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Organ donors should get first priority for transplants, group says
Updated 10:00 pm, Thursday, August 2, 2007
Shawn Gilman signed up as an organ donor when he received his Washington driver's license, figuring that should he require an organ down the road, he likewise should make his organs available to someone in need.
And in an attempt to boost his odds should he need an organ, Gilman signed up with LifeSharers, a network that advocates providing organs for organ donors. This is how the idea works: When a LifeSharer member dies, his or her organs would go only to another LifeSharer member, unless no area LifeSharers were a good match.
"A lot of organs (are going) to individuals who aren't in the same way making themselves available to organ donation," said Gilman, a 27-year-old law student.
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Washington is above the national average, with 54 percent carrying a red heart on their driver's license.
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A LifeSharers phone line is open 24 hours a day to facilitate the donation process, but a LifeSharers member has yet to die, so Undis is still unsure of how seamlessly his program will work.
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The low-temperature behavior of a natural kalsilite (ideal formula KAlSiO4) with P31c symmetry has been investigated by in situ single-crystal diffraction. A series of intensity data collections and structural refinements have been performed at 298, 250, 200, 150, and 100 K on decreasing temperature, and 175, 225, and 275 K on increasing T. The variations of the unit-cell parameters of kalsilite as a function of T are continuous, and show no evidence of any phase transitions or thermo-elastic anomalies in this temperature range. An expansion is observed along [0001] with decreasing temperature. The axial and volume thermal expansion coefficients (αj = lj−1·∂lj/∂T, αV = V−1·∂V/∂T) between 298 and 100 K, calculated by weighted linear regression through the data points, are αa = αb = 1.30(6)·10−5, αc = −1.5(1)·10−5, αV = 1.1(2)·10−5 K−1. The main structural change on decreasing temperature is a cooperative anti-rotation of tetrahedra forming the six-membered rings lying parallel to (0001). This tetrahedral rotation is coupled with a change in the distances between the extra-framework cations and the framework O atoms. A small decrease in the tetrahedral tilts perpendicular to [0001] is responsible for the negative thermal expansion along [0001]; the implications of these mechanisms for thermal expansion in nephelines and kalsilites are discussed.
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Tianjin Yangliuqing courtyard stone tourist guide word
Hello, everyone. First of all, I represent the Tianjin China travel service welcome everyone to attend this tourism activities. My name is Wang * *, of the car guide, you can call me Wang, this is the experienced driver master li. As the saying goes: the Millennium boats crossing the repair. Today should be the Millennium repair with car dealers. We will provide you with quality service, if you have any requirements, just ask, do not mention, we will try our best to meet your requirements. Wish everybody in today's tour to play happy, enjoy the game.
Our trip destination is the Yangliuqing museum.
It is the one of 8 Shi Shi Yuan residential. Stone was born in Shandong province Dong'e County, when the Ming Dynasty since then to the water transport of grain industry, profit gradually. Fifty years of Qian Long, who began to settle in stone Yangliuqing, his son Shi Wancheng quite a good business, home endowment rifeng. Jiaqing four years, Qianlong minions and Kun guilty of death, a maid with jewelry fled, Shi Wancheng was docked in Tongzhou grain boat take, thus, stone house wealth surge, to the son of Shi Wancheng stone Xianting period, Ishi Yachi changed the age-old single and have a flourishing population, big industry. Stone Xianting put stone house property among four sons, each vertical hall, long Fu LST, two door is low church, three day tin hall, four door first United church. The four statue of a United Church in a good, Choi D is flourishing, continued expansion into West first, people commonly known as the mansion. Shi Yuanshi died in eight years, his wife and his family moved to the city of Tianjin, from the stone will gradually decline, the mansion was severely damaged. Since 1987, the Xiqing District People's government has invested 560 yuan 1991 mansion was gradually restored, Tianjin Municipal People's Government approved a municipal heritage unit, named the Tianjin Yangliuqing museum.
Well, now we to the mansion. Please take off your belongings, do not put in the car. In the afternoon 5:00 car collection, remember our tour bus for the white buses, running for ferry XXXXX.
Everyone from here to enter, it was cold in here, now as a celebrity photo galleries. We look into the compound, shooting nearly more than 40 movies, television dramas. Like " sword smiles ", starring Andy Lau; " sunrise ", starring Xu Fan; " amidst the confidante ", directed by Roy, starring Jeff Chang Xun Zhou. Many celebrities have visited the mansion, known as the presenter Jing Yidan, Cui Yongyuan. In addition, the famous movie performing artist is the sixth generation Shihui Shi Shi sun, he directed the film " my life ".
Now we look at the famous willow youth picture display. Look at the first exhibition, in this display is the Qing Dynasty Kangxi - Qianlong period representative works in this period, the New Year paintings to show people's life story and history of the main theme, character is outstanding, pay attention to character expression characterization. Look at this picture of " good " auspicious is a plot of Lady doll allegorical paintings, its meaning is the use of Chinese characters in the homonym auspicious, with the bat " bat " happy " blessing", with the fan 's "fan" generation kind " good ", with Daoqiangjianji " Trident " generation of auspicious " Gee ", with numerous " up " generation " to celebrate celebration ". We can look at the pictures " Ladies " "金玉满堂" for " steal immortal Grasses " " ten free ". New Year paintings on display here is the Qing emperor Jiaqing and Daoguang period representative works, the figure in the picture is more, complex background. " Four art show " in color with blue, black, gray and a few other colors, received and refined effect, this coloring method called " powder blue ". Showroom intermediate is clay forms making new year paintings of five processes: " outline drawing, stereotypes, printing, painting, mounting ". Now we go to second galleries to see the light box paintings, stone Shi Yuan 's brother Shi Yuanjun in four years Guangxu organization of Chongwen college, located in the Wenchang Pavilion, the pavilion of Wenchang is completed, decided to do a wall twenty-four lamps, each lamp from good books to pick a maxim, according to the semantic conception drawing, painting light boxes. Now the museum is one of eight lamps.
