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Waccamaw takes commanding lead in WPDE Zone Cup
Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:49:18 GMT —
WPDE's Zone Cup shines the spotlight on every varsity high school sport. Defending champion Waccamaw had a stellar fall sports campaign to race out to a commanding lead for the 2013 WPDE Zone Cup. Points are awarded based on post-season performance in every varsity sport. Waccamaw had six sports that finished in the state semifinals or placed in the top 4 in the state.
Waccamaw's Fall Dominance
Girls AA Cross Country - 2nd place - 75 points
Boys AA Cross Country - 2nd place - 50 poitns
Competitive Cheer - 3rd place - 50 points
Boys AA Swimming - 4th place - 50 points
Girls AA Tennis - state semifinals - 50 points
Girls AA Volleyball - state semifinals - 50 points
Socastee stands in second place thanks to 3rd place efforts by the boys swimming and cross country teams along with the football team reaching the class 3A quarterfinals. Hartsville (football) and North Myrtle Beach (volleyball) are in the top 5 thanks to getting 100 points for winning state championships.
WPDE Zone Cup Standings (through fall sports season)
1. Waccamaw - 345 points
2. Socastee - 165 points
3. Hartsville - 135 points
4. North Myrtle Beach - 130 points
5. Johnsonville - 125 points
There are 12 more sports that will crown state champions this year. The WPDE Zone Cup will be awarded in May. Click Here to See Full Zone Cup Standings

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Hello! I'm glad you found my page and I hope you take the time to read the reasons why I decided to run for the Student Representative position. As a Midwest girl and coming from the "Show Me State", I hope to show SPJ what the students want and let them be heard on the national level.
"To inspire successive generations of talented individuals to become dedicated journalists."
As a part of SPJ's mission statement, I found this section to be the hook, line and sinker for me. Across America, there are various student chapters, pro chapters and SPJ communities that provide a place of belonging. This organization allows journalists of all ages to come together to work towards common goals and further one another's knowledge.
By hosting conventions, journalism workshops to locally pairing up chapters, we remind and inspire each other to encourage and maintain the rights under the First Amendment, provide the general public timely and accurate information as well as creating a proactive environment for journalists to work. I feel that it is my mission to ensure that all journalists find their niche and then turn that passion into inspiration for other journalists to chase and succeed in their dreams.
At different points in our life, we find ourselves being unsure of a direction or pathway to take. The beauty of journalism is that it is a free outlet for many individuals to voice their opinions, ideas or newsworthy information. As journalists, we invented thinking outside of the box. Our jobs range from print, broadcast, to online. That may seem small till you think about hyper local newspapers to The New York Times, amateur radio to national radio and television stations, to my personal website all the way to cnn.com.
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In the fall of 2013, I became a member of SPJ and pursued my time to help create astudent chapter at Lindenwood University. I was elected treasurer of the LU Chapter and have been a representative at various campus and community events. Our chapter has also held a Journalism-Lab, First Amendment Free Food Festivals and open meetings for other students to check out our organization. I have had the pleasure of attending the Ted Scripps Leadership Institute and the Region 7 Conference. I look forward to attending #EIJ14 in Nashville and reuniting with old and new members. I love meeting new people and as an ambitious new member I cannot wait to network and listen to other's stories and recommendations. I want to become the student voice and have the opportunity to represent SPJ student chapters coast to coast. As a Midwest girl and coming from the "Show Me State", I hope to show SPJ what the students want and let them be heard on the national level. I hope to earn your vote to become a Student Representative for the 2014-15 year.
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The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have completed their respective versions of the defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2005 (H.R. 4200 and S. 2400). This important legislation authorizes defense spending and provides guidance for the Department of Defense and some other federal agencies that are vital to national security. It is therefore one of the primary vehicles through which Congress influences overall defense policy and national security. Once President George W. Bush signs the bill, its mandates become the policy of the United States.
Congress's final stage in this process involves a House-Senate conference committee that will resolve the differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. As in the past, some of the differences between the two versions could have far-reaching implications for national security, depending on which provisions are reported out of the conference committee for final passage by the House and Senate. Some of the most important differences that must be resolved include the issues of:
- Missile defense,
- Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC),
- The U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal,
- U.S.-Taiwan military-to-military exchanges,
- Rapid Acquisition Authority (RAA), and
- "Buy America" and other protectionist purchasing requirements.
Missile Defense
The House version of the defense authorization bill approves the Bush Administration's request for $10.2 billion for the overall ballistic missile defense program in FY 2005, including the Administration's plan to put the necessary elements of the ballistic missile test bed in place to allow for the declaration of an operational capability to defend U.S. territory against limited ballistic missile attacks by later this year.
The Senate version provides for the ballistic missile defense program in a way that is generally consistent with the Bush Administration's request and the House version.
The conference committee's report should authorize full funding for the Bush Administration's missile defense program request and express support for the declaration of an operational capability. Looking ahead, however, the conference report should also include language that encourages the Administration to pursue a more aggressive approach to researching and developing space-based interceptors.
This is particularly the case regarding those capable of intercepting ballistic missiles in their boost phase. Space-based interceptors will prove to be the most capable in defending the U.S. and its friends and allies against ballistic missile attack, including attacks with missiles carrying decoys and countermeasures. The Bush Administration's current approach to researching and developing space-based interceptors does not match the potential benefit of fielding these kinds of defensive systems.
Base Realignment and Closure
The House version would delay the BRAC process until 2007 by requiring a series of Pentagon reports that will be due between January 1, 2006 and March 15, 2006.
The Senate version keeps BRAC on track for a round in 2005.
In order to stay on schedule for a new BRAC round in 2005, the conference committee should reject the House version. The Pentagon has been arguing for additional rounds of BRAC since 1998, and the conference report should reflect that there is no good reason to delay further. The primary arguments for delaying BRAC are that:
- More study is needed before cutting infrastructure;
- Foreign bases should be closed before closing domestic bases; and
- America needs a larger force and therefore should not cut infrastructure.
All of these arguments are false. The Pentagon has been in a state of continuous review for a number of years and has a sound understanding of its force requirements. Where America's military bases are built should depend on how they enhance national security, not on whether or not they are in the United States. Furthermore, whether or not the military needs more troops, it certainly does not need 25 percent more troops, which is the amount of excess infrastructure that the Pentagon currently maintains.
Before transformation of the military can fully succeed, the Pentagon must make the best use of its scarce resources and create an environment that invites and supports change. BRAC sets a good example in this regard and increases overall flexibility.
First, BRAC facilitates joint operations . Restructuring the Department of Defense's support infrastructure can compel the armed services to work together more closely. Another emerging problem for the Pentagon is encroachment. Expanding populations are encroaching on many of America's bases, and the result will be reduced training opportunities and reduced readiness. BRAC can help secure future training opportunities by closing those bases most affected by encroachment and expanding those that are least affected. BRAC will also increase efficiency and save money because maintaining excess base infrastructure drains much-needed resources.
Although saving money and improving efficiency should not drive the BRAC process, they should play a major role. Indeed, a characteristic of a transformed force is that it is also much more efficient.
U.N. Oil-for-Food Scandal
The Oil-for-Food fraud has become an issue of well-founded, serious concern on Capitol Hill. It is potentially the biggest scandal in the history of the United Nations and one of the greatest financial scandals of modern times.1 The U.S. General Accounting Office estimates that the Saddam Hussein regime generated $10.1 billion in illegal revenues by exploiting the Oil-for-Food program.2
The House version does not address the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal.
The Senate version includes Amendment 3440, which addresses the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal.
Senate Amendment 3440, introduced by Senator John Ensign (R-NV), was unanimously adopted following bipartisan consultations and modifications. It is critical that the conference committee include the language of Amendment 3440 in its report.
