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COLUMBIA, S.C., May 14 (UPI) -- A South Carolina couple said Tuesday they're suing doctors and the state's child welfare agency for performing sexual-reassignment surgery on their child.
Pam and Mark Crawford and their attorneys from the Southern Poverty Law Center have filed a lawsuit in state and federal courts against the Medical University of South Carolina, Greenville Hospital System and the South Carolina Department of Social Services, alleging the sexual-assignment surgery performed when the child was in foster care as a toddler was a violation of the child's 14th Amendment rights.
The child was born with both male and female reproductive organs. Doctors and department officials decided the child should undergo sex assignment surgery to make the child a girl. The child, who was later adopted by the couple, is now 8 and identifies as a boy.
"There was no medical reason to perform this surgery, which robbed M.C. not only of his healthy genital tissue but also of the opportunity to decide what should happen to his own body," the legal advocacy organization said Tuesday in a release.
The lawsuit alleges the defendants violated the child's substantive and procedural due process rights by subjecting M.C. to the unnecessary surgery "without notice or a hearing to determine whether the procedure was in M.C.'s best interest."
It also alleges doctors committed medical malpractice by failing to obtain adequate informed consent before proceeding. The law center says M.C.'s guardians at the time of the surgery were not told about the surgery's risks, including sterilization and reduced sexual function.
"This case is about ensuring the safety of all children who do not have a voice," said Alesdair H. Ittelson, a staff attorney for the law center. "No one advocated for M.C.'s right to be free from unnecessary medical intervention at a time when the state was entrusted with his safety and well-being."
"By performing this needless surgery, the state and the doctors told M.C. that he was not acceptable or lovable the way he was born," Pam Crawford, M.C.'s adoptive mother, said in a statement. "They disfigured him because they could not accept him for who he was -- not because he needed any surgery. M.C. is a charming, enchanting and resilient kid. We will not stop until we get justice for our son."
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The Twins have grown used to the first day of Spring Training being just business as usual. As a team accustomed to a settled pitching staff and plenty of talent behind the plate, the Twins' first week of camp has often drawn little attention. Instead most of the anticipation came once the position players reported to see just who might bring the offense that had been lacking in previous seasons. But when pitchers and catchers report at the Lee County Sports Complex on Sunday, all attention will turn to the club's rotation, as almost all of the spots in it are up for grabs. Without Brad Radke and Francisco Liriano to help anchor the staff behind two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana, there will be plenty of competition for the rotation to fill the voids.
"That's a rarity for us in the last number of years," Twins general manager Terry Ryan said. "Usually, it's other things than starting pitching. But we're not an organization that doesn't have concerns every time that we go to Spring Training. You have to have Spring Training for a reason and sometimes you have to work things out." The intrigue on that first day will be to welcome the new faces, like Ramon Ortiz and Sidney Ponson, as well as some of the young arms now battling for their chance at a spot in the rotation. But there are plenty of questions surrounding many of the team's options. Even one of the lone returnees, Carlos Silva, has some questions to answer. After struggling to an 11-15 record with a 5.94 ERA in '06, the hope is that Silva can return to the form he had just the season before. Boof Bonser is considered a virtual lock for the rotation after earning the No. 2 starting spot in the playoffs, but other young pitchers like left-hander Glen Perkins and right-hander Matt Garza provide the team with some talented options. Scott Baker and top pitching prospect Kevin Slowey also will be in the mix. For some it will be a first opportunity to catch the coaches' attention, while for others it will be a final chance to prove themselves ready for the big leagues. Such is the case with right-hander J.D. Durbin, who finds himself out of options heading into this year's camp. The Twins may have spots to fill in the rotation, but there is no such concern in the bullpen. All-Star closer Joe Nathan will once again anchor the group that returns Dennys Reyes, Juan Rincon, Jesse Crain, Pat Neshek and Matt Guerrier. There is an opening for another lefty to back up Reyes, with a few veterans in camp as non-roster invitees, like Randy Choate and Mike Venafro, battling for the spot. The Twins are also set in their catching situation as they return one of the most formidable duos behind the plate in Joe Mauer and Mike Redmond. Mauer enters his fourth season in the Majors having just signed a four-year deal and will look to repeat his offensive success of '06. But it's not offense that's a concern, as Mauer and Redmond will have their work cut out for them trying to figure out a relatively new pitching staff.
The excitement to get started for the Twins certainly is helped by the fact that the disappointing end of getting swept by the A's in the playoffs still lingers with many of the players and coaches. "Everyone is kind of on a mission," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Everyone pretty much understands what we went through last year. We'll have a few new people who didn't have a chance to experience it with us, but most of the guys in the clubhouse did. We know how to get there; now, it's just about getting it done when you get there."
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1Locate a power armor suit. For most players, you'll end up stumbling into your own suit in Concord.
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3Apply the Fusion Core to the power armor suit. This will power it up.
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Kohl's second-quarter net income rose nearly 14 percent as demand improved for its products.
The department-store operator also trimmed the top end of its yearly outlook because of rising costs and slowing sales growth. It also says it entered into a new credit-card agreement.
Kohl's says net income rose to percent $260 million, or 84 cents per share. That compares with $229 million, or 75 cents per share, last year. Analysts expected 82 cents per share.
Revenue rose 8 percent to $4.1 billion. That nearly matched analysts expectations.
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Johnson & Johnson has again recalled thousands of its hip implants, 2 1/2 years after the problem-plagued health care giant issued a recall of two other types of its artificial hips.
Spokeswomen for J&J's DePuy Orthopaedics unit said that the company recalled the "Adept" brand all-metal total hip replacement system starting last month because a higher-than-expected percentage of them had to be replaced. Such replacements, called revision surgeries, usually are needed when an artificial joints starts causing pain, difficulty walking or other problems.
The recall involves only the top part of the hip replacement system, the ball at the top of the thigh bone that fits into the hip's socket.
J&J said it's recalled all 7,500 Adept implants shipped worldwide between 2004 and September 2011. That's when it sold the product back to the company that had developed Adept and had sold the rights to it to the DePuy business in 2009.
According to J&J, the implants were sold in Germany and 20 other countries, but not in the U.S.
J&J said it notified surgeons and hospitals about the recall on Jan. 14 after reviewing data from national registries on joint replacements in two countries. A registry in the United Kingdom found that 12.1 percent of patients needed their implants replaced within seven years, while a registry in Australia found 7.1 percent of patients needed replacements within three years.
The DePuy spokeswomen did not know how many of the recalled implants were implanted in patients. Any who have the implants and are having problems with them should contact their doctor.
The recall was originally reported by the German newspaper Handelsblatt.