Go ahead, we look at the marriage room. On the right is the ancient wedding bridal sedan chair, the sedan has two layers, the inner layer is called the core. On the left is used clay kneading of the wedding scene, is surrounded by some wedding supplies display. Fengguan, generally people are from the rent here, "or the vegetarian " was the rental wedding supplies a name, equivalent to the current rental wedding place. Cap cylinder, incense, hair box, mirror, food cans are a dowry.
Here is a female hall, now as a brick room open to the outside world. These are taken from the town of brick buildings, from which one can see the Millennium ancient architectural style. The first exhibition featuring top class of brick, second galleries exhibiting gate brick, third galleries exhibiting such brick wall. This picture called " Fushou Duo ", health and longevity peaches table, table and pomegranate, bergamot can hold property, longevity, and more money, so as to " Fushou duo ". The fourth exhibition of the brick sculpture called " generation seal. " the old monkey, monkey steal peach tree back on, touch the honeycomb, bee sting in the monkey on his back, take the homophonic back loris.
Below we look at business custom showroom. This show is the end of the Qing Dynasty street, reproducing in Yangliuqing town bustling scene in northern China, is the epitome of big commercial port. We notice, shops on both sides of the poetic couplet are very interesting, barber is the " first cause, on top of Kung fu ". Fried cake shop is the " pie name Wufu, give the cake ". Pawnshop is a " green fly fly shop complex, silver gifts with me ". We will go to the temple.
In the hall where the center is the view with sound Bodhisattva, the room for the character as above, below Fu, Lu, Shou Samsung like. The temple is the typical lifting beam frame structure, four Liang bazhu. The house structure is very strong, it is often said that the wall fell real collapse.
The mansion has three inside, because of its vertical column according to the lotus three fl. carved into three different morphological patterns, named: " in early puberty ." "Huarui wadding " seed " full Penglian ".
We first look at the first line of inside, " in early puberty ", it is the three most stress inside a. Its are among the two block holding drum stone, stone drum is like the first held outside, namely " auspicious ", in the side of crane deer rejuvenation. In those days only to silver five hundred and twenty stone, two stone masons carved a year before completion. Inside in have four seasons flower pattern, symbol through this door, safe, let us together through the door to see Peking Opera theater.
The mansion is now: Church, theater, Wenchang pavilion. Now we see is now one of the theater. Peking Opera Theater of the outside is a layer of tin, copper rivets on a birthday word. The famous performing artist of Beijing opera, Yu Shuyan, Sun Juxian, Gong Yunfu are sung congregational. The theater is characterized by warm winter, cool in the summer, good sound quality. Peking Opera Theater wall is rubbed brickwork building, close seamless, with wall flue, by hall field mouth into the carbon 200 jins of burning a day, although winter cold, the building was as warm as in spring. In the summer, theater interior furnace air circulation, brick stone hard things cool, arranged on both sides of the side door of air convection is formed, space and high, windows sunshine is not direct but particularly bright, make people feel very cool. Peking Opera theater building bricks are three horseshoe kiln designated special firing. By a special tool grinding after dry swing overlapped with the surface, called white plaster paste adhesive, wall into a whole, and the north south high low echo is hit, the compartment door can playback, carries sound effects are excellent, so big theater loudspeakers, not only in the corner to hear clearly, even in the hospital also hear that error. Therefore, the stone house theater called " folk art ".
Read the Peking Opera Theater, we could look at the second inside: " bud bursting ". We guard building above the wood is wood crane, a total of nine only, legend has it that a crane by 12 years old, 9 is to add life 108 years. Crane back carving is ancient coins, so from this door is also increased longevity and rich. Second inside is behind the third inside: " full Penglian seed ". The gatehouse above and vertical column on both sides are carved gourd climbing vines pattern, named calabash generations, generations of reproduction constant symbol.
The three uses respectively symbolize master lifetime three wishes: the seasons of the year for security and peace; generation of longevity and rich; future generation permanent.
Commentary to this end, the following time, everyone can make their own tour.
We one day tour will end, service deficiencies, I hope you forgive me, opinions. As the saying goes: " two mountains can't meet, two people can meet again ". Hope to have the opportunity of serving you again. Thank you.
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10cc - Tenology Trailer (2012)
16 December 2012 Music 97 mins
The DVD features promotional videos which were genuinely ground-breaking at the time, alongside a range of other TV appearances like Top of the Pops and BBC In-Concert. The box-set design is by the legendary graphic designer who worked with the band in the 1970's,Storm Thorgerson, with input from the band and there is also an 8500 word story of 10cc by Paul Lester which includes new interviews with Godley, Creme, Stewart and Gouldman.
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Maine Jeena Seekh Liya Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
Educated Shankar bows to his Ramgarh-based widowed mother's wishes and gets married to child-like Lajjo, whose parents had followed tradition and had refused to educate their daughters for generations. Disgruntled with Lajjo, who is unable to distinguish salt from sugar, he keeps to himself, and decides to re-locate to Bombay when he finds out that his mother had mortgaged their house to pay for his education. After notifying them that he has secured employment, he does not write for several months. As a result, Lajjo travels to Bombay, locates his residence and moves-in. She is not aware that Shankar is very displeased with her presence, and will soon send her back, so that he can carry on his romance with wealthy Reema.
