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Etobicoke General Hospital's emergency department is not the go-to for all north Etobicoke residents in need of health care.

That was one of the primary messages hospital officials communicated to residents on Dec. 11 during their first telephone town hall held to help residents understand the specialized health-care offerings in the area and how and when to contact each one.

"Oftentimes, people feel the only place to go is the ER, even if they know they don't need to go to the ER," explained Matt Anderson, president and CEO of William Osler Health System, which operates Etobicoke General Hospital (EGH).

"We plan to hold another telephone town hall in the spring and invite primary care GPs (general practitioners) and family physicians to participate to provide more linkages, and easier referrals (to family doctors)."

Many north Etobicoke residents do not have their own doctor, which leads many to head to the ER instead, Anderson explained.

Educating potential patients about when, and when not, to go to EGH's emergency department is critically important to Osler.

Built in 1972 to treat 33,000 patients per year, the same emergency department now sees more than 80,000 patients per year.

Yet EGH's emergency department wait times remain better than the provincial targets, in fact, better than the provincial average, Dr. Naveed Mohammed, Osler's vice-president of medical affairs, has reported.

EGH's emergency department will be expanded and moved into a new wing after the new build goes out to tender next year, estimated to cost between $200 and $250 million.

A coalition of health care providers randomly called 40,000 households to ask them to participate.

Representatives from Osler, the Central West Community Care Access, Central West Local Health Integration Network, Headwaters Health Care Centre and Region of Peel Health Services partnered and participated in the one-hour town hall, which drew 5,000 participants.

Another 95 people called in with questions.

Typically, a town hall at a location would draw between 300 and 400 participants, Anderson said.

Callers to the town hall were advised of the various health-care services in the community beyond the hospital.

"A number of callers were trying to understand the different types of services in the community. Many people don't know there are community health centres and community support services out there," Anderson said. "We directed some people to 211, and also how to contact the Canadian Mental Health Association and the Community Care Access Centre."

Dialing 211 connects the caller to information and referrals to community and social services in Ontario.

Feedback provided by town hall participants will help inform each health care organization's future strategic plans, Anderson said.

"We plan to offer more specialized clinics," he said. "We're finding people being referred to our ER. We'd like to change some of that, to take the focus away from the emergency department and on to appointment care."

When asked if the town hall was useful, nearly 100 per cent of participants said yes, Anderson reported.

"We want to get better and better at how we use this tool to get messages out there," he said. "We all agreed we'd do it again in a few months. We can't think of a better way to reach out."