J&J noted the recall does not involve a product called Adept Hip Resurfacing Femoral Components.
Johnson & Johnson has issued more than 30 product recalls since 2009. Most have involved nonprescription medicines such as adult and children's Tylenol and Motrin, but other recalls were for prescription drugs for conditions such as epilepsy or for contact lenses. Reasons have included wrong levels of active ingredients in medicines, glass or metal shards in liquid medicines and nauseating packaging smells.
The company is operating under increased scrutiny from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, while it completely rebuilds one nonprescription medicine factory from the ground up and upgrades other factories. The recalls and lost product sales have cost J&J well over $1 billion.
In August 2010, the company recalled two types of DePuy ASR metal hip implants after they were linked to high failure rates. Those recalls have led to thousands of lawsuits by U.S. patients.
In the first of those cases to reach trial, a jury in Los Angeles three weeks ago began hearing testimony in a lawsuit brought by a former North Dakota prison guard who got one of the implants to relieve arthritic pain, but had to have it replaced.
Lawyers for Loren Kransky told jurors that black pieces of metal flaked off the implant and caused a type of metal poisoning that could have killed him if the material had not been removed. But a Johnson & Johnson lawyer said the 64-year-old Kransky had many pre-existing medical ailments.
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Technology prices are set to rise after a chemical plant damaged by the Tsunami has been highlighted as a core producer of a unique resin used by nearly half of the world's semiconductor manufacturers.
Semiconductors are used to manufacture a broad variety of complex technology based components used in everything from cars to LCDs. And the resulting global shortage of this unique resin will drive semi-conductor manufacturing delays and costs up, which will be passed through the supply chain to end user prices.
Analysts have told SCMR that auto plants in the U.S. and Germany have already confirmed they are looking closely at their supply chain to define future product levels; many are heavily reliant on electronic component manufacture in Japan.
The Sendai located plant also produced Copper based products and solvents for cleaning Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs). Both are further critical materials used in the production of key technology components.
And while many large manufacturers have already invoked "business continuity" plans to overcome short-term supply issues, concern is rising over medium- to long-term plans to overcome a global shortage.
"IT materials are at the start of the supply chain – an issue at this birthing stage of products has a knock-on effect further down the chain globally," said Iain Bowles, of Probrand, a major supplier of top branded computer products based in Birmingham England.
"South Korean and Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturers have confirmed they are unsure how long existing inventories of materials will last or how logistics, power or staffing disruptions will impact supplies," he added.
Fuel shortages in Japan are significantly disrupting logistics, which is hampering alternative supply routes.
"Changing to an alternative resin source is a major issue as its characteristics influence overall design and performance of a semiconductor and therefore the end-user product," said Bowles. "This is the cleft stick in the middle of the IT supply chain. Redesign is both time and money sensitive."
Bowles agreed with other analysts who maintained that the full impact of this disaster has yet to be measured.
"But we can see a pattern of short-term power and fuel shortage limiting production in Japan that will influence delivery of products well into the future and some brands are already defining product shortages April onwards," he said. "Additional nuances like unique chemical supply are adding to the complexity of Japan's supply chain challenges."
Brittain Ladd, a supply chain consultant and lecturer, told SCMR that it is not too late to act, however.
"I have been inundated with calls from companies asking me what they can do immediately since their supply chain has been disrupted," he said.
He added that software forecasting and contingency planning packages are being made available, and that it is not too late to act.
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Toronto, Ontario � The Canadian Opera Company's Xstrata Ensemble Studio School Tour returns to elementary schools across Ontario this fall introducing children to the world of opera. For over 20 years, the COC's renowned school tour has brought opera to local schools and communities across Ontario, in the last two years adding northern Ontario to the list of destinations with performances in Sudbury and Timmins. This year the COC presents its acclaimed operas, Isis and the Seven Scorpions, by Canadian composer Dean Burry, and Cinderella, a combination of Jules Massenet's and Rossini's musical scores, from November 8 to December 5, 2010.
The annual Xstrata Ensemble Studio School Tour reaches over 16,000 students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 and displays the talents of professional singers from the renowned COC Ensemble Studio training program. The tour features a 50-minute performance sung in English, which is adapted for a younger audience, concluding with a post-show question-and-answer period with members from the cast and crew. A complete tour schedule is available upon request.
Xstrata, a major global diversified mining group, is the Title Sponsor of the school tour. �We are extremely pleased at how well the Xstrata Ensemble Studio School Tour has been received by communities across Ontario,� says Peter Fuchs, Director of Corporate Affairs for Xstrata Nickel. �We are especially happy to see the tour continue to travel to northern Ontario, in particular to Sudbury and Timmins as part of our mission to bring unique cultural experiences to some of the communities in which we work.�
"We are so grateful to Xstrata which has been instrumental in helping us travel farther than ever before to bring our program to communities across the province," says Alexander Neef, General Director of the Canadian Opera Company. "The performances generate so much enthusiasm from the children, and we hope that this is the beginning of a lifelong love of the arts and opera for them."
For many children, the Xstrata Ensemble Studio School Tour is their first experience with opera, and it allows them to discover a new and exciting art form. "You made us very, very, very happy� the music was beautiful� we really enjoyed the show," stated a letter from a Grade 3 student from Secord Elementary School in Toronto. The tour also appeals to educators who appreciate the educational value of the performances. "I wish you could have seen the enraptured look on the face of one of our Senior Kindergarten students," said a teacher from Prince Charles Elementary School, in Brantford, Ont., after seeing The Barber of Seville in the fall of 2009. "I know that many children are now huge fans of opera and will undoubtedly be predisposed to attend more as adults as a result of this early exposure."
Isis and the Seven Scorpions by Dean Burry
Commissioned by the COC for the school tour in 2006, Isis and the Seven Scorpions is written specifically for elementary school audiences, and is sung in English. Set in the midst of an Egyptian sandstorm, this opera follows the adventures of Professor Hornsby and his students. When Professor Hornsby is stung by a poisonous scorpion, his students must find the cure hidden in ancient hieroglyphics in the Lost Temple of Isis. In an effort to save their professor, the students use Isis's ancient wisdom and learn the power of forgiveness.
Cinderella by Gioacchino Rossini and Jules Massenet
The enduring fairy tale Cinderella is transformed into a charming opera for children. This performance, a mix of Rossini's and Massenet's enchanting music, is sung in both English and French and tells the tale of Cinderella's quest to find her prince.
The COC's Ensemble Studio is Canada's premier training program for young opera professionals and provides advanced instruction, hands-on experience and career development opportunities. The Ensemble Studio is generously supported by the Government of Canada through the department of Canadian Heritage, RBC Foundation and additional donors.
