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The Crap We Missed – Monday 9.30.13
Welcome to Monday's The Crap We Missed where I'll now offer my thoughts the Breaking Bad finale because if this Internet's for anything, it's going to be porn, then porn, then cats, memes, porn memes, gifs the place assholes like me go to have an opinion about stuff I in no way participated in the creation of. I just ended that sentence with a preposition, because blogging – it's anyone's game! Anyway, that shit was TV perfection, right down to Flynn wearing snow camo cargo pants and Walter suggesting Skyler make him breakfast one last time. Tip of the cap, Gilligan, and thanks for all the *bad* times. Where's that coffee, Fish? On to today's TCWM.
We've got an Ireland Baldwin Instagram shot because today is a day of the week, Kate Gosselin remembering how cute kids are when they're still at an age that TV executives are willing to exploit, Johnny Galecki and the jacket that justifies whatever hate crime it incurs, Michael Bay teaching a young fan the Ferrari wash pressure point, and finally, Rihanna in our first ever Final Six.
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Wearing a thick goatee for his offseason activities, Kobe Bryant is currently holding his annual Kobe Academy basketball camp at UC Santa Barbara for the third consecutive year. He stopped by the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara on Monday to dedicate the gym that he and Sprite teamed up to refurbish. (See photos, courtesy of Getty Images.)
Bryant is set to report to USA Basketball training camp at UNLV for its first practice Friday in preparation for the 2012 Olympics in London. The U.S. team will begin with six days of training before playing an exhibition against the Dominican Republic on July 12.
Team USA training will shift to Washington on July 13; Manchester, England on July 17 and Barcelona, Spain on July 20. Bryant and the U.S. will face Lakers teammate Pau Gasol and Spain in a July 24 exhibition — a possible preview of the Olympic final matchup.
U.S. training will be anchored in London starting July 27 until the expected gold-medal game on August 12. The U.S. team plays its first Olympic game against France on July 29.
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Friends and family of a policeman killed in a hit-and-run last year have set up a fund to help charities in his memory.
PC Andrew Duncan, from East Molesey, was knocked down by a car during a routine traffic operation in Reigate Avenue in Sutton in September and died in hospital days later.
Hundreds of people, including London Mayor Boris Johnson and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Horgan-Howe attended the 47-year-old father-of-two's funeral in October.
Now, his sister Julia Williamson, father John Duncan and friend Fiona Axton have set up a fund in his memory to raise money charities that were close to PC Duncan's heart.
The funds organisers said: "Andrew lived near the River Thames in East Molesey all his life and was passionate about the water.
"As a fitting tribute we are currently establishing a river safety and awareness programme in the community in association with the Marine Policing Unit.
"We have chosen two police charities to support. The Traffic Patrol Orphans Club, a charity Andrew closely supported and Care of Police Survivors (COPS) a UK charity dedicated to helping the families of police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty, rebuild their lives."
A team of 20 of PC Duncan's friends, colleagues and family will be taking part in the Hampton Court Half Marathon to raise money for the fund on February 23.
Gary Bromige, also known as Gary Cody, of Holland Road in South Norwood admitted causing death by dangerous driving, causing death while uninsured, causing death while unlicensed, failing to stop at the scene of an accident and failing to report an accident at Kingston Crown Court in December.
He is due to be sentenced at the same court on February 7.
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Exploder: Evacuator Part II is a 1986 film and sequel to the 1984 film Evacuator, it stars Jack Howitzer and was advertised in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The radio spot can be heard on V-Rock. It would be followed up with a sequel in 1992 called Special Needs Cop. It's the second film in the Evacuator Trilogy and was rated PG (for "May Include Patriotic Garbage").
The plot centers around Tim, now living on a quiet farm in North Dakota, after rescuing prisoners of war held captive in Vietnam in the previous film. He has given up killing, but one day the US Government pays him a visit to again recruit his help, revealing his family has been kidnapped by Communists. He returns to battle, venturing into Cambodia with his ex-teammate Ho Chi, killing over 25,000 people with his survival knife alone, in order to rescue his family. Ho Chi is killed during the fighting, and this motivates Tim to shoot and kill even more people with his bazooka.
A large amount of products were released with the movie, including Tim's survival knife, which stored such things as a rope and a toothpick inside.
- This film seems to be a spoof of Sylvester Stallone films Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III due to similar plotlines, though the concept of the main character's family being held hostage is nearly identical to the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Commando and the Bruce Willis film Die Hard.
- This film may contain the highest body count of the 3 films, with an estimated 25,000+ on-screen kills. This is likely a reference to the Sylvester Stallone film Rambo III, which featured an excessive amount of on-screen kills, though the trailer for Special Needs Cop implies there were actually millions of on-screen deaths in this film.
- While a guest on Pressing Issues, Jeremy Robard references the film by quoting Tim's line "I'm a man of peace. I'm done killing."
- While hosting WCTR, Lazlow also references the film by quoting Tim's iconic line "I'll cry when I'm done killing."


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Topic: Photodynamic Therapy PDT in the USA
Hello all,
I saw this article earlier today when I was googling for CC -
http://www.philly.com/philly/health_and … 74882.html
I thought that it may be of interest to not only those of you in the US, but to anyone who is looking at or is interested in PDT and how it works. As a lot of you will know, PDT was my dads treatment in his fight against CC and a lot of what is talked about in this piece was what my dad experienced. The staying away from bright lights for several weeks, the wide rimmed hats, dark glasses and gloves, which are not mentioned, are all things my dad went through. And to be honest, he had to do this for more than a few weeks, about 8 or so in total I think.
Anyway, I just though I would flag this article up as it does a pretty good job in my opinion of what PDT involves etc. As always, if anyone wants to ask me anything specific about my dads PDT experiences, then please just ask away and I will help if I can.
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Growing up as a native New Englander, Fluffernutter sandwiches made the occasional appearance in my lunch box. I knew my mom loved them and my grandma, too, but I had no idea that the peanut butter/marshmallow combo dated all the way back to 1913 when Emma Curtis, co-creator of the first shelf stable marshmallow creme product, started advertising the idea to pair her marshmallow spread with peanut butter on sandwiches for kids.
One hundred years later, I see no reason not to take a dessert that's essentially disguised as a sandwich and make it into an even dessert-ier sandwich by subbing soft peanut butter cookies for bread. The Treats Truck, one of my favorite food trucks in New York, does several peanut butter cookie sandwich combos that I've enjoyed for years—one is stuffed with peanut butter, one is stuffed with chocolate and one is stuffed with peanut butter and jam. Why not Fluff? I used the soft peanut butter cookie base recipe I developed for my other recent stroll down memory lane with Monster Cookies. The resulting "sandwich" is soft, nutty, sticky, gooey, and if you're a Fluffernutter fan like me, just plain good. A word to the wise, you'll want to make sure you have extra milk on hand to wash these guys down.
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Sandra Bullock, riding high on critical acclaim for her role in the global hit Gravity, will receive the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival's (PSIFF) Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress.
The awards ceremony will take place on January 4. Bullock won the Oscar for The Blind Side in 2010 and recently starred in summer hit The Heat.
As previously announced, Dallas Buyers Club star Matthew McConaughey will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor.
"Sandra Bullock is the epitome of cinematic talent and versatility," said festival chairman Harold Matzner. "In her latest and arguably most demanding role as first-time astronaut Dr Ryan Stone in Gravity, Bullock faces the primal nightmare of being stranded in space with no apparent way of returning.
"Throughout the entire film, her determination to survive is masterfully portrayed."
Previous actress recipients of the Desert Palm Achievement Award include Halle Berry, Marion Cotillard, Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Naomi Watts and Michelle Williams.
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2007: Year in Review
A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities reported last year
In 2007, National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported researchers, engineers, educators and facilities reported discoveries that expanded our scientific knowledge--ranging from evidence of climate change at the Earth's poles and environmentally friendly manufacturing processes to fossils that fill in evolutionary gaps and new materials with surprising properties. The following are some of the research and education advances that made news last year.
Climate Change ... in the Headlines
... And in the Arctic, an Ice-free Future?
NSF's Math and Science Partnerships Demonstrate Continued Increases in Student Proficiency
Quantum Hall Effect Observed at Room Temperature
New Coating Is Virtual Black Hole for Light
A Mathematical Solution for Another Dimension
Ancient T. rex and Mastodon Protein Fragments Discovered, Sequenced
Follow the "Green" Brick Road?
