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Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn says a good way to reduce the crime rate is for his officers to do less driving through troubled neighborhoods and more walking and talking with the residents who live there.
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<The Zenith Clan> S.Korea(Tirion) 2nd!
April 17, 2010, 06:20 pm
<The Zenith Clan> S.Korea(Tirion) 2nd!
i guess it is much easier since viewing paragons movie
but still a huge effort put into it, big congrats still!
They took 2 pick-ups too (probably not random players, but still!).
Seriously, learn to post thumbnails and/or links..
OT: Grats to them, but did anyone else notice the shaman being from another guild? :/
Alliance player here - are the Horde Racials really that much of an improvement that most high end guilds are Horde?
Neh, Horde is just awesomeOriginally Posted by Eldiur
Forget everything you know about everything.
Maybe they pugged him !! ??? I have no idea what elseOriginally Posted by The One
LK dropped 282 Items. One hand axe for mil, and one hand dagger for cast. I don't know what they're name in Eng.
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I have read excerpts from the two books written by local author on the Rodriguez family. They talk about Sheriff Ennis who killed and hurt members of that family.
The thing that bothers me is that they don't mention it as a tragedy. Ennis abused his power to cause such killings, yet it is not mentioned as that.
I knew Trini, Victoria and Geronimo. I know that they had to live with that awful day all their lives. When they passed away, they went up to heaven where they joined their deceased family members. I know they are resting in peace.
I hope that Sheriff Ennis repented of all the wrong he did as a sheriff. May he rest in peace, too.
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first i took out burners then i took out the screws of the termnal block bracket. i then raised the lid on the stoveand clipped the wires on all 4 of the terminal block kits.i then slipped the shrink wrap on wires and used the wire nuts to connect wires together then heated the shrink wrap. I then put screws back in terminal block brackets. I then put the burners on while looking under lid so i would know they were making good connections as this is a bad design from factory. if you pull out burners to clean them and they are not put back in right you dont have a good connection and that causes the terminal blocks to get hot and melt. thats what happened in my case. As far as the drawer glides they just snap into place
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U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa is lauding the Pentagon's announcement that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will participate in a Hawaii forum of the 10-member Association of the Southeast Asian Nation defense ministers.
Hanabusa's office says Hagel will host all the defense ministers for the inaugural U.S.-ASEAN forum. The three-day event is scheduled to begin April 1.
Hanabusa says in a statement that it's the first time a U.S. defense secretary has hosted all defense ministers in the association in the U.S.
She says the upcoming meeting with world defense leaders will strengthen security partnerships.
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Sen. Brian Schatz has also been invited to participate in the forum.
"Secretary of Defense Hagel hosting these leaders in Hawai'i is great news for our state," said Schatz. "As Lieutenant Governor, I was closely involved when Hawai'i hosted the APEC summit in 2011, which clearly demonstrated that Hawai'i could tackle the security challenges of a high-level summit, and this defense meeting will provide further proof that Hawai'i continues to be a prime location to host national and international meetings that will bring in revenue for the state. I look forward to participating and working with Secretary Hagel to make this event in Hawai'i a success."


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RSBS TV: "Crush" by David Archuleta
Produced, shot and edited by Atonal Studios.
Special thanks to Theo Roll.
Very special thanks to David Archuleta for being so painfully vague in his… er… eh… orientation.
This ain't it, folks. RSBS TV is in full throttle mode. Keep a look out for more exciting film entertainment coming your way in the very near future.
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That was amazing. I laughed so hard I cried. I hope y'all's baseball skills are a little better than the video suggests.🙂
bwahahahahaha, hilarious. rip roaringly funny, not safe for work funny. that was good enough to make me wanna slap my momma…
does jeff sleep and shower with his glasses on?
baseball to the groin… once again, pure hilarity.
my personal faves that could one day be in an RSBS production: John Tesh, Micheal McDonald, Meatloaf, Scott Stapp or Micheal Bolton.
Melissa — Plenty of crying yet to come. I took several shots to the nuts in the name of RSBS. You'll see. Keep checking in with us… especially on Mondays😉
DK — You mean Michael Bolton the no-talent ^ss-clown and not the office worker, right? We'll see if we can get both.
Hey, everybody, tell your friends about RSBS TV and send them the link! Fun for the whole family (sorta)!
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I can't stop laughing. This is just what I needed today! Hahahahaha!
LMAO.. your hilarity never ceases to amaze me. Good stuff.
RSBS TV.. is the world ready? Lol.
Looking forward to seeing more🙂
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Oh snap. Damn dude eh dog that was off the hook dude. No need to step it up that's gonna take it all on MLBlogs Idol. Good job dog.
Tom- I'm gonna be that dude on this judging panel…dog
OH…MY…GOD! You are a brave, brave soul ;o) Seriously, that was awesome! Can't wait to see more!
This is GREAT you guys! Really, it made my day (the videos you post up here tend to make my days). LOL Archie and his orientation…
Not bad better then my sister's favorite, Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers. I can't stand them because you and they all have one thing in common. Everyone lip sings. Thanks for the visit.
That's great! The first time I watched it, I didn't have sound and I still laughed! I love the boy-band feel that you two managed to create on a baseball diamond.
Fabulous! I was really feeling it. How many takes? And who did the hair and makeup?
Uh… ashamed to say it, Jane, but uh… I did the hair. (no makeup!)