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From: "David Faux" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Variance - was What shall R1b1c call themselves now?
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:01:17 -0700
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Yes, with confidence intervals a mile wide.
David K. Faux.
On 9/24/08, Vincent Vizachero <> wrote:
> You may know your database, but you have repeatedly demonstrated that
> you do NOT know how it is being used. No bias or flaw in your
> database has ( or can ) impact the INTRACLADE variance estimates that
> I and others have performed.
> In other words, using a U152+ sample (even yours) as one clade and a
> M167+ sample as the other clade will provide an unbiased estimate for
> the TMRCA of R-S116. Period.
> Vince
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The 3 Keys to ITIL Success
If you have been trying to get your arms around ITIL and ITSM then you have probably heard that most projects fail from lack of management commitment a wonderfully provocative and yet completely vacant phrase.
Since establishing a functional ITSM workflow and culture based on ITIL is a project, I looked into how many IT projects fail, and why. The results are shocking, but not unexpected to anyone who actually works in IT.
Data from project management organizations and consulting houses peg IT project success at about 30 to 40 percent, where success simply means the project finished (that is, was not cancelled) within budget, on time and with the features promised. The flip side is, of course, that 60 to 70 percent of all IT projects fail. That is an abysmal success rate and makes it easy to see why the business in general has such a dim view of IT.
Next, I looked into the main reason IT projects fail. A recent survey of over 1,000 IT workers engaged in failed projects found that the reason most IT projects fail was due to poor communications. About 28% of respondents said poor communication is the number one cause of project failure.
Insufficient resource planning came in at No.2 with 18%. Rounding out the top four causes of IT project failure were unrealistic deadlines 13% and poorly defined project requirements at 10%.
That means 69% of all IT project failure comes from just four thingsand lack of management support is not one of them. It seems IT projects dont fail for technological reasons, they fail for soft, non-technical reasons. And again, this makes sense, IT is after all nothing if not technically proficient.
So, where was the oft mentioned management commitment that so many alleged ITIL pundits, consultants and trainers claim to be the most important factor to ITIL project success? It came in at No.5 with just seven percent of the vote.
Now, getting back to ITIL adoption, clearly something is amiss when it comes to the advice of most ITIL experts. Communication, resource planning, establishing goals and defining requirements are classic project management tasks. To me then, it seems that a lack of basic project management skills are to blame for ITIL failure, not management commitment.
In a paper I wrote several years ago, I presented an analysis of successful ITIL adopters. Every successful ITIL implementation studied had treated ITIL adoption as a formal project using formal project management techniques. At that time I called out the need for improved project management within IT as one of the top means to improve success with ITIL.
Too many would-be ITIL practitioners glaze over the concept of the ITIL CSIP so prominent in ITIL documentation. The goal of the Continuous Service Improvement Program is precisely the answer to this issue. It seems IT doesnt understand the 5 PsPrior Planning Prevents Poor Projects.
Communicating Is Key
Communication is a primary part of every project. ITIL makes many references to the need for effective communications at all levels. Planning the communications required is itself part of a project plan.
There are three key activities in planning your project communications:
1) Who you are going to communicate with;
2) When, how and why are you going to communicate with them; and
3) What are you going to say to them.
The audience for your communications will vary, and so must your means of communicating and your message. Staff requires frequent specific details to implement and change. Staff will also have the most angst regarding the program and usually have the least information. The more information and details about their jobs and position you can communicate the better.
Your peers need to know what is expected of them, and what you are doing that could affect their span of control. Your managers need less detail and more value and risk data to steer and approve.
When, How and Why
Senior managers will not usually need day to day reports on project status that you and your team need. However, you will find that your direct reports and line staff need almost constant guidance since they are carrying out the line items of your plan.
This means you need to have frequent communications with the team to handle the smaller issues that always arise. Dont forget that the number two reason for IT project failure is insufficient resource planning, which is the result of overbooking IT staff.
A lack of communications between IT groups and teams often results in exactly this problem. The best way to avoid stretching staff too thin is to organize and plan the project in small steps, clearly and frequently communicating expectations and taking actions to resolve issues immediately.
The message delivered will change based on the audience. A single email copied to management, peers and staff will likely not meet the needs of the reader. Instead, consider specific messages crafted and tuned to each audience.
An important element often left out of typical IT communications is remembering that customers need communications from IT as well. Well-written communications to customers need to demonstrate how a project is improving business capabilities.
Communicating wins is a critically important project task on the road to ITIL success, but dont limit the good news just to customers. Share with your managers the good job your staff is doing; and vice versa.
IT projects in general, and ITIL adoption in particular, typically does not fail for technical reasons. IT is technically proficient, but this very strength can set the stage for failure. Be wary of thinking that technology will solve the issue at hand. Remember that people use technology to carry out process. Technology is just a tool. It is seldom the complete solution.
Of course, choosing the right project and setting an appropriate scope is paramount and you cannot assume this is happening. However, assuming that IT projects are all about technology and not paying attention to the 5Ps of project management appears to be the reason for the dreadful image IT has when it comes to new projects. This means that the path to improved success is actually fairly easyfocus on basic project management skills and communications (and this includes project selection and scope.)
IT has to learn that technical skills are not enough. Its also not enough to have a Project Management Office inside or outside of IT that does project management to IT. IT project management skills must be adopted and taught at all levels within ITfrom executive management to line worker.
Consider assigning your PMO a project to disseminate basic project management training to all IT staff at all levels. Increase your IT project and ITIL success by take a page from journalism and combining the age old Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of communications with basic project management skills.
Hank Marquis is director of IT Service Management Consulting at Enterprise Management Associates based in Boulder, Colo. Marquis has more than 25 years of hands-on experience in IT operations, management, governance and operational frameworks. Visit his blog and podcasts at www.hankmarquis.info.


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I read every comment, and respond to quite a few as well! It's pretty common that someone else will respond to your comment before the next page's update, too...
*had to think for a minute why Melody's face was covered and remembers why* Well, it's obvious who the current Scout Arael's supporting, ain't it? Er, I mean Binary there.
OOooh! I wonder who they're talking about!
….snrk! I can't wait to see how you pulled this off…
So Binary's actually a fan? I think I'm gonna like her afterall.
I'm gonna guess it's 'Saw, but then again………….
I just noticed, why does she have 3 heads?
The last panel has an "Intro to a video game with a silent protagonist" feel to it… I hope a name selection screen dosen't pop up now.
Interesting exposition… I didn't realise the scouts were so politically important. Well, except veled.
… That scout is REALLY bad at hiding her identity.