Cutting the Cord: Researchers Demonstrate the Feasibility of Wireless Power Transfer
Caribbean Frog Populations Started with Single, Ancient Voyage on South American Raft
Research Technique Reveals Unique, Photosynthesizing Life-form
Method Shows Promise for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer
Origami Electronics?
Team USA Takes the Prize at the International Linguistics Olympiad
New Light-sensing Ability Discovered in Certain Bacteria
Scientists Find Elusive Waves in Solar Corona
Change in Africa's Climate Altered Early Human Evolution
Tracking Terrorists' Activities on the Web
Investing in R&D Pays Off, Now We Know By How Much
How We See Movement
Getting Light to Bend Backwards
Seafood's Impact on Early Human Migration
U.S. Wildfires Release Huge Amounts of Carbon Dioxide
...And Speaking of Wildfires, Digital Eyes in the Sky Aided Firefighters and the Public in Southern California
Primates' Closest Kin?
Scientists Discover a Fifth Planet Orbiting Nearby Star
Evolutionary Comparison Yields New Human Genes
Bad Behavior and Academic Achievement
New Satellite Map of Antarctica Is Unveiled
Preparation of U.S. Middle School Math Teachers Faulted
Missing Link in Whale Evolution Found?
Sidebar: Our Readers Favorites in 2007
The number of people seeking science news from the NSF Web site increased throughout 2007. Here are some of our readers' favorite news stories from last year, listed in order of popularity based on Web visitor statistics.


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Either you or your partner has tested positive for
HIV. Now you want to become pregnant. Is it an impossible dream?
Many people with the HIV virus are living longer and living healthier, and the number of deaths from AIDS has decreased. With a more hopeful future, it is no wonder that people with HIV are wondering about the possibility of pregnancy.
The decision to pursue parenthood is a complicated and difficult one for many people with HIV. High-tech procedures can minimize the danger of passing the virus on to a partner or fetus. But no matter which technique is used to achieve pregnancy, there is a chance the child can become infected.
There are other factors to consider, as well. Will the HIV-positive parent live long enough to raise the child? Will the child's quality of life be compromised by the parent's illness? Can the parents designate a guardian? Parents who have HIV must have the courage to face tough decisions about the future, including their own mortality.
People with HIV who wish to conceive a child can start by doing the following:
Conception techniques, risks, and possibilities differ according to which partner has HIV.
Conception when a man is HIV-positive is tricky, since logic dictates that he must use a condom to protect his partner from becoming infected.
A relatively simple procedure called sperm washing may provide a low-risk conception option that involves artificial insemination with the man's sperm. For years, this method has been used in sperm banks and infertility clinics to boost sperm potency. Scientists studying the technique have found that it lowers the level of HIV in the semen. The procedure is believed to be effective for reducing infection rates, but it does not completely eliminate the virus.
Sperm washing for HIV-positive men is not widely available.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to investigate sperm washing. Currently, it does not endorse the practice because its effect cannot be predicted.
You can also consider artificial insemination using donor sperm from a sperm bank. Donor sperm is automatically tested for HIV and cannot be kept if it is positive.
Artificial insemination is an option for a couple in which the woman is HIV-positive. This process puts the man's semen directly into the woman's genital tract so that she can conceive without exposing the man to the virus.
Doctors treat pregnant HIV-positive women with various medications, which can reduce mother-to-baby infection rates to less than 2%. Delivering via
Cesarean section
might lower the risk even more under certain circumstances. There is additional protection by not breastfeeding and treating the infant with medications after birth.
Factors contributing to the likelihood of a HIV-positive mother passing the infection to her child include:
People may believe that if both partners have HIV, then they do not need to worry about infecting each other. Right? Wrong.
There are different strains of the virus, some of which are more aggressive. One parent may have one strain, and the other may have a different strain. There are tests that can determine the strain. Once that is known, proper steps can be taken to help reduce the risk of passing different strains between partners.
If you or your partner has HIV, find out your risks and what you can do to minimize them.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Family Doctor—American Academy of Family Physicians
Canadian AIDS Society
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
Having children. US Department of Health and Human Services AIDS website. Available at: http://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/staying-healthy-with-hiv-aids/friends-and-family/having-children. Updated January 25, 2012. Accessed August 14, 2015.
Prevention of maternal-child HIV transmission. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated May 29, 2015. Accessed August 14, 2015.
Practice Committee of American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
Recommendations for reducing the risk of viral transmission during fertility treatment with the use of autologous gametes: a committee opinion.
Fertil Steril. 2013;99(2):340-346.
Pregnancy and HIV. The Well Project website. Available at: http://www.thewellproject.org/hiv-information/pregnancy-and-hiv. Updated April 24, 2015. Accessed August 14, 2015.
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1.) For the while response not in range(low, high) loop, even when the number entered is correctly within range the loop still goes through for some reason.
2.) After that when you re-enter your number again, the "lower.../higher..." condition statements will go through, but the loop will end after that.
I'd like to know how I'm putting together loops in the function, especially where I place return response.
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# Guess My Number
# The computer picks a random number between 1 and 100
# The player tries to guess it and the computer lets
# the player know if the guess is too high, too low
# or right on the money
import random
print("\tWelcome to 'Guess My Number'!")
print("\nI'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100.")
# set the initial values
low = 1
high = 100
the_number = random.randint(1, 100)
def ask_number(guess, low, high):
"""Ask for a number within a range."""
response = None
# Loop whether the number is not within range
while response not in range(low, high):
response = int(input("\nNot Valid. Please take another guess: "))
# Loop whether the number is
while guess != the_number:
if guess > the_number:
return response
elif guess == the_number:
print("You guessed it! The number was", the_number)
return response
return response
def main():
ask_number(int(input("\nTake a guess: ")),low, high)
input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A former South Florida police officer convicted of killing nine people is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block his execution scheduled for Tuesday.
Lawyers for Manuel Pardo Jr. filed an appeal and requested of a stay of execution on Friday.
They're arguing that state courts failed to provide a meaningful review of his challenge to changes in Florida's three-drug lethal injection cocktail. They also contend psychiatric and competency information about Pardo was never forwarded to the state Executive Clemency Board.
The state filed a response arguing that Pardo's constitutional rights were not violated.
The 56-year-old ex-Sweetwater officer admitted he killed the victims in 1986. He testified at his trial that they were drug dealers who "have no right to live."
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DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 18, 2015
On Sunday, Oct. 18, Russian and Israeli air force headquarters near Latakia n Syria and Tel Aviv began practicing procedures for using the hot line they established last week to coordinate their operations in Syrian skies. debkafile: Arab-speaking flight controllers will no doubt man the Russian end of the hot line at Al-Hmeineem, while US and other Western air controllers will join Israeli officers at the Tel Aviv end to coordinate their own flights over Syria with the Russian command.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 30, 2012
President Obama took some tough steps to weaken the Iranian front ahead of the direct US-Iranian nuclear talks beginning December 1. The latest is a March deadline for results. But US military strength is also lined up just in case face-to-face with Iran leads nowhere. Most significantly, in September, the Pentagon and the US Army completed the deployment of US military strength in strike position and intensified military pressure on the Assad regime.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 13, 2012
Iran's air defense chief Gen. Farzad Esmaili boasted Tuesday, Nov. 12, that the ongoing military exercise was "a strong slap to those countries that threaten [us]." debkafile: Tehran's six-day air defense drill is its answer to the joint US-Israeli maneuver for practicing defenses against an Iranian or Syrian ballistic missile attack on Israel. Patriot anti-missile launches from Palmachim Monday tested US-Israel ability to lock onto Iranian cruise missiles coming from the Mediterranean aboard Iranian military or civilian vessels or Hizballah speedboats.
DEBKAfile Special Report October 24, 2012
Defense minister Ehud Barak and Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz decided Wednesday, Oct. 24, to shift to the Gaza sector most of the personnel and anti-missile batteries taking part in the joint Israeli-US war game and home front exercise. This came after Palestinians in Gaza hammered Israeli civilian locations with 60 rockets in just a few hours. debkafile: IDF chiefs suspect the Hamas assault is the opening shot of a major offensive which Hizballah may be preparing to join. The US troop increment's fate is yet to be determined.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 18, 2012
Instead of Netanyahu attacking Iran, Khamenei has developed a preemptive strategy for harassing Israel without going far enough to provoke an Israel counter-attack. The stealth drone Iran sent over Israel was not only invisible to Israel but also to US Navy and military radar in the region.
