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Mayor Castro Announces Hertz on Demand Car Sharing Program Now Available in San Antonio
Mar 29, 2012, 17:16 ET from Hertz Corporation
PARK RIDGE, N.J. and SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and The Hertz Corporation today officially unveiled a new transportation option for San Antonio with the launch of Hertz on Demand car sharing program. To celebrate the launch of Hertz on Demand, the Company is offering members, through April 30, the opportunity to receive their first hour of usage free when reserving and using a car for seven hours or less.
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Beginning today, vehicles are available in three different locations throughout downtown San Antonio. As the program expands, the plan is to add 15 cars in additional areas, with the goal of serving future demand, improving convenience and enhancing air quality in the center city.
"This is another important step toward providing multiple transportation options to residents and visitors in order to bring San Antonio closer to the SA2020 goals of creating a more energy efficient community. The City is proud to add car share to the growing list of dynamic transportation choices in San Antonio," said Mayor Castro.
Hertz On Demand provides an economical, convenient and socially conscious alternative to car ownership. The service is a pay-as-you-go system, providing members with 24/7 access to vehicles located throughout downtown San Antonio. It has more than 120,000 members and is available in six countries and on approximately 60 university campuses.
"Car sharing is becoming an increasingly viable transportation option in cities across the country because of its economic and eco-friendly benefits. Nationally, car sharing has proven to help reduce miles of travel, vehicle emissions and energy consumption. The City of San Antonio is excited to partner with Hertz on Demand to bring additional transportation options to those who live and work in downtown," said City Manager Sheryl Sculley.
The three initial locations of the Car Share Program in San Antonio, with additional locations to launch in the coming weeks, are:
- 200 block of Market St. (across from Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
- Blue Star Arts Complex, 1400 S. Alamo St.
- 300 block of West Houston St. (near the Alameda Theater)
"Hertz shares the City of San Antonio's commitment to car sharing and energy efficient transportation options," commented Mark P. Frissora, Hertz Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Hertz On Demand is less expensive than other car sharing services while providing unmatched vehicle choices and unequalled customer service for our members. Hertz is redefining the car sharing industry and offers unmatched member-centric services such as the elimination of late fees, as well as free membership and no annual renewal fees. By utilizing the resources we have as the leading global car rental company – including best-in-class technology – we are making strides to bring the future of car sharing to life for our customers."
San Antonio-area residents, employees and tourists can sign up online, reserve cars which can be picked up from one of Hertz On Demand's several conveniently located hubs, and experience the enhanced member benefits offered by the Hertz on Demand, including:
- Free membership. Hertz On Demand has no enrollment fee or annual membership fee, and offers low hourly and daily rates
- No late fees. Hertz On Demand members will not receive punitive charges/late fees for the late return of a vehicle[1]
- Rental fleet options including the Nissan Sentra, Chevy Malibu and Chevy Cruze. Hertz On Demand also plans to add a diversity of car sizes including electric vehicles, such as the Nissan Leaf, to its fleet in the coming weeks.
- 180 miles a day[2], gas and insurance are included in the rates.
- Daily rates on Hertz rental cars for longer trips; Ability to rent a car for up to 30 days
- Unparalleled member service including 24/7 live, in-car assistance from a team of Hertz Member Care experts.
For more information about the Car Share Program, visit www.sanantonio.gov or www. hertzondemand.com.
About Hertz On Demand
Hertz on Demand, Hertz's global car sharing club, has more than 850 vehicles, 120,000 members and more than 250 locations worldwide, including corporate offices and universities. Hertz on Demand offers a variety of vehicles available for online reservation at competitive rates. All cars are equipped with Eileo® technology, and benefits covered by the hourly rate include gas, insurance, GPS turn-by-turn navigation, 24/7 roadside assistance, 24-hour Member Care Center communication, and 180 free miles per day.
[1] Late returns will only be charged rates for the additional time used in 30 minute intervals (no punitive fees)
[2] Per 24 hour period
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Satsan is a Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief of the Frog Clan. He has been a long-time Speaker for the Wet'suwet'en Nation and previously served as Speaker for both the Gitxsan and the Wet'suwet'en Nations. He was also Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Public Administration of Aboriginal Governments Program.
Satsan has considerable experience with Aboriginal rights and title as well as Aboriginal self-government and education. He was a key figure and strategist in the Delgamuukw-Gisday Wa case, which was the subject of a successful judgment before the Supreme Court of Canada in December 1997.
Satsan has offered advice and assistance to First Nations across British Columbia and Canada on the affirmation and recognition of Aboriginal rights, title and Treaty rights. He most recently served two – three year terms as the elected BC Regional Chief for the Assembly of First Nations. As a member of the AFN National Executive, he has the responsibility for Delgamuukw and headed up the Delgamuukw/Gisday'wa National Process, an extensive community-based process of research, public education and organizing. He also held the Executive Portfolio for Fiscal Relations.
Satsan is the President of the National Centre for First Nations Governance, a First Nations controlled initiative designed to help First Nations achieve their inherent right to self-government. Satsan is trained in law and education. He attend Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. He is married and has three children.
In 1979, Mr. Nerysoo became the youngest ever Member of a Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Northwest Territories' history. He also made history in 1983, when he became the first Aboriginal person to become Premier of the North West Territories. He was also the youngest person in Canadian history to serve in the post.
After holding that office, and senior cabinet posts in between, in 1989, he became the first Aboriginal to be elected Speaker in the NWTlegislative assembly.
His contributions have not only been felt North of 60. As an MLA in the early 1980s, Mr. Nerysoo played a crucial role in ensuring that the rights of Aboriginals were not ignored as Prime Minister Trudeau and the provincial premiers repatriated the Canadian Constitution from Great Britain. Stephen Kakfwi, an Aboriginal leader who has followed Mr. Nerysoo's path all the way into the Premier's Office in Yellowknife, argues his predecessor's work on the Constitution was more than significant. "Mr. Nerysoo was instrumental in securing those amendments," he says.
Mr. Nerysoo has served as President of the Gwich'in Tribal Council and was charged with the management and implementation of the historic Gwich'in Land Claims Agreement.
He has also chaired the Gwich'in Council International, a non-profit collective striving towards securing environmental protection.
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MPs are out of touch with public on abortion say Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor and Christian groups
The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales says people "of all faiths and none" will be "very disappointed" by the failure of yesterday's free vote in parliament to reduce the upper time limit for abortion.
MPs opposed by 304 votes to 233 a move to reduce the abortion limit from 24 - 22 weeks, with the Prime Minister voting in favour of the current limit, and David Cameron, leader of the opposition voting against it. The Conservative MP Nadine Dorries had also proposed a lowering of the limit to 22 weeks, a move defeated by 332 votes to 190. Opening the debate, the Conservative MP Edward Leigh said: "In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is in your mother's womb. It…


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Seabourne House is a Care Home for adults with learning difficulties and mild challenging bahaviour. The Home promotes and supports four residents, enabling them to socialise in a safe and positive manner and assisting them to integrate within their community. The House is of a reasonable size and the lawn of the garden encompasses two sides of the building. All residents are encouraged to express their opinions in residents meetings, which are held monthly. The staff team work hard to promote independence and personal choice whenever possible, ensuring that the residents thoughts and feelings are valued. The residents spend a large amount of time out of the house, either at the day care facility, or accessing their local community. Other activities that take place are bowling, cinema trips, riding and swimming. All residents are supported when in the community.
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Person in charge: Louise Ford (Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services: Kent County Council (click for contact details)
Type of Service: Care Home only (Residential Care) – Privately Owned , Registered for a maximum of 5 Service Users
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Specialist Care Categories: Autism/ASD
Admission Information: Female only. Ages 18+.
