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Source: Teaneck News, June 23, 1976, p. 1
Holy Name Hospital Has Groundbreaking
Ground was broken Wednesday, June 16th for a $16,000.00 modernization program at Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck Road at Cedar Lane, Teaneck.
John J. Breslin, Jr., Chair of the Board of Trustees, interrupted the meeting of the Board of Trustees at 8:45 a.m. to lead that group and all the Sisters affiliated with the Hospital and department heads to view the arrival of earth moving equipment and symbolic groundbreaking. Mr. Breslin announce that financing is being provided by two Bergen County institutions, The national Community Bank and the United Jersey Bank.
He said the new construction will involve replacement of a fifty year old section of the building and extensive renovation and modernization. The new portion of the building will be three stories high, amounting to 150,00 square fee. There is to be a substantial increase of on-site parking.
Through new construction is required, Breslin said the total bed count of 370 will remain the same. The building program was brought about by the increasingly stringent safety rules of regulatory agencies which require the hospital to vacate patient areas erected in 1925 and 1931.
Mr. Breslin said the construction will take place in two phases, the first phase to be completed by January 1978. It will include the structure in front of the hospital. The second phase will involve removal of a portion of the old hospital and will make room for an interconnection between the existing and new structures. It is scheduled for completion by early 1979. The plans are by the New Jersey architectural firm of Rouse, Dubin and Ventura of Tenafly in conjunction with Ferrenz and Taylor, Inc., of New York City, nationally known architects and hospital consultants. London, Kantor, Umland and Associates of Elmwood Park, are the mechanical and electrical engineers. Lawrence Tencza of Little Falls is developing and landscaping plans.
The concept will present a low silhouette providing an unobstructed view from existing rooms. By taking advantage of the sloping topography toward Teaneck Road, the building height will correspond the second floor of existing buildings. The facade will be of brick, to blend with original construction.
The first stage will contain the relocated beds, intensive and coronary care units, visitors' entrance with coffee and gift shops, employee entrance and mechanical equipment rooms. Visitors and employees will enter from expanded from parking facilities.
All rear parking areas and parking for the School of Nursing as presently provided will be retained. The new parking facilities will be generously augmented with tree plantings and a park-like setting. The hospital tennis courts will be preserved.
The second stage will begin when beds have been relocated in the newly constructed building. The center portion of the original 1925 building will be demolished and replaced with three stories and a partial basement. A complete new emergency room, outpatient facility, surgical suite with nine operating rooms and a new radiology department will be included in this area.
Improvements will be made in existing laboratory, physical therapy, hemodialysis departments and cafeteria. A new 34 bassinette nursery will be constructed during the renovation. Four additional elevators will supplement the present vertical transportation system, providing rapid transfer to patients and visitors. On-site parking will be provided for construction workers.
Construction will be supervised by Joseph L. Muscarelle, Inc. of Maywood, N. J. as Construction Manager. Work will be sequenced to maintain patient care without interruption or interference. Arthur Fellner is Director of Construction Management for Joseph L. Muscarelle, Inc. A fast-track construction technique will be applied to reduce overall time.
Holy Name Hospital opened 50 years ago in October 1925 on the hill once part of the vast William Walter Phelps Estate. Sister Evelyn, Holy Name Hospital Administrator for the past seven years said 1975 saw 15,000 patients treated there.
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Buckner, Bees beat Grizzlies to climb above .500
Billy Buckner pitched seven strong innings to help lead the Salt Lake Bees to a 5-2 win over the host Fresno Grizzlies in a Pacific Coast League game Sunday afternoon. Buckner (6-2) allowed two runs on eight hits with four strikeouts and one walk. Jeremy Berg and Chad Cordero combined for two scoreless innings of relief, with Cordero retiring the last four batters to earn the save.
Tommy Field and Luke Carlin had two hits each for the Bees (36-35), and Efren Navarro hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning.
Fresno scored its only runs in the bottom of the fifth on a two-run blast by Gary Brown.
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ILLUSTRATION 223 (Slanting Stitch,
double stitch).--This stitch is worked like that described in No.
220; the cotton is not wound round the needle the first time in the
usual manner, but the needle is placed in the direction of the arrow,
above the cotton. Draw the cotton through as a loop; the stitch is
finished like the common double stitch.
ILLUSTRATION 224 (Cross Stitch).--This
stitch is worked like No. 223 on a foundation like No. 217, only
insert the needle through the two upper sides of a stitch.
Illustration 225 (Long Double).--For
this stitch wind the cotton round the needle, insert it into the back
part of a stitch, draw the cotton out as a loop, wind the cotton again
round the needle, and cast off together the two loops and the loop
formed by winding the cotton round the needle.
ILLUSTRATION 226 (Treble Stitch).--These
stitches are worked as has been described for the purl foundation
chain, No. 218. The treble stitches are worked on a foundation chain
or in the stitches of the preceding row.
ILLUSTRATION 227 (Long Treble).--These
are worked like treble stitches, only the cotton is wound twice round
the needle; the double
long treble (illustration 228) is worked by winding the cotton three
times round the needle. The loops formed by winding the cotton round
the needle are cast off one by one with one of the loops on the
needle. The two loops that remain at the end are cast off together
after winding the cotton round the needle.