DEBKAfile Special Report May 15, 2012
A new US battle strategy against Iran (ASB) hinges on tightly coordinated air, land, sea, undersea, space and cyberspace capabilities for defeating closure of the (Hormuz) strait, cyber attack, mines, cruise and ballistic missiles. US and Israeli Air Forces, Navies and their special forces are operating on the ABS concept after an Israeli drill which ended in its navy setting up a dense defensive line against enemy sea assault by unconventional weapons. Monday, a large US amphibious marine vessel anchored in Jedda.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report February 10, 2012
A successful joint exercise carried out Friday, Feb. 10, demonstrated the interoperability of the US Aegis and Israel's Arrow 2 Block 4 ballistic missile defense systems and, most importantly, of their radar systems: the two US AN/TPY-2 X-band stations in Israel's Negev and Turkey's Kurecik air base, and Israel's new EL/M-2080 Super Green Pine. debkafile's military sources report the test proved to be a key milestone in the development of the US missile shield's Middle East capabilities ahead of a potential war with Iran.
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text: This story reminded me of the Planet of the Apes movie. A virus has infected the humans on earth killing so many that few are left. As a result vampires who had always been present now control the earth. They use humans as sources of blood and use them for servants. Allie is turned into a vampire. She is a reluctant one. She works to protect humans against other vampires and rabid people and animals that resulted from past experiments in trying to find a cure for the virus. Allie has a human boyfriend. She is fighting her urge for human blood while trying to hold onto her humanity. She however must satisfy her basic needs to survive. There is a lot of blood and violence and life and death struggles to survive in this world. After Allie helps a group of humans find a safe haven in the Great Lakes area she goes off to find her vampire master in another part of the country. Thus begins the second book in the series. The author writes in such a personal and matter of fact way that you may easily identify with Allie and fantasize that her story is real. It is interesting to see Allie, a so called monster, try to be civilized, social and do good deeds while putting others' needs before her own. Allie does her best with what she has to work with to do the right thing for humans. The Immortal Rulesby Julie Kagawa is the first in the Blood of Eden Urban fantasy fiction series. It is recommended for 8th Grade and older by School Library Journal. The series is currently as follows: 1. The Immortal Rules (2012) 2. The Eternity Cure(2013) and 3. The Forever Song (2014). MA Blog: asblog Adults's blog


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Back Nine: Walton late in finding out about Gators' SEC title
Published: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, May 6, 2013 at 8:11 p.m.
The Back Nine comes at you after a great weekend that included the best Derby party I've been to and a lot of watching basketball.
10. A coach always wants to be in control of his or her own destiny and when they aren't it can be tough. For Tim Walton, Sunday gave him a "sick feeling in my stomach." Walton's Florida softball team completed its conference season Saturday and had to wait for the Tennessee-Missouri game Sunday to see where it would finish in the SEC. Missouri won, handing Florida it's third conference championship under Walton. But for a long time, he was oblivious to what had happened. "We got in late from South Carolina, slept in and I told my wife, 'Let's take the kids bowling,' " Walton told the Back Nine on Monday. "I got all their phones, shut them off and hid them. And we went bowling. The kids had fun and then we went to Las Margaritas for Cinco de Mayo. It was packed. We had lunch and as we were leaving a security guard said, 'Congratulations, coach,' and shook my hand. I took four steps and came back to him. 'What are you congratulating me for?' And he said, 'You won the SEC.' And I said, 'What, Missouri beat Tennessee?' And I shook his hand a little more firmly this time." When he finally returned home, Walton turned on his phone to find all kinds of congratulatory texts and messages. One of them was particularly gratifying. It came from his players, who were singing ("It's Great … To Be … A Florida Gator") and shouting into one phone. "You hear the roar of the kids in the background, it's pretty special," he said. "This one is more gratifying because of what these kids have done for me. It's a whole different feeling winning the SEC when you're picked to finish seventh then when you're picked to finish first."
11. There is so much going on here this weekend with baseball hosting a big series and NCAA men's and women's tennis and lacrosse regionals and softball in Lexington for the SEC Tournament. But I worked on a project over the weekend about college football and I don't mind telling you the hankering has already started.
12. Coolest thing of the weekend was watching Joakim Noah after he guaranteed a win going out and dominating Game 7 against Brooklyn. "Before this series I didn't know I would be able to play, I could barely walk," Noah told the media. "To be able to win a Game 7 like this in front of my family in Brooklyn, I mean, I'll remember this for the rest of my life." I've always held Noah in high regard since getting to know him at Florida and I understand how it is easy if you're going up against him to dislike him. I've told this story before, but I'm going to tell it again. When Noah jumped up on the scorer's table to do the Gator chomp after Florida won the first of two titles, he dropped his national championship hat. A friend of mine found it, knew my daughter, Kelsey, was a big fan and gave it to me. I gave it to Kelsey and she waited after a game the next season to get it signed by her favorite player. A security guard told the fans waiting they had two minutes. When it was up, he tried to shoo the fans away and Noah said, "I have an idea, why don't you leave and I'll stay." And he signed them all.
13. I found it interesting this week that Texas A&M is going to expand its stadium and Notre Dame is also looking into an expansion when the growing trend in college football is that fewer fans are going to games. But I will say this — the first time I sat in a press box at Kyle Field, I wondered when they were going to bowl it in because you could see Russia from my seat. And now I'm wondering if they're still going to be able to make the press box sway back and forth when they close it in. I guess with this new SEC TV deal, everyone in the conference is feeling flush with revenue.
14. We kind of saw that sweep coming in Baton Rouge for the Gator baseball team, but I don't think anyone saw them falling behind 18-2 in the third game. It would have been nice for the Gators to get one game and the one they had to get was Thursday night. The four straight losses suffered by UF have put the Gators closer to the Mendoza line, just two games above .500. So this is a huge week with five games (including Monday night's against FAMU). Florida has to regain momentum and get some wins, because as good as their RPI is, the committee is not letting a sub-.500 team into the NCAA tournament no matter how tough the schedule.
15. Because we're just a couple of weeks away from the SEC baseball tournament in Hoover, Ala., I took a glance at the new bracket with 12 of the 14 teams qualifying. It's possible that a team could play six games in six days. Even if it's the fifth game in five days for the two teams, can you imagine who will be pitching in the championship game? Seriously, if you have eligibility and are attending one of the schools, you have a shot. Nobody is going to want to damage their pitching staffs with regionals coming up. Personally, I wish they'd make it single elimination. I've never understood why it's OK for hoopsters to play single elimination, but not baseball. Again, I'm only talking in terms of the conference tournaments, which have little meaning.
16. There are three sports remaining (baseball, men's and women's outdoor track) in the race for the SEC All-Sports Award, which is given out by Halifax Media Group and coordinated by The Gainesville Sun. We made a change this year in the way teams can acquire points. Because equestrian is now an SEC-sanctioned sport but only four teams compete, we didn't think it right to have a team that won the SEC to receive the same number of points as a team in a 14-team sport. More importantly to me, if you finished last in equestrian in the old system, you would have received 11 points, the same number as the fourth-place team in men's or women's basketball. So what we have decided is to award points and then divide a school's total by the number of teams that compete in the sports that the school competes in. Complicated? We'll let you know in a couple of weeks. No matter how the numbers were run, Florida is still in position to win the award again this year and is also leading in the men's side. The women trail Tennessee heading into the outdoor track meet.
17. The Tweet of the Week comes from former Gainesville Sun writer and current CBSSports.com columnist Gregg Doyel — "I didn't vote for LeBron. Neither did you. Neither did Le Batard. Know why? NONE OF US HAD A VOTE." What a Twitter mess it was when Dan Le Batard of ESPN fame implied that he had not voted for LeBron for MVP and had casted his vote for Carmelo Anthony. Turns out it was Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe, who had sound reasoning behind his vote. Who cares? The trophy is the same size if you win unanimously or by one vote. Sometimes, Twitter is evil.