Single Rooms: 5
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Facilities & Services: Day Care • Independent Living Training • Own GP if required • Own Furniture if required • Pets by arrangement • Smoking not permitted • Close to Local shops • Near Public Transport • Minibus or other transport • Wheelchair access • Gardens for residents • Residents Kitchenette • Television point in own room
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Day 1: Ushuaia Check in at the Australis travel center at 409 San Martín Street in downtown Ushuaia between 10:00 and 16:00 (10 AM-4 PM) on the day of your cruise departure. Board the M/V Stella Australis at 17:30 (5:30 PM). After a welcoming cocktail reception hosted by the captain and his crew, the ship departs for one of the most remote corners of planet Earth. During the night we traverse the Beagle Channel and cross from Argentina into Chilean territorial waters. The lights of Ushuaia disappear as we turn into the narrow Murray Channel between Navarino and Hoste islands. Day 2: Cape Horn - Wulaia Bay Around the break of dawn, Stella Australis crosses Nassau Bay and enters the remote archipelago that comprises Cape Horn National Park. Weather and sea conditions permitting, we shall go ashore on the windswept island that harbors legendary Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos). Discovered in 1616 by a Dutch maritime expedition -- and named after the town of Hoorn in West Friesland -- Cape Horn is a sheer 425-meter (1,394-foot) high rocky promontory overlooking the turbulent waters of the Drake Passage. For many years it was the only navigation route between the Pacific and Atlantic, and was often referred to as the "End of the Earth." The park was declared a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2005. The Chilean navy maintains a permanent lighthouse on the island, staffed by a lightkeeper and his family, as well as the tiny Stella Maris Chapel and modern Cape Horn Monument (currently awaiting repair after being damaged by fierce winds). Sailing back across Nassau Bay, we anchor at fabled Wulaia Bay, one of the few places in the archipelago where the human history is just as compelling as the natural environment. Originally the site of one of the region's largest Yámana aboriginal settlements, the bay was described by Charles Darwin and sketched by Captain FitzRoy in the 1830s during their voyages on HMS Beagle. This area is also renowned for its mesmerizing beauty and dramatic geography. After a visit to the Australis-sponsored museum in the old radio station -- which is especially strong on the Yámana people and European missionaries in the area -- passengers have a choice of three hikes (of increasing degrees of difficulty) that ascend the heavily wooded mountain behind the bay. On all of these you stroll through an enchanted Magellanic forest of lengas, coigües, canelos and ferns to reach panoramic viewpoints overlooking the bay. Day 3: Agostini Sound - Águila Glacier After nightfall we reenter the Beagle Channel and sail westward along the southern edge of Tierra del Fuego into a watery wonderland protected within the confines of Alberto de Agostini National Park. Rounding the Brecknock Peninsula as the western extreme of Tierra del Fuego, Stella Australis is briefly exposed to the open Pacific. We then navigate a zigzag route through the Cockburn Channel, Magdalena Channel and Keats Fjord to reach scenic De Agostini Sound. Named after an Italian Salesian priest who worked among the region's indigenous people during the first half of the 20th century, De Agostini Sound is flanked by numerous glaciers and sheer saw-toothed peaks reminiscent of Torres del Paine. Our shore excursion this morning is Águila ("Eagle") Glacier, which hovers above a placid glacial lagoon surrounded by primeval forest. After a Zodiac landing on the beach, passengers hike around the edge of the lagoon to a spot near the base of the frozen facade. Condors can sometimes be seen winging high above, but there is always abundant bird life around the lagoon. This landing provides the perfect opportunity to experience the beauty of Patagonia's sub-Antarctic rainforest and to see how the power of nature has molded the spectacular landscape. Day 4: Magdalena Island – Punta Arenas After an overnight cruise through Magdalena Channel and back into the Strait of Magellan, we anchor off Magdalena Island, which lies about halfway between Tierra del Fuego and the Chilean mainland. Crowned by a distinctive lighthouse, the island used to be an essential source of supplies for navigators and explorers and is inhabited by an immense colony of Magellanic penguins. At the break of dawn, weather permitting, we go ashore and hike a path that leads through thousands of penguins to a small museum lodged inside the vintage 1902 lighthouse. Many other bird species are also found on the island. In September and April -- when the penguins dwell elsewhere -- this excursion is replaced by a ride aboard Zodiacs to Marta Island to observe South American sea lions. After a short cruise south along the strait, disembarkation at Punta Arenas is scheduled for around 11:30 AM. *Camera extension poles are prohibited on Magdalena Island NOTE: The excursions described in the itineraries can normally be carried out. Notwithstanding the above, Transportes Marítimos Terra Australis S.A., Transportes Marítimos Via Australis S.A., and Transportes Marítimos Geo Australis S.A reserve the right to reschedule, shorten, or alter all or part of the itineraries and/or excursions without previous notice, in order to safeguard the well-being and safety of passengers, preserve the environment, or due to any extraordinary circumstances, acts of god or force majeure. For the same reasons, the hours of departure or arrival of the vessels may be subject to change.
Built in 2005, The Via Australis can hold up to 136 passengers in 64 comfortable cabins. With a deck, entertainment, and beautiful cabins, the Via Australis allows each tourist to have the best Chile travel experience possible. Kick back and relax on your journey to an exciting and unforgettable adventure. You will not find another Patagonia cruise that will provide you with the exceptional customer service, entertainment, and sophisticated dining services that Australis offers. Australis' Patagonia cruises offer guests an exciting Chilean cultural experience. During your Chile travel enjoy world class gourmet cuisine, engaging activities, and remarkable Patagonia tours. Waking up to an incredible view every morning. Traveling on Via Australis gives you the most majestic views of snowcapped mountains, clear blue waters, and amazing sunsets.
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Syrian opposition leaders met Sunday to discuss a future that one participant said would not include a single person being in charge of the government.
Rajaa al-Nasser of the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Changes in Syria (NCC) told the conference all Syrians should have a role in forging a new government.
Day Press News said representatives of 15 opposition parties and eight "civil society movements" attended the summit in Damascus, which was organized by the NCC.
One of the speakers was the Russian Ambassador to Syria Azamat Kulmukhametov, who said a cease-fire and open dialogue would open a path to an agreement to end the rebellion. "We are convinced that a dialogue without preconditions is the sole way out of the current crisis whose continuation bodes no good either for Syria or for the region as a whole," he said.
Envoys from various Arab nations as well as China and Iran also attended the meeting, Day Press News said.
Official Syrian media reported the summit was taking place with the goal of finding "ways to get Syria out of the crisis it faces."
Fighting continued across Syria Sunday. The opposition Syrian Network for Human Rights reported in a written statement that 14 civilians were killed Sunday, most from mortar and artillery fire.


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Court Delays Sentencing Over Katsav Rape Verdict by 2 Weeks
Former president was found guilty of charges of rape and sexual harassment; sentencing had originally been scheduled to coincide with International Women's Day.
Former President Moshe Katsav will be sentenced only on March 22, and not on March 8 as originally planned, the Tel Aviv District Court announced yesterday.
The court offered no reason for the delay. The sentencing had originally been scheduled to coincide with International Women's Day.
The court heard both sides' sentencing pleas last week. Prosecutors sought a substantial prison term for Katsav, who was convicted of raping one woman and sexually harassing two others. They also asked that he be fined and pay hefty compensation to his victims.
Prosecutors backed these demands with a psychological evaluation of the rape victim, A., which described the great harm she had endured. A. had worked under Katsav when he was tourism minister.
Katsav's attorneys asked the court not to sentence their client to jail time. Katsav waived his right to speak during the hearing, which convicts often use to express remorse. Instead, his attorneys submitted a letter written by his children, as well as press clippings and videos documenting various events during his term as president at which speakers lauded his long career in public service.
In December, Katsav was convicted of two counts of rape and one of indecent assault against A., of sexually harassing H. and L., who both worked under him at the President's Residence, and of obstructing justice. The judges noted that the case's massive media coverage might be grounds for leniency. At last week's hearing, prosecutors concurred that this justified some degree of leniency.
But they disputed the claim by Katsav's attorneys that his suffering in having fallen from such a lofty height also justified leniency. The principle of equality before the law, the fact that he exploited his lofty position to commit his crimes, and the disgrace he caused the presidency argued against this, they said.
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Italy - Neo-Nazis vacation in German concentration camp
A group of neo-Nazis from the northern Italian city of Bolzano have travelled to the German concentration camp of Dachau where they posed for photos giving the Nazi salute.