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Lessons learned from Digg
As Diggs go, it wasn't much: five hundred digg points and a hundred or so comments. However, in one day it brought over 10,000 visitors to one article: Death of the command line. As this site typically gets less than 7,000 visitors a day spread over thousands of articles, that's a big visitation.
An unfortunately large number of readers didn't have a clue what the article was about. Too many people thought I was bemoaning having to use the command line. Actually the point was entirely opposite that, but it wasn't spelled out in big block letters. That's the first lesson of Digg: subtlety is lost on a large percentage of readers.
No, I'm not saying Digg readers are dumb. I'm saying that many of them are hasty. no doubt they are trying to be good Diggers and read a lot of posts, but wow: things can get off base very quickly.
For example, the very first comment said "That's because you're using a noob distro like ubuntu". In fact, the article referenced a Suse install, but more importantly, that comment set a theme or an expectation. That's the second thing I learned about Digg: what people think in comments can shape what other people think when they read your post. If that first comment was the result of hasty reading or misunderstanding, that error may infect other readers. Not all, of course. But accuracy can get lost in noise.
There's an opposite side to that too: hasty readers don't read other people's comments closely either, so you get repetition of ideas in comments. In this case, "Automator" was mentioned several times. The original post said:
"In fact, some graphical programming environments work just like that: you drag around little tools and create bigger tools without suffering the indignities of that awful command line"
But that didn't stop comments like:
This idea already exists. On a Mac there is a piece of built in software called Automator.
So....Apple's Automator?
Apple is way ahead of you with AppleScript and Automator.
It sounds like he wants Apple's Automator program.
Isn't what he's talking about the OS X Automator?
These show both a lack of careful reading of the original article and of course a complete disregard for other folks comments.
As I implied above, I could have been more direct in the article. Perhaps I could have avoided comments like:
Lameo, just coz some guy forgot some commands - "the command line is dead"
Just because the author is clearly a point-click user, that does not make his point valid
I'm far from a "point and click user", but I never said that. I never said that what was bothering me is`a trend by developers to ignore command line tools in favor of GUI versions. So some of the misinterpretation is my fault.
I doubt that this article will be Dugg, but if it were, I wonder how many readers would think I am casting doubt on their intelligence. I'm not. I do think Diggers could read a little more slowly and take note of other folks comments before adding effective duplicates, but that's just the way it is.
The question is, what to do about it? I do think I have to be more explicit, but on the other hand, pedantic writing can be pretty boring. As an intelligent reader, I don't like to be beat about the head by an author who wants to be certain I catch his meaning. Maybe there isn't a perfect answer for this: no matter what the level of writing, there will be problems for some readers.
I did make a small postscript to the original article today. It's too late, of course, but some stragglers are still coming in, so perhaps it can help.
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Mon Jul 31 13:58:31 2006: 2329 bruceg2004
Sheesh! "Kids these days" Maybe some of them forgot to take their ADHD meds. Slow down people! READ!
I constantly have to point out to people I work with to READ the email I sent them. Often they look at it so quick, make a judgement without all the facts, and it causes errors in peoples work. Then, some people just read the follow-ups, and make their judgements based on other peoples opinions, and never even read the original thought.
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Mon Jul 31 19:46:08 2006: 2331 anonymous
I thought your dugg article was great. Digg users seem to be trapped in the masses, unwilling to escape. As for the comments, that made my day. Most of the time, I wish there was a way to me to turn off comments in my browser, so I at least wouldn't have to see them.
Mon Jul 31 20:04:32 2006: 2332 TonyLawrence
Well, Digg does let you set the level of comments to view.. but sometimes that makes it worse :-)
I'm glad you enjoyed it, anyway. Are you new here?
Mon Jul 31 21:43:20 2006: 2333 TonyLawrence
The author (that's me) is NOT a point and click user.. well, that's inaccurate because here I am pointing and clicking, but what I mean is that I spend far more time at the command line than I do in a GUI. Unless it's to read my gmail or browse a site, the CLI is where you will find me. Given a choice of configuring with a text tool or even plain old vi, that is what I'd choose.
As I said in the "lessons Learned", I could have been more explicit. However, it's also very true that a good number of Digg *commenters* apparently read hastily and jump to conclusions about what something is about without reading the article or even other people's comments very carefully. It's impossible to say what the habits of Digg *readers* are in general; they leave no trail..
I have never eaten a kitten. I am a gawdamn leftish leaning liberal, which is ample reason to stone me dead in some parts of my country, but as jaded and disgusting as we are, we don't eat kittens.
I'm not a Ubuntu user either, though I have great respect for both the OS and Mr. Shuttleworth personally (and have said so publically more than once)
Yes (and I said this) it *is* the way the world works. But I also think (and I noted this also) that part of the problem MIGHT be Diggers trying to be good members of the community by reading a lot of posts and quickly passing judgment. Perhaps a display of "Diggs/Buries/Stories Today" on comments might help other people decide how much real thought went into a comment or Digg/Bury..
And then there are the really disgraceful folks like me who find a GREAT story on Digg, get engrossed in it, and totally forget to come back to Digg it. Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa.
Mon Jul 31 23:23:09 2006: 2334 Sledge
for your protection.
The problem with opinions is their ubiquity
Opinions are like toilets. Everybody has one, they all stink and no one wants to look at anybody else's.
Unfortunately, a large number of new people who could have benefited from visiting the site are now under the mistaken impression that you (of all people) are a n00b.
IMHO - This is the price of aggregation (RSS, /., ARS, Digg). First it was ads and now the sound bite society has engulfed the Internet. At least some enlightenment came from Digg (yours). I learn a lot visiting here. Thanks.
Tue Aug 1 01:02:18 2006: 2335 TonyLawrence
Well, I like other people's toilets.. err, opinions.
I suppose you could say that some Diggers will never visit for the reasons you said, but they weren't coming here anyway, and they obviously aren't careful readers, so is it any real loss?
I'm sure we gained a few readers in spite of all that.. and even if not, no big deal.
Tue Aug 1 14:43:03 2006: 2345 TonyLawrence