Amendment 3440 requires key departments within the Administration to take steps to ensure that all documents needed to conduct Oil-for-Food investigations are collected and secured. Specifically, Amendment 3440:
- Requires the Department of Defense to secure documents previously held by the dissolved Coalition Provisional Authority;
- Requires heads of U.S. executive agencies to provide prompt access to documents and information to congressional committees with relevant jurisdiction;
- Directs the Secretary of State to use American power at the U.N. to provide the U.S. with audits and vital documents related to the Oil-for-Food program; and
- Requires the Comptroller General to review U.S. oversight of the Oil-for-Food program, underscoring that the Comptroller General should have full and complete access to U.N. documents and financial data.
Furthermore, recent developments may necessitate that the conference committee revise and update the amendment's language. The conference committee may also want to consider strengthening the language to increase the likelihood that the amendment's intent will be successfully achieved.
U.S.-Taiwan Military-to-Military Exchanges
Section 1215 of the House version mandates that the Secretary of Defense inaugurate an exchange program between the United States and Taiwan for senior military officers and senior civilian defense officials. It defines "senior military officer" as a general or flag officer on active duty and "senior official" as a civilian official at the level of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense or above. The House version would require that the exchanges focus on defending Taiwan against potential submarine missile attacks; threat analysis; military doctrine; force planning; logistical support; intelligence collection and analysis; and operational tactics, techniques, and procedures.
The Senate version does not address U.S.-Taiwan military-to-military exchanges.
The conference committee should adopt the language of Section 1215 of H.R. 4200. There is an urgent need to regularize command-level contacts between U.S. and Taiwan military headquarters and to improve access in Taiwan's high command for senior Pentagon operations and planning officers. Section 1215 is a responsible way to do this.
After 1999, when Chinese air and naval forces began regular and aggressive challenges to Taiwan's ships and aircraft, the Pentagon significantly stepped up its contacts with Taiwan counterparts. Although Taiwan and U.S. military-to-military exchanges have expanded dramatically since 1999, they are arbitrarily limited to contacts at and below the 0-6 level (GS-15) under self-imposed restraints drafted 25 years ago by the Department of State. U.S. theater commanders and senior Pentagon planners are banned from visiting Taiwan, despite universal concern that the Taiwan Strait is one of the world's crisis "flashpoints." Moreover, there are concerns in the Pentagon that U.S. military teams do not have adequate access to Taiwan's civilian defense and national security leaders and cannot communicate the urgency and importance of critical intelligence on China's rapidly modernizing military force.
High-level U.S.-Taiwan military exchanges and dialogue about contingencies serve two purposes: They are a political signal to Beijing that a military adventure against Taiwan could have the most severe consequences; and, in the event that U.S. intervention does become necessary, they provide a mechanism for success. The conference report should include the House language, and the Administration should use it as leverage to persuade the Chinese that there are serious consequences to their increasingly provocative military challenges in the Taiwan Strait.
Rapid Acquisition Authority
The House version includes the Rapid Acquisition Authority provision, which would authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish an efficient and timely acquisition process for battlefield-related items during times of emergency.
The Senate version does not address Rapid Acquisition Authority.
The conference report should include Rapid Acquisition Authority for the Secretary of Defense. Cumbersome and time-consuming bureaucracy should not prevent the Secretary of Defense from providing urgent supplies to war fighters in a timely manner. The result would be a better supplied fighting force and fewer casualties.
Equipment would be relevant under this authority only when there had already been a capability deficiency resulting in combat fatalities. It would be used only to attain the minimum amount of material necessary until existing acquisition statutes could fulfill the needs. If the authority were invoked, the goal would be to award a contract within 15 days of a commander's request. Upon implementation of the RAA, the Secretary of Defense could obtain items outside of the normal procurement bureaucracy when, if not fulfilled immediately, a combatant commander's unfulfilled requests for equipment would result in additional combat fatalities.
Rapidly acquiring time-sensitive, critical material would clearly minimize combat casualties in future combat scenarios. The reality is that the lengthy, bureaucratic procurement process that impedes procurement during peacetime is unacceptable in times of war. The House proposal would also be funded from existing military budgets. It is vital to America's troops and to the war on terrorism that the conference report include this measure.
"Buy America"
"Buy America" and other protectionist provisions prohibit the Pentagon, subject to certain caveats, from purchasing foreign goods and services if these are also grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the U.S.
The House bill tightens current Buy America restrictions by requiring notifications of exemptions, creates a $50 million subsidy program for American defense contractors to prevent outsourcing, and instructs the Pentagon to weigh job creation in the United States as a factor in the competitive bid process. The House bill also prohibits the Pentagon from procuring any defense article or service from a foreign firm unless the country in which that company conducts substantially all of its manufacturing, research, and production conforms its "offset" requirements to those of the United States.
The Senate version would permit the Secretary of Defense to waive domestic source requirements for six or seven countries (the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, Australia, the Netherlands, Norway, and possibly, Italy) that have a "declaration of principles" committing them to purchase equipment to increase interoperability with U.S. forces.
Of the two versions, the Senate language is superior and should be adopted by the conferees. Instead of protecting U.S. national security, protectionism impedes the ability of the Department of Defense to field the best forces, equipment, policies, and programs by restricting the technology and products available to American forces.
Moreover, the legislation would anger America's allies by running counter to current rules and understandings. Adopting additional restrictions on defense procurement could lead to retaliatory measures and undermine interoperability by exacerbating the growing gaps between U.S. forces and their allies.
It would also increase costs. Current restrictions already obligate the Pentagon to purchase defense goods from American sources, subject to specific exemptions. Increasing restrictions on those purchases will drive up the cost of already expensive military equipment and limit access to global goods and services. Limiting America's ability to tap into global resources puts undue restraint on the Pentagon's ability to acquire the best military equipment.
Prudence dictates that the U.S. ensure that foreign suppliers are contractually obligated to meet their obligations, regardless of circumstance, and that any cooperative program must include commitments not to violate U.S. export control standards. Subject to these caveats, a global defense industrial base (based on free trade) is the best way to secure America's future.
Jack Spencer is Senior Policy Analyst for Defense and National Security, Baker Spring is F. M. Kirby Research Fellow in National Security Policy, and Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., is Fellow in Anglo-American Security Policy in the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Brett D. Schaefer is Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs in the Center for International Trade and Economics and John J. Tkacik, Jr., is Research Fellow in China Policy in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation.
1. For further background, see Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., and James Phillips, "Investigate the United Nations Oil-for-Food Fraud," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 1748, April 21, 2004, at new.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/bg1748.cfm .
2. Joseph A. Christoff and Davi M. D'Agostino, "Recovering Iraq's Assets: Preliminary Observations on U.S. Efforts and Challenges," testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, GAO-04-579T, March 18, 2004, at financialservices.house.gov/media/pdf/031804gao.pdf (June 21, 2004).


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"Believe that it can be done. Connect with a source of courage, strength and hope that will give you the power to do it. Share your dream only with those who believe in you, believe in your dream, and will lovingly tell you the truth. Avoid negative people who tell you it can't be done because they can discourage you and hold you back. A good plan is made in a moment of rational confidence to be used in a moment of irrational fear and doubt."
"If someone doesn't appreciate you – forget them, move on. There's too many people in the world who could be busy appreciating you."
"The preachers of past failures are the detractors of the success of the present and jeopardizers of the future"


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Saving lives and achieving results for children in Liberia with Equity
Monrovia, Liberia, 2 December 2010 - Save the Children (SCF) and UNICEF today launched in Liberia their respective global publications on Equity at a joint briefing event attended by officials from the government, international development agencies, the Liberia Children's Parliament and the civil society.
It shows that an equity-focused approach will accelerate progress towards the health MDGs faster than the current path, proving to be most effective - and most cost-efficient - in low-income, high mortality countries.
