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Mumbai: Our Bollywood celebrities who are best known for their versatility and immense talent are often seen adapting the ever changing roles in movies. Experimentation in roles has become a major rule for the actors to retain the numero UNO position in B-town. People get bored with the same thing. So the actors and actresses who provide them with a variety of roles are the ones who can stick through till the end. This is one fact Kangana has realized very soon in her career. This perfectly stands true for our ravishing Kangana, who is all set to go de-glam for Sanjay Gupta's 'Shootout at Wadala' after mesmerizing the audience with her glamorous role in her past movies.
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What needs to be seen now is how the young and vibrant 26 year old reaches out to her fan base with such an avatar! Knowing Kangana, she must have a hundred of tricks conjoured up her sleeves for the sleeve! Known to have evolved with each film of hers, we are eagerly waiting for Kangana to deliver her career best with this one too! All the best, gal!


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A 12-foot-tall statue of Colin Firth as Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Darcy (think Stay Puft from Ghostbusters, only way, way, way sexier) was erected Monday in London's Serpentine lake, apparently to promote some new UK TV channel called Drama.
The statue, which is made out of fiberglass and depicts the now-famous scene in which Firth emerges from a lake all wet and see-through-shirty, will apparently travel around England for awhile before finally settling into its permanent home in Lyme Park.
Between this and Andy Murray's victory at Wimbledon on Sunday, the UK is already having the best week ever.
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Adulteration of Mexican Opium
Author: Ernesto Sodi Pallares , Sergio Meyran Garcia
Pages: 16 to 17
Creation Date: 1954/01/01
Adulteration of Mexican OpiumD.Sc. Ernesto Sodi Pallares National Institute of Cardiology
Q.F.B. Sergio Meyran Garcia National Institute of Cardiology
Although the dried latex from the unripe capsules of Papaver somniferum L. contains neither starch nor strontium sulphate, these two substances are very often found in opium seized by the Office of Attorney General of the Republic of Mexico, and more particularly in opium originating in the State of Hidalgo.
This paper is concerned with the quantitative determination of the starch and celestite contained in these specific Hidalgo opiums.
1. Determination of moisture content
One gramme of opium is spread out in a previously-weighed dish, and placed in a vacuum desiccator with phosphorus pentoxide until the weight remains constant. This operation should be performed with ten samples in order to obtain figures from which an average may be derived. The mean result yields a water content of 11.64 per cent in this adulterated opium.
2. Microscopic evaluation of starch content
One gramme of dry opium powder is triturated in a mortar containing two cubic centimetres of 96 degrees ethyl alcohol made up to ten cubic centimetres with simple syrup (850 grammes of sucrose made up with water to 1,000 cc), thoroughly mixed, and examined under the microscope on a Spencer slide.
The operation is repeated two or three times with other specimens and the average figure obtained. The number of starch grain multiplied by 10,000 yields the grain count per cubic centimetre, and the result, multiplied by ten, is the number of grains of starch per gramme of dry opium.
The average number of grains counted on the Spencer slide was 1.5 so that one gramme of dry opium contains 150,000 grains of starch.
Note.The starch is rendered distinguishable by an iodine reagent.
3. Chemical evaluation of starch content
Ten grammes of dry opium powder are exhausted with cold water, the residue is placed in a flask and 200 cc of 80 degrees ethyl alcohol containing 5 per cent of potassium hydroxide are added. It is then heated and refluxed in a water bath for twenty minutes. It is filtered hot and the residue is washed in 90 degrees ethyl alcohol, at heat, until the liquid becomes almost colourless. The alcohol fractions are jointly evaporated to dryness in vacuo. 200 cc of water and 16 cc of hydrochloric acid of specific gravity 1.16 are added to the residue and the whole is refluxed for three hours. It is then cooled, and neutralized to pH 7 with sodium carbonate. After filtering, it is diluted with water to 300 cc. The liquid is divided into three 100-cc portions and the reducing sugar content of each is determined by means of Fehling's solution. By this process the pentosans, such as starch and other carbohydrates which undergo hydrolysis when boiled in a hydrochloric medium, are counted so that the method is not very accurate.
The percentage of starch found was 37.4.
Calcining loss and ash analysis
100 grammes of impure opium yield 12.5 per cent of ash by calcination.
The composition of the ash is as follows:
Per cent
Na 2O
Fe 2O 3
Al 2O 3
SiO 2
It is very important from the legal viewpoint to determine the substances used to adulterate opium in Mexico, because their identification makes it possible to ascertain geographic regions in which illicit traffic in the drug is carried on. In the present instance strontium sulphate was found in the ash of the poppy juice.
In Mexico, strontium sulphate is usually found in limestones and sandstones and mainly in the localities of Amajac, Jaso and El Salto, all of which are in the state of Hidalgo.
Celestite, or orthorhombic celestine, also occurs in fibrous, radiate and globular form. Its lustre may be glassy or pearly. Colour white, often bluish. Scrapings white, hardness from 3 to 3.5 and specific weight from 3.95 to 3.97; fusibility 3; it imparts a crimson colour to the flame. (The fusibility of 3 is determined by that of the edges, as in actinolite.)
Opium adulterated with earth from the state of Hidalgo (celestite) contains this latter substance and wheat starch (fecula extracted from the caryopsides of the Triticum vulgate Villars ).
The microscope reveals this powder to be composed of disc-shaped, lenticular grains of widely varied size. The smallest are irregular; the largest appear circular when viewed from the front and as greatly elongated ellipses from the side. Their greatest diameter is five one-hundredths of a millimetre. The hilum is scarcely visible; it is usually situated in the middle of the grain and surrounded by very thin, concentric layers.