ILLUSTRATION 229-231 (Cross Treble).--Illustration
229 shows this stitch completed; illustrations 230 and 231 show them
in the course of the work. Wind the cotton twice round the needle as
for a long treble, insert the needle into the stitch in which the
first half of the cross treble is to be worked, wind the cotton round
the needle, draw the cotton through as a loop, wind the cotton again
round the needle and cast off together with the same the loop on the
needle and the loop formed by throwing the cotton forward; you have
now 3 loops left on the needle, 1 of which has been formed by winding
the cotton round the needle; missing these, wind the cotton again
round the needle, miss the 2 next stitches of the foundation chain,
and draw a loop through the third stitch. You have now 5 loops on the
needle. Always cast off 2 loops at a time till only 1 loop remains on
the needle. Work 2 chain stitches (if you wish to have the stitches
more or less) slanting, work 1, 2, or 3 chain stitches, missing, of
course, the same number of foundation chain, work 1 treble stitch,
inserting the needle, as shown by the arrow on No. 231, into the 2
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Gene transfer in higher animals: theoretical considerations and key concepts
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Gene transfer technology provides the ability to genetically manipulate the cells of higher animals. Gene transfer permits both germline and somatic alterations. Such genetic manipulation is the basis for animal transgenesis goals and gene therapy attempts. Improvements in gene transfer are required in terms of transgene design to permit gene targeting, and in terms of transfection approaches to allow improved transgene uptake efficiencies.
Smith, K.R. 2002. Gene transfer in higher animals: theoretical considerations and key concepts. Journal of Biotechnology. 99(1): pp.1-22. Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1656(02)00105-0


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Minor injuries were reported in a three-vehicle collision involving a McLaurin Attendance Center school bus and 18-wheeler Wednesday afternoon. It happened on Highway 49 south of Florence in the northbound lanes.
Two adults and two children were transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to AMR.
There were some frightening moments for students aboard a Rankin county school bus when an 18 wheeler crashed into them Wednesday afternoon.
The accident occurred around three o'clock on Highway 49 near Plantation Shores south of Florence.
Rankin County school bus 395 carrying McLaurin Attendance Center students was rear ended in a three vehicle crash.
School district official said an elementary and high school student suffered minor injuries and were transported to the hospital.
Seventeen students and the bus driver were on board.
Investigators said the bus was hit from behind by a pickup truck that was rear ended by an 18 wheeler.
"Everyone was still seated at the time so no major injuries," said Corporal Heath Farish with the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
According to state troopers, the bus was stopped with its lights flashing to drop off students when the K.C. Transport tractor trailer crashed into it.
The impact crushed the left rear of the bus, mangling the last three rows of seats.
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The driver of the white truck was injured and was also transported to the hospital.
Investigators said the unidentified driver of the K.C. Transport tractor trailer was from Florida.
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Traffic along Highway 49 slowed to a crawl while the school bus and tractor trailer were removed.
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The play's the thing
For those who can't travel to Stratford-Upon-Avon, England to experience firsthand William Shakespeare's legacy, Dennis Brestensky, professor emeritus of English, will bring Shakespeare to Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus for the 41st annual Shakespeare Festival, running Monday through Saturday.
This year's festival will feature a production of "Her Hamlet," an original composition by Lisa Jackson Shebetta, theater arts professor at the University of Pittsburgh. This play tells the story of Hamlet from the perspective of Judith, Shakespeare's real-life daughter. Jackson-Shebetta says that this play focuses on the relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia and also focuses on relationships between fathers and daughters.
The National Players, one of the longest running performing troups in America, will perform "Romeo and Juliet." Justin Weeks, artistic director of the National Players, says that the story is timeless.
"This story is about youth," he said. "It's about young love, about violence. People see how dangerous young love can be."
Weeks said the play will have a modern tone.
"We're reaching out to teens. This play will have text messaging. Also, rather than using daggers, we'll use more modern weapons. We'll be in modern costume, as well."
Weeks welcomes the opportunity to introduce "Romeo and Juliet" to people who may never have heard this story.
"We're pleased at the way people are responding to the story." he said.
The play, set in Verona, Italy, focuses on the feud between two leading families, the Capulets and the Monteques. Juliet, a Capulet, and Romeo, a Monteque, fall in love. Knowing that their families would never agree to their marriage, the couple elopes and are wed by Friar Lawrence. He offers her a drug that will put her into a deathlike coma for "two and forty hours." The Friar promises to send a messenger to inform Romeo of the plan, so that he can rejoin her when she awakens. On the night before the wedding, she takes the drug and, when discovered apparently dead, she is laid in the family crypt.
The messenger, however, does not reach Romeo and, instead, Romeo learns of Juliet's apparent death from his servant Balthasar. Heartbroken, Romeo buys poison from an apothecary and goes to the Capulet crypt. He encounters Paris, who has come to mourn Juliet privately. Believing Romeo to be a vandal, Paris confronts him and, in the ensuing battle, Romeo kills Paris. Still believing Juliet to be dead, he drinks the poison. Juliet then awakens and, finding Romeo dead, stabs herself with his dagger.
This festival was founded in 1972 by Brestensky.
Brestensky will share photos from his trips to Stratford-Upon-Avon. He said that the trips were a memorable experience.
The festival will feature an exhibit from Jeff Martin, a retired teacher from the Albert Gallatin School District.
Barbara Starn is a freelance writer.


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I bought this 24 inch TV a few months ago and to be honest it has not astounded me with its brilliance.
It cost me £180 which I now think its extremely over priced as I have had other TVs that were cheaper and performed better than this Toshiba. The appearance of the TV is minimal, the thin bezel makes it look more like a computer screen or monitor.
At the back of the TV there are connections for scart, VGA, HDMI and SODIF for digital audio. As well as this there is connections on the back for a headphone jack, 2 USBs and a slot for the DVD. It was really easy to set up and it did not take to long either. I liked the fact that the instructions to tune the TV came up on the screen, this made it a lot easier.
Picture quality was OK, it needed some tuning as the colour was way too saturated (something I always find with Toshiba TVs). The sound was not good at all, it was very tinny and not loud either. The DVD player worked fine I didn't experience any problems with it. The buttons on the remote control are too small and difficult to read.