"We know that most of the world's child mortality happens in poor countries and within these in the poorer communities," said the Regional Director of Save the Children for West and Central Africa, Mr. Aboubacry Tall.
"Common sense would dictate that we put our resources where the needs are greatest; focus on universal access; assess progress across income categories; include other health determinants such as nutrition, sanitation, women's empowerment and social protection; and empower communities and families. What is striking about these actions is that relatively poor countries in the thralls of food crisis have achieved more equitable results than better endowed countries."
Though Liberia has made progress in reducing child deaths in the last seven years since the end of the civil conflict in 2003, the under-five child mortality rate still remains high at 133 per thousand live births.
There are more than 300,000 extremely poor households in the country, and if one correlates the under-five child mortality with the population, the highest percentages of child deaths come from these households.
The same goes for the 331,000 primary school aged children not in school, or the 96% unregistered children in the country.
"Equity is not a new radical strategy. It has always been there. But now we need to implement faster and better strategies focusing on the most disadvantaged to achieve equitable results for children in Liberia, because the gap is widening between the rich and the poor. The biggest percentage of children dying, not in school and suffering from abuse and exploitation belong to the most disadvantaged and poor families. This is where we must focus our resources and efforts," said the UNICEF Representative of Liberia, Ms. Isabel Crowley.
During the discussion following the briefing, officials from the civil society and the UN agreed that strong cooperation and partnerships within development agencies and between the UN, government and civil society partners are crucial in implementing strategies to achieve equitable results for children.
Other key actions for Liberia is to pass and implement the Children's Bill which encompasses all rights of all children in the country; initiate social cash transfer schemes and other innovative strategies that will directly reach the most disadvantaged in the quickest time; use new technologies as much as possible to accelerate results; and further strengthen involvement and empowerment of communities in health, education and other social interventions.
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Our home is on a premier location at Williams Lake. The home offers 110 feet of lakefront and includes a dock for you to moor a boat and jet skis. With Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge just minutes away you will always have wildlife to enjoy. The lake itself is like a human refuge from the craziness of city life, yet in just a few heart beats civilization is there for you if the need arises. Even on weekends you never feel like you arrived at the zoo, and on week days it's extremely peaceful. The lake is perfect for the weekend warrior and/or the person who prefers to relax and enjoy the rugged natural beauty. Whether you are looking for a romantic getaway or the ultimate family vacation, this is it! The property includes; hot tub, fire pit, and many more amenities. Top Rated Fishing Lake. Bicycling is real popular also in the area. There are two resorts that offer great restaurants and weekend entertainment starting the opening day of fishing season (last weekend in April) through the rest of summer. Williams Lake is truly an oasis for everyone.
We provide all the linens, towels, paper towels, T.P. and the kitchen is fully stocked. Gas for the grille is provided also. Wifi, Satellite, and phone (local calls) included. Bottom-line this is a turnkey destination home.
The house is an open floor plan. We do have two bedrooms. Master Bedroom can have combined twin beds to make a king, or kept as two separate beds. Before you arrive please inform us of your preference. The upstairs bedroom has 4 twin beds, one separate and the other three beds are a bunk with a trendel.
The other beds provided are two queen hide-away beds and a queen size futon.
If someone would like to pitch a tent outside that's fine, just make us aware so we shut off the irrigation sprinklers.
We are entering into our 7th year in offering our home to rent. Every year we continue to have more and more return guest. So book early. Many guests will be returning for their 10+ time. Every year we reinvest back into the property trying to make everyone's stay better than the last time.
Wild Life:
As mention, Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge is nearby. The Refuge is open year round from dawn until dusk and has many walking and biking paths to enjoy nature at it's best. But frankly you don't have to go there to enjoy God's creatures. From the property you will enjoy Osprey's, turkey vultures, geese, swans, cranes, hawks, mallard ducks, humming birds and even the occasional Bald Eagle or during the winter Golden Eagles. That's just naming a few of the 200 plus feathery friends you'll likely see. Deer, elk, and moose can be commonly seen. There is an abundance of other creatures but typically they are only heard not seen (coyotes). Go to the Turnbull Wildlife Website to find more info.
Four full distinguished seasons.
Summer - Spokane means 'Children of the Sun' in the local native language. Unlike Western Washington this part of the state is warm and dry during the summer. Because the area is surrounded by the mountains you can generally count on good weather during the summer months. Day time temperature highs from Mid June to Mid September generally are between 80-90 degrees. Occasionally we may have a few weeks where we are pushing 100 degrees, but it's a dry heat so even then it's still bearable. Low's during the summer drop to around 60 degrees (Perfect for night time swimming or pitching a tent and sleeping outside). Lake temperature during the summer hovers between 70 -82 degrees.
Fall – Most locals will tell you we love this time of year. September and October it rarely rains and the day time temperatures still hover between 70-80 degrees. The overnight lows are less predictable but early fall the temperatures range in the 50's. By October you will start to see the changing of the colors and the best sunsets start to happen this time year. September is especially a great month, lake is still warm, fishing season is still open and kids are in school. So the lake is extremely peaceful and the wild life starts to be more abundant.
Winter – We will receive our share of snow and the lake will generally be frozen by the 1st of the year. The ice on the lake in January and February will be thick enough for ice-skating and even for snow-mobiles. The roads are well maintained, and snow plows will keep on top of it so access to town isn't a chore.
Spring – By mid-March the ice is gone on the lake. This time of year the weather is the most unpredictable. March through May you might get summer like conditions but most often this is our wet season. Temperatures range between 50-70 degrees. Once you get to the month of May though you will generally get pockets of warm weather where you'll see 80 degrees, but very unpredictable.
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The Columbia Plateau Trail runs 130 miles between Cheney, Washington, and Pasco, Washington, on an abandoned rail bed. Parts of this trail are near by and can be connected to on many of the roads in the area.
Our Pet Policy:
Pets are family!!! We do charge a fee for fluffy and we do ask if your breed sheds more than average to please help with picking up hair or fur. Obviously needs to be house trained and listens to your commands. Yard by lake is enclosed, but if they are a water lover they will have free access to lake so be mindful of that.
Restaurants / Resorts:
There are 2 fabulous restaurants at each end of the lake. 'The Bistro' is within walking distance of the property. Xanny's is a five minute drive or boat ride away. Both are apart of their respective resorts The Bistro ( Klink's Williams Lake Resort) and Xanny's (Bunker's). Each provide their own specialties. Customers are known to drive for many miles to indulge in these establishments. Check their web-sites for further details. These establishments are open from April- September. Resorts are excellent & provide amenities. Many larger groups have booked our place at same time with places at either resort.
Cheney (15 Minutes):
Cheney is home of Eastern Washington University and is a small town which provides a variety of amenities. Grocery stores, bars, and terrific eateries.
Spokane (35 Minutes):
Spokane was the home of the 1974 World's Fair. This world class city is the Gem of the Inland Northwest. If a night on the town is desired your needs can be fulfilled. Riverfront Park is considered one of the most family friendly environments in the United States. The Spokane Falls, during the spring, are a must and can be enjoyed from the bridges or from the Gondolas directly above or from several fine dining restaurants.
Within a short drive from Spokane, 33 golf courses, 11 wineries, five ski resorts, five major national parks, the Columbia River gorge, and the Grand Coulee Dam. Spokane is home to annual events and attractions that draw people from the surrounding area. Every year in May, Spokane hosts the Lilac Festival, which features many events including the Armed Forces Torchlight Parade held the third Sunday of May. The Lilac Bloomsday Run, held on the first Sunday of each May, is a 7.46-mile (12.01 km) race competitive runners, as well as walkers, that typically draws about 45,000 participants. Hoopfest is held the last weekend in June, and has a variety of participants, from kids, teens, and adults to former college and NBA players, in their respective brackets.