Just as a point of interest: although that article certainly walloped the all time record for most views in a day, we have a couple of posts that have exceeded 100,000 views in their lifetime. See (link) (and be patient - the page takes a second or two to load).
Tue Aug 1 16:44:25 2006: 2346 BigDumbDinosaur
Just for grins, I visited the "most popular" link and made an interesting discovery. If you sort the articles in ascending order of total hits, some with relatively low counts appear in the list (at least several with no more than 800-900 hits).
Tue Aug 1 17:49:39 2006: 2347 TonyLawrence
Sure - that's just picking up the most popular 50 based on monthly views (not overall). In theory an article could have a large number of views but not appear because it's not popular recently.
Fri Aug 4 16:03:34 2006: 2365 anonymous
No, you don't have to be more explicit.
Yes, there is no answer (my meaning is clear, n'est pas?).
Let's say for example, that you publicly posted the opinion
that a certain unpopular litigant might prevail in a lawsuit.
You might cause mass hysteria because readers will think that
you are a cheerleader for the much-reviled litigant. Then,
no matter how many clarifications you issue, you will be
perpetually misunderstood.
I am often misunderstood when I send emails. Yet I prefer
email to the phone, because I think it is easier to be understood when
stating something in writing.
You can fool some of the people all of the time, even when you're
not trying.
To paraphrase Comic Book Guy, "there is no emoticon" for my frustration!
Fri Aug 4 22:19:29 2006: 2366 TonyLawrence
"publicly posted the opinion that a certain unpopular litigant might prevail in a lawsuit"
And of course they still might, though fortunately the chances of that are getting vanishingly slim..
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The ScrumMaster Certification is a 2-day course introducing the concepts of the Scrum, the most popular Agile framework. Scrum is a seemingly simple process that can have such profound effects on an organization. Each participants will gain practical experience working with Scrum tools and activities such as the product backlog, sprint backlog, daily Scrum meetings, sprint planning meeting, and burndown charts. Participants leave knowing how to apply Scrum to all sizes of projects, from a single collocated team to a large, highly distributed team.
Following successful completion of the course, you will be qualified and ready to pass the new Scrum Alliance certification test. This multiple-choice, online test is required to become a Certified ScrumMaster, which includes a one-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, where additional ScrumMaster-only material and information are available.
PMP's: This course counts for 15 Professional Development Units (PDUs).
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Hi, I had closed rhinoplasty 5 months ago to get rid of a bump on the bridge of my nose and to make my nose smaller overall. I am not 100 percent satisfied with my nose as I have a hanging collumella, will it rise overtime or will I need revision to correct this? I don't think the nose suits me with a hanging collumella as I never had this before surgery. Could this change overtime? Is my nose the final shape now or will it continue to change? Thank you.
5 Months Post Rhinoplasty, Hanging Collumella? (photo)
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Hanging Columella? Following Rhinoplasty
It's not clear from the photos you provided as to whether there is increased columellar show or whether the tip of your nose is just tipped up more than it was pre-op. When assessing changes following rhinoplasty surgery, it's vitally important to be able to see standardized photos (same lighting, angles, camera, lens, etc.) of both the present state as well as the pre-operative state of the nose. You should be able to get such photos from your surgeon's clinic in a digital format that they can e-mail to you. You can then upload these with your question. You will get much more response and much better advice if you can do this.
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Jan Frank: How A Gangster Of Love Walks The Fine Line Of Literalism & Abstraction
NYC artist talks about his latest work at the Nahmad Contemporary Gallery.
I could write about the importance of drawing, and in my case, its relation to my paintings. But they are their own identity, as drawings.
John Chamberlain was introduced to my work at a solo show I was doing with his good friend, Renato Danese, in 1998. He was very excited about the paintings, and we started a relationship. Our relationship developed mainly through phone calls, openings, and seeing each other's shows. His last show at the Gagosian Gallery, NYC, prompted me to utilize his form while still working with the nude in a series of drawings. I intended to show parts of this large series in two gallery shows I was working on (Tim Olsen, Australia, and AMS Marlborough, Chile).
Roughly 40 drawings, pen ink, correction fluid, on dutch linen paper had been produced. I intended to keep going (which I did) with the hope of doing a show with John as an end product.
In "CRUSH" for John Chamberlain, I found the works (at Gagosian / 2011) which were produced for John's show so elegantly monumental, that homage to the work would be so honorable and having this reflection induced a sculptural glamor into my work; it gave me a new step.
I finished and sent out my project on December 20th, and John passed on the 21st. I retrieved the drawings. In the year 2000, I was approached by the architect Phillip Johnson to do a show of my paintings in a very large space he had temporally on Spring Street (next to the West Side Highway). I saw the vastness and called John to see if he would be interested in doing a show together, and he was very excited about the project, as I was.
However, before we could even get into our planning stage, the building was torn down. Joe Nahmad (Nahmad Contemporary) offered to do a show of the drawings with a Chamberlain sculpture "Gangster of Love," painted and chromium-plated steel, 90 x 74 x 50 inches, executed in 1985. I jumped at the chance.
We hung the show June 23, 2014. Most of the day was spent placing the drawings without the sculpture, trying to visualize it, while making a hanging of the 32 drawings in the space, playing switch switch. At the end of the day, the Chamberlain arrived. It was such a moment. "It had arrived," like a head of state walking into event, everyone waiting, and when they do, that silence and awe takes hold. "Gangster" was placed, uncovered, and the drawings started to dance.
It was a very beautiful, surreal moment for me, the marriage of the work truly a phenomenal gift. I felt my accomplishment in this project and understanding why I kept them together. I hope this carries over to the viewer…it's special. I am sure John would have welcomed this show "Gangster of Love / Crushed." I hope you enjoy it. I want to thank Joe, his staff, and John, who I considered one of the most important sculptors of his generation, interesting and wild, when artists still were (in a good way), hence the photo.
Jan Frank, NYC
After spending the course of a year paying homage to the late artist John Chamberlain via 32 ink drawings and also making use of commercial correction fluid and Dutch linen, New York-based artist Jan Frank's work is now on display through July 26 at the Nahmad Contemporary Gallery on Madison Avenue.


