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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 63,
November 2011 Abstract Supplement
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Chicago, Illinois November 4-9, 2011.
Risk Alleles of SLE Associated IL10 SNPs Conferred Differential Binding to Transcription Factors.
Sakurai1, Daisuke, Zhao1, Jian, Deng1, Yun, Kaufman2, Kenneth, Kelly3, Jennifer A., Kimberly, Robert P., on behalf of PROFILE investigators,
David Geffen School of Medicine University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Medical University of SC, Charleston, SC
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC
National Defense Medical Center, Taipei
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
7Center for Molecular and Human Genetics, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma CIty, OK
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid Arthritis (CRCRA), Seoul, South Korea
Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Divisions of Genetics and Molecular Medicine and Immunology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is produced at high levels by B cells and monocytes of SLE patients and promotes B cell hyperactivity and autoantibody production in these individuals. In a trans-ancestral study, we assessed 16,003 case-control samples to fine map of the IL10 locus and to evaluate SLE-associated SNPs for potential functions.
Eight tag SNPs selected from HapMap CEU dataset to cover the IL10 locus and 347 ancestry informative markers (AIMs) were genotyped on a customized Illumina array. Samples used in association tests included European Americans (EA), African Americans and Gullahs (AA&Gullah), Asians (AS) and Hispanic and Native Americans (Hisp&NA). AIMs were used to estimate global ancestry for each subject and eliminate genetic outliers. We performed Chi-square test to compare the allelic difference between cases and controls, likelihood ratio test to distinguish independent signals from associated SNPs. K562 nuclear extracts were used in electrophoresis mobility shift assay (EMSA) to assess whether SLE-associated IL10 SNPs might function in IL-10 regulation.
In EA, six SNPs that defined a 6-kb haplotype block were significantly associated with SLE, exhibiting the strongest signal at rs3024505 (P=2.25×10-8, OR=1.29, 18.2% in 3980 cases vs. 14.7% in 3546 controls). Association signals of the other 5 SNPs were eliminated after conditioning on rs3024505, suggesting rs3024505 alone could explain the association of IL10 with SLE in EA. In non-European ancestries, the SLE-associated allele of rs3024505 present at lower allele frequencies consistently exhibited higher frequencies in cases than controls (AA&Gullah: 4.5% in 1680 cases vs. 3.9% in 1935 controls, AS: 3.1% in 1272 cases vs. 2.7% in 1270 controls, Hisp&NA: 9.0% in 1580 cases vs. 8.3% in 812 controls) but was not significantly associated with SLE. rs3024505 located at 1kb down-stream of 3'UTR was in complete linkage disequilibrium (LD) with rs3122605 (10kb up-stream of 5'UTR), rs3024493 (intron 3) and rs3024495 (intron 4). EMSA results in Figure 1 revealed no binding activity to nuclear extracts using DNA fragments containing rs3024505 or rs3024493, but preferential binding activity in the risk allele of rs3122605 and rs3024495 compared to its respective non-risk allele. These results were consistent with bioinformatic predictions that the risk allele of rs3122605 and rs3024495 conferred differential binding to lymphoid transcription factors MZF1 and CP2/ZID, respectively.
Our trans-ancestral mapping localized the association of IL10 with SLE to rs3024505 in European ancestry, which was in complete LD with rs3122605 and rs3024495 located in the 5' upstream region and intron 4, respectively. Preferential binding to transcription factors by the risk allele of rs3122605 and rs3024495 might regulate expression of IL10 transcripts, predisposing to SLE.
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Sakurai, Daisuke, Zhao, Jian, Deng, Yun, Kaufman, Kenneth, Kelly, Jennifer A., Kimberly, Robert P., et al; Risk Alleles of SLE Associated IL10 SNPs Conferred Differential Binding to Transcription Factors. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2011;63 Suppl 10 :2477

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Patrick Scott, a junior music/organ performance major from Picayune, Miss., is currently serving as organist of the First United Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa and was awarded the Myrtle Jones Steele Scholarship by the Birmingham AGO. He was also named winner of the state level of the regional competition for young artists. He is the son of Boyd and Nancy Scott.
