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Regional workshop for UNESCO staff working in HIV and AIDS in Central and West Africa
Some 25 UNESCO HIV and AIDS focal points in West and Central Africa, recently recruited national programme officers and key partners will get together from 9-13 July 2012 in Dakar, Senegal.
They will discuss the activities to be planned in the context of the grant of $1,2 million that UNESCO recently received from the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID).
The new funding will support HIV and AIDS prevention in 14 French-speaking countries in West and Central Africa, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.
Decide on key priorities
"The aim is to develop and implement comprehensive education sector responses to HIV and AIDS in these countries," says Ulla Kalha, UNESCO's HIV and AIDS coordinator for West and Central Africa.
"We will decide upon key priorities for each of the countries that will receive funds from OFID, in line with UNAIDS and UNESCO priorities at regional and global level," she adds.
The training workshop also aims to strengthen capacities of UNESCO staff to programme in priority areas such as comprehensive sexuality education, including approaches to promote gender equality, and support for learners & educators living with HIV.
Finally, the workshop will train participants in how to improve evaluation and reporting of activities internally and to donors. It will also be an opportunity to introduce SERAT, a new tool developed at UNESCO Dakar with support from Headquarters to analyse HIV prevention and sexuality education programmes, to all staff working on HIV and AIDS in the region.
Special guests
The workshop will be facilitated by a team from UNESCO Paris, UNESCO Dakar and the UNESCO International Bureau for Education (IBE).
Participants from selected UN agencies and other key stakeholders, including international NGOs, will be invited to attend the second and the third day of the workshop presenting specific topics on the agenda and/or participating in the training in programmatic areas.
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Of all the working parts that must come together if the 76ers are going to realize their potential, transitioning Spencer Hawes from center to power forward - a position he's never played - is pretty low on the list.
One week after the Sixers re-signed Hawes to a two-year, $13 million deal, they then signed 6-foot-11, 270-pound Kwame Brown. Sixers coach Doug Collins anointed Brown the starter and immediately said Hawes would start at power forward.
The blockbuster trade for center Andrew Bynum partially scuttled those plans, relegating Brown to the bench but not altering the plans for Hawes, who welcomes the opportunity to play power forward alongside the massive, 285-pound Bynum

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HUNTSVILLE, AL -- With the construction problems and massive cost overruns finally over, Sheriff Blake Dorning can get down to the nitty-gritty of running the newly expanded Madison County Jail.
He will be guided by a revised, 13-page "intergovernmental agreement" hashed out over several months by law-enforcement leaders. The original operating blueprint became outdated as construction of the jail dragged on for seven years.
Dorning has said he hopes to begin transferring inmates into the new jail by the end of this month.
Among other things, the new contract spells out:
* What Huntsville will pay the county to manage the 900-bed lockup for both city and county inmates ($2.1 million a year).
* How many inmates the city can keep there (285 per night).
* How much the county gets if the city wins its lawsuit against the jail's original builder and architect (20 percent of any damages awarded).
"We have a much more workable arrangement than we had," Huntsville Police Deputy Chief Mark Hudson said Thursday. "It's just a better working document, and I'm glad to say we're there."
"I think we both came out better," added Chief Deputy Chris Stephens, the county's lead negotiator on the jail talks.
"The sign of a very successful negotiation is that neither side feels like we won."
Inmate cap
Until recently, Huntsville was paying the county about $1.2 million annually to detain 185 city inmates at a time. It shelled out another $600,000 or so in per-diem charges to keep extra inmates locked up.
Neither side was happy: The city needed more bed space; the county never seemed to have enough money to run the jail.
The city is now paying the county $2.1 million a year for jail costs. In exchange, the county guarantees Huntsville 285 beds per day in the expanded jail through Dec. 31, 2040.
Huntsville can choose to lock up even more people - for a per diem rate of $42 each.
Jail litigation
The new agreement also promises the county 20 percent of any "net proceeds" from the city's pending legal action against Dawson Building Contractors and 2WR Holmes-Wilkins Architects.
The city's Public Building Authority terminated Dawson in 2006 after cracks were discovered in a support beam of the half-finished jail.
Madison County Commission Chairman Mike Gillespie estimates the construction delays cost the county $9 million by forcing it to keep older, less-efficient jails open longer than anticipated.
The county is still using its more-than-40-year-old courthouse lockup and a jail annex in a retrofitted Dodge dealership.
Hudson said the county's multimillion-dollar damage claim seemed destined for court until the city agreed to share proceeds from the jail litigation.
"When you go through this type of negotiation," he said, "it tends to make your relationship stronger."
Extended warranty
After construction ground to a halt, the jail sat exposed for months. County officials feared major mechanical units were damaged by the rain, heat and humidity.
Also, manufacturers' warranties on some equipment expired because it took so long to build the jail.
To help ease those concerns, the city is providing an extended warranty on all "equipment, fixtures and improvements." Just about anything that goes wrong between now and Jan. 1, 2011, is the city's responsibility.
Starting Jan. 2, Huntsville will continue to maintain only the jail roof, boiler and chiller system, fire sprinklers, exterior facade and structural integrity of the building.
The county is in charge of routine, day-to-day maintenance and cleaning of the jail and exterior grounds.
Beds for the feds?
Dorning would like to rent some of the new jail's 900 beds to federal agencies such as the U.S. Marshals Service. They pay well, and the county needs cash to hire more detention officers.
The reworked intergovernmental agreement says the sheriff can accept as many as 120 "extrajurisdictional prisoners." And while the old contract required Dorning to share bed-lease revenues with the city, the new deal allows the county to keep all that money.
Stephens said he and Hudson had the same goal in their negotiations: a contract that would be easier to understand than its predecessor.
And while they mostly succeeded, utility costs remain a bit confusing.
The county will pay the entire utility tab for the new jail addition - roughly $700,000 a year. But the city still has some obligations on the original jail, which it built in 1999 and later turned over to the county to run as a metro lockup.