Seven members of the group went to the camp, located outside Munich in southern Germany, where they took several photos and later showed them to their friends and supporters.
The controversial photos were published on Friday in the investigative Italian weekly L'Espresso. The shots were seized by police during an inquiry about Nazi organisations in the Italian region of Alto-Adige which borders Austria.
"I believe the phenomenon of the neo-Nazi movement has been underestimated, and even tolerated," said the public prosecutor of Bolzano, Cuno Tarfusser.
"Certainly the potential to cause offence and the danger posed by this group has not been fully understood."
Tarfusser said there were at least five neo-Nazi organisations operating in the region of Alto Adige.
The group who travelled to Dachau reportedly took photos in front of the main entrance below the camp's sign, "Arbeit Macht Frei" or "work will set you free" and posed in front of the camp's crematoriums giving the Nazi salute.
The neo-Nazis come from an organisation called the Sudtiroler Kameradschaftsring for the liberation of the South Tirol and reportedly had an internal hierarchy based on a military model.
They are reportedly committed to the veneration of Hitler and instigating racial hatred.
Aged between 18 and 26, the group members who went to Dachau were charged under Italian law and received conditional jail sentences between 12 and 30 months. They are now free.
The area of the South Tirol or Alto-Adige region was formerly part of Austria. Despite separatist tensions in the 1960s, it has has remained a peaceful area.
The Jewish Community of Rome said on Friday the action of the neo-Nazis was unacceptable and should not be tolerated.
"We should not remain silent or indifferent," Riccardo Pacifici, a spokesman for the organisation, told Adnkronos International (AKI). " We should reflect on what happened."
The Mancini law introduced in 1993, permits the prosecution of individuals for inciting violence for a broad range of hate crimes. It was not applied in this case.
Source: www.adnkronos.com
Date: Oct. 12, 2007


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SFF Symposium: Nets' Yormark, Devils' Krezwick Talk About Challenges They Face
Published April 19, 2013
ALL ABOUT THE BRAND: Building a distinct brand was a central theme in the discussion, with Krezwick likening the Devils' brand-building analysis to someone asking a friend how a first date went. If the response was, "Well, he was strong, he's a winner, and he has tradition," Krezwick said, then the answer to the next question, "Will you go out with him again?" might be, "I don't know, maybe." But, Krezwick said, if the response was, "He was exciting, he was upbeat, he was so entertaining," the reply to the question of a second date would be, "Absolutely!" Krezwick continued, "So that's what we wanted to be. We wanted to be that second date, instead of just the first date." He noted the Devils this summer added a themed Carnival cruise experience, and said, "No one would expect to see that out of the Devils three years ago. It just wouldn't happen. But we knew we needed that element, and it's really worked. We have over 5,000 new season tickets in the last two years, and all the indicators are up double-digits."
CLEAN SLATE: While the Devils have worked to put a fresh shine on a 30-year-old brand, Yormark faced a completely different challenge in launching a brand from the ground up while moving the Nets from New Jersey to Brooklyn. "We started seeking our brand very early on in the process," he said. "We just didn't want this to become an overnight move, and I think building the anticipation here in the borough, although we weren't really sure when we would arrive, was the first key ingredient for us." Yormark added, "We are very conscious of our brand. Our brand in Jersey really wasn't relevant. We had an eroding fan base for years. The support really didn't exist in the last couple of years we were there. We realized early on that the brand we wanted to align with, mostly, was brand Brooklyn. It's iconic. It's global. It speaks to a boldness, a strength, a grittiness." Yormark also spoke of a "less is more philosophy" when it came to building in-venue sponsorships into the branding of the Barclays Center. "The coloration of sponsor messaging in the building is in line with the color of the building," he said. "We're very brand conscious, and we are going to go against the grain. We think we've developed the right platform to create a sponsor value and charge premium dollars for it. But the days of putting logos everywhere are over." Yormark added, "We're trying to position ourselves as a premium brand, as a premium platform. In order to do that we've got to be a little more disciplined."
BUILT TO LAST: Krezwick said, "I've preached for a long time that you need to plan and budget to be a .500 club. You have to. That's what the statistics tell us." But he noted, "As important to me is being able to capitalize when you're winning. We saw that in the spring, in going to the Stanley Cup Final, and going through the playoffs, and just pushing as hard as we possibly could when the fish were biting. So you have to be poised, to capitalize and be spontaneous, and take advantage of that opportunity, but you certainly can't count on it." Yormark weighed in, "What we try to do is create a lot of equity behind brand Nets. Players come and go. One year you're up, one year you're down. So the question is, 'Do you create a brand and platform that sustains the winning and losing, the volatility of team sports, and really create a lifestyle brand?' You give people lots of different reasons to want you, not just wins and losses."
EMPIRE STATE COMPETITION: With the opening of Barclays Center, the tri-state area now has three major indoor sports arenas that compete for major events. "I look at Jersey as a separate market from Brooklyn," Yormark said. "I think there's enough for everyone." Krezwick added, "On the sports side, we are completely separate, and frankly can support each other." But regarding the competition for music acts, he noted that the Rolling Stones and other shows have played multiple buildings in the market and sold out those buildings. "So I think it's complementary," he said.
PREMIUM PRODUCTS: Selling suites is becoming more challenging, and Krezwick said, "We're all struggling with the same issue. It's a lot harder today than it was 10 years ago to sell a suite. Nobody's plunking down $300,000 and begging to get in the building." Krezwick said he is pushing a different sales tactic with the Devils when it comes to premium seating. "It's the consultive sell," he said. "For too long, we tried to sell things. We're transactional in that sense in selling things, rather than going into a meeting with a company and finding out what their needs are. Because they really might be better served to have ten season tickets, a dozen suite nights for their board meetings every month, and a couple premium seats because the president of the company loves hockey. We should be selling them that package. Sell them something they want to buy, instead of something we want to sell."
ALL-IMPORTANT CONNECTIVITY: Improving the in-stadium fan experience continued to be a hot topic at the conference, with Krezwick detailing the process of upgrading wi-fi capabilities at Prudential Center. He said, "We went from 60 antennas to 200 antennas in the building, and we can accommodate over 6,000 people now at the same time. We'll take that to 10,000, and eventually it's going to have to be 18,000, because everyone is going to want to access their portable device at the same time very soon."


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'Swing! The Musical' kicks off 2013 Indiana Festival Theatre season
June 13, 2013
Jazz Age artist Fats Waller once called swing dancing "two-thirds rhythm and one-third soul."
It's the rhythm that takes some practice, according to IU junior Nat Zegree, who called the unique American style "the most dangerous form of dancing."
He's one of the performers in Indiana Festival Theatre's new musical "Swing! The Musical", which premiered to a sold-out house on June 12 at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre and continues through June 30.
The show brings a variety of IU dance students together on stage, including those in musical theater, ballet and contemporary disciplines.
"There is a song called 'Throw That Girl Around,'" said Zegree, a B.F.A student in musical theater. "In rehearsal, we get to a point where the swing dancing is in the muscle, but you have to be focused 100 percent of the time in everything."
"Swing" will also show at 7:30 p.m. June 13-15, 18-22 and 25-29 and at 2 p.m. on June 16, 23 and 30.
IU faculty and staff can enter to win two season passes for the 2013 Indiana Festival Theatre before the close of business Monday, June 17.
For "Swing!" all 16 cast members were required to learn some amount of swing dancing -- even those who, like Zegree, are singers. While Zegree had prior experience with swing dancing, learning the moves still proved to be a challenge.
"There is no going back," he said. "If you get kicked in the face, that means something went wrong, but then we know we have to fix it, which is good because everyone understands that and everyone really goes with it. It's made this a productive and fast-moving experience."
B.F.A. junior Abby Bartish, a dancer in the show, grew up studying ballet, jazz and tap and also took musical theater dance classes throughout high school.
"For me a huge challenge was working with a partner," she said. "In the entire show, you're with your partner and finding the energy and dynamic with always having to read each other's minds and be in sync with each other."
George Pinney, a professor of theater and drama and head of the B.F.A. program in musical theater, directed and choreographed the show. The show's musical direction was led by Terry LaBolt, an assistant professor of theater in the B.F.A. musical theater program.
