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Bills notebook: Marrone says practices will tell Manuel's fate
The Buffalo Bills will hold five full practices between now and their season opener Sept. 8 against the New England Patriots.
For rookie quarterback EJ Manuel to start in that game, it's likely he'll need to participate fully in a minimum of three of those.
On Tuesday, coach Doug Marrone mapped out a realistic timetable that would give Manuel a chance of being under center in Week One.
"I think there's two things that you look at: A. The number of times he needs to go play, and then B. The number of days for that preparation," Marrone said. "If the doctor said 'you're not going to get him on that field until Thursday and then he'll be ready to play on Sunday,' I would be concerned about doing that. If they said, 'we can get him on that field Monday or Wednesday.' I would see how he played and then make the decision."
Marrone said he expects to learn a lot about Manuel's chances to play in the opener from his first practice.
"We'll see how, for lack of a better term, rusty he may be," the coach said.
Manuel has begun working out, but hasn't started throwing. The team has not yet determined when he will do so.
"Right now, he's telling me he's ready to go, but obviously he's not," Marrone said. "That's the mentality of EJ. I'm excited about it; I've watched him do footwork drills and cones. I've watched him ride a bike. You talk to the kid and you'd think he's starting on Thursday" in the preseason finale against the Detroit Lions.
Marrone said he does not have a firm rule on a player practicing a certain number of times before he will play him in a game, choosing instead to make the decision on a case-by-case basis.
"It really comes down to the player and the responsibility of the coaches, that if we do put him out there then we have to be able to hold him accountable for what we're asking him to do. Meaning that what you can't do as a coach is say that if a player gets beat, you can't sit there and go, 'Well he was injured, he didn't practice and that's going to happen.' That's not fair to the club nor is it fair to the team," Marrone said.
Erik Pears was supposed to be pushed for his starting right tackle job this season.
But with Chris Hairston unable to practice during training camp, that never happened. Whatever chance there was for the competition ended Monday when Hairston was put on the reserve/non-football illness list, ending his season.
The good news for the Bills is that Marrone has been pleased with Pears' performance.
"Outstanding. He really has. I've seen him really make a jump, especially recent days," Marrone said. "He gets a lot of great work. Obviously going against Mario and the defensive ends on our team, I think that he's really upped his production from what you've seen when he's played here in the past. I really think he's going about it as a pro, he works extremely hard."
Pears started all 16 games for the Bills in 2011, but played in just seven last year before going on injured reserve. Marrone, a former offensive lineman himself, said he sees a player in Pears who has untapped potential.
"I work with that group, and I really see him. The funny thing is people look and they'll say 'gosh, this guy has been here six years or eight years and he is what he is.' A lot of times, those players, they can continue to get better," the coach said.
"I see him as a guy, even though he's a veteran, he's really got a lot better, especially in these past couple of days."
Marrone said running back C.J. Spiller will rejoin the team Sunday. Spiller is back in his home state of Florida dealing with a family matter.
Additionally, cornerback Stephon Gilmore had successful surgery on his fractured wrist. The timetable for his return remains 6-8 weeks.
With Gilmore out, Crezdon Butler lined up with the starters on defense during the portion of practice open to the media Tuesday.
Spiller, Manuel, Gilmore and quarterback Kevin Kolb did not participate Tuesday in any capacity. Linebacker Marcus Dowtin, who has an ankle injury, worked out on his own off to the side. Marrone said Dowtin should be able to play Thursday.
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers with a dismal outcome. The complicated molecular pathogenesis of HCC caused by tumor heterogeneity makes it difficult to identify druggable targets useful for treating HCC patients. One approach that has a potential for the improvement of patient prognosis is the identification of cancer driver genes that play a critical role in the development of HCC. Recent technological advances of high-throughput methods, such as gene expression profiles, DNA copy number alterations and somatic mutations, have expanded our understanding of the comprehensive genetic profiles of HCC. Integrative analysis of these omics profiles enables us to classify the molecular subgroups of HCC patients. As each subgroup classified according to genetic profiles has different clinical features, such as recurrence rate and prognosis, the tumor subclassification tools are useful in clinical practice. Furthermore, a global genetic analysis, including genome-wide RNAi functional screening, makes it possible to identify cancer vulnerable genes. Identification of common cancer driver genes in HCC leads to the development of an effective molecular target therapy.
Many studies over the past century have revealed that cancer is a genetic disease. Most cancers are thought to develop through the acquisition of genetic alterations and the selection of neoplastic clones in a preferred tumor microenvironment [
The development of HCC is closely associated with multiple risk factors, such as chronic infection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) [
The advent of DNA microarray and RNA sequencing technologies has made a notable impact on the field of genetics. Microarray gene expression technology has allowed the analysis of thousands of genes, covering the whole genome in different tissue types [
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As in many solid tumors, a great number of nucleotide alterations were reported in HCC. So far, several genes, such as
Currently, the dysregulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling has been observed in a subset of HCC. Nucleotide alterations of
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The elucidation of the comprehensive genetic profiles of cancer cells has led to the identification of potential cancer driver genes. However, passenger genes that are coamplified with driver genes have also been identified as candidates for drivers. Therefore, a genome-wide functional screening strategy may prove useful for identifying genes that directly have an effect on the fate of tumors. Several studies have utilized mouse models of HCC to search for driver genes. For example, Sawey
Recently, new high-throughput technology that combines the RNAi strategy with microarray gene expression analysis has been developed as a tool for the exploration of cancer driver genes. The complex pool of shRNA libraries labeled with unique barcodes are hybridized with specific probes on the microarray platform. Pioneering studies of this genome-wide RNAi screening were performed using colon and breast cancer cells. In a study by Schlabach
The molecular pathogenesis of HCC is complex, making it difficult to elucidate the underlying mechanism of tumorigenesis. Tumor heterogeneity amongst patients is a major contributor to the complex HCC genome. The comprehensive analysis of the genetic landscape using tumor samples of HCC patients with various etiologies provides us with much information about the molecular features that each individual HCC tumor possesses. By identifying the cancer drivers and elucidating the genetic landscape of HCC, we will be able to understand how tumor heterogeneity may affect, and possibly confound, targeted therapeutic interventions, such as
While some genetic profiles or signaling pathways may prove to be potential targets for clinical application, the molecular characteristics of HCC vary widely among patients. The existence of intra-tumor heterogeneity can be subjected to recurrence even after the eradication of most cancer cells. Each cancer cell inside the tumor has acquired deferent molecular features during tumorigenesis. A new paradigm of how cancer develops has implicated the existence of cancer stem cells. These cells are resistant to chemotherapy and may prevent patients from achieving complete remission. The establishment of the molecular target therapy that selectively kills cancer stem cells will be required to solve the problem of intra-tumor heterogeneity. Although the knowledge about the mechanism of how cancer stem cells are maintained is still limited, a better understanding about the behavior of cancer stem cells will lead to the development of revolutionary therapies that selectively eradicate malignant cells responsible for cancer initiation.
The heterogeneity of HCC makes it difficult to clarify the mechanism of cancer development and to develop effective therapeutics. However, an integrative functional genomics approach will contribute to the discovery of potential molecular features critical for HCC development. These studies will provide us with better treatment strategies that may be effective to treat all HCC patients.
Strategies for the identification of cancer driver genes or alterations. The integration of comprehensive genetic analyses will be useful for discovering a target molecule applicable to HCC treatment.