I bought this TV as my old 22" CRT set simply stopped working (I think it died of old age) and, while I briefly toyed with the idea of not having a TV, owning a small child who needs the background noise simply to function (not to watch, to be able to do anything else) I needed a new one fast.
I'm not a huge technology buff, and just wanted something that wouldn't dominate the room, but was an upgrade from the previous set.
First off, you do need a Phillips head screwdriver, as, when you get this out of the box, you will need to attach the stand (unless you are wall mounting it, in which case you need to follow the appropriate instructions and have a wall mounting bracket of some kind). Attaching the stand is fairly easy, although, I do recommend reading the enclosed instructions as, I confess, I initially didn't and missed a mall piece of plastic out of my assembly. This was easily corrected.
First time set up is extremely easy, and intuitive, the on screen instructions walk you through everything step by step. I was slightly hampered by the fact that I have no aerial, and thus outfoxed the inbuilt freeview, which could not find any channels to latch onto. Under normal circumstances, it seems like the auto scan for channels would be straightforward though.
Having scarted my cable box to the set though, everything was, after a few trial and error mis pressing of buttons, and the realisation that I needed to select the appropriate "source" via the "source menu" (a piece of information it would be handy to find in the instruction leaflet, since you also need to use this to play a DVD) I am very happy with my purchase. I like the integrated DVD player, fewer trailing wires is always a plus!
The sound is not hugely high quality, but not bad enough to be a real issue, and in a smallish room won't bother anyone.
I have never watched TV in HD before, and I have to say, on flicking between HD channels and their non HD equivalents, I couldn't really tell much difference. This is 720 as opposed to 1080 though, so that might make a difference, although, others viewing with me said the HD is really a lot clearer. From this I deduce that, what I really need are eyes that are capable of seeing the world in HD. I will check back and update you all when my new glasses are ready, and I can really see whether the HD impresses me as much as it has done others viewing the set.
General operation of the TV is very straightforward. My 6 year old picked up the remote and was easily navigating his way to his favourites straight away. One feature I dislike is that the TV threatens to shut down after some time of not having it's buttons pushed. It may well be possible to switch this off, but it is especially annoying because it can't tell if you have just pushed a button on a device which is connected to the TV rather than the TV itself.
Overall, easy to set up and use, good choice for smallish room.
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Thought I'd quickly share with those who actually bother to read even some of my stuff (I know its been a while, its the Vodka, plays havoc with the Sinus), a Christmass recipe in the true spirit of a sharing Caring Mankind. Its essential to engage a conflubulated spirit of the coming Xmas season before reading. A key part of the coming festivities is of course the obligatory Xmas Pudding, which needs to be prepared at least one month in advance of this festive season to mature. Its therefore appropriate for those who can be bothered even reading my "column" to be given a fail safe recipe for Christmass cheer and goodwill.
It's that time of year again with Christmas looming fast and I was thinking the other day that it was time to make the christmas pudding. So, I fished out a good recipe and I thought I'd share it with you. Being Alcoholic is not essential, but will certainly help :)
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup water
1 tsp. salt
1 cup brown sugar
Lemon juice
4 large eggs
1 Case of Vodka
2 cups dried fruit.
Sample a cup of Vodka to check quality.Take a large bowl, check the Vodka again to be sure it is of the highest quality then Repeat. Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar. Beat again. At this point, it is best to make sure the Vodka is still OK. Try another cup just in case. Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break 2 eegs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit. Pick the fruit up off the floor, wash it and put it in the bowl a piece at a time trying to count it. Mix on the turner. If the fried druit getas stuck in the beaterers, just pry it loose with a drewscriver Sample the Vodka to test for tonsisticity. Next, sift 2 cups of salt, or something. Check the Vodka. Now crap shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven. Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don't forget to beat off the turner. Finally, throw the bowl through the window. Finish the Vodka and wipe the counter with the cat.
Cheery Mistmass (or sumfink)


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The Beryllium-Treatment of Natural Fancy Sapphires with a New Heat-Treatment Technique: Introduction
The Beryllium-Treatment of Natural Fancy Sapphires with a New Heat-Treatment Technique Part A
By Dr. A. Peretti, FGG, FGA, EurGeol
GRS Gemresearch Swisslab AG, Lucerne, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. D. Günther
Institute of Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (SFIT), Zurich, Switzerland
(Reprinted with corrections from Contributions to Gemology, No.1, 2002)
Sapphires and rubies of different colors are routinely heat-treated to produce products of better clarity and color. As long as the treatment does not involve diffusion of color influencing trace elements - such as Ti, Fe and Cr - into the gemstones surface or irradiation, the trade generally accepts the enhanced gem materials as being highly valuable, depending on size, rarity and beauty. In mid 2001, sapphires and rubies treated with a new method appeared on the market with dominantly orange-pink colors, which are commonly known in the trade as the "Padparadscha" colors.
Natural Padparadschas are among the world's most requested, and rarest, gemstones, and therefore highly-priced. Depending on the exact nature of this new enhancement process, and hence the wording used to disclose and supply these sapphires to the market, the price of these materials may vary considerably. Early Internet published reports initiated a worldwide controversy on the nature of the treatment, ranging from pure heat treatment to a full blown diffusion treatment. The uncertainty about the exact nature of the treatment method, and therefore the lack of investor confidence, caused the worldwide market for the new sapphire materials to collapse (February - March 2002). Of particular interest to the trade is the question: "Are these new materials diffusion-treated?"