Both Bartish and Zegree have worked with Pinney before, making rehearsals -- which can last for up to 10 hours a day -- a comfortable learning experience.
"He really respects us as performers," Zegree said. "Which makes it easier to just connect in a way and learn and perform and do well."
The 2013 Indiana Festival Theatre lasts through Aug. 25 with four additional productions put on by the IU Department of Theatre and Drama.
Those productions and times are:
- "Arnie the Doughnut," a children's musical directed by Chad Rabinovitz. Takes place 11 a.m. June 22, 25-29, July 1-3, 5-6 and 9-13 at Studio Theatre. Appropriate for ages 3 and up.
- "Much Ado About Nothing," William Shakespeare's classic play directed by Jonathen Michaelsen. Shows are 7:30 p.m. July 5-6, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24 and 26 and 2 p.m. July 7, 21 and 27 at the Wells-Metz Theatre.
- "The Matchmaker," directed by Dale McFadden. Performances are 7:30 p.m. July 12-13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27 and 2 p.m. July 14, 20 and 28 at the Wells-Metz Theatre.
- "Island Song," produced in partnership with the Bloomington Playwrights Project, the new play is directed by Rabinovitz. Premieres 7:30 p.m. Aug. 22-24 and 2 p.m. Aug. 25 at the Wells-Metz Theatre.


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How Long Does Methadone Stay In Your Urine (Page 2)Updated
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I have taken 35mg of methadone today, and i have a urine drung test coming up, how long will it take to get out of my urine?
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21LibEng Says:
I am on Methadone, 120mg/day and when I quit taking it, it still showed up 2 months after I had stopped. Doctor said it was because the methadone metabolites build up and build up and it takes a long time to get em out of your system...
22nick Says:
how dose methadone stay in urine
23nick Says:
how long dose methadone stay in urine
24Kim Says:
Methadone can stay in your system for a very long time. It is stored in your liver and fat cells. You could test positive for well over two months. I suggest you find a doctor who knows what they are doing and tell him to read up on methadone. Methadone is the hardest drug to detox from because it stays in your body for so long. You can have withdrawl symptoms for up to a year if you have been a long time user. I have been on it for 7 years now and dropped from 120mg. to 40 mg. a day. It took a year to drop down that far and I still had withdrawl symptoms every time I was lowered. My suggestion is to find a qualified dr. because most opiates with be out of your system in 7 to 15 days were as methadone will not
25Kim Says:
You are way wrong. Methadone can stay in your system for months depending on your dose and how long you have been taking it. It is stored in your liver and fat cells. I have been on it for many years and I know it is the hardest drug to come off of.
26mary Says:
5-7 days if you only took that amount for that one day. I was told by a dr. that it also has to do with how well your body metabolizes. So the amount you took if only that amount and for that day 5-7 days and you should be ok.
27mary Says:
I posted the one for someone taking a small amount just for one day only. I just paid $25.00 To a dr. on the website( Just ask)which is related to this website.I had taken 40mgs today of methadone because i ran out of my oxy's. tomorrow I get my refill of oxy. But I needed to know How long it would stay in my system because i get pee tested in 2 weeks. That was his answert since I only took it for one day just as the other guy did too.
28Kim Says:
believe what you want...i know better...my friend had to do a test 3 weeks after taking 30mg. and failed. My pain dr. who prescribes them says possibly 1month, everyone will tell you something different. maybe you should just be honest with your dr. so you dont have to worry about it.
29frosty Says:
if you used right befor you where drug tested it came back clean because the urine in your body was still clean you would have to pee a few times after usein be 4 it would show up
30Natalya Says:
Oh YEAH.... I just went through the same thing today..Took my last dose of methadone 14 days ago, failed drug test this morning at the suboxone clinic and was discharged right then!! So yeah, methadone WILL stay in your system a long time!
31my is patrick Says:
i have been trying to get off methadone this week. i took my last 2 mg two days ago n now im in so much pain. i really dont want to go back to methadone but it hurts really bad. after nine years of using the drug im tirer is there anyone out there who can help me get rid of the pain so i can go back to living life and not use methadone
32red Says:
i took about 20 5 mgs of methadone and i haveto go to the doctor on the 19th i took it about 2 days ago...i need to find out how long it stays in your system
33Somerset DM Says:
Methadone is usually out in 2-7 days depending on the weight and dosage intake of the user.
34maryb Says:
I took 40 mg. on aug. 20 and i just had a pee test today and it is still in my system.Aug. 20 was the only day i took methadone because i am on differant pain meds, i ran out and took the methadone. It takes a long time. My doc has been pee testing me for the last week and he said it is going down slightly, but not that much. when i get tested monday, if its still in my system i may no longer have a pain clinic to go to. be honest with your doctor, iwas and if your honest it will be better than lying, i have been given another chance for telling the truth. good luck.
35alicia Says:
I been told 7 days about your weight workout drink lots water
36leave it to beaver Says:
how lng does it stay in ur system if u never take it and i took bout 60 mg through out fri sat and sun, i have a ua on the 28th
37Nick Says:
my friend has been on methadone for 3 years she has been taking 170+ mlg. daily how long will it be in her urine / system ...
38nick Says:
how long does methadone stay in a urine test
39LongTimePainPatientNowOffAllMeds Says:
Darvocet can show up as methadone unless they do a very specific test. Darvocet and Methadone have almost identical chemical structures. There is only one slight difference in the two.
40LongTimePainPatientNowOffAllMeds Says:
This is absolutely correct. I was on methadone for about 8 years. At the highest dose, I was on up to 30 10mg pills a day, which is an EXTREMELY high dose. I had another surgery about 4 months ago and the Anesthesiologist told my wife that he had to give me so much medicine to get me comfortable that if I kept down that path, I would not live 5 more years. I am 34 and have 2 young boys and am happily married. My wife told me what he said a couple days later. I immediately dropped 100MG/day then 10 days later i dropped 50 more MG/day, this had me at 150MG/day or 15 10mg pills. Then every 5 days I dropped 30MG until I was down to nothing. I did have Xanax to take to help, which it did very little. I would not recommend detoxing the way I did, it was pure hell. I cannot exress with words the hell I went through. Luckily I was off from work for 2 months due to my back surgery, so I had the time to do this without affecting my job. It was hard on my body and I am still feeling the effects. It has been two months since I've taken Methadone and I will never ever take it again. I hope my advise can help someone or give some of you a glimmer of hope that it is possible. It is not easy, and will be the hardest thing you've done in your life, I guarantee you that! THanks for listening.
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Master of Orion is a strategic game style that was designed by Studios NGD Studios. A new chapter of the saga The Lord of Orion is waiting for you about the great battle to achieve the technology is different galaxy. Races on different parts of the world and for thousands of years have maintained peace among themselves, but the emergence of a mysterious alien race and lead to the destruction of the peace and create tension among the different civilizations. Away from your eyes wide enemy planets and Technology has found that misuse of it can entail the destruction of the world, a goal that this new race to follow it. In this game 20 planetary system with more than 100 technology that limits you're strong and can ultimately destroy your ability and skills to outmaneuver the enemy.
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers. Diehard fans of the first games will be ecstatic to know that this revival is being built under the watchful eyes of members from the original development team, in conjunction with NGD Studios in Buenos Aires! Discover Master of Orion as it was always meant to be: A fully orchestrated score, interstellar warfare and exploration against the backdrop of beautifully animated far flung galaxies. Confront hostile civilizations, negotiate with mysterious aliens, share knowledge with allies and uncover this newly imagined universe. Just a sampling of the features you will find at launch: All 10 original Master of Orion races, brought to life through compelling AI and award-winning voice acting talent Over 75 researchable technological advancements Vast galaxies featuring up to a 100 different solar systems, each composed of myriad planets and stars Customizable ships with diverse styles for each race Multiple ways to win – including conquest, technological, diplomatic, and more Enthralling gameplay that will have you saying "just one more turn" again and again
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Russell Moore on the Person of Christ
The newest episode of Theology Refresh features a discussion with Russell Moore on the person of Christ.
