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MvixUSA MV-5000R
High-Definition Multimedia Player Center with LCD Screen
Introducing the finest hard disk-based media center in the world, the Mvix MV-5000R Multimedia Center with LCD. This little device provides the joy of watching your favorite videos, movies, music, and photos on your TV or home-theater projector. Based on highly customizable, scalable and portable technology, Mvix MV-5000R enables rendering dozens of video, audio and digital image (i.e. JPEG) formats on your TV, projector or home-theater system.
The Mvix Multimedia Center is based on a hybrid functionality of a Hard-Drive Enclosure and Multimedia Player. It uses a 3.5" P-ATA / IDE HDD (not included), so you can use most any conventional hard drives you might have lying around! When connected to the PC, it works just like an external USB 2.0 hard drive. Simply drag and drop all your media content from your PC to the device, connect it to your plasma or LCD TV, and voila! Enjoy all your favorite media in the comfort of your living roomin true high definition! The MV-5000R makes a versatile video or music player for your car, RV, or even boat. It enables you to back up all your DVDs at a single and portable location. Now, you can carry your movie library in a small form factorthe size of a book! This highly portable, on-demand, personal video center is perfect companion for travel, vacations and long drives with kids. Kiss are we there yets? goodbye!
Mvix MV-5000R Multimedia Center is a comprehensive, 4-in-1 device. It is compatible with very large-sized hard drives (750GB+). Its design allows you to swap and upgrade its storage capacity in a matter of minutes. Customize your Mvix (MV-5000R) Multimedia Center for your needs! Simply download your MP3s, DivX®, AVI, Xvid, DVD (VOB/IFO) movies and JPEG photos via the USB2.0 port and youre good to go. Use this turn-key multimedia unit to play those files on a wide range of products like TVs, Home-theater Systems, Projectors, Hi-Fi Systems, Car Audio Systems, etc. The Mvix Multimedia Center comes with a highly functional and ergonomically-designed, IR remote control.
- Video and Audio Output: RCA L/R, Coaxial, Optical(5.1ch), RCA Y, Pr, Pb, S-Video, IR-Ext
- PC Interface: USB 2.0 (Backward Compatible to USB 1.1)
- Supported Files &Formats:
- Video: MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, DivX® 3.11, 4x, 5x, XviD, DVD(IFO, VOB), ISO
- Audio: AC3, MP2, MP3, DTS pass through, WMA, OGG, M3U
- Subtitles: SMI, SRT, SUB
- Image: JPEG/JPG
- Screen Aspect Ratio: 16:9 / 4:3 Letter Box / Pan Scan
- TV System: NTSC, PAL, or AUTO
- LCD Display: 5.03" X 2.52" inches
- Up Scaling: 1920 X 1080i, 1280 X 720p
- Hard-Disk Type: 3.5" inch Internal IDE (PATA)
- Power: External 12V DC adapter
- Enjoy Video Files on TV: Enjoy your favorite movies and home videos on the LCD TV. Mvix is compatible with numerous video formats including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVI, DivX® 3.11, 4x, 5x, XVID, DVD(IFO,VOB), VCD(DAT), etc.
- Digital Photo Album: Mvix MV-5000R can display a slideshow of your family vacation pictures, for example, and display them on your large-screen plasma TV. Combining a photo slideshow with background music is a snap. Whether it's for business associates or friends, the MV-5000R is sure to impress.
- Digital Music Box: Mvix Multimedia Center can play various audio files such as AC3, MP2, MP3, DTS pass through, WMA, OGG through TV speakers or your existing audio system. You can also set up ".m3u" playlists of your favorite MP3 files in whatever order you desire-or just randomly!
- Portable HDD Storage: Mvix uses a 3.5" IDE HDD (not included) and works just like an external USB 2.0 hard drive when connected to the PC. It provides customizable solution for backing up your entire multimedia collection and building a portable movie library.
- Easy Firmware Upgrading: Mvix Multimedia Centers are known for their upgradeability and flexibility. Download the latest firmware onto the Mvix Multimedia Center and upgrade its functionality with the push of a button. New firmware helps your Mvix player support the latest media codecs, improves existing features, and adds new features all the time!
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- Stand
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[UNDER-17 WORLD CUP]Honduras, which knocked the USA out of the Under-17 World Cup finals for the first time, was drawn with the host United Arab Emirates, Brazil and Slovakia in Group A at the 2013 Under-17 World Cup, which will be played Oct. 17-Nov. 8. Concacaf champion Mexico will start its title defense in a group that includes Nigeria, Iraq and Sweden.
Canada, whose roster is dominated by players from the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency and Toronto FC Academy, and Panama, host of the 2013 Concacaf U-17 Championship, will be the other Concacaf representatives.
The tournament will be played in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah.
2013 Under-17 World Cup Draw:
Group A(Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah): United Arab Emirates, Honduras, Brazil, Slovakia
Group B (Ras Al Khaimah, Abu Dhabi): Uruguay, New Zealand, Ivory Coast, Italy
Group C (Fujairah, Sharjah): Croatia, Morocco, Panama, Uzbekistan
Group D (Sharjah, Fujairah): Tunisia, Venezuela, Russia, Japan
Group E (Dubai, Al Ain): Canada, Austria, Iran, Argentina
Group F(Al Ain, Dubai): Mexico, Nigeria, Iraq, Sweden

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The Texas Rangers acquired right-handed pitcher Miles Mikolas from the Pittsburgh Pirates in return for first baseman Chris McGuiness on Monday.
McGuiness was designated for assignment on Friday when Shin-Soo Choo was officially added to the roster. Mikloas goes on the 40-man roster, meaning outfielder Rafael Ortega has been DFA'd.
Mikolas, 25, spent most of the 2013 season with Triple-A Tuscon (San Diego Padres organization) and was 4-2 with a 3.25 ERA in 54 games. He was third in the Pacific Coast League with 26 saves. He had four brief stints in the big leagues with the Padres and put up 1 2/3 scoreless innings in two appearances in 2013. He made his big league debut in 2011 and was 2-1 with a 3.62 ERA in 25 games. He was taken in the seventh round of the 2009 draft and has only pitched in relief in his four pro seasons.


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Greeley resident Frank Garcia has announced he will run for the Greeley City Council Ward II seat this November.
Garcia is the fifth person to announce his candidacy for the Ward II seat, but one candidate withdrew from the race, meaning four will vie for the vacant seat after Ward II council member Donna Sapienza announced she will not run again. Ward II incorporates the southeastern part of the city, including the University of Northern Colorado.
Garcia said he is disappointed in the divide he sees between east and west Greeley, and would work to reduce racial profiling in the city.
"The money for development is going on the west side, and we are getting left out on the east," he said.
