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The Open Access world is constantly under development and in motion: new technical developings, new initiatives, solutions, achievements and much more, which you can all find online. Stay up to date with those two major information sources!
The Open Access Coordination Office of the Helmholtz Association publishes regularly a newsletter which informs about important trends and progresses in the open access movement. The newsletter also contains a list of current literature.
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This newsletter reports about news and developments regarding open access within the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. It informs about publishing with open access and serves as an orientation guide for anyone interested in open access.
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The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Research Coalition operates a discussion forum moderated by Stacie Lemick, where subscribers can post questions, comments, and conversation about the open access movement. Besides this, Peter Suber regularly publishes a newsletter, that merges all the major news about open access within this period.
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The former Amercian Scientist Open Access Forum, which was the first Open Access forum ever, is now chaired by Richard Poynder. Because Open Access is a worldwide issue the forum is now called Global Open Access List. The list is dedicated to the discussion of Open Access practice and policy-making by the worldwide research community with the aim of enabling concrete, practical steps to be taken to achieve Open Access.
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Starting right after thanksgiving, a group of us pick a Tuesday night and all meet at a local store to get our assignments. Current members, past chiefs, and family members all spend a couple hours picking out hundreds of toys for children ages newborn to 17. Dozens of carts are filled and shelves are emptied as we purchase hundreds of dollars worth of toys, books, and gifts. We gather coupons, have gift card donations from the employees, and pick certain nights to get the most discounts possible. From baby dolls to transformers, bottles, to basketballs, our carts and hearts are filled with the fun memories of childhood and what gifts kids would want to open on christmas morning.
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Millions of smartphone users now carry professional-level video equipment around in their pockets. Modern smartphone cameras are now often capable of shooting 30 frames per second in 4K HD, roughly equivalent to a theatrical release. That isn't an idle statement, either: at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, director Sean S. Baker premiered Tangerine, a feature-length release shot on iPhone 5 smartphones. This week, we take a look at some of the apps that help you make the most of all this video power. Whether you dream of the director's chair or just want to share a funny moment on Facebook, there is an app for you.
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If you're already toting a 4K video camera around, why not go the extra mile and take a production room with you as well? LumaFX is designed for video professionals, journalists and enthusiastic amateurs looking to take their creations to the next level. It's a full editing suite accessible from your iPhone or iPad, with finely adjustable controls that allow you a huge amount of freedom to edit your footage. You can crop and rotate your video, adjust its aspect ratio, extract frames as still images, and control video speed with or without affecting the audio pitch. You can also adjust audio levels and apply colour correction and effects for the full theatrical experience. Whether you want to shoot an independent film or just get a lot of likes on Instagram, LumaFX gives you the tools you need to get there.
Edit video the lazy way with Shred Video
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Shred Video is pretty much the exact opposite of LumaFX. It's a one-button app that allows you to create professional-looking film without having to make minute adjustments to color balance or audio levels. Shred Video can import footage from just about any source, including your smartphone, camera, GoPro or drone. Simply import your video, and then pick out the highlights that you want to showcase. You can also import music from your library to give your video a soundtrack. The app takes care of the editing for you automatically, saves the completed video online, and makes it viewable through the Shred Video app or on your web browser.
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Hypothetically speaking, let's say that you decided to shoot some video that you really didn't want just anyone to be able to see. Rumuki allows you to share video discreetly between two consenting adults. It is encrypted using keys stored on separate phones, and either user can send their key to the server to grant the other a one-time playback redeemable within one week. If one of the users deletes the video from their smartphone, all outstanding playback credits are cleared, so no-one can ever watch the video again.
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To draw a tree, to pay such close attention to every aspect of a tree, is an act of reverence not only toward the tree, and toward the earth itself, but also our human connection to it. This is one of the magical things about drawing -- it gives us almost visionary moments of connectedness.
The power of both myth and art is this magical ability to open doors, to make connections — not only between us and the natural world, but between us and the rest of humanity. Myths show us what we have in common with every other human being, no matter what culture we come from, no matter what century we live in. . .and at the same time, mythic stories and art celebrate our essential differences...
I spend as much time as I can sketching from nature, Dartmoor contains such a rich variety of landscape, as many boulders, foaming rivers and twisted trees as my heart could ever desire. . . . When I look into a river, I feel I could spend a whole lifetime just painting that river.
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Forceful new relationships
Despite being understaffed and underfunded, the Commission for Racial Equality took on some of the biggest institutions in the public and private sector
Hugh Muir
It was never going to be easy. The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) was tasked with overseeing one of the most contentious and potentially troublesome areas of the nation's life. That it survived intact for more than three decades is a remarkable achievement. Despite being underfunded, underpowered and inadequately staffed from the beginning, it can at least depart the national stage pointing to solid achievements. But from October 1, when it merges into the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR), its in-tray is still full. Its work will be passed on to the CEHR this month in the form of the strategic document A Lot Done, a Lot to Do.
Some might view such a title as an admission of failure but perhaps it says more about the task the CRE was set and the way the challenges have constantly changed over 30 years. Shahid Malik, MP for Dewsbury, international development minister and a former CRE commissioner, says the record is mixed but there were always mitigating circumstances. "When people look back at the CRE, with the amount of resources that it had and match that against the expectations and the impact it had, they'll say we got a fair amount of bang for our buck."
From the outset, the CRE faced an uphill struggle to police the Race Relations Act 1976 through support for individuals and investigations into claims of racism in the public and private sectors. "You cannot change behaviour by dint of legislation," doubters said.