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Ashes to Africa Everything from death to sexual dysfunction troubles the Henderson family. Grandma's about to kick it, Mom's overworked, Dad's got his nose in girly mags and Junior's hooked on video games. Such are the family struggles in Mark Clayton Southers's sitcom-style Ashes to Africa, now on the boards at The Ensemble Theatre. These poor women don't get any breaks. Carrying most of the burden is hardworking, tired, middle-aged Martha Henderson (Bebe Wilson). Upstairs she's got her feeble mother, who can't even walk herself to the toilet. Downstairs is Martha's teenage son Martin (Joseph Palmore), who's too busy doing nothing to give her a hand. And soon enough Isaac (Byron Jacquet), the "king" of the house, slams in from work. But before the Big Issue can come along, Grandma's got to die. After 45 minutes of setup, the issue arrives in a note left by the dead woman. The most successful child, granddaughter Marta Henderson (Jordyn Lorenz), arrives home from college and finds a poem left by her grandmother expressing a desire to be cremated and have her ashes scattered over Africa. Trouble is, as one character puts it, cremation's "not customary, not for black folk." Most of this feels patched together, and worse, some feels like a rehashing of stereotypes. But director Eileen J. Morris and her cast do about as well as any group could with Southers's script. Through May 25. 3535 Main, 713-520-0055. — LW
The Heiress Concisely adapted by Augustus and Ruth Goetz, Henry James's short psychological novel Washington Square (1880) became a successful Tony-winning Broadway play (1947) and then an equally successful Oscar-winning movie (1949). Writing of just one family — the rich Slopers of New York City's Washington Square — was unusual for James, who limited his usually sprawling canvas. Imbued with parental disapproval and the stifling effect of being plain in a world insistent upon beauty, the deceptively simple story takes on epic flavor. Despised by her father for lacking her dead mother's qualities and lovely outward appearance, shy and socially inept Catherine has become enamored of handsome wastrel Morris Townsend, who has swept her off her feet. Dr. Sloper, with a cruel honesty that borders on the sadistic, warns her that Morris only loves her money — for she has nothing whatever to offer any man. Is Morris sincere in his ardent declarations? Is the plain Catherine doomed to a life devoid of love? Directed with mounting tension by Jeannette Clift George, A.D. Players brings this snappily written play vibrantly to life. Sarah Cooksey is all fidgets and thumbs as ordinary Catherine, who, through love and love denied, is frighteningly transformed into the very thing she most abhors, her father. Marty Blair makes a most charismatic Morris, sparkling and bright as fool's gold. Lee Walker supplies the emotionally distant Dr. Sloper with a terrifying heart of ice. And Christy Watkins bustles and frets most wonderfully as busybody Aunt Lavinia. The handsome set by Mark Lewis and the eye-catching costumes by Patty Tuel Bailey add luster to this production's genuine shine. Through June 1. 2710 W. Alabama, 713-526-2721. — DLG
Time of My Life English playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn is not only one of theater's most prolific writers (some 50-plus works since 1959) but also one of its most experimental and innovative. His work is complex, captivating, a little crazy, revelatory and achingly funny, as the middle class gets its nose tweaked. Don't ever pass up an Ayckbourn. In this little jewel from Company OnStage, love and marriage get dissected, but so does time. After we meet the family of six boisterously gathered to celebrate Mom's birthday at their favorite restaurant, the scenes fragment into a series of intensifying duets — and duels. The parents (Carl Masterson and Cheryl Tanner) stay in the present, full of regret and incriminations; philandering oldest son and mousey wife (Brian Heaton and Kristi Jones Pewthers) move into the future; and spoiled youngest son and girlfriend (Norm Dillon and Renata Santoro) move backward through time, until their last scene is their first meeting. Various waiters at the restaurant pop in and out, too, all lovingly played by John Patterson. The nonchronological order of the scenes lifts what appears to be mundane and ordinary into a realm of heightened sympathy and understanding. It's quite a beautiful effect, pushed even higher by the superlative Masterson and Tanner. The exquisitely shaded performances of these two pros have it all — the faded passion, nitpicking and thousand little cuts that happen as a marriage slowly bleeds to death. If you want to experience unobtrusive acting at its finest and truest, watch these two. The same could be said of Ayckbourn's intimate, yet universal, play. Through June 7. 536 Westbury Square, 713-726-1219. — DLG
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The Vagina Monologues When I last saw Eve Ensler's triumphant feminist deification of "down there," a.k.a. "the Bermuda triangle," a.k.a. "cootie snatcher," the few men in the audience slouched in their seats, desperately trying not to be noticed. But theater impresario Joe Watts is just mad enough to upend expectations and put the guys right onstage — now the actors are transgendered (male to female, and female to male) or in drag. Strange as it may seem for a work whose very essence revolves around the very essence of being a woman, this reversal is an absolute revelation. This version of Ensler's power play reveals unexpected layers and plunges deeper into the psyche. It's quite a thrill. And while all this happens, we completely forget that sexy, glamorous Carmen is really Rafael Aparicio, or that peppy, preppy Stacey Meier only began hormones last year, or that Georges Zemanek, who gives a stunning knockout of a monologue about a grisly clitoridectomy, was not born with a beard. Not even Meg Ryan could out-moan Jenifer Rene Pool during her hilarious "big O" routine, and Julia Christine Oliver adds a touch of normalcy to wherever Ensler's edgy anecdotes take her. In the extremely intimate surroundings of the Montrose Counseling Center — an appropriate venue — Ensler's theme and variations have been freshly buffed and brightly burnished. A trace of five o'clock shadow and some lip gloss do wonders for Ensler's old gal. Through May 31. 401 Branard St., 713-522-2204. — DLG
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My father has a property (house) and I want to get it transferred to my name and I do have 2 brothers but I do not want to share the property with them. Is it possible? If yes please share the procedure details.
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by Kyle Woodley | November 21, 2012 8:50 am
Black Friday is just days away, and that means two things:
But as kitschy as it might seem, don't sneer — there are some numbers behind the hysteria.
Consumer spending and consumer confidence trends are looking up[6] heading into the all-important holiday season. Retailers are pretty confident, too, with 36% of businesses expecting to add more holiday payroll[7] this year than in 2011.
Also, FactSet recently released its own rosy pre-Black Friday report[8]: It expects a boffo Q4 for retail, and it says 10 of the S&P 500's 13 retail sub-industries will see earnings growth in the period, including huge advances in apparel retail (27.5%), drug retail (18.1%) and specialty stores (11.7%).
And wouldn't you know it? The past few years have shown Black Friday really is a decent time for investors to jump into retail.
Broadly speaking, the November-March period has been especially kind to retail stocks of late. The table below shows the performance for five retail ETFs (including the leveraged RETL) and the S&P 500 for the past few November-March and April-October periods:
Why the outperformance? Perhaps because between November and March retail stocks have two primary drivers: Black Friday excitement (and all the data leading up to it), then the reporting of the all-important Q4 numbers, usually between February and March.
That said, this is Nov. 21, not Nov. 1. How do the numbers look for people who bought in around Black Friday and held through March?
The difference in returns isn't as exaggerated, but there's clearly still a sweet spot — which means you still have time to get in.
But how?
Many will suggest throwing the proverbial darts — heck, FactSet itself says Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN[9]) is set to nearly double its earnings year-over-year and that Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF[10]) and Gap (NYSE:GPS[11]) will celebrate banner quarters.
But if you're not willing to take a gamble on whose cami sweater will go bonkers this season (and I'm not), you might be better off making a diversified bet on the whole retail enchilada with a retail ETF. And with a good number of them out there, you can tailor your pick to your tastes.
Here's a closer look at the five ETFs we discussed above:
This is about as "safe," diversified and true as a retail play gets. The XRT tracks an equal-weighted index of retail stocks. That means rather than one stock making up 10% of the fund, then another 5%, and another 0.2%, and so on, all stocks have a (very close to) equal effect on the fund's performance.
XRT has 94 different retail holdings, which further spreads out the risk. About 75% are "cyclical" consumer stocks like OfficeMax (NYSE:OMX[13]), GameStop (NYSE:GME[14]) and Abercrombie, though it also holds defensive stocks like Kroger (NYSE:KR[15]) and The Fresh Market (NASDAQ:TFM[16]).