A case of adulteration of Mexican opium is described.
An account is given of the methods employed to analyse the impurities.
On the evidence of the analytical results the geographic location of the illicit traffic in opium can be identified.


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Elnathan John has been shortlisted for the 2015 Caine Prize for his superb story, Flying.
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By Cliff Brunt, AP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS Purdue coach Joe Tiller brought the spread offense to the Big Ten. This season, Penn State might have perfected it.
The sixth-ranked Nittany Lions have unleashed their "Spread HD" on college football this year, and they rank among the nation's leaders in scoring and total offense. While Purdue's pass-happy version has been effective, the Boilermakers' ability - or inability - to slow down Penn State's more balanced version could determine who wins on Saturday.
Penn State (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten) ranks fourth nationally in scoring (49.8 points per game), eighth in yards rushing per game (267.6), ninth in total offense (515.2) and 13th in passing efficiency.
Penn State's Daryll Clark has completed 63 percent of his passes for 896 yards and nine touchdown passes, and has rushed for 131 yards and three scores. Tiller said he expected Penn State's offense to diversify when Clark took over for the departed Anthony Morelli.
"I think that Daryll Clark brings another element to the field with his run threat," Tiller said. "I did see their bowl game last year, the Alamo Bowl, and I saw how when he went in there, how the demeanor of their offense changed. And I made a comment to our coaches in the offseason that we're going to see a different looking Penn State this year with Clark at quarterback, and certainly that's been the case."
It will be the last meeting between the two longest-tenured coaches in the conference. Tiller, in his 12th season at Purdue, will retire at the end of the season. He's 2-7 at Purdue against Penn State coach Joe Paterno.
Purdue (2-2, 0-0) also will try to break its string of 15 consecutive losses to ranked opponents. To do that, the Boilermakers will need their struggling defense to improve. The Boilermakers are giving up 26 points and 439 yards per game.
The run defense has been especially poor. Notre Dame gouged the Boilermakers for 201 yards on the ground in a 38-21 win last Saturday, two weeks after Oregon rolled for 306 yards rushing in a 32-26 overtime win in West Lafayette. The Boilermakers rank 99th nationally against the run.
Penn State has made it clear that running the ball will be a priority as it tries to control the game, and the crowd, in its second road game of the season.
"After watching film, they do have sort of a difficulty with run support," Clark said. "Running the ball will be one of the biggest parts of our game plan. We're very excited to prove ... we can win away from Beaver Stadium."
Evan Royster has run for 518 yards and averages nearly eight yards a carry for the Lions. Stephfon Green has 314 yards rushing and four touchdowns.
Penn State also has established a quick-strike passing game. Receiver Jordan Norwood has 18 catches for 318 yards and four scores, but he's dealing with a hamstring injury that kept him out of last week's 38-24 win over Illinois and could sideline him again.
"Well, I think he's going to be OK," Paterno said. "Don't hold me to that. He's a heck of a football player. Obviously, we'd love to have him. But we're going to play our game the same way we play with or without him."
Receiver Derrick Williams was Big Ten special teams player of the week after racking up 241 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns against Illinois.
"He is an extremely skilled player and he is extremely fast," Tiller said. "You know, each year he's gotten more physical. He's stronger. He's, I'm sure, bigger, stronger and probably faster than he's ever been."
Purdue counters with Curtis Painter and Kory Sheets.
Painter, one of the most accomplished passers in Big Ten history, needs 124 yards passing in Saturday's game to reach 10,000 in his career. That would make him the fourth quarterback in Big Ten history to accomplish the feat, following Purdue's Drew Brees (11,792), Northwestern's Brett Basanez (10,580) and Iowa's Chuck Long (10,461).
Sheets averages 110 yards rushing per game, and could break Mike Alstott's school record for career rushing touchdowns Saturday. They are tied with 39.
The Nittany Lions rank 11th in scoring defense and 14th in total defense.
"I think it's a typical Penn State team," Tiller said. "There aren't any weaknesses out there."
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|Re: [PATCH] Fix PR39339, wrong-code from SRA with bitfields
|Richard Guenther
|Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:11:48 +0100 CET
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Mar 2, 2009, Richard Guenther <[email protected]> wrote: > > > (basically the scalar replacement covers all and only the extracted > > part, so sub-setting it needs to be relative to this part, not the > > original struct). > > Hmm... This doesn't sound quite right. > > Perhaps I misremember, but my plan was that bitfield-sets (i.e., > multiple fields scalarized into a single integral variable, rather than > each getting its own variable) were to retain the same bit position as > the "words" in the struct they were extracted from. Hm, this certainly isn't what was implemented. > So, if we created a bitfield scalar to cover say bits 23 to 31 of a > 32-bit word, the relevant bits in this variable ought to be in the > 23..31 range, rather than in the 0..8 range. The idea being that this > would save on shifting: such scalar bitfields would generally be used to > extract and reinsert into the original struct, so masking ought to > suffice. But shifting is created anyways and for accessing parts of that field you still need it anyways. With the patch we create less shifting on the testcase btw. > The wider words also makes room for efficiently storing non-contiguous > fields that aren't accessed by themselves to the point of deserving > their own separate variables in the same scalarized variable. However, > I never got to implement that. > > I wonder if this problem is a consequence of your change to use > non-standard integer types narrowed down to the exact used bit width, > rather than the "word" width, which I advised against a while ago. Maybe. > > Alexandre - what is this alchk variable about? > > Alignment check: the idea is to use it to determine when we cross a > "word" boundary, given the known alignment of the struct and/or of the > field. We don't want to access "words" that would cross alignment > boundaries, but at the same time we don't want to pick a wasteful width > for the variable. > > So, ALCHK is the mask that we use to test that beginning and end of a > field are within the same ALIGN boundary ("word"), that two fields are > in the same "word", and, when negated, to compute the offsets within the > chosen word. Huh. I don't see why we don't want to access alignment-crossing words (or choose a scalar replacement for an alignment-crossing field). But well, I'm not going to touch that code more than necessary ;) > > Does this look sane? > > It looks like a correct match for the change in the BF scalar type, > although I believe it will generate less efficient code on some > platforms, because AFAICT you're introducing more bit extraction > (shifting) where plain masking would have been enough. > > Personally, I think it would make far more sense to go back to the wider > integral types. I don't see the value of hiding from the middle-high > end the fact that we have more bits available in the variable, rather > than using them to improve code generation. I don't think we want to do that for 4.4 now. And for 4.5 we have a completely new SRA implementation anyway. > > Btw, I had to remove the tree.c instrumentation from the patch as > > it triggers during Ada tools build where we end up building > > BIT_FIELD_REF <char, bool:1, 8, 0> from SRA. But that seems to > > be an unrelated goof. > > I think this construct may come up if the mode of the bool:1 type, or of > the field itself, is wide enough for the 8 requested bits. I see. I'm going to install the patch if there are no more complaints. Thanks, Richard.