This is based on earlier reports of the presence of Beryllium in these sapphires, and the occasional presence of color zoning confined to the sapphires' facets (See Internet References found in Lit. 01). A key factor to understand the color giving mechanism is the use of special analytical methods, such as UV-VIS-NIR (origin of color analyses), ED-XRF (e.g. Iron (Fe), Chromium (Cr) and Titanium (Ti) trace element analyses), SEM-EDS (chemical analyses of contaminated substances at the gemstones' surface), visual and spectroscopic cathodoluminescence investigations (analyses of internal growth structures), color-stability measurements (long-term color-stability to UV and visible light), and, most importantly, Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). The LA-ICP-MS method - used to characterize the content and variation of all trace elements, including light elements such as Lithium (Li), Boron (B) and Beryllium (Be) on a micro scale - turned out to be the key factor in understanding the new heat treatment technique.
This report contributes to the understanding of the new heat treatment with Beryllium and to differentiate from conventional heat-enhancement (E) and conventional surface diffusion treatment (T).
The majority of the tested material included natural fancy sapphires from Tanzania and Madagascar (both enhanced and unenhanced), as well as other comparison materials (described below). The entire collection of materials (320 reference samples) is the property of one of the authors' companies (GRS Gemresearch Swisslab AG (Switzerland) and GRS (Thailand) Co. LTD, and is stored in the companies' reference collections.
The sapphire material can be divided into the following groups:
a.) Unheated (N).
b.) Conventional heat-treated (E).
c.) Conventional diffusion-treated (T).
d.) Synthetic (Syn) and Irradiated (IR).
e.) Beryllium-Treatment, short noted as H(Be).(*)
f.) Beryllium-Treatment, Chantaburi Dec 2001, Table A6, Part A. H(Be)
g.) With conventional heat treatment and the additional new heat treatment method, Chantaburi Dec 2001 to Jan 2002, Table A6, Part A. Tested before and after Beryllium-Treatment.
h.) Unheated and conventional heat-treated gemstones, with additional Beryllium-Treatment, Bangkok, Feb 2002, Table A6, Part B. Samples tested before and after treatment with Beryllium.
a.) GRS acquired 120 rough (pre-polished) fancy sapphires (unheated) of different colors (including "Padparadscha" sapphires) between 1999 and 2002 from K.V. Gems Co., Ltd. (Bangkok), AJS GEMS LTD. (Bangkok), GMR (Gem Mining Resources, Madagascar), and from Bangkok and Chantaburi open markets in Thailand. The material from Madagascar revealed inclusions typical of the Illakaka mining area (clusters of small zircons). This study also includes untreated Songea sapphires from the GRS collection (acquired in 1996)
b.) For the purpose of comparison with heat-treated natural sapphires from previous years, 30 further heat-treated yellow sapphire samples - as well as "Padparadscha" colors - were investigated.
c.) For further comparison with diffusion-treated samples, eight diffusion-treated blue sapphires were available, including three samples acquired in 1996 (in Tucson, USA) and five samples acquired in 2002 in Bangkok. These samples from Bangkok were sold as surface diffusion-treated (the element used for diffusion was declared as titanium, and the diffused basic corundum was declared as originally being a natural white sapphire).
d.) More than 50 synthetic corundum samples and 15 irradiated synthetic samples were available for comparison.
e.) Commercially representative products of this new treatment included faceted natural orangy-pink and orange and yellow sapphires (origin Madagascar). They were obtained from three different companies: In November 2001 from K.V. Gems Co. LTD (Thailand), and in December 2001 from 2 other companies in Bangkok. This study also includes samples of African origin (Tanzania), samples obtained in February 2002, and 12 faceted orange-red to vivid orangy-red sapphires, produced by the new treatment in Chantaburi in December 2001.
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China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Cuba won seats on the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, despite fierce international criticism of their records.
The UN General Assembly elected 14 seats on the 47-member council which is taking on increased diplomatic importance because of Syria's civil war and other conflicts.
The council, which will start work on January 1, will be one of the most polarized since it was created in 2006.
France and Britain returned to the Geneva-based body. South Africa, Vietnam, Algeria, Morocco, Namibia, Maldives, Macedonia and Mexico also secured three year terms.
"With the return of China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Cuba, human rights defenders will have their work cut out for them at the Human Rights Council next year," said Peggy Hicks, global advocacy director for Human Rights Watch.
"States truly committed to advancing human rights will need to redouble their efforts on key issues, such as accountability in Sri Lanka, grave abuses in Central African Republic and the ongoing crisis in Syria," she added.
Most of the seats were decided in advance as regional groups put forward the exact number of candidates for the seats allocated to their region.
Only two regions were contested. For two Latin America seats, Cuba won 148 votes, beating Mexico's 145 and 139 for Uruguay.
South Sudan, the world's newest nation, failed in its bid to get one of four seats for Africa. It got just 89 votes, the lowest of any country in the vote.
South Africa was the leading nation from the region with 169 votes, ahead of Algeria on 164, Morocco on 163 and Namibia on 150.
The Asia-Pacific region was one of the most closely watched, because of China's influence.
The Asian superpower was beaten by Vietnam which secured 184 votes against 176 for China, 164 for Maldives and 140 for Saudi Arabia.
Rights groups such as HRW and UN Watch strongly condemned the presence of countries such as China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Cuba in the runup to the vote.
Algeria, China, and Russia - each have 10 or more unfulfilled requests for visits by UN rights investigators, according to HRW. Saudi Arabia and Vietnam each have seven outstanding requests.
Macedonia got more votes than Russia -- 177 to 176 -- in the contest for two East European seats, but Russian authorities maintained their defiant stance against critics.
Gennady Gatilov, Russia's deputy foreign minister, said the UN election was a "good result". "We will work in order to strengthen cooperation and dialogue and create constructive working atmosphere in the council," he said.
Western nations avoided any controversy over the records of others, but signaled they would press the case for action over Syria.
"We will continue our action so that Human Rights Council gets involved in current international crises, notably in Syria, in Central African Republic or eastern Democratic Republic of Congo," said France's UN ambassador Gerard Araud.
Russia, with China has vetoed three UN Security Council resolutions on Syria.