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John Terry proved "how loyalty is a card played as a first option by club and player until it no longer suits precisely their needs" – James Lawton
Comment & analysis round-up
Quote of the day: "I am Arsenal through and through. I'd never advise anyone to sign for Tottenham. Patrick Vieira is a grown man who will do whatever he has to do for his own career. But I have never advised anyone about their future because it's not my business. I can't have Arsenal fans thinking I am helping Tottenham in any way. The truth is I was talking to Spurs boss Harry Redknapp and he told me he was trying to sign Patrick from Inter Milan. I was very surprised because Patrick is like me. He loves Arsenal. I just said that Patrick would be a brilliant signing. But I also made it clear I would be shocked if it happened." – Thierry Henry.
Runner-up: "I was very flattered by the fact that City wanted to sign me. It's the first time in my career someone has come in with an official bid for me. But, as a player, when you get a phone call from your own club saying that, no matter what money, they won't sell you… it's unbelievable to just sit down there and listen to it from the owner. That's the kind of relationship you can't buy. You can't put a price on things like that when he's saying: 'Listen, you're the heartbeat of the team. You've been here for many years and we want you to stay.' That's all that matters… Everyone knows I love this club so much. It was clear from day one that they didn't want to sell me and I've been at the club for 14 years and never wanted to leave. And to be in the Champions League is massive, particularly in World Cup year. You never know what [the England head coach] Fabio Capello's response would have been had I not been playing Champions League football. I'm delighted and I'm sure he's happy." – John Terry.
Today's overview: If you thought the papers would close shop on the John Terry to Manchester City saga, you were wrong.
With the apparent agenda of appeasing readers into appreciating that the story did at one time have legs, Dominic Fifield blurts how "it was a call from the [Roman Abramovich to John Terry] that effectively served to wreck City's hopes." In a second article Fifield continues his appraisal concluding "if there were ever any doubts over whether Roman Abramovich retained his initial enthusiasm for life at Chelsea, then they can surely be allayed now."
Basking in JT's decision to stay a Blue is the one-man John Terry cheering squad, led by Patrick Barclay. "He is to Chelsea what Tony Adams was to Arsenal and Steven Gerrard is to Liverpool. If he were to leave, it would be almost as sad as if Xavi Hernández or Andres Iniesta left Barcelona. For a man to be associated with a single club is increasingly rare and precious."
The Times' is the most powerful footballer in the Barclays Premier League by some distance." "At the age of 28 he is already inquiring about player purchases and acting as a vital link between dressing room and boardroom, all with the blessing of the club's owner, who happens to be one of the richest individuals on the planet."
Flipping the conversation on its head, Barry Glendenning rips into JT for not moving to Eastlands. "Terry's statement reveals him to be a man so lacking in ambition that he was unprepared to even consider the prospect of signing for a club whose financial clout and relentless, if ultimately unsuccessful, pursuit of the world's best players and John Terry has been well documented. Let's face it, a player so reluctant to even think about leaving his comfort zone is unlikely to stray out of position to cover for Jose Bosingwa or Ashley Cole the next time either full-back is left horribly exposed."
Looking to take the middle road on the Terry analysis is James Lawton. "It can hardly be said that [Terry] has been an agent for stabilisation in the first days of Chelsea's fifth manager in two years. He has, let's face it, been above all an agent for himself. This isn't to castigate Terry, just to remind ourselves of how modern football works, how loyalty is a card played as a first option by club and player until it no longer suits precisely their needs."
The nagging tale of discontent in the Arsenal boardroom continues this Tuesday as Jeremy Wilson reports on how "Alisher Usmanov still hopes Arsenal can be persuaded to tackle the club's debt with a rights issue and has not ruled out putting his idea directly to shareholders at the annual general meeting."
And there is more negativity shone on Arsenal as Ian Wright questions the Gunners' hopes for next season. "[Arsenal] will probably not be seriously challenging for the Premier League title. And I mean seriously. They will not even be challenging for second and third spots. No, my old club, who have not lifted a trophy since 2005, look to be aiming for a fourth place finish next season. And the saddest thing is they will consider the campaign a success if they achieve that."
Stuart James runs his eye over Manchester City's next moves in the transfer market. "City are in advanced talks with Arsenal over signing Kolo Toure, although their pursuit of Joleon Lescott remains at an impasse" while also talking up an Arsenal move for Fulham's Brede Hangeland. Simon Jones goes one step further claiming that Kolo Toure "has agreed personal terms of around £120,000 per week – doubling his wages at Arsenal."
Challenging this story that Toure is moving to Eastlands is Marc Isaacs. "Kolo Toure brushed aside speculation linking him with a £14m move to Manchester City when he was handed the captain's armband as Arsenal strolled to a 5-0 win over Szombathelyi Haladas in Hungary last night."
Peter Crouch has completed his £9m move to Spurs, and his signing has had an immediate knock-on effect for Darren Bent.
Jamie Jackson reports how "Crouch's arrival at White Hart Lane paves the way for the departure of Darren Bent, who looks set to sign for Sunderland. Bent yesterday boarded Tottenham's flight to China for a pre-season tournament but disembarked after receiving a phone call." Gary Jacob goes into even more detail about how Darren Bent was affected by Crouch's transfer, writing "Bent left his seat on the aircraft after receiving a message that the clubs were close to agreeing a transfer fee and his luggage is thought to have been recovered from the hold."
Matt Law wonders how Crouch's arrival will effect Robbie Keane. "Harry Redknapp has solved one problem, but now faces a new dilemma ahead of the season. What to do with Robbie Keane?"