Thanks, everybody, for the kind words. We appreciate it and promise to bring you more of it. Keep comin' back!
Wow, I didn't know you guys had such a sensitive side! Thanks for the laughs!
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Dang you two did look good in this video. It must have been some great in camera or studio editing. I don't know if it was the acting or music but it put a smile on my face and I actually watched it over and over. more more more
Too bad you guys didn't do this before Sunday. I'm sure it would've gotten at least an honorary mention at the Oscars.😉
WOW. That was…interesting. But awesomely and amazingly hilarious. Especially at 1:11.
That is the somethingest video I have ever seen. I'm not sure what that something is, all I know is that your shameless attempts to increase traffic are working. I am constantly hitting "refresh" to see what you guys are going to do next.
That was… without a doubt… the greatest thing I have ever witnessed in my life that came from YouTube. Keep that up, and you'll be taking back the #1 spot.
That was really great. I enjoyed it a lot! Oh man, I can't stop laughing🙂
You guys harmonize nicely together. My question is which one of you is David Archuleta. Countless views from me guys. Keep it up.
Hahaha! Allen is DEFINITELY a better Archie than I. I mean, I have the dreamy good looks and all, but Al has the swagger and raspy voice.
Now, I don't recall ever hearing this David Archuleta song (if so, it didn't leave a mark) on the radio before vewing this video. Now, every time I hear the song on the radio, I can't get this video out of my head. Haha. It's classic
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Greg — We aim to please. If I had it my way, we would've done the whole song but Allen felt it would be too much. Tisk, tisk.
Not sure why, but Taylor Swift's "You Were Meant For Me" (is that even the name of it) came on the radio, and it popped in my head this would be the perfect song for your next video, about Jeff and Albert Pujols. Haha.
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Discussion in 'Political Discussion' started by Kid~Brady, Dec 7, 2012.
Unemployment falls to 7.7 percent, Jim DeMint to lead Heritage, jumping off the 'fiscal cliff'
This is good news, but wait for the "Nattering Nabobs of Negativity" to weigh in.. then it will be "ain't it awful".
Great news!:rocker:
How many of these new jobs are temporary holiday jobs? They began recruiting heavily for them in November to be ready by black Friday and beyond here in the Berkshires. Indeed, the retail stores are full of temps up here right now. Maybe these aren't counted in the report, I really don't know
these posts of justification every time a person gets a job are funny.
we'll see what happens when the libbies drive the bus off the fiscal cliff
You made my point...
Lol, I just posted it because I saw it while on the site. I just though the employment rate being at a new low was a "good" thing.
Honestly, I think its both parties that will drive us off the cliff, not just one side. An agreement means that "each" side has to bring something to the table and compromise giving up some demand. Most Americans agree that the top 2 % should pay a little more in taxes, even some of the top 2 %. I see an increase on more top earners agreeing with this notion as well.
I just don't see how anything that reports MORE jobs can be negative at all.
Don't get to excited a righty will be along shortly to tell you their 'internal data' shows nothing has changed, in fact its gotten worse.
73% of New Jobs Created in Last 5 Months Are in Government | CNS News
A delightfully context-free blog post. Thanks, Triumph.
The official rate's seasonally adjusted every year. It's also a full percentage point than the same point last year, using identical methodology.
We need a policy that freezes the number of gov't jobs. I'm for it!
How many people have dropped out of the labor force over the past year PFiVA?
Is our lowering unemployment rate due to more people working or is due to people dropping out of the labor force (discouraged workers that stopped looking)?
The ONLY this news can be good is if more people are working.
Hey everyone, let's lower the labor force so unemployment goes down....
This report says the labor force declined by 350,000. So even though our working age population has gotten larger, they cut the labor force.
Smoke & mirrors.
Does anyone here even read daily economic reports?
Thanks Mr.P. Now that I have a few minutes I looked it up. Last year it dropped(NOV) to 8.6 from 9 in Oct.
This year it went from 7.9 to 7.7. I'm not sure if that means less retail jobs compared to last year or not. Too many variables for me to make any kind of statement out of it other than unemployment figures are lower than they were last year.
CNSNews.com) - The unemployment rate for civilian government workers plunged from 4.2 percent in October to 3.8 percent in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as government added 35,000 to its taxpayer-funded payrolls during the month.As recently as July, the unemployment rate for government workers was as high as 5.7 percent, according to the BLS. Goverment workers took a big hit during the last four years. Back in sept. if you removed the gov. works from the unemployment stats the unemployment rate would have been around 5%.
47...to me the kicker in this "positive" report is this little fact directly from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics official report
Employment Situation Summary
Guess most here just love smoke & mirrors.
Its all pretty simple unless you don't want it to be. The bush tax cuts, an unfunded two trillion+ dollar unfunded war and a defense budget that is Twice what it was before 9/11 have put us in the spot we're in today.
Get rid of the tax cuts for the 2%. The middle class are the job creators when they have money to spend. The wealthy don't spend nearly the same percentage even when the build a new mansion or buy a new yaht and the poor don't have any money to spend.
Bring down the defense budget from $800 Billion back to %400 billion. What are we getting for that increased spending? Except for the f35 program i can't think of any big ticket item that cost 400 billion. if Afgan. costs $400 billion we need to get out Now.
it's all those people who have advanced degrees in standing there with their hands out getting jobs to stand there with their hands out
All I keep saying is it's getting better, but not as fast as we want... that's just where we are.
