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Three known bromophenols, 2,3-dibromo-4,5-dihydroxybenzylaldehyde (
Marine macroalgae are known to contain structurally diverse natural compounds with a range of different biological activities [
Structurally, the BPs contain one or several benzene rings and a varying number of bromine and hydroxyl-substituents [
The first marine BP was isolated from the red alga
Antioxidants serve as a defense against free radicals, such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS). ROS and RNS form naturally during many metabolic processes, when well regulated, they contribute toward maintaining homeostasis in normal healthy cells and work as signaling molecules [
Recently, a study was published where the antioxidant activities of 19 naturally occurring BPs were reported, six of which were new, from the alga
Thus, the purpose of the present study was to further examine the antioxidant potential of one new and three known BPs isolated form
Molecular structures of compounds
The NMR spectra of compound
NMR spectroscopic data (600 MHz, methanol-
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The mechanisms behind antioxidant protection of cells are many and complex; they can be both enzymatic and non-enzymatic, one single assay cannot reflect the complex interactions that occur between antioxidants and their targets
This biochemical assay measures the oxidative degeneration of fluorescein and is based on the procedure by Huang
Quercetin and luteolin are known to have antioxidant activity and are commonly used as reference compounds. Wolfe and co-workers classifies them as having a moderate effect in the ORAC assay [
All of the compounds showed a dose-dependent activity. The antioxidant activity was found to be highest for compound
The assay was performed based on the procedure of Wolfe and Liu (2007) [
Compounds found active in the CAA assay are intracellular antioxidants. They have the ability to penetrate the cell membrane and reduce the oxidation of 2′7′-dichlorofluorescin (DCFH), a reaction activated using a radical initiator, like AAPH, to the fluorescent molecule, DCF.
In this assay, quercetin and luteolin were able to inhibit the oxidation of DCFH, by 92% and 58%, respectively, at 10 µg/mL. These two known antioxidants have previously been reported to have a high antioxidant activity in the CAA assay, both by our research group and others [
Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC): oxidative degeneration of fluorescein after the addition of 2,2′-azobis(2-methylpropioanamidine) dihydrochloride (AAPH), measured in μM trolox equivalents. Compounds
Cellular Antioxidant Activity (CAA): percent inhibition of oxidative degeneration of 2′7′-dichlorofluorescin (DCFH) to DCF inside HepG2 cells after the addition of AAPH and compounds
* The highest concentration tested was 30 μg/mL, not 50 μg/mL.
The assay was performed based on the procedure of Pap
Quercetin and luteolin gave inhibitions of 35% and 34%, respectively, at 5 μg/mL in this assay. At the same concentration, compound
Cellular Lipid Peroxidation Antioxidant Activity (CLPAA): percent inhibition of oxidative degeneration of the C11-BODIPY probe in HepG2 cells after the addition of cumene hydroperoxide (cumOOH) and compounds
* The highest concentration tested was 30 μg/mL, not 50 μg/mL.
Cytotoxicity was examined with a viability assay using a cell line of normal human lung fibroblasts (MRC-5). The compounds were tested at 5, 25 and 50 μg/mL. Compound
Biochemical assays are commonly used to examine antioxidant activity. As noted in the review of Liu and co-workers, antioxidant activity is usually determined by the DPPH radical scavenging method [
The use of cellular assays in addition to biochemical ones have also previously been utilized by our research group [
Antioxidant activity in biochemical and cellular assays are not always equivalent. A study comparing antioxidant activities of flavonoids between the ORAC and CAA assays did not find a significant correlation. Although quercetin and luteolin had moderate activity in the ORAC assay, they both showed a high cellular antioxidant activity. It was concluded that the absence of correlation probably was due to the biological mechanisms of the CAA assay [
When stored in methanol, the methyl ether of compound
The extract was dissolved in hexane and partitioned twice against MeOH at room temperature. The MeOH phase was reduced to dryness
HPLC purification was performed using a Waters (Milford, MA, USA) purification system controlled by MassLynx version 4.1. The purification system consisted of a Waters 600 pump, a Waters 3100 mass spectrometer (in negative mode, with an ESI-electrospray source), a Waters 2996 photo diode array detector and a Waters 2767 sample manager. Samples were injected in 1:1 H2O/can, and fraction collection was triggered when the intensity of the target mass exceeded the threshold specified in the method. The compounds were isolated on a Waters XTerra MS-C18 (10 × 250 mm, 5 µm) column and a Waters XSELECT CSH (10 × 250 mm, 5 µm) column. Gradients of H2O with 0.1% FA (A) and acetonitrile with 0.1% FA (B) were used at a flow rate of 6 mL/min and optimized for each compound (compound
Accurate mass determination was performed using a Waters (Milford, MA, USA) UPLC-ToF-MS system controlled by MassLynx version 4.1. The UPLC-ToF-MS system consisted of a Waters LCT Premier and a Waters Acquity UPLC. The compounds were separated on an Acquity UPLC® BEH C18 (2.1 × 50 mm, 1.7 μm) column. Gradients of H2O with 0.1% FA (A) and acetonitrile with 0.1% FA (B) were used at a flow rate of 0.350 mL/min (20%–100% B over 3.5 min).
Possible elemental compositions of compounds
The calculated elemental compositions were compared with the literature and the information used in combination with NMR data to elucidate the structures of compounds
NMR data were used for structure confirmation of compounds
A 20 mg/mL stock solution in DMSO was prepared for each compound. Working solutions were diluted in RPMI-1640 for the cell viability assay, while in MilliQ water for the remaining assays. Final test concentrations for the cell viability assay were 5, 25 and 50 μg/mL. In the ORAC assay, final test concentrations were 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 μg/mL, while they were 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 μg/mL for CAA and CLPAA. An exception was compound
MRC-5 (human fetal lung; ATCC, CCL-171™) cells were grown in RPMI-1640 and HepG2 (human hepatocellular liver carcinoma; ATCC HB-8065™) in MEM-Earle's medium (F0325); both media were supplemented with fetal bovine serum (10%, S0115), non-essential amino acids (1%, K0293), sodium pyruvate (1 mM, L0473),
Cell viability was determined by a colorimetric [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2
MRC-5 cells were seeded in 96-well microtiter plates (Nunc 167008) at a concentration of 2000 cells/well and incubated for 24 h. After the media was removed, RPMI-1640 with 10% FBS, in addition to the compounds in triplicate, were added. The plate was then incubated for 72 h at 37 °C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2. At the end of the exposure time, CellTiter 96® AQueous One Solution Reagent (Promega, Madison, WI, USA) was added to each well and the plate incubated for 1 h. Absorbance was measured at 485 nm in a DTX 880 Multimode Detector (Beckman Coulter, CA, USA).
Cells in RPMI-1640 medium were used as negative control and cells treated with Triton® X-100 (Sigma-Aldrich) reagent as positive control. Relative cell survival was determined by using the measured optical density (OD), calculated as: cell survival (%) = (OD treated well − OD positive control)/(OD negative control − OD positive control) × 100.
The assay was performed based on the procedure of Huang
The method was carried out in black 96-well plates (Nunc 7350004). Fluorescence was recorded using a 1420 Victor3 Plate Reader (Perkin Elmer, MA, USA, with the software, Workout 2.0, from Dazaq Solutions Ltd.) at 37 °C. The compounds, and Trolox (Sigma-Aldrich, 238813) at final concentrations of 0–17 μM included to construct a standard curve, were added in duplicate, followed by the addition of fluorescein (Fluka, 46960) (final concentration of 55 nM). Quercetin dehydrate (Sigma-Aldrich, 200595) and luteolin (Cayman #10004161) (final concentrations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 μg/mL) were used as antioxidant controls. After a 15-minute incubation, AAPH (2,2′-azobis(2-methylpropioanamidine) dihydrochloride; Sigma-Aldrich, 440914) (final concentration of 16 mM) was added to each sample. Fluorescence was recorded 25 times with a 70-second delay between the repeats. Excitation (486 nm) and emission (520 nm) were used. Phosphate buffer (PB) was used as a blank for the 0 μM Trolox sample. The area under the curve (AUC) was calculated with the AUCblanc values subtracted. A standard curve was made using the Trolox values, and Trolox equivalents of the samples were calculated. Results were expressed as μM Trolox equivalents (TE). Total reaction volume was 210 µL (where 25 µL was the volume of the test compound). All reagents were dissolved in 75 nM PB (pH 7.4), and the incubations were at 37 °C.