For the older part of the jail only, Huntsville will cover 40 percent of electricity and natural gas costs and 20 percent of water and sewer costs.
That won't be cheap: the county spent $198,120 on jail utilities during the first half of this budget year.
Inmate medical care
The county has historically been responsible for all inmate medical and dental care, but there's a twist in the new agreement.
If the sheriff seeks a medical release for a seriously ill inmate and a municipal judge refuses, Huntsville must pay that prisoner's health bills above $5,000.
The first draft of the agreement gave the sheriff the right to furlough extremely sick inmates without having to get approval from a municipal judge. But City Councilman Will Culver, a former chief magistrate, was strongly opposed and threatened to vote no.
Giving medical furlough power to the sheriff "would have been a slap in the face to the judges," Culver said at the time. "That was a relationship stopper."
The compromise plan keeps furlough decisions in the hands of the presiding municipal judge.


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is there a reason the guy in the first frame looks like charlie sheen when he's looking shocked? that's been bugging me since i started reading basic instructions.
"Bamboo canon". St Bamboo. *Cough*
Heh, "Witch-Boys"... It's funny because I accidentally read it that way in panel 2 myself...
It is commonly said that reading minds makes one hard of listening.
I love the creeped out guy when ever Scott's talking to himself.
Huh, looks like you didn't start censoring out profanity yet. Cool.
Anyone else think that the boss probably sounds like Duke Phillips from the critic


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Review key terms for the Final Exam
Phineas Gage
his serious brain injury resulted in an interest in studying how the brain affects personality
classical conditioning
method of learning in which a neutral stimulus can be used to elicit a response that is usually a natural response to a stimulus
the "little brain" attached to the rear of the brainstem; it helps coordinate voluntary movement and balance
B.F. Skinner
pioneer of operant conditioning who believed that everything we do is determined by our past history of rewards and punishments. he is famous for use of his operant conditioning aparatus which he used to study schedules of reinforcement on pidgeons and rats.
a scanning device that can record the electrical activity of the brain and denote stages of sleep
a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples
somatoform disorders
type of disorder that is characterized by complaints of physical symptoms that have no organic cause
concrete operational
Piaget's stage for children aged 7-11 that is characterized by increased logical thought and organization
Kohlberg's stage of moral development in which rewards and punishments dominate moral thinking
systematic desensitization
a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety
a neural center that is located in the limbic system and helps process explicit memories for storage; research has found that this area of the brain is affected by Alzheimer's
pertaining to memory; assisting the memory; N: device, such as as formula or rhyme, used as a mnemonic aid
episodic memory
memory of specific personal events and situations (episodes) tagged with information about time
Type A Personality
A theory used to describe a person with a significant number of traits focused on urgency, impatience, success, and excessive competition.
Eros and Thanatos
according to Freud, the two unconscious sources of energy that supply fuel to the formation of personality
defense mechanism that offers self-justifying explanations in place of the real, more threatening, unconscious reasons for one's actions


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Machete death in Edmonton, North London
A crazed attacker brutally beheaded a woman today with a machete in a horrific incident in north London.
Victim Palmira Silva, aged 82, was found slumped in the garden of a house in Edmonton after neighbours described a man 'going on a rampage'.
Two "crying and screaming" young boys were taken from the semi-detached home in Nightingale Road shortly afterwards.
Police arrested a 25-year-old man after using a taser gun during a violent confrontation. Officers were praised for their bravery in stopping anyone else getting hurt in the terrifying incident.
Eye-witnesses described how the attacker ran amok with a "bloodied knife". And one said he hacked the heads off two cats shortly beforehand.
There were initial fears the incident was terror-related - but these were later dismissed by police.
Eye witnesses came forward throughout our live coverage of the aftermath of the brutal killing to describe what happened.
The next door neighbour of the house, who did not wish to be named, said: "I heard lots of screaming and shouting coming from next door.
"Then a guy with a knife was in our back garden. There was a lot of blood on the knife and he was just hacking away at stuff. It's just unbelievable - I'm so shocked."
The police chief leading the investigation, Commander Simon Letchford, said a man had been taken into custody.
He reiterated there appeared to be no terrorist motive. He also confirmed the initial calls to police were about a man attacking an animal.
He said: "A male had been seen carrying a knife and attacking a cat.
"When officers arrived they found a woman slumped in the garden. She was pronounced dead at the scene."
Tonight the man was still in custody, having been treated for minor injuries sustained during the arrest. One officer was also hospitalised for a suspected broken risk following the incident.
Officers are appealing for any witnesses to the terrifying scene to come forward.
Get the latest news on the situation on our dedicated page, or read on to look back on how the news emerged.
A woman has been beheaded in a back garden in London.
The victim was found at an address in Nightingale Road, Edmonton, in the north of the capital, just after 1pm today.
Scotland Yard gave few details but said that a man has been arrested.
The force said: "Police were called to an address in Nightingale Road at 13.07pm today to reports of a stabbing incident.
"On arrival officers discovered a female collapsed in a garden area.
"A man has been detained and remains in custody.
"At this very early stage we are not in a position to give further details."
There is no suggestion that the killing had any terrorist motive.
Police have confirmed a man has been arrested following the incident.
Enfield Borough Police posted the following entry on their Twitter profile.
In the last hour officers said one man was taken into custody.
Man arrested after stabbing incident in Nightingale Road, N9 - police and London Ambulance on scene #Edmonton #PondersEnd— Enfield MPS (@MPSEnfield) September 4, 2014
Police issued the following statement following the death earlier today in Edmonton.
A spokesman said: "Can confirm police were called to an address in Nightingale Road, N9 at 13:07hrs today, Thursday, 4 September to reports of a stabbing incident.
"On arrival officers discovered a female (no further details at this stage) collapsed in a garden area.
"A man has been detained and remains in custody
"At this very early stage we are not in a position to give further details.
"We will update in due course."