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As the largest suburb of Buffalo, Amherst's location can be described as being more than ideal, being in close proximity to places like Niagara Falls, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, as well as the numerous state parks found in the region.
Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) February 15, 2011
The town of Amherst in Erie County, New York, has been included again in the list of America's Safest Cities in 2010. The list, based on city crime rate rankings that use reported data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shows Amherst in the number 6 spot. Amherst has been constantly included in the list throughout the years, even managing to rank second in 2006. It's a fact that hasn't escaped the notice of homebuyers, making Amherst, New York, real estate much sought after properties.
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As the largest suburb of Buffalo, Amherst's location can be described as being more than ideal, being in close proximity to places like Niagara Falls, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, as well as the numerous state parks found in the region. In addition, Amherst reaps the many benefits from being home to a number of educational institutions, which includes the University at Buffalo and Daemen College.
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.166 Thursday, 26 April 2012
Date: April 24, 2012 7:21:51 AM EDT
Subject: Out of the Shadow of Shakespeare
Dear SHAKSPERians
At Loughborough University (in the UK East Midlands, 10 miles north of Leicester, 50 miles north-east of Stratford-upon-Avon) there will be a half-day meeting called 'Out of the Shadow of Shakespeare' on Saturday 28 April from 1 to 5pm. It's about the staging of plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries.
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Iight thats all of em... peace
Iight thats all of em... peace
nice post i have all the peices at SIP on my comp but most people have already seen them
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r u the one who dissed the ensoe piece with a taaaaag?Originally posted by enter1@Aug 30 2004, 09:58 AM
i love the t., and im glad the writers 'arnt the nicest ppl', it scares the toys away, lol :lol:, and if ur a skilled bomber theyll come to u.
thats hurting man, it was such a niiice fucking piece. and u dissed it with a tag man... yeah beef is beef. but you cant just go around capping peoples shit with tags. if ur gonna beef with his piece at least make it look like shit by doing a fill over it....
no im enter-tue im a differnt writer. u got me mixed up
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o ok.well fuck mother fucker ur name says enter one. why didnt u put a 2 there instead.
lol im just playing with u...
in this graffiti game shit you cant just pick a name foo! u gotta know, well are you enter one or are you enter two. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!
nowhere did he say he was enter2
tue would be his crew, im guessingenter-tue
It's Hip To Be Square
i thought it was 11-12th ? it's the 8th now ?
last weekend was a chillin jam... though getting home was a toughtime . 4 hours + blurry stumbling....
dont get high off the fumes....
on another note, i was checking out the monthly artcrimes update, and i came across this.
i got the answer to my question, so im satisfied.
I'm pretty sure she reps apr.
Why would you even post that in the Toronto thread? Thats Ekos and Waek, from the same week as Last Years under pressure in montreal. it says APR not aor.. neither writes that anymore
whats wrong with answering a question in the form of a quesiton?
ah i made it home 4 hours latter and hungover... blah
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Danish major Nordisk Film and national broadcaster TV2 have formed a pact to produce feature films with an average budget of $1m (DKR8.5m). Titled 'Director's Cut' the project has four directors already attached - veterans Morten Arnfred and Birger Larsen, and newcomers Tomas Villum Jensen and Christoffer Boe, the latter fresh from the Danish Film School.
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Well.ca: $10 Off Pampers Super Packs - Now $24.99
Well.ca has a special weekend only deal on Pampers Super Packs. Regularly $34.99, the super packs are now on sale for $24.99.
I price compared these super packs with Walmart.ca as they usually have the best price on diapers. Walmart sells the super packs for $29.97 so you are saving an extra $5 off their price. One of the super packs was a different price though: the Pampers Easy Ups Training Pants Super Pack sells for $32.87 at Walmart but at Well.ca it is included in the $24.99 sale.
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- ShannaThe 'Swaddlers' are cheaper right now at London Drugs ($22.99) on sale, and often go on sale at Shoppers for around $20. But this is a good deal if you want them shipped.


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Influence of Factors of Space Flight on Lactolen Producer Strains (Lactolen) - 11.22.16
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THE Oasis Leisure Centre has long been a jewel in the crown of Swindon and is a fine example of how a local authority views the importance of sport, fitness and recreation to the community it serves.
The Oasis has worked in perfect harmony with the Link Centre in West Swindon and all the other smaller facilities dotted about the borough, giving customers a wide choice of facilities at prices most people could afford.
That the current administration had to divest itself of the Oasis is understandable. The unprecedented financial situation Swindon Council faced meant drastic action and the Oasis is now in private hands.
It is to the council's credit that this wasn't just a quick sale to get rid of the place – everyone concerned not only wanted the excellent services the Oasis provides to remain, but also for there to be improved facilities too.
Work has started for a major revamp and extension of the building, but there has been growing concern that this is taking place too slowly. It was hoped the replacement of the centre's dome would have been completed at the end of last year, along with refurbished changing rooms.
Moirai Capital Investments, which holds the lease, stresses there is no need for concern – key dates have been missed, but it didn't want the Oasis to close during the busy summer months. So, that outstanding work will begin at the end of this year.
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Play: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Hostel"
Group: OnSite Theatre Company
Venue: Huckleberry Finn Youth Hostel, 1908 South 12th Street
Dates: Run concluded
Story: Welcome to the Huckleberry Hostel in quaint, atmospheric Soulard. This ramshackle cluster of buildings is home to youths traveling through these parts to destinations unknown. The proprietor at their lodgings is Joey, aka Josephine, who prefers to go by the moniker Widow Douglas. Joey's husband (or lover; who can be sure?) Colin hasn't died; he simply departed about two years ago, probably after too many days coping with Joey's manic behavior.
Joey certainly is a high-strung sort, a trait that influences all aspects of her life. Presently, she is battling with her sister, Miss Watson, who has been helping her run the hostel but is growing weary of Joey's sundry accusations. Most recently, Joey has taken a shining to James, a visitor who has arrived with his friend Finn. Apparently James is a fugitive on the lam for some brush-up with the law, while Finn is running from his controlling and alcoholic father.
Joey wants to help them, mainly by convincing James, the "love of my life," to stay with her, while Finn plans to take off with Emma, the hostel's sleep-prone piano player who had a happy childhood and has been paying the price, in her mind, ever since. Emma concocts bizarre afflictions to make herself more interesting, and Finn finds himself oddly attracted to her. Meanwhile, James has eyes for Miss Watson, even though Joey thinks her evangelistic Christian sister is a lesbian. So, who's in love with whom, and how will it all work out?
Highlights: Kudos to playwright Dan Rubin, OnSite Theatre managing director Kristen Edler and OnSite's artistic director Ann Marie Mohr for another engaging and absolutely delightful original presentation. Rubin's wit and imagination are the fuel behind this clever piece that presents two plays simultaneously in two different areas of the hostel.
While players are off-stage in one skit they're performing at the other location. At intermission, an audience is transported from the first locale to the second to see what was going on there while they were at the other site. Got that?
Other Info: Rubin's two-act comedy is a very clever and very funny homage to Mark Twain's masterpiece, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," which marked its 125th anniversary in 2009, when Rubin probably wrote his own work. In order for this farce to work best, of course, it requires precise comic timing and juicy interpretation of its five characters, and director Justin Rincker delivers both in spades. In each scene he keeps the pacing quick and the laughs on speed dial.
Ann Marie Mohr is priceless as Widow Douglas. Her antic behavior and impulsive decisions most always have disastrous results, but Widow Douglas never stops believing in herself or her eccentric ways. Jenn Bock beautifully works against Mohr's manic tempo in a controlled, modulated manner that underscores Miss Watson's attempt to be different from her bizarre sister.
Emily Piro is a hoot as the confused piano player, who is apt to feign sleep in the most unlikely of positions or places, and who is determined to be a tortured artist even if she has no miseries ready-made from her idyllic childhood. Antonio Rodriguez scores as the well-intentioned Finn who finds himself drawn to the edgy Emily even while he frantically ponders his next move, and Rincker, a late substitution for another actor, serves with distinction as the determined but easily confused James.
The audience at a recent performance seemed to get into the flow of this wacky show in most appreciative fashion. My guess is that Mr. Twain himself would chuckle approvingly at this slightly irreverent but very funny presentation.
Rating: A 4.5 on a scale of 1-to-5.