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Composer. The central figure of the Burgundian School, he was the most famous and influential musician of the 1400s. Pietro de Medici called him "The ornament of our age", and present-day historians regard his work as representing the dawn of the Renaissance in music. Dufay was born in Cambrai, France, then in the Duchy of Burgundy, and received his first musical training as a choirboy in the cathedral there. Ordained a priest in 1428, he spent many years in Italy, serving in the Vatican's Papal Choir (1429 to 1433) and for many noble patrons, including the Medici family. Dufay helped spread the influence of Italian music throughout Europe and by the 1450s he was an international celebrity. In 1458 he was named Canon of Cambrai Cathedral, where he remained for the rest of his life. On his deathbed he requested a choir to sing for him a motet he had written for the occasion, including the words, "God have mercy on your dying Dufay", but this could not be done in time. He was entombed in the Chapel of St. Etienne. During the mid-1790s the Cambrai Cathedral was completely destroyed by pro-revolutionary mobs; in 1859 Dufay's tombstone was discovered in a nearby courtyard, where it was being used to cover a well. It is now in a museum in Lille, France. Dufay was perhaps the first true cosmopolitan in music. His knowledge of the art was vast and techniques from Italy, France, Flanders, and England can be found in his scores. He was not an innovator; his style was firmly based on Medieval modes. But in feeling he heralds the humanism of the Renaissance. What won him renown in his time is what draws listeners to his music today: the breadth and variety of expression, the perfection of his craft, the smoothly flowing blend of melody and harmony. Approximately 200 of Dufay's compositions have been preserved, all in manuscript. These include six complete Masses, among them the "Missa Ave regina celorum", "Missa L'homme arme", and "Missa se la face ay pale", 20 Mass movements, 30 motets, 24 hymns, 3 Magnificats, and around 90 songs. He also wrote the earliest polyphonic setting of the Requiem, which was performed at his funeral, but it has not survived.
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From: "Ronald Johnston" <>
Subject: [Q-R] Re: Lookup? MARIAGES de PONTIAC
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 23:18:20 -0500
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Hi Carol
Additional to Elaines info
checked the marriage repertoire for the Paroisse Saint-Gregoire-de-Nazianze
de Buckingham (1836-1975), one of the churchs that sent missionaries up the
Ottawa River before a church was established on the island. No record of
this marriage is shown in this repertoire. This is the repertoire taken from
the records shown on LDS film 1031875.
You mite have some problems with this marriage. I also have a marriage from
this era between a Francios-Xavier Gaudet and a Isabelle Laronde for which
no record can be found. I have tried everywhere with no success but I did
find a note on one of the films that Elaine mentions that says most of the
records between (I think) 1837 and 1846 are missing and presumed lost.
However, you could check the other film just in case.
Best of luck with yer research
Ron Johnston, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
researching Johnston, Gaudet/Gaudette, Laronde, Gowanlock, Bible
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> Hi all,
> If SKS has "Mariages du Compte Pontiac, 1836-1973" would you please look
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> St. Alphonse, Chapeau QC 5 Sep 1841
> JOSEPH BOISVERT s/o Jean Baptiste & Marie Lamothe, to
> I'd like to know bride's parents, and also witnesses if those names are
> included.
> With thanks,
> Carol Foisy
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Colombia Coffee Growers Wary Of Rains, Eye H2 Target
Date: 11-Aug-10
Country: COLOMBIA
Author: Diana Delgado
Colombia's main coffee harvest may produce 6 million 60-kg bags in the second half of 2010 but the intensity of rains will determine if it meets the target, coffee officials from three states said on Tuesday.
The world's largest producer of high quality Arabica beans saw a dramatic fall in production to three-decade lows last year due to a drought and a tree renovation program, but bean players expect a recovery in 2010 to 10 million bags.
Coffee producers are confident that bean output could hit 6 million bags in the last six months of the year because dry weather between September and April allowed coffee flowers to open resulting in a greater number of berries.