18. I hate it when I forget my earbuds at home and the people around me at work have to listen to my alternative radio station on Spotify. I feel so guilty. But not guilty enough to turn it off. Gotta have my tunes. Try these downloads — "Recovery" by Frank Turner, "The Ceiling," by Wild Feathers and because his birthday was Monday, "Night Moves" by Bob Seger.
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Janka was one of seven children raised in a Yiddish-and Hungarian-speaking household by religious Jewish parents in the city of Kosice. In 1918, when she was 20 years old, Kosice changed from Hungarian to Czechoslovak rule. Three years later, Janka married Ludovit Gruenberger, and their three children were born Czech citizens.
1933-39: Janka was an accomplished milliner, and she helped her husband run a tailoring business from their apartment. Like many Jews in Kosice, Janka and Ludovit were upset whenCzechoslovakia was partitioned by Nazi Germany, and Kosice was returned to Hungarian rule in November 1938. Kosice's new Hungarian rulers admired Nazi Germany and quickly introduced anti-Jewish laws.
1940-44: In 1941 the Gruenberger family was seized in a Hungarian roundup of foreign-born Jews and interned in camps in northern Hungary. They were released in 1942, but Janka'sson and husband were taken by the Hungarians soon after as conscript labor. German troops entered Kosice on March 19, 1944, and that April, Janka and her daughters were concentrated with other Jews in a brickyard at the edge of the city. One month later, Janka and her daughters were deported to Auschwitz.
Janka and her daughter, Zuzana, were gassed immediately on arriving in Auschwitz in May 1944. Janka was 45 years old.
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ENMORE Park's David Dixon is the only player with a genuine chance of overhauling player-of-the-season Michael Watson and win the PGA of England and Wales South West Order of Merit title next week.
But, in reality, he must become the Marston's PGA West Region champion at The Players Club, near Bristol, next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Dixon won the Saunton Classic and was as dominant in the early season as Watson is now.
He has missed one OOM tournament and, as only five of the six events count, would capture the title with victory next week.
He said: "I am enjoying my golf again and have been playing a full season in the West for the first time.
"I am recharging my batteries and enjoying family life after spending most of my career travelling.
"There hasn't been so much running around and I will stay fresh for the European Tour School in November."
He gained an automatic ten-year exemption until the final stage after his triumph in the St Omer Open in 2008.
Watson can cap a marvellous season by claiming the famous old Lidgerwood Trophy first offered in 1920. Then he can look forward to another chance of playing in European Tour events.
The player in form has won eight times in 29 days, including OOM events at Dudsbury and in the Forest of Dean.


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ATLANTA — The Cleveland Indians placed outfielder Ryan Raburn on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday because of a strained left Achilles.
The move Wednesday is retroactive to Aug. 19.
"We were trying not to," manager Terry Francona said before the Indians, battling for an AL wild-card spot, faced the first-place Atlanta Braves. "We thought he would be OK last night. When he went through BP, he was still kind of just a little hesitant to let it go, so I just felt it wasn't fair to him."
Raburn, a UF alum, had missed 10 of the previous 11 games because of soreness in his left foot. He was hitting .270 with 15 homers and 41 RBIs in 70 games.
"It's only five more days since he played last," Francona said. "It just seemed like it made sense.
The Indians purchased the contract of outfielder Matt Carson from Triple-A Columbus, where he was hitting .252 with 14 homers and 49 RBIs.
Cleveland had planned to call him up anyway when the rosters expanded on Sept. 1.
"He basically got here four days earlier than he would have," Francona said.
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I have a swell new tattoo on my right arm.
Prepare to be extremely jealous, because it artfully depicts a pink ribbon being pierced by a long-stemmed red rose.
It was airbrushed on by one of the charming artists from SkinGraphix Tattoos who volunteered their time Monday at the Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Pink Ribbon Ladies Golf Classic for Hope, the largest women-only golf tournament in the province.
"Do you want sparkles on your tattoo?" the artist asked politely after she'd finished airbrushing my hairy, sweaty limb.
"Did everyone else get sparkles?" I demanded, because, as a newspaper columnist, I am paid to ask the tough questions.
"Yes," she said, smiling. "Everyone got sparkles."
"Then I want them, too," I said, trying to sound as manly as possible under the circumstances.
I am pretty sure all the women golfers, of which there were 160, and all their male caddies, of which there were 40, took a few minutes before teeing off to get a temporary pink ribbon sprayed somewhere on their exposed skin.
Most of the guys caddying at the tournament -- which has raised more than $528,000 for CancerCare Manitoba's Breast Cancer Centre for Hope in the last 17 years -- were sporting electric-pink golf shirts.
But the only ones sporting pink hair -- at least initially -- were myself and my buddy Bob, who is also the publisher of this newspaper. This was thanks to a spray-can of pink hair colouring my wife bought a few years ago.
As the day wore on, however, a gaggle of female golfers and tournament volunteers literally begged me -- that's my story and I'm sticking to it -- to spray their locks a fluorescent shade of "Lynx Pink."
The pink hair colouring, thankfully, faded pretty quickly due to excessive exposure to sweat.
The pink-ribbon tattoos, however, are supposed to linger for at least a week.
Which is nice, because I like looking at it and remembering. I remember talking with my dad, who we lost to two types of cancer a few years ago.
I remember the smiling face of my buddy Jon, who was also the beloved photo editor at this newspaper and refused to give an inch to the lung cancer that eventually claimed his life, telling everyone within earshot: "There are only good days and great days!"
And I think about the women I know today, longtime friends, courageous women who are living each day with breast cancer and doing it with amazing grace and courage.
Pink Ribbon organizer Penny Berntt proudly told me that every cent from the tournament goes to CancerCare Manitoba's Breast Cancer Centre for Hope.
She also told me something she believes may surprise you.
"Breast cancer does affect men, too," Penny said. "Men can get breast cancer. It's kind of a little-known fact."
As I punch these words into my computer, I'm feeling a trifle sore. This is only partly because I spent six hours Monday retrieving lost balls from the woods, fetching cold beverages and running in and out of squishy sand traps on behalf of my foursome, the Twisted Sisters.
My muscles are giving me grief mainly because of another cancer fundraiser, the annual Safeway Father's Day Walk/Run in support of Prostate Cancer Canada, which was held in Assiniboine Park over the weekend.
Before the five-kilometre walk began, I was compelled to join perky instructor Debbie Lewis on the Lyric Theatre stage to help lead the crowd in 10 minutes of something called Zumba, which is a torturous form of dance exercise that should be illegal at public gatherings of sane people.
It was painful, but it was worth it to hear Len Bueckert speak. Len is a 66-year-old retired federal auditor who has beaten colon and kidney cancer and is now dealing with prostate cancer.
Getting straight to the point, Len told all the guys it's time to get off their butts and get their (bad word) prostates checked. Sharing that blunt message is what Len does with his time these days.
He was badly shaken when he received his third cancer diagnosis. "I wanted to find out more about prostate cancer and I wanted to give something back," he explained.
"I don't have a whole lot of money, but I can give my time."
The point is, there's lots to think about. I know my pink, sparkly tattoo will fade and disappear. I hope the memories never do.


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"As a member of Ft Worth PFLAG, I have enrolled to receive e-mail alerts from a couple groups," Brown wrote to Instant Tea. "I signed an online petition and filled out an on-line request forwarded to my congressional representatives favoring the repeal of DADT. I received e-mail form letters and I felt the one received from Sen. Cornyn's office was insulting and degrading to our gay servicemen and women. I was angered enough that I wrote a two-page letter back to Sen. Cornyn refuting comments he made in his e-mail. I thought it was a good letter. Yesterday in the mail, I received a letter response from Sen. Cornyn's office thanking me for contacting his office and reiterating the same insulting and degrading message — word for word — that I had received from him earlier by e-mail. Now, I'm even more incensed!"
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Yet another sign that final salary pension schemes are heading for extinction dropped into my mailbox today, a gloomy reminder that fewer and fewer employees are going to enjoy the luxury of a pension linked to their salary and will be forced to head along the more perilous defined contribution route.
Billed "the end really is nigh", a report from Pension Capital Strategies reveals only 20 FTSE 250 companies are still committed to final salary schemes for a sizeable number of employees. Only 140 have any final salary scheme at all and just 92 of these are providing more than a handful of current employees with final salary benefits.