The assay was performed based on the procedure of Wolfe and Liu (2007) [
The method was carried out in black 96-well plates (#3603, Corning, NY, USA) with an optical bottom. Fluorescence was recorded using the same plate reader, software and temperature as for the ORAC assay. HepG2 cells were seeded at a density of approximately 80,000 cells/well and incubated overnight. Cells were then incubated with DCFH-DA (2′7′-dichlorofluorescin diacetate; Fluka, 35847) (final concentration of 25 μM) and the test compounds in duplicate for 1 h. Quercetin and luteolin (final concentrations of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 (or 30) μg/mL) were used as antioxidant controls. After incubation, Hank's saline solution without phenol red (Biochrom, BCHRL2035) supplemented with AAPH (final concentration of 600 μM) was added to all the wells, except for the negative control. To these wells was added Hank's saline solution without AAPH. The plate was immediately placed in the plate reader and fluorescence recorded; excitation of 485 nm and emission of 520 nm were used. The plate was incubated for 1 h before a second reading. Cells were washed with PBS between the addition of new reagents. The total reaction volume was 100 μL (where 20 μL was the volume of the test compound). The incubations were at 37 °C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2.
Cells in MEM Earle's medium were used as negative control and cells treated with AAPH as positive control. The oxidative degeneration of DCFH-DA to DCF was calculated as: activity (%) = (fluorescence treated well − fluorescence positive control)/(fluorescence negative control − fluorescence positive control) × 100. Fluorescence value: fluorescence reading 2 − fluorescence reading 1. Inhibition (%) was calculated as: 100% − activation%. The results are presented as relative values compared to the positive and negative controls, with and without AAPH, respectively.
The assay was performed based on the procedure of Pap
The method was carried out in the same plates as in the CAA assay. Fluorescence was recorded using the same plate reader, software and temperature as for the ORAC and CAA assays. HepG2 cells were seeded and incubated overnight, as described in the CAA assay. The cells were labelled with 5 µM C11-BODIPY (#D3861, Invitrogen, Eugene, OR, USA) for 30 min, following the addition of compounds at various concentrations and incubating for 1 h. Quercetin and luteolin (final concentrations of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 (or 30) μg/mL) were used as antioxidant controls. Cumene hydroperoxide (cumOOH, 247502, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) (at a final concentration of 50 µM) in Hank's saline solution without phenol red was added to initiate lipid peroxidation. The addition was done to all the wells, except the ones for negative control, to which were added Hank's saline solution without phenol red and without cumOOH. The plate was immediately placed in the plate reader. Both red [590 (excitation)/632 (emission)] and green [485 (excitation)/520 (emission)] fluorescence was recorded during ~1 h at 37 °C. Cells were washed with PBS between additions of new reagents. The total reaction volume was 100 μL (where 20 μL was the volume of the test compound). All incubations were carried out at 37 °C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2.
Cells in MEM Earle's medium were used as negative control and cells treated with cumOOH as positive control. The oxidative degeneration of C11-BODIPY was calculated based on the increase of green fluorescence as: activity (%) = (fluorescence treated well − fluorescence positive control)/(fluorescence negative control − fluore scence positive control) × 100. Inhibition (%) was calculated as: 100% − activation%. The results are presented as relative values compared to the positive and negative controls, with and without cumOOH, respectively.
Cellular antioxidant effects for the bromophenol, 2,2′,3-tribromo-3′,4,4′,5-tetrahydroxy-6′-hydroxymethyl-diphenylmethane (compound
The structure of compound
Only a few studies have been reported on structure-activity relationships (SARs) for BPs, and the ones published are all from
This present identification of cellular antioxidant activity of structurally related BPs can be used as a starting point for SAR studies, which are more relevant to
We thank Marbank for providing the samples used. In addition, we thank the engineers at Marbio, especially Reidun Klykken Lie and Trine Stiberg, for their help in performing the bioassays. We also thank Associate Professor Morten Bøhmer Strøm at the Institute of Pharmacy, University of Tromsø, for being a conversation partner regarding the chemical aspects of compound
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I'll tell you what the internet is good for: free porn, killing time, and weird videos. In the last case, take, for example, the video you see here. It's called "Mood Tail," and it features a guy standing on what looks like a train platform, where he is demonstrating the many moods of his robot tail. Apparently, his remote-controlled, furry friend reflects whatever mood in which he happens to be. Or, as the accompanying text explains, "Human lose one thing that does not seem to be important in the process of evolution. What is that? Its tail." Phallic and weird. Now that's impressive. [Neatorama]


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Bowel screening workforce symposium announced
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Bowel screening workforce symposium announced
Health Minister Tony Ryall has announced a symposium will be held in Wellington next month to look at ways of increasing New Zealand's colonoscopy workforce capacity and efficiency.
"The single largest constraint to a national bowel cancer screening programme is workforce – we simply don't have enough professionals to do the colonoscopies required," says Mr Ryall.
"This is not a new problem, but it's one that needs to be addressed before a national rollout can be considered. It's time to approach this more laterally, and consider examples of countries like the UK that are now using highly trained nurse endoscopists as part of their endoscopy teams.
"This symposium will get doctors, nurses, and other health experts from across the country discussing ways of boosting New Zealand's colonoscopy workforce, and agreeing on some solutions," says Mr Ryall.
Mr Ryall says there is a need to ensure that people who need a colonoscopy are able to get one safely and in a reasonable timeframe.
"This Government is committed to improving outcomes for people with cancer, and early detection is a big part of that," says Mr Ryall.
"Last week I announced the initial results of a $24 million bowel screening pilot currently underway in the Waitemata DHB area which has delivered more than 3200 colonoscopies in its first 21 months. This pilot detected cancers in some patients that had no symptoms at all.
"However we currently don't have the workforce to perform the additional colonoscopies that would be needed for a national rollout of this bowel screening programme.
"If we were to roll out the pilot nationally, by some measures it's estimated we could need around 100 extra specialists performing around 30,000 more colonoscopies.
"This Government has already achieved shorter waiting times for elective surgery and first specialist appointments. With our focus now moving to waiting times for diagnostic tests, I expect these to also reduce further," says Mr Ryall.
In the 2012/13 financial year, 41,000 colonoscopies were performed by district health boards - a 20 per cent increase compared to 2008/09.
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Talk about putting the cart before the horse: fellow judges electing an Indiana Court of Appeals judge as the next chief
judge before she was retained by the general public.
In October, the Court of Appeals judges elected Judge Robb as chief judge. She'll be the first female to lead the appellate court. But when the election was held, Judge Robb's future on the bench was uncertain. She was up for retention this election, so there was a chance - a very minuscule chance - the public would vote against retaining her. I can't recall or find a case where an appellate judge in Indiana wasn't retained during an election.
Apparently, the November election never crossed the COA judges' minds when they elected Judge Robb as their next chief judge before the general election, as Chief Judge John Baker told IL reporter Michael Hoskins.
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SPORTS >>Settling for a share
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Despite a bad night all around, Jacksonville still had a chance to beat the Marion Patriots Thursday night. Unfortunately, four interceptions and numerous dropped passes were too much for the Red Devils to overcome, and the Patriots prevailed 23-20, creating a four-way tie for the conference championship that also left Jacksonville as the low man on the totem pole in the state playoff seedings.
As a result of the loss, the Red Devils fall all the way to the No. 4 seed from the 6A-East conference, and will have to travel to No. 1-ranked Texarkana in the first round of the playoffs.
The outlook was bleak as Jacksonville prepared to receive a kickoff with six minutes left trailing 23-14. But senior Justin Akins returned the kick 99 yards for a touchdown. The return gave Jacksonville the momentum, which it added to when Lee Robinson picked off a pass intended for Razorback commitment Jerry Franklin on Marions ensuing drive.