But torrential rains later in this year could make collecting cherries more difficult or prompt mature cherries to drop, said directors of coffee producers in Caldas and Quindio states -- which account for 17.6 percent of total output.
"The hope is that we reach 10 million bags (in 2010) but if there is too much rain it's possible some beans will drop from the trees but everything is hypothetical," said Carlos Alberto Gomez, who represents coffee producers for Quindio.
"Strong rains or even hail storms affect coffee plantations. What is important now is that we collect the beans because if it rains too hard pickers do not want to collect."
Colombia's rainy seasons occur from March to May and September to November, and the coming season could be severe due to the La Nina weather phenomenon, according to the government's weather office.
The Andean nation is experiencing higher-than-normal rains as La Nina forms, it said, but the worst of La Nina is due toward the end of the year and the beginning of next year.
In the first six months, Colombia produced 4 million bags and exported 3.
The world's No. 3 coffee exporter saw output climb to 787,000 sacks in July -- which means Colombia will have to produce more than one million bags per month between August and December to meet its second half target.
Historically, Colombia had an average monthly production in the second half of the year of 595,000 bags last year, 893,000 in 2008, 1.14 million in 2007 and 1.05 million in 2006, according to coffee federation data.
Representatives of coffee growers said that a sunny spell would allow the southern provinces of Narino, Cauca and Huila to have a secondary crop in the last months of the year. The three states account for 21.4 percent of total output.
"The north and the west of Huila had their main production between April and June but they will have a secondary output in the last quarter thanks to strong droughts that allowed coffee trees to flower at the beginning of the year," said Hector Falla, who oversees growers in the province of Huila.
Growers harvest the main crop mainly from October to December in the central provinces of Antioquia, Caldas, Quindio, Risaralda and North of Valle, and a mid-year crop -- mainly for Cauca, Narino and Huila -- from April to June.
"That is very unusual in the coffee industry to have output throughout the whole country ... Not only the provinces of the Eje Cafetero will be producing but also the southern states of Narino and Cauca will produce," said Mario Gomez, who represents growers for Caldas province.
"But we have some questions about the weather. We just pray that the excellent output doesn't get ruined with rains."
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- March 2008 > Insurance Insights
The University of Texas System provides health benefits for System employees, retirees and their dependents through UT SELECT. UT SELECT is not a traditional insurance plan in which risk is transferred to a commercial insurance company. Instead, in order to minimize cost, the Plan is self-funded and administered by the Office of Employee Benefits (OEB). OEB contracts with third party administrators to establish health care provider networks, pay claims and assist with a myriad of communication and programmatic initiatives. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas administers medical benefits, while Medco Health Solutions administers pharmacy benefits. Although both serve in important roles, neither provides any form of insurance, nor do they make unilateral decisions regarding Plan benefits.
The risk associated with the Plan is financed with a combination of employer and employee contributions deposited in the Medical/Dental Fund maintained by the System solely for the purpose of providing medical and dental benefits for System personnel. Each month, employer and employee contributions are deposited in the Fund and used to pay claims and administrative expenses arising from eligible health care expenses incurred by UT SELECT participants. Contributions are invested and maintained in the Fund until such time as they are required to pay claims and expenses. In order to maximize financial controls and investment income, OEB requires the administrators to reimburse providers before requesting reimbursement from the System. By eliminating insurance company profits and sales commissions, minimizing administrative expenses and maximizing investment income, self-funding allows contribution rates to be set at the lowest level possible. Contribution rates are driven almost exclusively by the cost of the benefits paid by the Plan.
Each spring the OEB consulting actuaries carefully evaluate the UT SELECT experience data and the demographic characteristics of the Plan enrollment. They also examine developing trends in the cost and utilization of health care services and supplies, both in the Plan and in the health care economy in general. Based on this analysis, the actuaries develop projections of the Plan cost for the next fiscal year, taking into consideration anticipated changes in the level and/or characteristics of the Plan enrollment as well as any changes in Plan benefits and/or administrative arrangements. The actuaries then compare the projected Plan cost with the current revenue levels and determine the extent to which contribution rates must be adjusted to produce aggregate contribution revenue sufficient to provide for the anticipated cost of providing Plan benefits.