Expense Ratio: 0.35%
The XLY is a much less direct play on retail, with about 40% of the fund dedicated to the sector. Instead, you also get heavy exposure to media stocks (31%) and hotels/restaurants/leisure (16%), as well as splashes of other sectors.
Also unlike XRT, the Consumer Discretionary SPDR is not equal-weighted. Of XLY's 80 holdings, five — Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA[18]), Home Depot (NYSE:HD[19]), Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS[20]), McDonald's (NYSE:MCD[21]) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN[22]) — account for 32% of the fund's weight. Of course, those are five really solid companies. Also note that XLY is the cheapest of the five funds listed here.
Expense Ratio: 0.18%
The PMR holds only 30 stocks, but its weightings aren't terribly lopsided. Most of the PowerShares fund's holdings read like a mall directory, and Walmart (NYSE:WMT[24]) is a top-five weight at 5%. However, PMR's top three holdings — CVS Caremark (NYSE:CVS[25]), Kroger, Costco (NASDAQ:COST[26]) — aren't exactly the hottest spots around the holidays.
Dubiously, PMR has been the worst performer among the four regular equity funds listed here, while also being the most expensive (almost double the cost of the XRT and our next ETF).
Expense Ratio: 0.63%
This took the place of the same-tickered HOLDRS ETF[28] back in December 2011, so it doesn't have much of a track history. A bet on RTH might as well be a bet on Walmart, Home Depot and Amazon, which make up a whopping 36% of the fund. WMT itself accounts for 14%!
It's the most defensive of these ETFs, split 45/45 between cyclicals and defensives, and the rest is in (of all things) healthcare stocks like McKesson (NYSE:MCK[29]) and Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH[30]). It's also a small fund, at just $14 million in assets under management.
Expense Ratio: 0.35%
This is by far the riskiest play on retail. The RETL is a leveraged fund that seeks to return 300% of the performance of the Russell 1000 Retail Index, which is led by HD, AMZN, Costco, Target (NYSE:TGT[32]) and others. Simply put — if retail does well, RETL will absolutely juice your returns. If it doesn't, you're smoked.
Either way, before you ever touch a leveraged ETF, check out the risks[33]. (And realize that Direxion will take its pound of flesh, with expenses of more than 1%.)
Expense Ratio: 1.07%
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the waves this morning were junky, but my pal just happened to grab his camera and i thought the ride looked decently fun and it displays east coast short period slop and how the olo can move you further when its closing out.
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He also looked like he was starting to get it right in the last couple of rides, as a surfer it happens automatically.
He says that aloha is his creed and he has the right manner, but it's a facade.
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I bet the nose of that board would be a fun place to ride.
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[QUOTE]I see nothing in this video that a normal LB or even a fat fish could not do just as well/QUOTE]
the point was reminiscent of the first few posts that are this thread
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As for 'troubles' are you serious? Without a bit of controversy and skullduggery the olo tour would have lacked spice.
Don't mistake telling it how it is for complaining... I'm just reporting what happened i.e. events which occurred, and expressing my opinion.
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Grand Challenges Canada, which is funded by the Government of Canada, today announced 102 new grants of $100,000 each for bold new global health ideas. Of these, 59 grants went to innovators in 13 low- and middle-income nations worldwide to pursue bold new imaginative ideas to tackle health problems in resource-poor countries.
Grants of $100,000 each were also announced for 43 Canadian-originated projects to be implemented in a total of 49 countries throughout the developing world.
The full global portfolio of 102 creative, out-of-the-box ideas, selected by independent peer review from 436 applications, include:
- An instant test strip to diagnose deadly diseases like Ebola and dengue à la litmus paper
- A vaccine for smokers against nicotine's addictive effect
- A glucose meter cell phone attachment for diabetics
- A tool kit to save newborn lives
- Engineering gut microbiome bacteria to defend against waterborne diseases like cholera and thyphoid
- Teaching old drugs new tricks in the fight against HIV
- Saving mothers and children with affordable, needle-free anemia-screening
- Using mobile phones to monitor maternal and child health in rural Nepal
- * A fast track to safer pesticides via super-computer
- Tapping local businesses in Tanzania: Malaria drugs on wheels
- Reading ultrasound images of rural patients via cyberspace
and many others.
The Stars in Global Health program seeks breakthrough and affordable innovations that could transform the way disease is treated in the developing world -- innovations that may benefit the health of developed world citizens as well. A total of roughly CDN $10.9 million will support the global portfolio of projects, broken down by region and country as follows (and detailed here: http://bit.
40 projects based in seven African countries (14 in Kenya, 10 in Uganda, seven in Tanzania, three in Ethiopia, and two each in Ghana, Nigeria and Rwanda)
19 projects based in six countries in Asia (10 in India, four in Pakistan, two in Nepal, and one each in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam)
43 projects based in 16 Canadian cities (12 in Toronto, six in Montreal, three in Saskatoon and Calgary, two in Vancouver, Ottawa, Waterloo, Sudbury, Hamilton, Victoria, and Edmonton, and one in Guelph, London, Kitchener, Winnipeg and Halifax)
The 43 Canadian-based projects will be implemented worldwide:
22 countries in Africa (Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
17 countries in Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea)
8 countries in South and Latin America (Brazil, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru)
2 countries in the Middle East (Egypt and Jordan). Several projects will be implemented simultaneously in more than one country.
"Our government is focused on what matters most to Canadians -- jobs, growth and long-term prosperity," says Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. "We are pleased to work with our like-minded partners around the world to support global innovation and entrepreneurship that help produce better, brighter futures for people around the world."
"Canada's commitment to bold ideas with big impact is captured in each of these more than 100 peer-reviewed projects," says Dr. Peter A. Singer, CEO of Grand Challenges Canada. "By matching talent with opportunity, Grand Challenges Canada is contributing to saving and improving lives."
If their ideas prove effective, the innovators will be eligible for an additional Grand Challenges Canada scale-up funding of up to $1 million.
Today's grants will advance bold new ideas in remote diagnostics and monitoring, health protection, drug and vaccine development and accessibility, and many others.
Among highlights of grants announced today:
A cheap, instant test strip to diagnose deadly diseases à la litmus paper (Canada, Brazil, Uganda)
(project videos: http://bit.
Malaria is the tropics' most widespread infectious disease but #2 is dengue - also transmitted by mosquitos - affecting 50 to 100 million people across 110 countries every year, leading to about 500,000 annual hospitalizations and 25,000 deaths due to fever and shock. Early diagnosis significantly improves chances of survival.
DNA tests on blood samples are reliable but expensive, time-consuming and inaccessible for many -- and patients, mostly children, often resist submitting to needles.
Brazilian-born Dr. Alexandre Brolo of the University of Victoria, Canada, will lead development of a low-cost plastic strip containing gold nanoparticles that, in combination with a hand-held device, will allow for instant, bedside detection of the disease using the patient's saliva, much like a litmus paper test for alkalinity. To be tested in Brazil, the project's target cost per strip is 10 for a penny; cost of the reader, less than $10.
A similar project in Uganda aims to develop a paper-strip test for the rare but deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses that occasionally plague Equatorial Africa. Project leader Dr. Misaki Wayengera of the Makerere University College of Health Sciences notes that the highly infectious nature of both Ebola and Marburg, poor epidemiological data on their origins, and high mortality makes both diseases major global threats. Hard to detect in early days of an outbreak in communities where quarantine criteria are poor, the diseases present a danger to all, especially health workers.
A vaccine for smokers against nicotine's addictive effect (Canada, Vietnam)
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Tobacco products are the main cause of lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, and reproductive disorders, as well as nearly 6 million premature deaths annually. Treating tobacco and cigarette-related illness and disease places a huge burden on the global health-care system. Young people in developing countries constitute a disproportionate percentage of the world's more than 1 billion smokers.
Led by Hoang-Thanh Le of the Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada, the affiliated research institute of Health Sciences North in Sudbury, Canada, researchers believe they have developed a way to reduce nicotine use and its related health effects: a vaccine administered via the nose.