The hole left by Crouch's departure from Pompey has already been plugged according to Simon Cass. "Portsmouth manager Paul Hart has moved swiftly to fill the gap left by Peter Crouch's £9million departure to Tottenham by agreeing a £5.5m fee with Hadjuk Split for Croat international striker Nikola Kalinic."
Focusing on Spurs' pursuit of Patrick Vieira, Rob Kelly spells out why the deal is a bad move for the North Londoners. "The signing of the France midfielder might be a PR coup that would infuriate the red half of north London, but in purely footballing terms it is not a deal that should be pursued… He would bring experience, leadership and, when fit, a degree of quality to the Tottenham midfield, yet he is a fading force."
Villa fans waiting for some fresh recruits this summer will unlikely to be buoyed by Stuart James' article linking Stephen Warnock to the Midlanders. Its a similar tale for Liverpool fans as Gary Jacob details how the Reds' have expressed an interest in signing Juventus' Christian Poulsen.
Other gossip includes the Daily Mail linking Stoke with moves for Danny Murphy and Portsmouth's £6million-rated winger John Utaka, The Sun print that "Manchester City and Bolton are battling it out to land Sporting Lisbon's Miguel Veloso,"


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Worldwide economic constraints on health care systems have highlighted the importance of evidence-based medicine and evidence-based health policy. The resulting clinical trials and health services research studies require instruments to monitor the outcomes of care and the output of the health system. However, the over-abundance of competing measurement scales can make choosing a measure difficult at best. Measuring Health provides in-depth reviews of over 100 of the leading health measurement tools and serves as a guide for choosing among them.LNow in its third edition, this book provides a critical overview of the field of health measurement, with a technical introduction and discussion of the history and future directions for the field. This latest edition updates the information on each of the measures previously reviewed, and includes a complete new chapter on anxiety measurement to accompany the one on depression. It has also added new instruments to those previously reviewed in each of the chapters in the book.LChapters cover measurements of physical disability, social health, psychological well-being, anxiety, depression, mental status testing, pain, general health status and quality of life. Each chapter presents a tabular comparison of the quality of the instruments reviewed, followed by a detailed description of each method, covering its purpose and conceptual basis, its reliability and validity and, where possible, shows a copy of the actual scale. To ensure accuracy of the information, each review has been approved by the original author of each instrument or by an acknowledged expert.
This second edition provides concise reviews of 88 sociomedical measurements, nearly twice the number reviewed in the 1987 first edition. This book was written as a guide to existing health measurement methods in the areas of physical disability and handicap, psychological well-being, social health, depression, mental status, pain, quality of life, and general health measurements. Given the current emphasis on outcomes research and accountability in healthcare, this book meets a major need for clinicians and researchers who are searching for appropriate measures. The introduction gives novices an excellent, although challenging, overview of the theoretical and methodological foundations of health measurement. Experienced clinicians and researchers will also find the introduction an excellent source of recent advances for developing and testing health measurement instruments. The book is intended for those planning clinical and research applications of health measures. It is also intended for students and those who develop health measures. The authors are recognized experts in the field. The authors follow a standard format for each measurement reviewed: title, author, year, purpose, conceptual basis, description, reliability and validity, alternative forms, reference standards, commentary, address, and references. Each chapter contains a summary table that compares the important features of the measurements reviewed in that chapter. The conclusion of each chapter summarizes the current state-of-the-art in that area of measurement and suggests directions for further development. This book is indispensable for those seeking a consumer's guide to health measures. The second editioncontains new chapters on measures of depression and mental status and a greatly expanded chapter on measures of general health status and quality of life. Because of the nature of the subject matter, the content of the reviews is very technical. However, the introductory and concluding sections of each chapter are written in an engaging and informative style.


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Any suggestions for a nice Sunday brunch in Wilmington? We used to live in the area and are visiting family for the weekend. Years ago we went to the Hotel Dupont for brunch. It was OK...and we'd go back there if nothing more interesting is available. This is a big birthday (60!) for a family member, so I'd like it to be special. Due to time constraints we will not be able to travel far outside of Wilmington DE, so Philly ideas are not needed.
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Water Stewardship: Local Actions Driving Global Impact
|Registration and Welcome Coffee
|First Plenary Session
|Welcome Speech. Thomas Vereijken, Chairman, European Water Partnership Water
Challenges in the Regional Context: Finland. Mikael Långström, Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of Finland in Belgium.
Water Stewardship Supporting Policy Objectives. Nicola Notaro, Deputy Head of Water Unit, DG Environment at the European Commission
Benefit of Water Stewardship Globally and in Europe. Adrian Sym, Executive Director, Alliance for Water Stewardship
Second Plenary Session: Real World Stories from Water Stewards
Jean-Charles Bocquet, Director General, European Crop Protection Agency (ECPA)
Jean Louis Cornet, Plant Director, Chaudfontaine
Ola Svending, Manager Environmental Affairs, Stora Enso
Pete Saunders, Technical Services Manager, Thames Water Commercial Services Limited
Panel Session: Bridging Global and Local Perspectives
Brigitte Dittrich Kraemer, Senior Sustainability Manager, BASF SE
Cate Lamb, Head of Water, CDP
Claire Bramley, Water Stewardship Manager WWF-UK
Eerik Schipper, Deputy Director, Control Union Certifications
Joppe Cramwinckel, Director Water Programme, World Business Council Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Nicola Notaro, Deputy Head of Water Unit, DG Environment at the European Commission
*Moderated by Raymond Van Ermen, European Partners for the Environment (EPE)
The Way Ahead with Water Stewardship.
Thomas Vereijken, Chairman, European Water Partnership
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Washington, Oct 6 (ANI): Scientists at Saint Louis University have discovered that microRNA miR-33 may be key to controlling HDL, or "good" cholesterol levels.