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Lord Truscott: My Lords, I have not got that information, but I will look into it and write to my noble friend.
Lord Stoddart of Swindon: My Lords, is the Minister aware that I was around when the experiment took place from 1968 to 1971 and was glad during my tenure in the House of Commons to vote for a restoration of the previous situation? One reason why the public were against it was that it was sometimes dark until 10 oclock in the morning and they believed that was very dangerous for children being taken to school and for people going to work. I urge those who are going with what is the growing fashion to realise that there are some very serious objections to double summer time, as was proved during the experiment.
Lord Truscott: My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, who is undoubtedly right. The point has been made that in some parts of the UK the mornings would be dark until 10 or 11 oclock and that would have safety implications for children going to school. In Northern Ireland, it would remain light until midnight, which would create difficulties for people who wished to go to sleep earlier.
Lord Jopling: My Lords, if the noble Lord is looking for statistics about the experiment around 1970, will he take it from me that many of us in another place received a torrent of letters from constituents and others who hated the experiment, so we voted it down at that time? Will he do everything to encourage the government Whips to block it on Friday of this week?
Lord Truscott: My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, and I think he makes my earlier point that the issue is controversial.
Baroness Williams of Crosby asked Her Majestys Government:
What financial and logistical aid is being offered to Iraqs neighbours to deal with the outflow of refugees from Iraq?
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: My Lords, we are concerned at the increasing number of people fleeing the violence in Iraq. The Government have just announced a £4 million contribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide emergency assistance, including water, medical supplies and rehabilitation of the health infrastructure. This brings our total humanitarian contribution for Iraq to over £120 million since 2003. We are also considering the UNHCRs appeal to help refugees in neighbouring countries. Above all, the first priority of the Iraqi Government must be to end the violence that is causing this situation, with the support of the international community and the region.
Baroness Williams of Crosby: My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. However, I am sure that, like other noble Lords, she will be aware that one of our closest and most loyal allies, Jordan, is being absolutely swamped by refugees from Iraq, rising towards between 700,000 and 1 million people. One in eight people in Iraq have left their homes as refugees or been displaced. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that the existing position is very bad and deteriorating rapidly, and has asked for $60 million in emergency aid to be paid immediately to help in this desperate situation. Will the Government consider what donation they might make towards that sum? Will they also consider very carefully the likelihood that the so-called surge policy of the United States Administration will yet further increase this pathetic tide of refugees?
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: On the UNHCR, my Lords, the Government are at this very moment considering making a contribution. It is not that we do not intend to make a contribution but that, as noble Lords will know, the UN has more than £200 million of unspent resources in its trust fund under the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq. We hope that some of that money can be used for humanitarian relief. If it cannot, we will certainly make a contribution to the fund.
Baroness Rawlings: My Lords, what assessment have Her Majestys Government made of the suggestion that Jordan could be politically destabilised by the influx of Iraqis? Most of the refugees in Jordan and Syria are Sunni, as the history of the Palestinians vividly demonstrates. Would the Minister agree that those communities could easily become bases and breeding grounds for Iraqi insurgencies?
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: My Lords, the Government are very much aware of the increasing pressure in the Kingdom of Jordan in terms of social cohesion and pressure on services, which can indeed have a destabilising effect on that country. That is precisely why we are considering making a contribution. We will be making some sort of contribution to meet the UNHCR demand for money so that we can help refugees in those countries, assist Jordan and ensure that it remains stable.
Lord Anderson of Swansea: My Lords, does the Minister agree that most of those who swell the tide of refugees from Iraq are Christians who find life increasingly intolerable in Iraq, and that it would be extremely difficult for them if, because of the numbers, Jordan were forced to impose even stronger border restrictions?
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: My Lords, I fully agree that it would be regrettable if Jordan were forced to have even greater border restrictions. I also recognise the implications that it would have for Christians. We are of course concerned about the refugee problem, but we are also very concerned
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Lord Hylton: My Lords, do the Government accept that the situation for refugees is just as bad in Syria as it is in Jordan? Will the Government pay special attention to the particular needs of Palestinians and Kurds who have fled Iraq?
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: Yes, my Lords, we will certainly pay attention to the terrible problems inflicted on the Palestinians and the Kurds who have already had to flee at one stage in their lives. We welcome Syrias decision to reopen diplomatic relations with Iraq and hope that it will result in practical co-operation not only on terrorism but on the refugees.
Baroness Northover: My Lords, the UNHCR is recording 100,000 people crossing the Iraqi border with difficulty every month. It is the fastest-growing refugee problem in the world. £4 million does not sound enough. Given the UKs responsibility in Iraq and the lack of preplanning for what happened there, did the Government put this on the agenda when the Foreign Ministers met in Brussels on MondayI see no evidence of itand if not, why not?
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: My Lords, I do not know whether it was on the agenda for the Foreign Ministers meeting on Monday but I will find out and inform the noble Baroness and the rest of the House. £4 million does not sound like a lot of money, but it is something. We must remember that a lot of other money is going into Iraq that we believe can assist internally displaced people and prevent refugees having to flee. We are, for example, undertaking work on capacity building to help the Iraqi Government to better manage and distribute their money and to improve services for people in Iraq so that they do not have to flee across borders and become refugees. We are working to end the violence in Iraq and to improve the capacity of the Iraqis so that people no longer have to flee the country.
Lord Davies of Oldham: My Lords, as the House will know, there are 30 speakers in the important debate today. The House should rise at around 10 oclock if Back-Bench contributions are limited to 12 minutes.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Drayson) rose to move, That this House takes note of the White Paper The Future of the United Kingdoms Nuclear Deterrent.
The noble Lord said: My Lords, last month the noble Baroness the Lord President of the Council made a Statement on the future of the United Kingdoms nuclear deterrent. On that occasion, a number of Peers rightly asked that this House be given an early opportunity to discuss the issue in more detail. I am delighted that we have that opportunity today.
The Governments policy in this area is informed by two central imperatives: first and foremost, to take the steps necessary to ensure, to the greatest degree possible, the future security of this country and our allies; and, secondly, to make progress towards fulfilling our vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. I believe that the White Paper achieves the right balance between those two imperatives.
Let me rapidly remind the House of the key decisions set out in the White Paper: we have decided to renew our minimum independent nuclear deterrent by procuring a new class of ballistic missile submarine to replace our four Vanguard-class submarines in the 2020s; we will examine whether we require three or four of the new class of submarines to maintain our posture of having a submarine always on deterrent patrol; we have decided to join the US programme to extend into the 2040s the life of the Trident D5 ballistic missiles that our submarines currently carry; and we have secured assurances from the US Government, which were published last month, giving us the option to participate in any future programme to replace the D5 missile.
The third component of our nuclear deterrent system is the British-designed and built warhead carried on the missiles. The White Paper indicates that decisions on the refurbishment or replacement of the warhead are likely to be required in the next Parliament but are not needed now.
Let me briefly summarise why some decisions are needed now. Even with a five-year extension to the life of our existing submarines to make it around 30 yearsand incidentally, that will be longer than the life of any of the predecessors of the Vanguard classthose submarines will start to leave service in the early 2020s.
Let me address head-on the claims of those who say we can run the submarines even longer. They claim that US experience with Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines proves that. The judgment we have made on boat life is based on a careful assessment of the costs and risks involved, not least given the need to replace major components that have a particular design life and the risk of a significant loss of availability, as happened at the end of the life of the previous, Resolution-class submarines. Our judgment, which has been scrupulously and thoroughly examined, is that an extension of about five years should be feasible and cost-effective, while a longer life extension would not be.
The comparison between the United Kingdom and the United States here is not useful. The US has land-, sea- and air-based nuclear weapons and a much more extensive capability than we have. For example, it has 14 SSBNs, while we have only four, and they are the