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In recent decades, oxidative stress has become a focus of interest in most biomedical disciplines and many types of clinical research. Increasing evidence shows that oxidative stress is associated with the pathogenesis of diabetes, obesity, cancer, ageing, inflammation, neurodegenerative disorders, hypertension, apoptosis, cardiovascular diseases, and heart failure. Based on these studies, an emerging concept is that oxidative stress is the "final common pathway" through which the risk factors for several diseases exert their deleterious effects. Oxidative stress causes a complex dysregulation of cell metabolism and cell–cell homeostasis; in particular, oxidative stress plays a key role in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and β-cell dysfunction. These are the two most relevant mechanisms in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes and its vascular complications, the leading cause of death in diabetic patients.
The biological systems living in aerobic conditions are exposed to oxidants, either generated intentionally or as byproducts. Generally, these oxidants occur in two categories consisting of paramagnetic free radicals: reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS). ROS is a collective term used to describe the chemical species that are formed upon incomplete reduction of oxygen and includes superoxide anion (O2−), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and hydroxyl radical (HO•). In contrast, RNS refers to all the oxidation states and reactive adducts of nitrogenous nitric oxide synthase (NOS) products, from nitric oxide (NO) to nitroxyl (NO−),
In clinical practice, analytical measurement of oxidative stress markers has been difficult. The difficulties are due to the short half-life of the majority of these compounds (few seconds) and to the applicability of the determination methods. Blood and urine samples are the eligible biological materials for assessment of the oxidant and antioxidant status in humans; however, some antioxidant enzymes and metabolites of oxidative stress have also been determined in tissue extracts, especially in animal models [
Production of ROS and RNS occurs in response to extracellular and intracellular stimuli. Extracellular stimuli act through plasma membrane receptors and include tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, hormones and growth factors, including platelet-derived growth factor, epithelial growth factor and insulin. Intracellular stimuli include nutrients [
There is a bulk of evidence demonstrating that mitochondrial ROS (predominantly superoxide anion) overproduction is involved in diabetes and diabetic complications, even though it is difficult to identify the exact site of ROS formation in the mitochondria. Earlier work suggested that glucose can directly stimulates ROS overproduction [
Oxidative stress with ensuing glucotoxicity and lipotoxicity are diabetes-related phenomena that have been involved in the pathogenesis of β-cell dysfunction [
Decreased levels of insulin mRNA, insulin content, and insulin release have been regarded as evidence of the glucotoxic effects on β-cells of chronic exposure to high glucose (HG) concentrations. Evidence that glucotoxicity is related to oxidative stress stems from early reports showing that antioxidants, such as
Under physiological conditions, insulin signals through a signaling cascade that includes insulin or insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1, insulin receptor (IR), insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-1 and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3-K)/Akt or ERK kinases. ROS overproduction can disturb this process at different stages, consequently resulting in either insulin resistance or enhanced insulin signal. High concentrations of H2O2 activate insulin signaling and induce the typical metabolic actions of insulin [
Mitochondria can be a source of TNF-α-induced ROS production in cells and this may contribute to the pathogenesis of TNF-α-induced insulin resistance. It has been shown that TNF-α-stimulated mitochondrial production of ROS induces apoptosis signal-regulating kinase-1 (ASK-1) and activates JNK, thereby increasing Ser-307 phosphorylation of IRS-1 and decreasing insulin-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation [
In addition to vascular protection, TNF-α antagonism has also proven effective in protection against other diabetic complications in experimental models. Thus, TNF-α inhibition decreased urinary albumin excretion in diabetic rats, as indicated by the reduction in 24 h urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (Ualb/Ucr), thereby suggesting that it might be a potential therapeutic strategy for diabetic nephropathy [
A large number of studies have provided evidence for the pivotal role of oxidative stress in insulin resistant states such as obesity, the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes [
In addition to overproduction of oxidant agents, higher oxidative stress may be due to the reduction of plasma antioxidant capacity. Even though Savu
The pathology of atherosclerosis is complex and involves structural elements of the arterial wall, platelets, leukocytes and inflammatory cells, such as monocytes and macrophages [
Peroxynitrite induces cellular damage through several mechanisms, including depletion of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), the cofactor of eNOS for NO biosynthesis, and degradation of different biomolecules in vascular endothelium, vascular smooth muscle and myocardium. These latter changes, in turn, may lead to cardiovascular dysfunction via DNA strand breakage [
Another aspect that has recently been related to glucose-induced oxidative stress is glucose variability [
Animal models of diabetes are associated with reduced bioavailability of NO and impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation [
There are different potential mechanisms linking enhanced oxidative stress and vascular dysfunction in diabetes and insulin resistant states. One of these mechanisms regards the "dual" physiological effect of insulin to stimulate endothelial production of both vasodilator/antiatherogenic mediators like NO and vasoconstrictor/proatherogenic substances like endothelin (ET)-1 [
Type 2 diabetes is the leading cause of blindness, non-traumatic lower-limb amputation and chronic kidney disease [