After a busted play from the Jacksonville 47 lost two yards, three incomplete passes gave Marion possession on the Red Devil 45 with 3:18 left in the game.
Jacksonville gave up one first down with a face mask penalty, and used all its timeouts on the next set of downs, until Marion was faced with fourth and two. Fullback Darcel Johnson carried left on a straight dive play, picking up the first down by just a couple of inches after measurement. All that was left was for Rawls to take a knee to run out the clock and preserve the victory.
Jacksonville got the ball to start the game and its first drive was a thing of beauty. It took 13 plays for the Devils to march 80 yards, and they did almost exclusively through the air.
Quarterback Daniel Hubbard completed six-of-nine attempts for 74 yards on the drive, including a five-yarder to Marcus King for the score with 7:33 left in the first quarter.
Marion marched down field on its first drive as well, but in different fashion. The Patriots bulled their way to the Jack-sonville 10 before Jacksonvilles Nick Wilson knocked the ball from the grasp of Marion fullback Dominique Bettes and Cameron Hood recovered.
Jacksonville started at its own 9, and picked up 43 yards before being forced to punt on fourth and nine.
Marion went down the field again on its second drive, only this time on the strength of two long pass plays. The first came on third and three when quarterback Austin Rawls hit Franklin for a 31-yard pickup to the Jack-sonville 45. Four plays and 12 yards later, Rawls found receiver Taylor Williams for a 27-yard gain that set up first and goal at the 6. On the next play, Johnson rumbled in for the score to tie the game.
For the rest of the half, Hubbard was under constant pressure, as the Patriots began blitzing the house. Marion defensive lineman Nathan Goodwin sacked Hubbard twice on the next drive, once for an 18-yard loss and again for minus-six yards.
A bad punt gave Marion good position near midfield, but the drive ended harmlessly for Jacksonville as a 38-yard field-goal attempt flew wide left.
It was only a temporary setback, as Hubbard, again under pressure, threw an attempted screen pass into the hands of Dustin Cook, who returned it to the Jacksonville 11.
After a false start and a screen pass for minus-three yards, Marion faced third and 17. Rawls found Franklin again on the next play for 18 yards to give the Patriots the lead heading into halftime.
Jacksonville got one more drive, and moved from its own 5-yard line to the Marion 38 when a shot at the end zone was picked off by Franklin. He returned it to midfield before being brought down with two seconds left in the half.
Jacksonvilles defense was much better in the second half, stopping Marion for three and out on the first drive. Jacksonville gave it right back when Goodwin picked Hubbard off on the Red Devils first play of the half.
Starting at the Jacksonville 21, Marion picked up just six yards before hitting a 32-yard field goal to go up 17-7 with 7:46 left in the third quarter.
Jacksonvilles next drive lasted just 53 seconds before punting. Marion hit one 33-yard pass and broke a 22-yard run to the JHS 24. The Patriots again got inside the Jacksonville 10 only to fumble it away.
Jacksonvilles next drive was a two-yard run and two incomplete passes that took just 50 seconds off the clock.
In all, Jacksonville held the ball for only 2:38 of the third quarter and totaled 26 yards.
The Red Devils had the ball to start the fourth, and put together another 80-yard drive to cut the margin to 17-14 with 10:34 left in the game.
With a sense of urgency mounting, Jacksonville went for it on fourth and 4 from their own 40, calling a draw play to Akins.
Akins was hit by two Marion defenders well short of the first down, but kept his feet moving and broke free for 32 yards to the Patriot 28.
Marcus King then made a 20-yard reception for first and goal. After two incompletions, Rob-inson ran it around the left side for eight yards and the score.
The Red Devil defense held and forced a punt, but Hubbard was picked off for the third time on the ensuing possession, giving the Patriots the ball on the Jacksonville 26, and setting up Franklins 24-yard touchdown catch that preceded Akins big return.
Marion finished with 390 total yards to 265 for Jacksonville.
Hubbard completed 18 of 42 attempts for 214 yards. Akins carried eight times for 45 yards while Robinson carried six times for 30 yards.
King led the Red Devils in receiving with six catches for 64 yards and a touchdown.
Johnson led Marion with 19 carries for 108 yards. Franklin caught three passes for 73 yards and two touchdowns.


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Australia's military capabilities should match the type of conflicts it may be engaged in, writes Hugh White.
The changes the Government has announced in this month's defence capability review are small, but they are important. And they follow a surprising pattern: fewer and bigger. We will have fewer but bigger tanks, fewer but bigger ships, fewer strike aircraft, fewer airborne early warning aircraft, and fewer, much bigger amphibious troop transport ships than had earlier been planned.
This pattern raises the question: are we aiming to increase our capability to handle lower-intensity unconventional operations, or higher-intensity conventional conflicts?
The review was supposed to reshape the Australian Defence Force to respond to the kinds of new security threats that now seem so much more important after September 11. Conventional wisdom says that these new threats come more from terrorists, transnational criminals and insurgents than from traditional military adversaries.
To meet these new kinds of threats we need defence forces that are lighter and more agile. We also need more troops - because while conventional war is capital intensive, lower-level unconventional operations can be very labour-intensive, as the US is finding in Iraq.
Nobody serious has suggested that the ADF needs to be radically reshaped towards these lower-level tasks, because the old, conventional military risks are still there. In fact Defence Minister Robert Hill specifically said that the fundamentals of the 2000 Defence White Paper remained sound, and that our forces should be designed mainly for the defence of Australia and regional requirements.
But he also stressed the importance of recognising the demands of unconventional threats. So what we might have expected to see in the defence capability review was more infantry for the army, and improved logistics so they can be overseas for long periods. We might have expected to see a bigger emphasis on smaller naval ships suited to protect our maritime borders. We might have expected to see more troop ships so we can send forces to more places more quickly.
Shortage of infantry battalions - and support troops - is the key constraint on Australia's ability to mount operations in our neighbourhood, or to make bigger contributions to coalition operations around the globe.
Instead we have the opposite.
The army is getting new tanks instead of more infantry battalions. Shortage of infantry battalions - and support troops - is the key constraint on Australia's ability to mount operations in our neighbourhood, or to make bigger contributions to coalition operations around the globe. Tanks are important, too, but the Government seems set to almost halve the number of tanks from 105 Leopards to about 60 Abrams.
Each tank will be more capable, but smaller numbers of heavier tanks means less flexibility and bigger support demands. That does not seem like a smart response to the unconventional threats that are our new priority. Better to keep and upgrade our present tanks and spend the money on more soldiers.
The same is true in the navy. For the past two years the navy has been flat out sending ships to the Gulf, the Southern Ocean, the South Pacific and to patrol our northern waters. None of these tasks has demanded high-technology air defences, but they have stretched the capacity of the fleet to keep the ships at sea. So we might expect the defence capability review to plan for more ships, with less sophisticated defences.
Just the opposite: it proposes that we pay off two frigates early, and mothball two minehunters, and spend the money instead on a new (and risky) anti-aircraft missile for the remaining ships. We have also opted for high-end capabilities on the new destroyers to be built later this decade, and as a result have limited the numbers we can afford to three.
The review also proposes to retire the F-111s early. The F-18s will still be capable of taking over some of the F-111s' work as long-range bombers, but overall we will have significantly less strike capability than the Government had planned for in the 2000 white paper.
And the Government seems to have decided to limit the number of airborne early warning aircraft to four, instead of the six it planned to buy in 2000. This is a real missed opportunity: four aircraft are costing us $3.6 billion, while another two would cost only about another $300 million. That's a 50 per cent increase in capability for a 10 per cent increase in cost. It's a bargain, and it would help make up for the loss of the F-111 capability.
Lastly, there are the new troopships. The review plans to replace our 8500-tonne troopships with new vessels three times as large. It said the reason for such big ships is to provide a flight deck big enough to launch six helicopters full of troops at once. That is important if you want to land troops against stiff opposition, but is less useful in the kind of lower-intensity operations that are becoming so common in places like the Solomons. There the need is for more ships like the ones we have now, not bigger ones suited for more major conflicts.