Our family has been coming and/or living at/to Williams Lake for fifty years, and nearly thirty years ago our parents built this Chalet style home for their retirement. It is our desire to share our parents home with you to enjoy and build memories of your own at Williams Lake. It's our sincerest hope to provide the best possible experience for you; whether you are looking for a family vacation, romantic getaway, small reunion place for friends and family, or just a place to escape.
If we are booked for the dates you desire please feel free to inform me. I will keep you posted if it opens up.
To all who choose to stay with us thank you and to our returning guest we look forward to your return for many years to come. We can't even begin to express how grateful we are for your
Management does live on-site next door in the addition but privacy is totally respected. But if a need arises help is seconds away.
Improvements past 7 years: Added HD TV's, installed 550 gallon reserve water tank, updated Master Bath, New bed(s) in master bedroom. New appliances. New Futon. Landscaping & fencing improvements. Installed new door for easier access to hot tub.
Fishing 2017 is stellar. We do accept bookings 2+ years out.
This HomeAway partner has demonstrated and is committed to fast response times, the best rates, and a great traveler experience.
This home was our parents retirement home. Our father passed on a few years ago. We three kids and our mother decided we wanted to share our home with you, so you too may make lasting memories and so we could maintain the property and make improvements each year.
Fischer Family purchased this chalet in 1989
Our father eyed this piece of land for several years. He dreamed of building his retirement home on it. In 1987 around opening day of fishing season his dream came true. Two years later our parents built their dream home. Dad would have been satisfied with a double wide trailer, you have mom to thank for the chalet. LOL. The house is perched on a solid piece of rock. As anyone who has been to or stayed at our place will tell you, you'll be hard pressed to find a better location on the lake. Your view looks straight down the lake and you are just a couple minutes walk from the Resort during the summer months.
Williams Lake is generally regarded as one of the best trout lakes in all of Washington. Best time to fish is from opening day to mid-June. Once the water warms up to around 80 degrees fishing is still good, but the skiers and wakeboarders start to take over. The greatest benefit about Williams Lake is the lake is 80-85% surrounded by cliffs. So the natural beauty hasn't changed much in the last 100 years. Plus the lake is never over-populated. Even on the weekends you never feel you arrived at the zoo, and during the week days you feel the lake is almost completely yours. We are entering into our 4th year of renting our home and we have thoroughly been overjoyed with our guest responses. At this point, most of our guest have stayed with us several times. Some will be back for their 5th time in just 4 years. Every year we try to improve our guest experience.
Wow....It's gorgeous. We loved staying here and talked about coming back. Easy access to Cheney for the EWU homecoming weekend and peaceful place to relax. The house is comfortable and the owners are excellent if you need them. We had such an amazing time here.
Had a great romantic getaway. The views of the lake are beautiful. Had all we needed to enjoy our stay. Pictures of the property are accurate. We only had two people there, but plenty of room for a family.
We once again had a wonderful time. The house is perfect for what we are looking for.
Our stay here was nothing short of excellent. Great place right on the water. Kelly, the host, was fantastic. Helped us get in early when previous plans fell thru and was there if we needed anything. The place was great with everything we needed to make our stay enjoyable. We will be back for sure.
No visit to Spokane would be complete for our Irish guests without a stay in the Williams Lake Chalet! This was our 4th visit and as usual we had a great time this year and hope to visit again soon.
This cabin has everything and the lake is wonderful. Excellent hosts! Would love to come back again. Tons of space for socializing or privacy. Hot tub and view are great. Beautiful sunsets. Great hosts. Thumbs up!
Williams Lake is just minutes away from Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge which means there is an abundance of natural wildlife always around. The lake is just 20 minutes Southwest of Cheney and 45 minutes from downtown Spokane. It's only 4 ½ hours drive from the Seattle area.
The lake is approximately 320 acres and is surrounded by better than 80 percent cliffs offering beautiful scenery plus a quiet environment. Unlike many Eastern Washington lakes that are fed by mountain streams or rivers Williams Lake is primarily fed by underground springs. This means the water will warm up to an enjoyable refreshing temperature during the summer. Water skiing, jet skiing, swimming and tubing generally is in full swing by Memorial Weekend. Fishing season begins at the end of April and closes the last day of September.
The house is actually located on the premier location on the lake, the upper end facing down the lake. There are two excellent resorts on each end of the lake.
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July & August advanced bookings we require a minimum of 7 night stay.
Special events: Weddings Corporate Outings, Youth Groups or Church functions are allowed and pricing is made on a case by case basis depending on length of time and amount of guest. We will consider 1 night stays from September - April.
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- from sketching to sewing, pattern-making to fashion show production, the comprehensive curriculum has established Moore's Fashion Design Department as one of the most distinguished and acclaimed fashion design programs in the nation.
- Teaching from experience and by example, faculty participates in critiques and portfolio reviews, while helping to connect students to valuable internship and employment opportunities.
- These experiences allow students to develop a personal perspective of both the creative and business sides of the industry.
- Moore's faculty of accomplished designers, practicing professionals, successful alumnae and guest critics and speakers mentor our students throughout their studies.
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Breastfeeding (cont.)
What are the benefits of breastfeeding?
With rare exceptions, breast milk is the preferred feeding for infants and confers unique benefits.
Breastfed babies (for at least six months) may be at reduced risk for many acute and chronic diseases, including gastrointestinal tract infection (like diarrhea), irritable bowel syndrome, respiratory tract infections (like a cold), urinary tract infections, otitis media (ear infections), and allergic reactions (like atopic dermatitis and asthma). Breastfeeding also has been shown to reduce pain in infants undergoing painful procedures.
Exclusive breastfeeding has been shown to help infants recover faster from major illnesses such as pneumonia, with shorter hospital stays and decreased need of antibiotic changes than formula-fed babies.
The effect of breastfeeding in protecting against infection is well established. Infants who were fully breastfed for six months or more seem to have higher mental development when compared with infants who were never breastfed. Some studies show that the effects of breastfeeding may carry over and also protect young children and adolescents from becoming overweight, having elevated cholesterol levels, and developing diabetes or prediabetes. Either exclusive breastfeeding for four months or breastfeeding with some formula supplementation for six months reduces risk of being overweight. Breastfeeding may also impact adult health. In some studies, breastfed infants were more likely to have good cholesterol levels and normal weight as adults than those who were not breastfed.
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Call for Papers: CILS Conference on Civil Society and the Governance of Multimodal Communication
My colleague, Michael Rustad, asked me to announce a conference on The Internet: Governance and the Law, "Civil Society and the Governance of Multimodal Communication," to be held at McGill University, MONTRÉAL, Canada, October 26-29, 2008. Here is the call for paper abstracts:
The Center for International Legal Studies in cooperation with McGill University and the Suffolk School of Law invites abstracts for papers on the role of civil society in the formulation, adoption and implementation of policies, regulations and laws affecting multimodal communication by governments and international organizations. At the conclusion of the Geneva phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), civil society was called upon to play an active role in the development and implementation of national strategies affecting multimodal communication. This post-Tunis Internet governance conference invites papers broadly addressing the topic of civil society and the Internet. The name of the presenter/s and his/her/their affiliation/s as well as the thematic focus of the proposal should appear on the top right-hand corner of the abstract. Send abstracts of 500 words or less and requests for further information to:
Manuela Ines Wedam
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Deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 14 April 2008. Each abstract must be accompanied by the author's curriculum vitae and a biographical sketch of 300 words or less.