It has now been established that the different pathogenic mechanisms described above stem from a single hyperglycemia-induced process, the overproduction of superoxide by the mitochondrial electron-transport chain [
Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most important causes of visual loss. It is considered a neurovascular disease with damage to retinal ganglion and glial cells [
Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Western countries. It is characterized by accumulation of mesangial cells, collagen IV, fibronectin and laminin. Accumulation of these substances activates the oxidative stress cascade and results in overproduction of ROS. As in the eye, mesangial cells are essential to preserve normal function also in the kidney [
Diabetic neuropathy affects almost 30% to 50% of patients with diabetes (
Pathophysiological evidence and observational studies have provided the rational basis for intervention trials performed to assess whether manipulation of the oxidant-antioxidant balance could prevent and/or improve complications of diabetes. These human intervention trials have predominantly attempted to increase antioxidant defense by antioxidant supplementation. Improved insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance have been observed with lipoic acid [
It is difficult to believe that these disappointing results definitely rule out a mechanistic role for ROS/RNS in the induction of cardiovascular complication in human diabetes. More likely, the extremely complex oxidant-antioxidant systems and their intricate, occasionally opposing roles in physiology and pathophysiology render currently existing interventions aimed at manipulating the oxidant-antioxidant balance clinically ineffective. This could be either because supplemented antioxidant is buffered by other components of the system that are in equilibrium with it, because excessive antioxidants can be converted to pro-oxidants, or because a specific antioxidant simply does not affect all the mechanisms responsible for excessive oxidant generation. It is generally recommended to consume sufficient amounts of naturally occurring dietary antioxidants by balanced eating habits [
A large body of evidence suggests that oxidative stress has a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetes and its complications. Clearly, both insulin resistance and β-cell dysfunction, two central events in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes, are linked to a redox unbalance. At the same time, oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetes-related vascular complications. Oxidative stress in diabetic vascular disease contributes markedly to endothelial and smooth muscle dysfunction. It is mainly caused by an imbalance between the activity of endogenous pro-oxidative enzymes (such as NADPH oxidase, xanthine oxidase, and mitochondrial respiratory chain) and antioxidative enzymes (such as superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, heme oxygenase, and catalase) resulting in a production of ROS that exceeds the available antioxidant defense systems. As a consequence, bioactivity of NO, a paracrine factor that controls vascular tone, inhibits platelet function, prevents adhesion of leukocytes, and reduces the proliferation of the intima (anti-atherosclerotic mechanism), is reduced. A dominant mechanism reducing bioavailability of vascular NO relates to its rapid oxidative inactivation by the ROS. There is also evidence that persisting oxidative stress renders eNOS dysfunctional and unable to produce NO. In addition to reduced NO bioavailability, oxidative stress at the vascular smooth muscle cell level contributes to impaired insulin signaling and consequent vascular dysfunction. All these data support the concept that antioxidant therapy may be of great interest in diabetes and related conditions. To test this hypothesis, several studies have been conducted, but their conflicting results underscore the need of further investigation to better understand whether antioxidant treatment may be helpful in the prevention of diabetes and its complications.
Proposed mechanisms by which increased oxidative stress in diabetes may lead to insulin resistance and atherosclerosis. All abbreviations are spelled out in the text. ↑ indicates increased levels; ↓ indicates decreased levels.
Vascular effects of insulin in the healthy state and in conditions characterized by increased oxidative stress and insulin resistance. PVAT indicates perivascular adipose tissue, all other abbreviations are spelled out in the text.
Schematic representation of the pathophysiological role of AGE accumulation and increased oxidative stress in diabetic complications like retinopathy, nephropaty and neuropathy. All abbreviations are spelled out in the text. ↑ indicates increased levels; ↓ indicates decreased levels.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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In fact, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows nuts to boost a health claim on their labels specifying that "scientific evidence suggests, but does not prove, that eating 1.5 ounces per day of most nuts as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease." Nuts are rich in heart-healthy antioxidants, fiber, vitamin E, potassium, and healthy oils yet low in heart-unhealthy saturated fat.
If you are worried about the effects of eating nuts on your waistline, another study found that those who consumed peanuts and tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, pistachios, and walnuts) had a lower prevalence of being overweight than non-nut consumers. Researchers look to nuts' satiety effect, or their ability to make you feel full, as a possible explanation for their potential waist-friendly attributes. The fiber, protein, and healthy unsaturated fats in nuts all contribute to satiety. Translation: a half ounce of nuts (12 almonds, 24 pistachios, or 7 walnut halves) as a snack, which is considered a serving, weighs in anywhere from about 80 to 95 calories, but their "fullness factor" may help you feel satisfied for less calories overall. Compare that to an ounce serving of wheat crackers (about 16 Wheat Thins), which serves up 140 calories, but lacks the fiber and protein-rich satiety. Thus, you may find yourself over-munching on the crackers (and the calories) to get that same feeling of fullness.