Of course, Australia needs high-end capabilities. But we also need lower-end forces to meet the demands of the day to day work in our region and beyond - demands that are becoming greater every year.
Hugh White, director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, was principal author of the 2000 Defence White Paper.


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Taste of Cincinnati Expected to Draw 100s of Thousands
(Cincinnati) -- Organizers of the 2014 Taste of Cincinnati expect a bigger festival this year. Patrick Sheeran with the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber says in part because the St. Louis Cardinals are playing the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park, they expect more than 550,000 people across the Saturday, Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day weekend.
Sheeran says they have 38 restaurants scheduled to be set up along 5th Street, nine food trucks, and 18 restaurants at the P&G Gardens. And he says they will all be open starting at 11am, each day, instead of noon.
Last week, they announced the winners of the Best of the Taste of Cincinnati. Sheeran says announcing the winners beforehand is a feature unique to food festivals. He says it gives attendees the opportunity to know what they want to try before going.
2014 Best of Taste Awards:
Best Entrée
First Place: Alfio's Buon Cibo - Veal Short Rib Ravioli
Second Place: Arloi Dee Thai Bistro: Halal Chicken Curry Noodle
Third Place: Indigo Casual Gourmet Café – Indigo Mac & Cheese
Best Appetizer
First Place: Alfio's BuonCibo - Spinach Empanada
Second Place: Crab Rangoon – Thai Taste
Third Place: TIE – Indigo Casual Gourmet Café – Black & Bleu Tuna and Via Vite – Veal Meatballs
Best Vegetarian
First Place: Arloi Dee Thai Bistro: Vegetable Pad Thai Noodle
Second Place: Bangkok Bistro: Spicy Ginger Sauce with Tofu
Third Place: Bella Luna – Cheese Sacchetti with Truffles
Best go Vibrant! Healthy Option
First Place: Giminetti's Baking Company – Caprese Salad
Second Place: Arloi Dee Thai Bistro: Grilled Chicken Thai Style
Third Place: Market Street Grille – Spicy Chicken Wrap
Best Dessert
First Place: Alfio's Buon Cibo - Chocolate Caramel Tiramisu
Second Place: TIE - Andy's Mediterranean Grille - Giant Baklava and Bella Luna – Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding with Amaretto Buttersauce
Third Place: Indigo Casual Gourmet Café - Strawberry Shortcake


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by George Malik on 08/17/11 at 04:08 PM ET
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Updated 3x w/ even more stuff at 3:51 PM: As an FYI, from Red Wings senior director of communications John Hahn...
Single game tickets on sale Sept. 1
Wings and fans look for more great excitement at The Joe
DETROIT—An electric Joe Louis Arena crowd saw the Detroit Red Wings force a Game 7 vs. San Jose in the final home game of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs. It was described by fans as the "loudest and most energetic game ever" and fans can lock in the chance to continue that excitement on Sept. 1st when single-game tickets to every Wings home game in 2011-12 go on sale.
The record 24 fan-friendly games scheduled for Friday, Saturday or Sunday, a pair of home games vs. the Sharks, matchups vs. Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, former Michigan State goaltender Ryan Miller and the Buffalo Sabres, and Red Wings legend Steve Yzerman's Eastern Conference-finalist Tampa Bay Lightning are all available for fans to select, as are all 12 home games vs. Chicago, Nashville, St. Louis and Columbus as the Wings look to defend their Central Division title.
In addition to the great on-ice matchups available, an incredible list of theme nights and giveaways will be available to all Wings fans throughout the season including: six Bobblehead Thursdays featuring Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg and more; the Red Wings honor our armed forces throughout the season with Military Monday's and a special Veteran's Day celebration on Nov. 11 that include a Red Wings/Military dog tag giveaway sponsored by 3-Dimensional Services Group; Two-fer Tuesday's with great Two-fer deals for fans on merchandise and concessions; and Meijer Kids' Days with giveaways of Red Wings lunch boxes, hockey puck banks, superhero capes and more.
Fans can still lock in the great savings below box office pricing by becoming a Red Wings season-ticket holder. Full season ticket packages as well as 10 and 20 Game Plans are currently available. These plans allow Wings fans to take advantage of the many benefits of becoming a Red Wings season ticket holder including a New Ticket Trade Program, increased savings off Box Office prices, bonus tickets to select regular-season home games, private presales, exclusive team events and more! Contact the Red Wings Ticket Sales & Service Office at 313-396-7575 or visit DetroitRedWings.com
The single game tickets for the entire 2011-12 season go on sale beginning at Noon on Sept. 1st at the Joe Louis Arena Box Office, all TicketMaster locations including The Hockeytown Café, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy, or charge by phone at 800-745-3000. Fans also can purchase tickets via the web by visiting DetroitRedWings.com.
According to the Wings' Twitter account, signing up for email and/or text message news from the Wings will give fans access to a pre-sale.
Update: Also of Wings-related note this afternoon:
• Via RedWingsFeed and The Score's Rick Moldovanyi, Steve Yzerman's been officially introduced via video as an "Legend" for EA Sports' NHL 12 game, and Jeremy Roenick and Patrick Roy will be featured as well (Atrick can fight, too)...
That leaves two more "legends" to be revealed, and they haven't included Ranger, Flyer or Canadien yet;
• Also in the promotional vein, the partially-Wings-sponsored world's biggest dodgeball event is still taking place on Saturday, as noted by ClickonDetroit.com, and the Griffins are giving bike helmets away at the 2011 Helen DeVos Children's Hospital Kids' Race on Saturday as well;
• Via both the Wings and Lucian Boar, a.k.a. Booyackasha on Twitter, Tomas Holmstrom's working out at Novi Ice Arena;
• And Jake Duhaime posted a list of issues which the Wings plan on addressing terms of social media and web content, addressing fans' suggestions for improvement:
More Contests and Autographed Memorabilia: Yes! Yes! YES! YES! YES! This is absolutely in the pipeline. We've spent a good chunk of the offseason working with our corporate partners on building unique, interactive experiences and contests for our fans with some AMAZING perks for you!
Highlights: Last season, we decided to utilize Red Wings TV for locker room reaction after games. In 2011-12, the social media team will start posting highlights the morning after a Red Wings victory.
Get the players to start Tweeting: Mike Commodore (@Commie22) should provide a new perspective for fans during the 2011-12 season. That being said, we understand that worthwhile follows on Twitter are not force fed, but organically grown. The hope is that others will see the positive nature of Commodore's interactions and start to Tweet on their own.
Follow DRW players, alumni and prospects on Twitter here.
More behind the scenes: Fans loved seeing the behind the scenes experience captured on HBO's Penguins – Capitals 24/7, and we understand the need for this type of content. Being able to watch Sidney Crosby interact with teammates over PSP on the team plane was something that stood out. It was also something I was able to see on Red Bird II, as Jimmy Howard and Chris Osgood would go toe-to-toe on Tiger Woods for XBOX360. The hope is that as my relationships with our players evolve, this content will naturally get better.
Promote online feeds: Yahoo and VERSUS did a good job at providing out-of-market feeds for U.S. fans through their 'Game of the Night' in 2010-11. We know this doesn't satisfy everyone, especially those local fans that don't have cable. While we encourage fans to find the game by any means necessary, we've got to stay hush-hush on feeds that aren't exactly legal. That being said, 97.1 FM does stream all of the games on radio with Ken Kal and Paul Woods, who both do an outstanding job on the broadcast.
Posts from the players: We'll see if Danny Cleary's bobblehead campaigning sparks a bevy of Facebook posts from members of your Detroit Red Wings. It was very cool on this end to see him promote the page on Mojo in the Morning and on Red Wings TV.
Update #2: Per Sportsnet's Mike Brophy:
LAST CHANCE: Fabian Brunnstrom made a dream-like NHL debut two years ago with the Dallas Stars when he recorded a hat trick, including the game-winning goal against the Nashville Predators, in his first game. In fact, he scored a fourth goal that was waved off that he insists went in before the whistle sounded.