This is a Google street view of the street where the death has occured.
Nightingale Road is in Edmonton, an area in the Enfield borough in the north east of the city.
It's a typical suburban street that gives no suggestion of the horrific incident from earlier today.
People are already reacting with horror to the incident.
Twitter user Kelly Gannon said the death 'made her sick'.
Scores of others have taken to social media to express their revulsion.
Edmonton makes me so sick there's always some kind of killing going on— Kelly Gannon (@kellyjelly_) September 4, 2014
A spokeswoman from the London Ambulance Service confirmed the victim was found dead at the scene.
She said: "We were called at 1.30pm to an incident in Nightingale Road, Edmonton.
"We sent a number of resources to the scene including London's Air Ambulance, an ambulance crew and a duty officer.
"Sadly a woman was pronounced dead at the scene by the doctor from London's Air Ambulance."
Police officers and emergency services dealing with the incident have been giving live updates from the scene.
Chris Hawkswell works for London Ambulance Service.
He tweeted that crews and a duty officer were on scene in the last hour.
We have ambulance crews & a Duty Officer on scene at a stabbing in Nightingale Road N9 with @MPSEnfield #Edmonton #PondersEnd— ChrisHawkswell, EP07 (@LAS_TacAdvisor) September 4, 2014
The BBC's Danny Shaw is on the scene of the death in Nightingale Road.
He has reported that police do not yet know whether the suspect and the victim knew each other.
The BBC has also reported that local concerns a man was on the lose are not the case.
Police say it's "too early" to say if there was a terrorist motive & don't yet know if victim and suspect were known to each other.— Danny Shaw (@DannyShawBBC) September 4, 2014
Local residents are understandably concerned such an incident could happen on their doorstep.
One Twitter user Angel of Mary said they lived nearby.
In a message posted in the last few minutes they described the death as 'absolutely shocking'.
I live not too far from Edmonton right now. Absolutely shocking. Frightening that this can happen— Angel Of Mary (@acrutd) September 4, 2014
To make it a bit clearer where the incident happened, Edmonton is around 8 miles north-east of Charing Cross.
It stretches from just south of the North Circular Road where it borders Tottenham to its boundary with Ponders End got the north.
Bush Hill Park is to the west and Chingford is to the east.
More pictures have begun to emerge of the crime scene
This picture was taken in Nightgale Road, just in front of police tape.
As you can see it appears to be a largely residential area.
This shot was taken from a neighbour's window above Nightingale Road.
Crowds soon started to gather around the police cordon to try and find out what was going on.
At least 10 uniformed officers can be seen on the left of the picture, many in high vis jackets.
Sky News have been reporting live from the scene, the video below will show you their footage.
Emergency services are still based in Nightingale Road following the stabbing incident.
Scotland Yard have so far refused to comment on reports the victim was decapitated.
Early reports from local people described a 'mad man on the loose' following the death.
However, police quickly confirmed a man had been arrested so this is not the case.
This Tweet, from Twitter user @Redbutdred was posted before that was confirmed.
Madman on loose with a machete in Edmonton North London. Killed someone still not been caught...Sta safe peeps pic.twitter.com/jofn7MJ7zR— Shabs (@Redbutdred) September 4, 2014
Here's another shot from a window above the scene in Nightingale Road.
As you can see there is a significant presence from the emergency services, including police and paramedics.
In this picture alone there are six police cars and a van.
The Metropolitan Police are providing regular updates on their Twitter profile on the death.
This one says it's too early to speculate on a motive behind the attack.
Based on the information currently available, police say, it is not terrorist related.
DCI Sandlin: Too early to speculate on motive behind attack - based on info currently available, this is not terrorist related #Edmonton— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) September 4, 2014
A murder investigation is now officially underway following the death of a woman earlier today in Nightingale Road.
Police were initially called at 1.07pm to reports of a man armed with a knife.
Local officers and armed officers responded. On arrival officers found a woman, no further details at this stage, collapsed in a garden area. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
At this early stage Metropolitan police say they have not yet spoken to the woman's next of kin.
In a newly released statement they say: "As such we are not prepared to comment on the exact nature of the woman's injuries or the type of weapon or weapons used.
"A 25-year-old man was detained by firearms officers near by the scene of the incident. He was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody."
One firearms officer was injured during the course of the arrest it has emerged, believed to be suffering from a broken wrist.
A Taser was also used by officers during their response.
Police have confirmed they are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident.
DCI John Sandlin, who is leading this investigation, said: "This is was a highly visible attack in broad daylight on a residential street. I can understand why this may cause people concern, however we are confident that we are not looking for anyone else at this stage.
"Whilst it is too early to speculate on what the motive behind this attack was I am confident, based on the information currently available to me, that it is not terrorist related.
"Local officers and specialist detectives are at the scene and will remain there for many hours to come.
"Specially trained family liaison officers will be deployed to support the family; we request that their privacy is respected at this very difficult time."


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How Much Does a Cover Up Tattoo Cost?
A tattoo cover up is, as the name implies, a type of tattoo done to "cover up" an old one. The task may involve difficulty because the tattoo artist has limited options. Due to the intensive process of determining the ideal cover up design and the time involved to work on it, a cover up tattoo can be quite expensive sometimes.
How much does it cost?
- The cost of a cover up tattoo is going to greatly depend on the size of the tattoo, the design, time involved and the person doing the job. On average, a tattoo cover up can cost anywhere from $200 to as much as $600. However, larger tattoos that take up a great portion of the body could reach well into the thousands.
- At Scorpion Tattoo Studios in Houston, Texas, a cover up tattoo usually costs $150. Custom tattoo jobs cost $125 per hour while the minimum price charged is $60.
- The cost of getting cover up tattoos at New Covenant Ink in Weatherford, Texas, depends on the size and time required to finish the tattoo. On average, a tattoo that takes an hour to finish can cost $50 to $100 and a 4-hour session can range from $350 to $400. A cover up tattoo that takes 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours to finish can cost $200.