The study was led by Dr. Angel Baldan, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Saint Louis University.
Atherosclerosis, the fatty build-up in arteries that causes heart attack, stroke, and peripheral artery diseases, is tied to cholesterol levels, a waxy substance found in the blood.
Statins, drugs frequently prescribed by doctors to manage cholesterol levels, work by lowering LDL, or "bad" cholesterol levels; however, their role in HDL cholesterol is still obscure.
Importantly, HDL has been found to have a protective benefit against cardiovascular disease.
"Atherosclerosis costs lives and takes an enormous toll on our health," said Baldan.
"If the discovery that miR-33 can be used to raise HDL levels leads to better medications, it will have an enormous impact on our ability to treat heart disease," he added.
The study examined SREBP-2, an important gene in the body, and zeroed in on the microRNA miR-33, which is expressed within SREBP-2.
Increasing the levels of miR-33 in the liver, scientists discovered, resulted in lower HDL cholesterol levels in an animal model; conversely, turning off miR-33, researchers found, had the effect of raising HDL levels.
Paralleling these results, four separate studies reported similar findings, adding to investigators' hope that better medications may be on the horizon for managing atherosclerosis.
The study was published in a recent issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. (ANI)


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Quite a few of my students – CAT, GRE as well as those hopeful of taking up jobs have asked me about my views on Trump's victory and the impact of this on their goals. I am penning what I had told my students a couple of months back during a class discussion, on then hypothetical scenario of Trump becoming the President.
A study of Trump's policy shows his focus on stopping "exporting" jobs to other countries, and keeping the jobs within the US. This would
• Impact the job openings in large IT recruiters like TCS, which do a lot of out-sourcing jobs – thus impacting placements in India, for it is companies like TCS which fuel the placements in most of the colleges.
• High end jobs, like that offered by Google India, etc., would however not be impacted, as these high-end jobs chase talent rather than vice versa.
• H1 visa would become tighter for those working in low end IT companies to get on-site (US) exposure. This however, once again, would not be a case for high-end openings, as Trump has expressed his aim of attracting brains to the US.
Trump's policy of retaining the jobs within US would help create more openings in the US job market. This would assist those
• Indians who go to the US through the F1 visa (which is the student visa) and then look for a job there.
• Trump is also committed to fast-track the route to permanent residence for highly qualified foreign workers to keep jobs and brains in the US. Making F1 to H1 route easier is a part of this.
• Small businesses would benefit there, for Trump is also looking at tax concessions to promote employment there, thus increasing the chances of part time jobs while Indian students do their MS there.
Actions against illegal immigrants would not impact Indians much (especially students), for Indian (both students and professionals) take the legal route to go to the US – F1 or H1. With the deportation of illegal migrants, low end jobs would open more, opening part time job opportunities for Indian students there.
With greater investment in infrastructure promised by Trump, openings would increase for Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineers in the US. This would benefit both F1 and H1 seekers. The latter because, unlike in IT, this comes under limited-available talent.
Let's not forget, Trump has also stated his agenda to promote more students coming to US for higher education. "Attracting brains" – his words! Thus, F1 visa process would be facilitated.
With China being one of the focus countries to fight against (US has a huge trade deficit against China, and Trump has been critical of China's policies – both in currency market and in the trade), India would indirectly benefit, for opportunities would shift from Chinese to Indians.
What would be the impact on Indian market? As said above, shift of focus out of China would benefit the Indian market, though, as again stated above, low end IT openings would be impacted. This shift, along with the benefits of GST adoption in India, and the demonetization – which though painful in the short run- would result in banks getting monetized and thus low interest funds channelized into the infrastructure would mean better openings in India. These impacts would however take at least one year to fructify.
So, to conclude
For Students,
looking for entry level IT jobs in 2017: Negative
looking for non-IT jobs in 2017: Positive
looking for GRE route to US 2017: Double Positive
looking for MBA in India: Positive
However, two additional points must be remembered: Trump is a business man – and a successful business man with interests across the globe. His statements made during elections might just be empty words. He is a pragmatic person, and has not hesitated – even during the electioneering – to change his stance.Therefore, I personally believe, the expectations of the US changing its course dramatically would not materialize.
However, his followers are the passionate lot, and quite a few of them are bigots. The instances of hate crime – racial, religious, and country specific would go up in the short run. However, when the initial excitement (of theirs) settle, US is expected to continue showing the world the power of being an open economy.
These however are uncertain times. Good impact or negative – your business – being students is to equip yourselves well. Set your goals, and then fight hard for them. Be ready to take benefit of the good times, and also be ready, in case bad times require you to fight.
As, one of my professors in the college used to say – be ready to fight a tiger – in case the opponent then is a pussy cat – you are still ready.
Fight on!


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Wikipedia:Admin recall
- This proposal was reworked for concerns on the talk page; see Wikipedia:Administrator recall for the current draft proposal.
|This is a failed proposal.
Consensus for its implementation was not established within a reasonable period of time. If you want to revive discussion, please use the talk page or initiate a thread at the village pump.
|This page in a nutshell: If 31 users in good standing with established time and editing track records (10+ months experience, 2000+ edits each) agree that an admin is due for recall based on their actions or activities (1 filer, 30 certifiers) that admin is then subject to a binding RfA recall vote. Three of the certifiers must be active administrators. No admin is subject to Recall more than once per nine months.
Admin Recall is a process by which an administrator can be recalled for a renewal of their administrator status by a two-staged display of community consensus. This is initiated by files for review. If the required number of established users certify the filing while it is active, the admin in question is subject to a recall vote. If the voting period ends with a consensus to de-admin, sysop privileges will be revoked.
