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All for Vista 64-bit Ultimate:
1.) I've had a third falling out over 25 or so years with Symantec/Norton
and am looking for a Registry search tool where you can search for a
particular 'word' much as you do now but where it will list all the finds,
review ones you want to delete, uncheck ones you want to keep and finally
make it so (delete them). Doing this one at at time is such a waste of
time--hundreds of occurrences of 'Symantec' and I still have 'Norton',
'Ghost', and '360' to purge out of the Registry. (BTW, Norton's removal
tool hardly touched Registry entries, left empty Windows Explorer folders,
and was not product selective--did they even think of the Registry?) This
time around I would rather find a manual way to scrubbing the Registry but
also a tool that will seek out orphaned key remnants too!
2.) Also the Registry... Why doesn't the Registry tree close up
automagically? Is there any easy way of doing this?
3.) Also the Registry... Might the tool(s) you recommend up above also
include compacting (getting rid of) the Registry free space?
4.) Under Services I have Disabled and Stopped the Windows Search and
Superfetch services. However I'm pretty sure the main hog all along was
Norton 360. It doesn't matter though since I don't find any loss not having
Indexing and/or Superfetch. Indexing I also turned off first in both my C:\
and D:\ drives. I also turned off Windows Defender from its own window. I
don't think I found it listed as a service or as an add/remove program or
Windows feature? Are there any other useless services out of the huge list
of services you might recommend me to Disable if they aren't?
5.) I'm currently using Webroot which I used and liked in the past with
Windows XP. When I switched to Vista 64-bit they hadn't quite released
their new version that seems to work just fine and doesn't offer the
intrusive atmosphere Norton 360 had. I added their Securities Suit though
and now have a minor problem/concern. I seem to be double-firewalling. If
I turn off Vista's firewall it thinks I'm unprotected? I'll be checking
with Webroot Monday about this but thought one of you might know something
about this (a simple fix) over the weekend.
The main thing are finding tools that work best with the Vista 64-bit
Ultimate Registry. Thank you.


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descended from the sky at a tangent to the ice
covered mountains and found ourselves in a white
world. All the colours seemed to have silently
withdrawn from sight, leaving nothing but white.
A welcome reception was being held on the plane.
Our adventure was about to begin, and we were
smiling, as yet aware of the extreme conditions
we would be facing. The flight from Copenhagen
to Greenland had taken six hours. This was one
of the most interesting trips of my life, and
my mind was whirling with excitement. We were
not going to land in any ordinary European city.
Completely unfamiliar experiences awaited us.
While preparing for the journey in Copenhagen,
I had called in at the Greenpeace office for
information. They gave me an armful of brochures
filled with information. Reading these during
the flight, I learnt that Greenland is the largest
island in the world; that it lies off the northeast
of North America; that there are two international
airports, one at Nuuk, the capital city, and
the other at Kangerlussuaq; and that it has
an area of 2,175,000 square kilometres but a
population of only 57,000.
Now the real thing was in sight, the brochures
lost their fascination. I put my nose to the
window and watched Greenland come nearer as
the plane dropped lower. We were flying over
a landscape that was white as far as the eye
could see. When we landed on the snowy runway
at Kangerlussuaq, the flight crew told us that
the temperature outside was minus 18 degrees
Centigrade, which for Greenland was spring weather.
As I disembarked the cold struck me sharply
in the face. Kangerlussuaq is a tiny town with
a population of one hundred. It has a post office,
a bar, and two single-star hotels, one at the
airport and one in town. From here those arriving
for skiing holidays disperse to their different
resorts. I settled into the hotel in the town.
I quickly got used to the cold, only my hands
and face never seeming to get warm. During a
short walk around the town I soon realised that
going out without sunglasses was not a good
idea. The dazzling white everywhere made my
eyes ache. I returned to the hotel to get some
sleep. I would be setting out for Ilulissat
the next day, and needed to rest.
The coil of rope was 650 metres long, and every
three or four metres a huge hook that would
barely fit into the palm was attached. To each
hook was threaded a piece of the small fish
used as bait for large fish like tuna and skate.
We spent the night on the sleds beneath a canopy
of walrus skin and returned early the next morning.
To have seen that white vastness of snow and
ice was exciting, but I longed to return to
a warm hotel room and a hot bath. That taste
of life in the northern wastes had been quite
* Seçil Dinler is a photographer and freelance writer.

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JERUSALEM (Oct. 25)
Histadrut, Israel's powerful labor federation, last night rejected the unity government's proposal for a package agreement developed in the government's strenuous efforts to bring Israel's raging inflation under control. The rejection came at the close of more than six hours of negotiations involving representatives of the Histadrut, the government and employers.
The rejected plan called for a one-third cut in cost-of-living increments for the next four months, with workers compensated by a five percent cut in their income taxes and a price freeze for the next six weeks. During that period, the government would preserve its right to impose new taxes and more subsidy reductions.
Haim Haberfeld, chairman of the Histadrut trade union department, declared that "these proposals cannot be a basis for negotiating a package deal," and called them "totally unacceptable."
Despite the opposition of the Histadrut and the government's declared intention to introduce the package proposal by November 1, Finance Minister Yitzhak Modai radiated enthusiasm this morning, asserting agreement could be reached by tonight.
Eli Hurwitz, chairman of the committee of economic organization, was more cautious. He said that by the November 1 target date, certain agreements "could" be signed, and that, contrary to Haberfeld, he though there was a firm basis for the negotiations as they continued today.
Meanwhile, the Histadrut's Central Committee decided today to demand a total freeze on prices, including subsidized products, wages and texes. The committee said the Histadrut would not sign any agreement unless the government could guarantee total control of the requested freeze. But observers said that even if the government agreed to the freeze, the government lacked the personnel to conduct effective price controls.
Yisrael Kessar, Histadrut secretary general, told the Central Committee that the Histadrut came near a decision to boycott the talks because of a strange development which was tagged "The Night of the Frozen Poultry."
Early Tuesday, the Treasury made a surprise announcement that prices on frozen poultry and meat would rise by 90 to 95 percent. After a loud consumer outcry, and complaints by Deputy Premier David Levy, the Treasury reduced the increase by nearly three-quarters — to 24 percent.
Kessar promptly charged that the government had joined "those who raised prices without any control" and that it had "lost all sensitivity to the workers."
None of the ministers involved admitted being the "culprit" in the great poultry mystery.


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As global citizens its our
responsibility at Individual, Collective, Government or Corporate
level to help "Save Earth" before its too late
The Montreal
Protocol is an international treaty on
substances that deplete the Ozone Layer. It is
designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing
out the production of a number of substances
believed to be responsible for ozone depletion.
The treaty was opened for signature on September
16, 1987 and entered into force on January 1,
1989 followed by a first meeting in Helsinki,
May 1989. Since then, it has undergone seven
revisions, in 1990 (London), 1991 (Nairobi),
1992 (Copenhagen), 1993 (Bangkok), 1995
(Vienna), 1997 (Montreal), and 1999 (Beijing).