What is going to be included?
- Cover up tattoos typically take longer to finish as they need to be larger than the original tattoo, and they can cost significantly more due to the constraints involved. Generally, tattoo cover ups are not simple tasks since there is a degree of difficulty involved in doing another tattoo on top of an existing one. Since tattoo ink is translucent, the cover up work has to be darker and bigger to cover the old design and make sure it is not evident after the job is done.
- Generally, a tattoo artist may be able to do a cover up tattoo for scars or stretch marks, provided the areas are completely healed.
What are the extra costs?
- After getting a tattoo, you will need to care for it to help it heal sooner. You will need to purchase a tattoo cream, which is usually provided after the session. It is applied to the area 3 to 4 times a day to keep it moisturized. The aftercare cream can cost $10 to $20.
- If you do not take care of the tattoo properly, an infection can occur. If this happens, you will need to consult your doctor.
Factors that influence the price:
- Complexity. Cover up tattoos require more time and effort due to the limited options that the artist is faced with. The complexity of the task of effectively covering up the old tattoo depends on the original designs, which may be difficult to cover up, resulting in longer hours.
- Labor. When it comes to cover up tattoos, many tattoo artists prefer to work by the hour rather than charge a fixed price. Working on a limited setup often limits the possibilities, sometimes rendering the task more complicated.
- Skill. Experienced tattoo artists who hold extensive experience typically charge high rates. It is common to find artists who charge up to $400 for a superior cover up job was done on an old tattoo.
Tips to know:
- When getting a tattoo, always keep in mind that you get what you pay for. Good artists do not come cheap and for a reason. Just make sure that he or she is highly recommended by people you know and can provide a portfolio of previous work.
- Most cover up tattoos have to be larger than the original one. The shape of the old tattoo is usually eliminated by using the shape to create another that reinforces new lines or cover up old ones.
- It is not possible to have a cover up tattoo done on areas with excessive scarring or tissue damage. Before any work is done, the tattoo artist will need to do an evaluation on the tattoo and the possible options.
- Not all tattoos can be covered up. Tattoos that are dark will not be able to have a light ink replace it. In this case, you may need to think about tattoo removal.
How can I save money?
- Tattoo shops often provide discounts to customers who bring in friends for tattoo services. Regular clients have been given as much as $100 off the total cost of a tattoo.
- If you need your tattoo covered up for certain occasions or events but are not planning on removing it permanently, consider makeup services. Many professionals provide tattoo cover up services using makeup. Tattoo cover up using makeup can cost $25 and up.
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President Pro Tempore 90th General Assembly
The Honorable Jonathan Dismang
Arkansas State Senator
District 28
Senator Jonathan Dismang of Searcy, who has served in the Arkansas legislature since the beginning of the 2009 regular session, was elected President Pro Tempore of the Senate on November 14. Senator Dismang will serve as President for the remainder of the 89th General Assembly, and he will be sworn in as President Pro Tem of the Senate for the 90th General Assembly on January 12, the first day of the 2015 legislative session.
Senator Dismang represents Senate District 28, which comprises Prairie County and parts of Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, White and Woodruff Counties. He is chairman of the Special Language Committee of the Joint Budget Committee. His current committee memberships include:
- Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development
- Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor
- Senate Children and Youth
- Joint Energy
- Arkansas Legislative Council (ALC)
- Joint Budget Committee (JBC)
- Legislative Joint Auditing
- Executive Committee of Arkansas Legislative Council
- Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Legislative Oversight
- ALC-Game and Fish/State Police
- ALC-Review
- ALC-Peer
- Legislative Joint Auditing-Education Institutions
- Legislative Joint Auditing-Medicaid Subcommittee
- ALC-Administrative Rules & Regulations
- ALC-Policy Making
- ALC-Hospital and Medicaid Study Subcommittee
- Task Force on Substance Abuse Treatment Services
Regionally and nationally, Senator Dismang is active with several key organizations including the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC), the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the Council of State Governments (CSG). With SLC, he holds membership on the Fiscal Affairs & Government Operations Committee and the Human Services & Public Safety Committee, with NCSL he serves on the Health Standing Committee and with CSG, he serves on the Committee for Suggested State Legislation.
Senator Dismang was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in November, 2008, from House District 49. He was elected vice chairman of the Freshman Caucus and recognized by his peers for his outstanding leadership ability. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette named him one of the Top Six Freshman to Watch during the 87th General Assembly and the Three Rivers Edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette named him as one of Twenty to Watch.
Senator Dismang is owner and president of Dismang Consulting Services, LLC, where he provides financial oversight services with an emphasis in real estate. Civically, he is active in many local and state organizations, including White County 4-H Foundation, The Rose Bud East Advisory Council, Beebe Chamber of Commerce, Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, Searcy Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Searcy Young Professionals Network and the Harding University Presidents Council. He is a member of the board of directors for the Arkansas Children's Advocacy Centers and past chairman of the Arkansas National Association of Royalty Owners.
A native of Maynard, Arkansas, in Randolph County, Senator Dismang graduated with honors from Beebe High School in 1997. He completed his degrees in accounting and economics at Harding University with cum laude distinction.
After several years in public accounting, he took a Chief Financial Officer position with Whitwell & Ryles Real Estate Investments, LLC of North Little Rock in 2007. In addition to his position with Whitwell & Ryles, Jonathan began Dismang Consulting Services, LLC in 2008, through which he provides financial oversight for a number of companies with emphasis in real estate.
He is married to the former Mandy Staggs and together they have two children, Cade and Sawyer. They are members of the Church of Christ.