This work was supported by grants (Z01-BC-010313 and Z01-BC-010876) from the intramural Research Program of the Center for Cancer Research, the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
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Perth Glory marquee defender William Gallas has some words of warning for Melbourne Victory if it plans to use Friday night's clash at nib Stadium to get its derailing season back on track.
First, the former Arsenal captain is close to being back to full fitness and plans to play a full 90 minutes for the first time, having finally recovered from a calf injury.
Second, he says the Glory midfield has been training well with striker Shane Smeltz since his return from injury and the fruits of that hard work are ripe to be taken.
Gallas says he expects Melbourne Victory to be desperate to atone for two consecutive 5-0 losses, to Sydney FC and Wellington. "It won't be an easy game … we expect them to come here and to work hard to try to win or to draw," the Frenchman said.
The Glory is also coming off a loss, 3-1 to Western Sydney. Despite that result, Gallas still holds hopes of the seventh-placed Perth side winning the title.
"Everything can go so quick. If you win four or five games you can be on top," he said.
"I came here to win [the] trophy. To get something at the end of the season. That's my mentality. I'm a winner."
Gallas is yet to get through a full game for the Glory after tearing a calf in his second outing and missing seven rounds. But since returning, he's played 45 and 78 minutes and says he's ready to get through a full contest.


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The US-based liquidators of Lehman Brothers have blocked a deal that would have settled almost $500 million in claims from Australian councils, charities and churches.
But litigation funder IMF (Australia) believes it will still achieve its objective of recovering around half the $470 million owed to 72 councils and community organisations that bought AAA-rated securities sold by Lehman Brothers Australia.
The liquidator of Lehman Brothers Australia, PPB Advisory, adjourned a meeting of creditors that would have voted on a new scheme of arrangement to allow a quick settlement of claims after US based Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc said it would vote against the scheme.
It would have been able to vote it down as it bought the debt of creditors, including several Asian arms of Lehman Brothers, on Friday night.
This allowed LBHI to stymie a vote of creditors of Lehman Brothers Australia on Wednesday that would have provided US$45 million to LBA from professional indemnity insurers to go towards claims.
The scheme would have also started an agreed claims process that would have likely seen IMF's clients receive a dividend of around $211 million, or about 45 per cent of the $470 million claimed.
The scheme required 75 per cent of creditors present at the meeting to vote for it. Crucially, it also required a 75 per cent majority in the value of each class of creditor. As LBHI bought the debt of two of the five classes on Friday, it could block the vote.
In a statement released on Wednesday, PPB Advisory said the adjournment would give time for LBHI "to properly review the proposed scheme".
Little hope of scheme proposal revival
John Walker, the executive director of IMF (Australia), however, appeared to hold out little hope that the scheme proposal would be revived.
But he said they were still confident they could get the $211 million back by going through a claims process with each creditor. "It will just cost more and take longer," he said.
"We feel that it is in our interests that we get on with it. The US companies are not seeking to negotiate on a process.
"It is our understanding that they simply want more money."
Walker said they would be able to achieve the same "practical result without a scheme".
However, he said the worst case scenario was that LBHI could go to court to try claim more money for itself. This could add years to the process.
"[LBHI] are a creditor and they have now bought debt that they can use to get as much money as they can from liquidators."
LBHI's spokesman in Australia is Jones Day lawyer Philip Hoser. He declined to comment.
Actions 'real frustrating'
Parkes Shire Council is one of Lehman's creditors. Director of technology and corporate services, Les Finn, who attended the meeting, said LBHI's actions were "real frustrating ".
He said the value of the assets Parkes Council had lost as a result of their investment in collateralised debt obligations sold initially by Grange Securities, later bought by Lehman Brothers Australia, was $8 million.
"[If we get] a return of 40¢ to 50¢ in the dollar, that would be about $4 million." After legal costs, however, that would halve again to about $2 million.
"But $2 million is better than none," he said.
Ultimately, he said the practical effect of the loss was a reduction in their ability to provide services, including delayed asset renewal and maintenance.
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Docket Management
Docket: 02N-0209 - Request for Comment on First Amendment Issues
Comment Number: EC -214
Accepted - Volume 4
Comment Record
Dr. Ron Violet
2002-07-26 11:39:48
Dr. Ron Violet
Health Professional
Comments for FDA General
1. Are there arguments for regulating speech about drugs more comprehensively than, for example, about dietary supplements? What must an administrative record contain to sustain such a position? In particular, could FDA sustain a position that certain promotional speech about drugs is inherently misleading, unless it complies with FDA requirements? Does anything turn on whether the speech is made to learned intermediaries or to consumers? What is the evidentiary basis of such a distinction?
I often get asked by people about drug advertisements. As a naturopath doctor, I don't prescribe drugs(nor would I want to) but I do have greater knowledge than the general public about the use of drugs and possible dangers. I find the ads to be misleading leading people to believe that except for a few minor side effects, they are safe. I think that when drugs that are properly prescribed in a hospital cause the deaths of 100,000+ people is far from being safe. If people were told how many people die of all drug complications at the beginning of an add, they wouldn't consider them as a viable choice.
2. Is FDA's current position regarding direct-to-consumer and other advertisements consistent with empirical research on the effects of those advertisements, as well as with relevant legal authority? What are the positive and negative effects, if any, of industry's promotion of prescription drugs, biologics, and/or devices? Does the current regulatory approach and its implementation by industry lead to over-prescription of drugs? Do they increase physician visits or patient compliance with medication regimes? Do they cause patient visits that lead to treatment for under-diagnosed diseases? Does FDA's current approach and its implementation by industry lead to adequate treatment for under-diagnosed diseases? Do they lead to adequate patient understanding of the potential risks associated with use of drugs? Does FDA's current approach and its implementation by industry create any impediments to the ability of doctors to give optimal medical advice or prescribe optimal treatment?
I see only negative effects of these adds. They get people to believe that drugs are the only answer to their problems. Whatever happened to a drug free America? Doctors find themselves in an untenable position. If they don't prescribe the drug the patient is asking about, the patient finds another doctor. Doctors really don't have the time to educate the public about the real problems concerning side effects on all drugs especially when used in combinations.
3. May FDA distinguish claims concerning conventional foods from those relating to dietary supplements, taking into account limits on claims that can be made about foods in the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, 21 U.S.C. 301, 321, 337, 343, 371? What must an administrative record contain to sustain or deny claims on food labels? How can information best be presented in a succinct but non-misleading fashion? To what extent do assertions in claims need qualifications or disclaimers added to the label to avoid any misconceptions that consumers may draw? Is there a basis to believe that consumers approach claims about conventional foods and dietary supplements differently?
There is ample information about food and supplement use. The FDA seems to want to limit DSHEA and information that the public gets. The lawsuits against the FDA made it clear that the FDA has no scientific basis for doing what they do...limit the information to the public and violate the laws of Congress. What standard of proof is required for making claims about food or supplements is difficult to state. Since eating vegetables is relatively safe(except for the pesticides), the level of danger is small compaired to the potential benefit. With supplements the benefit vs potential danger must be evaluated. With the current thinking, this cannot be done fairly. Example: the study on St. John's wart vs antidepressant drugs. The herb was one persentage point less effective than the drug, but the conclusion was that the herb was not effective. What bothers me about evaluations in general is the dismal record the FDA has with drugs. It seems that after the drug has been approved by the FDA, some time down the road we find out that research done in Europe that says the drug was unsafe is overlooked as was the fact that the research done seems to have been poorly done. Maybe we need to keep the FDA out of the food and suplement evaluation process. Creating a new agency is the only answer. What bothers me is how long will it be before the new agency will be biased by various special interests groups.