Although the Plan experience provides a good basis for projecting future cost, the actual cost will almost certainly vary from that which is expected. The potential for such variation must be taken into account by the actuaries in making rating recommendations and they must be sure the contribution rates are adequate to provide for a reasonable level of adverse experience; i.e., Plan cost that is higher than expected. The actuaries also consider other factors that may impact decisions concerning contribution rates such as the Legislative appropriation and the overall financial condition of the Fund.
Contribution rates are set about four months prior to the beginning of the fiscal year. Much can change over the next 16 months and there is a great deal of volatility inherent in health care cost and utilization. Inevitably, the actual cost will vary from that which is expected. There will be gains in some good years while there will be losses in other bad years. A major advantage to the self-funded arrangement is that gains in the good years are retained in the Fund and used to offset future rate increases or cover higher cost in the bad years.
The distribution of the contributions between the employer and the members is actually specified by the Legislature in a rider to the biennial appropriation bill. For a number of years, including FY08 and FY09, the bill has specified that the employer will pay 100% of the cost of basic health coverage for the employee or retiree and 50% of the cost of coverage for the dependents. The recommended contribution rates are established on this basis.
Based on this analysis and discussions with OEB staff, the actuaries and OEB make a recommendation to the Chancellor concerning the contribution rates required to generate the necessary level of revenue for the next fiscal year. The Chancellor considers the recommendation and makes the final decision concerning the contribution rates.
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- of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes.36 responses
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Professors care and want you to be successful, the campus is a small little community and most people get along well, There are many things to do around if you are into the outdoors, and the town is nice, but it is small. People care about you!
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Brian Gill is a co-founding Partner of Artis Advisors. Prior to the formation of Artis Advisors, Mr. Gill was a co-founding Managing Director of Kalorama Realty Capital, a predecessor company to Artis Advisors. Before forming Kalorama, Mr. Gill was an Associate Director at Cushman & Wakefield, where his transaction volume exceeded $500 million. Prior to Cushman & Wakefield, Mr. Gill acquired and financed over $150 million in multifamily properties at Bonaventure Realty Group, where he rose from Analyst to Vice President. He serves as Adjunct Professor of Finance and Real Estate at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business and has also taught MBAs at George Washington University. Mr. Gill holds Masters degrees in business and economics from Northwestern University and the London School of Economics and a BA from the University of South Florida. He is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA).


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London (AFP) Jun 12, 2007
Businesses in the European Union will not be forced to reduce their carbon emissions by as much as previously thought because of "short-sighted" plans for the EU's carbon trading system, environmental group WWF said on Wednesday. The group criticised the second phase of the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), designed to reduce the EU's greenhouse gas emissions, for allowing companies to "buy massive amounts of credits from projects outside the EU," under a system set up by the Kyoto Protocol.
In its report titled "Emission Impossible", the WWF argues that "this reliance on cheap imported credits means that European industry may not have to reduce its own emissions at all" during the second phase of the carbon-trading mechanism, which is set to run from 2008 to 2012.
Under the ETS, companies are issued carbon credits which effectively set a cap on how much they are allowed to pollute. Companies may then either reduce their own emissions and sell any extra credits to other, bigger polluters, or purchase extra credits, thereby raising their cap.
The first phase, which has been running since 2005, was widely criticised because it has been argued that governments handed out too many carbon credits, allowing industry to pollute more freely than it should have been allowed to.
The WWF report studied nine EU member states -- Britain, Germany, Poland, Ireland, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and Italy -- and estimated that during the second phase of the ETS, between 88 and 100 percent of those countries' carbon emissions could be effectively offset by purchasing additional credits from outside the EU.
"The European Commission's decision to allow companies to buy huge volumes of project credits means that heavy industry -- including the power sector -- could potentially buy its way out of cutting its own emissions," said Dr. Keith Allot, the head of WWF-UK's Climate Change Programme.