I mean, seriously, even the people who most want the economic numbers to look worse have to think back to 2009 and admit that we've come a certain distance from then, and we have a ways yet to go.
Very few people were dropping out of the labor force in 2009 though....
Just for grins, take a look at the number of people that dropped out of the labor force since 2009 vs. the number of Americans who are actually unemployed and see how much that has changed.
The number of Americans that are unemployed today (12M) isn't much different than the number that were unemployed in 2009 (13.7M).
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May 11, 2004: Astronomers may not have observed the fabled "Stairway to Heaven," but they have photographed something almost as intriguing: ladder-like structures surrounding a dying star. A new image, taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, reveals startling new details of one of the most unusual nebulae known in our Milky Way. Cataloged as HD 44179, this nebula is more commonly called the "Red Rectangle" because of its unique shape and color as seen with ground-based telescopes.See the rest:
The nebula is made up of gas and dust. Mixed in with the dust are molecules, which emit light in the red portion of the spectrum. Astronomers are not yet certain which types of molecules are producing the red color that is so striking in the Red Rectangle. They suspect that the red color is produced by hydrocarbons an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen - which form in the cool outflow from the star in the center of the nebula. This central star began its life as a star similar to our Sun. It is now nearing the end of its lifetime, and is in the process of ejecting its outer layers to produce the visible nebula.
Hubble's sharp pictures show that the Red Rectangle is not really rectangular, but has an overall X-shaped structure, which the astronomers involved in the study interpret as arising from outflows of gas and dust from the star in the center. The outflows are ejected from the star in two opposing directions, producing a shape like two ice-cream cones touching at their tips.
These straight features, which appear like rungs on a ladder, make the Red Rectangle look similar to a spider web, a shape unlike that of any other known nebula in the sky. The rungs may have arisen in episodes of mass ejection from the star occurring every few hundred years. They could represent a series of nested, expanding structures similar in shape to wine glasses, seen exactly edge-on so that their rims appear as straight lines from our vantage point.


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#74527 - 06/29/02 11:43 AM Two Birds with One Stone
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Posts: 8
The expression about killing two birds with one stone is an embarrassment to the
language; yet it's so darned useful as to be just about unavoidable-- which I guess
is why it has survived so long despite its offensiveness. I've been hunting for
years for an acceptable and equally useful alternative. Any suggestions?
#74528 - 06/29/02 11:55 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone
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grump, your e-mail address will bring a major grin to the face of wwh, our most prolific poster (affectionately known as dr. bill).
#74529 - 06/29/02 12:00 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 13858
There was a time when killing birds was necessary to get food
There are still places where this is true. So it is offensive only
where there is no need to kill them for food. Except in places
where they destroy crops. I have had redwinged blackbirds
pull up several long rows of corn I had planted, and wished
I could have killed them all.
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#74530 - 06/29/02 01:50 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone
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Loc: rego park
what is offensive about it?
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#74531 - 06/29/02 05:58 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone
Registered: 06/28/02
Posts: 1624
Loc: Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok
I completely fail to understand why there would be anything offensive about the term "killing two birds with one stone" let alone why you might think it's an "embarrassment to the language". Some explanation of your belief that this is the case would be interesting/useful.
#74532 - 06/29/02 11:28 PM Re: Two Birds with One Stone
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Posts: 7210
Loc: Vermont
I would guess that the thought is that most people don't go around killing birds anymore. we often try to encourage them to come near: bird feeders, bird-baths, etc. so the idea of killing them, culturally is a bit distasteful, especially more than one at a time. have to think about an alternative expression..._________________________
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#74533 - 06/30/02 06:30 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone
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Loc: Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok
Does anyone actually think about killing birds when they use the expression? I use it frequently and I must admit that I don't. To me it's just a figure of speech. It has no direct meaning in terms of killing anything.
As an aside I was thinking about this when I was out feeding the birds earlier. I asked some pigeons about it and they assured me that no one had bagged two of them with one stone within living memory. I must acknowledge that since they were speaking with their beaks full, I guess I could have misunderstood what they were trying to squawk.
- Pfranz
#74534 - 06/30/02 06:59 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone
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Posts: 6296
Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...
I don't see what's offensive about the term. In my mind's eye, I see that stone projected through the air, hitting a mental bird, and, still moving with much force, rebounding off bird one and hitting bird two.
Isn't there some kind of gun shot that spreads so that a hunter could get several birds with one blast of the gun? Don't know much about hutning at all...
The image of birds speaking with their beaks full will stick with me all day, by the way. Imagine birds speaking with beaks full of worms--gross! Just about as creepy as Medussa, that image is. The seed one's easier on the imagination.
Tit for tat times two = something like killing two birds with one stone.
Anyway, Google turned up the article pasted below written by an environmentalist. Most of the expressions proposed really don't convey at all the meaning of killing two bird with one stone, but I'll paste them just for interest:
"In my confusion, I posted a request on the INFOTERRA network run by the United Nations Environment Program through the Uganda National Focal Point, Ms. Elizabeth Gowa. I simply requested anyone out there who could assist me not to offend the environmental community in future while at the same time able to explain the advantages of "being able to do two things in a single effort".