Admin Recall Process[edit]
- Requirements to file a Recall or Certify one
- Any user in good standing may file a Request for Admin Recall. To do so, they will file a request here, using a similar formatting to the initial filing of an RfC. The filing user and all certifiers must have 10 months experience on Wikipedia from the time of their first edit, and also have a total edit count of at least 2000 edits and be in good standing at the time of certificaton/filing.
First step, Filing for Admin Recall; Format for filing[edit]
- The formatting will be simple:
- Filing user: (name/signature)
- Administrator being recalled: (name/link to their User space)
- Basis of Recall: (description of why the recall is being filed)
- Evidence: (evidence--diffs, citations, etc.)
- Administrator response: (response by the admin)
- Those supporting creation of the recall: (signatures of 30 users--see criteria below)
Basis of Recall will cite the reasons why the admin is no longer/should no longer be fit to continue on in their duties. Provide a summary. Evidence will be a detailing of links, and diffs detailing the basis of your claim. The evidence shall display and detail which specific Wikipedia policies were violated, and/or demonstrate how admin tools were abused.
- 1. Due notice
- The filing editor must post to the talk page of the admin to be Recalled with a copy of the complaint at least 24 hours prior to filing, to notify the admin and give him time to prepare a response.
- 2. Certification & Filing
- 24 hours after notification, the Recall may be filed. Once the Recall is filed at WP:RECALL, it will be listed there and at Requests for Adminship. If 30 additional users that meet the above criteria (10 months experience, 2000 edits) certify the Recall, it will be converted into a Recall RfA vote that is listed in both places. Early closing or similar do not apply to the Recall process; both certification and the Recall RfA must remain open the full seven days to give the admin the benefit of the doubt. Of the 30 certifiers, at least three must be active Administrators. Any Recall RfA that begins will be posted to the administrator's noticeboard as well.
- Failed Certification
- If 30 extra users (3 of them admins) are not certifying the filing at the end of its 7 days, the certification filing will be closed and archived.
- Failed Certification
- Successful Certification
- If 30 extra users (3 of them admins) are certifying at the end of the 7 days, it will move to a Recall RfA immediately. Once a Recall RfA is initiated from a successful certification, certifications may not be withdrawn to stop or halt the Recall RfA (certification may be withdrawn during that seven day period however).
- Successful Certification
- 3. Recall RfA procedure, if Certification is successful
- This will be conducted exactly as a normal RfA vote, with two exceptions: it has to run the full 21 day duration to give the admin the benefit of the doubt. The second difference is that a "Support" or "Recall" vote is a vote to desysop, and a vote to "Oppose" or "Keep" is a vote to not desysop, the opposite of a normal RfA. The Recall RfA is fully binding for administrators. Consensus for the Recall RfA shall be no lose than 80% of users voting to recall and de-sysop.
- Consensus
- If consensus is to desysop after 21 days, the admin will be immediately desysoped; the certification filing and RfA will be closed and archived.
- Consensus
- No consensus or consensus to not desysop
- If no consensus is reached, or the decision is to not desysop, the Recall RfA is closed; the certification filing and RfA will be closed and archived.
- No consensus or consensus to not desysop
Recall vote[edit]
If Certification is successful, the recall vote is conducted as per a request for adminship, with two exceptions:
- It must run the full 21 day duration to give the admin the benefit of the doubt.
- "Recall" vote is a vote to desysop, and a vote to "Keep" is a vote to not desysop, the opposite of a normal RfA. The Recall RfA is fully binding for administrators.
Consensus for the Recall RfA shall be no less than 80% of users voting to recall and de-sysop.
- Self-nominations
- Self-nominations do not use this process. If an admin wishes to completely de-sysop he can follow normal procedure for that; or if he wishes to put his standing to a community test for some reason, he can reapply for administratorship per policies there.
- Concurrent Recalls and RfAs
- No admin may have concurrently running Recalls or standard RfAs opened towards them.
- Deletion of Recall filings, or Recall votes
- Recall filings and Recall RfAs that are filed should be preserved as an Archive, as failed and successful RfAs currently are.
- Prevention of potential admin abuse in process
- Admins being recalled, and other admins, are not to use their admin powers to sway, affect, intimidate filers/certifiers, or otherwise bias the Recall against them. Doing so shall result in a ban of no less than 24 hours (cumulative) per each usage of admin access in this fashion.
- Time limits
- No administrator may be subject to a Recall more than once every nine months. No admins may be recalled until nine months into their tenure.
- Exclusions
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Project DesignersGan Golan: Visual Artist & Organizer; most recently designer of the ONE NYC FOR ALL OF US project. Andrew Boyd: Creative Interventionist; co-founder of Beautiful Trouble & Billionaires for BushRae Abileah: Social change strategist, community organizer, and ritual designer. Former co-director of CODEPINK; former Training Director at Beautiful Trouble.
Kate McNeely: Project manager, storyteller. Founding member of People's Climate Arts, Rising Tide NYC, 5 Borough Ladies Arm Wrestling/New Orleans Ladies Arm Wrestling, White Noise NYC.
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Mumbai, Jan 9: Having manfully shouldered the responsibility of captaining India for close to a decade, it will be one last time that a team list will find the word 'skipper' alongside Mahendra Singh Dhoni when he leads India A in the first warm-up game against England here.
India-England series schedule; Kohli thanks Dhoni
The other person who will be followed with a lot of intent is comeback man Yuvraj Singh, who is expected to figure crucially in Virat Kohli's scheme of things for the Champions Trophy.