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The biggest film of all time (both in cost and in box office return) is making its way to home video in a decidedly "lite" version. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing James Cameron's 'Avatar' on Thursday, April 22 -- to celebrate earth Day -- in bare bones DVD and Blu-ray editions. Never fear: Fox and Cameron are working on new editions of the film with bonus material, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and deleted and extended scenes -- most likely with a fourth-quarter release in mind. If the DVD marketing for the 'Lord of the Rings' films is any indication, be prepared for an abundance of 'Avatar' editions and versions. While you wait for Thursday to roll around, check out Jeff Bridges' Oscar-winning performance in 'Crazy Heart' and the out-of-this-world story line of 'The Lovely Bones,' both available Tuesday. a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/avatar/26982/main">'Avatar' (Releasing Thursday, April 22)
What It's About: Director James Cameron's earth-shaking, technologically groundbreaking depiction (in spectacular 3D no less) of life, death, war and redemption on a world somewhere in space, sometime in the future (2154), is a moral tale par excellence. A crippled ex-Marine joins an elite force of mercenaries on the moon Pandora to help clear away the indigenous population (the Na'vi) to make way for a strip-mining operation. His job: become an Avatar -- a human being in a genetically-cloned Na'vi body -- to infiltrate the natives. But as he learns to love the people he has come to destroy, he faces a dilemma: Does he support the troops or does he turn traitor and go with his heart?
It's Kinda Like: Reviewers have likened it to 'Pocahontas,' 'Dances Like Wolves,' and even 'FernGully,' but we prefer to think of it in more classic literary terms: the moral values of 'The Last of the Mohicans' meets the technology of 'Star Wars'
What We Say: James Cameron did his homework. Not only does he hit every right note in the action-thriller-sci-fi-fantasy nexus but he brings into play so many theological, historical, social, political, economic and anthropological themes that the mind boggles. Let's see: there's the Hebrews vs. the Philistines, David vs. Goliath, capitalism vs. agrarianism, cowboys vs. Indians, spiritualism vs. materialism, the Celtic Tuatha De Danaan, colonialism, pantheism, animism, shamanism -- you name it, Cameron appropriated it and threw it into his film. But isn't that what great filmmaking -- and mythmaking -- is all about? As one writer so aptly put it, "'Avatar' does the same things traditional mythologies do: it begs, borrows, and steals from a variety of longstanding human stories, puts them through the grinder, and comes up with something new." And you know what else? Aside from some corny dialogue, it's a darn good five-star movie with some of the most spectacular special effects and battle sequences ever put on film. | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
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What It's About: Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. Spiraling near the bottom, he meets and falls for a young journalist (Maggie Gyllenhaal), and her love helps get him back on track. He begins writing songs and performing concerts again, but the road to redemption is still strewn with roadblocks, and he has to learn one more time just how tough life can be on one man's crazy heart.
It's Kinda Like: 'Payday' meets 'Honeysuckle Rose'
What We Say: Though 'Crazy Heart' drives a predictable country road, the performances and music are so superb that you almost forget the melodramatic plot points that tug at your heartstrings. There's drunkenness, lost chances, new starts, unrequited love -- everything you'd expect in this country and western song of a story brought to the big screen. Bridges takes the character of Bad Blake, crawls into his skin and makes it his own. No wonder he won an Oscar for Best Actor. | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
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What It's About: An adaptation of the Alice Sebold best-selling novel, 'The Lovely Bones' tells the story of a murdered 14-year-old girl, Susie Salmon, who continues to observe her family from a beautiful in-between world. Although detached from the world she once knew, Susie witnesses the impact of her loss on her loved ones, while her killer skillfully covers his tracks and prepares to murder again.
It's Kinda Like: 'Ghost' meets 'Silence of the Lambs'
What We Say: Director Peter Jackson tried hard here to return to his pre-'Lord of the Rings' days by taking on Sebold's sweeping coming of age story (told from heaven) about family, love, loss and growth. Unfortunately, aside from one sequence near the end of the film, the production is flat and uneventful, the characters uninvolving. Jackson fans would be better served by picking up copies of 'Braindead' (aka 'Dead Alive'), one of the goriest and most brutally funny horror films of all time, or his frightening 'Heavenly Creatures.' | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
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Steven Spielberg's 2002 take on Philip K. Dick's short story is a straight-ahead sci-fi thriller (with tasteful but never-the-less impressive special effects) that gets fine performances out of Tom Cruise and Colin Farrell, with the added bonus of a very evil Max Von Sydow. The disc is loaded with bonus features not available on the standard DVDs.
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Director Jean-Luc Godard's 1962 breathtaking (and for its time incredibly innovative) look at the life of a Parisian woman. Godard played with camera angles, and mixed music, titles, and dialogue to generally blow the lens off modern film. Stars his wife-at-the-time Anna Karina, whom he filmed lovingly in gorgeous black and white.
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New Hanover County Health Department began offering HIV screening to county jail inmates in February 2012. Participation was limited to five to seven individuals each month until October, when the health department offered a new pair of socks as an incentive for testing. In the first month of the giveaway program, 78 inmates signed up to be tested for HIV/AIDS.
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Gendered Vulnerabilities and Adaptabilities to Climate Change in Kampala City, Uganda
Buyana, Kareem
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Studies on gender and climate change have argued that womens level of vulnerability is higher than that of men due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture and natural resources to perform their domestic and commercial roles. The question then is: how do the social forms of our sex differences shape vulnerability in developing city regions where non-agricultural sectors are largely the key means of sustenance? And what options can be chosen for not only sustained but also equal enhancement of adaptation capacity amongst women as compared to men? The investigation of these questions was grounded in two theoretical strands: i) urban feminism (which traces womens self-efficacy in relation to the patriarchal formation and evolution of cities); and ii) feminist research methodology (which focuses on the centrality of uncovering womens lived experiences to learn about and analyze urban social relations and the implications on sustainability). Through extensive review of literature, a gender-disaggregated household survey and five (5) separate-sex focus group discussions, the study found out that climatic impacts Kampala city mainly include prolonged dry spells, erratic heavy rains and seasonal floods, which destroy physical infrastructure, expose households to environmental health hazards, contaminate air and water sources and lead to unprecedented spread of cholera and malaria. These climatic impacts on one hand, do worsen gender imbalances in access and control over resources in different urban sectors while on the other; gender imbalances do aggravate the impacts of climate change at neighborhood scale. The study concluded that this inverse connection between gender and climatic impacts requires sector-specific and gender responsive adaptation planning at city to national level.