@Noxkitsune: Celeste (and Touched) Scouts are expected to NOT hide their identity, unlike other scouts, mostly because it gets heaps harder to conceal an identity when that identity involves giant freakin' wings.
or Cypress, maybe it's Cypress, those are my two guesses, 'Saw or Cypress
Ooh. 3-headed hottie. I wonder what's so funny?
Gets better every week!
Ah, politics. Just the thing to make an already ugly situation into a complete and total mess.
CURSE YOU COMIC… and your largely inconsequential cliffhangers! CURSE YOU!
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A multifaceted approach that addressed deficiencies in clinical knowledge, skills, motivation, resources, and the organization of care was associated with improvements in practice for high mortality conditions in young children in rural Kenya compared with less comprehensive approaches.
This finding from a novel study by Philip Ayieko from the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, and colleagues, published in this week's PLoS Medicine, is important as it suggests that specific efforts are needed to improve pediatric care in rural areas of poor countries such as Kenya--where 74 in every 1000 children die before their fifth birthday.
The authors randomly assigned eight Kenyan district hospitals to the "full" or "control" intervention. The full intervention included provision of clinical practice guidelines and training in their use, 6-monthly survey-based hospital assessments followed by face-to-face feedback of survey findings, 5.5 days training for health-care workers, provision of job aids such as structured pediatric admission records, external supervision, and a local facilitator to promote guideline use and to provide on-site problem solving. The control intervention included the provision of clinical practice guidelines (without training in their use) and job aids, 6-monthly surveys with written feedback, and a 1.5 day lecture-based seminar to explain the guidelines.
The authors found that the performance of both groups of hospitals improved during the study period (18 months), despite high staff turnover, but the completion of admission assessment tasks and the uptake of guideline-recommended clinical practices were higher in the intervention hospitals than in the control hospitals. In addition, a lower proportion of children received inappropriate doses of drugs (such as quinine for malaria) in the intervention hospitals than in the control hospitals.
The authors say: "Our data... to our knowledge represent the first major report examining national adaptation and implementation of a broad set of rural hospital care recommendations. They are relevant to many of the 100 countries with [Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses] programmes where rural hospitals have important roles supporting primary health care systems and in helping to reduce child mortality."
Funding: Funds from a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship awarded to Mike English (#076827) supported intervention development, provision of guidelines, and job aides and all the research components. Routine hospital care was provided by the Government of Kenya. The funders had no role in the design, conduct, analyses, or writing of this study or in the decision to submit for publication.
Competing Interests: Santau Migiro, Wycliffe Mogoa, and Annah Wamae declared that they are employed by The Kenyan Government within the Ministries of Health and have responsibilities for child and newborn health. Mike English declares: 1. I coordinated the development of the multifaceted approach prior to its being tested in the trial. 2. I help coordinate provision of ETAT+ training on a voluntary basis (one component of the intervention) as attempts are made to provide the training to non-trial hospitals and within the University of Nairobi to trainee paediatricians and medical students. 3. I am attached to KEMRI and employed by Oxford University. 4. I sit on an advisory committee (unpaid) to the government of Kenya, the Child Health Interagency Coordinating Committee and have acted as a technical advisor to WHO on several occasions in the child and newborn health arena. There is no commercial aspect to the development of the training and other aspects of the intervention. In fact all training materials are freely available on the website http://www.
Citation: Ayieko P, Ntoburi S, Wagai J, Opondo C, Opiyo N, et al. (2011) A Multifaceted Intervention to Implement Guidelines and Improve Admission Paediatric Care in Kenyan District Hospitals: A Cluster Randomised Trial. PLoS Med 8(4): e1001018. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001018


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Malaysia: The Festival of Rights 2007!
Part II: 0900 Central Market - Festivities and Conversations
Human Rights Day is celebrated worldwide on 10 December every year. The Bar Council's Human Rights Committee continues the celebration of the 'Day' by hosting the "Festival of Rights" once again.
The theme this year is "As I Believe: Freedom of Expression through Art, Music, Culture and Conscience" showcasing the indivisibility, interdependence and inter-relation of various rights in our daily lives.
The celebration will be in two parts:
(1) Part I starts at with the 'Peoples' Freedom Walk' from the SOGO Complex through Dataran Merdeka to Central Market. We will congregate in front of the SOGO Complex at 0700. This Walk is open to everyone who is welcome to bring along banners highlighting human rights issues that they are concerned about.
(2) Part II will be held at the staging area of Central Market. Participants will be served refreshments while enjoying the festivities. Among others, a multi-religious panel will discuss conscience rights in the 'Conversations' segment titled "When Faith Meets Law". We have invited key religious leaders from the major faiths (Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Taoism) to take part in this session where everyone is encouraged to express their views.
Further, we will be treated to performances by some of our 'home-grown' artists/activists such as Fahri Azzat, Noreen Ariff, Syamsuriatina Ishak, Lai Chee Hoe, Dipendra Harshad Rai, Dr Wan Zawawi, Amir Muhammad and bands, 'Cassarrah' and 'The Wave'. There will also be surprise guest appearances!
To recap, the programme is as follows:
0700 Congregate in front of SOGO Complex
0730 Short briefing on the Peoples' Freedom Walk
0800 Walk from SOGO to Central Market through Dataran Merdeka
0900 Welcome speech by Chair, Human Rights Committee
0910 Breakfast
0920 Poetry Reading
0935 Conversations: "When Faith Meets Law"
(colouring session for children commences)
1145 Cultural performance by the Orang Asli (Kumpulan Kebudayaan SPNS)
1215 "I wish that ……" session
1245 Stage performances by various artists/activists
1400 Closing speech by President, Bar Council
We hope that everyone will be able to join us and take part in this celebration. There will also be booths to cater for all ages at Central Market - the kids, the young and the old.
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I like stage and street magic, from Harry Houdini to David Blaine. Part of it is intellectual. Can we solve the puzzle how somebody created the illusion? We know it's a trick. Sometimes we can't solve the trick with logic. Then it creates an interesting response. If only for a brief second, it feels as if the supernatural actually happened. Like wow!
There is a small connection between the stage magician and the mystical ceremonial magician of "Key of Solomon" fame. Old magic posters of great magicians offer some interesting symbolism. They often include motifs of the genuine supernatural, such as infernal spirits conferring with or aiding the magician. The symbolism is obvious…to hint that maybe the magician is something more then only stage magic. That suggestion is only show business. However behind the symbolism is the recognition that stage magic plays off the real thing…ceremonial magic.