It is easy to understand why. The total deficit of the companies' schemes had risen to an alarming £12bn at the end of June, showing a deterioration of £6bn compared to a year ago. Even more worrying is the fact that the pension liabilities of 27 of the FTSE 250 companies are bigger than their stock market value, representing a risk to the business. GKN's pension liability is more than treble its equity market value.
Many companies are trying to stem the growth of these pension liabilities by closing their defined pension schemes to new entrants, says PCS.
Just like the larger companies in the FTSE 100, those listed on its smaller sister index are reacting to economic challenges by reducing pension scheme costs and risks through closing DB pension schemes to new entrants or shutting them down altogether.
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Belgium, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
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Title in the Language of the Record
Les Registres d'Etat Civil de Belgique
Record Description
This Collection will include records from 1795 to 1910.
The events are recorded either in Dutch, French or German totally by hand or in partially pre-printed books where the information is then entered by hand. The name of a child not registered when born will not be given in the death record, but the gender of that child will be. The record also states if the child was stillborn, although sometimes this term was applied to children who died shortly after birth.
In 1795, Belgium was annexed by France. Napoleon Bonaparte instituted the civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths. Civil registration occurs on a town-by-town basis and is supplemented with decennial indexes to the registers, which generally begin by 1802. Many of the earliest records from this time follow the French Revolutionary calendar, established in France in October 1793 and abolished by Napoleon on January 1, 1806.
Civil registration was instituted to record births, marriages, and deaths because not everyone was baptized, married, or buried in a church. It provided for a more complete registration of vital events for the whole population.
Civil records are the primary source for research after 1796. They are recorded by either the mayor himself or a government clerk within 3 days of the event. They are generally correct as far as the information goes, as the events were registered by eyewitnesses of the event. Barring spelling errors or faulty memory, civil records are as accurate as possible.
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- Rijksarchief te Beveren,Belgium. Belgium, Civil Registration. National Archives of Belgium, Brussels.
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- Day and hour of birth
- Name of parents
- Occupation and age of parents
- Names of witnesses to the birth
- Birthplace of the child
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- Names of the couple
- Their birthplace and place of residence
- Birthdates and ages of the couple
- Names and consent of parents
- Occupations of the couple to be married
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- Name of the deceased person
- Marital status of the deceased and former occupation (when applicable)
- Name of the spouse (when applicable) and may give the date and place of that spouse's death
- Indicates if parents are deceased or gives their residence if they are still living. When they are deceased, it may give their burial location
- Witnesses may be members of the family
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Acute Pancreatitis
- Pancreatitis
- Overview of Pancreatitis
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Chronic Pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis is sudden inflammation of the pancreas that may be mild or life threatening but usually subsides.
Gallstones and alcohol abuse are the main causes of acute pancreatitis.
Severe abdominal pain is the predominant symptom.
Blood tests and imaging tests, such as x-rays and computed tomography, help the doctor make the diagnosis.
Whether mild or severe, acute pancreatitis usually requires hospitalization.
Gallstones (biliary tract disease) and constant, heavy alcohol abuse account for almost 80% of hospital admissions for acute pancreatitis. About 1½ times as many women as men have acute pancreatitis caused by gallstones. Normally, the pancreas secretes pancreatic fluid through the pancreatic duct to the duodenum. This pancreatic fluid contains inactive digestive enzymes and inhibitors that inactivate any enzymes that become activated on the way to the duodenum. Blockage of the pancreatic duct by a gallstone stuck in the sphincter of Oddi stops the flow of pancreatic fluid. Usually, the blockage is temporary and causes limited damage, which is soon repaired. But if the blockage remains, activated enzymes accumulate in the pancreas, overwhelm the inhibitors, and begin to digest the cells of the pancreas, causing severe inflammation.
Drinking more than 3½ ounces of alcohol a day (the amount contained in about a bottle of wine, 8 bottles of beer, or 10 ounces of liquor) for more than 3 to 5 years may cause the small ductules in the pancreas that drain into the pancreatic duct to clog, eventually causing acute pancreatitis. An attack of pancreatitis may be triggered by an alcoholic binge or by an excessively large meal. Many other conditions can also cause acute pancreatitis.
For some people, acute pancreatitis is hereditary. Gene mutations that predispose people to developing acute pancreatitis have been identified. People who have cystic fibrosis or carry the cystic fibrosis genes have an increased risk of developing acute as well as chronic pancreatitis.
Many drugs can irritate the pancreas. Usually, the inflammation resolves when the drugs are stopped. Viruses can cause pancreatitis, which is usually short-lived.
Symptoms of Acute Pancreatitis
Almost everyone with acute pancreatitis has severe abdominal pain in the upper abdomen, below the breastbone (sternum). The pain penetrates to the back in about 50% of people. Rarely, the pain is first felt in the lower abdomen. When acute pancreatitis is caused by gallstones, the pain usually starts suddenly and reaches its maximum intensity in minutes. When pancreatitis is caused by alcoholism, pain develops over a few days. The pain then remains steady and severe, has a penetrating quality, and persists for days.
Coughing, vigorous movement, and deep breathing may worsen the pain. Sitting upright and leaning forward may provide some relief. Most people feel nauseated and have to vomit, sometimes to the point of dry heaves (retching without producing any vomit). Often, even large doses of an injected opioid analgesic do not relieve pain completely.
Some people, especially those who develop acute pancreatitis because of alcohol abuse, may never develop any symptoms other than moderate pain. Other people feel terrible. They look sick and are sweaty and have a fast pulse (100 to 140 beats a minute) and shallow, rapid breathing. Rapid breathing may occur if people have inflammation of the lungs, areas of collapsed lung tissue (atelectasis), or accumulation of fluid in the chest cavity (pleural effusion). These conditions decrease the amount of lung tissue available to transfer oxygen from the air to the blood.
At first, body temperature may be normal, but it increases in a few hours to between 100° F and 101° F (37.7° C and 38.3° C). Blood pressure may be high or low, but it tends to fall when the person stands, causing faintness. As acute pancreatitis progresses, people tend to be less and less aware of their surroundings—some are nearly unconscious. Occasionally, the whites of the eyes (sclera) become yellowish.
Complications of Acute Pancreatitis
Damage to the pancreas may permit activated enzymes and toxins such as cytokines to enter the bloodstream and cause low blood pressure and damage to organs outside of the abdominal cavity, such as the lungs and kidneys. The part of the pancreas that produces hormones, especially insulin, tends not to be damaged or affected.
About 20% of people with acute pancreatitis develop some swelling in the upper abdomen. This swelling may occur because the stomach is distended or has been moved out of place by a mass in the pancreas that causes swelling or because the movement of stomach and intestinal contents has stopped (a condition called ileus).
In severe acute pancreatitis, parts of the pancreas die (necrotizing pancreatitis), and blood and pancreatic fluid may escape into the abdominal cavity, which decreases blood volume and results in a large drop in blood pressure, possibly causing shock (see Shock). Severe acute pancreatitis can be life threatening.
Infection of an inflamed pancreas is a risk, particularly after the first week of illness. Sometimes, a doctor suspects an infection because the person's condition worsens and because a fever develops and the white blood cell count increases after other symptoms had initially started to subside.
Sometimes, collections of pancreatic enzymes, fluid, and tissue debris form in and around the pancreas. The collection is called a pancreatic pseudocyst. In about half of people, the pseudocyst goes away spontaneously. In other people, the pseudocyst can become infected. If a pseudocyst rapidly grows larger and causes pain or other symptoms, a doctor drains it.
Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis
Characteristic abdominal pain leads a doctor to suspect acute pancreatitis, especially in a person who has gallbladder disease or who is an alcoholic. During the examination, a doctor often notes that the abdominal wall muscles are rigid. When listening to the abdomen with a stethoscope, a doctor may hear few or no bowel (intestinal) sounds.
No single blood test proves the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, but certain tests suggest it. Blood levels of two enzymes produced by the pancreas, amylase and lipase, usually increase on the first day of the illness but return to normal in 3 to 7 days. If the person has had other flare-ups (bouts or attacks) of pancreatitis, however, the levels of these enzymes may not increase, because so much of the pancreas may have been destroyed that few cells are left to release the enzymes. The white blood cell count is usually increased.