Garcia said he feels Greeley's immigrants and refugees are voiceless and often targeted by law enforcement.
"The entire city is filled with animosity," he said of racial profiling.
He said he feels Greeley Police are asked to carry out local, state and federal rules with too little training, and Garcia said he feels city officials are not transparent or open.
Garcia said he is also concerned about the city's wastewater treatment plant, which he said could be affecting Greeley's air quality.


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I need lots of help please. While walking in the Arches National Park in Utah on 31st December 2012, I picked up a SD card thinking it fell out of my camera. I have discovered that it is not mine at all and would like to get it back to its owner who seems to be an international traveller as was I.
The 8GB SD card is completely full and it seems to be more than holiday pics although I have not looked closely except at these two photos that I have chosen to put up and have blurred the face of the woman appearing in both images to protect her privacy - she and her travelling companions will know who they are.
From what I can gather - the tourist visited Las Vegas around the 23rd December travelling via Wirepass Trailhead on the 29th December to reach Arches National Park where they visited on both 30th December and 31st December 2012. I found the SD card on the ground near the carpark of the Windows walking track.
I am now back in Australia where I would like to get my search started. Please help me to spread the word across the world. I am very happy to send this to the rightful owner.
Lame title, I know. My original setting for D&D (Called Season of Change if I'm forced to call it something...and for a given value of D&D which will become clear when you read the rest of this sentence) has been going on for longer than I've actually been playing real Dungeons & Dragons. It's all about the Tropes in Fantasy that I dislike, tropes people don't typically see, and trying to make sense of them. The second one is easy but I'll talk about how to sort out the Dwarfs are Masculine/Elves are Feminine Dichotomy another time because that's interesting. I will say that it heavily hinges on the Greek Myth that Zeus found a creature too powerful so he split in twain, creating men and women. In my setting? This is the origin (more or less) of why Dwarfs and Elves are split but both iconic to the genre. Yet that's not what we're talking about today.
Warning: The Next Paragraph is Soap Box. Skip it if you just want to steal stuff from me and use it in your own game. I don't mind.
I just got done with a really frustrating conversation about bringing Gender issues into Dungeons & Dragons. It made me sad. Partly because I feel that just telling people not to following the traditional gender tropes isn't enough. And hell, it kind of insults people who have been using them. I'm not going to do a lot of second-guessing myself here but if you didn't know by now I'm a huge fan of equality. The thing is? I think we can't just make Gender Issues or Sexism off limits. I don't want to judge people for their past games or force people to jury-rig parts of their fantasy game to make it more inviting to women. I want them to WANT to do that. Bringing strong female roles shouldn't be a chore it should be something exciting. And make sense. Fifty years ago, women had to fight to wear pants in the real world. Things aren't perfect today but they've definitely improved. If we backtrack this to fictional medieval history? Jesus. The point is that I think that if we're going to really swing this we need to make it inviting....and not just gloss over the tropes that have plague the genre by throwing down the RetCon card to create a spontaneous Women's Rights Movement that happened 500 years ago and now has made everything totally equal. I think there's a place for Gender Issues in a game. We really are separated as men & women in the real world. It's part of how the world is even if we hate it.
From David Cronenberg:
"Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing their whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever they've got. I can't possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to."
Not every game has to be power fantasy. Or blind fun escapism. I know that. But I also don't want to pretend that people aren't people. It's what to do with that. Ok, screw the Soap Box. I don't think every game should be all about Gender Issues. In fact, my game isn't about that but it is part of the setting. We keep arguing in vague terms about how to handle it...what offends people and what might work. This is what worked for me and, hopefully, someone else sees how we can make equality in the Fantasy Genre a choice rather than a Burden.
You might have noticed the image I attached to this post. It features a strong but feminine character using turn undead against an undead horde. This, ladies and gentlemen is the perfect breakdown of how I made equality part of my campaign. No scoffing. No accusations of trying to be Politically Correct. Just storytelling.
I run two games in my campaign setting. One takes place in the "current" day (which is the Year of the Titan because Fantasy date-keeping is a fool's game) and another that takes place roughly 100 years in the past. The "Past" game? Is playing out what you're seeing below. A lot of this is meant for a Mechanics-Free Campaign Book I was plotting so forgive me if I keep it abridged. Shall we?
In my campaign setting the Divine Classes haven't been around since "Forever", an established part of the universe. Wizards, however, have been...advisers to kings and guilds and wartime interests. Then, one day, the Undead Plague struck the land. No, not "just" Undead. The problem with the Undead in traditional fantasy is that they've lost a lot of their luster. There's just an established branch of necrotic biology that tells us how different zombies are made, mutated, and exist all in some kind of isolation. So I wanted to do something different. I wanted to explain why every Divine Class seemed to be custom-built to slay zombies. If you've read my recent D&D Outsiders, you've already read my thoughts on the logical loops this can put you through. So perhaps the God of Death vanishes and all the Dead return. Mayhaps some adventurer steals the beloved of the God of Death and She raises everyone that has ever died to be her eyes and ears upon the Material Plane. The backstory doesn't matter. We have to figure out why people in Fantasy Tropes hate the undead and necromancy but still totally approve of Clerics using Raise Dead. Did I mention that I wrote all this before playing Dungeons & Dragons but after writing that Stupid Monsters Article? I still find that weird.
The thing is, Undead didn't rise as Ghosts. Or Rotting Zombies. Or Flaming Skeletons. They arrived as pale, fully dressed, armed as they were in life creatures of sound mental state and solid form. Just wrap your head around it for a moment. In D&D terms, imagine if the Raise Dead ritual brought someone back only now they were pale and just a little unearthly. (There is a side effect to being raised from the Dead in my game and, in fact, one of my PCs has risen enough to have this Pallor. Unless you let the Sea Queen raise you, in which case you gain one aquatic trait. That's right, you can live forever as long as you pray to Dagon and don't mind taking a few levels of Lovecraft, but that's a story for another time.) Point is, The Undead are back. And no one is dying.
Did I mention LOTS of Undead are back? They don't want to eat your brains. They don't want to destroy the world. Hell, they're not even amassing into armies of some sort. They're just "back". No conflict there, right?
Wrong. Imagine if this happened today. Imagine if every culture of yesteryear suddenly was back, asking why you were living in their house, living on their land, wondering why you weren't speaking ancient Liftlitic. Violence solves none of the confusion as no one can be slain and suddenly a fantasy world built on ownership being passed down/inherited is turned on it's ear. There's more to this but let's just skip ahead to the outcome that suddenly the cities and kingdoms were being run by committee. The Undead outnumbered the living, forcing them to become a minority who, not only had the least status due to their age (or lack thereof) but also would never be able to rise up. Respect your Elders indeed.