4. Should disclaimers be required to be in the same (or smaller or larger) size of type and given equal prominence with claims? Is there any relevant authority or social science research on this issue?
Disclaimers and warnings should be the same size. Problem: Will the bottles need to be so large to contain all claims and disclaimers that it will be impractical for the manufacturer and consumer?
5. How can warnings be made most effective in preventing harm while minimizing the chances of consumer confusion or inattention? Is there any evidence as to which types of warnings consumers follow or disregard?
We seem to be worrying about preventing possible harm from substances that are relatively safe compaired to drugs which seem to be seen as safe because doctors prescribe them. One study said that basically medical errors and use of prescribed drugs are the first leading cause of death in America. Maybe we should be looking at the real danger...Drugs(all are toxic) that are used to treat symptoms vs adressing the cause of disease.
6. What arguments or social science evidence, if any, can be used to support distinguishing between claims made in advertisements and those made on labels? Does the First Amendment and the relevant social science evidence afford the Government greater latitude over labels?
Our First Amendment rights should be first and formost. An individual can gain information from books or professionals and make a choice. All I want is for some agency to guarantee that what is on the label is infact in the bottle at the stated amounts.
7. Would permitting speech by manufacturer, distributor, and marketer about off-label uses undermine the act's requirement that new uses must be approved by the FDA? If so, how? If not, why not? What is the extent of FDA's ability to regulate speech concerning off-label uses?
If you are talking about off use of drugs, the FDA should not permit it unless the use is for a life threatening condition. If not studies must be done.
8. Do FDA's speech-related regulations advance the public health concerns they are designed to address? Are there other alternative approaches that FDA could pursue to accomplish those objectives with fewer restrictions on speech?
I see the FDA as an extension of the drug manufacturers. They want to keep the competition of alternative approches down to a minimum and keep the informations about the dangers of drugs hidden.
9. Are there any regulations, guidance, policies, and practices FDA should change, in light of governing First Amendment authority?
The FDA should Allow the public free access to ALL information regarding supplements and the therapeutic use of food. They should also follow the intent of the DSHEA act or loose their jobs.


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Sponsor Edward Huniehu said he dropped the motion because the government was challenging it in the courts.
The vote, the second Mr Sogavare would have faced, was triggered by the controversial appointment of Julian Moti as attorney general.
Mr Moti is wanted in Australia to face child sex charges.
Mr Huniehu said he would wait for the courts to decide whether his motion was legal.
"I have no intention to create animosity, acrimony and confusion by moving this motion now," he said. "I have decided that this motion will be deferred."
A decision from the court is expected within eight days.
Mr Sogavare, for his part, said that he feared nothing.
"We welcome any moves to unseat my democratically elected government, he said.
Mr Sogavare's appointment of Mr Moti has drawn domestic criticism and strained ties with the Australian government, which wants his extradition.
Security had been increased in the capital, Honiara, ahead of the motion.
Last year, a vote for a new government triggered rioting that left parts of Honiara in ruins and forced many Chinese residents to flee.
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Audio Australian police to assist PNG law and orderLiam Cochrane
MARK COLVIN: On a visit to Papua New Guinea, Kevin Rudd has defended Australia's offshore processing centre on Manus Island.
Mr Rudd and the Immigration Minister Tony Burke have arrived back in Australia but the Trade Minister Richard Marles has stayed behind in PNG to continue talks.
Mr Rudd announced that Australia would send 50 police officers to PNG by the end of the year to try to combat the country's endemic law and order problems.
Liam Cochrane reports from Port Moresby.
LIAM COCHRANE: Kevin Rudd's flash visit to PNG lasted less than 24 hours but he seemed to fit right in.
(Kevin Rudd speaking in Tok Pisin. Cheer at end)
Beyond the charm offensive and banter about the State of Origin rugby league, there were some policy announcements.
KEVIN RUDD: By year's end Australia will deploy 50 Australian police in visible policing roles in Port Moresby and Lae. Our law and order cooperation will not stop there. This, however, is a good start.
LIAM COCHRANE: It's understood these 50 officers are separate from an exchange program between PNG and Queensland that's currently being discussed.
On the issue of the asylum seeker detention facility on Manus Island, both prime ministers stressed the need for such a centre, despite criticisms from the United Nations over conditions.
KEVIN RUDD: Following my meetings in Indonesia I'm pleased to have spoken also with prime minister O'Neill about continuing, strengthening and furthering our regional cooperation on asylum seekers into the future.
PETER O'NEILL: The process of the building of the permanent facilities are now continuing. So I think we appreciate the UNHCR reports and recommendations and we hope that they understand the challenges we have in building a permanent solution to this problem.
LIAM COCHRANE: There were no major policy announcements on immigration and refugees, but Kevin Rudd kept open the possibility of a change of direction in the future.
KEVIN RUDD: If the circumstances change Australia will adjust, continue to adjust, and where necessary change our policy.
LIAM COCHRANE: When Julia Gillard visited earlier in the year, PNG's prime minister made some blunt public comments about the difficulty of getting a visa to Australia. Something Kevin Rudd was prepared for.
KEVIN RUDD: I'm also pleased to announce that the new dedicated passenger lane arrangements for Papua New Guinea citizens will be put in place at the Brisbane and Cairns airport to streamline the arrivals process.
LIAM COCHRANE: The day was punctuated with colourful tribal welcomes at the many events packed into the short visit.
(PNG locals singing)
And in country renowned for its relaxed attitude to punctuality, Kevin Rudd managed to leave two minutes early.
For PM, this Liam Cochrane in Port Moresby.
MARK COLVIN: And the Guardian newspaper has just revealed that the committee set up to oversee detainee processing times on the Manus Island immigration detention facility has never met. That's said to be in direct breach of Australia's deal with the Papua New Guinea government.
Responding to a freedom of information request which asked for details of the committee's meetings, the Department for Immigration and Citizenship conceded that no documents existed as the committee had never met.