X-rays of the abdomen may show dilated loops of intestine or, rarely, one or more gallstones. Chest x-rays may reveal areas of collapsed lung tissue or an accumulation of fluid in the chest cavity. An ultrasound may show gallstones in the gallbladder or sometimes in the common bile duct and also may detect swelling of the pancreas.
A computed tomography (CT) scan is particularly useful in detecting inflammation of the pancreas and is used in people with severe acute pancreatitis and in people with complications, such as extremely low blood pressure. Because the images are so clear, a CT scan helps a doctor make a precise diagnosis.
If doctors suspect the pancreas is infected, they may withdraw a sample of infected material from the pancreas by inserting a needle through the skin and into the pancreas. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), a special magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test, may also be done.
Prognosis of Acute Pancreatitis
In severe acute pancreatitis, a CT scan helps determine the outlook or prognosis. If the scan indicates that the pancreas is only mildly swollen, the prognosis is excellent. If the scan shows large areas of destroyed pancreas, the prognosis is poor.
When acute pancreatitis is mild, the death rate is about 5% or less. However, in pancreatitis with severe damage and bleeding, or when the inflammation is not confined to the pancreas, the death rate can be as high as 10 to 50%. Death during the first several days of acute pancreatitis is usually caused by failure of the heart, lungs, or kidneys. Death after the first week is usually caused by pancreatic infection or by a pseudocyst that bleeds or ruptures.
Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis
Treatment of mild pancreatitis usually involves short-term hospitalization where analgesics are given for pain relief and the person fasts to try to rest the pancreas. Usually, normal eating can resume after 2 to 3 days without further treatment.
People with moderate to severe pancreatitis need to be hospitalized. They must initially avoid food and liquids, because eating and drinking stimulate the pancreas. Fasting can last from a few days in mild pancreatitis to several weeks. Symptoms such as pain and nausea are controlled with drugs given by vein (intravenously). Intravenous fluids are given as well. People with severe acute pancreatitis are admitted to an intensive care unit, where vital signs (pulse, blood pressure, and rate of breathing) and urine production can be monitored continuously. Blood samples are repeatedly drawn to monitor various components of the blood, including hematocrit, sugar (glucose) levels, electrolyte levels, white blood cell count, and amylase and lipase levels. A tube may be inserted through the nose and into the stomach (nasogastric tube) to remove fluid and air, particularly if nausea and vomiting persist and gastrointestinal ileus is present. Nutrition is given intravenously, via a nasogastric tube, or by both means.
Doctors also give histamine-2 (H2) blockers or a proton pump inhibitors, which are drugs that reduce or prevent the production of stomach acid.
For people with a drop in blood pressure or who are in shock, blood volume is carefully maintained with intravenous fluids, and heart function is closely monitored. Some people need supplemental oxygen, and the most seriously ill require a ventilator.
An infection is treated with antibiotics, and surgical removal of infected and dead tissue may be necessary.
Depending on its location, a pseudocyst is drained by performing a surgical procedure or by inserting a catheter. The catheter is inserted through the skin or through an endoscope (a flexible viewing tube) that is passed through the mouth and into the stomach or intestine. The catheter allows the pseudocyst to drain for several weeks.
When pancreatitis is caused by a severe blunt or penetrating injury or uncontrolled biliary sepsis, doctors do surgery within the first several days.
When acute pancreatitis results from gallstones, treatment depends on the severity. If the pancreatitis is mild, removal of the gallbladder can usually be delayed until symptoms subside. Severe pancreatitis caused by gallstones can be treated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP; see figure). Although more than 80% of people with gallstone pancreatitis pass the stone spontaneously, ERCP with stone removal is usually needed for people who do not improve over the initial 24 hours of hospitalization.
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Statement by Minister Plenipotentiary Silberberg on the Report of the Executive Director of UNICEF
Statement by Minister Plenipotentiary Silberberg on the Annual Report to the ECOSOC during the First Regular Session 2013 of the Executive Board of UNICEF
"Dear Mr. President,
Let me first of all congratulate you as well as the other members of the Bureau on your recent election. Although only observer at the Executive Board in 2013, Germany looks forward to continue to participate actively in the Board meetings and to work together closely with you and the other members of the Bureau.
I would also like to thank the Executive Director Mr. Lake for his interesting remarks this morning and Director O'Malley for his very comprehensive and informative report. Once again, it was impressive to see in how many different ways UNICEF is active to improve the lives of children all around the world. I would like to share with you the following observations:
First: Director O'Malley made a reference to the pledge "A promise renewed": We are very happy to hear that almost all UN member states, including my own country, have signed the pledge. It is very important that we keep going on mobilizing and intensifying global action to improve the health of women and children around the world, as agreed upon with the "Every woman every child" initiative. With common efforts and renewed commitment we can accelerate the decline in child and maternal mortality, enabling more countries to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5 by 2015.
Secondly: I would also like to mention the urgent need of more assistance for the reintegration of children that have been victims of armed conflicts:
Germany has taken pride in chairing the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) over the last two years. This relatively new mechanism has proven to be very successful and has led to the release of tens of thousands of child soldiers. However, we have learned that it is crucial to make sure that those who have been released are effectively re-integrated in society. UNICEF and other actors on the ground are doing a fantastic job in supporting governments to do so, but they need our constant financial support to keep up the good work. We will continue to support these actors and would like to encourage others to also dedicate more resources to this cause.
Third: The importance of the new Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR) for the work on the new Medium Term Strategic Plan (MTSP) cannot be overemphasized. We therefore encourage UNICEF, together with other UN agencies, to develop indicators in the action plans that will be integrated into the MTSP and the respective strategic plans to monitor the implementation of the QCPR.
In future reports we would also like to see a greater focus on results. Therefore in the next MTSP we expect UNICEF to include a strong results framework that includes clear targets and indicators including qualitative indicators.
The QCPR mentions the resident coordinator system as one important factor for successful cooperation and coherence at country level. We welcome that 11 staff members of UNICEF served as Resident Coordinators in 2011 and 10 do so in 2012. We encourage UNICEF to further improve incentives for their staff to serve as resident coordinators. The resident coordinator system needs the commitment and participation of all agencies to remain successful and increase effectiveness and efficiency. We welcome efforts to further cost sharing for the RC system between agencies and the advances made for a system of cost sharing. We would like to know where this agreement currently stands.
In this context we also welcome UNICEFs commitment to Delivering as One and encourage UNICEF to continue working on the set of standard operating procedures with other entities in order to enable the UN system to deliver better results.
Fourth: Gender is one of the intersecting forms of discrimination and needs to be taken into account under an equity agenda. We therefore welcome UNICEFs efforts in gender mainstreaming and its active participation in piloting the System Wide Action plan. In this context, I would likle to ask: What are the main lessons learnt of the Strategic Priority Action Plan for Gender Equality?
Fifth: We are pleased by UNICEFs commitment to improve data generation through innovative means, especially real time data to identify bottlenecks and immediate needs. We believe that the project MoRES(Monitoring Results for Equity Systems) is an important tool to generate this real time data and to better understand the needs of the most disadvantaged children. We encourage UNICEF to further develop this tool and share it with other agencies to improve the evidence-base of UN and improve the results delivered for the most vulnerable children and their families.
Mr. President,
We welcome the recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and UNICEFs response to this report. We call on UNICEF to continue to implement recommendations by the JIU and report to the Executive Board in this regard.
Finally, we are pleased by UNICEFs efforts to reduce costs though environmentally friendly technologies at headquarter as well as country level. The second paper smart executive Board session is just one example of these measures that will make our work more environmentally friendly and sustainable.
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Afternoon: From 4:00 p.m. on, pick up materials from Road Scholar in hotel meeting room. 5:00 p.m.: Wine and cheese reception and Orientation to review week's programs and menu, and introductions in hotel meeting room.
Dinner: 6:00 p.m.: Dinner in hotel.
Evening: At leisure to relax or make new friends.
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.
Morning: 9:30 a.m.: An Introduction to Victorian Era and Cape May – Overviews of highlights of the history of Cape May and Victorian Era with emphasis on how the Victorians' history and culture contributed to both Cape May's becoming the Victorian Era Queen of the Seaside Resorts and its modern Victorian Renaissance.