Nevertheless, the 26-year-old Swede who had teams tripping over one another to sign him as a free agent a few summers back despite the fact he had been overlooked in the NHL draft, has not been the scoring star the Stars thought they were getting. Brunnstrom scored a respectable 17 goals and 29 points in 55 games with Dallas in 2008-09, but slipped to two goals and 11 points in 44 games the following season.
He spent last year playing in the American Hockey League with the Toronto Marlies and now has signed a tryout deal with the Detroit Red Wings. He had four goals and 14 points in 35 games with the Marlies. I don't like his chances of making the Red Wings.
Update #3: Drew Miller, Justin Abdelkader, Jakub Kindl, Kirk Maltby, Darren McCarty, Chris Chelios, Ken Daniels, Ken Kal, Mickey Redmond, Larry Murphy, Dave Coulier, Al Kaline, Dave Rozema, all of 'em took part in the Ilitch Charities' golf classic this past Monday:
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George, hope your Mom is OK…
Posted by MsRedWinger from the State where Tigers roam in the Spring on 08/17/11 at 04:23 PM ET
Just in wait and see mode today. She's sleeping lots which is good.
Posted by George Malik from South Lyon, MI on 08/17/11 at 05:01 PM ET
Posted by HockeytownOverhaul on 08/16/11 at 08:04 PM ET
Well that's right too, Emmerton and Mursak meant no more Draper, but the Wings are willing to give Fabio a chance to down either one of them that they wouldn't give Draper.
Actually maybe they would have given Draper a similar try-out chance that they're giving Fabio, but he didn't want to go that way, and I don't blame him.
Fabio could oust Emmerton, true enough.
Posted by RWBill on 08/17/11 at 08:34 PM ET
And also best wishes, GM.
Posted by RWBill on 08/17/11 at 08:34 PM ET
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A man has surrendered on charges of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl and threatening to kill her 15-year-old sister after breaking into their Orange County house.
Prosecutors say 20-year-old Ernesto Parraguirre of Anaheim turned himself in Wednesday after fleeing to Mexico. He is in custody on $1 million bail and will be arraigned Feb. 16.
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David Cameron may be on a one-man mission to turn Britain into a "big society", but when voters start describing everyday behaviour such as putting out dustbins or making a cup of tea for a colleague as their contribution, a sensible politician knows the government is starting to lose control of its own policy.
It is not the first official slogan to become a joke. "Peace in our time" was Neville Chamberlain's boast after cutting his Munich deal with Hitler in 1938. It rapidly slipped into ironic mode as the bombs started raining down. So did Churchill's more heroic promise to "fight them on the beaches", not to mention Harold Macmillan's 1959 election-winning observation that the British people had "never had it so good". After devaluing sterling to a measly $2.40 to the pound in 1967, Harold Wilson assured voters on TV that "it does not mean that the pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued". Liar, cried voters.
Twenty-five years later, John Major deployed "back to basics" as an attempt to promote old-fashioned virtues. But every time a minister was caught with his trousers down, up went the cry: "Back to basics."
Bill Clinton popularised "the third way" in politics, whereby centrist reformers put equidistant space between their own positions and those of the supposedly extreme left and right. Unfortunately, no one took it seriously after Clinton's sexual mishaps with pizza and cigars.
Macho dogs were gleefully named Asbo in mocking tribute to Tony Blair's oversold ideas on tackling hooliganism, and Labour's love affair with "Cool Britannia" predictably ended in tears.


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Defending Champ Captured 1st Career Road Course Victory at WGI
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series star Kevin Harvick recently rated his victory in the AMD at The Glen as his favorite among his five NEXTEL Cup Series wins in 2006. Harvick will attempt to defend his title when the cars and stars of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series return to The Glen on their traditional weekend, August 9-12.
Harvick made the comment about his victory at The Glen during a Q&A session on his personal website. When asked by a fan which win was his favorite he replied, "Well, they were all pretty cool. But if I had to pick one, I'd say Watkins Glen." He went on to say, "To race Stewart like that at the end and to get back around him was so cool. Plus we had always been so close on a road course and to finally get a win was just awesome." Harvick passed two-time defending Glen champion Tony Stewart with three laps to go and held on for a dramatic win.
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text: Recognition of prominent women who have exhibited exemplary leadership in the conservation field was among the key highlights of the celebrations to mark 50 years of Kidepo Valley National Park on 22nd August,2013 at the Kampala Serena Hotel.The function was graced by the minister of Tourism,Wildlife and Antiquities,Dr. Maria Mutagamba,the US ambassasdor to Uganda Mr. Scott DeLisi and many distinguished personalities. The recognised women got plaques and cash prizes. Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has deliberately gone out to target and build the professional skills of women. This was after the realization that natural resource management and conservation requires women's participation and empowerment to mitigate threats to biodiversity. There were few women involved in biodiversity and conservation leadership and African women had to be encouraged to break through the largely male-dominated world of business and leadership. There are several women who have shown exemplary leadership in the field of conservation and those who have chosen to take on careers in conservation have shown that they can match and even surpass men in making key contributions to this important field. These mentor young women in conservation career paths. USAID / Uganda Tourism for Biodiversity Program implemented by African Wildlife Foundation in partnership with Uganda Wildlife Authority are therefore launching a 'Women in Conservation Leadership Program' to celebrate and recognize outstanding women involved in conservation and wildlife fields in Uganda. The inaugural awards are focusing on women working with UWA. Subsequent ones will focus on all women involved in conservation in the country. This is planned to be an annual event and we believe that, with support from other partners, it will help to encourage and challenge other youth to join conservation and mentor others. The following are profiles of top women who were selected from over 35 nominated UWA women staff. They were chosen by a select committee made up of USAID/ Uganda Tourism for Biodiversity in partnership with UWA. Other five women were selected randomly based on their experience and dedication to conservation MARGARET ADRICULU Dr. Margaret Druciri is a wildlife veterinarian with the Uganda Wildlife Authority who has been working in conservation since 1997. Hailing from Arua District, Dr. Drucili holds a Masters Degree in Wildlife Health and Management and is currently pursuing a PhD in veterinary medicine from Makerere University. From 1997 to 2004, Dr. Druciri worked in a research Project investigating the population viability of lions in Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Falls National parks while addressing lion-people-livestock conflicts. She mastered lion behavior as well as lifestyle and can identify all their whisker patterns, ear notches or color of their eyes the way human fingerprints differentiates us. She gave each of them a name. She got so attached to lions and, in April 2003, rescued a big male lion from the outskirts of Masindi town where it was terrorizing people and predating their livestock. People call her the Lion woman. In 2005, UWA asked Dr. Margaret to help on the eland project at Kidepo Valley National Park. Later, she was recruited and deployed at Queen Elizabeth Protected Area in 2006 where she works up to date. She now heads the Research and Monitoring unit in Queen Elizabeth protected area where she has rescued injured, rescues injured, orphaned or problem causing wildlife. What people admire about her is when she puts a dying lion on a drip hanged on the branches of a tree, knowing that if the lion managed to get up, she could be its next food. Her other work includes monitoring and management wildlife and population health as well as wildlife surveys and general park management. NORAH KAZIGATI MBUBI Norah Kazigati Mbubi is based in Kibale National Park as a Community Conservation Ranger. Her work is to build and maintain good relationship between the Park and the communities. Norah has been working with Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) for 12 years. Her passion to conserve wildlife began during her O'Level when she was a member of Wildlife Clubs Uganda. Her best moment was in 2011 when she emerged the best female in range shooting using the LMG gun in the inter force sports competition which was held at Kigo shooting ground. Norah envisions more women working and getting involved in conservation. She wishes to see some reserves elevated into national parks. She also would like to see conflicts between animals and communities addressed and the gap between UWA and the communities bridged. MAUREEN ARABUUZA A head-ranger in the Lake Mburo National Park, Maureen is a mother of three children and a wife. She has been working with conservation for 13 years. She is part of the park patrol teams and sometimes can be out for eight straight hours traversing the bush to safeguard animals from poachers and encroachers. OLIVIA BIIRA Olivia Biira has 14years conservation experience. She started her work career as a community conservation ranger in Rwenzori Mountains National Park and was later promoted to Warden; Community Conservation. UWA top management seconded her to work with Fauna and Flora International on the culture, values and conservation project as the team leader to ensure integration of the two parks cultural values into their respective management plans. She now works as the warden community conservation for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where her major role is to increase community support for wildlife