The thing about how people change over time is that generally they become more Liberal. Forget the real world for a moment just because I know that if I go into real world "What Ifs" this will end poorly and get derailed. Imagine if the same tribe that created Marriage and defined it as "Women are property to trade for favors/wealth/land" were suddenly back. Followed by a society that....this post is long enough. What I'm saying is that if suddenly every kingdom of the past came back and suddenly was an inescapable part of your daily life, it would suck to be a woman. Hell, it would suck to be one of the living but since I'm focusing on why my campaign setting has equality in it, there you go. If you're not sold, seriously do the Real World "What If" in your head. Civil rights victories would be out-voted by generations of Sexist Societies. Voting? Gone. Ability to go out in public without a man? Gone. Ability to speak after the sun has set? Gone. You get the idea.
Long story short, there is a revolution. The history books would re-write it as a great Undead Horde, their rotting flesh and bony claws raking at the innocent people across the land. This is, of course, propaganda mixed with revisionist history. The living fought back, armed with the power of the Gods, which only spoke before through Prayers and Rituals before. Paladins and Clerics, no longer mere priests strode across the land, cleansing the earth of that which should have died long ago. The undead scattered, holing up in crypts, caves, isolated places across the world to simply "wait out" this campaign of divine judgement. The thing is though? The dead, in my campaign setting, need to be near the living to maintain their "humanity". Without contact, they rot away body and mind, warping to grotesque mockeries of their original lives. This is why vampires drink the blood of the living and why zombies instinctively crave the taste of flesh. It also explains why the hell so many crypts are filled with zombies in almost tactical positions, surrounded by treasure. But this is a rant for another time. I told you, I have a novel of this stuff on my shelf. I am a nerd who didn't think to share it.
The thing is that with the Undead gone, there is a backlash in society. Suddenly the super-conservatism of every society that existed before was seen in any modern reflection of it. I honestly think that this is how it might go down, kind of like how American sent its own citizens to camps during World War 2 because they were Japanese. Perhaps. The point here is that this fantasy kingdom sat under the oppression of every freaking sexist society and rose above it. The Gods appointed both men and women to be their champions and suddenly the old power bases held by the Wizards were uncertain, those universities of dusty old men with their long white beards looking quite similar to the men of the vanquished oppressors of yesteryear. In unrelated news, said universities suddenly started taking in Female Magi, now no longer to lurk on the outskirts as Witches & Warlocks. There are real world parallels here (To World War 2 aftermath & Women's Rights for instance) obviously but no one creates a fantasy kingdom in a vacuum. (This is a creepy notion & I do not suggest thinking about all the women-chained-to-walls we saw in early modules.)
Man do I feel weird explaining my fantasy setting publicly like this. This is just a small part of it but really my goal here is to point out that if you create a story so that things make sense, it's much more inviting.
Why are women equal to men in my Campaign Setting? Because I built a world that is only a few generations past having to violently confront their past. Overt symbolism? Maybe. This isn't about Guilt. Or What's right. I mean it is, but this is a story that explains how social change could come about in a Fantasy Setting using the very tropes that are inherently there already. Maybe you don't see it. I am a little biased as this has been my main game world and I'm literally just writing about a tiny blurb found on one page here. This isn't what my game is about. But it allows me to engage in a Fantasy World where, if the issue of Sexism arises, I have in-game explanations that aren't forced or mere Political Correctness stabbing role-playing in the heart.
In closing, I decided to share this today because I think that we need to be positive if we're going to talk about straightening out Gender Issues in Fantasy and making things inclusive. People need to know why they embrace certain tropes and if we want people to know they don't HAVE to choose them we need to give better options. Maybe I went a little overboard on the crazy with the above, but it's part of my campaign setting and screw you, it's an alternative to "generic fantasy kingdom were they magically are equal but don't seem to be number 37".
Next time on "Jared Talks about his Campaign Setting", we'll discuss how Gnomes are just children who stepped though the mirror, never growing up Peter-Pan style...eventually turn both fey and unearthly as time passed.
Oh and then I make some D&D Traditionalist Cry.
"Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about. All democrats object to men being disqualified by the accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by the accident of death. "
G K Chesterton
PS: Feel free to comment if you've read the whole thing. Remember, I don't want to change your home game. I'm just trying to say that there are ways to do this without having to hammer things in. In my case my players found the backstory of the setting interesting enough that they asked to play a Retro-campaign of it where they got to take part in it. I'm a proud father, I have to admit. Ok, no more words. My keyboard is dry.
Every so often there's little notices from the gym on those tvs. Cute little PSAs. Like "Men sweat, women glow - please wipe down the equipment with a sweat towel after use."
If bio-luminescence was a byproduct of exercise, I'd have been working out since I was old enough to SEE. Men sweat, women sweat, non-gender-conforming humans sweat. You're not fooling anyone. I don't go to the gym to look sexy, and I'm fucking offended by the suggestion that of COURSE I want to look sexy 24/7. Why aren't your men glowing? Why am I STILL waiting for even one music video that doesn't have a bikini-clad woman gyrating for the male gaze? Why are you acting like men are here to get strong, and women are here to appeal to men?
No, I don't really have an ending for this rant. It's just that every time I go there I get a little bit angrier, and I know the poor bastards on the desk can't do shit about it so why would I yell at them?
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|Episode 14 - June 1
Somewhat bored with battling evil, the Jerks and I innocently make our way to the Paragon Dance Party. Founded way back around Issue 2, the PDP serves less as a hangout and more a convenient subway between distant parts of the city. Today, however, it is host to an party of dancing catgirls, who we have absolutely no intention of harassing. Honest. Scout's honor.
Shockingly, we are waylaid at the door. The furry orgy is guarded by a glowing alien doorman who seems unimpressed by our lack of cat ears and/or tails. Running to the tailor to be fitted for fursuits just isn't an option for us, so we fall back on other credentials. Dropping a dozen boomboxes and flashing our garish supergroup colors on and off at ideal seizure inducing frequency is always enough to repel any foe. It's an effective technique and we've used it so many times that I no longer need to co-ordinate the maneuver. A single shout of "Carebear... STARE!" is enough to set off the entire supergroup. Kind of like yelling "Hey Rube" at a carnival.
In this case, however, it somehow proves ineffective. Maybe we've been abusing it too much and the local population has somehow built up an immunity to cacophony and pulsing lights. Thankfully, the Magnificent, Mythic, Mystic Mongol (say that ten times fast and you can have this drink) has been preparing for just such a contingency. He boldly steps into the ring of stereos and begins busting moves. Phat ones. I don't mean the usual lame dance emotes. He's skillfully strung together a sequence of macros into a brutal popping and locking routine that cannot be defeated. The doorman is served.