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text: I think what Becker underlines in Outsiders is that we are all moral entrepreneurs, and the question then becomes wether we want to enforce or challenge the connotations of the word "lurker", or the social rules that enforce that label. I wouldn´t say though that creating a (nicer sounding) academic synonym would necessarily be a "challenge" in itself. The challenge would be studying how lurkers become lurkers in social interaction. Or how lurkers become silent participants on researchers mailing lists. ;) "The deviant [lurker] is one to whom that label has sucessfully been applied; deviant [lurker] behavior is behavior that people so label" (p.9) -Åsa -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] För Casey O'Donnell Skickat: den 11 maj 2007 21:33 Till: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Ämne: Re: [Air-l] "lurking" On 5/11/07, James Whyte <whyte.james at yahoo.com> wrote: > The greater implication of this thread is about "labeling" and the > inherent potential for negative impact. > > IMHO, labeling is neither scholarly or useful. > > Howard Becker, in the book "Outsiders" clearly spells out the impact > that this variety of stereotypeing has particular impact on social > research. Hmmm...we seem to be careening off course. But... I would like to note that you cannot do otherwise when it comes to labeling. It's how we (humans) work. Now, labels in and of themselves do work beyond what we intend, but presuming that somehow you're above it or beyond it is terribly faulty. And actually many would say that labeling is necessary for academics and scholars, and extremely useful. "That behavior" is a label. "Deviant behavior" is also a label. "Abnormal behavior" is also a label. Each does different work. This, not that. What if instead I said: "Playful behavior" (also a label) Suddenly it has a different connotation. I think the discussion is useful. We do need other terms, because sometimes those we've already been using become problematic given surrounding (contextual) sets of meanings. So we revise them. This is where the healthy discussion is. Having read Becker I think he's talking more about those contextual sets of meanings and what it means for those that become labeled. Not that labeling is undesirable. Take my work with video game developers as an example. That's a label. There are insiders and outsiders. I can question and pressure those insides and outsides. But to say that no label is necessary leaves me talking about... ? So now let's talk about the scholarly part. A good friend of mine looks at "technological recesses" a label that has already gotten him cited several times. You even reference Becker's "outsiders" because he's given it a label, and one rooted in literature. Becker is exceedingly good at doing this, leveraging contextual meaning systems. It is scholarly. It is not useful and unscholarly to not interrogate these categories. True. I thought that was what was happening. I like Lane's label of "auditing", but he and I are both labeled RPI/STS, and as such, I'm biased. Cheers. Casey _______________________________________________ The air-l at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/


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Australians observing the 43rd Federal Parliament should feel short-changed. Independent MPs
Yet the new "20 questions each day" question time has more of the pointless, repetitive drama of Twenty20 cricket than the desired subtleties, strategies and character examination of Test cricket.
The start of the 2011 parliamentary sittings make it timely to revisit the question time charade.
It's clear that the reforms focused too heavily on the quantity and time limits for questions and answers. Questions are limited to 45 seconds with answers limited to 4 minutes. Straightforward – certainly. Answers must be "directly relevant" to the question. Fine. Beyond that, we enter the tax laws "parallel universe". Questions must not be debated and must not contain arguments, inferences or hypothetical matter. Bizarrely, no such restrictions apply to answers, which can also be loaded with imputations, irony and insults.
Rather than embrace robust, thoughtful, adversarial parliamentary debate, Prime Minister
It is the Speaker's challenge to enforce rules and maintain order. Under standing orders, answers "must be directly relevant to the question". The reform agreement provided that the government and opposition will support the Speaker's leadership on enforcement of the relevance test.
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Question time urgently needs revision to achieve Test standard.
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On this first day of April 2013 when some of you might be fooling your friends, this is post is no joke. The HTC One (global) landed in the number one spot again with more than 350 votes over your selected #2, the Samsung Galaxy Note II.
"The HTC one is the best and most beautiful smartphone i've ever used. I can recommend it to every one who can live without a hugebattery" By ABBAS ARSLAN on March 22, 2013
I'm using the HTC One since last week and I have to say that it's the best phone I've ever used. I have the Samsung galaxy note 2 and I love the screen size and software of it. Everything just works so simple and the battery live is awesome, but after the S3 and the Note 2 I wanted to have some premium feeling phones like iPhone5 but I honestly don't like iOS and iTunes. So I bought the HTC one and I'm very happy with it. I still got my Note 2 but my real daily driver is the HTC One just because it feels so good in the hand and it's easier to use one handed.
The ultrapixel camera is amazing I've compared it to the note 2s which was my best cameraphone until the One came. Images in dark rooms are great and I love the zoe feature it really makes your images come alive. I use it to take pictures of my dog, my family and any other moving objects. The speakers on the one are the best sounding speakers I've ever heard on a phone. And the sound makes a real difference in day-to-day use. Games, YouTube, incoming calls, listening to music and so on are just a lot better.
My conclusion:
Everyone who can live with a phone which doesn't have a removable battery and microSD card slot should take a look at the new HTC One.
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A Guide to the Negro Slaves in Spanish America, 1563-1820
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Composed of a bound typescript volume, the Negro Slaves in Spanish America, 1563-1820, contains documents transcribed by Charles Ramsdell from Mexican archives. Topics include runaway slaves, fear of rebellion, and the slave trade in Florida, Texas, and Louisiana.
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Steelers prepare for Parker's decline
Willie Parker is an NFL running back, which means his next carry might be his last.
Parker has produced three consecutive 1,200-yard seasons and was named to two Pro Bowls in a row. His reward• The Steelers selected Illinois running back Rashard Mendenhall with the No. 23 overall pick in Saturday's draft.
Welcome to life in the big city, Willie. And you thought making it this far as an undrafted free agent was tough duty. You haven't seen anything yet.
The Steelers didn't take the easy way out. Instead of reaching for a true need at defensive tackle, the Steelers passed on North Carolina's Kentwan Balmer after Dallas had selected Arkansas running back Felix Jones over Mendenhall one pick earlier -- a Jerry Jones special if ever there was one -- and chose beauty over brawn, going with the higher-rated player.
"This guy does a lot of things well. He catches the football. He's going to enable us to do a lot of things," Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said of Mendenhall.
"Most successful teams have two productive running backs that they can count on," director of football operations Kevin Colbert said. "This one's a little bigger than Willie, so there may be some things he can do to complement Willie."
Or eventually replace him.
The clock on Parker's career with the Steelers is now officially ticking toward its inevitable conclusion.
Most running backs have a short shelf life. Three seasons ago, Shaun Alexander rushed for 1,880 yards and 27 touchdowns. In case you missed it, Seattle just released Alexander, who is all of 30.
When veteran running back Deuce McAllister was knocked out of action in 2005, New Orleans drafted Reggie Bush. When veteran running back Fred Taylor was slowed by injuries in 2005, Jacksonville drafted Maurice Jones-Drew. When Parker broke his right fibula against the Rams last December, the Steelers drafted Mendenhall.
Parker turns 28 in November.
It was interesting to see the scouting staff observe the Steelers' organized team activities last week. It was even more interesting to hear Parker proclaim himself fit and ready to go. Well, almost.
"I'm really close to 100 percent," Parker said to reporters regarding the discomfort he sometimes experiences after running and working out. "When the pain goes away, that's when I'll be 100 percent."
Maybe the Steelers' brass became nervous about Parker's quote when they saw Mendenhall's name still on the board yesterday. Maybe Parker's physical status concerned them. Maybe it was the fact that Mendenhall is a superior runner between the tackles and a better pass receiver than Parker. Maybe it was those 1,019 career carries, the last of which knocked Parker out of action.
A year ago, Minnesota drafted Adrian Peterson in the first round despite incumbent running back Chester Taylor coming off a 1,216-yard, six-touchdown campaign. All Peterson accomplished as a rookie was to rush for 1,341 yards and 12 touchdowns and all but shove Taylor out of the starting lineup.
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Bastide St. Mathieu features an outdoor pool, a library, and a terrace. Event facilities measuring 538 square feet (50 square meters) include a meeting room. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This historic guesthouse also offers barbecue grills, a garden, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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Getting lost on our last day in Shanghai
Then finding our way to the club
As you can tell from the title it was our last day in Shanghai today. And to be honest the day part of it was sort of a bust. We both woke up fairly early and spent the morning getting our things packed up so we could switch our rooms. Then we thought it would probably be a good idea to find ourselves a place to sleep while in Beijing, so we took an hour or so planning for Beijing. The hardest part about planning for our hostel was knowing what we are going to be doing there so we can plan accordingly. But at least we had a friend to help!Hence it was mostly just a planning day, but oh did we plan! And Skype!! I got to Skype my friend Christian from UW who was studying in Sichuan last summer!