Advisory program committee:
James Archibald, Department of Translation Studies, McGill University
Dennis Campbell, Center for International Legal Studies
Richard Gold, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy, McGill University
Michael L. Rustad, Intellectual Property Law Program, Suffolk University School of Law


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by Brian Awehali
Tlazolteotl, the Aztec goddess of earth, motherhood and fertility, played a redemptive role in the religious practices of Meso-American civilization: At the end of life, an individual was allowed to confess hir misdeeds to this deity, and according to legend she would cleanse the supplicant's soul by "eating the filth"…
As they ride the wind, vultures seek dead things, not dying things, using a sense of smell far more highly developed than any other bird's. They can detect a dead mouse under leaves from 200 feet up. They are discriminating, preferring corpses between two and four days dead….Vultures, whose name comes from vellere, Latin for to tear, begin their eating at vulnerable spots on the carcass—the anus and eyes. All that being said, you really wouldn't want to live in a world without them.
A truly fascinating article in the Virginia Quarterly Review, by Meera Subramian, and with gorgeous photos like the one below, by Ami Vitale, goes into a lot of detail about the vital role of vultures and scavengers, and the alarming decline of their species on the Indian subcontinent.
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kingsoby1 EMERITUS (4)Finally, time for something not-so-completely different....ItsMyTail (4)Music can still be made with real passion, and the results are spectacular....MorningView425 (4)Oceansize has undoubtedly written their best music on this record, but it remains to be se...UnnamedOcean (4.5)Self Preserved is a complicated release. The evolution on this record will take both avid ...
froghawk (3.5)A strange, rewarding journey with a little bit too much filler....
need to get more into this band
I read most of this, nice work
Album Rating: 4.5Lmao. Thought my eyes were messing with me as I just finished commenting on a new review, and I see that another new one has been posted. Will read now.
Seriously, fromtheinside, take your shit somewhere else. Let us enjoy this. For some of us this is primetime, with our beloved band releasing a new album; this is the time to hype and talk the fuck out of an album
Album Rating: 4.0Just checked this album/band out for the first time and I like what I hear, kinda remind me of Thrice.
in before alachahaol or w/e
Album Rating: 4.5Review is awesome. Just read.
Album Rating: 4.5thanks man did you listen to this yet?
I haven't yet. I'm waiting for late night to roll in to give it a thorough fucking whipping with my headphones. Can't tell you how excited I am. Before Frames came out, I'd listened to this bootleg a good number of times, a bootleg of a show in which the band played a bunch of songs from Frames. I'd also listened to the Unfamiliar edit, and live The Frame mp3s many times, so suffice it to say, Frames didn't feel so "fresh" when I first popped it in.
This on the other hand :D completely, 100% spoil free
Hey look, another Chambered review I need to pos
Chill trippy beats made by a cute Asian girl, can't go wrong really
Album Rating: 4.5^ Send the pics. Then the music.
Album Rating: 4.5Sweet.
Album Rating: 5.0Nice to see Size getting so much attention on this site!
great review, I need this
Is this better than Frames?
Album Rating: 3.5Sweet review chambered, album is good but Frames and Effloresce are still superior.
Album Rating: 4.0frames is their worst LP imo
Album Rating: 3.5for me it's Everyone Into Position
Album Rating: 4.5Everyone Into Position is my favorite album of all time D:
I find it impossible to rank their albums. EIP has the most sentimental value to me, therefore, it is my favorite.
Three listens deep on Self Preserved. WOW. Some stunning songs, and some immensely weird (for 'Size) songs. I never in a million years thought they'd write a song like It's My Tail. Standouts thus far:
Oscar Acceptance Speech
A Penny's Weight
That whole chunk in the middle is it for me so far.
Album Rating: 4.5I'm listening to this right now on grooveshark for the first time. I'm only on Oscar Acceptance Speech and it is really amazing.
Everyone Into Position is my favorite album of theirs as well (by like .1 of a rating).
Album Rating: 4.0Yeah this album rules.
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Well, actually I think that I'm not really interesting person, but other people, my friends, mates... all who are around me think that I am... Ah, but that is their opinion.
I am a student, this year I'll graduate from the University (I hope, that I'll graduate). Studying International Relations and all politics stuffs. Actually it is not so interesting as it sounds, for me it's not. But, anyway, that was my choice, and studying IR has brought me an excellent opportunity and knowledge in some spheres of political life (truly - that's sucks). I've met many interesting people: ambassadors, scientists, politicians ... For example today (18/01/2012) we had an open lecture with the General Secretary of NATO, who came in Estonia for a little more than two hours.. that was interesting, but really boring.
Then... my hobby... I can't say that really "hobby", it's hard to say because I still can't understand what does this word mean...
But I what I really like to do is:
- photography
- crochet (that's really relaxing)
- walking/running but most of all to bicycle
- reading... I read a lot, I read everything everywhere every time
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Comment concilier les droits de l'individu et les droits de la communauté ? Les apports d'Auguste Walras
In laying the foundations for a scientific approach to Political Economy and Natural Law, Auguste Walras proposes to study the idea of justice from a theory of property and a theory of tax. The social issue is to draw a demarcation line between the field of property and the area of the community. Two principles, universal and permanent, are introduced : the need to assign to the State, the ownership of the land ; the order to devote the rent of land to public expenditure. It's on behalf of reason and justice that should be found ways to justify the rights of society. The question of tax underlines the difficulty of establishing a demarcation line between private property and collective property. On the one hand, tax is used to finance public expenditure relevant to the community. On the other hand, the way to apply it goes against the respect for private property.
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U.S. counterintelligence chief Joel Brenner says Russian espionage efforts against the United States are "now back at Cold War levels." Brenner adds, "They are sending over an increasing and troubling number of intelligence officers into the United States."
Former intelligence officials say the shift reflects the priorities of President Putin, a former KGB man, as well as the impact of the increasingly strained diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow, which may be damaging U.S.-Russian intelligence cooperation.
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The Top 8 Headlines You Might Have Missed / November 11
From an Israeli response to an errant Syrian shell landing in the Golan Heights, to American Jewish author Philip Roth calling it quits, Haaretz Newsline brings you today's top headlines you might have missed.
The Israel Defense Forces fired a warning shot at Syria on Sunday, after an errant mortar shell landed in Israeli territory. This was the first time Israel has directed weaponry at its northern neighbor since the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
After more than 80 rockets fired at Israel since Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the IDF will respond aggressively to any attacks carried out by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.
In an op-ed published in his own daily, Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson responds to Ehud Olmert's accusation that the prime minister interfered in the U.S. election, labeling it an 'absurd conspiracy theory.'
A popular restaurant in Rishon Letzion has been accused of racism after an Arab couple claimed last week they had been denied reservations when using their real names, but were able to book after calling back and using Jewish names.
Elta, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, has agreed to resume the production of the airborne warning and control systems for Turkish spy planes, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported on Friday.
Israel will stop collecting tax revenues for the Palestinian Authority and not hand over any money if President Mahmoud Abbas continues to seek observer state membership of the United Nations, Israel's finance minister said on Saturday.
Most economies hit by the Arab Spring uprisings will recover slowly next year, grappling with high inflation and rising unemployment due to poor global conditions, the International Monetary Fund predicted in a report on Sunday.
Renowned American author Philip Roth, one of the leading Jewish writers of his generation, has apparently decided to quit writing. Having conceived everything from turning into a breast to a polio epidemic in his native New Jersey, Roth says his most recent novel will be his last.
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I'm looking for some good white stone ground grits. I know you can get them at Whole Foods, but they only sell small bags of them which are very expensive (though they are quite good). Something marketed as Bill Neal's grits are usually available at Southern Season and Foster's Market. Any other ideas?
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Not a week can go by without a declaration of the growth of cleantech investing. Here's the latest from today: The Cleantech Network says venture capitalists in North America invested close to $1.3 billion in cleantech startups in the third quarter, a 50 percent increase over the second quarter and a 36 percent rise over the third quarter of 2006.