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Sixth Central Pay Commission Government of India 6th Pay Commissions
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet improved the recommendations of the Sixth Committee of remuneration on Thursday, coming with a please-final award, and in the process, giving the ruling coalition an important point of talk with nearly 40 lakh organized voice and government employees who were sullen with it for inflation and rising interest rates. (Watch)
The salary increase would be effective from January 1, 2006, but to save the Treasury of charge sudden, arrears of 32 months would be paid in two parts - 40% during the current year and the remaining 60% in 2009 -10. The initial report had proposed a liberal regime of quotas, which in some cases, four were raised. The allowances will be paid after the fact, with effect from September 1. The windfall will be the culmination of PM Manmohan Singh Independence Day discourse.
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"The financial implications in 2008-09 because of the implementation would be around Rs 15700 crore from the central budget and Rs 6400 crore on the budget of railways," expenditure secretary Sushma Nath said. These figures do not account for 60% of arrears to be paid during the next year.
The final package represents a 21% increase compared to what the remuneration committee has recommended, a sign that political considerations have shaped the May decision by the government, which this year's budget, cited concerns about increasing the budget deficit to avoid pressure on the exchequer. The magnitude of the upgrade suggests that the Government has not left his concern about inflationary pressures ahead on the path of its efforts to build bridges with the influential section organized in preparation to the polls.
Cabinet approves pay commission report
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission. The pay panel recommendations will come into effect from January 1, 2006.
Arrears will be paid in cash in two instalments, 40 per cent will be paid this year and the rest next year.
Now, minimum basic pay of a government employee has been raised to Rs 7000.
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Little 3-year-old Jonathan Chase DeBlase and his sister, 4-year-old Natalie Alexis DeBlase, suffered untold mental and physical trauma during their young lives. Yet they were left in the hands of adults who police say tortured and eventually murdered them.
Authorities found the skeletal remains of the little boy Wednesday in a wooded area north of Vancleave in Mississippi, and they're looking for the girl's body near Citronelle in Alabama. The children's father and stepmother, arrested separately, are blaming each other for the deaths. Natalie apparently died in March and her brother in June.
But what's incredible is that the children weren't even reported missing until November — five long months after Chase's death.
Where were relatives, friends and neighbors? Didn't somebody notice that something was terribly wrong with the two children? Even strangers, when they saw the family together, might have spotted clues that set off alarms in their heads. Yet there's no evidence that anyone came forward or made a single phone call to the authorities.
Child advocacy officials say there are a lot of reasons people don't always report abuse. They just don't want to get involved. Or they're not certain it's abuse when they hear yelling or see bruises.
Relatives, meanwhile, may not want to make family tensions even worse. It's heartbreaking to learn that some of the DeBlase children's relatives are now providing authorities with gruesome examples that they have carried silently for months. One phone call might have made all the difference.
We have very little to lose by reporting the possibility that a child is being abused. What's a little trouble or embarrassment, compared with the horror that a child faces at the hands of an abusive adult?
Details emerging in the DeBlase case are startling and nauseating, painting a picture of dreadful abuse. In one instance, according to police, little Chase was tied to a broom, with his hands wrapped at his sides and a sock in his mouth, and made to stand in a corner all night. On another occasion, his sister was bound with duct tape, a sock in her mouth, and stuffed in a suitcase in a closet for 12 hours.
These children dared not ask for help. They may have even believed that their horrid treatment was normal.
People who notice signs of child abuse should call the Alabama Department of Human Resources (479-4616 in Mobile County and 947-8340 in Baldwin County). It is incumbent upon adults to be the voices of those who cannot speak for themselves.


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Grandma Jane's Caramel is a beautiful glassybaby...10% of the proceeds from its sale supports a nursing student at the University of Washington School of Nursing in the area of oncology. Recently we received the most gracious letter of thanks from Marilyn...the current recipient of this fund. Here is an exerpt from her letter to share:
"I wish to express my sincere appreciation for your generosity in contributing to the Foster Scholarship Fund. As a student in the PHD program at the University of Washington School of Nursing, I am furthering my education in the area of oncology research. This scholarship will not only aid directly in those research endeavors, but also greatly assist with other school-related expenses....Further I intend to become a donor, myself, towards scholarships such as the Foster Scholarship Fund that will allow other students to begin and further their careers in nursing."
Thank you for the letter Marilyn. Good luck with your studies, your degree, your career. Your inspiration to give back includes us in a growing legacy of giving...a wonderful honor.
This mention of Grandma Jane's Caramel....leads me to share what I have come to know as a kind of sacred store moment. A marvelous group of seniors visited us from Mill Valley. They came for a studio tour. They all showed such fascination, curiosity and interest in our Greenlake factory. It was a complete pleasure to convene with them. After the tour a few inspired purchases were made. As one woman bought a Grandma Jane's Caramel...I explained that her glassybaby gives to University of Washington oncology nurses...she looked at me with a warm incredulity and went on to explain that 3 months ago she lost her son to cancer...he was in the care of University of Washington oncology nurses...they had provided profoundly wonderful care...it was this mother's belief that the Grandma Jane's Caramel had come to her for a reason.
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Barack Obama claimed victory tonight, in a speech declaring himself the Democratic presidential nominee, even as he reached out to his rival Hillary Clinton to wrap up the 17-month long primary battle. Click play to hear CBN News Sr. Political Correspondent David Brody analyze the outcome of Tuesday night's primaries following this report.
Obama is on course to win the party's nod, despite Clinton taking in South Dakota Tuesday night. Obama won Montana, the last state to vote in the primary season.