But anyways Here's what we got for a gameplan:
Tuesday 02/12 we will fly to Beijing at 9:00am. We will stay in Beijing until Sunday upon which we will fly to Xi'an. There we will visit the Terrecotta soldiers. On 02/19 we will fly to Nanjing and on the 21st I will start school (boo!!!! Why can't I just travel forever??) Want to know the absolute best part of this? For three flights and approximately 9 days worth of hostels it costs less then $300. There is this AWESOME website called Ctrip that Misty's housemate had used. You can get domestic flights dirt cheap. For example our flight from Beijing to Xi'an is only costing us $30. Also, the hostel I will be staying in in Beijing only costs $6 a night. I haven't even spent the original $500 I changed at the airport and I haven't been the most tight handed as I would like to be with my spending. I love Asia.
After our plans were mapped out, hostels purchased and flights arranged, we checked into our new room. It was a 4 bed mixed dorm. $8/night. We both really wanted to see the Shanghai museum though so we threw our stuff on our bunks and booked it to the metro. By the time we got lost numerous times, walked in about 3 circles and asked an umpteenth amount of a Chinese for directions, we still didn't find the museum and sadly it closed. The last lady to give us directions though told us that maybe we would like to see the world expo area, which was only a ¥2 metro ride away. First i had to turn full asian though and buy hello kitty lenseless glasses. We had nothing better to do so we went and we got lost again. Eventually we found it. And it was a complete ghost town. The mall where the expo was, was probably 4 stories and you could count on one hand how many people there were. We got hungry though and after taking pictures in that cool light thing we found a "fancy" restaurant.
The servers and hostess and even the cook I think, bombarded us when we walked in. either they were excited for a customer, or they thought se couldn't comprehend the menu. All wanted to help, but none would leave us alone. We eventually kind of let them pick for us, and we ended up with one dish to many. That was alright though because it was the only dish not eye watering-tears-running-down-your-face hot and it was awesome!! So good. Later I found out it was made with ferns. This whole time I had such a gourmet food growing in our front yard and we just run them over with the mower. I guess that it makes sense I like them, my zodiac animal iiis the goat.
After dinner we caught the metro home. We met one of our roommates. His English name is Don. His Chinese name is Xiao Ming. He is around our age and has been living at the same hostel for 2 months while he searched for a job. He just got one last week, some thing having to do with marketing. He didn't speak a word of English, but we carried on quite a long conversation. He gave us some cookies, the first one I grabbed was a coconut cookie and really good, the second was a seaweed cookie and I had to choke it down so as not to offend him. But it was nasty, and as soon as he left Misty finished it for me. I gave him some Seattle Chocolates ( thanks again chels, I have given it to a few people as gifts already). He didn't want to take it but I tried to explain best I could that my sister sells it and I get it for cheap, and out of curiosity I asked how many people were in is family. He replied "只我"just me. It's the kinda thing that makes your heart ache, and the language gap didn't help much with the awkward silence.
That night we decided to go out with our new friend Andy that we had met in the lobby earlier in the day. It was his birthday and we were all to go out to the club. We met in the hostel bar and we played a few games of pool, I won one, he won one, and we headed to club no.97 by about 11pm. ( for some strange reason all the clubs in Shanghai don't have names, just numbers, for example no.88, no.97...etc)
This club...was good if not better then no.88. Because it was Andy's birthday and they knew the owners we all got in for free and we all got free drinks. Woohoo. We had quite the entourage from the hostel too, and boy were we diverse. There were french girls and guys, German guys, a girl from Mexico, A girl from Argentina, Chinese guys (of course), a Croatian and a Russian guy. The common language? A strange mixture of English and Chinese. I love it. At one point everyone was yelling different languages trying to coordinate cabs to the club and someone yells "what language does everyone know the best??" The drunker people got the more their native languages came out.
The club itself was really busy and it seems like every person I met was not from China. I made friends from Spain, Italy, Morocco, France and more friends from Germany. Shanghai is a very worldly place. We also ran into our friends Ben and Robin from the nights prior which was fun!
However, I have never EVER seen so much puking at a club. I personally almost got barfed on twice, one projectile-y hit the wall behind me. Sick. Later I found out that the people who rent VIP booths get their own special barf escort, someone there specifically to hold your hair when you puke. Um, aren't that what friends are for? We made or home by 3:30am. It was supposed to be an early night because we had to wake up at 6am for our flight, oops. When we eventually got up and checked our things out of the hostel we met Andy and some of the French people just getting in. (This was 7am!!!) Good thing we didn't stick with them, we would've missed our flight. We all exchanged emails, and will definitely being making numerous train rides to visit them all in Shanghai once I am settled in Nanjing.
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The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is a Chaldean Rite, Major Archiepiscopal Church in the Roman Catholic Church. It is the largest group among the Saint Thomas Christians. It originates from St. Thomas the Apostle who is believed to have come to India in AD 52. The Syro Malabar Church is the largest St. Thomas Christian community in India. They are also referred to as Syrian Catholics in Kerala. This church has its headquarters in Cochin, Kerala.
Cardinal Mar George Alencherry is the current head of this church.
The first Indian woman Saint, Saint Alphonsa belongs to this church.
Syro-Malabar Church has its presence all over the world. However the proper location is in South India. There are 26 Syro-Malabar dioceses world wide.


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The Award For Best Actress Goes To...
Its Oscar season, and the nominees for best actor/actress in a social media performance are:
Kim Kardashian for faking her relationship with Kris Humphries to the point of buying herself her own engagement ring and pretending he bought it for her so she would not have to feel and look pathetic by still being single in her thirties.
Charlie Sheen for parlaying his personal rage into a show idea called "Anger Management" and acting sane enough to convince the FX network executives to give him a shot after he already berated and humiliated the network executives on Two and a Half Men.
Crystal Harris (25) for pretending she was in love with Hugh Hefner (85), who is old enough to be her grandfather, then having the common sense to call off the wedding five days before tying the knot.
Here's the thing these pseudo-celebrities seem to have forgotten: what makes the audience loyal to an actor is the actor's ability to do the same thing over and over again convincingly. How do they do this, you ask? By being true to themselves—Okay, Charlie, you are a real celebrity, but you're also a pompous asshole, alcoholic, bipolar nut job, so excuse me if I don't give you proper accreditation in my blog.
The reason we love Harrison Ford is because he consistently plays the reluctant hero in all his movies. Just look at Raiders of the Lost Ark, Six Days and Seven Nights, Patriot Games, Clear & Present Danger and The Fugitive to name a few. It is who he is and what he does best. We love Sandra Bullock for being the goofy girl next door with a tough façade and heart of gold. These are their personality traits, their essences, which is why we love seeing them in these roles. They're good at it; they're natural at it. Deep down inside, it's who they are.
To deviate from oneself will result in alienating the audience. Let's face it, when George Clooney does anything other than his smooth-talking Cary Grant performances, we cringe (The Descendants, for example). Georgie boy, don't try to be emotional. We're not buying it. Just be your dashing self, preferably in a tuxedo, and for God sake keep your shirt on! You're too old for that nonsense—leave that to Ryan Gosling. Further to this point, nobody wants to see Julia Roberts acting sexy. She can't even walk in high heels. Leave the sexy roles to someone who is truly sexy—Angelina Jolie—its what she does best and she embraces it in her performances.