conservation. Olivia has worked in five wildlife protected areas and coordinated conservation activities in 13 Districts. Her best memory was when UWA and the Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu signed a memorandum of understanding to manage the cultural sites in RMNP. One elder said "This is the first good thing UWA has done to the people of Rwenzori" She remembered all the revenue sharing and other projects supported by UWA in the area and she realized how people value their heritage and the importance of culture in conservation. JANET OKWEL Janet Okwel has worked with UWA for the last 17 years, having turned her back on accountancy and secretarial studies. She is senior guide in Murchison Falls National Park. Her tour-guiding work has exposed her to a diversity of people to whom she explains various issues to do with wildlife. Her best moment was in 2001 when she was awarded as best performer in the tourism department in the presence of the UWA board chairman. In 2009, Janet was taken to south England for a refresher course. Her vision is to see Uganda as the leading tourist destination in the world. LILLIAN NSUBUGA Nsubuga Lillian has been UWA's Public Relations Manager since February 2004. She was appreciated for her excellent performance and team work during the LCA Council meeting and breakfast meeting held at Serena Hotel, and described as being a role model to the rest of the employees. She greatly exhibited a spirit of teamwork, personal commitment and determination which raised the profile of the organization and what it stands for to international heights. She has a clean record with no warning letter of disciplinary hearing on file. She was appointed Ag. Director Legal and Corporate Affairs in 2011 and is noted for being an asset to the organization and for passionately protecting the image of UWA. Lillian is described as being an assiduous worker, selfless and always willing to work towards achieving organizational goals. MARGARET KASUMBA Margaret is a Senior Warden – Legal. She largely concentrates on prosecution of wildlife crime and is currently on an exchange programme with Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) in Arusha, Tanzania. Since 2004, Margaret has accumulated over 10 years of conservation work with Uganda Wildlife Authority. Margaret's drive has been the successful balancing of work with family and attributes it to the support from her husband, Cpt. Tumuhairwe Ruhanga, who usually looks after her children whenever she travels for official work. Her love for wildlife started in her child days. Unlike many people, Margaret says she used to love snakes, insects and other small animals. It made her sad when her siblings and friends always wanted to kill such animals. This passion grew stronger when Margaret joined Wildlife Clubs of Uganda in her high school. Margaret's vision is to have a poaching-free Uganda where wildlife enjoy their natural habitat with no interference. JUSTINE NAMARA Justine is a Senior Planning and Environmental Impact Assessment Officer with 10 years of experience in management planning for protected areas. Her work ensures that all areas of wildlife are analyzed and protected in ways that meet international environmental standards by conducting compliance monitoring for designed plans. Justine is the focal person on emerging issues which include oil and gas extraction in protected areas as well as hydro power development and mining. She is the environment 'eye' in regard to the development of such areas. Justine's Vision is prosperous conservation with the right funding that is prioritized by government PAMELA ANYING Pamela is Senior Warden for Forest Restoration in Mount Elgon National Park. She holds a degree in Botany and Zoology. Her research in wildlife for natural resource management was the preamble to her entry into UWA where she has been for the last 13 years. She has been involved in, among other things, aerial wildlife counting as co-pilot, community tourism projects and reforestation programs in several parks. Pamela's work requires continuous monitoring of restoration activities to ensure that the communities follow the set guidelines. Her best moment was when UWA considered and sponsored her for training as a pilot in May 2002 in South Africa. Pamela is inspired by her parents who were engaged in enforcement work. Her father was a senior pilot in the Police Air Wing and her mother a Criminal Investigations Officer. Her vision is to be a world renowned conservationist. GLADYS NAKIDDE Agnes is a Tourism Warden in Mount Elgon National Park. As a mother and a wife, she balances conservation of wildlife with her domestic responsibilities. Having worked in conservation for 12 years, Agnes says her job gives her opportunity to meet and interact with different people who come as tourists and end up as good friends. Her best moment was the day she qualified as Warden Tourism in Queen Elizabeth National Park to welcome and have a luncheon with the Duke of Edinburg. This was during the 2007 Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at the Queen's pavilion. She loves it when she is invited to market Uganda tourism products at international fairs like in Berlin and London. Agnes' vision is to see Uganda's protected areas become a world class leading destination. DR.GLADYS KALEMA-ZIKUSOKA Dr. Gladys founded Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) in 2003 with Lawrence Zikusoka, Director of ICT for Development and her husband of 12 years. She has been working with conservation for 17 years. But her passion for conservation began back in 1988 when she revived a Wildlife Club at Kibuli Secondary School as the Chairperson. She attained her college degree in Royal Veterinary College, University of London in 1995 and worked as the first Veterinary Officer of Uganda National Parks from 1996-2000. She left to do a zoological medicine residency and masters in specialized veterinary medicine at North Carolina State University and North Carolina Zoological Park. Dr. Gladys balances her roles, as a mother, wife and Founder and CEO of a young conservation NGO by spending as much time as possible with her children who have accompanied her to work in the national parks since they were two months old and are already very knowledgeable about wildlife. She has won several international conservation recognitions and is currently a Member of Uganda Wildlife Authority Board of Trustees. Her CTPH's mission is to promote biodiversity conservation by enabling people, wildlife and livestock to coexist through improving their health and livelihoods in and around protected areas in Africa. She believes people, wildlife and livestock can live in balance, health and harmony with local communities acting as stewards of their environment. While working as the first veterinary officer for UWA in 1996, Dr. Gladys led a team that investigated the first skin disease outbreak, scabies, in the critically endangered mountain gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which had led to the death of infant gorillas and was traced to people living around the park. CTPH has three integrated programs: wildlife conservation, public health and sustainable livelihoods. Conservation: It works closely with UWA and community volunteers, to support wildlife health monitoring. One of the achievements is the Gorilla Research Clinic in Buhoma village, Bwindi, which analyses Feacal samples from gorillas, domestic animals and sickly humans through a partnership with the local hospitals, to trace the connection of the diseases being investigated in the animals. This proactive management of wildlife helps prevent disease outbreaks. Community: CTPH works with local health centres to support Village Health and Conservation Teams (VHCTs). These are community volunteers promoting health and conservation at the household level and are sustained with income generating projects and Village Saving and Loan Associations (VSLAs). The VHCTs also promote community led water shed management. This has resulted in measurable improvements in community conservation and public health practices. Youth: CTPH engages the youth in conservation through community tele-centres and the Impenetrable Kids League where, in the process of learning technology and sports, they also learn about the integrated conservation and public health issues. LILLY AJAROVA Lilly graduated from Makerere University and then pursued a postgraduate diploma in International Tourism Management from Vienna in 1996, Austria. Today, she boasts of a rich ten years plus' experience in tourism development and environmental management. Her eight year term at UWA saw her serve in various senior management capacities, including public relations manager, marketing manager, and tourism development manager. These portfolios enabled Lilly represent UWA and the Uganda tourism and wildlife industry in various conferences, workshops, exhibitions and training programs in Africa and Europe. She did a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) at Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands, and Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute, ESAMI. Her research was on the analysis of chimpanzee tourism in Uganda. She is currently the Executive Director's at CSWCT. She balances her duty, keeping the chimps safe and healthy with being a model mother to her children PAULINE NANTONGO Pauline is the Executive Director of Ecotrust - the Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda, which she joined in 2006. She has over 15 years of experience in Natural Resources Management in managing conservation financing mechanisms, land trust, community based conservation initiatives, communication and building partnerships for conservation. Prior to this Pauline worked as Deputy Executive Director for NatureUganda and was responsible for initiation and overseeing the implementation of several conservation projects. Amongst other achievements, Pauline has successfully established a commercially viable payment for environmental services scheme, linking Ugandan communities to the global carbon market. Through this scheme, households are rewarded for their sustainable land-use practices using payments such as carbon credits. Pauline sits on several Boards of Directors for various conservation organisations within Uganda and outside. Pauline has worked in conservation for over 15 years where she finds her input in identifying innovative solutions for communities facing environmental challenges very exciting. She is married to Patrick Kalunda whom