"There is a real danger that this will lock the EU in to high carbon investments and soaring emissions for many years to come -- wrecking the EU's emission reduction targets for 2020 and 2030 and making a mockery of Europe's standing as a world leader in tackling climate change.
"If the ETS is to fulfil its potential, we must ensure it leads to real carbon emission reductions within Europe."
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The office was deluged with telephone calls, telegrams, and hate mail from people who called Susskind a "dirty red" and a "kike."
My acceptance speech was a call for gay rights that got me lots of attention and plenty of hate mail.
For her efforts, Spangler receives a torrent of hate mail and death threats.
I just received some hate mail from someone who said they were going to protest my store.
Even in 2006, when asked about hate mail, Woods replied, "People have different views, and I understand that."
Readers did not exactly side with the Patriot; they sent in heaps of hate mail for what they felt was yellow journalism.
And of course, there are a few choice pieces of hate mail from the superhero's assorted nemeses.
She got some hate mail afterward, some of it using the N-word.
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National Public Radio "All Things Considered"
MS. BLOCK: First this hour: A conversation with Senator Barack Obama. He and his rival, Senator Hillary Clinton, campaigned across Pennsylvania today on the eve of tomorrow's primary there. Pennsylvania is a key contest. Obama is spending heavily and hopes to drive Senator Clinton out of the Democratic race. Nationally, he leads in both the popular vote and in pledged delegates. Clinton is playing up doubts about Obama's readiness to be president.
I spoke with Barack Obama earlier today. We reached him on his cell phone.
Senator Obama, welcome back to the program.
SEN. OBAMA: Thank you so much for having me.
MS. BLOCK: Senator Obama, the most recent Hillary Clinton ad running in Pennsylvania talks about the president needing to be ready for anything. And it shows images of the stock market crash and Pearl Harbor. There's an image of Osama bin Laden. And it quotes Harry Truman:
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MS. BLOCK: "Who do you think has what it takes" is the tag line. What's your response to that ad?
SEN. OBAMA: Well, you know, I think the answer is "Barack Obama." That may not be the answer she was looking for.
MS. BLOCK: Has what it takes?
SEN. OBAMA: I think that on critical issues of both domestic and foreign policy, Senator Clinton has generally embraced the conventional view. She has often times gone along with the politics of the moment. And as a consequence, I don't think she's equipped to actually bring about the changes that are needed to bring different results when it comes to both domestic and foreign policy.
MS. BLOCK: Again, the message there seems to be "untested, not ready, dangerous times."
SEN. OBAMA: And you know, this is a message she's been peddling for the last 15 months. It hasn't been particularly effective, because I think the American people understand they don't need somebody who's going to do the same old things the same old ways. And they suspect that it'll result in the same old lack of results.
MS. BLOCK: Your campaign has been reaching out to a key constituency in Pennsylvania -- that's gun owners. It's a state with a lot of pro-gun voters. At the same time, if you look at what's happened over the weekend in your city of Chicago -- nine people shot and killed; five gun deaths in Philadelphia, where you are right now, over the weekend. How do you square those two things?
SEN. OBAMA: Well, you know, one of the problems is, is that we've had gun owners and people who are worried about gun deaths talk past each other instead of talk to each other. And I think if they start talking to each other, we can reconcile a tradition of lawful gun ownership in this country with a belief in some commonsense measures to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, people who are mentally ill, children.
You know, when you talk to the average law abiding gun owner about the need for, example, to trace weapons that have been used in crimes to where they were sold, so that we can crack down on unscrupulous gun dealers, I think the average law-abiding gun owner agrees with that. The problem is that the debate's gotten so polarized that we don't make much progress.
And I think it's important for those of us in urban communities to recognize that people's attitudes about guns may be different in different regions of the country, but there's no reason why we can't come together to make sure that we preserve our traditions, but also our children aren't gunned down on the streets.
MS. BLOCK: Do you have a position on the D.C. handgun ban -- the case that's gone before the Supreme Court?