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In addition, the Ohio boats are different from the Vanguards; they had a longer original design life, and there are major engineering differences; for example, radically different propulsion systems. If we had intended a much longer extension of the Vanguard boats, as the US intend with theirs, it would have needed to be built into their original design and their subsequent manufacture, refit and maintenance. That was not the case.
The assessment of our experts, which has been arrived at very carefully, is that it will take about 17 years from starting the detailed concept phase to design, build, test and deploy replacement submarines. Seventeen years may seem a long time, but nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines are some of the most complex pieces of technology in the world. We do not get the chance to prototype them: the first boat goes to sea. It also reflects our previous experience and that of the US and France with similar submarines. So we had to act now to avoid a gap in our deterrence protection when the Vanguard class goes out of service.
Given the need for decisions, we had to consider how the international environment might look over the 20- to 50-year horizon involved. We are the first to recognise that any attempt to look ahead that far is fraught with difficulty, and that this is ultimately a matter of judgment. We had no choice but to address the issue.
Our judgment is that we cannot discount nuclear risks to our security over that timescale. Indeed, the White Paper goes further and says that we see potential risks in three areas, in each of which we believe our deterrent potentially has a role. The first is the possible re-emergence of a strategic nuclear threat to the UK and its allies over the longer term. Secondly, potential nuclear threats from emerging nuclear weapon states, or states with nuclear aspirations. Some of theseI have in mind North Korea and Irangive us cause for concern, and there are real risks of further proliferation. Thirdlywhat is really a subset of the first two risksthe new possibility that states may seek to deliver nuclear weapons against us using terrorist proxies.
These risks may be exacerbated by wider trends leading to a potentially increased risk of interstate conflict: failed and failing states; the rise of extremism; and increased pressure on, and competition for, resources as a result of population growth and rising global consumption.
It is worth noting that there is no sign that any of the other nuclear-weapon states recognised under the nuclear non-proliferation treatythe United States, Russia, France and Chinaplan to abandon their nuclear weapons capability.
So what is our nuclear deterrence policy? Our deterrent is intended to help ensure that nobody seeks to threaten our vital interests, and that nobody seeks to use nuclear weapons to blackmail us or the
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The principles which govern our approach to nuclear deterrence are unchanged, and the White Paper spells them out: our focus is on preventing nuclear attack; we will retain only the minimum deterrent required for our security; we maintain ambiguity about the circumstances in which we might contemplate use of nuclear weapons, although we are very clear that we would consider using them only in extreme circumstances of self-defence, including the defence of our NATO allies; our deterrent supports collective security through NATO; and an independent centre of nuclear decision-making in the UK enhances the overall deterrent effect of allied nuclear forces.
We will continue, as now, to have the flexibility to vary the number of missiles and warheads that might be employed, as well as having the option of a lower yield from our warhead. That flexibility can make our nuclear forces a more credible deterrent against smaller nuclear threats, but we remain clear that any conceivable use of our nuclear weaponsat whatever scalewould necessarily be strategic, both in intent and effect. Indeed, we have deliberately discontinued the use of the term sub-strategic, in the sense that it had been used previously to apply to a possible, limited use of our nuclear weapons.
One concern that has been expressed is that our deterrent is somehow operationally dependent on the United States, or that we can be prevented from employing it. This is simply not the case. Decisions on any use of our nuclear weapons would be sovereign UK decisions, and no other country could prevent their employment. Only the Prime Minister can authorise the use of our nuclear weapons, even if the missiles are to be fired as part of a NATO response. The instruction to fire would be transmitted to the submarine using only UK codes and UK equipment. All the command and control procedures are fully independent, and the missiles do not use the global positioning satellite system: they have an inertial guidance system. Nothing in the planned Trident D5 life extension programme will change that position.
While we have never concealed that we choose to procure certain elements of our system from the United States, I can provide assurance that the system is fully operationally independent of the United States. Successive Governments would not have sustained our nuclear deterrent on these terms were that not the case.
Another charge levelled is that the retention and renewal of our deterrent system is illegal and, in particular, incompatible with our obligations under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Again, that is simply not the case. The UK has been, and will continue to be, at the forefront of efforts to reduce the size of existing arsenals and to fight proliferation. We have reduced the explosive power of our nuclear weapons stockpile by over 70 per cent since the end of the Cold War. We have the smallest stockpile of any of the five recognised nuclear powers, and only we
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Following careful assessment of our future deterrent needs, we have now decided to make a further 20 per cent cut, involving the dismantling of about 40 warheads. In future, the maximum number of operationally available warheads will be fewer than 160, down from fewer than 200. That will represent a reduction by about half since 1997, compared to the plans of the previous Government.
I will briefly talk about why we chose to continue with submarines, and about costs. Submarines provide a platform that is discreet, unprovocative, invulnerable and safe. We are confident that our submarines on patrol have, in almost 40 years of continuous patrolling, never been detected by a potential opponent. I take this opportunity to pay warm tribute to the skills, professionalism and dedication of those in the Royal Navy, and the civilians who support them, who have carried out this crucial role over that period. We all owe them a considerable debt.
To pick up another concern that noble Lords have expressed, the White Paper makes clear that we do not believe that technological advances will erode the submarines advantage in terms of invulnerability compared to other platforms. That invulnerability and assuredness is key to ensuring that we can keep our deterrent minimal and credible, and therefore as cost-effective as possible. Apart from other disadvantages, land or air platforms would be significantly more vulnerableand would therefore require much larger numbers of aircraft or silos to achieve the same level of credible capabilityand therefore much more expensive.
Submarines also enable us to stick with the D5 missile, which is a much more capable and cost-effective solution than any othercertainly than the cruise missile options canvassed by some. They also mean that we can draw on existing infrastructure, industrial capacity and skills.
Some noble Lords have expressed concern at the possibility of reducing our SSBN fleet from four to three. The White Paper makes clear that our policy is to maintain continuous deterrent patrolling. We will investigate fully whether changes in technology, operational procedures and maintenance regimes might make it practicable with the new class to do so with only three boats. Although we should not seek to pre-empt that judgement today, I can assure noble Lords that we have no intention of taking irresponsible risks with the maintenance of our deterrent posture.
On costs, we have made clear that the investment required to renew our deterrent will not come at the expense of the conventional capabilities of our Armed Forces. Despite the claims of some who would have us believe otherwise, the Government have a strong record on defence spending. The last spending review increased the defence budget by an average of 1.4 per cent per year in real terms. The defence budget for 2007-08 will be about £3.7 billion higher than in 2004-05. We have continued to make significant
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Our initial estimate of the procurement costs for a four-submarine force is £15 billion to £20 billion, spread over more than 15 years. This estimate contains provision for the costs of the submarines, at £11 billion to £14 billion, as well as for future support infrastructure requirements and any future refurbishment or replacement of the warhead. Our estimate of the submarine costs draws on our experience with other submarine programmes, as well as being built up from first principles.
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With the start of 2012 only weeks away, Quit is urging smokers who have kicking the habit on top of their New Year resolutions to put their plans on hold for a fortnight.
Quit's Manager of Support Programs, Mr Luke Akin, said making the decision to quit smoking is a perfect way to start the New Year but suggested making your actual 'Quit Date' two weeks later.
"We absolutely encourage smokers to put quitting on their agenda this New Year and by making a 'Quit Date' a fortnight later you allow extra time to prepare. It means planning to go smokefree isn't lost in the busy holiday season."
"The overwhelming majority of smokers want to quit, and more smokers aim to quit at New Year than any other time. However often during this frantic and festive time of year people find it hard to quit and are easily tempted to continue smoking."
"Using the two weeks after the New Year to put a plan to quit in place can really help you understand why you smoke and gives you time to set up some useful quitting strategies to give yourself a good shot at making a successful quit attempt."
Mr Atkin said that smokers shouldn't be too disheartened if an initial quit attempt in the holiday season doesn't go as planned.
"If you are a smoker who has relapsed following a quit attempt don't be too disappointed. The most important thing is that you want to quit. See this as a minor setback and not a failure, and plan to have another go as soon as possible."
"It can often take multiple attempts to quit successfully, but services such as the Quitline are available to provide free support and guidance so no smoker ever has to feel on their own and without help."