The performances of Kim Kardashian, Charlie Sheen and Crystal Harris resulted in tremendous media hype and pursuant prosperity. In real life though, that's not always the case. Women, in particular, often act chameleon-like to win a man over. We pretend we're laid back, when we're really uptight. We feign loving sports, when watching anything other than the Superbowl half-time show is like Chinese water torture for us. We mock enjoying beer, when we think it tastes like piss and can't even stand kissing you when you have beer breath. Eventually, the truth comes out and the men in our lives learn that the real us isn't anything like our online profile or our first date performance. This is not a good day!
In Hollywood and in real life, you can only live a lie for so long. Eventually it will catch up with you. The real you will shine through and if that real you is not more impressive than the fake you, you're going to lose your audience…or your significant other. Next time you go on a date remember to be yourself, because that's the easiest role to play. It's the role that attracts a faithful audience. It's the role that will win you your Oscar…or Steve, or whatever his name may be.
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This week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will begin sending postcards to 25,709 businesses in New Mexico to notify them of the benefits of the small business health insurance tax credit, which was part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was passed in March. (View the postcard)
"Small businesses throughout New Mexico have struggled with high health insurance costs for too long," said Rep. Luján. "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will help small businesses throughout the state by making health insurance more affordable through tax credits that take effect this year. This is just one of many ways that health insurance reform will benefit the people of New Mexico."
Tax credits of 25 percent of premium costs are available for small businesses that purchase health insurance for employees if the small business has 25 or fewer employers and average annual wages of $50,000 or less. Smaller businesses with 10 or fewer full time employees can receive the maximum tax credit of 35 percent of premium costs. Businesses that contribute at least 50 percent of the total premium costs are eligible.
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Judge in the dock in NZV8 Touring Cars
The judge became the judged in today's New Zealand V8 Touring Car race at Taupo – and he was found guilty.
Australian Jason Bargwanna is now the driving standards observer for V8 Supercars, which means he is effectively the chief judge for that series and decides on penalties to be awarded to misbehaving drivers.
But today Bargwanna found himself on the receiving end of judicial proceedings, as he copped a drive-through penalty for knocking his main rival, Cambridge driver Nick Ross, off the track.
It happened at the end of lap two as the two leaders approached the chicane at the end of the fast main straight, with Ross's Holden Commodore narrowly in front of Bargwanna's Toyota Camry.
Bargwanna touched Ross, who spun off on to the grass and had dropped to fourth by the time he got back on the track.
The Australian said that if he had been the driving standards observer at this meeting he would "absolutely" have penalised himself. "It was my mistake," he said.
"I had a bit of a run on him and I had a bit of a look going into the corner, but I wasn't in a position to challenge him," he said. "But then the rear brakes locked up and I hit him.
"I didn't mean to tap Nick – I didn't need to," he added, referring to his points lead in the championship.
Ross carried on to victory while Bargwanna's speed carried him back to second in spite of the time lost in the drive-through. Hamilton's Lance Hughes took third in his Commodore.
Bargwanna apologised to Ross, who was actually happy enough because he had won the race and reduced the Australian's points lead.
"He only just got me, but it was just enough to turn me round," he said.
"It would have been interesting if he'd stayed there. I don't know if he could have got past – I was slightly better in a couple of place but he had good pace."
Bronson Porter from Hamilton was rapt to win the TL category for the older V8s – his first victory at this level. He passed leader James McLaughlin from Lower Hutt late in the race, both driving Holdens.
"We set the tyre pressure so that the car would be fast late in the race," Porter, 23, said. "I could see James' tyres going off.
"We've been getting faster through the season, getting to understand the car better."
Wellington's Jamie McNee increased his lead in the Toyota Finance 86 championship with victory in a hard-fought race during which he overshot the chicane and speared off across the grass at one point.
He regained the track and held the lead till the end despite strong pressure from Aucklander Ashley Blewett and Christchurch driver Tom Alexander.
"I'm a bit surprised to win, coming from fifth [on the starting grid]," McNee said.
"Some things went in my favour," he added, referring to mistakes by drivers in front of him.
Aucklander Andrew Waite seized the lead at one stage with a nice move into the chicane at the end of the main straight, but two corners later he took a hit from behind causing damage that forced him out of the race.
"It's frustrating when you get people trying to prove themselves and going outside their ability," Waite, who also suffered a collision in the previous round at Manfeild, said.
Jamie Conroy put one hand on the NZ Formula Ford championship trophy with yet another commanding victory in his race today. This championship concludes tomorrow.
The Invercargill rookie, 22, qualified on pole but got off to a relatively slow start because of a minor clutch problem. Tauranga racer Kim Crocker seized the lead but a mistake on the first lap allowed Conroy in front and he kept pulling away from the field.
Conroy said he was enjoying his first visit to the Taupo track: "You have to attack the corners, throw the car into them," he said.
Michael Collins was second in the race and remains second in the championship. Fellow Christchurch driver Aaron Yardley took third.


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THE most senior levels of the Commonwealth Bank - including former chief executive Ralph Norris - were appraised of the bank's exposure to City Pacific's operations during 2008, including receiving papers on ''brand risk'' to the bank as it looked to get its loans repaid.
The Commonwealth Bank's chief credit officer, Ross Griffiths, who sat on the three member executive risk committee with Mr Norris, was questioned yesterday at a public hearing in the NSW Supreme Court.
City Pacific, which was the responsible entity for the Pacific First Mortgage Fund, suffered impairment losses of more than $500 million and a halving of the unit price to investors, whose funds have remained frozen.
The hearing was told on March 31, 2008 - as the GFC took hold - the fund suspended redemptions after requests rose to $283 million, and did not have the cash flow to repay its indebtedness to the bank.
Under questioning by Tony Martin, SC, for the new responsible entity, Trilogy Funds Management, Mr Griffiths agreed the bank was comfortable with the security it had with the mortgage fund, and that even in the event of a liquidation its exposure was covered.
However, its exposure to other parts of City Pacific - especially a development at Marina Cove the bank was told would breach its borrowing covenants -were in the ''troublesome and impaired'' category and had been referred to the executive risk committee.
Mr Martin said the bank's potential loss to the City Pacific Ltd entity alone was $59 million.
Mr Griffiths was asked about a report prepared by PPB Advisory, which was appointed by the bank to look at its City Pacific exposure. Mr Martin said one of the options was for the bank to increase its lending to the mortgage fund, from the existing $125 million to more than $200 million, in return for the mortgage fund taking on the bank's exposure in Marina Cove.
''One of the downsides [the paper said] was CBA 'brand risk' … the CBA may be accused of deviously improving its own position and that is a concern that PPB had in relation to option one,'' Mr Martin said.
''That is what this document suggests, '' Mr Griffiths replied. ''I am not sure that the word 'devious' is appropriate. I thought there were enough safeguards and governance issues.''
Mr Martin said the PPB report recommended the brand risk was too great for option one to be pursued. Mr Griffiths said that was not his view.
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1. Re: Feeds in ProgrammingGurvinder Nov 16, 2012 7:52 AM (in response to 967909)Feeds is any form of external data that you want to periodically update in your Repositories.
Say you have a catalog feed or pricing feed or any other type of custom feed.
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Good day,
Hopefully this has not been answered before (it does not figure on the FAQ afaik).