By comparison, the report says VCs in Europe invested $472 million in cleantech, representing a 206 percent surge over the second quarter but a 13 percent decrease from the third quarter of 2006. Together, Europe and North American VCs invested a record of $1.74 billion in the third quarter, bringing the year-to-date investment in cleantech to $3.64 billion, 13 percent higher than the same period in 2006.
What sectors were hot? I think we all know the answer to that one. Energy generation, particularly solar and biofuels, topped the list, with $1.2 billion invested in the third quarter. Solar brought in $410 million in North America and $246 million in Europe. Biofuels companies took in $215 million in North America and $16 million in Europe.


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Overview of antepartum fetal surveillance
- Authors
- Caroline Signore, MD, MPH
Caroline Signore, MD, MPH
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- Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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- Vincenzo Berghella, MD
Vincenzo Berghella, MD
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- Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Thomas Jefferson University
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The goal of antepartum fetal assessment is to both identify fetuses at risk of intrauterine death or other complications of intrauterine asphyxia and intervene to prevent these adverse outcomes, if possible. The main techniques for fetal assessment are the nonstress test, biophysical profile, modified biophysical profile, contraction stress test, and fetal movement count. Assessment of amniotic fluid volume and Doppler velocimetry provide additional information about fetal status. Despite widespread use of these techniques, there is limited evidence to guide their optimal use or to demonstrate their effectiveness for improving perinatal outcomes.
This topic will provide an overview of antepartum fetal assessment. Detailed discussions of the various techniques and their use in specific clinical settings are available separately (see individual topic reviews).
Antepartum testing is based on the premise that the fetus responds to hypoxemia with a detectable sequence of biophysical changes, beginning with signs of physiological adaptation and potentially ending with signs of physiological decompensation (figure 1) [1,2]. Studies in animal models support this premise by demonstrating that fetal biophysical activities (eg, heart rate, movement) are sensitive to fetal oxygenation and pH levels, and changes in fetal biophysical activities occur in response to hypoxemia and acidemia [3]. However, fetal biophysical parameters can be affected by factors unrelated to hypoxemia, such as gestational age, maternal medication/smoking, fetal sleep-wake cycles, and fetal disease/anomalies.
Periodic fetal antepartum testing rarely identifies fetuses at risk of death from a sudden insult, such as complete placental abruption, and thus does not provide an opportunity for intervention to prevent these deaths.
Antepartum fetal surveillance has had an established role in obstetrical practice since the 1970s [4], although its ability to improve pregnancy outcome has not been evaluated by large, well-designed randomized trials [5]. Efficacy is based primarily on two lines of evidence: (1) observational studies that reported lower rates of fetal death in pregnancies that underwent fetal testing than among historic controls with the same indication for testing but no fetal testing and (2) the same or lower rates of fetal death in tested pregnancies (primarily high risk) than in a contemporary untested general obstetrical population (primarily low risk) [6-10].To continue reading this article, you must log in with your personal, hospital, or group practice subscription. For more information on subscription options, click below on the option that best describes you:
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- Gagnon A, Wilson RD, Audibert F, et al. Obstetrical complications associated with abnormal maternal serum markers analytes. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2008; 30:918.
- Frey HA, Odibo AO, Dicke JM, et al. Stillbirth risk among fetuses with ultrasound-detected isolated congenital anomalies. Obstet Gynecol 2014; 124:91.
- Bocking AD. Assessment of fetal heart rate and fetal movements in detecting oxygen deprivation in-utero. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2003; 110 Suppl 1:S108.
- Itskovitz J, Goetzman BW, Rudolph AM. The mechanism of late deceleration of the heart rate and its relationship to oxygenation in normoxemic and chronically hypoxemic fetal lambs. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1982; 142:66.
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- Freeman RK, Anderson G, Dorchester W. A prospective multi-institutional study of antepartum fetal heart rate monitoring. II. Contraction stress test versus nonstress test for primary surveillance. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1982; 143:778.
- Rochard F, Schifrin BS, Goupil F, et al. Nonstressed fetal heart rate monitoring in the antepartum period. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1976; 126:699.
- Manning FA, Platt LD, Sipos L. Antepartum fetal evaluation: development of a fetal biophysical profile. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1980; 136:787.
- Thompson RS, Trudinger BJ. Doppler waveform pulsatility index and resistance, pressure and flow in the umbilical placental circulation: an investigation using a mathematical model. Ultrasound Med Biol 1990; 16:449.
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- Ferrazzi E, Bozzo M, Rigano S, et al. Temporal sequence of abnormal Doppler changes in the peripheral and central circulatory systems of the severely growth-restricted fetus. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2002; 19:140.
- al-Ghazali W, Chita SK, Chapman MG, Allan LD. Evidence of redistribution of cardiac output in asymmetrical growth retardation. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1989; 96:697.
- Nicolaides KH, Bilardo CM, Soothill PW, Campbell S. Absence of end diastolic frequencies in umbilical artery: a sign of fetal hypoxia and acidosis. BMJ 1988; 297:1026.
- Weiner CP. The relationship between the umbilical artery systolic/diastolic ratio and umbilical blood gas measurements in specimens obtained by cordocentesis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1990; 162:1198.
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- Gudmundsson S, Marsal K. Umbilical and uteroplacental blood flow velocity waveforms in pregnancies with fetal growth retardation. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 1988; 27:187.
- Giles WB, Trudinger BJ, Baird PJ. Fetal umbilical artery flow velocity waveforms and placental resistance: pathological correlation. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1985; 92:31.
- Karsdorp VH, van Vugt JM, van Geijn HP, et al. Clinical significance of absent or reversed end diastolic velocity waveforms in umbilical artery. Lancet 1994; 344:1664.
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- Picklesimer AH, Oepkes D, Moise KJ Jr, et al. Determinants of the middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity in the human fetus. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007; 197:526.e1.
- Mari G, Hanif F, Kruger M, et al. Middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity: a new Doppler parameter in the assessment of growth-restricted fetuses. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2007; 29:310.
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- DeVore GR. The importance of the cerebroplacental ratio in the evaluation of fetal well-being in SGA and AGA fetuses. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2015; 213:5.
- Baschat AA, Gembruch U, Reiss I, et al. Relationship between arterial and venous Doppler and perinatal outcome in fetal growth restriction. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2000; 16:407.
- Kiserud T, Kessler J, Ebbing C, Rasmussen S. Ductus venosus shunting in growth-restricted fetuses and the effect of umbilical circulatory compromise. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2006; 28:143.
- Gungor S, Glosemeyer P, Huber A, et al. Umbilical venous volume flow in twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008; 32:800.
- Tulzer G, Gudmundsson S, Wood DC, et al. Doppler in non-immune hydrops fetalis. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 1994; 4:279.
- Krapp M, Baschat AA, Gembruch U, et al. Flecainide in the intrauterine treatment of fetal supraventricular tachycardia. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2002; 19:158.
- Fouron JC. Fetal arrhythmias: the Saint-Justine hospital experience. Prenat Diagn 2004; 24:1068.
- Kiserud T, Eik-Nes SH, Blaas HG, et al. Ductus venosus blood velocity and the umbilical circulation in the seriously growth-retarded fetus. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 1994; 4:109.
- Gudmundsson S, Korszun P, Olofsson P, Dubiel M. New score indicating placental vascular resistance. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2003; 82:807.
- Hernandez-Andrade E, Brodszki J, Lingman G, et al. Uterine artery score and perinatal outcome. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2002; 19:438.
- Soregaroli M, Valcamonico A, Scalvi L, et al. Late normalisation of uterine artery velocimetry in high risk pregnancy. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2001; 95:42.
- Papageorghiou AT, Yu CK, Cicero S, et al. Second-trimester uterine artery Doppler screening in unselected populations: a review. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2002; 12:78.