But all five permanent Security Council members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and United States -- are now on the Rights Council highlighting the rights council's increasing importance.
"Since its inception, the Human Rights Council has included a lot of repressive regimes. A few years ago nobody would have taken much notice of these elections," said Richard Gowan, a director of New York University's Center for International Cooperation.
"But the Council has been unusually active during the Arab Spring and passed a series of resolutions condemning the Syrian regime while the Security Council has been paralyzed by Russia and China," he added.
He said Russia, China, Cuba and Vietnam could use their seats on the Human Rights Council to oppose further resolutions attacking Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
Saudi Arabia "will want to bash Syria even harder" at the council.
Hicks said that as no country has a veto on Human Rights Council resolutions "a hard-working majority can still achieve concrete results" in Geneva. The permanent five can veto Security Council action.
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Let's face it … it's tough out there. All state and local government budgets are hurting, and all are looking for ways to cut costs.
But cutting costs in some areas drives up costs in others. The key question that agencies are asking is: "Where can cuts be made without negatively impacting service to the citizen?"
At the same time, it's important to recognize that citizens' expectations are ever rising; indeed, we all expect and deserve the same high quality of service from government that we receive from the best in the commercial sector. What can agencies do? In many instances, the answer isn't cutting programs, but changing something about them — business processes, technologies or both. And that's where the opportunity to squeeze more performance from your networking budget comes in, particularly at the field office level.
Field offices are on the front lines, dealing day-to-day with direct citizen needs. They are the social services offices, the job centers and the public safety organizations that serve as the public face of state and local governments. To operate, these offices usually rely on a dedicated access line back to an agency's high-speed network — typically using T1 lines — which were cutting-edge decades ago, but today are both inefficient and expensive. Here's why:
Field offices depend more than ever on bandwidth-hungry video and data applications to provide citizen services and share information with headquarters, often demanding multi-megabit per second throughputs. A T1 line at 1.5 Mbps throughput is simply not capable of carrying the mixed video, data and voice traffic required at virtually all field offices. As a result, slow Internet connections are the norm.
T1 lines are expensive — usually about $400 a month — and they can't be scaled up or scaled down. This "one size" approach means, for example, that if a social services agency opens a small office to serve a new housing development that field office will receive the exact same T1 line as the bustling downtown office — not terribly cost-effective.
T1 technology has been eclipsed by far higher performance and more cost-effective broadband alternatives, both terrestrial and satellite-based. In fact, the highly competitive broadband service market has shown continued improvement in prices, while average connection speeds have increased from one to 10 megabits per second or more in just the last two years. But you wouldn't know it if your agency was on a T1 line.
Fast, secure reliable connectivity in agency field offices isn't a "want to have"; it is a "must have." Field offices simply can't afford to pay for T1 lines that deliver slower service at higher costs. So what's the answer? If you've visited a field office recently, you've probably already heard it in the form of a question: "Why is my Internet at home faster than our Internet here at the office?" The answer is simple: broadband.
Broadband has changed the way millions of Americans access the Internet, and the same dramatic improvements can be brought to field offices. Furthermore, managed broadband service for distributed agency networking of state and local governments takes advantage of the latest developments and efficiencies to deliver the high-quality service citizens deserve at reduced cost. Managed broadband brings together the most cost-effective mix of DSL, cable, wireless and satellite technologies tailored to an agency's requirements and uniformly cover all locations as a seamless network.
Broadband connectivity provides field offices with bandwidth that's at least 10 times greater than T1 lines and at significant cost savings. A managed broadband service averages monthly costs of about $99-$265 per field office, compared to typically $400 for each T1 line. The greatest benefit of managed broadband is that one trusted vendor delivers a complete turnkey solution at a defined price and quality of service level — uniformly across all locations, no matter what technologies or carriers are used. This is particularly helpful for those with field offices in remote locations where T1 lines were impractical to begin with. Now, with managed broadband, those offices can focus on serving the public and leave networks operations, billing and support to a single provider.
The transition to broadband doesn't just save money; it also enables field offices to provide better service to citizens. Tomorrow's field offices will likely be equipped with interactive kiosks, digital signage and rich media training for employees, requiring converged video, data and voice services delivered over flexible broadband technologies.
No discussion of communications can be complete without a consideration of continuity of operations planning. In the event of natural or manmade disasters, field offices and their networks become critical. Currently T1 lines are vulnerable to failure since they rely on terrestrial technology. With managed broadband service, field offices can often get both their primary network and back-up satellite connectivity at the costs of the primary network alone. This change in the model for network services will transform the way field offices stay connected in times of crisis.
Changing the way state and local agencies communicate is not without its challenges, but changes like these are exactly the kinds of opportunities that governments should be looking for. As budgets continue to contract, managers will need to be alert to the potential for technology to reduce costs and increase efficiency in every program — and when it comes to networking, broadband offers the maximum in game-changing potential.
Anthony "Tony" Bardo has 29 years of experience with strategic communication technologies that serve the complex needs of government. Since joining Hughes Network Systems in January 2006, Bardo has served as assistant vice president of Government Solutions, where he is focused on providing Hughes satellite broadband applications solutions to Federal, State, and Local governments. Bardo also recently served as Chair of the Networks and Telecommunications Shared Interest Group (SIG) for the Industry Advisory Council, an advisory body to the American Council for Technology (ACT).
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by Astronaut Stan Love for NASA News
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 12, 2016
If you've read past the title, you've probably consumed a lot of books and movies about space. Guess what? Flying in space isn't just for science fiction characters. It's a real job. Real people can apply for it, and real people-like you-can get hired to do it.