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Labour leadership contender Ed Balls claims he is a 'decent guy' and rejects claims he is unpopular and a thug as he explains why he should be the next leader of the Opposition. He talks about Iraq, immigration, spending and how he gets on with the other candidates.
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This morning, Judge Brian Southwood dismissed Minister Balfour's application for leave to appeal against the decision by the Northern Gauteng High Court ordering that TAC and ALP be given access to the report of the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons (JIOP) regarding the death of prisoner 'MM'. MM died in a Westville prison after having been denied access to ARVs. Justice Southwood described the Minister's application for leave to appeal as ill-conceived, and ordered the government to pay the legal costs incurred by TAC and ALP.
The JIOP report had already been released to the public in the wake of Judge Southwood's earlier order. TAC and ALP believes that Balfour's application for leave to appeal that order was a shameful waste of public funds. Balfour's counsel, Adv. Moerane, explained Balfour's motivation in seeking leave to appeal -- notwithstanding the fact that the report had already been released -- as being to refute allegation he had lied about the report.
TAC and ALP welcome Judge Southwood's decision. The South African judiciary continues to uphold constitutional democracy and remedy abuses of public office by politicians like Minister Balfour.
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City math classes fail to build base for future
Published Sunday, April 1, 2007
Editor, the Tribune: Mathematics and computer science faculty of major universities have been concerned that over the last 40 years the math competence of entering freshmen has consistently deteriorated. I was one of them, and I experienced it firsthand.
The principle goal of any math curriculum should be to maximize the learning and understanding of math concepts by each student to a level that ensures he or she can use the concept in problem solving. This means the student knows and understands the math concepts involved.
Math concepts are very structured and ordered, starting with a base, "fundamentals of arithmetic" - including fractions and decimals - and followed by blocks of concepts built upon this base. To learn a new concept, the student must fully understand many prerequisite concepts to be able to grasp the new one. When the student doesn't understand something, this confusion must be overcome. If it is not, future learning of math for that student will not happen except in a fragmented and meaningless way.
Comments from parents of local elementary students imply that the current "integrated math" teaching methods are not working. Helping my grandchildren with their homework leads me to the same conclusion. It is very easy for me to understand and explain to them how to do their homework, and they do it well, making good grades. However, associating the homework with the learning of some math concept is seldom apparent.
Roy Keller
2307 Shepard Blvd.
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Even in sun-drenched states and perfect climates, Erik "Goose" Henning misses the sullen skies of upstate New York while on the road.
"You don't think you would miss this," Henning said, smiling up at the slate of grey clouds and drizzle through his black, thick-framed glasses. "All this gloomy, bullshit weather and South Salina Street, but you really do. Just being here, it honestly feels really good."
Henning got to spend just a few hours at his home in Eastwood, right down the street from The Lost Horizon on Friday where his band, Polar Bear Club, played to a sweaty mass packed inside its confined walls. Fireworks, Balance and Composure, Such Gold and the opener, Summer People, accompanied them on the second-to-last stop on tour, the hometown of half the headlining band.
And, as Henning points out, upstate New York has helped shape the band into what they are today.
"Both of our guitar players are from Rochester and they have a certain style of playing that is definitely 'Rochester,'" Henning said. "I don't really know how to put that into real works, but it comes from some of those bands like The Disaster, Marathon and Breaking Project; there's some kind of style about the way those kids play guitar and about the way they write, it just shines."
Singer Jimmy Stadt said his mind "goes places in those long winters" characteristic of the region.
"Our influences are largely bands not from this area, but the specificity of our voice couldn't come from anywhere else," Stadt said. "We're from a little big town, a city with out a face, you know?"
From sweaty basements listening to awful hardcore music to just hanging around friends in local bands, Henning said the band has picked up influence from their experiences, not just a list of big names. He pointed at one local musician he shared the stage with Friday, Brandon Musa, formerly of "Fire When Ready," a punk band Henning listened to before he ever picked up an instrument.
"When you talk about influences, you can say, 'Oh, my biggest influence is Led Zeppelin,' but, cool dude, no it's not," Henning said. "Your biggest influences are the people you're surrounded by and your friends, and the bands you grew up with."
Henning's also learned from the bands he's toured with recently, and strives to better himself as a musician and as a human being.
"We just love music, that's what drives us," Henning said outside of his rusted, disheveled tour van. "We love a good harmony, and a good hook. We'll be listening to bands like Bad Rabbits, this R&B, hip-hop, '90s, Bell Biv Devoe type shit, and I'll crank it and be paying attention to every single hook, every little lead."
Musical and personal growth is what drives Henning and Polar Bear Club, but that hasn't been indicative of every band they've toured with. Henning recounts a recent tour with Christian metalcore juggernauts August Burns Red, who are devoutly faith-based, and a conversation he had with their drummer, Matt Greiner about religion.
"They have a very interesting take on things," Henning said. "Their drummer was talking about how this one really small change in his life, that that had to do with the speech and the way he talked, that he was embarrassed about his whole life just stopped one day. If that was me, and I had a stutter, and I woke up and it was gone, I would seriously not think twice about it. But I was talking to him about it and he was like, 'This is a miracle.' I thought, how cool to look at like like that."
Stadt also described the perceived rift between touring bands who use religion as a platform to preach beliefs and secular bands trying to grasp the concept.
"We've toured with a lot of these bands and they're great people, but I'm an Atheist," Stadt said. "I'm always down to discuss it with these people, but we end the discussion with a weird taste in our mouths and understandably so. Music has always been about sharing ideas and I'm all for that if it's presented with a voice of doubt and questioning."
Henning said he isn't a religious person and that Polar Bear Club isn't a very religious band in general. Speaking personally, he believes Jesus is about as real as Santa Claus.