The response was good. Some thought this was not a topic relevant for the INFOTERRA conference. They probably already knew of a non-destructive way to say "killing two birds with one stone". However others were worse than what I could have imagined. Let me list them. Pick what suits you.
These are not any better.
"get two birds in one shot"
"throwing the baby out with the bath water"
"catch two pigeons with one broad bean"
"get seven flies with one slap"
"make two hits with one stone"
"to kill two flies with one hit"
"when killing, conserve stones"
"catch two birds with one worm"
"double hit with one blow"
"feed two birds on one huge stone"
"eat two birds in a lifetime"
"to catch two worms with one beak"
"double edged sword" for whatsoever.
How about these
"one path two works"
"grow two trees from one seed"
"feed two children from one bowl"
"take the extra mile in one stride"
"meet two goals with one strategy"
"two problems, one solution"
"hit two nails with one swing"
"buy one, get one free"
"have your cake and eat it too"
"two for the price of one"
"two fires put out by a single shower"
"identify two new birds on the field trip"
"love two girls with one kiss"
"get your biggest deal from your shilling"
"doing double duty"
"stacking functions"
"take maximum advantage from a situation"
Then there were these from Scotland:
"fools look to tomorrow, wise men use today"
"get what you can, keep what you have that is the way to get rich"
"it is an ugly lass that is never kissed and a silly body that is never missed:
Have a nice day and let your utterances always be environmentally friendly!"
The url's too long to paste. I'll see whether it can be reduced later today.
Bird regards,
#74535 - 06/30/02 10:50 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone
Registered: 06/29/02
Posts: 8
Pfranz wrote:
>>>Does anyone actually think about killing birds when they use the expression? I use it frequently and I must admit that I don't. To me it's just a figure of speech. It has no direct meaning in terms of killing anything.<<<
But in a way it is exactly that casual--or thoughtless--reference to unnecessary killing which is problematic, and helps makes the term offensive! (The rest of the offense, in my view, is in that word "unnecessary". Of course in some times and places killing birds efficiently was a necessary part of survival. But in most places where the phrase is now common, that hasn't been true for a very long time. In an age of dwindling biodiversity and looming ecological disaster, gratuitous (and often unconscious) reference to killing birds is offensive. IMHO!)
Meanwhile, WW came up with some alternatives gleaned from a Google search. The one I like best is
"grow two trees from one seed"
It has two very nice (in the 'precise' sense of that overused word!) advantages: it stands the proverbial phrase on its head, metaphorizing birth instead of killing; and it shares with the original the aspect of being highly improbable on the literal level.
Hope this modest post manages to hit two nails with one hammer,
#74536 - 06/30/02 11:04 AM Re: Two Birds with One Stone
Carpal Tunnel
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And yet, none of the alternative suggestions is as terse and clear as the original.
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The reaction was both swift and enthusiastic, and since 1961, more than 45 years, 187,000 Americans have responded to this enduring challenge. And since then, the Peace Corps has demonstrated how the power of an idea can capture the imagination of an entire nation.
Congress Authorizes the Peace Corps
On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy signs an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. Three days later, R. Sargent Shriver is appointed its first director.
In July, Peace Corps assignments have been planned for Ghana, Tanzania, Colombia, the Philippines, Chile, and St. Lucia. More than 5,000 applicants take the first exams to enter the Peace Corps.
5,000 Applicants Take the First Exams
On August 28, 1961, President Kennedy hosts a ceremony at the White House Rose Garden to honor the inaugural group of Volunteers, who will serve in Ghana and Tanzania. The 51 Americans who land in Accra, Ghana, make an immediate impression on their hosts: they form a chorus on the airport's tarmac in front of the minister of education and other officials and sing the Ghanaian national anthem in Twi, the local language. :]
On September 22, 1961, Congress approves legislation formally authorizing the Peace Corps, giving it the mandate to help the peoples of such countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained manpower, particularly in meeting the basic needs of those living in the poorest areas of such countries, and to help promote a better understanding of the American people on the part of the peoples served and a better understanding of other peoples on the part of the American people.
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In April 1964, the Peace Corps Partnership Project is established, a program that allows Americans here at home to support and contribute to Volunteer projects overseas. :]
By June 1966, more than 15,000 Volunteers are working in the field, the largest number in the Peace Corps' history. :]
In 1962 of those people who'd expressed an interest in joining the newly founded Peace Corps 150 were invited to the Univ. of Pittsburgh to train to be in the first group of Volunteers to be sent to Liberia.
Of the 150 invitees 135 of them showed up for the training program.
Of the 135 who began training for Group Liberia One 120 survived the training and screening processes to be accepted as Volunteers to be sent to Liberia.