Minority communities themselves often divided between those who supported a body - however flawed - which tried to counter the bias in British society and those who condemned it as a badly constructed sop designed to placate their anger.
There was always an uneasy relationship between community-based activists, mainly black or Asian, and the mainly white lawyers and administrators of the London-based CRE. At the same time, it endured increasing hostility from the right and those who raised the spectre of the "race police". And there were recurring stories about tensions between staff of different races inside the CRE.
Professor Gus John, the academic, author and veteran race activist believes the CRE was essential. "It had to be there to ensure that the 1976 act was not just ignored. Most public bodies only stirred themselves when someone dragged them in front of an industrial tribunal."
He said many people's experiences of the CRE hinged on the reception they received locally from the satellite Community Relations Councils, later renamed Race Equality Councils. "It depended on the political consciousness and the prowess of the community relations officer. Sometimes local authorities - who were themselves being racist - sought to impact on what they could and could not say. Some felt compromised."
The CRE ventured, tentatively and then with increasing confidence, into more areas of our national life than most realise. The first non-discrimination notice, in 1978, was served on a Birmingham nightclub, Pollyanna's, to counteract racist entry policies.
Officers conducted investigations into the allocation of council housing in Hackney and Walsall and school places in Berkshire. Training for chartered accountants and medical students was scrutinised as were the employment practices in hotels and recruitment in the civil service.
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Fortunes ebbed and flowed depending on who was in charge. John says the most effective was Herman Ouseley, now Lord Ouseley, the first black chair, who led it from 1993 to 2000 and was "bold and innovative". Lord Ouseley forged relationships with the business sector and was the driving force behind the Kick Racism Out of Football project.
However, like many, John says the CRE always lacked the vital tools it needed to succeed. The Race Relations Amend ment Act of 2000 followed directly from the Macpherson inquiry into the Stephen Lawrence murder, and placed new responsibilities on public authorities to promote equality. But he says it "needed much more money and stronger powers".
The CRE will not go quietly for the latter years have been especially turbulent. New issues such as home-grown Islamic terrorism, single-faith schools, asylum seekers and the wave of immigration from eastern Europe have presented fresh challenges.
The departure of Gurbux Singh - who resigned in 2002 following a conviction for threatening behaviour - saw Trevor Phillips take charge with a brief to restore its credibility with policymakers, MPs and with government but also to re-shape badly impaired administrative processes.
Phillips deliberately refocused some of the CRE's work and put less emphasis on individual court cases, on which the CRE's record was patchy, and more on the targeted scrutiny of large institutions such as the prison service and police forces, believing this sort of macro-activity would best achieve change in the new millennium.
Supporters say it has. His CRE handled 800 cases centrally. Most were settled but one alone resulted in a pounds 1.4m payout, a record for a race discrimination case.
Nevertheless detractors said that without the focus on high-profile litigation, it was a bloodless CRE. Though he actually increased funding to the Race Equality Councils and local legal practices, he was continually accused of moving the organisation away from its grassroots.
He also provoked further controversies with speeches on such critical areas as the debate between integration versus multiculturalism and the underachievement of black boys in school, never more so than in September 2005, a month after the July 7 bombings in London, when he warned that the country was "sleepwalking towards segregation".
He remains a key figure. Although the CRE has sent a 100-day plan to Gordon Brown, urging him to appoint an equalities advisor and lead a national debate about immigration, it is largely to Phillips that the CRE must look to secure its legacy.
As CRE chairman, he sought to postpone its entry into the CEHR, but now he says, amid some scepticism, that the new structure will work. The task of linking the past to the future falls on his shoulders. They will need to be broad.
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This week Brandon Krisztal sits down with Colorado Avalanche broadcaster Mike Haynes.
Mike Haynes road to success was anything but easy. It took him several steps, and several setbacks to find his way to the Colorado Avalanche.
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IDF troops shot and seriously wounded a Palestinian girl, 16, who attempted to carry out a terror attack at the Gush Etzion junction on Wednesday afternoon.
The girl, from Beit Fajjar, rammed her car into a bus stop at the Gush Etzion junction, where several people were waiting, raising the soldiers' suspicions.
No one on the Israeli side was physically hurt, but three were being treated for shock, including a pregnant woman.
The Gush Etzion junction has repeatedly been a target for vehicular and shooting attacks.
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Toire no Hanako-san : Kyoufu kousha
[Toilet Hanako-san: School of Fear]
Genre: School-Based Horror Story
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Though far less than terrifying, this third version of the Toire no Hanako series opened up so much weird Japanese superstition that I can only stand in awe with jaw wide open. Exposure to this wholly foreign perspective of ghostliness thoroughly makes up for this film's lack of cinematic polish.
What a strange bird this is.
Undoubtedly you watch ghost tales for their spook value but also with the hope that they somehow bring you into a new way of thinking about things. For example, contemporary films such as Sixth Sense and The Others did a very good job of providing audiences with a new, creepy perpsective on the relation between the world of the living and the world of the dead.
And while this film (Toire no Hanako-san : Kyoufu kousha) totally lacks the "spook value" of those greater films, it nevertheless excels in introducing audiences into a memorably new perspective on how (in the Japanese mindset) mundane reality intersects with the potentially horrific spiritual realm.
The classic tale of Toire no Hanako-san involves a creepy ghoul in the form of a young girl who haunts a school building (with a specific locus in the girl's bathroom). Here, however, the tale imagines the scenario whereby little Hanako is released from her school ground confines.