SEN. OBAMA: You know, my general view -- and this is colored by having taught constitutional law for 10 years -- is that as a constitutional matter, the 2nd Amendment probably should recognize an individual right to own firearms. But just because you have an individual right doesn't mean that the public at large doesn't also have a countervailing right to protect the public safety. I mean, we all have rights to own private property, but that doesn't mean that zoning laws are unconstitutional.
And I think that we'll -- you know, I don't know all the details and specifics of the D.C. gun law, but I do know that local communities -- as well as states and the federal government -- can institute some commonsense gun laws and that will survive constitutional scrutiny.
MS. BLOCK: Let's talk a little about tomorrow's vote in Pennsylvania. In big states up until now -- New York, Ohio, Texas -- you haven't been able to overtake Hillary Clinton. And people have said, he's done really well in some smaller states, but the big states have been a problem. One big state tomorrow: Pennsylvania.
SEN. OBAMA: Well, we're looking forward to, you know, some good results in Pennsylvania. But keep in mind -- I just want to question the premise of your question. Illinois is a pretty big state. And you know, it may be discounted because it's my home state, but last time I checked, New York is Hillary Clinton's home state.
California, I don't think that there's any doubt that I would win California in a general election. Virginia, which I won handily; Minnesota, which I won handily; Georgia, which I won handily -- all big states.
So you know, there's been a tendency to cherry pick which states are important and which aren't. You know, this is sort of the bias of our political pundits over the last several years is just to focus on a few states and think that they're the important ones. We think we can win states like Virginia and Colorado that haven't been in play for a very long time. And frankly, Senator Clinton couldn't put in play, but I can.
MS. BLOCK: And can you win Pennsylvania tomorrow?
SEN. OBAMA: Well, you know, I wouldn't be campaigning here if I didn't think that we could win. But there's no doubt that she had a big advantage here to start with. She comes from a border state that shares a media market with Philadelphia. She has the support of a very popular Democratic governor. But that's why it's hard to extrapolate from what happens during a primary.
I don't think there's any doubt that Governor Ed Rendell, the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, will be pushing hard on my behalf come the General Election. And the same is true in Ohio with Governor Ted Strickland. So we feel very confident about our ability to win in November. And I feel confident that we'll do just fine tomorrow.
MS. BLOCK: Senator Obama, thank you for your time.
SEN. OBAMA: Thank you so much. Bye, bye.
MS. BLOCK: Barack Obama spoke with me as he was on route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
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As promised on the day by our technical staff, please find a link to the formal response received from Telstra as to what happened to their network on the day.
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So you have decided the time is right for your business to offshore, now for the big decision, where? Let me tell you why the Philippines should be your first choice.
The Philippines has fast become the Asian hub for the (BPO) Business Process Outsourcing industry. The BPO industry has enjoyed a growth rate of 46% over the past five years in the Philippines and doesn't look like slowing down any time soon. One of the main reasons it comes down to is the talented, hard working and passionate nature of the Filipino people.
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Offshoring is growing in popularity in Australia and will continue to rise into the future, as a result of the skills shortage we are currently facing. This is a process that forward thinking businesses and leaders have adopted and are reaping the benefits of more freed up capital, faster expansion plans and increase of a competitive edge in the industry.
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Offshoring is simply the process of getting work done in another country. You take an activity and move to an offshore location, but that activity is still completely managed within your company, so you control the outcomes.
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"It must be reported timely and faithfully. And anyone who intends to hide the epidemic should take responsibility and will be severely punished," Health Minister and vice premier Wu Yi told a conference on HIV/AIDS in Beijing.
The comments by Wu on Wednesday, which appeared in the China Daily, mark the first time China's leaders have threatened punishment for covering-up the deadly disease.
Her approach appeared to be based on China's experience with the SARS epidemic last year when officials only began revealing cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome after they were ordered to by the central government.
An early cover-up in reporting contributed to the disease spreading from China to more than 30 countries and killing nearly 800 people worldwide.
Following SARS, international experts have been urging Chinese officials to use the same tough approach towards HIV/AIDS -- a disease more devastating than SARS.