Due to its widespread adoption and
implementation it has been hailed as an example
of exceptional international co-operation with
Kofi Annan quoted as saying it is "Perhaps the
single most successful international agreement
to date
to UNIDO - "If we did not had Montreal Protocol
the levels of ozone-depleting substances would
have been five times higher than they are today,
and surface ultraviolet-B radiation levels would
have doubled at mid-latitudes in the northern
hemisphere. On current estimates the CFC
concentration in the
ozone layer is
expected to decline to pre-1980 levels by 2050".
1. The Issue
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer is one of the first
international environmental agreements that
includes trade sanctions to achieve the stated
goals of a treaty. It also offers major
incentives for non-signatory nations to sign the
agreement. The treaty negotiators justified the
sanctions because depletion of the ozone layer
is an environmental problem most effectively
addressed on the global level. Furthermore,
without the trade sanctions, there would be
economic incentives for non-signatories to
increase production, damaging the
competitiveness of the industries in the
signatory nations as well as decreasing the
search for less damaging CFC alternatives.
2. Description
Man-made chlorines, primarily
chloroflourobcarbons (CFCs), contribute to the
thinning of the ozone layer and allow larger
quantities of harmful ultraviolet rays to reach
the earth. The U.S. environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has estimated that by the year
2075, the increased ultraviolet rays could
result in over 150 million new cases of skin
cancer in the U.S. alone, with the consequence
of 3 million deaths. Other damage caused by
ultraviolet rays includes increased eye
cataracts, and a
weakening of the body's immune system.
The Montreal Protocol's trade sanctions are a
novel approach to achieving multilateral treaty
goals. Because non-party nations could negate
efforts to reduce use and production of ozone
destroying chemicals, the treaty negotiators
included staged restrictions in the Protocol on
imports and exports. Developing nations were
encouraged to become party to the
Protocol within ten years.
Several options were considered for CFC and
halon emission control measures. One option
considered was to "allocate emission rights on
the basis of gross national product and
population." With this option it would be very
difficult to measure emissions, especially due
to the time lag between CFC production and their
release into atmosphere. A second option was
regulating the production of the ozone depleting
This was decided against because of the monopoly
rights it would confer on the producers. These
rights could allow price increases to the
benefit of the producers.
The consumption controlling formula eventually
decided upon was consumption equals production
plus imports minus exports. Jamison
Koehler and Scott A. Hajost of the U.S. EPA
First, the formula promotes economic efficiency
and free trade while achieving the same
environmental benefit, as Parties adjust
production, imports and exports of the
controlled chemicals to take advantage of
economies of scale and other market forces.
Second, by allowing parties to subtract exports
from the consumption equation, the formula
ensures that non- producing nations continue to
have access to the controlled chemicals until
substitute chemicals are available, thereby
removing production and consumption limits, the
formula implicitly recognizes the interests of a
much wider range of Parties -- producers and
of the chemicals alike -- in the protection of
the ozone layer.
Article IV of the Montreal Protocol addresses
Control of Trade with non-parties. The measures
stipulates that one year after the Treaty came
into force, all imports of "controlled
substances" (see Appendix 1) from any non-party
states are banned and that as of January 1,
1993, none of the signatories are allowed to
export a controlled substance to non-party
states. Further, a product annex was to be
developed listing the controlled substances
which are also banned one year after the annex
was developed. The parties were to consider the
feasibility of banning or restricting imports
produced with controlled substances and to
discourage exports of technology to produce and
use controlled substances to non-parties. The
trade measures attempt to ensure that there are
no economic benefits from CFC production for
non-signatory nations.
Developing nations, including highly populated
China and India, are expanding their use of
products which contain CFCs, such as
refrigerators and air conditioners. Developing
countries argue that they have the right to
enjoy the same conveniences that developed
nations have and that they are not responsible
for the ozone damage. This debate resulted in
Article Five of the Protocol which allows the
signatory developing nations a ten year delay
for implementation of controls. In June, 1990 a
million World Bank fund was set up to aid the
developing nations efforts to reduce CFC usage.
Many fear that the gains in the treaty will be
eroded by the concessions to developing
countries regarding their date of compliance.
Trade considerations played a major role in the
original negotiation of the Montreal Protocol.
By the late 1970s the U.S. Congress had reduced
U.S. production of CFCs for aerosols by 95
percent, but the European Community (EC) member
states (except for West Germany) were not
considering legislation. The EC position was
that there was not enough scientific evidence to
justify legislation and that CFC substitutes
would be extremely costly to develop. U.S.
industry felt it unfair that EC industry
did not have to face similar economic obstacles,
while the Europeans believed U.S. industry was
advocating CFC reductions because it assisted
their competitive advantage.
The EC supported a production capacity cap,
while Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Norway,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United States
(joined later by Belgium, Denmark, Germany and
the Netherlands) supported production cuts. The
EC would have had a virtual monopoly on CFC
production if controls were implemented at the
point of production. This issue was settled by
the formula mentioned above: consumption equals
production plus imports minus exports. The final
50 percent reduction, signed in
September 1987, was a compromise between the 95
percent reductions of ozone depleting gases that
the United States called for and the 10 to 20
percent the EC expected.
In June, 1990, because scientific evidence
demonstrated a more rapid deterioration of the
ozone layer than had been previously estimated,
representatives from 59 countries signed revised
goals committing to the phase-out of most CFCs
by the year 2000 and the creation of a $160
million fund to aid developing countries in
their transition to other less ozone damaging
chemicals. The EC committed to phasing out CFCs
by 1997.
Some argue that the Montreal Protocol trade
sanctions may clash with GATT disciplines. "The
Montreal Protocol...for example, contains
provisions for trade retaliation against states
which do not comply with the protocol. Such
retaliation, as yet untried, would conflict with
the GATT treaty and CFC offenders could claim
the protection of GATT against trade sanctions."
The protocol may conflict with GATT in several
ways: Article XI generally forbids import and
export restrictions except tariffs and the most
favored nation clause which stipulates that
tariffs should be applied equally to all GATT
members products. Furthermore, the GATT
does dictate that nations apply the same
standards to imports that they do to domestic
products, and prior to the phase out of
controlled substances, imports from party
nations would be treated differently from the
banned imports of non-party nations. However,
the ultimate goal of the trade
provisions of the revised (in London, 1990)
Montreal Protocol are zero imports, exports and
consumption of some of the ozone depleting
As the allowed quotas of ozone damaging
chemicals move toward zero and as the ten year
delay provided to developing nations comes to an
end, it is likely that some nations will present
arguments to GATT. It would be extremely
difficult to achieve the goals of the Montreal
Protocol without the trade sanctions; therefore,
a GATT ruling against the sanctions would
allow environmental damage that many nations
have decided require
drastic actions to address.
The Montreal Protocol is a landmark
environmental treaty. It may serve as a
model for future multilateral treaties which
confront global issues, although just as the
treaty negotiators selected the trade sanctions
only after ruling out other less optimal
alternatives, future negotiators should also
weigh all their options.
Between 1986 and 1993, world CFC production fell
by about 60 percent, from about 0.9 millions
tons to about 0.4 million. While large
companies like DuPont have deeply invested into
alternatives such as HFCs, supposedly that are
less damaging to the ozone. Negotyiators are
also considering the addition of HCFCs to its
banned substances.