We make our way inside, but everyone is suddenly far more interested in learning the secret of extreme dance power than in making fun of furries. Little do we realize the hazards awaiting non-professional dancers. Groove-related injuries strike down half the supergroup, and both Mystic Mongol and Captain Concussion take advantage of the second server-wide supergroup conclave to make a public service announcement.
Mystic Mongol: I'm Chong Chi Chang, the Mystic Mongol and a member of the Circle of Jerks.
Mystic Mongol: I've come today to talk to you about a new, but very real problem facing the Virtue server that many of you are unaware of.
Mystic Mongol: Recently, macro use has been on the rise.
Mystic Mongol: Many young, "Hip dawgs," have found that by stringing together macros, they can make their avatar, "Cut a Rug," and, "Bust a fat groove."
Mystic Mongol: As time passed, macros were strung together in more and more complex patterns in ever-escalating attempts to "Serve" other dancers.
Mystic Mongol: Until, inevitably, tragedy struck.
Mystic Mongol: Timmy, could you step up onto the stage?
Cpt. Concussion: ...but I think my name's Boris.
Mystic Mongol: Little Timmy here tried to, "Bust a phat one," with a fifteen macro combo.
Mystic Mongol: The doctors say he'll have to wear the corrective headgear for the rest of his life.
Cpt. Concussion: It hurts bad.
Mystic Mongol: Please, heroes of Paragon City! The devs knew what they were doing when they made the dance emote dorky and simplistic.
Mystic Mongol: "X-Treme," macro usage can cause serious injury, unwanted pregnancy, or even death!
Mystic Mongol: Children play this game, as you can plainly see by taking a look at this audience.
Mystic Mongol: Dance safely, with the official dance emote, on a firm surface clear of obstructions.
Mystic Mongol: And if a punk steps up, serve responsibly. Use protection. Wear a helmet.
Time Capsule: NOW WE KNOW!
Taxibot Hollow: and knowing is half the battle
The PSA proves to be unnecessary, however. The dance fad is already fading, and is swept away entirely when Issue 4 finally hits. Breakin' is as forgotten as pet rocks and harvey wallbangers. Shoulder kittens and Super Saiyan costumes are the next big thing, and for the first few days you practically have to punch your way through the crowd at Icon to get one. Frustratingly, the devs have decided to finally address the overabundance of cash in the game not by providing things to actually spend money on, but by jacking the hell out of the only optional expense in the game. Costumes are now discouragingly expensive, and the temporary powers that can be purchased in the arena have been tweaked so that they only work in the actual arenas themselves. If you were looking forward to buzzing Atlas Park with a jet pack, well, tough.
For now, though, the Jerks are all too busy beating the hell out of each other in the new arenas to worry about playing Barbies. Not long after the patch hits we all get together for a massive skull smashing festival that we dub The First Annual Jerk-Off. The name turns out to be a lot less apt when we follow it with a half dozen more tournaments within a week. Free-for-all battles see the clear dominance of controller characters. At least when they're old enough to command flaming monkeys and whatnot. As a tank I'm pretty much everything proof, but not particularly great at offing people. While I never die, I rarely get any kills, either. I take to hanging out on clifftops and bombarding weaker guys with boulders from a distance on the off chance that I'll end up doing the last few points of damage to some poor bastard and steal the kill. Then, whenever someone climbs up to stop me from being such an ass I leap off the edge and turn on my jet pack for a James Bond escape.
In team fights there's a pretty clear paper-rock-scissors mechanic going on with which classes need to lock down who, with everyone taking shots at blasters whenever possible for easy points. Most of those fights have degenerated into finding the squishiest guy on the other team and then playing smear the queer with him, which is both unheroic and a lot of fun.
Meanwhile, in the real world, Erin (Attorney of LAW) dragged me to the Anime Central convention in Chicago for the weekend. It's not the kind of thing I usually go out for, but in the end I gave in and gave it a shot. On one hand, there was the stark terror of being packed into a hotel with ten thousand anime dorks for three days. On the other, there was the fact that she was dressing like Naomi Armitage. In the end, red vinyl hot pants always win. None of this has anything to do with anything, save for the fact that while there I attended the City of Heroes panel hosted by the guy pictured above. It was excruciatingly dull and the presenters were a little less charismatic than my socks, but by mentioning it here I get to write off the whole trip as a business expense. Thanks, guys.
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I completely disagree with everything stated in the Juneau Empire's Sept. 24 editorial "Reckless endangerment." I found its tone extremely troubling and think the claims made about the people seeking refuge from Syria's civil war were beyond the edge of exaggeration. But I also think it was an editorial that needed to be published.
"The answer to our state's fiscal challenge will come from disciplining state spending," Frank Murkowski once said on the campaign trail.
It quote also sounds like House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, lecturing the rest of us about Alaska's fiscal crisis. But leadership isn't founded on populist rhetoric. It needs to be modeled by personal action, and by spending $400 for a hotel room in Seattle, Chenault failed that test just like the former governor quoted above.
"Don't tax me!" That's the message the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce and Concerned Juneau Seniors have for elected officials struggling with budget deficits. It's a chorus that'll be getting louder because new revenue is needed to keep our state and local governments functioning. But those of us who are financially secure should recognize it's time to pay for the privilege of living in Alaska.
Most Alaskans don't need any convincing that the name of Alaska's great mountain was rightfully restored to Denali. Nor do we think there's any merit to the gripes coming out of Ohio or the anti-Obama punditry. It took a long time to get here, and that's a story more about how we name places than the names themselves.
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, has said President Barack Obama isn't a friend to Alaskans. So it seemed odd that he'd be the first person to greet the President after he stepped off Air Force One in Anchorage this week, even more so since Obama came to address climate change and Sullivan doesn't think human activity contributes to it. But while our junior senator prefers to ignore the prevailing scientific consensus, I think the President has his own problem with accepting inconvenient truths.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has joined the GOP chorus that will vote against the Iran nuclear agreement. It's conceivable that, as she claims, her decision was based on an objective examination of it. But it may also be part of her reelection strategy to stay to the political right and avoid a serious primary challenge next August.
It wasn't surprising that the Legislative Council voted to sue Gov. Bill Walker over his decision to expand Medicaid. Anyone who read the July 30 Anchorage Dispatch News opinion pages should have expected it.
Rep. John Coghill, R-North Pole, argued Walker likely violated state law. But despite his detailed legal analysis, this is just another salvo of "just say no" politics Republican legislative leaders have embraced ever since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010.