she describes as a very supportive husband. They have 3 daughters. She says she balances her work and family by planning ahead of time and allocating time for family, work, church and herself. She has also taught her children to be independent and to work with minimum supervision. Her best moments have been in travel. She has travelled all over the world which makes her appreciate how Uganda is blessed. She would like to see a future where Ugandans become responsible citizens and understand that every single environmental action counts. Dr. DIANH NALWANGA Dr Dianah Nalwanga Wabwire, 36, is a Conservation Biologist, with a Masters on Science in Conservation Biology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She got her PhD in 2012 in Biodiversity Conservation. She loves birds, butterflies, mammals and plants. She is one of the few scientific ornithologists in the country. She is married and has three children. Her husband works in Masindi. She says she tries to separate work from domestic duties by not carrying work home and keeping weekends for the family. Dianah has been working with conservation all her working life since 2001. Conservation gives her life especially working in birds where she says she can even work un-paid. Dianah's best memory is when his efforts result into tangible benefits and are appreciated especially by the communities she works with. The challenge is explaining the value of birds to land owners who destroy bird habitats for agriculture saying they have no money value. Her dream is to see that most of the Ugandans understand the basics of conservation in whatever field they are working. HELLEN LUBOWA For 19 years, Helen Lubowa has worked in the conservation and community development, in almost all parts of Uganda. She studied natural resource management and through her work, developed a great passion in conservation. She is married, has one child, Lynn, and several others she is looking after. Her most memorable moment was when she influenced the negative attitudes of communities and conservationists around Bwindi National Park causing an attitude change towards sustainable conservation towards the park. Her most trying moment is when there is lack of recognition of efforts put in conservation. One particularly trying incident was when, one midmorning, while riding along Mpungu- Kayonza road in Bwindi NP coming from a community conservation meeting, she almost fell off a bike on to a big cobra which was sun bathing. Lubowa believes conservation is the future of Uganda and would like to see more women get involved in conservation and more benefiting from it. As conservationists Uganda should aim at translating the conservation efforts into income to the people or economic growth seen by every person because this will encourage people to support conservation and tourism.


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It belongs to the Clark institute in Williamstown, Mass., and is now in the little Piero show at the Frick Collection in New York.
Another image by Piero della Francesca, from his St. Augustine Altarpiece and now on view at the Frick Collection in New York.
Their names still rumble with authority: Carnegie, Mellon, Frick, Westinghouse, Heinz and Schwab.
Mr. Frick had not lost consciousness and was able to recognize and speak to the physicians.
Mr. Frick was left to do his own fighting, single-handed and alone.
Why did not Mr. Frick say he was bringing these men here to protect his property and not to intimidate people?
The Pinkertons might be killed to the last man, but the Frick ultimatum must stand.
Mr. Frick had another plan—a plan suggested by his successful encounters with the Connellsville coke-workers.
"I do not think we asked for the legislation," observed Mr. Frick.
Mr. Frick was then questioned concerning his enlistment of Pinkerton guards.


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Statistical modeling to determine resonant frequency information present in combustion chamber pressure signals
Bodisco, Timothy A. & Brown, Richard J. (2010) Statistical modeling to determine resonant frequency information present in combustion chamber pressure signals. In Mallinson, G.D. & Cater, J.E. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society, University of Auckland, pp. 1-4.
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A statistical modeling method to accurately determine combustion chamber resonance is proposed and demonstrated. This method utilises Markov-chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) through the use of the Metropolis-Hastings (MH) algorithm to yield a probability density function for the combustion chamber frequency and find the best estimate of the resonant frequency, along with uncertainty. The accurate determination of combustion chamber resonance is then used to investigate various engine phenomena, with appropriate uncertainty, for a range of engine cycles. It is shown that, when operating on various ethanol/diesel fuel combinations, a 20% substitution yields the least amount of inter-cycle variability, in relation to combustion chamber resonance.
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|But, when measured by country as a whole, kids from other countries, like Europe or Asia, are said to be laughing at "dumb American kids
Children in continents like Asia and Europe are not smarter. Their educational systems are different; their methods of measuring achievement are different. One of the worst mistakes we make is comparing the academic achievements of our students with those in other countries, such as China. Their culture alone is so different that you simply cannot put the two educational systems side-by-side for comparison.
Other countries track their children from a very young age; we know that our system does not provide equal access to all, but other systems are explicitly designed to be inequal. Children who are perceived to have limited abilities are put to the side, and their academics are not measured with the others. Many of the impressive statistics you see from other countries represent only the "best of the best" and those children who are identified as "the best" are given all the resources they need.
When we use a standard of measurement similar to that used in other countries, it includes almost everyone. There is a huge range represented. Unfortunately, because our culture is so different, it makes no sense to use the same systems used in other countries. It doesn't work for us. But, on paper, the other countries look so damned good, and that's what parents see and what parents want, and so that is what ultimately happens.
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Maybe this is the case for some countries, but definitely not all. In fact, I woudl say it would be a minority.
One problem that I see with the U.S. education system is that schools in richer neighbourhoods get more money than those in poorer neighbourhoods. The students in poorer neighbourhoods often have special needs such as esl, poverty issues, etc that require more money, not less.
No, it's not the case in all or even most countries. However, it is largely the case in countries that we tend to compare ourselves to. Yes, there is a huge disparity in how we fund our schools; but, we also increasingly measure everyone on the same achievement scale, as if all things are equal. And we have pushed ourselves to use that same achievement scale because of our obsession with comparing our schools to those in other countries, even though culturally we are completely different. Those few countries I was referring to are the ones that get highlighted in the media as being academically superior, and are the countries that are brought up constantly among those who create our academic testing standards.
Jam 7, Peanut Butter 5, and Bread 2.
Yes, there is a huge disparity in how we fund our schools; but, we also increasingly measure everyone on the same achievement scale, as if all things are equal. And we have pushed ourselves to use that same achievement scale because of our obsession with comparing our schools to those in other countries, even though culturally we are completely different.
Which countries?
Because I have seen comparisons with countries such as Canada, and western European countries. While I can't speak for other countries, I know that our students are measured on the same achievement scale. I assumed most Europeans countries were similar.
How exactly would this bear out in math? Yes, there are cultural differences that affect expectations at home and on the part of the student, but these don't affect the scale used. How do cultural differences skew the measurement of mathematical achievement?
I shouldn't have said countries like Europe or Asia! I was thinking of specific countries like China, and others in Europe that I've heard do real well.
So maybe what it comes down to is the home environment? They might teach the same way over there, but we see the results of the families who actually care about their kids educations? Which would probably be about the same if you look at how kids with caring parents here do in school?
I have never looked into the models of teaching in other countries. But when I heard about how they are generally "smarter" then us, I wanted to see what they were doing differently.
It seems there is so much emphasis on testing here now. Do you think that will work?
Except that the best US students still underperform relative to these international scores.
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No, the testing is not going to work. That's been my point all along. In focusing so much on a test, we are going to lose whatever is still good in our system. Our children are going to lose the ability to think for themselves. Teachers are already seeing it. They're losing critical thinking skills and creativity.
By focusing on the testing, schools are ignoring why there is such a huge gap. They are ignoring student learning styles and real learning.
There may well be a statistical loophole.
But, honestly, I think the biggest difference may be good, old-fashioned American anti-intellectualism.
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|I disagree with your first statement and completely empathize with your second. I think the need to LOOK better is the driving force for system change rather than any meaningful reform on the learning front (unless of course you subscribe to the theory that NCLB is meant as the wedge to begin the dismantling of public education... but that's another issue).