Developing country production, however, has
exploded, rising 87 percent over the period,
with exports rising 17 fold. Furthermore,
a huge black market has arisen, with estimates
that 20 percent of sales are illegal and
originate in developing countries. Part of the
reason is that promised funding to developing
countries was less than promised, $126 million
of $149 million.(1)
3. Related Cases
SST case
BIODIV case
CLEAN case
Keyword Clusters
(1): Trade Product = CFCs
(2): Bio-geography = GLOBAL
(3): environmental Problem = OZONE loss
4. Draft Author: Michelle Dearing
Completed: 6/1993 Updated: 3/1996
B. LEGAL Filters
5. Discourse and Status: AGReement and COMPlete
6. Forum and Scope: UN and GLOBAL
The Montreal Protocol negotiations were
conducted under a framework agreed to in the
1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the
Ozone Layer. The negotiations were conducted
under the auspices of the United Nations
environment Programme (UNEP) under Executive
Director Mostafa Tolba.
U.S. Legislation revised Montreal Protocol
requirements are met or exceeded in the U.S.
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, PL 101-549.
Fiscal 1990 and 1991 budget reconciliation
bills, PL 100-239 and PL 101-508 respectively,
include excise taxes on Montreal Protocol
controlled substances.
EC Legislation was set in Council Regulation
(EEC) No. 594/91 set quantitative limits on
imports from third countries for controlled
substances from 1991 through 2005 when imports
will be zero for all substances covered by the
Commission Decision, 91/359/EEC, dated July 15,
1991, allocated import quotas of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) for the time period
July 1, 1991 to December 31, 1992.
7. Decision Breadth: 100 (signatories)
8. Legal Standing: TREATY
C. GEOGRAPHIC Filters
9. Geographic Locations
a. Geographic Domain : GLOBAL
b. Geographic Site : GLOBAL
c. Geographic Impact : GLOBAL
10. Sub-National Factors: NO
11. Type of Habitat: GLOBAL
D. TRADE Filters
12. Type of Measure: Import Ban [IMBAN]
The primary mode for curtailing CFC use was in
production, but quota enforcement was left to
import bans (and phased import bans) with the
possibility of retaliation against violators. As
of January, 1993, no signatory nations were
allowed to import controlled substances from
non-signatories (see Table 48-1).
These ozone-depleting potentials are estimates
based on existing knowledge and are to be
reviewed and revised periodically.
Table 48-1
Group Substance Ozone-depleting potential*
Group I CFCl3 (CFC-11) 1.0
CF2Cl2 (CFC-12) 1.0
C2F3Cl3 (CFC-113) 0.8
C2F4Cl2 (CFC-114) 1.0
C2F5Cl (CFC-115) 0.6
Group II CF2BrCl (halon-1211) 3.0
CF3Br (halon-1301) 10.0
C2F4Br2 (halon-2402) na
* With CFC-11 as base.
13. Direct vs. Indirect Impacts: DIRect
14. Relation of Trade Measure to Resource Impact
a. Directly Related : YES CFCs
b. Indirectly Related : YES products using CFCs
c. Not Related : YES RETALiation
d. Process Related : YES OZONE depletion
The measure bans the import of CFCs and permits
retaliation against offenders. Not only does it
directly ban the trade of CFCs but also products
which relate to the CFCs as a component part
(refrigerators and air conditioners) or products
which are used in certain ways, such as the
cleaning of computer products.
15. Trade Product Identification: CFCs
CFCs and halons are chemicals used widely as
refrigerants, in aerosols, for cleaning circuit
boards and electronic components, and other
industrial applications.
16. Economic Data
Production of CFCs increased from 150,000 metric
tons in 1960 to over 800,000 metric tons in
1974. EC exports increased 43 percent from 1976
to 1985 and exports averaged one third of EC
production. Almost all of U.S. production was
consumed in the United States. In 1988, the EC
countries were responsible for two thirds of the
world's CFC production.
17. Impact of Trade Restriction: BAN
18. Industry Sector: CHEMical
19. Exporter and Importer: MANY and MANY
E. environment Filters
20. environmental Problem Type: OZONE depletion
This is a problem of ozone loss, which in turn
leads to a variety of other problems such as
climate change and species loss, including human
21. Name, Type, and Diversity of Species
Name: MANY
Type: MANY
Diversity: Global
22. Resource Impact and Effect: HIGH and SCALE
Without steps to control ozone depletion, this
problem might develop rather quickly. Already
there is evidence of a worldwide increase in
skin cancer rates.
23. Urgency and Lifetime: HIGH and NA
Since practically all species will be affected
by the depletion of the ozone layer, it is
difficult to estimate the years to extinction.
24. Substitutes: Bio-degradable [BIODG] products
VI. OTHER Factors
25. Culture: NO
26. Trans-Border: YES
Although the problem is not directly a
trans-border problem,
the air is clearly trans-border due to air
27. Rights: NO
28. Relevant Literature
Benedick, Richard Elliot. "Ozone Diplomacy."
Issues in Science
and Technology (Fall 1989): 43-50.
Bown, William. "Trade Deals a Blow to the
environment." New
Scientist (November 10, 1990): 20-21.
EC Office of Press and Public Affairs. "E.C.
Ratifies Convention
on Protecting Ozone Layer." European Community
27/88 (October 19, 1988).
Economist, "Holed Up," 337/7944, December 9,
1995, 63.
environmental and Energy Study Institute. "EESC
Issue Paper."
1991 Members' Briefing Book. Washington, D.C.
European Community. Commission Decision of 15
July 1991
Allocating Import Quotas for Chlorofluorocarbons
the Period 1 July 1991 to 31 December 1992
Official Journal of the European Communities,
No. L193
(17 July 1991): L 193/42-L 193/43.
European Community. Council Regulation (EEC) No
594/91 of 4
March 1991 on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Official Journal of the European Communities,
No. L67
(March 14, 1991): L67/1 - L67/10.
"Hole-stoppers." Economist (March 7, 1992): 76.
Jachtenfuchs, Markus. "The European Community
and the Protection
of the Ozone Layer." Journal of Common Market
XXVIII/3 (March 1990): 261-277.
Kerr, Richard A. "Ozone Destruction Worsens."
(April 12, 1991): 204.
Koehler, Jamison and Scott A. Hajost. "The
Montreal Protocol: A
Dynamic Agreement for Protecting the Ozone
Ambio 19/2 (April 1990): 82-86.
Monastersky, R. "Nations to Ban Ozone-Harming
Science News 138/7 (July 1990): 6.
Randal, Jonathan C. "Conference Opens on Ozone."
Washington Post (March 6, 1989): A9-A10.
Rosencranz, Armin and Reina Milligan. "CFC
Abatement: The Needs
of Developing Countries." Ambio 19/6-7 (October
Shabecoff, Philip. "Accord is Reached to Protect
Ozone." New
York Times (September 16, 1987): A11.
United Nations environment Programme. Montreal
Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. 1987.
1. Economist, "Holed Up," 337/7944, December 9,
1995, 63.