But he's not against the idea of religion and it's inspiring potential. The only thing Henning doesn't stand for is being negative.
"I do not hate on religion at all, I hate on the negativity, the wars and things like the Westboro Baptist Church, that crazy next-level bullshit. But I think the idea of something looking out for you is pretty cool," he said.
And he doesn't like to tell people what to think, either. Even the name of the band's new record released on September 13, Clash Battle Guilt Pride, is intentionally ambiguous and meant for each listener to take away their own unique, deeply personal experience.
"A song could mean something totally different to you than it does to us," Henning said. "You could like the song just because it's upbeat, but I hate to be the one to tell you that it's about something you disagree with."
For Henning and Polar Bear Club, it's hard to contain their personal drive. With three full-lengths and an EP already under their belt, they're already looking to better themselves and put out another incredible product— under their own power.
"That's definitely what drives us, to always want to do something better than the last one," Henning said. "We want to start writing a new record already, because we can keep churning these ones out. I definitely don't think there's some superior being that makes us want to write music, but it's just about wanting to better ourselves as musicians and people."


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On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal dash pc dot org> wrote:
> There is not a good technical solution to this. Â It is a game of
> whack-a-mole, and you are always going to be behind. Â Better is to track it,
> and then get the person to stop. Â Embarrassment, and termination are
> powerful motivators. :)
Sorry, I don't have a technical solution for this (I have to agree
with Lee, there is no good technical solution). I will throw in my two
cents though, and say that in my view it is a dangerous thing to try
to accommodate those who would have providers control the types of
traffic that pass on our networks.
If the content industry had their way, we would spend our profits and
waking hours tracking and assisting in the prosecution of
file-sharers. The harder we work to assist them, the more they will
expect from us.
Granted, there are good reasons to want to control bandwidth hogs,
like maybe you are trying to cut your upstream costs, or maybe you are
simply working for somebody that has issued the command, but as Lee
pointed out, it's a game of whack-a-mole, and my opinion is that as a
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Iran v South Korea
Aside from the Japan – Australia game, Iran – South Korea game is a typical of "early final" game. Due to the lousy performances by a lot of strong teams such as South Korea and Australia, many matches which are predicted will happen in the semi final, end up happening earlier. South Korea is a traditional Asian powerhouse with a lot of World Cup participation history. Iran is Asian giant in term of football too with a lot of World Cup participation. Both players from South Korea and Iranhave taken part in the European league.
The only downside that South Korea has is the fact that many of the European players are injured, thus forcing coach Pim Verbeek to depend a lot on his "local" squad. The only recognizable names in South Korea right now are Middlesbrough striker Lee Dong Gook, veteran keeper Lee Won Jae and former Real Sociedad and Numancia winger, Lee Chun Soo. The rest of the squad can't be taken lightly although their names are less flashy.
Zenit midfielder Lee Ho and talented young right defender, Oh Beom Sook are two of Korea most talented players. Both are expected to be played by coach Pim Verbeek especially after Lee Ho had a brief resting period. In term of defensive line, South Korea is very strong and organized. Veteran keeper, Lee Won Jae has strong leadership and can command the defense line effectively. The midfield is driven by Lee Chun Soo. Judging from Chun Soo performance against Indonesia and Bahrain, he was really the soul of Korea. Many of Korea best chances came from his effort and creativity. Korea has two options in employing the striker, the one man formation or the two men formation. The best choices are Cho Jae Jin and Lee Dong Gook. Pim Verbeek had a problem with Lee Dong Gook after the striker criticized the coach in the media so perhaps Dong Gook won't made it into the line up again this time.
Iran players are strong and very coordinated as well as balanced. The team holds a balanced composition between the World Cup veterans such as Ali Karimi and Mehdi Mahdakivia with talented youngster such as Vahid Hashemian and Javad Nekounam. Iran strength lies in its collectivity as a team rather than the individual skill of the players. Mehdi Mahdakivia and Ali Karimi both have not shown their best performances though, which lead to Amir Ghalanoei, the coach, decision to often substitute both senior players with the youngsters. This match promises to be an intense match with both nations ambitions to become the champion in this Asian Cup. Iran v South Korea will commence on the 22nd.
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By Mollie Miller
Killeen Daily Herald
FORT HOOD With hundreds of troops arriving at Fort Hood every day, the stresses put on the post and local communitys infrastructure continues to grow.
During a visit to Fort Hood on Tuesday, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, assured post commanders and local politicians they would have his support to make the changes necessary to accommodate the influx of troops.
Im here to offer my help, Cornyn said as he addressed media representatives in the atrium at the Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport. (Ive) been briefed and updated on what exactly is happening and finding out what else I can do as a United States senator to support our warfighters, to support our families and to support the communities that support both of them.
During his short visit to Central Texas, Cornyn visited with Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, III Corps commander; Maj. Gen. James Simmons, Fort Hood commander; Lt. Gen. Pete Taylor, chairman of the Heart of Texas Defense Alliance; and local mayors and politicians. Some of the topics the team covered with the senator included base realignment and closure issues, needs of the community, transportation, housing and military budgets.
We are going to see more troops stationed here at Fort Hood, which, of course, means more families, more schools and more infrastructure, Cornyn said. (This) is going to require additional military construction budget coming out of the Department of Defense budget, but its also going to mean we are all going to have to pull together to support those troops and those families in even greater ways than we have done in the past.
While Cornyn repeatedly pledged his support to the troops and Fort Hood community, the senator seemed unaware that a funds request for additional motor pool construction at Fort Hood was recently denied.