We have a cable connection which is hooked up to a Netgear wireless router. The Netgear has been
spontaneously crashing for the past month in quite a random manner, and thus we replaced it with a
Linux router box.
One of the main requirements of the router box is to be able to let outgoing PPTP connection pass
through (offer some kind of connection tracking for those).
I initially tried installing devil-linux (linux+iptables) which would let some users connect using
PPTP, once in a while, and deny others in a very erratic. It felt like you had to let the firewall
idle for 30 seconds between a PPTP disconnection and reconnection. And it just didn't work for some
of the users.
I then thought about trying an entirely different package (BSD). So we setup m0n0wall on the box,
which works beautifully BTW. However, I got the same sporadic PPTP connectivity. PPTP works
flawlessly with the Netgear box.
Iptables does seem to implementent PPTP connection tracking, however it appears to be still "beta"
at this time.
Has anyone got this to work with m0n0wall? A non-linux-guru is going to manage this device, and the
GUI is perfect for this so I would love keep it if it will work.
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The introduction of Probation and Parole is part of a five year, $57.5 million dollar reform of the community corrections system.
It focuses on delivering tough new supervision and surveillance of offenders, stronger links with the courts and the judiciary and a suite of major new rehabilitation programs needed to help some Queenslanders get their lives back on track.
The new Corrective Services' legislation provides parole as the only form of early release for all offenders. This ensures that all offenders are able to address offending behaviour by starting rehabilitation programs according to assessed risk and completing the programs under parole conditions.
The new Probation and Parole model comprises the following four areas:
Specialist Induction and Assessment staff conduct assessments and establish a case management plan for each offender based on their reoffending risk and individual needs.
These case management plans may include a range of activities and conditions including, program referral, individual counselling with external providers, compliance with drug testing regimes or employment preparation and assistance.
Offender (Case) Management officers focus on helping offenders develop the skills required to successfully complete the order and prevent re-offending.
High risk offenders will be individually case-managed by the most experienced Probation and Parole staff working closely with corrective services' intelligence officers, local police and community organisations and agencies.
The central focus of offender intervention services will be a network of five dedicated program services hubs in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Maroochydore, Townsville and Cairns.
The programs delivered by the services address general offending, sexual offending, substance abuse and program maintenance.
Higher risk offenders will be given the opportunity to attend the new Making Choices program. This intensive 100 hour program provides offenders with the opportunity to develop and practise more effective self management, communication and interpersonal skills. This program is also suitable for those offenders who display a propensity toward violent behaviour.
The Medium Intensity Sexual Offender Program will be available to address sexual offending in the community. Development work is continuing however, to determine how the Agency can best meet the intervention needs of sexual offenders while keeping the community safe. In addition, the Sexual Offending Maintenance Program has been developed to ensure an offender's risk to the community does not escalate and to facilitate a smooth reintegration upon release from custody.
Getting SMART is a 12-session substance abuse program, available in both custodial and community settings. It aims to assist offenders by teaching tools and techniques with a specific focus on providing support to offenders who have chosen to abstain, or are considering abstinence, from any type of addictive behaviour (substances or activities).
Specialist surveillance officers have been employed as part of the new reform package.
A new criminal intelligence network is also being established to determine which offenders should be under surveillance and at what level.
The new Probation and Parole will strengthen compliance with community service orders and give local communities the opportunity to nominate and prioritise the projects they want completed.
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Concord, NH – New Hampshire Hospital (NHH) is receiving national
recognition for being a Joint Commission 2013 Top Performer. The Joint
Commission is the leading accreditor of health care organizations in
America. The Joint Commission recognized NHH for exemplary performance in
using evidence-based clinical processes related to inpatient psychiatric
services that are shown to improve care.
"New Hampshire Hospital is committed to positive patient outcomes," said
NHH Chief Executive Officer Bob MacLeod. "Our patients deserve safe,
compassionate, and effective care and we are proud to receive the
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Residents of NSW could soon be immunised against influenza by their local pharmacist after a push by the industry to administer vaccines received tentative support from state Health Minister
Ms Skinner has acknowledged that a pharmacist immunisation program would benefit "time-poor professionals" and people living in rural and remote areas, in a letter responding to Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) state president
Ms Skinner said in the letter that NSW Health "supports pharmacists being included in immunisation service delivery models in principle".
She told the Financial Review that NSW Health wants evidence from the pharmacy peak bodies on how their members will safely prescribe and administer the influenza vaccine, as well as information on how they will be trained and their skills monitored.
"NSW Health has advised the pharmacy peak bodies that evidence such as that from the Queensland trial and experience in other jurisdictions will inform its consideration of the matter," she said in a statement.
When these issues are addressed the ministry could propose amendments to regulation to be taken to stakeholders for feedback, she said in the letter.
Doctors concerned for patient safety
The trial, allowing pharmacists in about 100 community chemist retailers in south-east Queensland to give out flu vaccinations, is set to begin in April. It is being run by the PSA, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and two Queensland universities, and has been approved by the Queensland Department of Health.
PSA president
The trial has upset doctors who are worried about patient safety.
One rival business owner is also concerned that people getting vaccinated will not be aware they are participating in a trial.
Revenue from Revive's operations in 50 Terry White outlets participating in the trial has been quashed by the initiative. Ms Stewart claimed Terry White Chemists is not being upfront with its customers about the trial.
"They're going to great lengths to make sure the public are not aware of [the trial]," Ms Stewart said. "If a pharmacist was vaccinating after one day of practical training, from a sales rep, I certainly would make a conscious choice not to go there. They're trying to leverage the fact that nurse practitioners provided this program very successfully in these exact locations last year."
PSA is 'not cutting corners'
PSA Queensland president
A spokeswoman for Terry White Chemists said the group supported an expanded role for pharmacists "where it is in the interests of public health as we believe is the case with pharmacist-administered immunisations".
Ms Stewart also said the trial duplicated the service provided by nurse practitioners, even though federal Medicare funding for their services was being under-utilised. "There's funding sitting waiting to be spent," she said.
A spokesman for the federal health minister declined to comment on Medicare funding of nurse practitioners, saying all queries regarding the trial should be directed to the Queensland state government.
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Test scores of Hispanic students vary widely across 5 states
Updated 10:23 pm, Saturday, February 23, 2013
A new analysis released last week of nationwide test results in the five most populous states: Texas, California, Florida, Illinois and New York, shows that depending on where they live, Hispanic students' academic performance varies widely.
According to the report, which examines data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often cited as the most reliable standard in academic testing, Hispanic students accounted for more than half of all eighth-graders in California in 2011, the highest proportion in the country. But only 14 percent of those students were proficient on eighth-grade reading tests administered by the U.S. Education Department.
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In Florida, 27 percent of Hispanic students, who represent just more than a quarter of Florida's public school students, scored at the proficient level or above. And in Illinois, 23 percent of Hispanic eighth-graders were proficient in reading.
In math, Hispanic eighth-graders in California similarly underperformed compared with their peers in other states, with just 13 percent hitting the proficiency mark, compared with 22 percent in Florida and 31 percent in Texas, where Hispanics make up more than half the eighth-grade student population.
The report examined data from the five largest states, which together enroll close to 40 percent of public school students in the country, across a range of factors, including the poverty status of students and improvements in test scores over two decades.
Jack Buckley, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, which compiled the report, said there was no "consistent pattern among these states," adding, "each state seems to have areas where it shines and others where they lag behind its counterparts."