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Ozone Depletion
Air Pollution
Water pollution
Hazardous waste
Kyoto Protocol
Montreal Protocol
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Pleasantly Surprised: Costa Mediterranea Cruise Review by Jennkean
Overall Member Rating
Pleasantly Surprised
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
We arrived in Miami a day early and rented a car at Dollar car rental for a great rate of $23.00 total, much cheaper than taking a taxi, plus we had the car for a day to travel around. The next day we returned the car to the airport and they provided a free shuttle to the cruise port. We were there around 12:00 p.m. and there were already quite a few people there, even though our ship wasn't sailing until 9:00 p.m. We were quickly on board and went to the 9th floor for something to eat until our rooms were ready, which was about 2:00.
I have previously travelled on Princess and Royal Caribbean and have always booked an inside room, except for a 12 day Mediterannean cruise that I took with my husband where we booked an oceanview room. It never made sense to me to spend money on the room as we only sleep and change there. However, I really did enjoy the balcony. I More kept the curtains open and woke up to a view of the ocean. I also kept the door open at night so that we could hear the sound of the ocean. In the morning I would go on the balcony and read a little before going for breakfast. The room was a good size and our room steward was great. I still wouldn't pay a lot extra for a balcony in the future, but this was only $40.00 a week more each person and it offered an onboard credit of $100.00.
I was worried about the reviews of Costa, mainly the smoking on the ship. I've been trying to get my husband to quit smoking for over 30 years and I hate the smell of smoke. There were smoking areas, but there were also a lot of non smoking areas, so it really didn't cause a problem. There is smoking in the casino and would go through the casino to get to the theatre, youcould also get to the theatre from another floor though, so if it really bothered you, you could avoid it. Some of the reviews said you could smell the smoke in your room from adjoining cabins, but we couldn't smell anything.
When we first boarded, the ship seemed very ornate. There are many mirrors and lots of gold, but you soon get used to that.
The reviews also said that there were no drinks (water, coffee, tea, juice, etc.) and that you were forced to buy a drink package. This was not the case, water, coffee, tea, juice were offered for breakfast. There was water, coffee, tea, ice tea for lunch. Water was available all day on the pool decks. You could get drinking water in the dining room for supper. As I don't drink, it didn't make sense to do the unlimited drinking package at $250 a week (especially as you have to get it for both people in the room). However, if you do drink, this is a really good deal as it included capuccino, tea, coffee, pop, wine, alcoholic drinks and beer.
The food was a little different, but good. There was always something to choose from. The eggs in the buffet were a little runny, but there is a station that you can get fried eggs, omelets, etc. There was always pancakes, french toast, bacon (a little undercooked for me), fruit, cereal, yogurt, and wonderful pastries. Lunch was great, lots to choose from, as well as a pizza bar and hamburgers, hot dogs and fries. Supper was also very good. The servings were small, but more than enough as there was 5 courses. The desserts were good, but no cheesecake, etc., but more than enough to choose from.
The animation team always looked like they were having a great time. It was fun to just watch or join in the activities and dancing lessons by the pool. They had exercises every day on the deck, which was really nice. At 9:00 a.m. there was usually a yoga type of stretch, which was a great way to start the day. At 9:30 a.m. there was an abs session or aqua exercise session. At 5:00 p.m. there was another exercise session, either stretch or aerobics or abs. I really enjoyed these. There was a large slide at the back of the boat that was great for both kids and adults. There is a kids club, but I didn't check this out as our grandchildren weren't with us on this cruise, but I did see some staff with a group of children and the kids seemed to be having a good time. There wasn't any problem with children running all over the place on this cruise, everyone seemed to take care of their kids. Some people still put their things on a lounger and then not show up for a few hours, even though they do ask you not to do that. Unfortunately some people are just inconsiderate.
There are three pools and four hottubs. The only negative was that the hottubs could have been hotter, especially the ones on deck. The one in the spa area was okay. My mother likes to spend a good deal of time in the hottubs as it helps her arthritis. The gym was really nice, had three small levels with different exercise equipment. The spa in the same area and has showers, sauna and steam bath, hot tub and a few loungers for relaxing. There is no extra fee to go to this area.
The shows in the evening were okay, not the best, but a nice way to end the day. One show was very good, it was with a singer and a guy that stood on his hands on two sticks and did all kinds of antics. He was amazing. The singers and dancers were also good. I've enjoyed the shows on the Princess better. There are quite a few little bars that have singers around the ship, but were very good. The casino was always full and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.
I can't say much about the islands as we mainly got off and walked around the port, but didn't really do anything on the islands as my mother wasn't really up to doing a lot of touring. I've already been to most of the Carribean, so I was fine with just spending time relaxing. As we didn't have kids with us, it wasn't a big deal to go to the beach. We're also going to the Dominican in February, so we'll be on a beach for a week. We mainly went to rest and enjoy the sun. In Ocho Rios we just wanted to walk into town. The people there were a little upset that we didn't want to take the $2.00 taxi ride into town, but we really just wanted to walk around. Some were a little rude. It is definitely must least favourite port and I probably won't go back to Jamiaca. We were there around 20 years ago with our kids. There are many other places I would rather be. Other people really enjoyed Belize and Roatan (my family at home were very concerned that I not get off on those islands as they are supposed to be dangerous - however, everyone really enjoyed themselves). The people right in the port were very nice and friendly. Everyone said the trip to the Mayan ruins in Belize was wonderful, however, it was a 7 hour trip and would have been too much for my mother. One woman that took the shore excursion with the ship said the people were complaining it was too hot and they wanted to cut the lecture short and just go to the beach. She was very disappointed as the lecture was really good. That's the problem with going on a large tour, they have to please everyone. Whereas if you arrange to go on your own or with a few people, you can cater your tour to what you want. Three of the people at our dining table went on their own and had a wonderful time. I was reluctant to go with them because of the warnings from my family. The cost of that trip wasn't much different than what was offered on the ship. I believe paid $75.00 a person and the one booked through the ship was about $85.00. The tour in Roatan was only about $25.00 per person to tour the island, and they really enjoyed that. It's quite a bit more if booked on the ship. However, it might be safer.
When we were disembarking I overheard a woman say she couldn't wait to get off the ship, which surprised me, but there are some people that you just like to complain. As I was packing very light I didn't bring shampoo, conditioner and body lotion as I thought they'd supply that. They did have shampoo and I had to request body lotion. They didn't have conditioner, so I bought that in Jamaica. It was a little confusing at times for my mother, as all the announcements were usually done in five languages (Italian, English, French, German and Spanish), but I didn't find that a problem. She has a hearing problem and obviously they had to speak quickly to get the announcements in. I think she had a hard time differentiating between the languages, as she kept saying they don't speak any English. It was really nice to see so many different nationalities together. I would definitely travel with Costa again. The ship was very clean and the staff were wonderful. We met many nice people and had a wonderful time. Less
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Cabin review: B77226
Cabin a good size with two single beds, a sofa, mini bar and TV. The TV only had a couple of channels in English and they were the news, but not a problem as I didn't come to watch TV, but if my husband would have been here, that would have really bothered him. Closet space was very good. Bathroom average size. Balcony nice, but small. Our cabin in a great location. Cabin 7226. Mid ship and just two floors below the buffet area and pools. Very quite.
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Only walked around, but found it very clean and enjoyed the shopping.