Wu told officials from various regions of the country attending the conference that prevention and control work on AIDS is at a vital stage.
"The epidemic is at a critical point of spreading from high-risk groups to common people," Wu said.
"We can completely contain the momentum if we take it seriously. Otherwise, we will lose this best, fleeting opportunity ... The consequences will be serious."
Wu also asked local officials to strengthen efforts in public education, fight illegal blood sales, stop in-hospital infections through unsafe blood transfusions, make condoms and clean needles available to high-risk groups and to step up surveillance and monitoring of the epidemic.
Delaying reports of epidemics will also be punished, the Xinhua news agency quoted Wu saying.
Ray Yip, director of the China-US AIDS Prevention and Care Project, echoed Wu's words, telling the conference China still has a "window of opportunity" to effectively contain the virus spreading from high-risk groups, such as drug addicts and prostitutes, to the general public.
A very difficult task in preventing the virus from spiralling upward is that nearly 90 percent of those infected do not know they have the disease, Yip reiterated.
Many officials also have no idea how many cases exist in their areas and those that do are reluctant to reveal them for fear of the economic consequences.
Moreover, about 70 percent of the people infected are in poverty-stricken areas. And nearly 80 percent of them cannot get necessary medical treatment.
Most of those infected with HIV in the mainland are among high-risk groups, including drug users, blood sellers and prostitutes.
But the disease is also spreading to other sectors of the population and is growing at a sharp rate of 30 percent a year.
The government estimates there are 840,000 people infected with HIV/AIDS, but international experts believe the total number of infections is much higher and have warned there could be 10 million cases by 2010.


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Join as a member. There's a certificate with your name on it.
I checked the box next to "Delete all votes" saved the node and votes were not deleted. Should/can votes be deleted in another way?
Comment #1sillygwailo CreditAttribution: sillygwailo commented
I looked at the code and there's only code that makes the checkboxes appear, not code that does the actual deleting.
One could conceivably delete votes through the database, but you should backup your database.
- find the number for the node ID. I'll use 4254 as an example.
- in your database, run the following query:
DELETE FROM pollfield_votes WHERE nid = 4254;
Otherwise, code is needed to implement this feature.


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text: A 15-year-old male has been hit with charges of assault after confronting and assaulting a 13-year-old male at the Bradford Recreation Centre. The incident happened Feb. 6, though the victim never reported the assault until his parents noticed the bruising. The accused male and victim do not know each other very well, therefore the actual assault appears to be an isolated incident. The accused was released and given a court date, with conditions of the charges being that he can no longer visit the recreation centre.


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'Right to Life' group protests HPV vaccines
There are so few hard core right wing religious groups in Canada you can sometimes forget they exist at all. In typical Canadian fashion, most religious organizations are reluctant to get involved in any politics, and prefer not to make a fuss. However, a new proposed program has one province's Right to Life group up in arms. Newfoundland is facing some opposition for wanting to offer vaccines for HPV to yo ...Read more ›


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Heaven is continuous Pascha, continuous Resurrection, continuous revelation of the Mysteries to the fullest extent that we may receive them, and this continuously grows forever. Pascha is eternally dynamic, at peace and yet paradoxically in motion, and we enter it each year but cannot exhaust it or fully understand it, for it is all times, all places, all life, and yet more. May we pass from Death to Life as we enter again into the Bridal Chamber where Christ is arrayed in glory and honour, but with the wounds of love still present on His body. Have a most blessed Paschal Season.
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I'm obsessed with vegan tempeh bacon. I adore the BLT sandwich at Teany in NYC, featuring a smoky tempeh bacon. So, I needed my own recipe. Especially since I wanted to make a vegan club sandwich. You can't have a club without bacon! My recipe is a bit spicy, a tad sweet and a little smoky. And a lot yummy...
Tempeh Bacon Fills the Void. From sandwiches to tofu scrambles. Life calls for a little 'facon' (fake-in) once in a while. Thus vegan tempeh bacon fills the void. My recipe isn't as smoky as most I've seen. I'm not big on really smoky flavors. I wanted a more barbecue-ish flavor. So here's the recipe...