Lunch: Lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon: Take a Trolley Tour to Cape May Point visiting the Lighthouse and Sunset Beach . We will also visit Cape May Point and The Lighthouse.
Dinner: 6:00 p.m.: Dinner in hotel.
Evening: Living History Presentation: Temperance Debate. Take part in a lively discussion on whether or not Cape May should remain dry during prohibition or go the way of sin as in Atlantic City.
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.
Morning: Enjoy a trolley tor of the Historic District orienting you to the community in which you will spend the rest of the week followed by a visit of the: Emlen Physick Estate, attributed to architect, Frank Furnace and see how the Physick family lived.
Lunch: Lunch at Carriage House Cafe & Tearoom on the grounds of Emlen Physick Estate.
Afternoon: Stroll back to the hotel through the historic district with our local expert and learn about the Victorian Architecture of the beautiful gingerbread covered mansions.
Dinner: Dinner on own this evening
Evening: Free Evening to explore Cape May.
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.
Morning: Lecture: Learn about Victorian Spiritualism and the rise of clairvoyants, illusionists and mediums. Then take a guided walk focusing on the Ghosts of Cape May ending in town.
Lunch: Lunch in Historic Cape May.
Afternoon: Lecture: Victorian theater and it's characteristics.
Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant or at the hotel.
Evening: Enjoy an evening theater performance at one of Cape May's historic theaters.
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.
Morning: Lecture: Living History Presentation: John Philip Sousa followed by a Mansions by the Seaside Trolley Tour.
Lunch: Lunch at hotel.
Afternoon: Free afternoon to explore or relax.
Dinner: Enjoy dinner at hotel or local restaurant.
Evening: At leisure.
Breakfast: Breakfast in the hotel.
Morning: Our program ends after breakfast to enable you to make an early start to return to your perspectives cities.


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Foshan City Meige Furniture Factory
Product Range Main products
Bed, mattress, bedding, curtain, and other hotel supplementary productsTarget Market(s)
Africa(except Middle East); Eastern Europe; Hong Kong/ Macao/ Taiwan; Japan & Korea; Latin America; Mainland China; Middle East; North America; Northern Europe; Oceania; Central & Southern Asia; Southeast Asia; Western & Southern Europe
- Product Details
- Company Profile
Basic Specification
Detail Description
Meige fabric bed:
Bed frame
- Heardboard: High quality cloth + high density sponge + dried lumber
- Sideboard: Melamine face board + high quality cloth + high density sponge
- Bed base: Birch + ansteel + antirusting paint + white paint + neogenesis glue
- Size: In accordance with bed's size, conventional size is 180*200cm
- Material:
- White 100% cotton fabric
- Sping by 6.5mm large caliber 6 ring sping
- Bedding material used natural coconut palm, and spread to parallel nets and wool felt
Bedding set
- Model No.: the same with bed's model No.
- Material: 100% cotton, also can be choosed according to customer's demand
- Size: king, in accordance with the bed
- Main technology: jacquard, embroider, synthetic silk, cotton printing cloth etc.
- Model No.:
- Material:
- mental frame + fabric cover
- solid wood + leather/fabric cover
- MDF + leather cover
Special function
- magazine and other small goods pocket
- big content box for storing beddings when seasons turning
The whole set including as below
- Bed frame: 1pc
- Mattress: 1pc
- Bedding set 4pcs generally: pillow 2 pcs + qulit 1pc + bedspread 1pc
- Nightstand: 2pcs/set
Additional Information
|Payment Terms
|T/T, L/C, Others
|Minimum Order
|1 set
|Lead Time Delivery Time
|20 days
|Sample Available
|Delivery Details
|FOB Port
|Target Market(s)
|Africa(except Middle East), Central & Southern Asia, Eastern Europe, Hong Kong/ Macao/ Taiwan, Japan & Korea, Latin America, Mainland China, Middle East, North America, Northern Europe, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Western & Southern Europe
About Us
Foshan City Meige Furniture Factory
Meige Furniture Factory was established in 1988, locted in Longjiang Town, Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, which is a key furniture manufacturing base in China. Our company is a modern enterprise integrated R , production, marketing, and service. Our primary products include soft bed set, bedding, mattress, hotel cloth, and etc. Through many years' faithful business development and under support of customers, our company has achieved great success. At present, Meige has become the famous brand in the industry.Our company has modern production and administration environment, including more than 20,000 square meters standard workshops. At present, our factory has more than 400 employees, including almost 100 senior managers who have junior college or higher education. Our furniture products are made of green environment conservative raw materials, with exquisite process, to guarantee excellent quality. We have developed 2 primary series brands, i.e. YIERPALI and KUBAO, which have unique design styles and accurate market positioning. At present, our sales network has spread around China. And our products are highly appreciated by customers in both domestic and overseas markets. Through great effort every Meige staff, our company has been authorized by ISO9001:2000 Management System Certificate. Moreover, we have been awarded honors of China Famous High-quality Products, Quality Reliable Product, China Excellent Green Environment Conservative Products, and China Quality AAA Credit Enterprise.Taking the business philosophy o people oriented, Meige Furniture has been following the philosophy of serving customers and serving the society. On the other hand, with scientific management system and specialized terminal sales system, we have been providing more comprehensive services for partners and consumers.
General Information
|Year of Establishment
|US$2.5 Million - US$5 Million
|Sales Volume
|US$5 Million - US$10 Million
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Export Information
|Export Year
|Export Percentage
|41% - 50%
|Delivery Time
|20 days
|Minimum Order Quantity
|1 set
|Payment Terms
Productivity Information
|Production Lines
|15 lines
|Factory Size
|50,000 square meters
|Monthly Capacity
|6,500 sets
|Investment on Manufacturing Equipments
|US$2.5 Million - US$5 Million
|No. of Staffs
|101 - 500 People
|No. of R/D Staffs
|11 - 20 People
|No. of Engineers
|5 - 10 People
|No. of QC Staffs
|21 - 30 People
Factory Info: Foshan City Shunde District Longjiang Town Chongkou Meige Furniture Factory
|Foshan, Guangdong, China
|No.6, Youyue Road, Chongkou Industry Park, Longjiang Town, Shunde District
|Factory Introduction
|Insisting on the business principle of "Trust and Faith", Meige Funiture Factory always aims at offering the latest design and more competitive price on products to our domestic and oversea buyers. We have our own research and development plant, and sales professionals.We own modern factory of 20,000 square meters, with investment of more than 5,000,000 RMB and have several imported production lines. Our plant has been expanding production scale with the purpose of "Quality first, customer first" to win good reputation.We have gained considerable production experience and achieved a stable rate of growth. We have always provided high quality, diverse and competitive products to meet the customers' needs. We face the problems and solving problems to find the solutions of production and marketing with high sincerity. We operate the business and face customers in a reliable way to gain the profit of work. According to the market demands and future tendency to diversify product range and create high value-added products by reinforcing the work of research and invention. Meige Furniture Factory will always strive to meet the customer's demands and work together to create a better future. We are confident to provide wide extent services and make sure to fulfill customer's requirement toward the products. Sharing the information with customersWith fashionable and diverse styles, high quality and low price, our products are sold directly to the Americas, Europe and Southeast Asia, more than 20 countries and regions. We are confident in our ability to guarantee the best quality and believe our products will bring a complete satisfaction to the end users. We welcome your valuable inquiry and we will be happy to reply you immediately.


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13th International Conference on Aluminum Alloys: ICAA 13
June 2012
This CD contains a collection of papers presented at the 13th International Conference on Aluminum Alloys (ICAA-13), the premier global conference for exchanging emerging knowledge on the structure and properties of aluminum materials. Held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania June 3-7, 2012, the papers on the CD are organized around the topics of the science of aluminum alloy design for a range of market applications; the accurate prediction of material properties; novel aluminum products and processes; and emerging developments in recycling and applications using both monolithic and multi-material solutions.
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Alumni Profile
Profile: Fernando Astigueta, SIS/MA '05
What was one important turning point during my time at SIS that influenced my professional path?
I have been with the US Treasury for the past 6 years working counter-narcotics sanctions focused in Latin America, primarily Colombia. Given my career path, I credit my graduate thesis work with Cathy Schneider as a turning point for me during my time at SIS. My thesis titled, "New Wars and Old Wars in Colombia", was a stepping stone to what I do now in my profession. That knowledge also prepared me well as I spent two years in Bogota, Colombia as an Assistant Attaché for our office which was stationed at the US Embassy.