Considering the traditions of real magic, in the past people would use magic tricks to pretend they had supernatural powers. Fake spiritualists used seances and "spirit cabinets" to commit fraud and fleece the public. Houdini was famous for his work debunking the frauds. Today we have famous skeptics like the Amazing James Randi doing the same thing. Randi is involved with a magazine devoted to skepticism aptly named…The Skeptic. http://www.skeptic.com/
I blog about the occult and I endorse a magazine dedicated to skepticism? Yes! It really is a great magazine. I understand the importance of hearing all sides of a viewpoint. The Skeptic magazine takes a strictly materialistic, atheist worldview that I personally reject. Are we all only Automatons?
The skeptical viewpoint is important because they are correct more often then not. They debunk a lot of nonsense. Beware they have an agenda, a philosophical opposition to ANYTHING spiritual. To their credit have debates with spiritual types such as Deepak Chopra. The Chopra articles are especially good…they alone worth reading the magazine. Thumbs up!
Another magazine I like with a spiritual viewpoint was recently renamed, EnlightenNext founded by Andrew Cohen. http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/
This magazine offers an eclectic mix of spiritual viewpoints. I really appreciate that their views are not at odds with science but accept scientific reality as a part of spiritually. Again, not everything they write about I would personally agree with. But reading only what we believe in is not the approach to enlightenment. An open mind should not believe in everything, or in nothing.
Below is a video I took at the 'House On The Rock' in Wisconsin. It is an Automaton of a Magician. A wonderful mechanism! People who visited House on the Rock said it was awesome. I followed their advice. Did it measure up? It far exceeded my expectations. It is not a tourist trap. It is a real experience, if you like interesting objects. The place is filled with fabulous collections of the real and the imagined. The pictures of the magician posters above were taken in their cafeteria.
6 Responses to "Skepticism or Spirituality, Automaton or Magician?"
Stephanie Says:
June 4th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
I agree with you. I pride myself on critical thinking and even some level of skepticism, but I'm unwilling to close my mind as well.
If I'm personally unwilling to reject science (and I am) except as part of the world around me, I also see no reason to let my confidence in science close my mind to what I can't explain scientifically.
As for the debunking of fake fakirs and the like – it's a good thing just like the peer reviews and the objective evidence required in science. A bad scientist reflects on the rest of us. So should a charletan posing as a psychic.
David Says:
June 4th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Stephanie, I like your term "critical thinking". I don't see a conflict between science and spirituality. They compliment each other. If we embrace science without spirituality, or spirituality without science, we are just limiting our self.
Natalina (Extraordinary Intelligence) Says:
June 5th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Hey there! What a magical post! I really loved the video. I've fallen a bit out of the loop of late, so have a lot of catching up to do with your fantastic site. I'm going to be doing a feature soon on Extraordinary Intelligence highlighting my favorite blogs, web sites, and writers online. Guess who made the list??? You!
David Says:
June 6th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Hi Natalina,
I added your great site to my blogroll. I really liked your current post about occultism including mentioning the video "Occult Experience". That was an interesting documentary.
natalina Says:
June 6th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Awww, you're the best! "Occult Experience" is eye, ear, and brain candy, isn't it?
Arlene deWinter Says:
June 8th, 2009 at 2:35 am
I love the automata!


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Pat Hickey from the Montreal Gazette spoke with Felger & Massarotti about the ensuing Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens game at TD Garden. Hickey recently wrote an article where he referred to Felger as "the village idiot of Boston sports radio."
The guys discussed a comment by Mark Recchi where he said that the Canadiens might have embellished Max Pacioretty's injury to try and get Zdeno Chara suspended. Was Hickey surprised by this comment?
They also discussed Pacioretty's comments about not feeling that bad the day after the hit. Does Hickey think that Pacioretty will be well enough to play in the playoffs? What about that cracked vertebra?
The guys also talked about the reaction by Monteal Canadiens nation, did they go too far?


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Caroline Jennen
Caroline Jennen, 94 of Fergus Falls passed away Thursday, July 15, 2010 at Broen Memorial Home, Fergus Falls.
Caroline Catherine Jennen was born Feb. 25, 1916 to John and Paulina (Gebauer) Obowa in Rib Lake, Wis. She grew up in Bismarck, N.D. and Fergus Falls, graduating from Fergus Falls High School in 1936. Caroline was confirmed at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Fergus Falls. She was united in marriage to Cyril Imholte in 1941. To this union one daughter, Marie, was born. The couple made their home in Fergus Falls where Caroline was employed at Montgomery Ward. Cyril passed away on Feb. 17, 1954. She was employed at the ASCS office in Fergus Falls in the late 1950s. In 1960 she was united in marriage to Jules Jennen. To this union one son, Jerome, was born. The couple made their home in Fergus Falls. Jules passed away April 22, 1972. Caroline continued to make her home in Fergus Falls. She became a resident of Broen Memorial Home in January 2010.
Caroline was a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, The Catholic Daughters of America and St. Robert's Mission. She enjoyed sewing, woodworking, rug braiding, gardening, making quilts and dresses for missions, picking strawberries and canning. She especially enjoyed camping trips with her grandchildren.
Caroline is survived by daughter, Marie Fronning of Fergus Falls; son, Jerome (Janice) Jennen of Fergus Falls; step-children, Robert (Anita) Jennen, Richard (Marlys) Jennen, Virgil (Jeanne) Jennen and Beverly (Ben) Alm; 8 grandchildren, Mark Fronning, Mabeth (Russell) Kudrna, Michael (Lisa) Fronning, Mallory (Shelly) Fronning, Mathew (Marice) Fronning, Adrion Jennen, Jacob Jennen, Laura Jennen: 8 great-grandchildren; sisters Gertrude Obowa of Fergus Falls and Rosalie Gabrys of Duluth; brother Louis (Virginia) Obowa of Fergus Falls.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, 2 brothers, Joe Obowa and Frank Obowa; 4 step-children, Dan Jennen, Marion Gould, Juliet Stumble and Jules Jennen, Jr.; and son-in-law, Maynard Fronning.
Visitation was Sunday, July 18, 2010 at Glende-Nilson Funeral Home, Fergus Falls. Funeral services were held Monday, July 19, 2010 at 10:30 am at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, Fergus Falls, with Father Greg Paffel officiating. Burial was at St Otto's Catholic Cemetery, Fergus Falls
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Meat producer Tyson Foods returned to profitability in its second quarter on improvements in its chicken business and higher beef and pork revenue.
The results topped analysts' estimates, and its shares rose 2.5 percent in pre-opening trading.
Tyson CEO Donnie Smith says he expects his company will do even better in the second half and likes the way its third quarter is going as the summer grilling season gets started.