Left-arm speedster Ashish Nehra coming back from a surgery will like to hit the straps as his skills will be needed in England, if he can remain fit for the next five months.
Yuvraj will also get some crucial practice as he has also been out of action for more than month and half due to his marriage.
Equally important will be for Shikhar Dhawan, who was out with thumb fracture and since then did little in Ranji matches that he has played. But cynosure of all eyes will certainly be the Jharkhand dasher.
(England have first net session ahead of ODI, T20I series against India)
Not always does a warm-up game become an emotional affair and Dhoni is the last person to show any emotions but it does become special when Virat Kohli says that the first thing that comes to mind when one mentions MS Dhoni is 'Captain'.
So it will be an occasion to remember when Dhoni leads some of the senior team boys for a much-needed game time against Eoin Morgan's England -- a side that has been better in shorter formats over the years.
For Dhoni, the match will give a chance for some real time simulations as he has not played any competitive cricket for more than 70 days since the New Zealand series that ended in October.
While he has trained regularly, done his nets and travelled at some places with the Jharkhand Ranji team, nothing can replace serious match time, which will help him get some serious knocking before the first ODI starts in Pune on January 15.


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- Chopped onions
- Chopped red bell pepper
- Chopped green bell peppers
- Diced jalapeños
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- Salt to taste
- Cover with water and cook until tender, adding more water as necessary.
- Serve over brown rice, adding chopped fresh tomatoes and lettuce if desired.
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Of Mice and Men
why is the novel so controversial?
do you think the book should be censored or banned?
do you think the book should be censored or banned?
Of course this novel should NOT be censored or banned. I can't think of any classic novels that should be. Frequently, censoring ideas defeats its own purpose. Scarlet Letter was, at one time, scene to be ant-Christian and lewd. Anything criticizing the church and dealing with sexual infidelity seemed to offend the very Victorian sensibilities in both Europe, and to a greater degree, the United States. The novel is simply a piece of historical fiction that serves to bring light to a part of human history. Our stories need to be told, read and heard. If we censor them, we build our society on lies and deceit.
oops, sorry Emily. I wrote about the wrong one. In the case of "Mice and Men" I suppose the controversy lies in the whole euthanasia element of the story. George shooting Lennie at the end might have been considered less than "moral", especially among religious conservatives. Interestingly many of the above arguments for the book Scarlet Letter are just as pertinent to Mice and Men.
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Yesterday, the Administration announced new requirements for mortgage servicers to provide much needed assistance to struggling homeowners while seeking re-employment. These changes are intended to set a standard for the mortgage industry to provide more robust assistance to unemployed homeowners in the economic downturn, and build on other Administration initiatives to assist unemployed homeowners.
One of those programs is the Hardest Hit Fund, a program that provides $7.6 billion to 18 states and the District of Columbia to implement programs to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. These areas represent those that have been "hardest hit" in the economic downturn, grappling with steep home price declines and unemployment. The funds are provided to each state's housing finance agency (HFA) to design and implement programs to meet the needs of homeowners in their area.
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Currently, OHCS and NEDCO are processing applications for more than 1,000 families like the Hunts. To reach as many families as quickly as possible, NEDCO hosts group document signing sessions; a recent event included 120 households coming together in a middle school gymnasium for an information and document signing session. With the help of 15 volunteer notaries, 10 staff, 2 representatives from OHCS, a little patience and a lot of celebrating, all 120 families are now one step closer to financial recovery. A note from one homeowner summed up the evening: "Thanks to you and all of your VERY hard-working staff! You have made me feel like a special part of your NEDCO family."
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Mark McArdle is Director of the Hardest Hit Fund.
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(Updating Backgrounder No. 740, "What America Can Do About the German Question, Which Again Haunts Europe," November 16, 1989.) As the two Germanies move with increasing rapidity toward unification, Washington must play an important role in ensuring that a united Germany contributes to European stability and Western interests. Understandably, a united Germany makes its future neighbors nervous. The United States can address the causes of this nervousness, as well as Germany's legitimate national aspira- tions, by: 1) insisting that a united Germany be allowed to join any military alliance it wishes, which is a sovereign right enjoyed by other European powers; 2) continuing to back West German Chan- cellor Helmut Kohl, a strongly pro-American leader, in his plans for unification; and 3) encourag- ing Kohl to allay the fears of his neighbors concerning unification. Since the Berlin Wall was breached last November, the U.S. actively has supported and en- couraged unification, and should continue to do so. The task ahead is to follow up with a policy that has a pair of equally critical components: 1) seeing unification through to completion, and 2) estab- lishing a framework for a new, stable European order. As suggested in November in the Heritage Foundation BacA;grounder, "What America Can Do About the German Question, Which Again Haunts Europe," the U.S. and its allies have adopted a "two plus four" approach to unification. At their February 13 Ottawa meeting, the foreign ministers of NATO and the Warsaw Pact decided that the two Germanies and the four post-war occupying powers - the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union - would oversee the process of German unification. Talks began this week in Bonn. Constructive U.S. Role. The U.S. role in this "two plus four" process so far has been constructive. George Bush outlined a four-point agenda for German unity: 1) membership in NATO; 2) member- ship in NATO's joint military command, in which German armies are under the command of NATO's supreme allied commander, who is currently an American; 3) continued stationing of U.S. troops in what is now West Germany, and 4) German acceptance of existing German borders as per- manent. These points are broadly consistent with the policies of the West German government as expressed by Kohl in his December 19 ten-point program for unification, and in statements after his February 24 and 25 meeting with Bush at Camp David. Kohl declared on March 7 that Germany's present borders should be accepted by the two German states as well as a united Germany. Moscow so far does not accept Washington's and Bonn's positions on unification. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on March 7, following a meeting in Moscow with East German Prime Mini- ster Hans Modrow, that he opposed German membership in NATO. Moscow, of course, wants Ger- many out of the Western alliance, a Soviet aim since West Germany joined NATO in 1955. Gor- bachev also set conditions on German unification that he claims will prevent Germany from again threatening Europe. Such limits could include greater disarmament requirements for Germany