One would thus think that the horror trail would follow the wandering demon Hanako (and it certainly does initially), but the core of this tale quickly reverts back to the school building itself. In classic animistic fashion, the institutional edifice begins to exhibit malevolent self-consciousness based on the cumulative reverberations it has picked up from the living generations of students.
To be honest, this was remarkable to see -- not because of any polished effects but due to its wholly unique (at least to me) representation of Shinto spirituality applied to socially contemporary buildings. Usually in Japanese superstition this animistic principle of a deeply ingrained spiritual overlay between geographical locations and the spiritual realm is applied to ancient shrines, but here it is (for the first time Ive seen) applied to modern constructions.
By this I mean that this film does not simply suggest the school is haunted.
And this is a wholly CREEPY notion for those believe that such spiritual nuance is in fact possibly present, for example in those ancient shrines. I'm not Japanese but this logic gave me the willies.
This film is directed by Sasaki Misato who in addition to bringing you the (very) slightly earlier Toire no Hanako-san : Kieta Shoujo no Himitsu also directed the truly bizarre 1996 Donor. All four of the main female characters here also appear in Sasaki's earlier Hanako film.
Here are my reviews of some of the other films in this series:
- Toire no Hanako-san - 1995
Toire no Hanako-san : Kieta Shoujo no Himitsu - 1997
Toire no Hanako-san : Kyoufu kousha - 1997 (current review)
Shinsei Toire no Hanako-san - 1998
First-year junior high students Mai and Miyuki (played by Aoki Yuki) naturally huddle together during their transitional year from classmates of elementary school. Once in their more metropolitan junior high school, however, they are soon introduced to a wider and more exciting exposure to the world.
On the positive side, this includes independent ventures into the more culturally notorious elements of Tokyo such as Harajuku with slightly drunken upperclassmen (BOYS!!). Unfortunately it also involves being thoroughly initiated into their new school's rumored history of an omen-filled death three years prior on the school's rooftop and stories of hauntings by the ghost of a young girl.
The upperclassmen enthusiastically discuss these things nightly via a web bulletin board (BBS) where eventually the rumor emerges that the school-bound ghoulie Hanako is released from her confines if and when a particular mirror in the school is broken. And sure enough, when the school if horrifically vandalized, Miyuki sees a young girl in an outdated school uniform wander from the school grounds.
And then very strange and terrible things begin happening on and off campus. Students meet bizarre demises on there way home and the school itself beings to crumble in a flood of uncontrollable mold. When a student posts a malicious message on the internet bulletin board suggesting that a "new Hanako" should replace the former, the frenzied panic takes on its own malevolent momentum.
As I said earlier, the value of this version of Hanako resides in its truly unique attempt to explain the dynamic of the perpetually school-bound Hanako-san. The conclusion it comes up with serves not only those hungry for superstition but also reinforces a very deep (Japanese) traditional theme regarding the role of the institution of school within youthful human society.
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|Third in the Hanako series. Involves some unique exploration of superstition.
|MAGGOT BABY!!! Also plenty of blood puddles and crumpled bodies. Some slasher scenes.
|Rather unique and creepy approach to the Hanako ghost tale.


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ON THE CALL: In Tampa, Tom Jones writes CBS' lead crew of Jim Nantz, Grant Hill and Bill Raftery yesterday had a "fantastic day" calling Michigan-Louisville and Kentucky-Wichita State. Nantz did a "splendid job giving space to Hill and Raftery and, even better, Hill and Raftery never stepped on one another." However, Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel "still are CBS's best crew" (TAMPA BAY TIMES, 3/20). In N.Y., Phil Mushnick writes CBS and Turner continue to "short-change shots of Tournament postgame handshake lines, instead cutting to useless crowd shots and updated brackets graphics." Meanwhile, sideline reporter Allie LaForce "can expect curt answers from intemperate coaches ... until she learns how to ask decent questions." Mushnick: "Silly questions provoke silly answers" (N.Y. POST, 3/20). Meanwhile, Mushnick wrote Spanarkel during Thursday's broadcast of Notre Dame-Princeton on CBS "calmly and concisely gave a complete rundown of contingencies, a useful overview on what to expect" as the game ended. Spanarkel "kept his and our eyes and mind on the game" (N.Y. POST, 3/19).
MINOR PROBLEMS? SI.com's Richard Deitsch wrote some viewers thought there was "exploitative behavior by CBS Sports" during coverage of Gonzaga's win against Northwestern on Saturday. Complaints were made about the broadcast "showing repeated shots of 11-year-old John Phillips, the son of Northwestern AD Jim Phillips." John Phillips was in "near tears over Northwestern losing late in the second half." In response to a question via Twitter, YES Network writer Seth Rothman said: "Showing the poor kid after every basket felt cruel. It's asking the Internet to make fun of him." ESPN executive producer Lee Fitting added: "Show a couple times and be done with it." Deitsch: "In my dealings with CBS Sports producers and directors, I've always found them to be a thoughtful lot. They are not the exploitative type." In this case however, they should "err on the side of caution when it comes to using a kid's image to hype the drama, even if the kid is the child of an athletic department staffer" (SI.com, 3/19). NBC's "Today" this morning also showed the footage of Phillips' son, and Matt Lauer said, "This young guy made it on national television a bunch of times throughout the game -- crying, yelling, waving -- all while watching his team get defeated." Lauer said of the emotional outbursts from the son, "I have been there" ("Today," NBC, 3/20).