Some of the people were quite rude and arugmentative when you didn't want to take a taxi into town. It's a very easy walk into town and after being on ship, we just wanted to walk around. My mom is 87 and I'd tell them that it was hard for her to sit in a taxi for a long time and keep getting in and out so we didn't want to go on a tour. They'd say that's obviously not true as she obviously sits on the ship. I'd say that's why we wanted to walk around. It was like that the whole walk into town. She was very uncomfortable. One guy said that if we weren't going to buy anything or do a tour then we shouldn't come to their island. However, the police at the crossing walks were wonderful and made you feel welcome.
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Strike three.
Walmart's latest whiff at rezoning Salt Lake City's east side for a big box sends the retail behemoth back to its Bentonville, Ark., bench.
But it won't be extra innings before the neighborhood knows what will become of the mothballed and maligned Kmart building at 2705 E. Parleys Way. Walmart says it will reopen the four-decade-old store next summer.
The City Council, which had telegraphed the pitch, delivered a 6-1 punch out Tuesday, declining Walmart's third plea since 2008 to rezone the property and amend the area's master plan.
The politicians applauded the civility of the rezone debate and even Walmart's team but said the objections of the residents living closest to the property could not be ignored.
"They are clear with what they want," said Council Chairwoman Jill Remington Love. "I believe our zoning has to mean something."
Critics said granting a permanent "upzone" for the property already deemed nonconforming would be a mistake.
Councilman J.T. Martin called the lopsided vote a "watershed decision" that has robbed him of sleep. He said he takes seriously the Planning Commission's previous rejections and the many calls for a walkable commercial district that blends.
"People think the east side is built out that we're done," he said. "It's far from it. We're having quite a renaissance. So I look at that."
Martin scoffed at Walmart's claims that it cannot pull off the desired upgrades to drainage, lighting and landscaping without a rezone. "That's not true," he said. "That's a choice that the petitioner will need to make."
The company had long-pledged to erect a smaller, 95,000-square-foot store with a rezone. Since the summer, Walmart maintained it would simply renovate the empty 120,000-square-foot shell if it lost at City Hall.
"For the first time in 40 years, the Salt Lake City Council had an opportunity tonight to impose a higher standard for development of the property at 2705 East Parleys Way. Instead," said Walmart spokeswoman Delia Garcia, "they chose the status quo. We are disappointed that, as a result of the council's decision, Walmart won't be able to give the community what it deserves-a brand new, smaller, and more energy efficient store with landscaping and shaded pedestrian walkways. Still, we are excited to have the opportunity to serve our customers in the east bench and this is the most important thing."
Garcia says the remodeling bid could go out as soon as Friday.
The prospect of a newer, "greener" Walmart versus an older, dumpier version swayed plenty to support the rezone, including a majority of the 345 commenters on the city's online forum. But Love, Martin and Councilman Soren Simonsen noted the bulk of those in support live five to 10 minutes away, while most rezone opponents are direct Parleys Way neighbors.
Simonsen suggested the property still could be a regional draw, but said it should take a clue from City Creek Center. "Clearly we can have regional, walkable shopping centers," he said. "And what Walmart is proposing is not that."
The lone dissenter, Councilman Carlton Christensen, says he was disappointed in the process. He hoped to broker a development agreement under a rezone that would have policed building size, light pollution and a potential gas station. "Part of me really wishes that they dress up a mediocre store and it does really well and it's really busy."
Mayor Ralph Becker said he purposely stayed on the sidelines during the Walmart debate to "keep politics out of the planning process."
"I support them in their decision," he said about the council members.
Still, not all six no voters shared the same reasons for spurning the rezone. Councilman Van Turner argues Walmart needs more box to go big, especially for an in-store McDonalds and a garden center.
"In the long term, the square footage you'll have will do you an awful lot of good," he told Walmart's team. "That place is going to be packed the day it opens."


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Randy Travis Says Forever, Sugarland Just Might Believe – Today In Country Music History
Randy Travis promised to love Forever and Ever on this date in 1987, Sugarland thought they Just Might believe in 2006, Keith Urban scored his very first platinum single in 2005 and more.
Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 13 June, 2012.
- Sugarland received a gold single for "Just Might (Make Me Believe)" in 2006.
- "You'll Think Of Me" brought Keith Urban the first platinum single of his career, while "Somebody Like You" was certified gold in 2005.
- Ty Herndon was charged with drug possession and indecent exposure in 1995.
- Jerry Lee Lewis received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 1989.
- Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever, Amen" began a three-week stand at Number One on the country singles chart in 1987.
- Kenny Rogers and Dottie West's "What Are We Doin' in Love" went to Number One in 1981.
- Charley Pride's "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" went to Number One in 1970.
- Loretta Lynn's "Honky Tonk Girl" debuted on the charts in 1960.
Here's a look back at Randy Travis from 1987.
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As spring break draws near for the Copperas Cove school district, many local groups have activities planned for students, including field trips and bowling parties.
One of those groups is the Copperas Cove Boys & Girls Club. Open all week from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the club has scheduled a field trip to the Copperas Cove Animal Shelter to help walk dogs.
Children also can participate in many game tournaments and arts and crafts projects throughout the week.
"We're usually pretty busy this time of year," said Arin Newberry, Cove Boys & Girls Club program director. "We can expect to have 70, 80 kids an afternoon."
Copperas Cove Parks and Recreation will host its spring break camp, which is modeled after its summer event, Camp Discovery. The five-day camp features arts and crafts, outdoor activities and a field trip to Cedar Park. Enrollment is $70.
The Armed Services YMCA, based in Killeen, will have its annual spring break camp in Copperas Cove's City Park. The cost of the camp is $80. The group also will keep its Family Center open for teens from noon to 6 p.m. Other plans include a caving trip to Austin and a bowling and pizza party.


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Energy Minister Angela Smith said the government was opening up the region to competition following a public consultation exercise.
The move follows criticism of Phoenix Natural Gas for increasing its prices by 52% within four months.
The announcement has been welcomed by the Consumer Council.
It said competition meant "people should soon be able to shop around for the deal that suits them".
Phoenix is the sole domestic gas supplier in Belfast while Firmus Energy was recently licensed to supply gas to customers in 10 towns outside Belfast.
Angela Smith said that while it had been important that Phoenix had an exclusive licence initially, competition was now vital "to strengthen and develop" the gas market.
"Competition is good for Northern Ireland consumers," she said.
"It provides choice, better customer service and, based on experience elsewhere, it can lower costs, something my department is committed to."
Wesley Henderson, Consumer Council director of energy, said the minister's announcement "could not have come at a better time".
"Rising energy prices are top of the news at the minute and consumers are really worried about spiralling costs," he said.
"Today's announcement by Angela Smith paves the way for consumer choice and companies actively competing for gas customers."


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Filing Meeting, February 8, 2012 pm - Octaplas
From: Wyatt, Michael (Keith)
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 12:18 PM
To: Rana, Pratibha
Cc: Kirschbaum, Nancy; Mahmood, Iftekhar
Subject: Filing Meeting/STN 125416/0/OctaplastLG/Pratibha
Dear Pratibha
Based on a cursory review of the Octaplas LG submission, STN 125416/0, I have not identified any pharm/tox issues that would prevent this BLA from being filed.
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Imagine eating the cuisine of 102 different countries in as many consecutive days. That's what had Noah Galuten, who wrote the "Man Bites World" blog, racing around the Southland for almost four months (September to December) last year, indulging in lunches, dinners and a few breakfasts without a break.