"America, this is our moment," the Illinois senator said to a cheering crowd in St. Paul, Minn. He delivered his victory speech from the same hall where John McCain will accept his party's nomination in September. Watch Obama's speech
"Tonight, after fifty-four hard-fought contests, our primary season has finally come to an end," he said. "At this defining moment for our nation, we should be proud that our party put forth one of the most talented, qualified field of individuals ever to run for this office."
"I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations," he said, in his closing remarks. "But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people."
Conflicting reports show Obama just short of the needed delegates to secure the nomination. The Associated Press reports that the Illinois senator has effectively sealed the party's nod, with 2.029 delegates. However, other media reports show him at least a few delegates short of the 2,026 total needed.
Clinton "No Major Decisions Tonight"
In New York, the former first lady praised Obama for inspiring so many Americans get involved in politics.
"And our party and our democracy is stronger and more vibrant as a result," she said to a crowd of supporters. Watch Clinton's speeech.
One major question she left unanswered: whether she will bow out of the race or keep pressing on.
"Where do we go from here?" she asked the crowd of cheering supporters. "I will be making no decisions tonight."
"I am committed to uniting our party so we move forward stronger and more ready than ever to take back the White House in November," she said.
Obama Claims Victory
Tonight, Obama secured his place in history by becoming the first African American to represent a major party for president of the United States
In his prepared speech for tonight, Obama called Clinton "a leader who inspires millions of Americans."
Despite their difference, he said he has witnessed just how hard she works to improve the lives of regular people.
"Our party and our country are better off because of her, and I am a better candidate for having had the honor to compete with Hillary Rodham Clinton," Obama said.
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He also turned his sights on John McCain, switching gears from the primary race to the five-month long general election now ahead.
"Despite what the good Senator from Arizona said tonight, I have seen people of differing views and opinions find common cause many times during my two decades in public life," he said.
"We may call ourselves Democrats and Republicans, but we are Americans first. We are always Americans first," Obama said.
In another historic irony, the Illinois senator will give his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in August, the same day Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Children's book author Louise Borden visited Niles schools last week to discuss the writing process with students.
The author visit is funded through the Title I programs and is the second time this year an author was invited to Niles schools.
"Our obligation is to have events that include families," said Edward Jenkins, former interim principal at Lincoln Elementary who helped coordinate the author's visit.
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Children's book author Louise Borden shows Jackson Elementary students how she researched her book, 'The Greatest Skating Race,' by learning how ice skates evolved over the century. Pictured with Borden from left are: Michael Cline, 10, Jason Bowman, 10 and Serena Bellay, 8.
Prior to visiting each elementary school, Borden gave a presentation to second and third graders and their families during a dinner event at Niles Middle School. Borden then spent two days visiting Washington, Bonham, Lincoln and Jackson Elementary schools for a presentation to students in second through fifth grades. In preparation for Bordens visit, students read and discussed some of her books in their classrooms. Students also created art posters to hang in the schools' hallways welcoming the author to their schools.
"People ask me where I get ideas for my books," Borden said. "It starts right here in my heart people I know who inspire me and the places I've gone."
Encouraging students to write about the things they know, Borden said every story written is original to the person who wrote it because each person is different with different ideas.
"I like to think no one else could have written my books," she said.
Borden lives and works in Cincinnati, but travels all over the world to research and gain experience from her ideas. She carries a notebook everywhere she goes, she said, and sometimes draws little pictures of her book covers to see how they will look.
She showed students how to research by using her own story, "The Greatest Skating Race, as an example. Borden told students about her visit to Holland to learn how ice skates evolved over the years.
"I like to write about ordinary kids in big times in history," she said. "I don"t look at it as though I"m writing a story," she said. "I'm making a book."
Some of Borden's books include "The Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II," "The Neighborhood Trucker," and "Caps, Hats, Socks and Mittens."
Her next book, not yet published, is about baseball, she said.
Borden graduated in Granville, Ohio with a degree in European history. She worked as an assistant elementary school teacher for three years and made books to help her students learn to read.
Since become a published author, Borden has visited more than 500 schools to share her passion for literacy and writing with children.


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For thirty years I wonder who you were, what kind of man you were...if I mattered to you. For the first five years, you would call my sister and I once every six months...once on my birthday, and again on my sisters birthday. You would promise us that birthday cards and money was in the mail. But it always got lost in the mail and never arrived. Finally you stopped calling altogether. It was ten years before we heard from you again. Again you made promises to us that were broken, that you'd come to see us, that you'd send tickets for us to come see you. Again, nothing.
When I chose to move closer to you to get to know you, and to let your grandkids get to know you I thought it would be a fresh start. But once again you are making promises for things that you aren't following through on.
I live five minutes away from you and yet you STILL don't call or make any effort to come see me and the kids. Then you turn around and guilt me for not calling you or coming over with the kids to see you. All you talk about is dying. You are convinced you are going to die next week and you use that to try to make me and my sisters feel badly for not coming to see you and that makes me angry. You have a brand new grand baby from one of my sisters that you've made no effort to go and see. You insist that my sister pack up everything and the baby to come and see you, then you get mad and guilt her when she doesn't.
Perhaps if you had made more of an effort to spend time with us, care for us and love us when we were children instead of pushing us away to be with your girlfriends or downright ignoring some of us that lived too far away to make it worth your time and effor, we would be more willing to put in the effort to make time for you now. We have families of our own who need our care and effort a hell of a lot more than you do. Get over yourself, quit being such a selfish, egotistical ass and act like a father for once!
Oh yea, my oldest daughters birthday was a month ago. You came to the party with no gift, but told her you'd have it in three days when you got paid? Did that too get lost in the mail along with the five years worth of cards/gifts that you supposedly sent me thirty years ago?
I came here to get to know you...now, the more I get to know you, the more I can't stand you. Your selfish, lying, Narcistic attitude just repulses me!!