Tempeh Bacon, Vegan Facon
makes about 1/2 cup
*a nice stack for 1-2 sandwiches
5 ounces tempeh (2/3 a standard 8 ounce pack)
1-2 Tbsp maple or agave syrup
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp cumin
a dash of cayenne
1 tsp liquid smoke (opt'l)
1 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp thick black pepper
for pan: 2 tsp olive oil
*if you don't have liquid smoke use these BBQ spice combos:
(garlic, pepper, paprika and onion)
To make:
1. Very thinly slice the tempeh.
2. As thin as you can slice it without it falling apart.
3. Combine all ingredients in a shallow dish.
4. Soak tempeh in marinade for 1-2 minutes.
5. Turn saute pan on high, add 1-2 tsp olive oil. Lay the tempeh flat on skillet. One layer only. Drizzle a bit of excess marinade onto skillet-it should be sizzling a lot now.
6. Allow to cook for 1 minute, then flip. Allow to cook for another minute on other side-or until both sides are crisp and browned.
7. Lay cooked tempeh on parchment paper to cool. Sprinkle with black pepper and thick sea salt to taste.
8. For a crisper tempeh bacon, do not pour excess marinade in skillet, and allow all liquid to steam off of pan while cooking.
...Marvel in your vegan culinary mastery. Move onto vegan bacon cupcakes perhaps...
Tempeh Vegan Bacon Uses: sandwiches, sides, sliced into salads, soups and heck even desserts - maybe.
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News Mt. Vernon residents still without power after midnight
UPDATE: As of midnight Sunday, 589 Dominion Power customers in Mt. Vernon were without electricity, according to the electricity provider.
The outages affected customers on and around Buckman and Russell roads, off U.S. 1 in south Fairfax County.
They were caused by a series of severe storms that affected the region on Sunday afternoon.
Power crews were in the process of reviewing the repairs at midnight and did not say when customers could expect the lights to come back on.
There were also 22 Dominion customers who were without power in Woodbridge early Monday morning. Crews expected to have them restored about 3 a.m.
The storms were also responsible for knocking out power to other localities in Northern Virginia and Maryland.
The area remains under a severe thunderstorm watch from the National Weather Service.
At 2:50 p.m., a line of severe storms were seen on Doppler Radar making their way from Loudoun County and moving into northwestern Prince William County.
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Today, after getting up to press snooze on my alarm clock, I climbed back into bed. When I went to reach for the covers quickly because I was cold, I missed, yet still managed to pull back my fist with force punching myself in the face. I now have a bloody fat lip. FML
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Today, I got fired from my job. I caught a customer taking pictures up my skirt, and my boss fired me for calling the police and "making a big deal out of it". FML
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Today, is my birthday. Everyone forgot except my stalker. He rang the door bell the second it turned 12:00. FML
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Chua L.wrote a review of Salomon Snowboards F3.0 Snowboard Boot - Men's on March 5, 2013
No Durability
I rode Salomon F22s and/or F20s for 5 years and had no major issues. These F3.0 boots are pretty stiff. I am an advanced rider averaging 100 days/season. After ~20 days on these boots, I had 2 separate durability issues, one on each boot.
On the first incident, I was pulling the loop for the outer laces tight and the laces popped in half, about 4 inches from my hand. To be more specific, it was right near the beefed up stitching at the end of the loop.
On the second incident and on the OTHER boot, the opposite end of the outer lacing system broke. At the lower-most attachment of the lace to the boot, the plastic piece completely cracked in half. I could also see a bit of adhesive where the plastic piece had been attached to the boot.
For $300, I expected them to last much longer than 20 days of riding.
Last, the lacing system is not very good. After the boots were broken in, the top "lock" of the lacing system would not hold very well. The lace would slip through a bit after a few runs (3-4) on the mountain, and I was left with a pretty loose boot until I stopped to tighten. On my F22s and F20s, I could go a whole day without ever having to tighten the laces.
I expected much more from this boot and not something that I have to tighten every 3 or 4 runs.