When asked about why this request was denied and what he intends to do about the potential space crunch as the 1st Cavalry Division returns to post, Cornyn, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, deferred the question to Metz, also present at the news conference.
General, that sounds like it may be above my pay grade, Cornyn said.
Recently returned to post from more than a yearlong deployment to Iraq, Metz also seemed unaware of the issue but said he would definitely be looking into the issue.
In an armor corps you need motor pools (and) now that (Ive been told) someone has denied funding for two motor pools, I will go find out who did that and begin the work to (find that funding), Metz said. Im sure we will get it.
Back in Washington, Cornyn was named chairman of a subcommittee that focuses on countering new and emerging national security threats.
The chairmanship of the Armed Services subcommittee on emerging threats and capabilities is the second for Texas junior senator. Cornyn said the assignment will be helpful for Texas.
This subcommittee is also responsible for authorizing many of the Pentagons research and development programs and technology efforts, an area where Texas excels, he said.
Cornyn also chairs the Senate Judiciary Commit-tees subcommittee on immigration, border security and citizenship.
The Associated Preess contributed to this report.
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The CCTV pictures here – which have only just been released by police – are from the South Petherton Service Station on Harp Road on Sunday, September 23. A man in a silver Subaru filled up with petrol and drove off without paying.
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Government 'hypocritical' over legal highs
Government 'hypocritical' over legal highs, says safety campaigner.
It's hypocritical for the government to ban so-called legal highs while failing to deal with alcohol, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.
Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an active road safety campaigner, says:
"According to multiple credible studies, alcohol is the number one harmful drug*. In 2012 alone, alcohol was a contributing factor in 73 fatal crashes, 331 serious injury crashes and 933 minor injury crashes."
"Yet, the government bans other legal highs, but treats alcohol as a matter of personal choice. This is despite the fact that, since the alcohol purchase age was lowered, there has been a 21% increased chance of drunk drivers aged 18 or 19 being involved in car crashes that cause death or injury."
"This is a complete double standard. Where so-called legal highs are concerned, the government has acted promptly and responsibly. Yet where alcohol is concerned, the government mostly looks the other way, or gives the police greater enforcement powers, but doesn't stop the widespread availability of low cost alcohol."
"It's ridiculously easy for young teenagers to get drunk, and the consequences are often disastrous. The alcohol these kids are drinking has to come from somewhere, and if you can slow down this supply, you can lower the numbers of dead and injured teenagers."
Matthew-Wilson adds:
"We live in a strange time in history where P dealers get jailed for life, legal highs are banned, but liquor stores are overflowing with alcoholic drinks, many of them aimed squarely at young adults. If the government was serious about saving lives, it would urgently restrict the sale and promotion of alcohol, especially to vulnerable groups like teenagers."


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DeLong Elementary School physical education teacher Gale Johnson thought Nov. 30 was going to be just another day at the "office," training his students how to ride unicycles, balance on balls and tumble around mats. But it was no ordinary day, that is if there is ever an "ordinary day" for teachers. "Every day is different," the veteran teacher of 37 years said. "Every year is different." So this day was even more different than his "usual different" since television cameras and radio crews swarmed into his gym in the middle of class to announce that he had won STAR 101.5 FM's Teacher of the Week award. In a local contest conducted by STAR 101.5 radio, Johnson was nominated by his student, Savanah Olson, who had filled out a nomination form while at Applebee's. Johnson was selected from several hundred nominations submitted from throughout Puget Sound.
"He is just the most awesome, amazing teacher in the world," fifth grader Olson said. One thing that makes him stand out is that he runs the district's Young Ambassadors for Physical Education, which draws about 30 students from around the district to perform on unicycles and tumbling mats during basketball games and school assemblies around the district. The students practice after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays at DeLong, where he teaches performers as young as 7 and 8 to ride the one-wheelers to be part of the acts, despite not being able to ride the unicycles himself. "I just haven't gotten around to it yet," he said. Each of Johnson's students received a goody bag full of swag and gift cards from Applebee's, Washington State Employees Credit Union, Dairy Farmers of Washington, KOMO 4 and STAR 101.5. Johnson received a personalized plaque from Issaquah Trophy and Awards, a $100 check from Washington State Employees Credit Union, and a $100 Applebee's gift card. He will get a makeover courtesy of Blanc N' Schwartz Salon in Kent.
A video of the presentation is available in the "Videos on Demand" section of the Tacoma Public School's website, http://www.Tacomaschools.org.


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text: Cast and crew wrap on the final ever series of Waterloo Road The last scenes will take place in Greenock today and "the bell will ring for the final time!" ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW By Radio Times Staff Friday 22 August 2014 at 12:25PM The Waterloo Road production team has released images of them all together in Greenock, Scotland, on the final Waterloo Road shoot ever. "Today, the bell will ring for the final time!" wrote the production crew on their official Twitter account. "Our gorge cast & crew are filming the very last scenes of #waterlooroad" The BBC axed the school-based drama in April this year after 10 series. The network promised to reinvest the money for the drama in something new in 2015. Today's image features familiar faces and Neil Pearson, who plays new headteacher Vaughan Fitzgerald, plus Casualty actress Laura Aikman and Hollyoaks star Andrew Still, who have also joined the last run of the show. BBC1 controllers Charlotte Moore and Ben Stephenson previously said in a statement. "We are incredibly proud of Waterloo Road, and would like to thank [producers] Shed Productions and all the cast and teams involved across the 10 series." Waterloo Road's final season will be 20-episodes long and airs this Autumn on BBC1. Visit Scotland with Radio Times Travel, see here for more details continue reading


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Different people often have different reasons for defending human life—specifically, of course, the unborn. For some, it's a personal experience that converted them. Perhaps they had an abortion and now regret it. Maybe they are an abortion survivor or had a sibling aborted. For others, it just makes sense that human life begins at the beginning, and it just makes sense that every human life is precious and worthy of protection.