TAKE IT DOWN: In K.C., Pete Grathoff notes a video of Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall's wife, Lynn, at yesterday's Kentucky-WSU game "made the rounds on Twitter and raised some eyebrows." The video was shot by Kentucky Sports Radio's Drew Franklin, and "shared on Twitter." It "showed an upset Lynn Marshall," and Franklin wrote he later was "told by 'someone from the NCAA' to remove the video" (K.C. STAR, 3/20).
GOING WORLDWIDE: In N.Y., Matt Fortuna noted Dayton games for the second year were called in Mandarin Chinese for "broadcasts distributed on the university's athletics website." The school has a "rotating case of five broadcasters" who call games in Mandarin. The broadcast, which is in its second year at Dayton, is Dayton Assistant AD/Multimedia Michael LaPlaca's "brainchild, the product of an initiative by a university looking to engage more with the international students on campus." When the program started before last season, UD "estimated that its enrollment of about 11,000 included more than 600 Chinese students" (N.Y. TIMES, 3/18).
BLACKED OUT: In Charlotte, Mark Washburn noted locally based WBTV-CBS "remained dark on AT&T U-verse cable" as games began Friday. Raycom Media, which owns the channel and runs 62 other TV stations, has been "unable to come to terms with AT&T on how much the cable company will pay to carry Raycom stations in 23 cities, including Charlotte." Each side "blames the other in dispute" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 3/18).


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Mid Hudson Valley Regional Well-Being
- CIC Member?:
- No
- Active Project?:
- Yes
- Year Project Began:
- 2008
- Year of Latest Report:
- 2010
- Last Update: 07/06/12
- Project LocationMid-Hudson Region, New York State
- State/ProvinceNY
- CountryUSA
- Lead OrganizationCenter for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO)
- Type of OrganizationEducational Organization
Geographic Scope (The level of geography at which the indicator data is collected):
County, Multi-County
Issue Areas:
Arts and Culture, Children/Youth/Families, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Employment, Environment, Equity, Governance, Health, Housing, Land Use, Population, Poverty, Public Safety, Recreation, Social, Transportation, Volunteerism
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The Regional Well-Being Project is focused on measuring and reporting on Mid-Hudson Valley communities' social, economic, and environmental character that are broadly accepted and allow the tracking of change over time. The research team includes members of the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) staff, SUNY New Paltz faculty and students, and community leaders. Community leaders were recruited from among business persons, professional practitioners, environmentalists, economic developers, local governmental officials and educators. In a series of focused meetings, the research team has considered existing related work and articulated community values. As part of this research they are also working with faculty in the development of related teaching materials for use in courses and guiding students in project-related work. The first report on measuring Regional Well-Being, which includes a Regional Well-Being Index, was released in June 2010 and was distributed to local government decision makers. Regularly appearing follow-up reports will be central to the continuing work of CRREO. Through these efforts they seek to inform decision making in the region, focus its efforts, identify opportunities, highlight successes and bring attention where improvement is needed.
What framework does this project use if any?
Awards and Recognitions:
Community Indicators – Performance Measures Integration
Does this project have Community Indicators?: Yes
The Regional Well-Being Index is comprised of eight indicator categories:
Does this project have Performance Measures?: No
Has this project integrated Community Indicators and Performance Measures?: No
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Kathleen (kt) Tobin Flusser
SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, HAB 705
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Stay away from non-state armed groups
Should we back the world's freedom fighters? If we are sympathetic to their cause, we may consider it a moral duty, even if others see them as terrorists. There is certainly nothing new about countries providing support to non-state armed groups (NAGs). But it is not a successful strategy in the long run, according to EU-funded research.
Published: 8 July 2016
A research roadmap for sustainable land management
The EU-funded project INSPIRATION aims to develop a European research roadmap on sustainable land management practices. The agenda would help focus Europe's research, supporting policymaking on environmentally friendly, socially acceptable and economically affordable soil and land use management.
Published: 16 June 2016
An empirical approach to climate change adaptation
From freak winter storms to summer floods and multi-year droughts, climate change is having an intensifying impact across Europe. Effective adaptation will be essential for countries, societies and industries as they seek to minimise the negative effects and perhaps even harness the potential benefits of a changing climate, according to EU-funded researchers.
Published: 4 May 2016
Towards science-based policies for the Baltic Sea
The challenges affecting a regional sea cannot be tackled effectively by individual countries acting alone. Nor can they be addressed without a thorough understanding of the relevant facts and processes. The states bordering the Baltic Sea are cooperating in a joint research programme to provide policy-makers with the information they need to achieve greater sustainability.
Published: 30 January 2015
A smart platform for smoother city travel
Public transport users dread confusing connections and frustrating delays in cities. An EU-funded project brings together travel and traffic data, helping travellers get from A to B on time, with less stress.
Published: 25 November 2014
Interactive linking of climate data from multiple sources
Policymakers and planners trying to solve the complex problems often resort to modelling software - programs that attempt to predict and even simulate the likely results of policy initiatives. While such software has been around for years, it tends to be sector-specific, focused for example on climate science, energy economics or agriculture. To date, providing useful modelling based on data from multiple areas of environmental activity has remained limited.
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Voices of Scotland: Richard Leonard is the man to deliver
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Voters want Scottish Labour to move, and we must listen. Where they want us to move is where Leonard has stood his whole life, writes LESLEY BRENNAN ...