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/223017
- Title
- Safer injections, fewer infections: Injection safety in rural north India
- Author(s)
- Kermode, Michelle; Holmes, Wendy; Langkham, Biangtang; Thomas, Mathew S.; Gifford, Sandy
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Unsafe injection practices result in a substantial burden of preventable blood-borne viral disease (BBV). The reasons are complex and include structural, economic and socio-cultural factors. OBJECTIVE: To describe injection-related practices in two rural north Indian health settings including the contextual factor, highlight some of the challenges facing those endeavouring to translate injection safety policies into safe injection practice, and to identify appropriate intervention strategies. METHOD: Qualitative data collection (participant observation and in-depth interviews) in two rural north Indian hospitals with affiliated community-based programmes over a 4-month period. A total of 130 h of observation took place in a range of clinical areas characterized by frequent use of needles and other sharps, and 40 healthcare workers were interviewed. Field notes and interview transcripts were thematically analysed. RESULTS: Managers in these health settings were clearly endeavouring to promote injection safety by implementing the widespread use of disposable needles and syringes and attempting to address the difficult issue of safe healthcare waste management. However, some unsafe practices were still occurring: reuse of syringes (with and without sterilization) was relatively common, and use of multi-dose vials, blood sampling, sterilization and disinfection, and healthcare waste management were sub-optimal in some instances, placing both staff and patients at unnecessary risk of BBV infection. CONCLUSION: Strategies for promoting injection safety are necessary if the risk of nosocomial transmission of BBV diseases via unsafe injection practices in rural north India is to be minimized.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Tropical Medicine and International Health, Vol. 10, no. 5 (May 2005), pp. 423-432
- Publication year
- 2005
- FOR Code(s)
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services
- Keyword(s)
- Asia; Biosafety; Black beetle virus; Blood sampling; Blood-borne pathogens; Disease transmission; Disinfection; Disposable equipment; Eastern hemisphere; Equipment reuse; Eurasia; Health care management; Health care personnel; Health care policy; Hospital infection; India; Infection control; Infection risk; Injection safety; Injections; Instrument sterilisation; Needle; Needles; Occupational hazard; Qualitative research; Refuse disposal; Risk factors; Rural area; Rural health; Rural health services; Safety; South Asia; Sterilisation; Syringes; Universal precautions; Vaccination; Viral disease; Virus diseases; Waste management; World
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- Wiley
- 1360-2276
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By Sarah Meyer: Freedom New Mexico
Gov. Bill Richardson plans to call a special session to deal with health care — his top issue for the legislative session that ended Thursday.
"We will pass health care reform," he said.
He did not specify a time for the special session.
Local lawmakers, like others around the state, are wary of the governor's health care plan and its potential cost.
"The governor wanted a health care commission that he would have sole authority over," said Sen. Stuart Ingle, R-Portales. "That's difficult for most legislators to accept."
Cost estimates for the program range from $500 million to $1 billion, Ingle said.
"I've never seen the lower estimates work with anything in government," he said. "It's a tough thing to go up and pass stuff we're going to have to pay for three or four years down the road when we don't even know what the estimates are. …
"We have to be awful careful about what we spend," Ingle said, noting that "revenue estimates keep falling."
Another concern is the complicated nature of a universal health care plan.
"It's just such a complex issue," said Rep. Anna Crook, R-Clovis. "Addressing it in a hasty manner is nonproductive. To do something just to say we've got a plan is irresponsible."
"This is a huge, complex issue. Good ideas take three to four years," said Rep. Brian Moore, R-Clayton. "Typically what happens is we take baby steps. These are big decisions."
He said legislators generally spend the interim between sessions thinking about such "big decisions," and ideas are discussed until most can agree.
Moore also is concerned about the potential cost.
Crook said legislators need more time to consider the issues.
Sen. Clint Harden, R-Clovis, has several questions in regard to health care:
• How much is it going to cost?
• Who's going to get the bill?
• Why haven't we enrolled the 200,000 people currently eligible for Medicaid?
Finally, Harden wonders what will happen after a new president is elected in November. Each of the top contenders is proposing some sort of national health care plan. "Where will that leave us?" he asked.
"Baloney," the governor said in response to cost concerns. "What a poor excuse. … What is lacking is the political will."
None of the other major, competing health care bills reached Richardson's desk, either. They would have created an authority or commission to come up with a coverage plan within the next year or two.
A key sticking point in all the health care bills was how much power the governor — any governor — would have over the authority that ran the health care system.
Richardson insisted that any bill sent to him give him the power to appoint the authority's executive director.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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Why Is A French Economist's 700-Page Book So Popular?
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French economist Thomas Piketty's book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, has become a sensation. He's been all over the media, and he's lecturing to packed houses on his current U.S. tour.


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[Editor's note: Part 1 of this story, which appeared in The River Reporter issue of December 5, 2013, continued the tale of the Turkey Bandit and how he freed 50 turkeys, ruining Farmer Hickory's Thanksgiving. In Part 1, the Bandit awakes to find that his family, Hen and Junior, have been kidnapped. As we pick up the story, the Turkey Bandit is trying to attempt a rescue of his family from the farmhouse….]
The Turkey Bandit only made it a few yards before he found himself surrounded by two of Farmer Hickory's snarling watchdogs. He raised his arms slowly in defeat as the dogs yipped and chuckled.
He kicked at the dirt with his boot in frustration. Of course it had been a trap. How could he have been so stupid?!
CHUNK! The yard was suddenly bathed in bright lights. The Bandit blinked as his eyes adjusted; these were new and improved security lights, he could now see fences of razor wires that were in mid-construction around the perimeter. He hadn't noticed them in the darkness.
Seeing all the trouble Farmer Hickory had gone through to protect the farm was almost flattering.
"Take it easy, Turkey," one of the watchdogs said, holding out a rope. "No sudden movements."