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You might be interested in reading Liping Ma's book Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics which compares how math is taught in China vs the US. Much of the discussion in the book is based on the fundamental differences in the teacher's mathematical understanding and ability to related that to students. It's an interesting (albeit academic) read.
- the focus of schools are different
- creativity often has a higher place than drilling in American schools. Just b/c a country can recite facts doesn't make them smarter, which brings me to my next point...
|- define smarter??
|- the US is a HUGE melting pot.... the socio-economic, diverse aspect alone between a country such as the US and Finland is going to be huge....
|- who are we comparing against.... often the kids that are taking high school tests ARE the top students that have tracked into those systems to take the tests, versus the US were every child takes them.
Except that the best US students still underperform relative to these international scores.
- kids in Canada have access to health care all the time, which helps them to be healthy in school, etc. Overall the safety net helps.
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An online intelligent alarm-processing system for digital substations
Wei, Liuhong, Guo, Wenxin, Wen, Fushuan, Ledwich, Gerard, Liao, Zhiwei, & Xin, Jianbo (2011) An online intelligent alarm-processing system for digital substations. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, 26(3), pp. 1615-1624.
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My career at Microsoft has just begun and what a ride it has been!
Only three weeks in and I have already been blown away! I never thought the onboarding process could be as rewarding as Microsoft has provided to me. From executive Q&A to philanthropic team building activities, I cannot imagine a more exciting way to start my career out of college.
Week 1 - MACH Start Strong
I don't think I have ever been as anxious as I was on my first day at work. Here I was, about to work for one of the most established technology companies in the industry -- one that has been around since before I was even born. I think this was also the first time that I used the word "surreal" to describe how I was feeling.
Day 1, along with much of the first week consisted of the typical administrative tasks practiced by most large companies. You could call it "getting into the system," a process by which you are given your employee identification, corporate laptop, and other new hire related materials.
Microsoft's Academy of College Hires, or MACH, is a unique two year onboarding experience for new college graduates. The company refers to the first week of training as the MACH Start Strong program in which you are given the opportunity to meet others in similar roles within the company.
The MACH Start Strong program provides new college hires with insight into Microsoft's divisions within the company along with information about each of its products. I was hired into the Services Division -- a group that provides enterprise solutions and support for its products. The position that I am undertaking is that of an associate consultant. During Start Strong, I acquired additional knowledge not only about my own role but how my job correlates with other positions in Services to support our customers. They coin this as "One Microsoft" -- regardless of what my job is, we each have the responsibility to work with others to provide our customers and partners a high level of satisfaction.
Week 2 - MACH Global Conference
My second week at Microsoft had to be one of the most exciting experiences thus far. I had the opportunity to join almost 1000 other MACHs from around the world at the MACH Global Conference, or MGC. I was expecting to network with others at this multi-day event, but never did I expect to be this immersed in meeting new people.
One of the coolest aspects of working for Microsoft is the amount of diversity it has. While at MGC, I met university hires from over 50 different countries. The conference incorporated a variety of team-building activities and business simulations which gave me with the opportunity to work with individuals from the UK, Egypt, Turkey, and a plethora of other countries. I have to say that I think my list of internal Lync contacts quadrupled after the conference!
MGC also included speakers from both within Microsoft and outside of the company. For each keynote that I attended, I became even more excited to be working for this company. I was given career insight from senior Microsoft employees that included CEO Steve Ballmer, and the SVP of sales and marketing in North America, Robert Youngjohns. It meant a lot to see some of these executives take time out of their schedules to recognize their college hires. Not only that, but they devoted a significant amount of time for us to personally ask them questions. The experience made me realize how much the company wants its employees to be successful.
Week 3 - Microsoft Services University
Upon the completion of MGC, I reunited with new hires from Week 1 to attend a training program geared towards those in Services. Known as Microsoft Services University, or MSSU, this consisted of a deep dive into the methodologies the company uses to architect solutions and provide support to its customers. From initiation to close-out, many of the phases of the project life-cycle were highlighted as they pertain to my role as a consultant.
Throughout the week, we also learned more about own personalities via a DiSC Assessment. Similar to other personality tests like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, DiSC dimensions are arranged into four categories: Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness. One of the activities involved dividing ourselves into groups based on our highest scoring dimension (I personally scored highest in the Influence category). We were then asked to describe our groups' opinions on questions such as: "What are some common expressions you use? What types of things bug you the most?" It was quite funny to see the distinct differences in opinion each group displayed.
The characteristics we demonstrated carried over to role-playing scenarios that simulated business meetings with customers. We were asked to create solutions-oriented presentations and deliver them to seasoned Microsoft employees who pretended to be difficult customers. This turned out to be an eye-opening experience for those who were not accustomed to uncomfortable meeting situations. What many of us took away from this was that the customer is almost always right and that it's the team's responsibility to come up with a solution that meets both the company's and customer's expectations.
So what's next?
Now that I have wrapped up much of my initial onboarding experience, it's time for me to start shifting towards the technical aspect of my job. Being a new consultant, it will be a few months before I have the opportunity to shadow others on client engagements. Until then, my ramp up will consist of becoming well-versed in select Microsoft technologies that match my previous experience.
I have decided to focus on the private cloud computing space as this is becoming a hot topic among enterprise clients. Throughout the next few weeks, I'll have the opportunity to attain certifications in related products. I'll also be provided an experienced mentor who will help guide me on both the technology and principles on which Microsoft prides itself.
Over the coming months, I hope to continue learning more about Microsoft and share new and exciting on-the-job experiences. Stay tuned!
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Time's Joe Klein: Obama May Have to Lecture Israel on Its 'Moral Standing'
President Obama may need to call out Israel on its compromised "moral standing" in the world, Time's Joe Klein [file photo at right] argues in a March 17 Swampland blog post.
So what does Klein see as Israel's sin? Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu's choice of the hawkish Avigdor Lieberman for foreign secretary.
Lieberman's campaign for prime minister was distinguished by his call for a loyalty pledge that citizens would have to sign in order to vote in Israeli elections:
Jeff Goldberg on Avigdor Lieberman. I second the motion--and add this: I suspect that President Obama is going to have to say something about Israel's selection of a politician who has frequently made racist noises as its Foreign Minister. He should be very clear that this severely compromises Israel's moral standing in the world.
In any case, this is a moment of sadness and embarrassment for those of us who support Israel's right to exist and a two-state solution along the lines offered by Bill Clinton in 2000.
Of course, Klein had nothing to say of the compromised "moral standing" of the Hamas-led regime in the Gaza Strip or what President Obama should do to marginalize the terrorist organization as he plans to move forward in the peace process between Israel and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.


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(CNSNews.com) - The nation's civilian unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a point in February to 6.7 percent from 6.6 percent in January, as the economy added 175,000 jobs -- up from the 129,000 (revised number) in January.
The number of employed Americans edged up from 145.22 million in January to 145.26 in February. But the number of unemployed also rose.
The Labor Department said 10.46 million people were unemployed in February, meaning they did not have a job during the month but they were actively seeking one. That's up from the 10.24 million unemployed people in January.
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) increased by 203,000 in February to 3.8 million; these individuals accounted for 37.0 percent of the unemployed.
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (6.4 percent), adult women (5.9 percent), teenagers (21.4 percent), whites (5.8 percent), blacks (12.0 percent), and Hispanics (8.1 percent) showed little or no change in February. The jobless rate for Asians was 6.0 percent (not seasonally adjusted), about unchanged over the year.
The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed at 7.2 million in February. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find full-time work.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said although it's good news that more Americans found work last month, many other have been waiting "more than five years" for an answer to the question, 'where are the jobs." President Obama has let them down, Boehner said, by offering a "disastrous health law that's raising costs, hurting seniors, and making it harder for small businesses to hire."
Boehner also said Obama's "failed energy policy" and a budget that spends and taxes too much are additional dampers on jobs.
Boehner noted that House Republicans have passed dozens of jobs bills that are languishing in the Senate.