Unite challenges Mexican ambassador over inaction on Ayotzinapa disappearances
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UNITE international officer Clare Baker presented a letter to the Mexican ambassador today, highlighting the union's "deepest concern" over 43 students missing — presumed murdered — since September 2014.
The letter from Unite leader Len McCluskey notes "human rights violations carried out by law enforcement authorities" in the past, ...
May's woes are of her own making
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Don't trust Putin's kleptocrats – Russia needs socialism
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Veteran Russian communist DR SLAVA TETEKIN talks to John Foster about how Russians today view the former Soviet Union and attitudes towards Vladimir Putin ...
Pro-Kurdish group slams ties to Turkey
KURDISH solidarity campaigners urged the government yesterday to stop undermining efforts to bring peace and stability to the region through its relationship with Turkey.
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Hinkley Point blunders will mean higher electricity bills
BRITAIN'S poorest households face higher energy bills to pay for the government's bungled handling of the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, MPs warned yesterday.
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Campaigners call for release of Bahraini prisoner of conscience
HUMAN rights campaigners gathered outside the Bahrain embassy in London yesterday calling for the release of a man jailed for criticising the regime on Twitter and an end to reprisal attacks.…
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50 killed in Nigeria bombing
AT LEAST 50 people died yesterday in a suicide bombing at a mosque in northern Nigeria.
Russia admits spike in radiation near Urals nuclear plant
RUSSIA has confirmed reports of a spike in radioactivity over the southern Ural mountains where concentrations of a radioactive isotope were found to be several hundred times the norm.
Spycops' names must be revealed
JUSTICE Mitting's indication that the real names of police officers who spied on legal political…
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A gaffe that wasn't a gaffe
CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond's claim yesterday that "there are no unemployed people" is easy to dismiss as just a gaffe.
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Bridge Academy schools wouldn't be good enough for kids in Britain, so stop promoting them overseas
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Blair, Corbynphobia and not-quite history
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Arsenal did not go gunning for Crafton
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Phillips laces up boots for threadbare Scarlets
Former Wales star Mike Phillips is set to come out of retirement and play for the Scarlets.
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December 8, 2005
Only a fraction of the money that states receive from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes is being used to prevent smoking, according to a report released by several advocacy groups.
The report, titled "A Broken Promise to Our Children," was released by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society and American Lung Association.
- Researchers found that states in total have allocated $551 million for tobacco-use prevention programs in fiscal year 2006, although the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommend $1.6 billion in spending.
- Meanwhile, the tobacco industry spends $15.4 billion to market tobacco products -- nearly 28 times the amount states spend on prevention.
- Maine, Colorado, Delaware and Mississippi are the only states that spend at least the minimum levels recommended by CDC.
- Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Tennessee and Washington, D.C., spend no state funds on prevention programs, while 30 other states spend less than half of the recommended amount.
- CDC's recommended minimums for individual states range from $7.3 million to more than $165 million, based on population size and need.
The researchers said that rather than funding smoking prevention efforts, states often use tobacco-related funds to pay off budget shortfalls or fund capital campaigns and construction projects. Tobacco industry officials said states should use funds from the $206 billion settlement for their intended purpose.
Source: "A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Seven Years Later," Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, and American Lung Association, November 30, 2005.
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Listening to the radio this Memorial Day morning I heard another one of those debates over whether we should reinstitute the draft. It's a debate that always makes me uncomfortable.
Born in 1963, I grew up watching the Vietnam war on TV: the protests, the combat footage, the nightly casualty counts. I wore a POW/MIA bracelet for several years, and after the US withdrew troops in 1973 I kept checking the newspaper for the listings of returned POWs and confirmed dead. My GI's name never showed up.
I had a vague notion that there was such a thing as a just war—say, fighting the Nazis or defending your home from invaders—but I was pretty sure I wasn't cut out for combat, and I absolutely damn well knew that I would never serve in a Vietnam. Even though the draft had ended by the time I came of age, it was a very real and tangible thing to me, and I was determined to evade it by any means possible, whatever the consequences, even if it meant a term in jail.
After President Carter reinstituted draft registration in 1980, I refused. It wasn't until 1983, when Congress made draft registration a requirement to receive college financial aid that I reluctantly complied, but only after smearing the form with fake blood, and then hand scrawling in the margins a note that I would refuse to serve if called.
So yeah, personally, I have some pretty strong anti-draft feelings.
That said, there are some pretty strong arguments in favor of a draft too, not the least of which being that we already have a poverty draft of sorts, in which young men and women sign up to earn tuition for college or because they have few other economic opportunities. The fairness issue aside, the main argument in favor of a draft is that perhaps Americans would be less eager to support the reckless projection of military power if all of our sons and daughters were at risk, and not just those of the poor (who we justify to ourselves "volunteered" for service anyway, so they knew what they were getting into).
But if the goal is really to make America less warlike I'm not so sure what is worse: The professionalization of a military class or the militarization of civilian society? It is likely true that a draft would make the military more economically diverse, but inculcated in this culture these draftees would eventually return to civilian life, many of them bringing pro-military leanings with them. The flip side to citizen-soldiers is soldier-citizens.
I'm not so naive as to think that we don't need a military, and I respect and appreciate the sacrifice that many of our service men and women make. But I remain convinced that making military service (or at least the risk of it) an obligation of citizenship would only serve to further define us as a militaristic nation, and thus make future Vietnams more likely, not less.