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More than 900 people applied for just 12 new jobs in a new Tesco store set to open in Edgware later this year.
The supermarket, in Glengall Road, received over 75 applications for each new position - all of which have since been filled by local people.
Store manager Devang Patel and his team recruited staff to work in the new store, which they hope will have a "community feel".
Mr Patel, who has worked at Tesco for four years, said: "The response to our recruitment process has been fantastic.
"As a store we are delighted to be creating additional jobs for our local community and for local people, helping them back into employment."


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The Other Woman
When she finds out that her boyfriend is married and that she's his mistress, a woman teams up with the jerk's wife to get revenge. Nicki Minaj makes her live-action debut in this comedy about getting the upper hand in a relationship.
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Parents need to know that this sometimes very funny buddy comedy was originally rated R, but the MPAA lowered the rating to PG-13 after an appeal. Still, there's no shortage of iffy-for-younger-viewers material, starting with the premise: Three women (played by Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, and Kate Upton) form an offbeat friendship when they all realize they've been seeing the same man (one is actually married to him). Despite a plot revolving around cheating/infidelity, the messages that come through the strongest are the ones related to the women's friendship (which based on mutual respect) and mission (righting a wrong). Expect lots of innuendo/frank talk about sex (though no nudity) and relationships, kissing, scantily clad women and men, a little blood (a character walks into a glass door), swearing (mostly "s--t" and "a--hole"), some toilet humor (poop, vomit), and frequent social drinking, sometimes to excess.
- Sexual Content
- Lots of innuendo. Frank talk about waxing private parts and the frequency with which a couple has sex. Passionate kissing and groping. A man walks around in a towel. A bikini-clad woman's body is frequently shown in close-up (lingering on breasts and bottom), with characters discussing her appeal.
- Violence
- A woman wreaks havoc on a room with a golf club. A man walks into a glass window, breaking his nose (the scene turns bloody fast), then proceeds to run through and shatter a glass cubicle wall. He then gets punched in the face. A woman tackles another.
- Language
- Many uses of "s--t" (and the related "bulls--t"), plus "a--hole," "damn," "hell," and "pu--y."
- Social Behavior
- Three women thrown together by unusual circumstances -- they were all seeing the same man (and one's married to him) -- manage to direct their anger at the actual perpetrator, the philanderer, rather than at each other. Instead of competing for his attentions, they empower each other and form a deep, hilarious friendship. Lots of toilet humor (diarrhea, dog poop, vomit).
- Consumerism
- Labels are flashed to denote characters' affluence, including Mercedes Benz. Also: iPhone, Dell, etc.
- Drugs / Tobacco / Alcohol
- Lots of social drinking by adults (wine, shots of hard liquor), sometimes to the point of inebriation. It seems like someone almost always has a drink in hand. One character says she wants to smoke but isn't shown doing so.
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Prop. 29: Dollar-per-pack cigarette tax passing
Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Tobacco companies poured nearly $47 million into defeating Proposition 29, a $1-a-pack tax hike on cigarettes, but the measure was narrowly leading in early returns Tuesday despite the hard-fought campaign.
The tax increase would raise $810 million a year for cancer research and smoking cessation programs, and it would give California - which currently has a lower tobacco tax than 32 other states - the 16th-highest cigarette tax in the nation.
It is the second time in six years that voters were asked to increase the state's current 87-cent-a-pack tax; in 2006, a similar hike was defeated at the ballot box.
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The vote would be a huge win for the public health groups that sponsored the measure, including the American Cancer Society. They have repeatedly tried - and failed - to persuade lawmakers to raise the tax on tobacco products, said the group's California vice president, Jim Knox. Those groups raised about $11.2 million for the campaign.
"The Legislature has definitively demonstrated it is not going to raise the tobacco tax. We tried 33 times in the last 30 years ... and only one passed, a mere 2-cent increase in 1993," Knox said. "That's why we had to go the initiative route."
It was a hard-fought campaign for both sides. In March, before the opposition began blanketing the radio and television airwaves with critical advertisements, 67 percent of probable voters told pollsters they were likely to support the measure; by the end of May, that support had plummeted by 14 points, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
Opponents, led by tobacco giant Philip Morris - which donated $27.5 million to the campaign - attacked the measure in part because it would create a committee charged with handing out the research dollars under Prop. 29. They called that group an "unaccountable bureaucracy dominated by political appointees," and also argued that there was nothing to prevent those research dollars from flowing out of California.
Proponents argued that the measure would decrease health care costs over the long term by helping to curb smoking in California.
Smoking rates have steadily fallen in the Golden State since antismoking efforts began in the 1980s. Just 12 percent of California adults were smokers in 2010, down from 26 percent in 1984, according to the California Department of Public Health.
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Girl Scout Cookies Make Confident Girls!
When girls participate in the Girl Scout Cookie Program they not only learn many great things for themselves, but they also help fellow Girl Scouts and their communities while having fun.
Girls develop essential skills that benefit them throughout their personal and professional lives:
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The Girl Scout Cookie Program helps to subsidize Girl Programs, keeping Girl Scouting affordable for all girls. In fact, the Cookie Program is vital to River Valleys' mission of building girls of courage, confidence and character — more than 60 percent of River Valleys' budget comes from the Cookie Program.
Funds Raised Through the Cookie Program Help Pay for Many Aspects of Girl Scouting
- Keeps camp affordable by subsidizing the registration cost
- Supports the Girl Scout Leadership Experience which includes Girl Programming, curriculum and events
- Provides grants to girls and troops with financial barriers, so that Girl Scouting is available to all girls
Girls also earn proceeds for their individual troop, which are used for troop activities and service projects within their communities.
Strong participation in the Cookie Program helps provide girls with access to high-quality Girl Scout experiences at an affordable cost.