Florida led the five states in improving fourth- and eighth-grade reading scores between 1992 and 2011, although average reading scores among the state's eighth-graders just reached the national average in 2011. Florida's fourth-graders also led the five largest states in gains in math scores, while eighth-graders still scored below the national average in 2011.
Texas showed the strongest advances in eighth-grade math scores since 1990 and was the only state among the five whose eighth-grade math and science scores were above the national average.
In New York, fourth-graders scored above the national average in reading in 2011. Eighth-grade scores were close to the national average but showed very little progress since 1998. Both fourth- and eighth-graders in New York lagged behind the national average on math tests.


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Vietnam's Labor UnrestBy
In May, Japanese motor maker Minebea broke ground in Phnom Penh for a 5,000-worker plant. The company had at first considered Vietnam but rejected it because strikes had become increasingly common there. "A strike would be trouble," Yasunari Kuwano, a spokesman at Tokyo-based Minebea, says of the $62 million plant, which will make motors for appliances and digital equipment. "Labor is the key focus for us in choosing Cambodia."
As Minebea was starting to build its plant, London-based cable maker Volex Group and Japanese lingerie company Wacoal Holdings (WACLY) were among the foreign investors in Vietnam facing illegal wildcat strikes. Workers are demanding better pay as the highest inflation in Asia hurts their purchasing power. Inflation quickened to a 29-month high of 19.78 percent in May, stoked by fuel and electricity prices. The key index for the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange has declined about 14 percent over the last 12 months, the worst performance for that period in Asia, and the currency has slid 8.6 percent against the dollar.
Vietnam had 336 strikes in the first four months of 2011, according to its General Confederation of Labor: That's on course to beat the 2008 record of 762. Many are wildcat stoppages, which lack legal authorization, according to the Geneva-based International Labor Organization. "Every day, somewhere in the country there is a strike," says Youngmo Yoon, a Vietnam labor specialist for the ILO. Average wages should rise 12 percent this year.
The strikes have dented Vietnam's 25-year-old policy of offering foreign investors a stable workforce whose minimum wage, at $85 a month, is still half that of China. It was an effective policy, until now. Planned foreign direct investment in Vietnam fell 48 percent in the first five months of 2011, to $4.7 billion. "The nation is at a crossroads," says Victoria Kwakwa in Hanoi, the World Bank's country director in the Southeast Asian nation. "Vietnam can't assume that FDI will continue. Money can go elsewhere."
In March the government switched its focus to inflation rather than expansion and has cut its 2011 growth target to 6 percent from up to 7.5 percent. Since the credit-rating agencies lowered Vietnam's sovereign debt rating in December, some foreign investors have become wary of making a long-term bet. In June, Srithai Superware, a Bangkok-based maker of tableware, suspended plans for a $5 million expansion at its plant in southern Vietnam because of "economic instability," says Santi Sakgumjorn, general director of the Vietnamese unit. The company says it will set up a subsidiary next door in Laos. "In the short term, we have no confidence in the economic situation in Vietnam," Sakgumjorn said in an e-mail. Production costs have gone up after two salary increases this year, he says.
Vietnam's workers say they have to strike. At an industrial park in Hanoi, factory hand Le Kien scans job openings on a bulletin board, looking for better pay. He has just finished his shift at a plant that assembles cables used in Honda (HMC) and Yamaha motorcycles. "The price of everything—food, gas, electricity—has gone up by more than my pay raise," says Kien, 24, whose monthly salary is equivalent to $87. "I can't even afford to start a family. I wouldn't have enough to buy milk for my baby."
The bottom line: Vietnam has to control inflation and restrain wage hikes or risk losing its reputation as a reliable outsourcing alternative to China.


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Change linked to food security, emissions up, denialism alive and well, scientists threatened
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I'm a bit behind on taking note of the climate change news. First the bad plus the ridiculous
CO2 emissions are setting records while old time denier release auto-biographic film
Carbon dioxide emissions hit record levels following global financial crisis lows (Reuters / IEA sees record CO2 emissions in 2010). Apparently now Westerners buy even more goods produced by coal dependent emerging economies. Meanwhile Bjørn Lomborg (see A history of skepticism: Bjørn Lomborg) released a film titled after his last book (Cool it) yet judging from from the mildly forgiving reviews is simply an advertisement of the person. What a depressing combination of news.
But it gets worse.
Australian climate scientists given protection following death threats and harassment
We should defend the rights of stupid people as well as people who are simply wrong and let them speak their mind. And even make films that advocate dangerous policies like Lomborgs. But in Australia the anti-environmentalists have reached a new low by threatening scientists whose research helped clear up the uncertainties previously surrounding climatology. Shocking. Remotely understandable if the threats had been directed towards politicians - but threatening the researchers!? (ABC News / Death threats sent to top climate scientists, The Sydney Morning Herald / Death threats to scientists)
Science journal article links climate change to food security
Can't say the study's conclusions comes as much of a surprise. (Science / Climate Trends and Global Crop Production Since 1980, New Scientist / Crop yields fall as temperatures rise, The New York Post / A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself)
"In most places we see temperature trends, and they have significantly reduced yield growth."
- Wolfram Schlenker
Since I'm not blogging that much on climate these days I really hope the next post will be a bit more encouraging. But that depends on people not acting selfishly or stupid.
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My mom calls me "the girl with the ever-shrinking hair" because I cut my hair so often. I started cutting my own hair about six months ago, and between that day and today, I have probably given myself ten or eleven haircuts. I used to be a girl with long hair, but, currently, my hair is like a glass of water left outside on a hot day: steadily diminishing.
The first time I cut my hair did not go as I had planned. I wanted to cut off one inch, but ultimately I chopped off three as I tried to straighten the jagged edges. Though the end product of this escapade was a crooked head of hair, I found a singular sense of satisfaction in the experience. The cause of this feeling was a mystery to me, but this sensation of fulfillment was enough to convert me into an avid haircutter.
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One of them is to revamp a poorly performing health care system in Louisiana, one that was saddled with problems long before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita slammed into the state last year.
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{race |image= |name= Dwarves of Nogrod |dominions=Nogrod, Blue Mountains |languages= Khuzdul |height=Five feet or less |length= |skincolor= probably white |haircolor= |feathers= |distinctions= Short in stature, beards, well-armoured in combat |lifespan=around 250 years |members=Naugladur, Telchar, Gamil Zirak }} The Dwarves of Nogrod, were the Dwarf House known as the Firebeards who dwelled in the Blue Mountains in the First Age. They were renown as the best craftsman and jewelers in Middle earth. They were also great masons, for they aided the Noldor build Nargothrond.
But there lust for jewels and other treasures led them to the murdering of King Thingol of the Nauglamir, and the Sack of Doriath. After this act of treachery as they were returning home they were waylaid by Beren Erchamion and Elves of Ossiriand in the Battle of Sarn Athrad. Those few that survived fled into the woods and the arms of the Ents who massacred them the remainder.
Nogrod was destroyed in the War of Wrath by the Valar which marked the end of the First Age. Most of the Dwarves of Nogrod would later go to Khazad-dum, while some stayed to build and rebuild what new halls and mines with the Broadbeams that stayed.
Noted Dwarves:
- Lord Naugladur, King of Nogrod.
- Gamil Zirak the smith.
- Telchar the smith.