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Published: Wednesday 15th October 2014 by The News Editor
A campaigning MP has criticised one of the country's leading police officers for failing to tackle grooming gangs and said his views on child abuse are "dangerously out of step with public opinion".
Simon Danczuk claimed Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy did not see the issue as a priority, and urged him to do more.
The Labour MP for Rochdale made the comments after an ITV News report said hundreds of child abusers were free to walk Manchester's streets because the force had failed to investigate allegations properly.
Ex-detective Margaret Oliver, who has repeatedly criticised her former employers, wrote a report into grooming gangs a decade ago, naming abusers.
She told the programme: "Had we addressed it 10 years ago I am in no doubt that we wouldn't be seeing the problem in the volume it is now.
"From that time to this time, we have had 10 years where that problem has been allowed to develop and to grow and grow and grow."
Another detective, who spoke anonymously, told ITV News she wrote a further report into grooming gangs four years ago but it went unheeded.
She said: "I told them young girls were being abused but they didn't listen or resource the investigation, they were only interested in target crimes, robbery, burglary and car theft. Because this kind of crime was difficult to prosecute and didn't show up quickly on crime figures. They weren't interested."
The Chief Constable told the programme: "We must do everything we can to contain these people, to get people arrested, to get people convicted.
"But we are misleading the public if they think absolutely that the police can solve this problem.
"We made mistakes in the past that some of our officers developed a sort of mind-set that victims in these sorts of cases had been unreliable and I think that was also a mind-set that developed within prosecutors as well."
He said the legal system had not changed, and if police could not prosecute offenders for child sex abuse, they would look at other avenues.
"We look at the abusers and say even if we can't get them for this particular offence, we can still hit them with anything else we can – their taxi licence, their shop they run, if they are involved in any other criminality, we will get them."
When challenged by reporter Martin Geissler that child rapists should be prosecuted for more serious offences than taxi licence evasion, Sir Peter replied: "If that's the only thing you can get them for, then that's what we have to get them for."
Mr Danczuk said: "I have repeatedly pressed Sir Peter Fahy to do more to tackle child abuse in Greater Manchester, as I have seen how it's destroying lives in my constituency of Rochdale.
"Despite the public's anger at these crimes I do not think Sir Peter has properly got to grips with grooming gangs and his comments today will come as a further kick in the teeth to victims of rape who want to see the perpetrators of these evil crimes put behind bars.
"For the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police to say it's misleading the public to think the police can solve this problem is completely the wrong message to be sending out.
"There is only one agency that can put rapists behind bars and that's the police.
"Other police officers have told me that Sir Peter does not see this crime as a priority and I think his views on child abuse are dangerously out of step with public opinion."
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World Kidney Day event
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World Kidney Day 2017 at UHW Cardiff
Members of The WKRU at Cardiff University will be cycling in the concourse at the Heath Hospital on the 9th March, so please come along to give us your support and find out more about research taking place in Wales. Radio Glamorgan will also be there to report on the event.
Primary school fundraising
School assembly with guest speaker (renal consultant) talking to the children, followed by sponsored activities through the day e.g. skipping
World Kidney Day at UHCW
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Healthy YOU for Healthy Kidneys
Members of staff from the kidney unit, together with renal dietitians will be at hand to provide information regarding health eating, a healthy weight and also ideas to help keep your weight in check. The team will also be leading 30 minute walks around the trust grounds to encourage both staff and the public to […]
world kidney day
Research updates and hands on fun of experimental techniques. Meet the researchers and see whats going on at Sheffield Kidney Institute.
Drink a glass of water campaign
We will be having a stand at the Main Foyer at Bangor University (North Wales) to raise awareness of World Kidney Day and encourage passers-by to drink a glass of water and take away some information (in English and Welsh) on the importance of healthy kidneys.
Health & Kidney Awareness Event
World Kidney Day takes place on Thursday 9th March 2017. The event aims to raise public attention towards the importance of kidney health. This year's theme for the event is 'Kidney Disease and Obesity'. Doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals from Aintree's Nephrology Team, Aintree Well-being team, Aintree Organ Donation Team, Aintree Kidney Patients' Association (AKPA) […]
Sheffield Kidney Institute World Kidney Day Public Seminar
You're invited to attend our World Kidney Day Public Seminar at the Medical Education Centre at the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield. From 5 till 6pm there will be a drop-in session where you can come and ask everything you ever wanted to know about kidneys from leading health care professionals, dieticians, patients and stall holders. […]
Live TV Programme Highlighting WKD on Sky 828 in Urdu
This is live programme with Ajay Dhaygude, Consultant Renal Physician and Associate FPD Royal Preston Hospital. UK He will be answering callers' questions and giving valuable information about the renal health issues. The programme is in Urdu/Hindi and will be aired at Sky 828 at 2pm local time.
KRUK Display stand
Display stand with information about kidney health and organ donation. Free balloons for kids. Leaflets and freebies.
The National Assembly of Wales Awareness & Photo Opportunity
Paul Popham Fund, Renal Support Wales Awareness of Kidney Patients and of the Charity World Kidney Day A Photo call Event for World Kidney Day on Wednesday 8th March, please call in anytime between 11am – 2pm, Dining Room 3. This is an opportunity for us to showcase the work of the Paul Popham Fund, […]
Paul Popham Befriending Service Open Session
Open Session Event date: Thursday 9th March 2017 Venue: Lord Mayor's Mansion House Time: 10am to 12pm Information: An opportunity for kidney patients and/or carers or family members of a kidney patient to find out more about the Befriending Service and how they can volunteer to support kidney patients to get much needed advice and […]
World Kidney Day Display
World Kidney Day 2017 awareness display outside main dining room at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. Also to celebrate the renal dept 10th anniversary of being open in the same month.