- Bishop EH. Fetal acceleration test. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1981; 141:905.
- Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Publications Committee, Berkley E, Chauhan SP, Abuhamad A. Doppler assessment of the fetus with intrauterine growth restriction. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2012; 206:300.
- Morris RK, Malin G, Robson SC, et al. Fetal umbilical artery Doppler to predict compromise of fetal/neonatal wellbeing in a high-risk population: systematic review and bivariate meta-analysis. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2011; 37:135.
- Gardosi J, Madurasinghe V, Williams M, et al. Maternal and fetal risk factors for stillbirth: population based study. BMJ 2013; 346:f108.
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- Possible indications for antenatal testing
- Fetal movement counting
- Contraction stress test
- Nonstress test
- Biophysical profile
- Amniotic fluid volume
- Doppler velocimetry
- - Umbilical artery
- - Middle cerebral artery
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India's first Report on Urban Poverty LaunchedFeb 3, 2009
New Delhi, 3 February 2009: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched India's first-of-its-kind report on the nature and dynamics of urban poverty in the country, at an event in this capital city, today.
Titled - 'India: Urban Poverty Report 2009' - Kumari Selja, Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, launched the report. "The pace of urbanization in India is set to increase, and with it, urban poverty and urban slums, despite 62 percent of GDP now being generated in towns and cities," the minister stated. The report is part of UNDP project supporting the government to evolve a national strategy for urban poor.
Jerome Sauvage, Country Director a.i. UNDP, India welcomed the release of the report as an important step towards more inclusive planning of cities and towns. The report brings together 16 prominent authors, scholars and foremost civil society representatives for throwing light on the nature and dynamics of urban poverty in the country. It endeavours to fill a lacuna in the poverty literature to understand urban poverty as a phenomenon beyond the overflow of rural poverty and is, therefore, the first report of its kind that lays the foundation for a robust strategy.
Renowned social scientist Amitabh Kundu has played a key role in bringing out this report. "It is not a report on the poor in urban areas but a report on urbanization keeping poverty at the centre of the analysis," he has stated in the report's introduction. According to the report, in 2001 an estimated 23.7 percent of the urban population was living in slums amidst squalor, crime, diseases and tension. The report has noted, however, that not all slum dwellers exist below the poverty line. They are part of the "other" urban India because of poor city planning and poorer urban land management and legislations.
Apart from the realization that urbanization will be at a rate of 50 percent in India by 2030, the authors of the report have focused on the need to deliver basic services to the urban poor – real or perceived – as a pivotal poverty reduction challenge to be addressed through programmatic focus and proper allocation of funds. This challenge should not only address the present situation but should also foresee the future influx of urbanization. The urban poverty alleviation strategy should also be aimed at the poorest and most vulnerable.
To substantiate this crucial programmatic and policy need, the chapters in the report focus on macroeconomic trends and patterns of urbanization in the country, gender dimensions of urban poverty, patterns of migration, growing importance of the unorganized workforce, access of the urban poor to credit and capital markets and the role of cities in achieving the Millennium Development Goals of halving the number of people living below poverty line by 2015. Well-known publishing house, Oxford, is the distributor of the book which is nominally priced.Read the Report...


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"What is a clinical program, and should I pursue one at law school?"
A clinical program is a program that allows law students to represent actual clients (typically indigent and/or criminal clients), under close supervision by attorneys. Students do everything attorneys do (except bill for their time), including drafting pleadings, negotiating, and court appearances.
Why do it? Most law school classes are geared toward teaching you broad legal concepts, and how to "think like a lawyer." That's important stuff to know, but it also helps to learn some practical information and skills. Clinical programs teach you How To Be A Lawyer – how to deal with clients, how to deal with opposing attorneys, how to prepare for and conduct a trial, how to resolve ethical issues, etc. Also, if you are in the jurisdiction where you ultimately plan to practice, you learn local process – the steps in a divorce case, eviction procedures, etc.
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Changing children's lives, one story at a time
Dhaka, 4 November 2009. Like teenagers everywhere, Tanzia Islam Prianka, 17, has faced some problems as she grows into adulthood. But while making a short documentary, she realised that her own concerns paled in comparison to those of the street children she was filming.
"I come from a well-off family but I have faced problems, such as 'eve-teasing' from boys when I walk on the street. But I thought, 'what about the troubles that girls living on the street are facing?'"
Today, Prianka won first prize in her category of the Meena Media Awards for her video documentary showing that these girls have to beg for survival, sleep outside, and refuse requests to become prostitutes.
Prianka was one of 19 writers or film makers who won a Meena Media Award today for their work raising awareness of children's issues in Bangladeshi print and broadcast media. The awards are split into two categories – one for child journalists like Prianka and one for adult journalists whose work highlights child rights.
Prianka believes that the media has the power to bring about social change.
"If someone watching my story is inspired to make their own story, and then that person inspires someone else, and so on, then this will create mass, long-term awareness of these issues," says Prianka.
While she believes stories about children should receive more priority, she says that it is often a challenge to provide adequate coverage of these stories.
"Many people working in the media think that our viewers are not children, therefore they aren't interested in stories about children. There is so much scope for the media to improve the situation of children, but first we need to change the attitude and mindset of the editorial decision makers."
The award winners were decided through a transparent process by a panel of seven eminent judges from the fields of literature, journalism, film and academia.
Author Selina Hossain, who has been a member of the judging panel every year since the awards were launched by UNICEF in 2005, said the standard of entries was improving.
"Through this programme, a new generation of reporters has been created that are talking about the problems of our future," she said.
The awards ceremony was opened today by UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh, Carel de Rooy, who said that the volume of entries received from the media was encouraging.
"I must thank you for the space you give to children's issues which is so important to raise awareness and bring about changes," he said.
The awards are named after 'Meena': a popular animated character who was created in Bangladesh in 1991 to raise awareness of child rights, and who has now crossed borders to appear in books and TV shows in countries across South Asia.
The full list of award winners can be found on the press release – see link on the right.
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Bin Hammam publishes submissions
Mohamed Bin Hammam has published his own submissions to Fifa's ethics committee.
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Former Fifa presidency candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam has published his own submissions to the ethics committee of football's world governing body.
The president of the Asian Football Confederation, along with Fifa vice-president Jack Warner, has been suspended in the wake of bribery accusations.
It has been alleged that Bin Hammam and Warner were both attempting to buy votes ahead of Wednesday's presidency election, when the former was due to stand against Sepp Blatter.
Bin Hammam has withdrawn from the election process after Chuck Blazer, the USA's executive committee member, brought the bribery allegations to light.
And in a detailed repudiation of Blazer's dossier, Bin Hammam said that he had no knowledge of any cash payments and also claimed allegations had been timed to affect the election in Blatter's favour.
The statement said: "The allegations refer to the extraordinary meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago of 10 May 2011. According to his own statement, Mr Blazer was notified about the alleged offers on the same day.
"However only a few days before the presidential election, he submitted his written report.
"That timing reveals the real purpose of the allegations, namely to influence the upcoming presidential election by discrediting Mr Bin Hammam and Mr Warner, the first being a candidate and the second being an influential person who has not yet taken a position as to which candidate he would support.
"This is a blunt abuse of the institution of the Fifa Ethics Committee."


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NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The price of gold rose modestly in New York Wednesday, as equities finished the session mixed on Wall Street.
On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold added $5 to reach $1,678.40 per troy ounce. Silver added 6 cents to settle at $31.86 an ounce.
Against the dollar, the euro fell to $1.352 from Tuesday's $1.3582. The dollar fell to 93.58 yen from 93.65 yen.