than for other European states, and perhaps the stationing cf So,@Aet troopo. en w!?at is Low East German soil. Sovereign Rights. The goal of U.S. policy should be to create an independent and united Ger- many that has the right to determine to which alliances it will belong arid whose forces can be on its territory. These are no more than the sovereign rights enjoyed by Britair, Ftan-,e, and the Soviet Union. Given the choice, a democratic, prosperous Germany surely will choose to remain an in- tegral -part of the West and continue to seek collective securitywith NATO. West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher offered a plan on February 9 thai ad- dresses Moscow's security concerns. Under this plan, a united Germany would continue to belong to NATO but would bar foreign forces from being stationed east of the preEent West German bor- der with East Germany. German acceptance of this should satisfy Soviet security concerns without impinging on Germany's sovereignty. The Heritage Foundation's November Backgrounder on Ger- man reunification proposed a similar plan for effectively neutralizing what is now Fast Germany. Attempts to restrict Germany's sovereignty through a treaty imposed on Germany by the "four powers" or any other group of states would be a serious mistake. It understandably would create resentment among the German people, creating a "German problem" that does not now exist. Moreover, limitations on sovereignty imposed by international treaties tend not to work. The elaborate restrictions placed on Germany in the Versailles Treaty after World War I, inclu ding vir- tual disarmament, hardly prevented the rise of Nazi Germany's threat to Europe. Pledges of Peace. A new united Germany should be given the opportunities to make good on its pledges of peace and security for its neighbors and to become an equal raember of the community of Western democracies. Ile U.S. should encourage the new Germany to adhere to the 1969 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, which bars German development of nuclear weapons, promise not to deploy chemical or biological weapons, and limit its armed forces in the context of the im- pending Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty and any follow. -on treaties. European security will be established best not by a harsh treaty gradgingly assented to by Ger- many, but by the establishment of a peaceful, democratic, and sovereign Germapy secure in its rela- tions with its allies and fully integrated into the West. To achieve this, the U.S. shou!d: Continue to back Kohl in his efforts to achieve German reunification; Insist that a reunited Germany enjoy the same sovereign rights as other European states, in- cluding the right to join alliances and station foreign troops on its territory upon mutual agreement with allies, and; * * Encourage Kohl to allay the security concerns of countries that have saffered from German aggression in the past. If Washington takes these steps, and encourages its allies to do so, it can turn the "two plus four" negotiations into "five plus one" negotiations, with Moscow on the outside looking in. Soviet military power - not German power - remains for now the major threat to European security. An American policy that seeks unduly to restrain Germany will only advance Soviet interests in Europe. An American policy of cooperation with Germany to restore German sovereignty will serve not only U.S. and German interests, but ultimately the interests of European peace and security as well. Jay P. Kosminsky Deputy Director of Defense Policy Studies Douglas Seay Policy Analyst


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For the first year since GCSE's came in we have not seen 'the best results ever'. Which is, of course, a great relief. As Anthony Seldon, among others, has pointed out, these results suggest a return to credibility in our examination system.
But there are already those, including some teachers and teacher unions who are now hinting darkly at 'political interference'. They are used to year-on-year grade inflation and expected this to continue forever.
I think these people should themselves be asked to pass a simple test. They should try to find a single university lecturer who is able to tell them (with a straight face) that each year – as exam results have got better and better – the students coming up to their university have known more and had better literacy and numeracy skills than any year before.
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Aeroflex has added IFF test modes 1, 2, and TACAN as standard features to the IFR 6015 Ramp Test Set for avionics testing. The IFR 6015 is a battery-powered portable unit designed to test the operation of aviation transponder modes 1, 2, 3A/C/S including European Elementary and Enhanced Surveillance (ELS and EHS), TCAS I, II and Military E-TCAS, TIS, and now DME/TACAN. The IFR 6015 weighs just 8lbs (3.6 kg.) and has an average battery life of six hours or more.
The additional TACAN capabilities enable the 6015 to emulate several different TACAN test sets including, AN/ASM-663, AN/ARM-184 and Bradley 2650 and 2655. The 6015 supports all TACAN channels and includes RF level-control for track sensitivity tests, displaying the full measurement parameters for the unit under test on the screen. The 6015 is capable of complete simulation of T/R normal, T/R inverse, T/R range-only, A/A beacon, A/A inverse and A/A range-only modes of operation.
The IFR 6015 quickly and easily provides accurate measurement of transponder transmitting frequency, power and receiver sensitivity with predetermined configurations for testing any class of transponder. The intuitive user interface with one main user screen for each test mode enables the IFR 6015 to display the most commonly used test parameters on its large 5.7 in. LCD screen. Users can easily select their preferred operational mode with dedicated keys for transponder (XPDR), TACAN and TCAS. A majority of tests can be conducted without leaving the main user screens, which simplifies testing for line technicians.
To perform XPDR, TACAN and DME test, the IFR 6015 may be directly connected to the unit under test via a supplied RF coaxial cable via the RF I/O port. The IFR 6015 is supplied with a lightweight, fully sealed, detachable directional antenna that may be hand-held or mounted on the test set or tripod. A rugged plastic transit case provides storage for the 6015, its directional antenna, RF coax cable, antenna shield, breakout box, and power supply/charger.
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