Tyson reported net income of $156 million, or 42 cents per share, in the three months ended April 3. That's a reversal from a net loss of $119 million, or 32 cents per share, a year earlier.
It says revenue climbed 10 percent to $6.92 billion.
Analysts expected earnings excluding items of 34 cents per share on revenue of $6.54 billion.


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amd has shown several slides over the months stating opteron will be available in 2-, 4-, and 8-way configurations. however, that hasn't stopped a company called newisys from leaping outside the box and coming up with a way to extend that design to even greater numbers. newisys, a company co-founded by phil hester (a man who managed computer development programs at ibm for two decades), has a development team of 120 engineers, about 80 of whom are working solely on extending opteron beyond the 8 cpu barrier. their target is to design a 32 cpu opteron system to be sold to main vendors–like ibm or dell – for example–to be packaged under their own labels or brand names. regarding opteron, phil hester says this:
by adding both the i/o and the memory controllers to the processor silicon, newisys can easily scale [opteron] systems up to challenge the major risc-based server vendors.
the ee times article goes into quite a bit of depth regarding hester's position, and why his company believes many will seek out his behind-the-scenes development process in the face of a market driven largely by intel. in my opinion, it's worth reading in its entirety. check it out at ee times.
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West can't ignore Russian aggression in Georgia
With Moscow consolidating the long-disputed regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, it's apparent that the Russian military's push into the embattled Western-oriented country of Georgia is not going to be reversed. But it can be punished. Even as Western leaders scramble to hammer out a ceasefire, they need to come together to send a strong signal to Moscow that its actions have consequences.
A few realities complicate a clear-cut solution to the Georgian crisis: 1) Georgia, although Russian-controlled for around 200 years before the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, is an internationally recognized, sovereign state; 2) Russia is an energy juggernaut; and 3) Russia is either unwilling or unable to come to terms with the post-Cold War world, even almost 20 years after the Berlin Wall fell and 17 years after the hammer-and-sickle flag was removed from atop the Kremlin.
Even with these realities, former Vice President Dick Cheney is correct to argue "that Russian aggression must not go unanswered."
But what to do? After all, no one in NATO is ready to go to war for Tbilisi.
First, given that Russia knows Georgia has a special relationship with NATO - the alliance did agree at the 2008 NATO summit that the tiny Black Sea nation would someday become a NATO member - it's obvious that Moscow has nothing but contempt for the NATO structures that promote continental cooperation. So, it's time for NATO to rethink the NATO-Russia Council and perhaps end it altogether.
From Russia's flouting of the CFE treaty, to the one-sided web war against Estonia, to the bullying of the Czech Republic and Poland, to the battering of Georgia, Moscow has made its feelings about NATO abundantly clear. If the NRC couldn't prevent these expressions of Russian intransigence, one wonders what it's good for.
Next, NATO and EU nations should lead an international effort to fund humanitarian and reconstruction projects across Georgia, not including the regions where Russia has intervened. Moscow can take care of rebuilding those cities and towns on its own.
Third, and just as important, NATO and EU nations should replenish, replace and renew the military hardware Georgia has lost in this war. Even before the Russian invasion, the imbalance was staggering: 641,000 troops vs. 27,000; 6,700 tanks vs. 82; 1,200 warplanes vs. seven; 7,500 artillery pieces vs. 95 (all according to Jane's Defense). While they're at it, NATO members should significantly modernize Georgia's military.
Regrettably, the West is not ready to come to Georgia's defense, at least not yet. This was obvious during the NATO summit last April, when several NATO governments rebuffed Washington's strong push to invite Georgia into the alliance, instead deferring that hard decision for another day. Moscow certainly got the message.


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Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: November 27
This week Morrissey Goodale reported one deal in the United States and two international deals involving The Netherlands, Australia, Finland, and Sweden.
This week Morrissey Goodale reported one deal in the United States and two international deals involving The Netherlands, Australia, Finland, and Sweden.
M&A Transactions
Global technical, professional, and construction services firm Jacobs Engineering (Pasadena, CA) has acquired the assets of pipeline engineering and design firm MARMAC Field Services (Costa Mesa, CA). MARMAC serves the utility and gas industries throughout the Western U.S. Link to details
Global geoscience and geotechnical consultancy Fugro (Leidschendam, The Netherlands) has reached an agreement to acquire Advanced Geomechanics (Perth, Australia). Advanced Geomechanics provides specialized geotechnical and geophysical engineering and consulting services to the oil and gas sector in Australia and globally. Link to details
Consulting engineering, environmental technology and architecture firm Sweco (Stockholm, Sweden) has acquired Tocoman Services Oy (Helsinki, Finland), a 26-person specialized provider of cost and quantity estimating and BIM services. Link to details
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Before the calendar turned, 2016 already had the makings of a pivotal year for manufacturing, and for the world.
There were the big events for the year, including the United States as Partner Country at Hannover Messe in April and the 2016 International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago in September. There's also the matter of the U.S. presidential elections in November, which promise to shape policy in manufacturing for years to come.
But the year started with global economic turmoil, as a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing triggered a worldwide stock hiccup that sent values plummeting. The continued plunge in world oil prices has resulted in a slowdown in exploration and, by extension, the manufacture of exploration equipment.
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John P. Ryan, PhD
John P. Ryan, PhD Welcomed to Faculty
The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to welcome John P. Ryan, PhD to the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. His research interests include functional magnetic resonance imaging, the effects of insulin resistance and Type 2 Diabetes on brain structure and function, and central mechanisms of autonomic neuropathy.
Dr. Ryan earned his doctorate in Psychology from Georgia State University and completed a Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh prior to his faculty appointment. With support from a Mentored Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Dr. Ryan is studying neurobiological correlates of autonomic dysfunction and insulin resistance. Dr. Ryan has published in several scientific journals, including NeuroImage and Psychosomatic Medicine, as well as chapters in The Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology and The Handbook of Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Ryan is a member of numerous professional organizations including the Society for Neuroscience, American Diabetes Association, and American Psychosomatic Society. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Ryan to the faculty.


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(Gawkwire) – Cirracore, a leading supplier of VMware®-based Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions, announced today it is expanding with Equinix, Inc. and has deployed its Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure as a Service into the Equinix International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) in Dallas. In addition, Cirracore has become an Equinix Solution Partner and will offer its Cloud IaaS solutions to customers inside in Equinix data centers. Equinix Solution Partners offer fully managed solutions, which includes the development, deployment and maintenance of customers' IT infrastructure.