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My mom died four years ago from cancer, and I felt the need to get in touch with my dad so I wouldn't feel so alone. Now I regret moving away from all of my friends who were more like family to me that he is. Thanks for the support, sorry to be so negative. Just so disappointed right now...
My other daughters birthday (the one he favors) is coming up in a month and if he shows up with a gift for her and doesn't have one for the other daughter by then, I'm gonna flip!!! I am not going to have my children feeling bad, or thinking that one is "loved" more than another! She already feels left out where grampa is concerned. He buys treats for the favored one, pays my son to do yard work, but never has anything for the middle child and it infuriates me!!
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Im in a similar situation, and it would kill me if I moved closer and he did this to me too. I fear it. Good luck. Please give us an update
Honestly, I don't know if there will be an update. As hurt and disappointed and angry as I am with him, I still have that fear of rejection from him. So I probably will never tell him how I really feel. He is the kind of man who, when things get tough, he runs away and hides and blames everyone but himself.
He's never even apologized for ANYTHING! He recently made one of my sisters feel bad about not being over to see him in a while by telling her he'll be dead soon so she won't have to worry about having to go see him. she called me up in tears. I went over and chewed him out and told him I don't care how old your children are, you don't EVER say that to your child. He just said; it's the truth, I'm sick and I've been sick for some time...and never apologized to her!


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When I started Anansi Spaceworks in 2001, we were keen to create an interactive online browser for the planetary maps that we sold at that time, but didn't know how to do it. With this book though, I'm tempted to try it again just for the fun of it! Whatever your interest in maps is, this book will help you out.


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Galen was an alias taken on by Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 2370 while investigating the ransacking of an archaeological site on Dessica II.
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a serious disease that can lead to permanent disability from joint destruction. Methotrexate is the most common drug now used to initially treat moderate to severe RA. Additional drugs, such as cyclosporine or "biologic" treatments, are often added to control the disease as soon and as completely as possible. They may be given with methotrexate from the beginning of treatment and then decreased when the disease is under control or may be added to methotrexate later if improvement is incomplete or slow. These additional drugs are effective but have their own side effects, are costly, and add to the complexity of treatment for patients.
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The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has welcomed the announcement in the Queen's Speech that people with the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma in the UK will get more financial help under a package of measures in the Mesothelioma Bill. This will include support for up to 3,000 sufferers who currently go un-compensated, and a more streamlined system to speed up the claims process....
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The TUC has called for urgent action from the government to deal with the huge death toll from work-related cancer as research is published in the British Journal of Cancer Supplement into the incidence of cancers caused by work.
The study was was funded by the Health and Safety Executive, and found that every year around 8,000 cancer deaths in Britain each year are linked to occupations which equates to around 5% of all cancer deaths in Britain.
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After asbestos, the main work-related risk factors were night shift-work - linked to around 1,960 female breast cancer cases, mineral oil from metal and printing industries - linked to around 1730 cases of bladder, lung and non-melanoma skin cancers, sun exposure - linked to around 1540 skin cancer cases, silica exposure - linked to 910 cancer cases and diesel engine exhaust - linked to 800 cases.
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The government has been accused of hiding behind statistics, as workplace deaths are underestimated by more than 800%, trade union Unite has said....
Trade Unions have welcomed the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court which will affect many of the 2,500 people who are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year.
Mesothelioma is a terminal form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Mesothelioma has an unusually long gestation period, which can be in excess of 40 years between exposure to asbestos and manifestation of the disease.
Insurance companies had tried to argue that employer's liability policies only covered mesothelioma which manifested as a disease at some point during the relevant policy period. The Supreme Court has rejected these arguments, which would have denied compensation to victims of the terminal disease, and ruled that the insurers of an employer at the time of the exposure to asbestos should pay compensation.
In his judgment Lord Clarke concluded that: "The whole purpose of these policies was to insure employers against liability to their employees. That purpose would be frustrated if the insurers' submissions on this point were accepted."
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A Birmingham handyman has been prosecuted after releasing asbestos fibres while refurbishing a kitchen at a flat in Solihull.
Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found William Rogers, a carpenter and general handyman, had removed partition walls containing asbestos insulating board at the premises.
Solihull Magistrates' Court heard Mr Rogers had wrongly assumed he was dealing with asbestos cement, which does not require specialist contractors to remove it, and went ahead with the job. As a result, both he and the tenant, who has asked not to be named, were potentially exposed to asbestos dust.
Mr Rogers spread asbestos debris in the kitchen and on the communal stairs and loaded the removed pieces of asbestos insulating board into his car. By law it should have been disposed of by an approved carrier of asbestos waste.
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"If they have not checked what kind of asbestos is present and they have not been trained to work with asbestos, they must not start work.
"The landlord had told William Rogers that the walls contained asbestos, yet he went ahead with the refurbishment without carrying out any checks. The tenant now has to live with the knowledge that he is at risk of developing a serious lung disease in years to come through no fault of his own."
Asbestos is the biggest single cause of occupational deaths in the UK, with an estimated 4,000 people dying every year from related diseases such as mesothelioma and lung cancer.


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"Planet Solus! World of magic, monsters and high technology! And, home of Prince Jaysen, an average 15 year old with hormones afire! When Jaysen finds the mystical FIGURE OF ACTION, an artifact that allows him to transform into COLT NOBLE, PALADIN OF POWER, will he use the powerful body to save his world from the forces of evil, or will he try to get laid?" Art by Mike Dimayuga, Color by Mark Englert, Letters by CRANK!
Tim is a comic book artist/writer working for Devil's Due Publishing in Chicago, IL. He has illustrated a variety of comics, including Kore, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe vs. Transformers, and Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy. He is also the author of the comic HACK/Slash series and will participate in the HACK/Slash film from Universal Pictures. Tim is also working for Marvel Comics illustrating New Exiles and Weapon X: First Class. His most current project is illustrating Wildstorm's Wildcats. Hit the jump for the first 10 pages of Colt Noble that you'll find NOWHERE ELSE![photoxhibit=20]
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