"The requirements," said Galuten, "were to eat one dish at each place, but at most places I ate more than one dish."
After each meal, he would blog about the food, the cost, the ambience and the company (sometimes he'd dine with up to 25 others).
On a single Chinese day, he ate at eight different Chinese places. He went to only two restaurants twice - a Pan-African place that served foods from Senegal and Kenya - and a Syrian restaurant that served Syrian dishes and on Fridays only the national dish of Jordan.
"My goal was to strive for authenticity, which was often difficult to gauge. I tried to get the closest I could to eating like back in the homeland.
"It isn't exactly like going to the country," he pointed out, "but this is the best I could do on a budget."
Mostly he dined at inexpensive ethnic/hole-in-the wall restaurants along with about 10 homes, where someone cooked for him.
"People cooked cuisine I couldn't have found otherwise - and in some cases people wanted to make sure their country was represented properly."
A German friend of his mom's noted there was "no good German food in Los Angeles," so he cooked for Galuten, flying in some food items from Germany. A women from Bahrain cooked Bahrainian food, and on the last day of his escapades, a man in Santa Monica cooked Slovakian cuisine, because the nearest Slovakian restaurant was in Northern California.
Galuten's food journey began after he graduated from UCLA and worked at several jobs in the arts. He had traveled to New York to take on a new career. But before he started the job, he decided to return to California to be with his girlfriend.
Unemployed and back in L.A., he decided to try something he had a passion for - food and other cultures. He set up the blog and began his food journey.
Although he's not a chef, Galuten grew up around good food and knows his way around the kitchen. His mom cooked primarily Italian food, and he recalls standing on a stool making marinara sauce when he was 6 years old. Cooking has always been a big passion - and he's experimented and adapted food from many cultures. "My family became guinea pigs."
He also cooked dinners for friends during his college years. "I'm not a huge sweets person, but if I do bake, it is usually cheese-involved, like the Stuffed Broccoli Sausage Bread - my version of my grandmother's recipe."
Did he get sick of eating out? "Definitely. By the end I was craving the chance to sit at home, order a pizza, watch a movie - and not have to go anywhere."
Although he misses certain aspects of the four-month project, "I feel like I am in a much better place because of it. It's hard to miss something when you feel like you did it as fully and efficiently as possible. It went better than my wildest dreams."
The day after meal No. 102, he dined at his mom's house on turkey bolognese - one of his favorite childhood dishes.
By the end of December, the blog had had about 150,000 page views. Galuten figures he spent about $5,000 total for food and drink (cost of each meal detailed on the blog), but his all-inclusive expenses tallied about $11,000 (groceries, meals, gas, rent and other living costs). Now $4,000 in debt, he's seriously job-hunting.
A theater arts major, his first play, "Bermuda," a three-character dark comedy, premiered Jan. 28 at the Strand Theater in Baltimore. And he has started a new blog: www.noahgaluten.com.
This experience is "living proof that there is no correlation between money and happiness in life," he pointed out. "When I had the most money, I was the least happy. I am the most happy now that I have the least money. It's not to say a lack of money caused my happiness, but it wasn't a relative factor in it. It's more about doing what is important to you and sticking with what makes you happy - taking your passions and making them a focus of your life."
Natalie Haughton
(818) 713-3692
Phong Dinh Restaurant
2643 San Gabriel Blvd.
Rosemead; (626) 307-8868,
Recommended: Whole baked catfish, the specialty. For the adventurous, they also serve alligator, ostrich, kangaroo and snake.
El Katracho Restaurant
14838 Burbank Blvd.
Sherman Oaks; (818) 780-7044
Recommended: Fried plantains with ground beef; shrimp and crab soup.
Al-Watan Halal Restaurant
13619 Inglewood Ave.
Hawthorne; (310) 644-6395
Recommended: Chicken tikka karahi
(similar to tikka masala, but better) and beef nehari (slow-cooked beef).
Pollo A La Brasa Western
764 S. Western Ave.
Los Angeles; (213) 382-4090
Recommended: Fire-roasted chicken;
anticuchos (beef hearts).
Nana & Naa International
4248 W. Century Blvd.
Inglewood; (310) 674-8052
Recommended: No menus here; food is served in the back. Have an open mind and trust the women in the kitchen.
Brunello Trattoria
6001 Washington Blvd.
Culver City; (310) 280-3856
Recommended: Gnocchi vongole
(gnocchi with clams); pizzas and pastas.
2851 W. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles; (213) 388-3314
Recommended: Monkfish soup; live
Tradition By Pascal
1000 N. Bristol St.
Newport Beach; (949) 263-9400,
Recommended: Bouillabaisse, sea bass,
sweetbreads and everything on the menu.
1618 Cravens Ave.
Torrance; (310) 328-1323
Recommended: Thin handmade cold soba noodles with pickled plum; eel rice bowl.
Azeen's Afghani Restaurant
110 E. Union St.
Pasadena; (626) 683-3310,
Recommended: Appetizer sampler;
1 pound broccoli florets
Olive oil
3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
1 pound sweet Italian pork sausage
1 teaspoon dried basil OR 1 tablespoon OR more chopped fresh
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 pound pizza dough (buy at Trader Joe's OR your favorite pizza place), at room temperature
1 egg
Place a pizza stone or baking sheet on the middle rack in an oven that is being preheated to 375 degrees.
Chop broccoli florets until about a quarter of original size. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with enough oil to coat bottom of skillet. Season oil with a sprinkle of salt. Add garlic and fry about 1 minute (do not brown; it will cook more with sausage). Squeeze sausage from casings. Add sausage to skillet, broken up or crumbled into bite-size pieces. Stir in basil and oregano. Fat will be released from the sausage and may look like a lot of liquid, but don't drain. Mix in broccoli. Season with salt and pepper to taste and cook just until broccoli is barely tender and pork is cooked through.
Cut pizza dough into 2 equal pieces. On a floured surface with a floured rolling pin, roll out each dough piece to six inches wide and as long as you can make it. Distribute broccoli-sausage mixture evenly in a long, fat strip down middle of each dough piece. If you have too much filling to fit inside reasonably, eat the extra (you really shouldn't have extra).
Roll up jelly roll fashion from short side. Make 3 to 4 shallow slits along top. Beat egg with a fork in a bowl with a splash of water to make an egg wash. With a brush or your fingers, coat top of bread with egg wash. Drizzle a tiny bit of olive oil on the pizza stone or baking sheet and spread around with a brush or paper towel. Place filled breads on stone or baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven 20 to 25 minutes. until golden brown. Cut into slices to serve. Refrigerate any leftovers. Makes 2 filled breads.
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The epistemological question "How do we know what we know?" is tough enough to answer in the natural sciences, where there is at least an agreed-upon scientific method. It is notoriously harder to answer when the subject is our collective past. There are biases and clouded motives to contend with of an especially insidious kind. Very often there is little in the way of unequivocal information. And there is no single avenue of approach.
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Let me be honest at the start: I am appalled at plans to reform the House of Lords which in my view amounts to 850 years of history cast aside on a whim.
The Government wants 80 per cent of the peers in the House of Lords to be elected. They also want to cut the number of peers by almost half to 450.