Cirracore provides managed, secure multi-tenant, private, hybrid cloud and Disaster Recovery/replication environments as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). Cirracore's Cloud Direct Connect allows Equinix customers to directly connect to cloud resources for compute and storage as well as replicate or disaster recovery. Cirracore direct connect cloud solutions are also deployed in Equinix's Atlanta data center. Compute and storage, replication, backup and disaster recovery solutions are offered on an OpEx basis. Cirracore supplies, monitors and manages and infrastructure hardware and cloud software.
"Cirracore is able to take advantage of Equinix's global footprint of data centers to support its expanding business. As an Equinix Solution Partner, Cirracore is able to leverage Platform Equinix to offer unique and compelling solutions to enterprises inside Equinix data centers around the world. Aligning ourselves with industry leading solution providers makes it easier for customers to do business inside our IBXs," Chris Sharp, general manager, Cloud & Content for Equinix.
Steve Davis, Cirracore's Vice President of Channel Marketing added, "In addition to these leading IaaS solutions for Equinix customers, Cirracore can also help them right-size their cloud infrastructure with our VMware-based Capacity Planning service. This service provides a detailed report on current computing power and storage capacity as well as average and peak utilization to give recommendations for cloud resources."
Customers can choose between Cirracore's Enterprise Cloud that offers rapid deployment, maximum flexibility and reserved resource pools for predictable performance as well as Cirracore's Private Cloud with customer dedicated hardware for regulatory and/or compliance requirements. Contact Equinix or Cirracore at sales(at)cirracore(dot)com, U.S. toll free at (888) 797-3831 or worldwide 01.404.348-2436.
About Cirracore
Cirracore is a global provider of managed enterprise multi-tenant, private and hybrid cloud solutions for mission critical applications that allow enterprises to scale operations while reducing costs and IT infrastructure support. Cirracore has rapidly become one of the most respected high-performance Infrastructure as a Service providers in the industry serving a global enterprise customer base. Cirracore has partnered with premier companies that are leaders in their respective industries to provide best in class service to our customers. Visit Cirracore to learn about cloud hosting at http://www.cirracore.com.
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc., connects more than 4,000 companies directly to their customers and partners inside the world's most networked data centers. Today, businesses leverage the Equinix interconnection platform in 31 strategic markets across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. http://www.equinix.com.
About VMware
VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume Information Technology resources in a manner that is evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2012 revenues of $4.61 billion, VMware has more than 500,000 customers and 55,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at http://www.vmware.com.
VMware and VMworld are registered trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective organizations. The use of the word "partner" or "partnership" does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.


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Fairway wasn't the only local community getting an early start on Halloweening this weekend.
The Prairie Hills Homes Association put on its first-ever Haunt in Windsor Park on Sunday, with approximately 50 residents gathering to decorate the park's trails with lit jack-o-lanterns. Residents then cast votes for their favorite pumpkin, with pumpkin of the year honors going to young Cole McNellis (who took home a $25 gift card for his artistry).


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Obama and Cameron Vow Military Ops will Continue
Military operations in Libya will continue until Moammar Gadhafi stops his attacks
Mississippi Pastor Urges Congregation to Trust God
A Methodist pastor in Redwood, Miss., has urged her congregation to trust God as floodwaters...
Police Raid Meth Lab at Hotel in Walla Walla
Police in raided a Walla Walla motel to get to a methamphetamine lab
NW Rivers Swell from Snowpack
A unusually wet spring and higher than average snowpack are swelling rivers
Massive Fire at Melbourne Factory
A massive fire at a factory in Melbourne, Australia has been brought under control
Category: General News
More Police In New York With Threat of Vigilanteism
NEW YORK (AP) — A spate of break-ins and threats of vigilante justice have prompted New York City police to increase their presence in New York City neighborhoods still struggling with the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. The Staten Island Advance reports copper pipe thefts caused nearly rebuilt homes to flood again. Ten patrol cars are being added on the east shore.


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Vancouver Whitecaps FC held an intrasquad game over the weekend as part of their training camp with new head coach, Martin Rennie and new assistant coach, Paul Ritchie. "I thought the young players, especially, stood up and didn't look out of place — young Russell and Bryce," said Ritchie. (Marc Weber – The Province)
Last week it was made public that Major League Soccer's (MLS) attendance levels officially surpassed that of the NBA. Check out the breakdown of the numbers here and find out how our fans helped to make it possible. (Fred Dreier – The Sporting News)
Jay DeMerit's documentary premiered last week in North America but will also soon be shown on the other side of the world in the Philippines! Cinemanila, a popular film festival, is set to feature Rise & Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story this Friday, November 11. (Carmela Lapena – GMA News)
Did you miss last week's "HOT FUDGE FRIDAY" on 'Whitecaps FC Daily' featuring whitecapsfc.com club correspondent and senior writer Simon Fudge? Don't miss out as Simon tells you what's 'hot' in all things soccer every week.
Make sure you listen to 'Whitecaps FC Daily' with Peter Schaad on TEAM 1410 sports radio throughout the week, as he connects with his partner-in-crime Paul Dolan to discuss a variety of topics this week. You can listen right now on teamradio.ca or find the podcast you are looking for right HERE.
The show is on every Monday to Friday at 3 p.m. PT on TEAM 1410.
Need even more soccer updates, information, and soccer perspective? Listen live to 'Full-Time: Vancouver's Soccer Show' with Tyler Green and Mike Martignago' which can be heard every Sunday from 9:00 – 11:00p.m. PT.
Today's edition of Monday Postgame gives you the rundown of all things MLS playoffs over the weekend – Check it out here! (John Bolster – MLSsoccer.com)
Chiumiento's up for the MLS Goal of the Year – be sure to get your vote in now! (whitecapsfc.com)
It's that time of year for high school students to begin making the important choices about their futures and where they're going to spend the next four years at school. Find out where some of the members of the Girl's Elite Program are headed next year! (Brandon Timko – whitecapsfc.com)
Part of the training camp with new head coach, Martin Rennie, included an intrasquad game over the weekend - Take a look at some highlights and see for yourself who the standouts were. (Brandon Timko & Zac Ratcliffe – whitecapsfc.com)
Peter Schaad, the voice of Vancouver Whitecaps FC, has the all-important job of play-by-play for 'Caps games which means he needs to know this team inside and out. Thanks to Paul Albi and Zac Ratcliffe you can see how he does his job and some of the challenges he faces first hand. (Paul Albi & Zac Ratcliffe – whitecapsfc.com)
Also, don't forget Vancouver Whitecaps FC is on Facebook and Twitter @WhitecapsFC to get all the updates, information and latest stories, and @WhitecapsMatch for live match updates!