The team has been working with a nicotine-derived compound administered via the nose that prevents inhaled nicotine from reaching the brain via the blood stream, thereby robbing nicotine of its potent and addictive effect. The researchers envision the technology deployed eventually against other addictions and diseases as well.
In tests to be conducted early next year in mice, and in collaboration with a Pasteur institute in Vietnam, researchers anticipate a 90% or greater reduction of blood stream nicotine reaching the brains of test animals.
Teaching old drugs new tricks in the fight against HIV (Uganda)
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Led by Dr. David Meya of Uganda's Infectious Disease Institute at Makerere University's College of Health Sciences researchers will test whether the addition of an off-patent antidepressant drug called sertraline to standard therapy will reduce the rate of early death from cryptococcal meningitis. The hope is based on sertraline's potent fungicidal effect documented in lab work.
In Africa, deaths caused by cryptococcal meningitis (CM) rivals tuberculosis. While survival rates have improved, more than 30% of patients die early -- within 10-weeks of onset.
Existing pharmaceutical and safety data already exist for sertraline, streamlining its potential new deployment against CM.
Saving mothers and children with affordable, needle-free anemia-screening (India, Canada, Egypt)
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Anemia -- low red blood cell counts due to childbirth and inadequate nutrition -- affects 1.6 billion people worldwide and causes more than 1 million deaths a year. Most patients are in the developing world, especially Africa and South Asia. Anemia's cures are well known, simple, inexpensive and widely available -- the problem is timely detection, regular monitoring and compliance with treatment.
In many low resource settings today, where standard $10,000+ lab machines operated by highly-skilled technicians are days away, testing often consists of drawing blood into a test tube, mixing it with acid and distilled water and assessing its color. Needed is the empowerment of village health workers with an effective, low-cost tool.
Researchers in India, led by Dr. Myshkin Ingawale of Biosense Technologies will provide social health activists with a simple, needle-free, hand-held, battery-operated device, called "ToucHb." Attached to a finger, it can determine in 20 seconds the patient's haemoglobin, oxygen saturation and heart rate -- a simple test at the patient's doorstep involving no needles or pain.
The project's goal is to have within 18 months a model of the device ready to scale with the help of governments and NGOs.
Another project in Canada and Egypt is also focused on blood cell counts, a basic indicator of cardiovascular disease, blood disorders or infection, leukemia (~3 million cases annually), malaria (~200M cases) and tuberculosis (~9M cases).
Making fast, affordable (~10 cents per test) blood tests widely available in developing countries is the aim of a team in Toronto and Egypt led by University of Toronto Professor Yu Sun. Among project ambitions: low-cost, easy to use and disposable. Test results will be verified against commercial hematology analyzers.
Using mobile phones to monitor maternal and child health in rural Nepal
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In much of South Asia, public sector health care is of low quality and hard to access, leaving many poor people at the mercy of unregulated, relatively expensive private sector providers.
Harvard researcher Duncan Maru, MD, PhD and a team of rural practitioners from an organization he created, Nyaya Health, are creating a mobile phone system for remote, rural community health workers to upload and publish data on both illness and local public health care capacity. Project partners include technology NGOs MedicMobile and HealthMap.
Being undertaken in Nepal's mountainous rural Achham district northwest of Kathmandu, the project represents the first real-time surveillance system of available care services and relates it to health outcomes (maternal and child health conditions).
Data is being collected on children under five years old suffering diarrhoea, acute respiratory tract infections, acute malnutrition, newborns and post-partum women. Also being gathered weekly is data from each public sector clinic on staffing, water and electricity supplies, and relevant medicines.
After this feasibility and validation study, the project will explore how such data can be used at national levels for more effective health programming and response to evolving health needs.
Reading ultrasound images of rural patients via cyberspace (India, Uganda)
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Ultrasound technology, perhaps most familiar for its use in fetal imaging, is an essential diagnostic tool in many emergency situations but unavailable to 70 percent of patients in need worldwide. Ultrasound machines are now portable, however, and can be used to diagnose a wide range of disease conditions, including breast cancer, even in the most remote locations.
Sanjoe Jose and colleagues at Emprenure Labs, India, are aiming to take ultrasound technology to a new level of portability with an probe connected to a mobile smartphone from which images are uploaded through cellular networks to a cloud server for remote expert interpretation. The system would provide real time images and low-cost probable diagnoses to end users anywhere in the world.
The requirement for heavy duty processors used in expensive western systems would be eliminated through the use of cloud computing. Trials will be run in 10 remote health clinics with units linked to an expert sonographer and radiologist.
Meanwhile, low-cost, easy-to-perform ultrasound scans to detect early cancer will improve survival prospects for many women in rural Uganda, where the 5-year survival rate for a late stage breast cancer case is 39% compared to 74% for early stage.
A grant to Imaging the World (ITW) and led by Ugandan Dr. Alphonsus Matovu, aims to bring ultrasound training, technology and telemedicine to rural parts of low income countries, promising cost-effective, sustainable breast cancer detection and remote diagnosis and greater breast cancer awareness.
ITW will train frontline health workers with limited knowledge of anatomy or pathology to generate ultrasound images using low-cost, low-power machines and send them via local cellular telephone networks to the Internet for remote expert interpretation. Findings and recommendations are sent back to the rural clinics as text messages or emails -- a model successfully developed and tested for obstetric ultrasound imaging in rural Uganda, with implementation at 11 different healthcare facilities.
Also tapping into the new power of cellular telephone networks to improve health, a team led by Dr. Ash Parameswaran of Canada's Simon Fraser University in Burnaby is developing a portable, low-cost (target: less than $5) instrument that can be fitted to any cell phone to quickly identify the correct antibiotic to effectively treat infantile diarrhea in remote areas. Even with access to powerful antibiotics, many infants in developing countries die due to an inability to determine the right drug at the right time.
Portable, mosquito-free huts to protect itinerant African rice farmers (Tanzania)
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Every year, thousands of subsistence rice farmers in rural Africa spends months away from home cultivating rice in distant river valleys far from health facilities, bringing along young children and infants. They live in semi-open shacks that can't be readily fitted with bednets, exposing them to as many as 350 infectious insect bites yearly. Among these families, malaria prevalence can reach 40%.
A project led by Dr. Fredros Okumu of the Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania, will manufacture and promote a portable, low-cost mosquito-proof hut for use in remote settings, an innovation that, he says, could eliminate 50-90% of transmission and help break a vicious cycle of poverty and disease.
The low-cost, lightweight, highly ventilated huts will be easy to transport, accommodate an average itinerant family, and paid for in cash or produce (equivalent to about 5% of an average family's rice production). Hut production will be localized to help lift village economies.
A fast track to safer pesticides via super-computer (Canada, Philippines)
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Pesticides are essential to agriculture but they poison an estimated 26 million people every year, causing 220,000 deaths and countless cancers, birth defects and other health problems.
That's an unacceptable hidden cost of food that could be slashed via breakthrough technology being developed by Chematria, a start-up Canadian company.
Using massive computer databases, the scientists say they can now create millions of virtual compounds and predict both their toxicity to people and the efficacy of the pesticides early in development, well before experimental tests involving human impacts. The innovation will also help reduce pesticide costs by narrowing chemical choices and shortening development time.
Says project leader Izhar Wallach (whose work is partnered with Dr. Marlon Manalo from the University of Philippines Los Banos): "We will screen for safety and efficacy the tens of millions of compound structures available in our chemical databases, rather than the hundreds of thousands of compounds typically investigated in experimental pesticide screens. Dr. Manalo will experimentally validate the most promising candidates and will lead small-scale field experiments. Within 18 months, we will have proposed a number of compounds to our collaborator for further development."
The Toronto innovators will also use the same super-computer techniques to identify potential new uses for existing drugs and chemical combinations in hopes of repurposing some of them to treat malaria and, one day, the more than 6,000 neglected diseases in resource-poor countries.
Dr. Wallach notes that historically discoveries of alternative uses for drugs have been more serendipitous than systematic. But there are many examples. The antihistamine astemizole, for one, proved effective against malaria while Viagra was first intended as a hypertension drug.