Hereditary and most peers would be replaced with elected members who would be able to serve for 15 years, instead of the current system which allows peers to be lifetime members.
It may all sound jolly good on paper and right in line with current political dogma, but I am wondering if protaganists for the bill including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have really understood what the nation will be losing if this piece of constitutional vandalism actually comes to pass.
One reason why the Government is pushing for reforms is because it says the current unelected chamber is not democratic.
But I would argue the current system works actually works very well and here is why:
There are dozens of peers whose experience of life, say in academia or sciences, qualifies them to bring a dazzling amount of intellect into proposed bills as they pass through the Lords. They currently do this day in and day out when the Lords is sitting.
And just because a fractionally small percentage of the population has failed to put a cross on a ballot paper we may well lose these brilliant peers whose contribution to law making is beyond measure; learned men and women simply jettisoned with no thank you, no goodbye; simply cast aside as if they are worthless.
But that is possibly not the worst consequences of the proposed reforms.
There is one tranche of very special people close to my heart who will almost certainly be lost from the House of Lords if the new bill goes through – disabled peers.
Getting elected is tough if you are disabled. Maybe that is why Members of Parliament with disabilities are as rare as hens' teeth. You can count them only on two hands including the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown who was blind in one eye and former Home Secretary David Blunkett who was blind since birth. There is also Dame Anne Begg who when she was elected as an MP in 1997 was the first permanent wheelchair user in the House of Commons.
One reason for the lack of disabled MPs is the terrible strain electioneering puts on those seeking public office.
A campaign saps a candidate both mentally and physically. I can say from personal experience at election time sleep-starved election candidates cover many miles on foot to knock on doors, deliver leaflets and attend meetings. The sheer physical toll is terribly harsh, even for the able bodied.
For anyone with disabilities the campaign trail is a nightmare and to be frank it is almost impossible to get elected if you are disabled.
And how we urgently need MPs and peers who are disabled.
A large proportion of society suffers from some disability. And the number is bound to grow especially as by 2020 a third of the UK's population will be over seventy years old. Consequently the insights of disabled people ought to be embedded in the legislative process.
There are disabled peers in the House of Lords. But they are not known because of their disabilities, but as a result of their fantastic work and highly varied input into bills; Labour, LibDem, Conservative and Crossbenchers – they will all vanish like melted snow and we will not see their like again if the so called House of Lords Reform Bill goes through.
I raised this serious issue with the Deputy Prime Minister's office a few weeks ago but the response I got was not satisfactory.
I was told disabled people could go and sit as appointed crossbench peers. How demeaning and discriminatory for it implies because of their disability disabled peers are just a footnote and they should be removed from party politics.
My other big concern is if the appointment of disabled "senators" is left to disability rights groups the appointees could find themselves beholden to lobbyists. Indeed under the proposed new system they could be plagued by lobbyists.
At the moment disabled peers enter the House of Lords simply as people, not because they represent a certain segment of the disabled world. If they are appointed by a group it will mean they are not there as individuals but to fulfil a purpose. That cannot be right.
And before we start trying to reform the House of Lords let us see what the upper chamber has got right. Women for example, are at the forefront in the Lords. Thirty are in top positions. The leader of the opposition and the Government chief whip are women. Disabled peers often remark how well they are treated in the House of Lords. The Upper Chamber is way ahead of the House of Commons in terms of representation.
In attempting to change the British Constitution, those trying to change the House of Lords would do well to look ahead at where this could lead, and take care lest their democratic ideals lead to the unbalanced representation of the citizens at the top level of government.
The irony, it seems, is that in attempting to listen to the diverse views of the public in the form of elections, the diversity within the House of Lords may be lost for ever.


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Medical Liability Reform
* Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I rise today to discuss one aspect of health care reform that, unfortunately, has not received a lot of attention by the Democrat majority. That is the issue of medical liability reform.
* Recently, I spent a couple of days in my district in New Jersey touring hospitals, physician group practices, and long-term care facilities. When talking to the physicians at these facilities, I asked them, ``What issue would you most like to see addressed in health care reform legislation?'' In every single facility I visited, medical liability reform was either at or near the top of the list.
* We know that the surge in malpractice lawsuits over the past 30 years has had a profoundly negative impact on the practice of medicine. And while, obviously, I feel that patients should be compensated for gross negligence by physicians, there is little doubt that our current tort system is broken. More than 60 percent of liability claims against physicians are dropped, withdrawn, or dismissed without payment. In 2007, the average cost of defending these claims was $18,000 per case.
* This has pushed the cost of liability insurance through the roof. The American Medical Association (AMA) has listed my home state of New Jersey as a ``crisis state'' for medical liability. Doctors face liability insurance premium increases that far outpace the already high rate of medical inflation. Some high-risk specialties, such as obstetrics or emergency, face annual premiums of over $100,000 per year. According to a survey conducted by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the lack of affordable liability insurance forced 70 percent of OB/GYNs to make changes to their practice. Liability concerns also forced between seven to eight percent of OB/GYNs to stop practicing obstetrics.
* But more important than the direct costs of our tort system are the indirect costs. One pediatrician I spoke to said that he would ``just like to practice medicine without feeling like a lawyer was looking over my shoulder all the time.'' The anxiety that our physicians face from confronting potential lawsuits seriously affects the doctor-patient relationship. Additionally, it drives up the cost of health care by encouraging the practice of ``defensive medicine.'' The AMA estimates that defensive medicine adds somewhere between $84--$151 Billion per year in health care costs to our system. As another doctor I met with said, ``I can waste money like you've never seen. When someone comes into my hospital and needs treatment, I can order every test, every procedure known to man, simply to protect myself from a lawsuit.''
* Even President Obama, in his recent address to the AMA has admitted that medical liability is a serious issue. But despite the support of the President, the medical establishment, and the overwhelming majority of Americans, of the 1,018 pages of H.R. 3200, the America's Affordable Health Choices Act, there is not a single page on medical liability reform.
* Madam Speaker, this issue is simply too important for us not to address. Any serious attempt to reform our health care system must reform medical liability.
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(Washington, D.C.) On February 1, 2013, a broad and diverse range of friend-of-the-court briefs were filed in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder [1], an important case that challenges the constitutionality of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in the United States Supreme Court. The briefs are available here [2].
Among the wide-ranging groups weighing in with briefs in support of the Act are jurisdictions subject to the Voting Rights Act's coverage, bipartisan federal and state elected officials, voting experts, former Department of Justice officials, local and national civil rights organizations, grassroots, civic, religious and labor organizations, law professors, and others. Together, the more than two dozen friend-of-the-court briefs urge the Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of the heart of the Voting Rights Act, Section 5, which requires places with the worst histories of voting discrimination to receive federal approval before their voting changes can be enacted.
"The Voting Rights Act has played a key role in protecting our democracy and ensuring the vitality of the right of minorities to vote and fully participate in the political process," said Sherrilyn Ifill [3], NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Director-Counsel and President. "The briefs filed today attest to the recognition by citizens and leaders of every race and political affiliation throughout this country that, despite decades of hard-won progress, the Voting Rights Act remains a critically important bulwark against ongoing discriminatory voting measures."