The Canada West Championship was played this weekend with the University of Alberta Golden Bears coming away with the title and a berth in the nationals. "We were looking at overtime or penalty kicks and needed something magical — and Marcus Johnstone provided that," said head coach Len Vickery. (Cleve Dheensaw – The Time's Colonist)


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Executive Summary
The L train tunnel between Manhattan and Brooklyn will close fully to trains for 18 months in 2019 to repair extensive damage from Superstorm Sandy. The construction will require a shutdown of service in all of Manhattan and continuing regular service between Bedford Avenue and Canarsie, with no connection on that line between Brooklyn and Manhattan.
The L has become synonymous with the Brooklyn brand; ridership at Brooklyn's Bedford Avenue station has increased more than thirty percent since 2010. The L train's surrounding Brooklyn communities will absorb the economic impact of this tunnel closure: jobs, commutes dining and nightlife will be affected.
- Of the 225,000 daily residents that commute via the Canarsie Tube, more than 65,000 of them are travelling to their primary place of employment.
- Residents of Williamsburg and Bushwick, who typically rely on the L train, currently enjoy average commute times of less than 35 minutes.
- More than 1,000 restaurants surround L train stations in Brooklyn (855) and Queens (145), including five Michelin star-rated restaurants.
- Williamsburg and Bushwick have more liquor licenses per square mile than any other neighborhood in the outer boroughs. The L has allowed nightlife in Williamsburg to flourish.
To mitigate the economic impacts of the L train shutdown on these neighborhoods, the NYU Rudin Center recommends that policymakers act now to institute alternative service options:
- Increase subway service by bolstering connecting lines, including the G, E, R, M, 3, A, C, J and Z to substitute for L train service.
- Institute high-speed bus service, including a peak-hour bus-only lane on the Williamsburg Bridge.
- Develop public]private partnerships with ridesharing companies, including Uber, Lyft, Via and Bridj, to help shuttle Brooklynites to various points in Manhattan.
- Increase East River Ferry service during rush hour, with transfers to subways and buses.
- Offer incentives to bike and car shares, including Citi Bike, ZipCar and Car2Go, to increase offerings near the bases of the Williamsburg Bridge.
- Explore entirely new modes of transportation, including a gondola and scooter share.
- Involve local chambers of commerce and business improvement districts in coordinating evening and weekend service to and from Williamsburg to mitigate impacts.
This long-term closure will give the MTA and city agencies an opportunity to work together and increase city's transportation options in the long run.
Download full version (PDF): L Train Closure and Mitigation
About the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation
The Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management at NYU's Wagner school explores challenges in transportation and infrastructure. The Center draws upon faculty and graduate students to conduct research on cities and mobility, information technology in transportation and access to mass transit.
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Health classes set at senior center
The Seneca Area Agency on Aging is offering a Better Choices/Better Health program to help adults ages 55 and older manage the symptoms of ongoing health problems, such as issues with the heart and lungs, or have suffered from arthritis, stroke or diabetes.
The workshop series will be held once a week for six weeks at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center. Sessions will be 9-11 a.m. Tuesdays beginning Feb. 5 and continuing through March 12.
Class contributions will be accepted. Trained-peer leaders of the Seneca nutritional staff teach the sessions and work to create an environment of mutual support, which builds the participants' confidence in their ability to manage their health and lead active lives.
The workshop will include tips on problem solving, medications, working with the health care system, depression, better breathing, pain management, nutrition, exercise such as flexibility and strength building, and more.
Pre-registration is required. Call Susan Martin at the Fairfield senior center 472-4403.


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Expression 1680 Pro review
By Lynn Wright | on July 23, 2001
Price When Reviewed: £859 plus VAT
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Epson has earned a good reputation for its high-quality scanners. The Epson Expression 1600 in particular impressed us greatly and won a Digit Best Buy on the basis of its high-resolution, top-quality images and general ease of use. Building on that legacy, Epson has introduced the next generation of flatbed scanners with the launch of the Epson Expression 1680 series. While sharing the same 1,600-x-3,200dpi optical resolution as the 1600, the Expression 1680 Pro ups the stakes by offering 48-bit scans and a dynamic range of 3.6 – well over the 1600's already high 3.3. It's the combination of bit depth and higher dynamic range that makes this scanner a suitable tool for professional graphic artists and photographers. Compared with a scanner that can capture 24-bit RGB images, where each colour channel contains 256 possible levels, the Expression 1680's 48-bit file sees each channel contains 65,536 possible levels. This equates to more detail being captured, particularly in the darker areas of an image. The Epson Expression 1680 Pro's dynamic range of 3.6D will also appeal to those users who need to scan film. Unlike prints, where the overall difference in light levels reflected vary slightly resulting in a dynamic range of, say, 2.0, film can have a density range of up to 3.5. To that end, the 1680 Pro version comes with an robust transparency adaptor as standard that features an 8-x-10 inch scanning area, and a well-designed set of film holders for various-size film formats. The 1680's scan quality, like that of its predecessor the Expression 1600, is excellent with accurate, vibrant colours, and sharp detail maintained across highlights and shadows. Although the 1680 Pro has a dual-interface (USB and SCSI), it ships with just a USB cable which we used to test the unit. The results were more than satisfactory. A 5-x-7 colour print scanned at 24-bit and 300dpi previewed in just under seven seconds and a scan obtained in one minute 25 seconds. The scanner created a scan of a 35mm slide at 24-bit, 1,600dpi in 60 seconds. Using a SCSI connection should improve these times and a FireWire (IEEE 1394) version of the Expression 1680 Pro is available for those who require their images scanned at the double. Be prepared to pay an extra £195 plus VAT for the privilege. What's really impressive with this scanner is the generous software bundle it ships with. These include LaserSoft SilverFast Ai5, Xerox Textbridge Classic, Presto PageManager, Epson TWAIN Pro 2 (and its network-capable client version) and Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE. The latter choice seems a little redundant as most buyers of this scanner who are interested in 48-bit scans will no doubt already have a full copy of the latest version. The inclusion of SilverFast Ai5 is of particular interest for pros. This powerful scanning and image-processing application offers advanced colour management features, and the ability to perform corrections with a preview in real-time. The Epson Expression 1680 Pro's build quality is impressive, and the scanner was easy to set up and operate. Switching between the document cover and the transparency adaptor was straightforward and, if the 1680 is connected directly to your computer, you can launch straight into Epson TWAIN Pro by pressing the scanner's large Start button. The 1680 Pro is a good choice for graphic professionals who demand top-quality reflective and transparency scanning. The only disadvantage is the cost. At £859 plus VAT (or £649 without the transparency adaptor), this scanner costs several hundred pounds more than the similarly spec'd Microtek ScanMaker 8700 or HP ScanJet 7450c.