Time, flowing like a river
Time, beckoning me
Who knows when we shall meet again, if ever
But time, keeps flowing like a river
To the sea…
— "Time," by the Alan Parsons Project
The Environmental Protection Agency's final rule to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric power generation was good news for Alaska. We've been given breathing room before we'll have to meet any new standards. But to take that as a pass to do nothing would be an insult to the hardy spirit that helped settle the Last Frontier.
Rep. Don Young wants the federal government to require labeling of genetically modified fish sold anywhere in the U.S. But how does he feel about other genetically modified foods? Apparently, he believes it's a states' rights issue. So, what's the story behind this apparent contradiction?
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ATLANTA - Around 9:15 Tuesday night, Antonio Bastardo tugged on his cap and climbed on the mound that helped vault him into prominence. You remember that game, don't you? It was 13 months ago, April 8 at Turner Field, the Phillies trailing 6-3 in the top of the sixth, the game destined to end in a garden-variety, early-season loss.
In terms of leverage and pressure, it was one of the more inconsequential appearances Bastardo would log last season. But when you consider the impact it had on the evolution of the Phillies' bullpen, it meant everything.
After allowing a leadoff single to Chipper Jones to start the sixth, Bastardo struck out the next six batters he faced, all of them swinging. Brian McCann went down on a fastball that clocked in at 94 mph, Alex Gonzalez on a pitch that registered 95, Dan Uggla, Jayson Heyward and Freddie Freeman on sliders, all of it ending with Tim Hudson waving feebly at a fastball.


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... to open up just for us. With our first beer in hand the barman asked us when the game would finish, we said around 7pm at which point we were told, we thought, that the bar would close at 6pm and that the guardian would come from the camp to take us home but that if more people came to watch the rugby we could stay. All this was communicated via translation apps, as it turned out not too accurately!
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We spent the day just walking the valley of temples. Truly an amazing place, again in its prime 2500 years ago. We also enjoy walking through the lush citrus and fruit grove. Once the water supply for the ancient city that was abandoned around 1AD and made to what we see now. This city had 200,000 living here then. Now it is about ...
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I was wondering what I should write for my first real blog entry besides the introduction, and I stumbled upon "Let's play Resident Evil 3: Nemesis" on Youtube. It gave me the idea to think back over some boss fights that I have found memorable for good reasons or bad reasons.
Bosses! The parts of games that put the skills you have learned up to that point to the test. What makes a boss fight memorable anyway? The following bosses are in no particular order, but are memorable to me for specific reasons. There may be some spoilers if you haven't completed any of the following games:
Final Fantasy VII
Devil May Cry 3
Persona 3
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
First off, Emerald Weapon from Final Fantasy VII
Emerald Weapon is memorable to me for several reasons. First, he was one of earliest "optional bosses" I ever faced. I know I am not alone in my first play through of FFVII: You submerge in the sub to go pick up the Huge Materia, and (if you are lucky) you see a weird green thing swimming around. Naturally a young mind is curious so, you go back up, save, come back down and bump into it, only to be destroyed by its unfathomable power at that early in the game.
Now, assume you come back later: Fourth disk, Ultimate weapons, materia mastered = ready to rock it's face! However, you didn't realize that you need the Underwater Materia to get rid of the timer, and, even if you do survive for 30 minutes, you still lose after that time.
This is not even counting the fact that his Aire Tam Dam attack does 1,111 damage for each materia your teammate has equipped, he has a one shot kill attack, and 1,000,000 hp. Without the help of the internet and strategy guides, gamers like myself agonized for days trying to figure out a way to beat this beast. (If anyone says Knights of the Round mimic spam, get back to me after that casts for a week straight).
Next, Devil May Cry 3's final fight with Vergil.
Let me start by saying I had the regular edition of Devil May Cry 3. Thus, the difficulty was a step higher on each difficulty than it was in the special edition. (Ex. Normal => Hard or Hard => Dante Must Die). The final boss fight with Vergil was a boss fight that really got my heart pumping. With devil mode engaged, Vergil's attack speed and frequency was so high I had to use Trickster to get away from his attacks (I'm still not very good at Royal Guard). Vergil was not just some monster you encountered either. He was your brother. All throughout the game you see Vergil in awesome positions, and you fight him twice before the final encounter, but those are just warm ups.
My fight with Vergil was the first time I encountered a boss that bore so much resemblance to the character I was controlling but still seemed faster and more powerful. Not only that, he had familial ties to Dante too! (And, at the time, I thought his weapon looked cooler than Dante's... hey, I was younger!) I had a younger brother of 9 years old at the time; so, I could even relate to Vergil a little as well. The big brother identity I shared with Vergil may have been what shaped my inability to defeat him without much anguish, but it was also interesting that I connected with the very adversary that was beating my butt.
Third, Persona 3's final boss (assuming you are on your first playthrough) Nyx.
Before I start, I need to say that I love the name Nyx. When I hear that name, I picture a void of hopelessness that has no end but starts by looking into this creature's eyes. *ahem* So, Nyx wins my award for being a long boss fight that is difficult the entire way through. Sure, FFXII's 60 million hit point boss took me three days to beat... but it was not difficult! Nyx has 13 different forms with constantly shifting weaknesses, can attack twice a turn, and can restore his own hit points. Oh, I forgot to mention that you cannot directly control your three other party members leaving you at the mercy of the AI actually choosing the right decision.
Nyx only took me a single try to beat; however, that one try could have ended at anytime (I may have brought it on myself by playing the game on hard the first time through... but I thought I knew what I was getting into). With constantly shifting stats, Nyx required my complete attentiveness and anytime someone was K.O'ed, it was because I did not look far enough forward to heal or defend (pattern recognition HO!).
Also, Nyx is hands down one of my favorite bosses for the art style alone. Looking at him makes one fear death. (I beat Death in P3 and Nyx would kick his butt)
Last, but certainly not least: Nemesis from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Where to start... Nemesis can chase you through different zones, has a charging attack that makes him faster than you, can hit or grab you EVEN if you dodge, has an instant kill move, and can take about 60 pistol rounds to put down. After all of that, the developers looked at Nemesis and said, "You know what this thing is missing? A rocket launcher." Yeah... Capcom just gave Mr. X 2.0 a rocket launcher... check please.
I have only taken the time to beat Nemesis on one of my many play throughs of RE3:N. He drops weapon parts that can help you upgrade your current arsenal which are worth getting, but (at least for me) required so many save re-loads I thought the game was going to ask me if I wanted to lower the difficulty. The controls of RE did not do me any favors, but even if I could run like Sonic through a 3-d environment, I have a feeling Nemesis would be worse because they would have to compensate for that too. (2 rocket launchers maybe?)