Of course, you also have your pro-lifers with a heightened sense of justice who would like to ensure that the world is a place where justice is equally enforced. Others are drawn to the underdog or the innocent and have a passion to speak up for the voiceless. Some believe that abortion is the civil rights issue of our day and feel a responsibility to take a stand. There is a countless myriad of reasons why people defend human life.
I asked my Facebook friends to explain, in a sentence or two, why they are pro-life. Here is what they said:
"Because my mom was…"
"God COMMANDS it… 'Thou shalt not murder.'"
"The Scriptures state that we need to stand for those who cannot stand for themselves."
"Because I'm a woman."
"I am pro-life because I have been blessed by the God of the living to know that there is no acceptable alternative."
"Because God created us in His image, and He commands us not to kill."
"I am pro-life because the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away-not man."
"I am pro-life because I believe God is the creator of every person. Only HE can decided when a person's life should end, no matter how old they are."
You can probably gather from these answers that I have a lot of Christian friends who believe that the Bible teaches us to be pro-life. However, if I asked many of my friends to explain in depth why they are pro-life, I'll bet that many of them would also have scientific, medical, moral, legal, and human reasons to be pro-life. I know I do!
Recently, (also on good ole' Facebook) I engaged in a debate with other pro-lifers about whether we can know when human life begins—from both a Christian and a scientific standpoint. Legal issues were also brought up in the course of this debate that reached at least 115 comments. Whew!
Needless to say, this got me thinking. ALL pro-lifers need to have the ability to knowledgeably defend our position—whether we write blog articles, give speeches, sidewalk counsel, volunteer on a campaign, pray, or talk to our friends about the issue.
It's great to be able to knock down the lies of Planned Parenthood and company and the illogical arguments of pro-choicers that me meet. In fact, we absolutely must be able to do that, too. Many articles on this blog can equip you for that, including ones from Kristen Walker and Deanna Candler.
However, I've decided to start an article series called "The Basis for Defending Human Life" so that we can equip ourselves with accurate knowledge. Right now, I'm planning to write about the Christian basis, the scientific/medical basis, the legal basis, and the human/moral basis.
First, though, two questions for all of you:
- What basis for defending human life from the very beginning would you like to hear about? Have I left out an important one?
- Why are you pro-life, in one or two sentences?
I look forward to hearing your answers!
In the meantime, I encourage you to do some research of your own. I recommend "Why Pro-Life?" (which you can download on Kindle for 99 cents) and "Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions?" by Randy Alcorn, "The Third Time Around" by George Grant, "Why Can't We Love Them Both?" by Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Willke, and this incredibly awesome research paper.


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Frazee Tabbed Big South Player of the Week
Frazee (Xenia, Ohio), who previously captured the honor on Dec. 10, scored a team-high 18.0 ppg and collected 8.5 rpg as Liberty extended its winning streak to eight games and remained atop the Big South standings at 4-0.
She opened the week by scoring a career-high 20 points and grabbing nine rebounds during the Lady Flames' win over High Point on Jan. 29. Frazee then made every shot she took against Winthrop on Feb. 2, going 5-for-5 from the field and 6-for-6 from the free throw line, wrapping up a 12-for-12 week from the charity stripe. The junior post player led all players in the game in both points (16) and rebounds (8).
For the season, Frazee ranks in the top 10 of six Big South statistical categories. The conference leader in field goal percentage (.564), the Ohioan is also fifth in scoring (13.1 ppg) and tied for ninth in rebounding (5.6 rpg).
Frazee and her sister Megan Frazee (Jr., G/F, Xenia, Ohio) are the only two multiple recipients of the Big South Player of the Week award this season. Moriah Frazee has now captured the award twice, and Megan Frazee is a three-time winner.
The Lady Flames, who have matched their win total from last season at 19-2, travel to Radford Wednesday at 7 p.m., to battle the Highlanders. Radford, the preseason Big South favorite, is second in the conference standings, with a 3-1 loop mark.


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Profit and organisational legitimacy in an emerging market
Prasad, Acklesh, Green, Peter, & Heales, Jon (2009) Profit and organisational legitimacy in an emerging market. In Proceedings of the 2009 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, AFAANZ, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, SA, pp. 1-25.
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While there is common acknowledgement that the main aim of organisations is to maximise shareholder wealth, firms also have the obligation to manage the needs of a broader group of stakeholders as these firms are a product of social creation. In this study, we test the notion that the concept, profit, is fundamental to society's perception of the firm in an emerging market, and the need for a firm to legitimise a level of profit. We evaluate the relationship between the readability of various components of corporate annual reports and the level of profit, and we also take into account the nature of disclosure (mandatory and non-mandatory), the size of the firm and the nature of setup (public enterprises and publicly listed companies). Our findings suggest that, as with developed markets, in emerging markets profit is indeed an important determinant of the nature of operations of a firm, and that firms consider readability of their disclosures in attempting to legitimise a level of profit.
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|ID Code:
|Item Type:
|Conference Paper
|Legitimacy Theory, Mandatory Disclosures, Non-Mandatory Disclosures, Profit, Public Enterprises, Publicly Listed Companies
|Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > COMMERCE MANAGEMENT TOURISM AND SERVICES (150000) > ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND ACCOUNTABILITY (150100)
|Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > QUT Business School
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|Copyright 2009 [please consult the author]
|Deposited On:
|08 Jun 2012 00:43
|Last Modified:
|18 Jul 2017 02:32
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