"Great to see you fellas, as always," the Bandit said, with as much of a grin as he could muster. He surreptitiously flexed his muscles as the two dogs cautiously tied him tightly and began to pull him toward the glowing farmhouse on the other side of the yard. As he relaxed, the ropes slacked ever so slightly.
With each step the Bandit willed a plan to enter his mind. Could this be the end? He thought about all those smiling young turkeys he'd saved over the years. He thought of his wife, Hen, and his son, Junior, trapped in the house.
Hen had predicted this very thing would happen to them. He could see her saying it so clearly and wished he had paid more attention. He had rashly assured her, promised her, that he would keep the family safe.
They stopped and stood in front of the house. The dogs pointed the Bandit toward the front door, his hands still bound as he climbed the steps one at a time.
The farmhouse was quiet as he stepped inside, silent even. The screen door hissed and then slammed behind him, startling him and echoing through the house.
Farmer Hickory was sitting casually at the table, smoking a cigar and reading the Almanac. "Glad you could make it," he said without looking up.
"Howdy, Farmer Hickory. Love the new additions on the house. My wife tells me that razor wire is all the rage nowadays."
Hickory smiled. "Is that what she said?" He clapped his hands twice. Immediately the Bandit's wife and son were brought in by the watchdog duo. Hen and Junior looked tired, haggard. His wife was so angry that she couldn't even look at him, as if her eyes were saying, "I told you so."
"Hickory, this has got nothing to do with them; this is between you and me," the Bandit said as he struggled with his restraints.
Farmer Hickory thought for a moment and then shook his head. "See, the thing about letting them go is that I promised my wife a fine turkey dinner, and that's exactly what she's going to get."
The farmer raised a large knife from the table. Hen and Junior shuddered with fear. The watchdogs held them tight. The Bandit struggled more forcefully against the ropes, but they didn't budge.
A ping against the window. "Don't do this," the Bandit pleaded.
"Who's going to go first?" A louder ping against the window.
Hickory noticed it, too, and crossed quickly to the door.
Outside was a sea of turkeys as far as the eye could see. The flocks were swarming the lights and heading toward the house, the Bandit's partner, Jack, at the helm as he directed the crowd to tear the farm apart.
Hickory was flabbergasted.
"I can stop this, Hickory, if you let me and my family go."
Hickory nodded and sliced the Bandit free.
There was much to say to Hen and Junior, but that could wait until they were safe and sound back home. His family parted the sea of turkeys, and they all marched out of Hickory Farm.


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With all other county teams ousted from their district softball tournaments, Munroe was thrust into the district championship game against Aucilla thanks to a last-minute forfeit by FAMU-DRS an hour before first pitch. FAMU forfeited out of the bracket while Munroe was warming up April 16 at Aucilla's field, sending the Bobcats into the district finals April 17 against No. 1-seeded Aucilla.
With one week remaining in the regular season, the Robert F. Munroe Bobcats saw their overall record increase to 18-3 with wins over District 1-2A foe Tallavana and Holmes County. The Tallavana victory also left the Bobcats a perfect 6-0 in district play, with the season-ending tournament looming in Aucilla in two weeks.
In the final push of regular season softball, the Munroe softball team went 2-1 and the East Gadsden team lost, too.
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Wednesday, March 26, the East Gadsden High School Jaguars hosted the West Gadsden High School Panthers for their first head-to-head battle of the baseball season. The Jaguars took advantage of several errors committed by the Panthers during the first two innings of play, jumping out to a 7-2 lead.
After seeing their unbeaten streak end with two losses in Jacksonville, the Bobcats of Robert F. Munroe started a new winning streak with victories over district foe Tallavana and interstate rival Brookwood (Thomasville, Ga.) this past week.
"We're happy to get back on the winning track," said Bobcat Head Coach Jayme Williams. "We learned a lot about ourselves in the PTown Classic and got an opportunity to put it to use this week."
The Munroe Lady Cats softball team had their best chance to beat 4A Leon High School for the first time in softball but after 10 innings of play, it was not meant to be.
A busy week of baseball for Munroe ended with the team winning two district games and dropping a third contest, as their record for the season reached 16-3. The Bobcats, thus far undefeated in District 1-2A, began the week with a 9-5 Tuesday, April 1, road victory over rival Aucilla Christian. The victory didn't come as easily as the final score might indicate, with Munroe falling behind 5-1 after two innings.
Despite losing their first two games of the season, the Munroe Bobcats had to feel like their spring break trip to Jacksonville to play in the P'Town Classic was still very successful. The high-school tournament, hosted by Providence High School, featured several baseball powers including perennial Tennessee state champs Goodpasture Christian, hometown schools Bolles and host Providence, South Fort Myers, and Tallahassee schools Leon and Florida High.
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Somebody on the Talking Dead show messaged: Because Rick saw Lori PG ... does that mean that she & Shane have hooked up in the after-life?" Ha ha ha that's soooo bad! LOL
Interesting idea on the Governor. If they haven't thought of that, they should...
I liked the finale, but I'm still "processing" it, I think. I am torn on Andrea. I wanted to like her, and I did like her sometimes, a lot, but she seemed very inconsistent to me and unfortunately very annoying at the times I didn't think she was cool (LOL). I'm surprised she's gone already; I thought she'd go further into the show.
Overall I think the finale was very good. It set up a lot of stories for next season, with Carl being one of the most interesting. They are going to need to start trying to grow crops, too, especially with all these new people. My daughter and I are always yelling, "How much food is left? What are they eating?" Would like them to address these things more often. I know focusing on them too much would be boring, but still.