Nemesis sticks out in my memory as a boss that I just was not skilled enough to beat. Sure, my first times through the game had me avoiding him because I thought if the game gave me the choice, I should just stay away from him. But even when I thought I became decent at the game, I still couldn't beat Nemesis until much later in my gamer history. Maybe I lacked the basic skills, maybe I did not hoard enough herbs, maybe I did not make enough freeze rounds, but whatever the reason, I still have issues with Nemesis to this day.
And there you have it, my four bosses of memorable material. If you agree with any of mine, or just think I sucked at the games, let me know in a comment. I hope you enjoyed reading. Hmm... imagine if you got to choose between these bosses as a starter Pokemon. Which would you choose? I'd have to go with Nyx. He's death... which gives him the possibilities of evolution that the others don't have as humans generally know little about what happens after death.


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Huffman in his Indiana basketball uniform, circa 1936
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|Date of birth:
|December 18, 1914
|Place of birth:
|Mooreland, Indiana
|Date of death:
|March 18, 1995(aged 80)
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|Bloomington, Indiana
|6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|215 lb (98 kg)
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|NFL Draft:
|1937 / Round: 3 / Pick: 27
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Richard Vernon Huffman (December 18, 1914 – March 18, 1995) was an American football and basketball player. He was born in Mooreland, Indiana and was raised in and around New Castle, Indiana. He played basketball for the New Castle High School team that won the Indiana state basketball championship in 1932.[1] He enrolled at Indiana University in 1932 and played both football and basketball there. He was an All-American in both basketball and football at Indiana and won the 1936 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the best football player in the Big Ten Conference.[1] He played two seasons of professional football in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions in 1937 and 1938.[2][3] Huffman later managed a dairy and worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[4] He was inducted into the Indiana Hoosiers Hall of Fame in 1982.[5] Huffman died in 1995 at age 80 in Bloomington, Indiana.[1]
- ^ a b c "VERNON HUFFMAN, IU FOOTBALL STAR OF '30S, DIES AT AGE 80". News-Sentinel (Ft. Wayne, IN). 1995-03-20.
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- ^ "Huffman Big Ten's 'Most Valuable'". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-12-27.
- ^ "Indiana University Oral History Archive, 1991-1998". Indiana University. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
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When Captain Jay Jonas of the Fire Department of New York hears an emergency radio message about the World Trade Center, he has no idea of the terrible conditions he and his team will face. Arriving at the burning building, the firefighters must summon all their courage. On the same morning, just outside Washington, D.C., a jetliner piloted by terrorists slams into the Pentagon. Can Colonel Philip McNair save lives inside the flaming building?
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With apologies to James Taylor, I was recently introduced to a UNC-Chapel Hill professor of psychology, Dr. Edwin Fisher, from my alma mater and the university where the famous singer/ songwriter's father was dean of the School of Medicine. The work that Dr. Fisher is doing under the aegis of the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation is on target for the Triple Aim.
Peers for Progress, designs, implements, and evaluates peer coach or peer educator programs worldwide. There are ample examples of successful and established programs led or facilitated by peer coaches, motivators, educators, or others, including Alcoholics Anonymous, Mended Hearts, and Weight Watchers. Peers for Progress is building a global network of peer-support organizations that are making a difference in the health of and lives of people affected by a range of health problems and their associated impact on the individual and on communities.
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Though the title might apply to many aspects of our daily lives and the world as a whole, in this instance I am referring to how Medicare and other insurers interpret the word reasonable to make coverage and payment decisions. A recent editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine highlighted this enduring challenge for Medicare.
The authors begin with language from the Social Security Act:
John Muir, the famous naturalist, wrote: "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." It's a concept that's long overdue but now fully ensconced in the field of population health management. Employee health management (EHM) practitioners, in particular, are coming to understand that the environments in which health promotion interventions occur are a primary determinant of the effectiveness of the interventions. What's more, many now fully acknowledge that the sustainability of healthy lifestyle improvements in diet, exercise, or tobacco use is fundamentally linked to our surroundings. Indeed, in last week's "HEROForum12", a conference featuring EHM solutions, a third of the session titles included references to culture. Moreover, no matter what the topic, the phrase "building a culture of health" was stated at nearly every session.
As a baby boomer moving through middle age into the unspeakable age that follows "middle," I was encouraged to read an article in the British Medical Journal that states that for seniors and super seniors, healthy behaviors that include regular exercise, not smoking, maintaining a normal Body Mass Index, and having a rich or moderate social network led to significant increases in longevity. From the study:
I have long held that leaders can't fake authenticity. When you're passionate about your vision, it is felt by others whether they support you or not. It's a realization that has been easy to come by because I've had so many great mentors.
One of my favorites has been Stu Hanson, a pulmonologist, a health care executive, and a prime mover in Minnesota's historic national leadership role in creating smoke-free workplaces. Stu would often say, "I'm trying to work my way out of a job." Putting aside his recent retirement and the fat-chance odds behind his conviction even when he was mid-career, to know Stu is to understand that he wasn't kidding. Stu's mantra was the ancient proverb: "When you are through changing, you are through." Perhaps it is a philosophy born out of the Herculean-sized stubbornness needed to take on the intractability of an addicted smoker. Or maybe being wired to push for change helps you cope with the blowback and disappointments that come from working to change something as unyielding as a culture.
As a student of leadership as well as one interested in the intersections between health care business and public policy, I also can't help but follow Toby Cosgrove, a cardiologist who became Cleveland Clinic's CEO. I have assumed that his equanimity about the controversy that surrounds his ban on hiring tobacco smokers is grounded in the righteousness that only a cardiovascular surgeon can feel at his core after having performed 22,000 operations, at least half of which were lifestyle-induced. What else explains his more recent foray into smoking bans at universities? In a speech to the Harvard Business School Club of Cleveland, Cosgrove said: "The fact that American universities are not smoke-free appalls me." Though being right is a powerful buffer, it doesn't change the likelihood that he'll be disparaged.
In May 1999, Abigail Sulerzyski was born deaf and blind with cerebral palsy and multiple other medical complications. While Victoria, her mother, was learning how to cope with the needs of a severely disabled child, she was also learning how to fight with UnitedHealthcare.
A close friend of ours went with my wife to see a highly regarded physician for a persistent problem. This master clinician started with a warm greeting and a brief conversation about family, and then went through a detailed history of the problem that our friend had experienced for several months. He gave her an explanation of what he believed to be the underlying cause of her symptoms, gave a prescription for lab tests, and prescribed two medications. He also suggested that she see an ENT and recommended someone.