Kays 11 miles for WKD
I run for PKD Charity as my little boy has PKD as does my husband & I've raised just over £3000 for the charity in 2 years. I shall run 11 miles to go with each year world kidney day has been going.
Wkd 2017 awareness event
Members of the NSSCKPA are Manning a stand in the Waitrose supermarket in the market town of Sandbach, Cheshire on Thursday 9th March. This is to promote WKD, and also make the general public aware of how important your kidneys are.
Gowerton Comprehensive School World Kidney Day Event
Staff from Swansea's Morriston Renal Unit will be teaming up with Gowerton Comprehensive School to put on a prevention and awareness campaign for World Kidney Day. This is something Morriston Renal Unit has been doing around different schools in Swansea for the last 4-5 years, visiting a different school each year and raising awareness of […]
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Recovery 'is neither balanced nor sustainable', says Carney as he axes interest rate plan
BORROWERS had good news today after the Bank of England abandoned its flagship policy of linking interest rate rises to falling unemployment.
The recovery is neither balanced nor sustainable. A few quarters of above trend growth driven by household spending are a good start but they aren't sufficient for sustained momentum.
Governor Mark Carney made the announcement today, arguing the recovery was "neither balanced nor sustainable" and required continued support - something which a rise in interest rates from above the historic low level of 0.5 per cent could threaten.
Just six months ago the Bank of England said it would only consider increasing interest rates when unemployment fell to seven per cent.
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics have put the unemployment rate at 7.1 per cent - with the number of people out of work falling by 167,000 to 2.32 million in the three months to November.
At the time it was set, the threshold was not expected to be reached until 2016 but since then half a million more people have found work.
Mr Carney said it was now expected to be reached in the spring, prompting the policy to be reassessed.
He pledged that when rates do go up the rise will be gradual but refused to promise there would be no hike this year.
The governor said continuing difficulties facing the economy meant rates would have to be "materially lower than before the crisis", citing a forecast that sees them approaching two per cent in 2017.
Mr Carney said: "The recovery has gained momentum. Output is growing at the fastest rate since 2007, jobs are being created at the quickest pace since records began, and after four years above target the inflation rate is back at two per cent."
Mr Carney said the recovery had been underpinned by a revival in confidence, a reduction in uncertainty and an easing in credit conditions. This had seen households save less and spend more, and the housing market strengthen.
Business investment remained subdued but was likely to gather pace this year, the governor added. Despite the improving economic picture, productivity growth has been disappointing.
He added: "The recovery is neither balanced nor sustainable. A few quarters of above trend growth driven by household spending are a good start but they aren't sufficient for sustained momentum.
"If and when the time comes that the economy can sustain higher interest rates, Bank rate is expected to rise only gradually. For a sustained and balanced recovery, the degree of stimulus will need to remain exceptional for some time."
The new policy is based on a more complex framework linking rates to the output gap in the economy as measured by a series of 18 indicators.
The overhaul of the Bank's guidance has been seen as a test of Mr Carney's credibility, with the policy coming under pressure since he oversaw its introduction last summer shortly after he began his tenure as governor.
Mr Carney defended the first phase of guidance, saying it had boosted confidence in UK economic prospects and encouraged firms to hire and spend.
But he indicated that had the strength of the recovery path been known at the time it was set out, the threshold would have been lower.
Simon Smith, head of research at FXPro, said the new guidance introduced a "fog of new forecasts" to predict policy.
Jonathan Loynes of Capital Economics said: "This 'second phase' of guidance obviously lacks the simplicity of the previous one.
"And there is a clear concern that, in putting more focus on the general degree of spare capacity, it replaces the unemployment rate with an even more unpredictable, and much less observable, economic concept.
"Indeed, perhaps the main effect of the changes to forward guidance will be to shift the focus back on the outlook for inflation."
Ben Brettell, of stockbrokers Hargreaves Lansdown said: "The real message from today is that Mark Carney intends to keep rates low for as long as possible.
"This is clearly bad news for savers, but it's good news for investors and borrowers."
The governor was speaking at the launch of the Bank's quarterly inflation report, which upgraded its growth forecast for this year from 2.8 per cent to 3.4 per cent.
The rise in the cost of living is expected to remain around the Bank's two per cent target rate for the time being, meaning there is currently little pressure for a rise - which could be prompted should it look like spiralling.


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| One by one a group of atomic researchers are being decimated by remote control. The survivors suspect that the villain, calling himself "Dr. Vulcan," is one of their own members who is bent on a monopoly of their technological wonders. Jeff King is assigned to safeguard the group's secrets using his mind and a secret experimental rocket suit that enables him to fly.
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Crews will start tearing up portions of South Santa Fe Avenue in Vista this week, marking a major milestone in the city's years-long plan to overhaul the blighted corridor.
The road work will cover just a few blocks, but it heralds the start of much larger changes coming to South Santa Fe.
Vista plans to eventually remake a 2-mile stretch of the street, converting it from a busy four-lane thoroughfare to a two-lane road with wide sidewalks and pretty landscaping, and lined by shops and restaurants that have living spaces above. The project, dubbed Paseo Santa Fe, has been one of the city's top priorities for decades.