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I went back to work when LO was 10 weeks old and I was pumping 2x at work and 1x at home and getting about 3 oz total each pumping session. After some time my supply started to decrease so that getting 3oz a session was a good day. At this point we started supplementing with formula for daycare because I couldn't pump enough and we flew through our freezer stash. Currently, LO is nearly 5 months old and I am now pumping 3x at work and 1x at home before I go to bed and I'm getting 0.5oz to 1oz total a session! This sucks. I'm lucky if I can get one bottle for LO to bring to daycare and she drinks 5 x 3.5oz bottles while I'm away from her, so she's now getting a lot of formula. I talked to my midwife about this problem and she suggested I try to nurse her more often and that the pump is obviously not stimulating me to make more milk like nursing would. So, I'm fitting in an extra nursing session as soon as I see LO after daycare but this hasn't helped as of yet (it's only been about a week). I've also been on fenugreek and mothers milk tea and I'm eating oatmeal and none of it has helped. Does anyone have any suggestions as to increase the stimulating ability of the pump?? Should I get a different breast shield or increase the suction strength?? I've tried to play around with the strength but it hasn't seemed to make a difference.
Also, if I can't increase my pumping output, it seems like a waste of time and energy to keep trying, BUT I don't want to stop nursing. Is it possible to stop pumping and only nurse her in the morning, and 2x at night before she goes to sleep and usually she's up once in the night to nurse too. Will my milk supply drop even lower if I stop pumping or will my body realize that it only needs to make milk at those certain times??? Also, I only nurse her during the weekend and never give a bottle - will I still be able to do this if I stop pumping?? I'm just scared to stop pumping because I don't want to dry up completely, but it seems like the pump isn't stimulating my milk production much anyway.


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For Immediate Release
October 21, 2013
Illinois State Board of Education Announces the 2014 Illinois Teacher of the Year
Second Grade Teacher Pam Reilly of Woodbury Elementary School in Sandwich CUSD 430 Selected From 11 Finalists
NORMAL – The Illinois State Board of Education named a second grade teacher from Sandwich Community Unit School District 430 as the 2014 Illinois Teacher of the Year. One of 11 finalists, Pam Reilly of Woodbury Elementary was announced as this year's top educator during Saturday night's 39th annual Those Who Excel/Illinois Teacher of the Year banquet in Normal.
"Pam's passion for teaching and her enthusiasm for helping her students succeed is so genuine and sincere that students are immediately drawn to her," said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "She really inspires her students, their parents and her colleagues and I'm confident Pam will be an excellent representative of Illinois teachers."
Now in her 12th year of teaching, Pam is recognized as a collaborator and a leader by her colleagues in the Sandwich district, home of six schools serving more than 2,300 students in northern Illinois. She seeks advice and guidance from teachers in the higher grades so that she can help her students be prepared for the challenges they will face after they leave her classroom.
Colleague and third grade teacher Doni Morgan says Pam is "the perfect blend of light heartedness and commitment." Pam stresses that students are in control of their own learning and that although she may do the planning and preparation for the school day, it is the students who are doing the important work.
Pam understands the importance of addressing a child's social, emotional as well as academic needs. She advocates for hungry students, those with absent parents, financially stressed families and students who need to be more challenged. Pam believes that all children, regardless of their circumstances, can thrive and learn.
A graduate of Aurora University with a Bachelor of Science in education, Pam also holds a Master of Education from National-Louis University. She is a continuous participant in all types of professional development and is constantly researching and planning engaging and relevant lessons.
During reading exercises, Pam likes to use different voices and personas for specific characters and books. Her students instantly recognize which book they are about to read based on Pam's voice and they get ready to learn.
A former second grade student describes Pam's teaching in this way: "She kept us focused so we wouldn't think of the things we didn't need to know. She taught us the things we do need to know," the student wrote in her nominating letter. "Mrs. Reilly also kept us motivated. She made us very intelligent."
More than 180 nominations for Those Who Excel were reviewed and scored three times by a selection committee comprised of administrators, teachers and school board members. Principals, faculty, parents and students submit letters on behalf of candidates as part of the nomination process.
The 11 finalists for Teacher of the Year were interviewed and videotaped, and those interviews were scored again before going to State Superintendent Koch for a final decision.
As Illinois Teacher of the Year, Pam will have opportunities to share her knowledge and expertise outside the classroom. Beginning in the 2014 spring semester, Pam will be available to speak at teaching workshops, educational conferences and community meetings. She will represent Illinois at the NASA Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala., and in the National Teacher of the Year program sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, ING and Target. Reilly will also receive products from SMARTer Kids.
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A woman was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after another motorist lost control of his car, crossed the median and struck the woman's Jeep, according to Madison police.
The crash occurred Tuesday at 5:25 p.m. in the 1000 block of South Stoughton Road, and it shut down two lanes of southbound traffic for more than 1 ½ hours.
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Movies have optimistically peppered their endings with "teaser" scenes meant to lead into a sequel for as long as I've been watching them. Possibly longer. The point is, not every mid- or post-credits sequence ever filmed has Nick Fury in it. However, not every sequel teaser winds up leading directly into Back to the Future Part II or Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, either. Some of them, meant to tantalize us with a vague promise of a sequel, never amounted to a second film and only served to make us even sadder about the time and money we had just wasted watching this one. Movies like Battlefield Earth, for example.