One of the key downsides of market-based health care — that if your costs regularly exceed your income you go out of business — is not typically associated with the National Health Service in the U.K. That is about to change. It has just been announced that the three hospitals that constitute the South London Healthcare Trust in London, England are to be effectively declared bankrupt, the board suspended, and the organization put under a special administrator. He or she will have just 45 days to provide the Secretary of State with recommendations on what to do with an organization that provides emergency an elective services to about 750,000 Londoners but has racked up nearly $100 million of debt in 2011–12 alone.
Why is this of interest to U.S. readers, aside from adding to the long-running debate on the pros and cons of operating a market in health care? It is because one option is to privatize one or more of the hospitals. By privatize, I mean a whole range of options from franchising out the management to a private company to taking over the assets lock, stock, and barrel and then providing services back to the NHS.
As is always the case when I return from working abroad, it takes me longer, metaphorically speaking, to unpack my bags. I was ostensibly in Brazil to teach and consult about innovations in our population health management movement in America. But, as I expected, I was surely the greater beneficiary of teachings from leaders of the wellness movement in Sao Paulo, the business nexus for the world's sixth largest economy.
Leaders of population health programs in Sao Paulo offer a self-assessment of being a decade or more behind the United States in the maturation of employee health benefits such as employee assistance programs (EAP), disease management, pharmacy benefits management (PBM), and wellness. I anticipated we would be discussing the "leapfrog" opportunities that come with later adoption of trends. For example, developing countries garnered advantage by skipping much of the costly infrastructure of cable by embracing wireless communications.
So I came to Brazil thinking about what aspects of American health care innovation I would skip over if I had a chance to learn from the trials and errors of America's health reforms. For example, I found it curious that the Brazilian health care system is likely the closest to America's with respect to the proportion of employer versus government financing, yet the country had yet to mobilize anything resembling a buyers' coalition or a business group focused on health or health policy. When I happened upon Brazil's health commissioner, he told me his main message for employers was to become more proactive with the government in setting health policy. I said "Be careful what you ask for." It was advice borne out of an American sensibility that public/private partnerships are fraught with ideological perturbation.
Amanada Bennett, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, chronicles the poignant journey that she and her now deceased husband, Terrence Foley, traveled in his seven-year battle with a rare form of kidney cancer. The Cost of Hope puts into sharp focus the convoluted compexity of our health care system even for two well educated, well insured individuals with superior skills to acquire, parse and synthesize information and data.


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Congress concludes Electoral Assessment Mission in Armenia
[19/09/2016 18:30:00]
In the frame of its targeted mission to assess the local by-elections held on 18 September 2016 in a part of Armenia's communities, a 15 member delegation from the Congress, headed by Congress' Rapporteur Liisa Ansala (Finland, ILDG), was deployed in four regions of the country. For Liisa Ansala the improvement of the quality of voters' lists in Armenia is of crucial importance for the trust of citizens in the system: 'Transparency - together with more competition between candidates - is needed to increase the interest of the population in local elections which are currently mainly seen as a formality by the citizens. We will see in how far the new Electoral Code, introducing the proportional electoral system, and the decentralisation reform, which is currently being implemented, will be able to change the situation to the better. 'The detailed Information Report following the Electoral Assessment Mission will be debated in the frame of the 31st Congress Session on 19-21 October in Strasbourg.
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A Congress pre-electoral delegation, headed by the Rapporteur Stewart Dickson (United Kingdom, ILDG) concluded on 9 September its mission to prepare the observation of the local elections scheduled for 2 October 2016 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During meetings with representatives of the Central Election Commission and authorities of the different Entities, the delegation was up-dated on the state of technical preparations and electoral support programmes. Briefings with members of the international community and domestic NGOs gave insight related to underlying issues of the elections. The main Congress observation mission will be carried out as of 28 September and will include a final press conference to present preliminary conclusions on Monday, 3 October 2016, in Sarajevo.
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Representatives of national associations of local and regional authorities have been meeting in Paris, at the invitation of the Congress, to discuss the latter's draft priorities for the period 2017-2020. "Essentially, this draft is based on the Congress's terms of reference which are to evaluate and develop the situation of local and regional democracy in the 47 Council of Europe member states," said Gudrun Mosler-Törnström (Austria, SOC), co-rapporteur and President of the Chamber of Regions, introducing the debate. "To rise to the challenges facing us in Europe, there has to be action at national level, but we also need to devise strategies at local and regional level," said Anders Knape (Sweden, EPP/CCE), co-rapporteur and President of the Chamber of Local Authorities, stressing the need to take into account the objectives of the Council of Europe and the international context. Participants at the 5th General Meeting of the National Associations underlined the particular urgency of ensuring that local and regional authorities have the appropriate resources to be able to fulfil new obligations. This exchange took place the day before the meeting of the Congress Bureau which will be finalising the draft priorities for their adoption at the 31st Session (19-21 October 2016).
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Jean-Claude Frécon: "National associations of local and regional authorities are the Congress's natural partners"
[19/09/2016 16:30:00]
"At a time when Europe is facing growing extremism and radicalisation and the challenges of receiving and integrating a substantial influx of refugees and migrants, and when public distrust of national or European institutions and their representatives is also on the rise, I consider it more crucial than ever to strengthen the role of elected representatives on the ground and promote grassroots activities", said Jean-Claude Frécon at the opening of the 5th General Meeting of the National Associations of Local and Regional Authorities in Paris on 19 September 2016. "It is you, the national associations who have the ability to unite elected representatives and make them work together to assist their fellow citizens more efficiently", he added, while hailing the role of national associations as the "natural partners" of the Congress and central governments.
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Local councillors in Ukraine take action to enhance trust and openness in local governance
[19/09/2016 11:00:00]
"Dialogue with your citizens and partners is the only way to establish trust, increase your effectiveness and gather support for your decisions" underlined Robert Biedron, member of the Congress (Poland, SOC) and Mayor of Slupsk, during the two-day seminar which gathered 27 Ukrainian local councillors, most of whom hold their first electoral mandate. The seminar was organised in the framework of the Project "Promoting local democracy in Ukraine", which is part of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2015-2017. Representing the regions of Vinnytsa, Khmelnytsk, Ternopil, and Zhytomyr, the participants exchanged with Congress members and experts on citizens' participation, ethical decision-making, and their roles and responsibilities within the current decentralisation reform in the country. Further discussing trust and openness in local governance, Andrew Boff, member of the Congress (UK, ECR), councillor from the Greater London Assembly, insisted on the role of individuals to mitigate conflicts of interests and concluded that "if you are confident in yourself, you should fear neither a code of conduct nor your electorate".
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On the occasion of the International Day of Democracy, Congress President Jean-Claude Frécon insisted on the need to develop democracy at all levels of society. 'There can be no democracy at national level without a strong and developed local and regional democracy.' He added that 'democracy should be a culture lived daily by all citizens, and for this we have still some way to go.' 'Next month we are organising a new edition of the European Week of Local Democracy, a pan European meeting coordinated by the Congress and which mobilises each year local and regional actors to promote territorial democracy. I encourage all European cities and regions to participate and to share with their citizens meetings, debates and events,' he added.