Applying to be an astronaut is easy and costs you nothing. Like any other federal government job, the astronaut application is online. Applications are due Feb. 18. It's like a free lottery ticket. What are you waiting for? And my colleague Serena Aunon (@AstroSerena) will be answering any lingering questions you have about applying Friday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. EST if you ask using #BeAnAstronaut.
So what's it like if you get hired? It's hands down the coolest job on or off the planet. Training to work in space includes practicing crew tasks in a variety of simulators, flying in high-performance jet aircraft, and putting on spacesuits to work underwater on a life-size mockup of the International Space Station. The cherry on top is actually strapping into a rocket and blasting off to orbit around Earth (or, starting in a few years with Exploration Mission-2, the moon). You'll float peacefully in weightlessness and gaze out the window as our amazing planet rolls by underneath you at 25 times the speed of sound.
Unfortunately, most of an astronaut's time isn't spent in space. It's spent working at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. You'll commute to work every day like a lot of other Houstonians. Your home life may not change much: At my house, an astronaut takes the trash out to the curb every Tuesday morning.
Unlike in a typical office job, though, you won't find yourself in a boring routine-or any routine, for that matter. One day you might be giving a speech at an elementary school, trying to get kids fired up about science, engineering, and space exploration. The next day, you and a buddy might fly a sleek little jet down to NASA's Kennedy Space Center to ensure equipment bound for the space station is shipshape before it launches. The day after, you might be wearing a 350-pound suit 40 feet underwater in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, meticulously testing every task on a spacewalk that a future space station crew (possibly including you) will execute in orbit.
During my time as an astronaut, I've worked for hundreds of hours in the Mission Control Center as a Capcom ("Capsule Communicator") talking on the radio to space shuttle and space station crews, piloted a one-person submersible in a deep mountain lake to investigate weird microbial growths that look like freshwater coral, and lived for weeks in primitive camps on the Antarctic icecap with a team hunting for meteorites.
That's the upside. The downside is that it's really hard to get in the door. The odds are terrible. In our last selection in 2013, we had more than 6,000 serious applicants. We hired eight of them. That's just slightly better than one-in-a-thousand odds.
But there are ways to manage even a situation as bad as that. One is to apply every single time NASA makes a selection. I started sending in applications - and updating them regularly - in 1991. I did that seven times in all. I got an interview (an exciting milestone, since it means you've made the short list) in 1994. I interviewed three times before finally getting hired in 1998. I like to joke that I didn't so much impress the Astronaut Selection Board as wear them down.
But aspiring astronauts have a tougher job than just managing the odds: managing their own morale and expectations. I'd like to offer some advice on that grueling task.
During my long tenure as an astronaut applicant, I met some folks who had dedicated their whole lives to becoming astronauts. They learned to fly, not because they love airplanes, but because they heard that the Astronaut Selection Board likes pilots. They learned to scuba dive, not because they love the sea, but because they heard that the board likes scuba divers. I observed folks doing these things, and then not getting selected (the likeliest outcome), and then becoming very, very bitter and disappointed people.
I didn't want to follow their example, and I recommend that you don't either. Instead, just do what you love doing.
That's what I tried to do. I've loved space since I was a little kid. So I earned degrees in physics and astronomy, and worked as a planetary scientist after that. I started exploring the woods behind my house as soon as I was old enough to leave the yard. So when I lived in Seattle I learned to climb mountains, and when I lived in Hawaii I learned to scuba dive.
I was drawing pictures of airplanes and spaceships in first grade, so when I had the chance to earn a pilot's license, or take elective courses in aerospace engineering as a graduate student and a postdoctoral researcher, or take a job as an engineer working on spacecraft optical instruments at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, I jumped on it. And I had a blast.
Now, all of those things were also good for applying to be an astronaut, so I went ahead and included them on my applications. But because I was doing what I loved, I would have been perfectly happy where I was-even if I hadn't been picked as an astronaut. Again, that's the likeliest outcome!
So that's the long and the short of it. Do what you love doing, and if it's consistent with exploring space, go ahead and get that free lottery ticket. Who knows? It could be you floating above the world at Mach 25 ...
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The reality, however, is that such closures - regardless of whether they're spread out or clumped together, with the timing largely influenced by a combination of unfortunate coincidence and synchronised project evaluation sessions by publishers - are part and parcel of the industry landscape. Indeed, they're part of the natural lifecycle of development - studios are created, they exist for a certain amount of time, incubating the creative talents of their staff in the process, and then they dissolve, releasing their staff back into the workforce to disseminate their talent to other studios, new and established alike.
Sometimes, the dissolution happens because of a publisher take-over of an independent studio, which inevitably results in a significant number of creative staff leaving over time. Sometimes it simply comes about as a process of attrition over many years at a successful independent studio. More often, however, it comes about because a project is cancelled, and a studio goes bust. It's harsh, but it's the reality of this kind of industry.
Consider, after all, how many movies never make it past the green-light stage - or how many albums are recorded that never end up on the shelves in HMV. Creative industries are, ultimately, not the right place to work if you're looking for stability and security in your employment - and the games business is actually doing better than many of its media industry peers in this regard.
I don't think it's fair, then, to look at how many studios are failing and pronounce an atmosphere of doom and gloom about the industry. What those figures don't tell you is how many new studios are starting up - some of which we'll never hear anything about until they announce a game. It doesn't tell you how many studios are getting funding, or how many have just signed new projects with publishers. Moreover, it doesn't paint the full picture regarding how big team sizes are becoming, with staff who had previously worked at small studios being absorbed into creating huge next-gen titles.
The figure I'd like to look at instead is the one showing how many people in total are working in the games industry - and that, according to just about every measure I've seen in a decade, is rising. More games are being sold, more money is passing through tills, and more people are employed - in the face of that, despite the unfortunate shake-up to the lives of those involved, the bubbling on the surface of the studio landscape is not only immaterial, it's also perfectly natural.
