yet have plans) could benefit from analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the plans drawn up by countries in the region and in Europe.
(CIDRAP 8/24/06 http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/index.html )
Long-Term Clinical and Neuropsychological Outcomes of West Nile Virus Infection
Imported Melioidosis --- South Florida, 2005
3. Notifications
CDC releases recommendations on prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis among infants and children
(MMWR Recommendations and Reports August 11, 2006 / Vol. 55 / No. RR–12)
8th International Feline Retrovirus Research Symposium
Please visit the conference website at http://ifrrs8.ncifcrf.gov for additional information.
Biological Crisis Management in Human and Veterinary Medicines 2006.
The goal of BCM 2006 is to help assure the rapid availability of safe and effective biologicals for use in emergency situations by identifying safety, efficacy, standardisation, liability and regulatory issues related to their production and use and to propose solutions.
The meeting aims to provide recommendations for the scientific community, manufacturers and health authorities concerning the production, evaluation, standardisation and regulation of biologicals for use in emergency situations.
For comprehensive information about the meeting (registration,
accommodation, fees, programme, etc.), please visit the BCM2006 website:


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The market was in a somber mood yesterday, after getting disappointing comments from Congress regarding the fiscal cliff. But, the story was completely turned today, as both Obama and House Speaker John Boehner seemed encourage that a budget deal could be within reach. The market quickly turned higher from being down in the morning.
Most sectors finished in the green; even energy stocks turned higher.
Yesterday, MNST popped more than +13% after receiving a benign letter from the FDA regarding its caffeinated drinks. GMCR reported a strong quarter last night, sending its shares up more than 27% today. SODA also jumped more than +5%. LVS gained more than $2 yesterday after announcing a special dividend. WYNN went up more than +3% today. COST climbed more than +6% after announcing its own special dividend. Among the high-flyers, GOOG added more than $25 in the past two days while PCLN ascended 3.35% today.
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The Dow was up +106.98 points; SPX added +10.99 points; Nasdaq gained +23.99 points:
FDN (internet) added +1.31%. XME (metals and mining) bounced +0.96%. IGV (software) went up +1.21%. GLD (gold) slid 1.28% while SLV (silver) was down 0.94%.
SPX added +10.99 points to close at 1409.93. It barely closed above its daily MAs. The MACD glided up.
Nasdaq gained +23.99 points to close at 2991.78. Its 10-day MA turned up and the MACD went higher.
The market seems to be hanging on every comment from Congress regarding solving the "fiscal cliff". There appears to be money on the sideline waiting to be deployed. The quick pullback yesterday was shallow and the buying today was of higher volume. After all, the market did suffer a sharp drop in October until mid-November. We'll have to see if the Congress can continue to make progress and get a bi-partisan budget deal done soon. But, the market sentiment is becoming a little more positive. Techs have been beaten down quite a bit along with AAPL's dramatic drop. It seems like investors are making their picks at the tech sector. Industrials are still lagging. Biotechs and retails are still among the strongest sectors. KORS and CELG seem to be ready for another leg higher.
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