"All medicines have side-effects, but sometimes those effects are beneficial: People take aspirin for headaches, but they also take aspirin to prevent heart disease. We want to uncover those beneficial uses, " he says.
A survey of 30 pharmaceutical firms estimated the cost to develop a new drug at $1.3 billion over 10 to 15 years; to repurpose a previously approved drug for a new use: $8.4 million over 3 to 5 years.
Saving precious crops with eco-friendly "pesticidal plants" (Tanzania)
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Pests destroy up to 40% of African grain crops, compounding rising problems due by inadequate and changing rainfall patterns. About 30% of stored maize -- the crop grown by 77% of farmers -- is lost due to maize weevils infestation.
Led by Basiliana Emidi of Tanzania's National Institute for Medical Research, researchers are testing a natural, eco-friendly product made from a combination of "pesticidal plants" -- their recipe having been shown in tests to destroy maize weevils and inhibit the growth of a toxin-producing fungi.
Within 18 months, the project aims to answer food security and nutrition questions, as well as community acceptability of the dual pesticide -- a product with a large potential market.
Bringing education into focus in Vietnam
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The World Health Organization estimates 158 million people worldwide are visually impaired or disabled (including 8.7 million people who are blind) due to uncorrected refractive errors (e.g., myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism). Of that total, about 62 million reside in the Asia-Pacific region. And much of the problem could be prevented with increased awareness and access to affordable services.
Eye health among schoolchildren is a neglected issue in Vietnam. One in five Vietnamese children suffers from refractive error, yet the vast majority remain undiagnosed and untreated due to a lack of coordinated efforts between the health and education sectors.
Led by Ngoc Pham of Helen Keller International, the ChildSight Vietnam project will enhance and expand efforts to improve the vision of schoolchildren in partnership with private optic shops in Kon Tum Province.
At least 10,000 kids - roughly 10% of all schoolchildren in Kon Tum -- will be screened and a qualified optic shop network will be established throughout the province to ensure children receive quality eyeglasses.
Addressing the rising toll of deadly road accidents in developing countries (Nepal, Kenya)
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In Nepal, more then 9,000 people have died and almost 20,000 were seriously injured in 54,000 traffic crashes in the past 10 years. Among the goals of project led by Pitambar Aryal of Nepal's Integrated Community Development Movement: creating roadside response teams to provide more timely first aid and search and rescue services, and promote helmet and seatbelt use.
In Kenya, meanwhile, motorcycles sales have surged and road crashes are now the 3rd leading cause of death after malaria and HIV/AIDS. The 'Reward N Conquer" project led by Kenyan Pamela Muthuuri will use mobile phone apps to promote helmet use and road safety.
Changing the sanitation script in the slums of Nairobi and Kampala (Kenya, Uganda)
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The film Slumdog Millionaire included vivid scenes of outdoor community pit latrines in Mumbai's wretched slums, which are common also in Kenya's large slums, as is the "flying toilet" -- human waste thrown outside in a bag. Joy Kiruki and brother Patrick Kiruki of Kenya hopes to change the script for the poor in Kenya's urban metropolis, installing up to 500 novel in-home toilets that allow users to hygienically dispose of human waste in privacy. Waste is collected in a compostable bag stored odor-free in the toilet. The system includes collection services together with health and sanitation education.
In Uganda, meanwhile, almost all human waste is discharged into bodies of water causing huge health problems. Researchers led by Dr. Corinne Schuster-Wallace of UN University's Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health, will initiate the first steps in a proposed national program to collect and transform human and other waste into an energy and revenue-producing bio-gas. Supported by Canadian firms Anaergia Inc. (Ontario) and Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. (British Columbia) eventual implementation will involve large underground tanks to mulch human waste along with fish market refuse and other organic trash. Methane from the tanks will be tapped for a new economical source of fuel. A recent study concluded that a sanitation system for 400,000 people in Kampala's urban slums can be run without subsidies by marketing wastewater products.
A mobile phone game and text messages to raise awareness of HIV's dangers (Kenya)
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A game-based approach to improving health will be tested in Kenya led by researcher Pam Muthuuri: a mobile phone role-playing game will raise awareness about HIV's dangers among girls and anticipate propositions from "sugar daddies." A complementary project, led by Dr. Njambi Njuguna of Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya, will send with HIV-related mobile phone text messages to young females, many of whom do not perceive themselves to be at risk and thus don't test. In Kenya, 84% of HIV-infected people are unaware of their status with 33% not testing because they don't perceive a risk to themselves.
Help for those caring for children with Africa's "nodding disease" (Uganda)
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Thousands of East African children aged 5 to 15 suffer from a mysterious, deadly affliction called "nodding disease," characterized by stunted physical and mental growth, as well as severe nodding or epileptic-like seizures or frozen motion most often brought on when the child eats or feels cold.
Helping the children by addressing the heavy toll on caregivers is the focus of a project headed by Dr. Byamah Mutamba of the National Referral Mental Hospital, Uganda. His aim is to "improve care through reducing adverse methods (e.g. physical restraints like tying them up on trees), improve help seeking, medication adherence, reduced stigma and discrimination and school (re)attendance. Using a lay-health worker led intervention will allow for culture appropriateness, improve access and utilization of health services."
Tapping local businesses: Malaria drugs on wheels (Tanzania)
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Over 90% of malaria deaths are children, of which 80% reside in rural areas.
Led by Daudi Simba of Tanzania's Muhimbili University, researchers will work to take advantage of a recent surge in motorcycle popularity in East Africa, putting them to work delivering anti-malaria drugs.
The project predicts that motorcycle deliveries will create near universal access (>80%) to effective malaria treatment in the test area 300 km west of Dar es Salaam, where about one-third of the 500,000 residents survive on less than $1 a day.
Other projects include:
A diabetes glucose meter cell phone attachment (http://bit.
A tool kit to save newborn lives (http://bit.
Engineering gut microbiome bacteria to defend against waterborne diseases like cholera and thyphoid (http://bit.
For a complete listing of projects by city and country, and more information on all grants, including short videos on each project, please visit grandchallenges.ca
To date, Grand Challenges Canada has funded 270 projects around the world. There have already been 451 applications in 40 different countries for the next (5th) round of funding under the GCC Stars in Global Health programme.
Grand Challenges Canada is funded by the Government of Canada through the Development Innovation Fund announced in the 2008 Federal Budget.
Please visit grandchallenges.ca and look for us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.
About Grand Challenges Canada
Grand Challenges Canada is dedicated to supporting bold ideas with big impact in global health. We are funded by the Government of Canada through the Development Innovation Fund announced in the 2008 Federal Budget. We fund innovators in low and middle income countries and Canada. Grand Challenges Canada works with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and other global health foundations and organizations to find sustainable long-term solutions through integrated innovation - bold ideas which integrate science, technology, social and business innovation. Grand Challenges Canada is hosted at the Sandra Rotman Centre. grandchallenges.ca
About Canada's International Development Research Centre
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) supports research in developing countries to promote growth and development. IDRC also encourages sharing this knowledge with policymakers, other researchers and communities around the world. The result is innovative, lasting local solutions that aim to bring choice and change to those who need it most. As the Government of Canada's lead on the Development Innovation Fund, IDRC draws on decades of experience managing publicly funded research projects to administer the Development Innovation Fund. IDRC also ensures that developing country researchers and concerns are front and centre in this exciting new initiative. idrc.ca
About Canadian Institutes of Health Research
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the Government of Canada's health research investment agency. CIHR's mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to enable its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened Canadian health care system. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 14,100 health researchers and trainees across Canada.
CIHR will be responsible for the administration of international peer review, according to international standards of excellence. The results of CIHR-led peer reviews will guide the awarding of grants by Grand Challenges Canada from the Development Innovation Fund. cihr-irsc.gc.ca
About Sandra Rotman Centre
The Sandra Rotman Centre is based at University Health Network and University of Toronto. We develop innovative global health solutions and help bring them to scale where they are most urgently needed. The Sandra Rotman Centre hosts Grand Challenges Canada. srcglobal.org


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