This first leg of work will address underground water, sewer and storm system upgrades from Main Street to Oceanview Drive, one of the oldest parts of the city, officials said. For the next several months, driver may see intermittent lane closures on the busy artery, particularly overnight.
The start of construction "is a big deal for us," City Councilman John Aguilera said Friday. "This is going to make people a lot more aware that this is really happening. It's for real."
Next year comes the second leg — the same portion of road will be narrowed to two lanes, diagonal parking will be added and a traffic circle will be installed at South Santa Fe and Eucalyptus Avenue.
The Paseo project's goal is to make the corridor more pedestrian-friendly and to emphasize the city's downtown core.
"People have viewed it (South Santa Fe) just strictly as a cut-through and nothing else — but that is our downtown," Aguilera said. "We don't want people skipping through downtown. We want people slowing down and saying, 'There is a nice store or restaurant. There's some nice art.'"
City officials said the cost for the utility upgrades in the first phase of the project will run nearly $1.6 million. The streetscape improvements planned for next year could run around $2.2 million. Funding comes from a number of sources, including grants, development fees and old bond money.
The full Paseo project will create the same improvements along South Santa Fe east to nearly Civic Center Drive and add two more traffic circles. The city is still trying to figure out how to fund that portion of the project.
Tom Fleming, who owns One Day Shoe Repair in downtown Vista, said he is "very excited" that work is about to start on a project years in the planning.
Fleming, who is also a planning commissioner, said the improvements will draw investors and encourage further revitalization along South Santa Fe.
"I think this is the trigger that will start the whole thing," Fleming said.
The South Santa Fe corridor is one of the oldest business districts in the city. It is also one of the most blighted, with aging and rundown buildings. Many of the storefronts are empty.
In recent years, efforts to revitalize the area ran up against a struggling economy and then the loss of redevelopment funds from the state. But there has been some recent movement toward the city's goal.
Visitors to the city's downtown area may have noticed fencing around a construction site on South Santa Fe near Main Street. Behind the fence, work is under way on a $27 million project to build 69 affordable housing units and 3,300 square feet of commercial space.
The project, called Paseo Pointe, will bring with it a little park on a narrow patch along Santa Fe.
Up the street, at the corner of Vista Village and North Santa Fe Avenue, work has started on another affordable housing site. The 68-unit North Santa Fe Apartments should be done by next summer.
And even though underground utility work isn't very pretty, it's the first sign that Paseo Santa Fe is also moving forward.
"I look forward to the day it will be completed," Fleming said. He later added, "It's going to be good for Vista."


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The council is likely to approve the state GST (SGST) and the union territory GST (UTGST) bills, and the government expected to seek cabinet approval for the other bills approved by the council earlier.
The favourable verdict in four states — UP, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa — is expected to bolster the Centre's position further.
Sources said the government was working on a plan to ensure that the bills got parliamentary approval in the ongoing session. State legislatures will also need to approve the SGST legislation.
The prospects of a GST rollout by July 1 brightened after the Council approved a draft law last month that seeks to compensate states fully in case of revenue loss as a result of the tax reform.
Earlier this month, the council approved two key legislations, the central GST (CGST) and integrated GST (IGST). The GST council, a panel comprising Union and state finance ministers, also agreed to cap the levy at 40%, while sticking to the earlier slabs of 5, 12, 18 and 28%.
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After having very upsetting pasts of all things imaginable, a group of women from China start a "Joy Luck Club†with the purpose of improving their spirits. Throughout The Joy Luck Club, it's author Amy Tan uses food to symbolize numerous things. Food is used to represent the actual Joy Luck Club, to symbolize Chinese culture and tradition, and to signify relationships.
When the Joy Luck Club meets, the members are only allowed to think cheerful thoughts and say positive things while playing a rousing game of mah-jong. All of the women need this club because they have had horrible pasts with incredibly tragic things happening to each of them. The women agree to bring food to each of their meetings and, at the beginning, it is merely rotten oranges and flavorless dumplings. Though the food may be unappetizing, the women in the Joy Luck Club don't acknowledge it and declare the food to be magnificent. This is because the point of the Joy Luck Club is only to think sanguinely and not worry about what you do not have or the terrible things going on in the world.


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Discussion in 'Lawn Mowing' started by CTB, Apr 9, 2003.
We are not worthy. lol
Great post, welcome.
Hey CTB great post man!!! Ya see I knew they called PA the friendly state for a reason!!! I to often get tired of all the bashing.
I am a firm believer that we all have something to gain from this site. As my Grandfather always says " I have been a mason for over 40 years and I'm still learning" How true. Travis
Thanks for the warm welcome. I am really looking forward to becoming a member instead of a lurker, giving back what I have learned here. The site has so much to offer, and as AGG Lawn Maintenance's grandfather used to say, "I have been a mason for over 40 years and I'm still learning" we can all still have room to learn and improve. Now for my next post.....the giveaway question.
thanks again to all the people who have unknowingly helped me. I really envy the younger (coming up on 26 soon and I feel old sometimes) people who are on the site, I wish I knew about this when I was 17!!
Good Job!
Just read & reread your post - Excellent.
First of all, where do you get off.....not posting sooner!!!! It's great to have you aboard - Welcome to LawnSite.com.
Glad Sean brought it back up!!!!!! Things were kind of getting out of hand for awhile... It was a rough winter for some.. Now the phone is ringing. For the most part all of us are cutting, (hopefully start next week), and its back to biz. Lets keep it a professional site and learn from one another.
CTB put together a very well thought out post. Now lets just take heed to it...