What has been a--possibly unexpected--pivotal experience or piece of knowledge that has led me to my current position?
The entire SIS/CRS experience helped mold me for what I do today. I've also done some sanctions work in the Middle East realm. Two courses that helped me prepare for that focus were "Post Saddam Iraq" and "Combating Terrorism".
Why I chose SIS?
I chose SIS for its impeccable reputation as one of the top schools focused in International Relations, particularly the CRS program. The program exposed me to many different aspects of both the security and development world.
How I make a difference in the world?
As I mentioned earlier, I work with the Treasury Department, particularly that which focuses on counter-narcotics sanctions. I work cases that ultimately freeze the bank accounts of some of the world's most significant narcotics traffickers.
Field of study?
Comparative and Regional Studies
World issue of interest?
Latin America, primarily Colombia
Professional role model?
Ronald Reagan
Favorite book?
Diplomacy-Henry Kissinger
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Egg Harbor 43 Sportyacht — By Capt. Patrick Sciacca —
October 2004
It's All in the Lines
Part 2: The 43 offers a solid ride in sloppy seas and strong performance when it's calm.
Speaking of the hardtop, it was just one of several model-year changes for the 43. My test boat, Hull No. 9, also reflected other changes, including adding integral spreader lights into that hardtop, changing from underwater exhausts to corner exhausts, and removing the under-gunwale locker stowage to provide more room for fish fighting. Removing it also enables the optional Glendinning Cablemaster and standard fresh- and saltwater washdowns to be recessed behind push-latch doors. Last, to keep the cockpit quieter, Egg Harbor moved the engine vents from here to the hull sides.
I can't comment on cockpit-noise reduction, as I never had a chance to ride an earlier 43. But I did notice the vents take away some of the available outboard engine room space, which is already limited with the footprint of the big Cats. This area also has 3'5" of headroom, which is okay when you're 5'7" like me, but taller boaters will find the engine room tight. However, I also noted that most of the regular maintenance items on the Cats are done on the inboard side of the engines.
One area that has plenty of room is the 43's interior, which can be laid out three different ways. Layout A, on my test boat, consists of an Ultraleather lounge for five to starboard in the saloon and, just forward, the optional 20-inch Sole flat-screen TV, great for sitting on the hook waiting for the Giant bite. Snacks and full meals can easily be prepared in the galley-down to port, which is standard with a two-burner EuroKera electric cooktop, Sharp microwave, and Corian countertops. An extended galley countertop allows two guests to sit on stools on the saloon side of the galley and converse while you cook. Layouts B and C allow for a larger TV in the saloon and a shorter lounge in lieu of a dinette area, respectively.
A two-stateroom, one-head arrangement below decks is common in all the layout options. The queen-size island berth in the master forward can easily accommodate two adults. The guest stateroom with large double berth is aft to starboard of the master, and access to the head with shower stall is via the companionway or master. All layout options also feature an easy-to-maintain, high-gloss teak.
The 43 offers a solid ride in sloppy seas and strong performance when it's calm. And by adding angling amenities like a 30-gallon livewell, an in-deck fishbox, bait freezers, outriggers, and more, it appears that Egg Harbor has not only made that foot into the end zone, but nailed the extra point, too.
Egg Harbor Yachts Phone: (609) 965-2300. www.eggharboryacht.com.
This article originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Help to Rebuild Four Parish Churches Destroyed by a Typhoon in the Philippines
Monday, April 14, 2014
Project Code: 329-01-19
Again and again, the Philippines hits the headlines as a result of the grave natural disasters that afflict the country. A severe earthquake in October 2013 and then the devastating Typhoon Hayan in November, only a month later, caused widespread devastation and loss of life. Many churches and Church properties were completely destroyed, such as the bell tower of the Basilica of the "Santo Nino" in Cebu. This is the church where the revered image of the Christ Child is housed, brought to Cebu along with the Spaniards in the year 1521 and revered ever since, throughout the Philippines. These more recent disasters can tend to make people forget the damage done in other places in the Philippines by earlier natural disasters that never really made the headlines, damage that has in many cases not been repaired to this day. The Catholic Church in the Philippines, which will be celebrating its 500th anniversary in the year 2021, still faces enormous challenges in the task of rebuilding.An example of just such a "forgotten catastrophe" is Typhoon Bopha, which struck the Philippines in early December 2012. Over 1,000 people were killed, 10,000 houses were destroyed, and there were numerous landslides and flash floods. Fields were devastated and harvests destroyed, and many roads were made impassable by fallen trees. The Diocese of Mati was one of those hardest hit by this typhoon. Three small towns were almost wiped out, and four parish churches were either largely or completely destroyed. Ever since then, Church life has had to continue in temporary tents.The diocese was founded in 1984 and serves almost 400,000 Catholics today, with 41 priests, 19 parishes and 1,205 smaller chapel-based communities. There are 1,189 volunteer lay catechists, who teach in the 227 state primary schools and in the chapels. The Church is very lively, but in Cateel, Baganga, Kinablangan and Lambajon the Catholic faithful are still faced with the ruins of the four chapels that were destroyed by the typhoon. ACN has promised to help with a contribution of $8,200. Will you help fulfill this promise to rebuild these churches in the Philippines? Aid to the Church in Need commits to invest your funds where they will have the greatest impact for the Church that we serve. Funds donated to Aid to the Church in Need's projects will be used towards the greatest need in our programs to help keep the Faith alive.
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The Renault R30 has been unveiled by the team at Valencia. See the first pictures of the new car below.
Renault R30 launch
- 2010 Renault R30 and 2009 Renault R29 compared (Pictures)
- Vitaly Petrov to become Russia's first F1 driver with Renault in 2010
- Robert Kubica reveals new helmet design
As was widely expected, the new livery marks a return to classic Renault yellow and black colours. The team used a similar scheme for its first F1 team from 1977 to 1985.
Since its return to F1 as a full constructor in 2002 Renault's colour scheme has been largely dictated by sponsors.
Renault has lost 2009 title sponsors ING, who intended to pull out before 2010 but hastened their departure after the Singapore crash scandal. Mutua Madrilena also left the team at the same time.
Renault has also announced Vitaly Petrov will race for the team alongside Robert Kubica and revealed its two reserve drivers for 2010. More here:
Renault R30 launch pictures
Pictures of the R30 at its launch plus some studio images of the new car:
Renault R30 studio video
2010 F1 car launches
- BMW Sauber C29 launched (Pictures)
- McLaren and Ferrari's 2010 cars side-by-side (Pictures)
- Compare the new McLaren MP4-25 with last year's car (Pictures)
- McLaren MP4-25 launch pictures
- 2010 Ferrari F10 and 2009 Ferrari F60 side-by-side (Pictures)
- Ferrari 2010 F1 car pictures
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A man has been arrested after firing a high-powered air gun at police.
Officers and mental health professionals attended an address in Dugard Avenue this afternoon, but withdrew after a possible firearm was seen.
The area was cordoned off and additional police resources were called.
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Shortly after 6.30pm, a man was arrested at the scene.
He has been taken to Colchester police station for questioning.
A suspected air weapon has been recovered from the scene.
An area of Dugard Avenue, between Straight Road and Oaklands Avenue, was closed by police while they dealt with the incident.
Full story in tomorrow's Gazette.


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Clarkson Kindergarteners began the year with a new Reading Program - Daily 5. They are finishing as published authors. Each of the five kindergarten classes compiled their favorite readings from the past school year into a very special book for their classmates and the whole school to enjoy. They recently gathered to proudly show off their accomplishments – and their books. In addition to copies for their classrooms, each class donated a copy to the school library as well.
Daily 5 gives students five structured ways to enjoy learning to read each school day. Sessions are spread throughout the day, alternating the entire class with small groups and individual reading times. The "Daily 5" includes reading to self, reading to someone when students will pair up with a partner, working on writing, listening to reading which gives new readers an opportunity to hear a book read to them while they follow along, and word work which gives students different means to create, sort or put words in order.
The Daily 5 is a structure designed to help students develop the daily habits of reading, writing and working with peers that will lead to a lifetime of independent literacy.
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