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"And we'll end the movie with John Travolta plotting his escape from Space Jail! People will go nuts!"
This should be a misdemeanor. How dare you make a movie this stupid and assume people would want to see more? The directors should be forced to make straight-to-video sequels in other franchises, like Air Buddies or Jesse Stone. Those things aren't even movies, they're just constructions meant to punish.
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"For the crime of filming a teaser sequence starring John Travolta, you are sentenced to three Jesse Stones and a Land Before Time."
In no particular order of terribleness, here are four movies that set up sequels that never got made.
4Super Mario Bros.
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I believe it can be safely said, without hyperbole, that the Super Mario Bros. movie was created following one of the most baffling executive brainstorming sessions in recorded history. They must have sent some intern out to have a vision quest in the Mojave Desert with nothing but a screenshot of the game and a water filter for his own urine, then turned his inevitable police statement into a motion picture.
Instead of a lush fantasy kingdom, Mario and Luigi are bombing around in a subterranean alternate universe that looks like an unused set from Total Recall. Instead of a fire-breathing turtle dinosaur with nipple-shearing wrist collars of sexual destruction, Koopa looks like a pit boss from Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise. And Big Bertha, a giant fish that relentlessly tries to eat Mario and Luigi in the games, is reimagined for the film as a fat black woman in stripper armor. Super Mario Bros. is the rare case in which being familiar with the source material actually makes the film more confusing.
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Although in fairness, she still looks like she wants to eat them.
The Teaser:
It's twofold -- Princess Daisy comes back to New York to grab the Super Mario Brothers and tell them she needs their Super Mario Help on another adventure. Then, mercifully, the credits roll, but after they're over, we're treated to one more scene with Iggy and Spike Koopa getting their own spinoff video game, just in case there was anyone still left in the theater for some inexplicable reason.
Why the Sequel Never Happened:
Unfortunately, there isn't much of a story behind why the world was never treated to Super Mario Bros. 2: The Sequel, other than the simple fact that the original film is so baneful, voodoo shamans wear it around their necks to intercept curses. The movie makes absolutely no sense, has nothing to do with the video games (which isn't surprising, since there is no "story" in the original Mario games beyond "a tiny red man with a mustache constituting one-eighth of his visible body mass charges relentlessly toward the opposite end of the screen, killing all those who oppose him"), and is about as entertaining as listening to someone playing Nintendo in the next room.
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"Children will love this!" -a maniac
Furthermore, the entire principle cast insists that it was easily the worst working experience of their respective careers. Bob Hoskins hates it with every fiber of his being, John Leguizamo devoted an entire chapter of his autobiography to the movie's unbridled shititude, and Dennis Hopper literally called it a nightmare. Considering some of the peyote-laced night terrors that must've boiled behind that man's resting eyelids, this is arguably the strongest criticism that could possibly be leveled at a Mario Bros. movie. It was so bad, it cost Dennis Hopper sleep, and few things outside of a bone-whittled music box playing nothing but indecipherable whispers can do that.
3Godzilla (1998)
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Godzilla was 1998's answer to the question "How many pizzas has Matthew Broderick eaten since 1986?" (Inspector Gadget was 1999's answer.) It holds the dubious distinction of being both a 10-minute movie about a giant lizard and a two-hour documentary about a bunch of people standing around and talking about a giant lizard.
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"Wow, a giant lizard?! Should we go outside and look at it?"
"No, let's sit here and continue discussing it. Hank Azaria is still eating."
This bold directorial decision was made by cinematic warlock Roland Emmerich, who occasionally tries his hand at making historical dramas that are about as historical as an episode of Hogan's Heroes. I'm pretty sure every Roland Emmerich movie is cobbled together from scenes that were deleted from previous Roland Emmerich movies, which is why every joke from White House Down feels like it was written in 1996, and why Randy Quaid flies an F/A-18 in The Patriot. At any rate, you will be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn't think Godzilla should be retroactively retitled Feelings-Hurter 1998 or The Movie That Ruined My 15th Birthday Party.
The Teaser:
Just as the credits are about to roll and we have all begun to flee the theater, one of those ridiculous Godzillaraptors hatches out of its egg in Madison Square Garden and leaps at the screen to remind us that Roland Emmerich couldn't come up with two hours' worth of reasons to watch an 80-story atomic fury monster and decided to rip off Jurassic Park instead.
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This gives us an irresistible setup for Godzilla 2: Baby's Day Out, which would presumably lead into part three, Shia LaBeouf vs. Mechagodzilla.
Why the Sequel Never Happened:
As I've mentioned before, Godzilla was so bad that it literally frightened Sony into sitting on the Godzilla film rights like a man desperately trying to suck a poop back into his anus. The original plan was to make a trilogy starring Ferris Bueller's depleted older brother and Jean Reno's exasperated French glare. When the movie underperformed financially and critically, Sony locked the film rights away like Walt Disney's frozen corpse until they expired and went back to Japan where they belong. Seriously, America has no idea how to make giant monster movies. Godzilla was a $120 million production, and it managed to spawn fewer sequels than The Whole Nine Yards.
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"You heard me, Domino's. Send all the pizza you have."