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With our new year-round CSA, the signup page is very long to accommodate
♦ 4 seasons
♦ 4 share sizes
♦ 2 delivery days (evenings)
♦ 4 delivery zones
♦ 2 or 3 egg share sizes for every season
♦ multi-season/full payment discounts, and
♦ new online payment and checkout procedures
. . . so we're using this page to provide the descriptions and other information in an effort to help you make your selections and make that page easier to navigate.
As you go through the signup process, you might wish to keep this page on your screen for easy reference.
Winter Season NEW!
Bi-weekly, 6 weeks ~ Jan 15 & 17 through Mar 26 & 28
The backbone of the Winter Season will be our super-sweet fresh spinach and quart jars of our Whole Roasted Tomatoes, rounded out with roots like carrots, beets, and turnips, and frozen items like roasted butternut squash, strawberries and raspberries. What else is unique about our new Winter Season?
♦ It will include 3 to 5 items per delivery (the other seasons range between 5 to 10 items per week).
♦ Because it is bi-weekly, no Solo share will be offered.
♦ We will deliver the Winter Season shares to delivery zones 1, 2, and 3; if you are in zone 4, please contact us before placing an order that includes the Winter Season.
♦ We are delivering on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
♦ We'll offer egg shares for 1, 2, or 3 dozen eggs with each bi-weekly delivery (or you're still welcome to order eggs as needed along with other a la carte items through our online store).
Spring Season
Weekly, 12 weeks ~ April 16 & 18 through Jul 2 & 4 (July 4th delivery will be adjusted to Wednesday)
Like last year's Early Season, this will be a greens-heavy session with spinach, lettuce, Asian greens, kale, and chard forming the backdrop for a progressive, seasonal array of sweet turnips, radishes, beets, carrots, and scallions, culminating with several weeks of strawberries in June.
Summer Season
Weekly, 12 weeks ~ Jul 9 & 11 through Sep 24 & 26
This is the bounty of the summer season, with tomatoes taking center stage by late July surrounded by sweet and hot peppers, lettuce, onions, zucchini, kale, eggplant, broccoli, cabbage, garlic and more.
Fall Season
Weekly, 12 weeks ~ Oct 1 & 3 through Dec 17 & 19
Brassicas (broccoli, cabbage) and roots (carrots, turnips, beets, radishes) join winter squash, lettuce, and a variety of greens to keep the good stuff coming through the end of the calendar year.
We are offering the same four sizes as last season--and at the same price as last year. Prices are shown here in weekly amounts; multiply by the number of weeks in a season to arrive at your season total. The signup page will show only the total for the season. Please note that the number of people suitable for a particular share size is merely a guideline; everyone's shopping, eating, and cooking habits are different. Feel free to get the size you feel you'll need regardless of the numbers indicated. As always, if you find that you're receiving too much or too little, contact us to make an adjustment at any point in a season.
♦ Solo Share ~ 1 or 2 people $14/week [not available for the Winter Season]
♦ Small Share ~ 1 to 3 people $20/week
♦ Medium Share ~ 3 to 5 people $30/week
♦ Large Share ~ 4 to 6 people (or sharing households) $45/week
We anticipate our delivery days for the 2013 season will be Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Click the link for the boundaries for each of the delivery days. Deliveries are in the evening, generally between 5pm and 10pm.
♦ ♦ ♦ Home Delivery Zones & Rates
Our delivery rates have not changed from 2012, except that the 6 weeks of delivery in the Winter Season will be one-half the amount of a 12-week season. Note, however, that we have tightened up our Zone 4 delivery range, based on our experience that we must have outer boundaries in order to create the most efficient delivery routes.
We're proud to offer certified organic brown eggs from New Century Farm, Shullsburg, WI, a family farm operated by Mary & Dean Dickel and their two children, Megan & Ben. By focusing solely on eggs, they have built a medium-scale farm business that serves many fine restaurants and several cooperatives in Wisconsin on a year-long basis. Their chickens are never caged and are not given antibiotics; they are fed a ration of organic grains that Dean roasts and mixes himself.
Eggs can be purchased either as an a la carte item on an as-needed basis or as an Egg Share. For our 12-week seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall) we offer a single Egg Share (one dozen per delivery) or a DOUBLE Egg Share (two dozen per delivery). During the Winter Season, we'll also offer a TRIPLE Egg Share (three dozen per bi-weekly delivery). The Egg Shares are ordered via the CSA signup process; if you prefer to buy eggs on an as-needed basis, just visit our online store.
PLEASE NOTE: Eggs should be refrigerated; please plan to have a cooler with an ice pack available to receive your eggs if you are not able to receive them directly from your driver.
We offer discounts for those signing up for multiple seasons (need not be consecutive) and paying in full at time of signup. While we appreciate all of our customers, and make installment payments available to bring our CSA within reach of all budgets, we offer the following discounts to those who are able to invest in the farm over an extended period:
♦ 4% for any 2 seasons, paid in full one week prior to the beginning of your first season
♦ 6% for any 3 seasons, paid in full one week prior to the beginning of your first season
♦ 10% for 4 seasons, paid in full one week prior to the beginning of the Winter Season
PLEASE NOTE: The multi-season/full payment discounts will apply only for 2013 and only to the CSA share, not to delivery fees or egg shares.
Your method of checkout will depend on whether or not you are receiving a multi-season/full payment discount.
♦ Without the discount: Please select the Pay Now Online payment option, which will permit you to pay by credit or debit card, and will offer Scheduled Payments to spread your payment over a few months. If you prefer to pay by check, please select the Pay Later option and contact Robin (contact info below)
♦ With the discount: At checkout, your purchase will be totaled without application of the discounts; select the Pay Later Online option on the bottom right. You will not be prompted for immediate payment. Rather, we will internally adjust your account to apply the multi-season discount and we'll send you a Membership Details email which will contain a link for payment. This link will remain active for only 48 hours and will offer you the options to pay using credit or debit card. Please select the Full Payment option! We will make every effort to generate this payment link shortly after your online signup; rest assured that your discount will not be jeopardized for payment links sent after the applicable deadline, provided that you make your payment in full before the payment link expires. If you prefer to pay by check, please contact Robin (contact info below).
NOTE: We have discontinued use of the e-Check option.
You are urged to keep this section handy for reference as you go through the checkout procedure.
Ready to sign up? Click here!
Any questions? Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call Robin at 708-370-8017.


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Last Updated Mar 7, 2011 2:57 PM EST
Given the lousy economic situation, it's hard to think that there might be any public-company CEOs that are feeling particularly underpaid right now. But if there are, research from Rezaul Kabir, of the University of Twente, and Marizah Minhat, of Edinburgh Napier University, suggests there's a simple way to boost their pay. Just call in the compensation consultants--the more, the merrier.
Kabir and Minhat studied 175 United Kingdom listed companies from 2003-2006 and tracked the compensation of their CEOs as the companies brought in and occasionally fired compensation consultants. Even though the consultants were supposed to be making sure that CEO pay is properly aligned with shareholder interests, the more compensation consultants a company used, the higher the CEO's pay.
More Consultants Equals More Pay
- On average, when a firm adds a compensation consultant, CEO pay rises by 8.5%. Firms that decreased the number of consultants saw no difference in CEO pay.
- At companies with one consultant, median CEO income was 1.239 million (All figures are in pounds, they do include stock and options, and yes, British CEOs get paid less than American ones)
- With two consultants, median CEO income was 1.391 million
- With three consultants, median CEO income was 1.58 million
- With four consultants, median CEO income was 3.615 million
- Companies with larger boards pay CEOs more.
- Firms with larger compensation committees tend to employ more consultants.
- Firms with larger institutional ownership and longer-tenured CEOs employ fewer consultants.
Do you think CEOs earn their pay? How about compensation consultants?
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Kimberly Weisul is a freelance writer, editor and consultant. Follow her on twitter at www.twitter.com/weisul


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