There are things that still need to be addressed in this corner of the industry - concerns over work practices and life/work balance remain pressing despite the lack of attention in the media of late, for instance. However, the future prospects for game development studios aren't something to lose sleep over. Individual studios will always face a fight for survival - but the sector as a whole is in rude health and seems set to stay that way for a long time.
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What is your S&G ?
de Eric W Kent
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This book is a testimonial about a former Chicago gang member who had a life of crime, addiction, homelessness, and psychological disorders, and gave his life to Jesus Christ. This is about his transformation, rehabilitation and how he has become a productive citizen in his community, active in outreach and helping others to achieve the same. A must read!
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I was born in 1974, in Waukegan, Illinois. I was adopted, and was raised in Illinois. I joined the Gangster Disciples (Chicago street gang) at the age of 15. I graduated high school homeless because I was kicked out of my parents home at the age of 16. I was arrested for a crime and was given the option to join the Army...... You will have to read "What is your S&G?" to find out the rest....You won't be dissapointed I assure you!
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She only had a BAC of .054%. Since it was an officer without his lights on that hit her, she is getting the book thrown at her. The only reason I know the BAC is because I overheard it being told to the officer. He later confirmed this to be true. The police were acting literally like animals and not giving us any information. And this is in the Emergency room at the local hospital. My question is, can they legally be holding her right now?
She needs a good attorney here. Sounds like they are trying to stack the deck against her. She should be able to at leasr bond out. The only other way they could hold her based on what you wrote here is of she was on probation for another matterAsk a similar question
The sad part is yes, they have the power to arrest her as long as they can give probable cause (which for DUI arrests is very, very small). But she should be able to bail put, depending on the circumstances and if the cops are alleging injuries, etc. Sounds like a lot to uncover, and a particular defense to approach. Assuming it's a breath test because you know the BAC, there could be other reasons besides alcohol that the machine read a .05. Plus other variables and ranges of uncertainties. Not to mention if you're below a .05, CA law presumes you to NOT be under the influence for purposes of driving.
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The police absolutely have a right to hold your mother under these facts. However, they cannot hold her for an indefinite period of time. She is entitled to bail and should be brought before a Judge (if her medical condition permits) for arraignment within 48 or 72 hours (depending in the day of her arrest). She needs a good lawyer!
Debra S. White, Esq,
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My colleagues are correct - the police can hold her for a limited time. If it is Long Beach P.D., their conduct, sadly, is not surprise.
You can be charged with a DUI under 0.08% BAC if the prosecution can prove impaired driving (0.08% is only the presumptive legal limit, e.g. no other proof needed other than a BAC of 0.08% or more).
If your mother has not been released, or has been cited and released, this should be fought 100%.
Call me for a consultation if you wish. There is no fee for that. (213) 324-4206.
Yes she can be held technically for DUI even if she is below a .08. The problem she has, as Mr. Fraser indicates, is that you are dealing with a notoriously bad and corrupt police department. We have had innumerable cases in Long Beach where Police and Prosecutors act together in order to achieve results that are at the least unethical and at the most outright corrupt. In dealing with Long Beach PD, you need to have an aggressive attorney familiar with LBPD's track record. We have excellent results in Long Beach, but it takes sometimes a serious fight to get out a situation in that jurisdiction. If I can answer any further questions for you feel free to ring me anytime.
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Good morning, there is a lot to consider here. Based on the information provided, the police may believe that she was driving under the influence. Even though a person's alcohol level is below the legal limit does not mean they are not impaired. Additionally, the police may believe she is driving under the combined influence of alcohol and some other substance (i.e. prescription meds).
Also, it is possible the police believe she was driving recklessly, independent of the alcohol level.
Also, any time a person is thought to be driving recklessly or impaired, while transporting anyone under the age of 14, the accused may be charged with an additional allegation of child endangerment.
My suspicion is that she is at the hospital for a "pre-booking" medical exam. It is likely they will want to take a sample of blood from her for additional testing. So long as the police believe she is a suspect in a crime, they can detain her at the hospital until she is cleared for booking at the County Jail.
Once she is booked (or released to medical staff for treatment of injuries), she will receive a court date.
There are so many variables in a case of this nature that it is critically important that you consult with a qualified DUI attorney as soon as possible.Ask a similar question
Your mother can be arrested on these facts. Her BAC is very low and barely above a presumptive limit that she is not impaired to drive. Without bad driving on your mother's part, this would be a tough case to prove. Because the consequences could be severe (losing her license and mandatory jail depending on what is filed), she needs a lawyer right away. If there were other chemical tests done showing a BAC over .08%, she could have DMV problems too and needs to call them within 10 days to request a hearing. Unless she is released on her own recognizance (without having to post bail) or posts bail, they should bring her to court for arraignment within 48 hours. However, if her medical condition prevents that, then it could be longer. Call an attorney right away.
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Thanks for your question regarding your mother's case. Reading between the lines, it appears that your mother was in the Emergency Room, and was then arrested and taken to jail for DUI?
I'm sorry to hear about how the police treated you and your family. If she was arrested, the police have to bring her before a judge or commissioner within 48 court hours. She may be released before then and given a future court date. If she sees a judge, they will read her charges, and ask if she wants an attorney, so it may be important to be ready to have an attorney to represent her best interests and professionally handle the case.
The prosecutor may decide to go through with the case, if they believe that, even at a .054%, she was under the influence, or may go ahead for political reasons. For that reason, your mother would be well served with a professional helping defend her in this case.Ask a similar question
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Music Review: Rory Block - 'Avalon: A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt'
Published 10:00 pm, Sunday, August 11, 2013
Tribute recordings can be a risky business, but you can feel absolutely confident in getting any one of Rory Block's tremendous tributes to her blues influences. She's already done Robert Johnson, Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Rev. Gary Davis, and they were all first-rate recordings, but Avalon: A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt is quite possibly the best of the series.