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Decentralisation: "Congress will support Ukraine in the crucial phase and welcomes the commitments to proceed from advice to implementation of the reform" stated Andreas Kiefer
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The Secretary General of the Congress, Andreas Kiefer, met Deputy Minister Maksym Malashkin, Ministry of regional development, and Sergiy Vlasenko, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on state building, regional policy and local self-government of the Parliament of Ukraine and a delegation of the chairpersons of the respective subcommittees at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg, on 14 September, in the framework of the project "Decentralisation and territorial consolidation in Ukraine". The Congress Secretary General recalled the fruitful political dialogue established between the Congress and the Ukrainian national authorities, which led to the signing of a roadmap for implementation of the decentralisation reform, in May 2015. In light of this, he stressed the crucial need for the Ukranian Parliament to take the necessary decisions to implement the reform without further delay. Andreas Kiefer also reiterated Congress' interest and support for Ukraine and the ongoing constitutional and decentralisation reform process in the country. "Times have changed and today Ukraine proceeds from receiving advice to implementing the reforms it has decided to undertake. I am very happy that this was the clear message I received during my visit to Ukraine in August and most recently from Foreign-Minister Pavlo Klimkin during his visit to Strasbourg last week", he concluded.
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Jean-Claude Frécon: "Greece cannot be left alone to deal with the flow of refugees"
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At the invitation of the Governor Rena Dourou, the President of the Congress, travelled to Attica Region, accompanied by a delegation, on 6-7 September. He visited several reception and logistic facilities, in particular the Elaionas and Skaramargas camps, as well as the Logistics centre for the supply of relief items for the refugees. The President of the Congress and his delegation also held a meeting with the Governor and her colleagues to examine the Region's policy for receiving and integrating refugees. "In the Attica Region, and throughout the whole of Europe, the problem is not only the reception but also the integration of refugees" said Governor Dourou, stressing the political necessity of establishing a network of European regions to jointly discuss the priorities and practical steps that need to be taken. An initiative supported by Jean-Claude Frécon. "The Congress must persuade national governments of the extreme urgency of involving local and regional authorities in the solutions applied by the national authorities" he added, pointing out that to date, Europe had not always made full use of local and regional authorities' initiatives and reception capacities.
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Congress delegation heading for electoral assessment mission in Armenia
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The Congress is carrying out an electoral assessment mission to Armenia from 14 to 18 September 2016. The delegation, headed by Liisa Ansala (Finland, IDLG), will monitor the local by-elections to be held on 18 September. Preparatory meetings are planned in Yerevan and Armavir, with representatives of the electoral administration, the international community, NGOs, the media as well as local authorities and candidates. On Election Day, seven Congress' teams will be deployed to assess the vote in the respective areas.
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Question: I am a virile, sexually active, middle-aged male. Prior to engaging in sex, my partner and I enjoy imbibing alcoholic beverages to loosen up/set the mood. How is it that alcohol has a positive effect on achieving an erection? Would testosterone supplements help?
?Answer: Alcohol, in moderate quantities, helps to reduce anxiety, stress, and inhibition through its role as a central nervous suppressor. Psychological impotence and performance anxiety can be helped by a modest amount of alcohol before initiating sex. It can slow the heart rate and increase the activity of the parasympathetic nervous system - the nerves that regulate digestion, slow down the heart rate, and increase the flow of blood into the penis and clitoris. Too much alcohol will lead to reduced motor (muscle) control, reduced cognitive faculties, euphoria, sedation, and unconsciousness. That said, the experts who study alcohol and its long-term effects don't recommend alcohol use before or during sex - especially in older men. Alcohol consumed too much and too often may eventually have a negative effect on all organ systems of the body, including those that are involved with sexual function.


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In 1919, Weed and McKibben,1 experimenting with cats, first called attention to the fact that the cerebrospinal fluid pressure as well as the bulk of the brain could be reduced by the intravenous injection of various hypertonic solutions of electrolytes. The important observation was made that, within certain limits, the amount of fall in pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid is an index to the extent to which the volume of the brain has been reduced. In their experiments, they used sodium chlorid, sodium sulphate and sodium bicarbonate. They likewise noted a fall in pressure but not to such a marked degree after the intravenous injection of hypertonic crystalloids, such as glucose.
It also was observed that the intravenous use of concentrated solutions of sodium chlorid was often followed by severe respiratory and cardiac disturbances. This was sometimes noted after the first few cubic centimeters had been injected, and was
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Pune-based Byond Tech had launched a 6-inch dual-SIM smartphone-tablet hybrid in the country in December last year. The company has now introduced another device in the category. Priced at Rs. 14,999, the Byond Phablet PII is now available with online retailers like Flipkart and also across India through multiple dealers and distributors. A second smartphone-tablet hybrid from the company, the Phablet P II sports a 5.7-inch multi-touch HD IPS capacitive display with a 1280x720 pixel resolution running on Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean. The device features an 8-megapixel rear camera and a front facing camera for video calling as well.Under the hood, the Phablet PII is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor alongside 1GB RAM. There is 4GB of internal storage that can be expanded by an additional 32GB via microSD. It comes with a 2,500 mAh battery claiming 100 hours of stand-by time.The dual-SIM (GSM+GSM, single active, 3G-enabled) device features connectivity options like Wi-Fi, 3G, GPS and Bluetooth amongst an array of other sensors and social media apps like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Skype.The specs of the Phablet PII seem similar to its elder sibling the Phablet PIII, which boasts a huge 6-inch display. While camera, processor, RAM and storage specs remain the same, the Phablet PII has been upgraded to Android Jelly Bean (v4.1.1).As a device manufacturer, Byond seems to be expanding quite aggressively into multiple device domains. Initially, the company started out with tablets with its Mi-Book Series priced between Rs. 4,300 and Rs. 11,000 and then entered the smartphone and phablet arena as well. (Also See: Byond unveils 7-inch Mi-Book Mi7 Android 4.0 tablet for Rs. 11,499).This isn't surprising, considering the company announced its plans to target a Rs. 400 crore turnover from phones and tablets in 2013-14.Byond recently launched the B63 dual-SIM Android 4.1 smartphone for Rs. 12,499, the B51 and B54 dual-SIM Android 2.3 smartphones priced at Rs. 4,999 and Rs. 5,799 respectively. The latest addition to the company's smartphone cadre is the B66 sporting a 5.0-inch display priced at Rs.11,499.Byond Phablet PII key specifications
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