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Adding a human element to the fluid in which IVF embryos are grown could double survival rates at a crucial stage in the process, according to a team of Adelaide researchers.
"We're making the environment more like what the embryo expects to see in the natural situation," said Sarah Robertson from the University of Adelaide.
In the process of in vitro fertilisation, embryos are grown in a plastic dish for several days before being implanted. The growth medium in which they lie contains only a few amino acids and other nutrients.
The medium has been kept simple in the hope of avoiding unanticipated effects, but Dr Robertson believes at least one growth factor can have a beneficial effect. Her team has experimented with adding to the media GM-CSF, which a range of mammals - including humans - produce.
"We can double the rate or proportion of embryos that can grow from the two-cell stage to the blastocyst stage," she said.
"Conventional growth media is at about 50 per cent blastocyst development. We're able to increase that to over 80 per cent with GM-CSF."
As reported in New Scientist, Dr Robertson's team compared three groups of mouse embryos. One set was conceived naturally and flushed from the mother's body, while another was grown in a standard IVF culture medium. The final group of embryos was grown in a medium containing GM-CSF.
The birth weight of the mouse embryos grown in the medium without GM-CSF was lower compared to embryos conceived naturally, and the placentas were smaller. As the mice reached adulthood, the culture mice were fatter than the others. Dr Robertson reported that adding GM-CSF to the culture medium almost completely eliminated these differences.
"We believe that as a consequence of the fact that this is a natural growth factor that the embryo is expecting to see in its environment - and that current growth culture are missing that - if we put it back we're seeing good signals to the embryo to promote the viability and function of the cells in the embryo," Dr Robertson said.
Director of the clinical IVF laboratory at Stanford University in California, Barry Behr, told the magazine that the advance was highly relevant. "I've always attributed the problems of IVF to the deficiencies of our culture medium," he said.
But Roger Gosden, director of research at the Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility in New York, was more cautious. "You have to be careful," he said. "There are substantial differences between species."
Dr Robertson said preliminary studies showed that GM-CSF more than doubled the chances of human embryos surviving to the blastocyst stage, from 35 to 75 per cent.
The Adelaide team has been working since 1997, in collaboration with colleagues in Sweden.
After approval is granted from an ethics panel, a human trial will begin in South Australia.
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Sept. 4, 2003
CONTACT: Pamela Young
New Graduate Program at Eastern
Michigan Addresses Acute
Need For Specialists in Orthotics, Prosthetics
YPSILANTI - More than 260,000 Americans lose a limb or are disabled
each year due to vascular disease, trauma or cancer and that number is growing.
However, the number of skilled professionals trained to help amputees and the
disabled is not keeping pace.
Now, a new certificate program offered by Eastern Michigan University addresses
the need for skilled professionals, called prosthetists and orthotists, who
can help amputees and others with disabilities, regain a normal lifestyle.
Prosthetists design, fabricate and fit patients with artificial limbs. Orthotists
design, construct and fit custom-made braces for patients with sports injuries
or diseases such as arthritis or multiple sclerosis
We are extremely excited about this program because it is the only university-affiliated
graduate program in orthotics and prosthetics in Michigan, said Douglas
Briggs, associate professor at Eastern Michigan University and director of the
program. The need for certified prosthetists and orthotists is growing
and this will help serve that need.
Offered by the Division of Sports Medicine within EMUs Department of
Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, the new 15-month graduate
program is geared toward producing certified professionals who are trained in
the latest advances in orthotics and prosthetics.
Orthotists, prosthetists and administrative staff from the University of Michigan Orthotics and Prosthetics Center (UMOPC) in Ann Arbor will provide clinical and teaching support.
There is an international shortage of qualified, certified practitioners
and thats why this program is so important, said Briggs. The
shortage of qualified graduates in the United States alone is so acute that
by the year 2005, it is estimated that we will only be able to serve 55 percent
of the persons needing orthotics or prosthetics.
Were thrilled to be part of the program and were looking
forward to teaching and helping to train future leaders of our field,
said Anita Liberman-Lampear, administrative director of the University of Michigan
Orthotics and Prosthetics Center.
Students must have a bachelors degree in a related field to enroll in
the program. The program consists of 31 credit hours, with classes scheduled
during evenings and Saturdays. For more information, call 734.487.0090 or visit
the website at www.emich.edu/coe/hperd/index.html.
Eastern Michigan University is a public, comprehensive metropolitan university
that offers programs in the arts, sciences and professions. EMU prepares students
with the intellectual skills and practical experiences to succeed in their careers
and lives, and to be better citizens.
Eastern Michigan University was recently named A Best Midwestern College
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Determining which covariance structures are nested within each other for constructing likelihood-ratio tests
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I'm running a linear mixed model in the SPSS MIXED procedure. I would like to use likelihood-ratio tests to help me determine the appropriate covariance structure. I know how to construct there using differences in -2 restricted log-likelihoods for nested models, but I'm not sure how to tell which models are nested within each other. Can you provide some guidance here?
Resolving the problem
The general answer is that structure A is nested within structure B if you can put restrictions on some covariance parameter values in B and the structure then simplifies to A.
Note as preliminary that UNR is just a rescaling of UN, and CSR is a rescaling of CS, so we won't discuss the two correlation metric structures specifically. Anything that applies to UN applies to UNR, and similarly for CS and CSR.
VC is the same as DIAG when considering the R matrix for repeated measures. For a RANDOM subcommand with only one effect listed, VC is the same as ID. With multiple effects listed on a RANDOM subcommand, it's the same as DIAG if each effect has only one degree of freedom, and is nested within DIAG otherwise, with ID nested within it.
One thing that should be obvious is that for one structure to contain another, it must have more free parameters to estimate. A side note to remember about this is that some nesting relationships that hold in the general case will turn into equality relationships when the number of levels of the effect is only two. For example, CSH is nested within UN with more than two levels, but with only two levels, there's only one off-diagonal parameter to estimate, so they become the same. This won't generally cause problems, because you'll get the same -2 restricted log-likelihood and number of covariance parameters estimated in both cases.
UN is the most general structure, containing all other structures as special cases. ID is the simplest, contained in all other structures. DIAG is contained in anything that fits heterogeneous variances, including AD1, ARH1, CSH, FAH1, and TPH.
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By Doug Tucker, AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Gil Meche may turn out to be the best $55 million invested by Kansas City Royals owner David Glass. Meche allowed two hits in seven innings, retiring 17 straight batters after Vladimir Guerrero's two-run homer in the first and leading the Kansas City Royals over the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 Thursday.
"I've been pitching good. I'm not going to let a two-run homer bother me," Meche said. "The key for me is not walking people. You see what happens when I do."
Meche (3-1), who received the biggest contract given to a free agent by Glass, has a 2.23 ERA in seven starts, third in the AL behind Oakland's Dan Haren (1.60) and the Angels' John Lackey (2.19).
With terrific command of all his pitches, Meche struck out six and walked one in seven brisk innings. Reggie Willits walked in a 10-pitch at-bat ahead of Guerrero's ninth home run.
Only two Angels hit the ball out of the infield during Meche's stretch of 17 straight batters retired, a streak that ended in the seventh when Guerrero reached on a one-out infield single that went off second baseman Esteban German's glove.
Guerrero took second on an error by first baseman Ross Gload on Meche's pickoff attempt, but Meche struck out Casey Kotchman and retired Erick Aybar on an easy grounder.
"I said in spring training I want to be the guy to come over here and get this rotation going," Meche said. "It started with my first start. I've been on a good roll since. I had a bad one in Detroit, but bounced back."
Meche was 55-44 with Seattle, the only other major league club he's pitched for. He's off to the type of start the Royals were hoping for.
"When I'm in hitter's counts, I'm basically throwing offspeed pitches for strikes, and when you can do that up here, you're going to be successful," Meche said. "Everything else is kind of working off that."
Brandon Duckworth and rookie Joakim Soria finished the three-hitter, with Soria pitching the ninth for his fifth save in five chances. The victory gave Kansas City a split of the four-game series.
Gload had the first four-hit game of his major league career, drove in two runs and scored three.
Jered Weaver (1-3) matched his career high with nine strikeouts, giving up three runs and seven hits in six innings. Weaver, who has a 5.12 ERA, lost to Kansas City for the first time in three decisions.
"We have to have some guys behind (Guerrero) that take advantage of what is created by teams pitching around him," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "After Meche gave up the homer, he started to get a real good feel for his changeup, and threw some good breaking balls. He pitched a good game."
Gload tripled and scored in the second inning, had an RBI single in the fourth, a single in the sixth and an RBI double off Dustin Moseley that made it 4-2 in the seventh. Rookie Billy Butler then singled him home for his first major league RBI.
Gload gave Meche a lot of the credit for the victory.
"I got a couple of hits, got lucky a couple of times," Gload said. "Gil made a commitment to come here. We want to play good for him. He works fast. He gets outs."
Guerrero had big first innings in the series, hitting a two-run double and his fifth career slam in addition to Thursday's homer. He has 29 RBIs in 27 games.
"The ball Guerrero hit, they tried to go inside," Royals manager Buddy Bell said. "With him, you've got to make sure it's way, way inside, or he's going to do exactly what he did with it."
Gload tripled leading off the second and scored Kansas City's first run on John Buck's sacrifice fly. Gload tied it 2-all in the fourth with an RBI single following Mike Sweeney's double.
After singling in the sixth for his third hit, he stole second, took third on Butler's long fly ball and scored on Tony Pena Jr.'s single for a 3-2 lead.
"Meche is not throwing quite as hard as he did in Seattle," Scioscia said. "But sometimes that makes you a better pitcher."
Notes:@ Bell said an MRI exam on OF Reggie Sanders revealed a torn left hamstring and he will be placed on the 15-day DL Friday. OF Shane Costa probably will be brought up from Triple-A Omaha. ... The Angels placed INF Maicer Izturis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 30, with a sore right hamstring, and brought up Brandon Wood from Triple-A Salt Lake. It meant a day off for Orlando Cabrera, who had played in each of the first 28 games. ... After beating the Angels 3-1 Wednesday night, Jorge De La Rosa has the best home ERA in the AL at 0.82.
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Gordon Moakes
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Gordon Peter Moakes (born June 22, 1976) is an English bass guitar player and singer for the rock band Bloc Party. He can also play the drums and Glockenspiel. He was born in Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom. He is the oldest member of Bloc Party.
Moakes has a tattoo of a heart on his left arm and he has a new-born child called Scarlet.


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Hi everyone,
I've been using - outreg2 - for quite some time to output the results of my
regressions. It's a wonderful package that has saved me a few days of work!
However, I now wanted to produce the output not in the normal long format
(ie, with different regressions as columns and variables and stats in rows)
but in a wide format (ie, with the different regressions and stats in rows
and the variables in columns). I've been reading the help file and it seems
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FemCity Milwaukee August Connection Event
FemCity Milwaukee's August Evening Connection Event was held Wednesday, Aug. 15 at Vino 100, 219 E. Erie St. The month's featured speaker was FemCity Milwaukee Member and Motivational Speaker Karen Allen, a life coach at Martha Beck, Inc. and Motorcycle Medicine, LLC. Karen spoke to the group about getting to a place of peace and calm in the midst of chaos. August's Non-Profit Partner was Margaret Ann's Place, which provides awareness, education and support for children and their families who are grieving a death.
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