Not only does Block do an excellent job of singing Hurt's distinctive lyrics and capturing his inimitable style, her guitar picking is just amazing, on a par with Hurt's original playing.
Block starts the album with an original song, "Everybody Loves John," about Mississippi John Hurt with biographical details and the story of how she met him in 1963. It's amazing how much information she can put into a song without losing its lilting quality. She then follows with Hurt's own tribute to his hometown, "Avalon."
But the album really catches fire with "Candy Man" and some truly mesmerizing finger picking. Then amazing picking and great slide are combined on "Frankie and Albert," a lesser-known version of "Frankie and Johnny" which is also perfectly suited to Block's expressive voice.
The mood turns more solemn for "Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied," before returning to some great storytelling in the sad tale of "Louis Collins." Block's spoken commentary works just as effectively here as it did for Hurt, adding a very personal touch.
Things brighten back up for the great "walking blues," "Richland Woman Blues." Then come a couple of traditional songs that Hurt did definitive versions of. "Spike Driver Blues" takes its plot from the folk singer John Henry and adds a sequel to that story. It does not sound even slightly ludicrous to hear Block do a song like this with its macho message, or the next song, the traditional "Stagolee." That's how good she is. There are so many versions of "Stagolee," but this is one of the very best.
"Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor" is one of this reviewer's all-time favorite songs by Hurt or any other blues singer, and a favorite on this album. It's a great song and captures the pure essence of the blues lifestyle, and Block could not possibly do a better job than she does here.
The set ends with "Payday," and Block captures the sly humor and joyous feeling of that song perfectly. It's an excellent ending to a phenomenal blues recording.
Block is quite simply the best female interpreter of traditional blues of our time and a fine songwriter as well, as shone by her original tributes to these masters on each series entry. Listen to her guitar playing here and you will likely agree that she is also one of the best pickers in the business today as well. Blues fans owe it to themselves to add this recording (and the others in the "Mentor Series" from Stony Plain Records) to their collections.


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CAIRO – At least 29 people were killed in clashes in Egypt Saturday, during rival rallies held on the anniversary of the 2011 revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak, underscoring the country's violent polarization.
Three years after Egyptians rose up to demand the overthrow of Mubarak, thousands of demonstrators returned to Cairo's Tahrir Square, chanting slogans backing another military leader, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, as police clashed with Islamists and activists elsewhere.
The 29 people were killed when police and supporters of the military-installed government clashed with Islamist backers of President Mohammed Morsi, who was deposed in July after a single turbulent year in power.
Egypt was already on edge after four bombs exploded in Cairo on Friday, including a massive blast outside police headquarters. The attacks, which were claimed by a Sinai-based extremist group, killed six people.
Hours before Saturday's rallies, a small bomb outside a police training centre in north Cairo wounded one person, while another 16 were wounded by a car bomb that exploded beside a police base in the canal city of Suez, according to the health ministry.
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, an Al-Qaeda-inspired group, claimed responsibility for Friday's bombings — all of which targeted police — and urged Egyptian "Muslims" to stay away from police buildings.
Security forces across Cairo moved quickly to disperse scattered pro-Morsi protests while welcoming demonstrators to sanctioned commemorations.
In the Muhandiseen district, police fired tear gas and birdshot at anti-government protesters outside a mosque, scattering them into side streets.
Gunfire could be heard late into the night in the Alf Maskan neighborhood, where some of Saturday's deadliest fighting took place, a witness said.
Of the 29 people killed, 26 died in Cairo and its suburbs, according to health ministry spokesman Ahmed Kamel. Another 168 people were wounded, and the interior ministry said 1,079 "rioters" were arrested.
One of the dead in Cairo was a member of the April 6 movement which spearheaded the uprising against Mubarak and had also opposed Morsi, a member of the group said.
"The regime has substantial and now energized support, a majority of the politically active citizens of this country," said Michael Hanna, an expert on Egypt with The Century Foundation, a U.S.-based think tank.
"But there are still resilient sources of opposition that they are choosing to deal with violently."
Police, who have killed hundreds of Islamist protesters in street clashes since Morsi's overthrow, have vowed to halt all such demonstrations.
But they encouraged Egyptians to turn out in support of the government, and some politicians called for rallies to back El-Sissi, the general who overthrew Morsi and whose popularity has skyrocketed among Egyptians craving stability after three years of turmoil.
The Islamist Anti-Coup Alliance, which backs Morsi, also urged its supporters via a statement to continue their "revolutionary movement" on Sunday in Cairo and other provinces.
On Tahrir on Saturday, tanks guarded the entrances to the square as demonstrators waved Egyptian flags and carried posters of El-Sissi.
"The people demand the execution of the Brotherhood," demonstrators chanted, as several took their pictures with police officers, soldiers and tanks.
Celebrations continued well into the night in Tahrir and across several areas of Cairo, where groups of people waved flags, danced and played pro-military songs.
Government and military officials have hinted for days that the turnout at Saturday's pro-government rallies could be a bellwether for a run by El-Sissi in a presidential election promised for later this year.
El-Sissi is widely seen as a strongman who can restore order and fight militancy, which the interim government blames on Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.
The Brotherhood, which renounced violence decades ago and won a series of elections following Mubarak's overthrow, condemned Friday's bomb blasts, as they have following previous attacks on the police and army.
But after an attack on a police building in December, also claimed by Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, the authorities declared the Brotherhood a "terrorist organization," and made even expressions of verbal support for the movement punishable with heavy prison sentences.
Security forces have waged a bloody crackdown since Morsi's overthrow, in which at least 1,000 people have been killed and thousands of Islamists arrested, including virtually all top leaders of the Brotherhood. Morsi has also been jailed.