"Through an unbroken line of cases, the Supreme Court has 4 times upheld the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act. As these briefs make clear, the Supreme Court's longstanding Voting Rights Act precedent compels that it stays the course in this case," said Debo P. Adegbile [4] of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Counsel of Record for several defendant-intervenors, including five Black ministers and a Black elected official from Shelby County whose city council seat was eliminated and later restored because of the VRA. Mr. Adegbile defended Section 5 last time it was before the Supreme Court.
The United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in this case on February 27, 2013.
Read NAACP Legal Defense Fund's brief [5] on behalf of defendant-intervenors.
[1] http://www.naacpldf.org/case/shelby-county-alabama-v-holder
[2] http://www.naacpldf.org/document/amici-briefs-support-voting-rights-act
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Wright has a injured Achilles tendon that he hurt on Thursday night's game against the Vikings. The Bucs coach said that, "he thinks he is going to be OK" for Sunday's game. But he declined to have anything to say when he was asked if the league will have any say in Wright's availability. It is possible that Wright will be punished with a four-game suspension for using the banned substance Adderall. Wright could be available to play on Sunday.
The Bucs are already playing without starting left cornerback Aqib Talib. Talib has one more game left on his four game suspension for violating the NFL's policy on performance enhancing drugs. At the time of the suspension, Talib acknowledged taking an Adderall pill after obtaining it without a prescription.
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The Department works to the Repair of Benefice Buildings Measure 1972, Miscellaneous Provisions Measure 2005, Parsonages Measure 1938, and Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976, and report to the Houses Committee which is a sub-committee of the Diocesan Board of Finance. The Committee meets approximately six times per year.
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Mullan, Idaho: Elmer's FountainStands alone in the woods, named for the man who built it out of old mining equipment.
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It is noteworthy to tell passers-by to stop in at Elmer's Fountain during the cold months. The fountains continue to run, and ice builds up around them. The ice creates the most marvelous sculptures. Each are different from year to year. We always love our annual winter trip to Elmer's Fountain to see the latest addition to its artist's talents.[Kelley, 02/08/2010]
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Elmer's Fountain is already mentioned, however, here are recent photos. To see the fountains, take the Gold Creek Exit #66 from I-90. This exit is for eastbound travellers only.[Joe Boulter, 10/28/2006]
A set of three fountains with sign "Elmer's Fountain" along I-90 in Idaho, made of old mining equipment.[Brad Sondahl, 04/06/2003]
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Previously called Arnold's fountain, it was renamed for the sculpture's creator after the death of the property owners. Elmer Almquist built the sculpture out of salvaged mine equipment. Water spouts out of the taller pipes and cascades through the notches of the big beveled gear. Funnel shaped cone crushers capture the water like bowls, giving it places to pause and gurgle over.[Sheila Ryan, 08/18/1998]
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Schools in the city boast many an Ang Lee and Anurag Kashyap in the making. A film made by members of the Readers Club at La Martiniere for Boys (LMB) beat 54 entries from all over India to bag the Best Film award in the senior category at the Kolkata International Childrens Film Festival in December.
Another film shot by two students of Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya at Shyambazar won the second prize in the junior section at the festival.
Silent Footsteps, a film on how to overcome socially awkward behaviour, is directed by Arya Ganguli with Aparajito Ganguli and Sagnick Mukherjee , all Class IX students at La Martiniere for Boys, as assistant directors.
This was the first time we were making a film and were really excited. The topic given to us was My Changing Environment, said Rahul Ghosh, a Class IX student and a member of the LMB Readers Club who edited the film along with Arya.
The film has no faces, only various pairs of feet with subtitles running across the screen. The protagonist is a shy boy, a loner who is hesitant to socialise. Since he is looking down all the time, we show only his feet and other peoples feet. He does not have the courage to raise his head or look anybody in the eye. The camera is actually the boys eyes, said Atif Ally Dagman, also a Class IX student and a part of the films creative team.
The film was shot with a hand-held camera. We shot on the principals lawn, the cricket ground and other places in school, smiled Srutarshi Adhikary, a Class X student.
The boys say the award was unexpected. Here was an idea that seemed to click, which is why we went ahead with it. All of us have a strong background in dramatics. But film-making is totally different, especially the technical aspect. It was a great learning experience, said Samuel Prateek Toppo of Class IX.
Principal Sunirmal Chakravarthi is proud of his boys. I think they did a remarkable job. Such activities help create a creative vision and a positive frame of mind in children.
Arani Goswami, a Class VII student at Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya, and his friend Subhadeep Mondal, Class VIII, shot Amake Chhere Jeo Na Mishti, a film on how adults are gradually becoming insensitive to the environment, in between exams. Arani wrote the film and acted in it, too, while Subhadeep stepped into the shoes of editor and director.
Chhhaya Judhyo, a film by Chandra Mouli, a Class XII student at the Shyambazar school, about a childs growing intimacy with a computer in the absence of playmates also impressed judges. So did Green Man 2, a comic take on litterbugs by students at Lakshmipat Singhania Academy.
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A NIDA and ACS Joint MeetingMarch 26-27, 2000
Overview and Outstanding Questions
Pharmacology: A campaign of educating the public on the increased potency of drugs like heroin (and marijuana) may be important.
The uniqueness of delivery by inhalation or insufflation (versus oral routes) of some of these agents makes their pharmacology distinct.
The importance of multiple centers and interdisciplinary national group approaches was stressed, for example, PET centers, and magnetic resonance imaging capability.
Questions- Is marijuana smoking more rewarding than delivery of THC alone?
What is the influence on pregnancy of the use of the nicotine patch?
What are the changes in developing brain function in fetus and particularly in adolescents due to tobacco exposure?
How long do DNA adducts of tobacco/smoke persist in the young after forming? This is also a question for those who have stopped smoking.
What more can be learned from examining matrices in the young, such as in-utero matrices, neonatal hair, meconium, etc, where metabolism differs from adult metabolism.
What are the consequences of second-hand or passive smoke (marijuana, tobacco)?
What are further details of the fetal transfer process of exposure to cigarettes and marijuana? Rat models may not extend well to sheep, primate models.
What is the availability of industry-obtained or industry-generated cigarette data?
What is the mechanism of action of drugs like bupropion in the presence/absence of nicotine exposure?
Is the full extent of multiple receptor influence by nicotine well enough understood?
Have smoking combinations of marijuana/tobacco and methamphetamine/tobacco been adequately studied?
Toxicology: Does long term use of marijuana cause cancer? Epidemiologic studies very limited (Tashkin) and not easy to design. The exposure time to marijuana may now be 20-30 years in some human subjects.
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Are there hemoglobin adducts formed with THC/cannabinoids via smoking?
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NRCC Educational Foundation Scholarship application deadline is February 15
|Wednesday, February 15, is the deadline for students to submit applications for endowed scholarships at New River Community College for the academic year beginning August, 2012. Over 130 scholarships of $1,000 will be awarded to qualified persons to attend NRCC.
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For most scholarships, the applicant must be a citizen of Virginia living in Giles, Floyd, Pulaski or Montgomery Counties or Radford City; must enroll in a program of study or declare a major; furnish a fully completed application and two letters of recommendation from non-family members; and furnish copies of high school and/or college transcripts.
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