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NEW YORK (AP) — Down, down, down. That's the direction of stocks in the BRICS economies, which were investment darlings last year but now seem like dead weights.
In stock market terms, it's been a disappointing year for the emerging-market powerhouses that make up the cute acronym: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Almost all the major stock indexes are lower in the five countries. The market in the U.S., by contrast, is up 15 percent.
But BRICS, for a lot of reasons, are still a good buy in the eyes of many investors, who think this year's declines are just a temporary blip and not a long-term trend.
The economy is growing in every BRICS country. China expanded at a rate of nearly 8 percent last year, lower than previous years but enviable to most everyone else, including the U.S., which grew just a hair above 2 percent. Growth in the BRICS countries will continue to outstrip that of the developed world, and even that of overall emerging markets, for at least the next five years, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Indeed, what made emerging markets so attractive in the first place — namely, untapped potential — is still in ample supply in the BRICS. For most, their workforces are young and expanding; their poverty rates are falling; their life expectancy is growing. Together, they account for about 42 percent of the world's population. Their demographics are "way, way better" than the developed world's, says Derrick Irwin, portfolio manager at Wells Fargo Advantage Funds.
And as for the troubling declines in the BRICS stock markets this year? Not to worry, say Irwin and others. The stocks have room to grow.
Irwin says emerging-market countries, which include BRICS, represent about 29 percent of the global economy but just 12 percent of global stock market value. That means the emerging-market stocks are "punching beneath their weight," he says, and "still maturing."
The U.S., on the other hand, is punching above its weight: It takes up 47 percent of the world's stock market value, but makes up less than 24 percent of the world economy, according to calculations using the MSCI All Country World Index.
Luiz Carvalho, managing partner at Tree Capital, thinks that concerns about the BRICS stock markets are overblown and are already accounted for in the lower stock prices. He believes that now they're set to grow.
The BRIC term was invented in 2001 by Jim O'Neill, the well-known Goldman Sachs economist. He needed a shorthand way to refer to four big, developing countries that seemed poised to drive global growth. It was just BRIC back then, not BRICS, because O'Neill didn't include South Africa.
The acronym caught on and was embraced by the countries. Brazil, Russia, India and China held a BRIC summit in 2009. Two years later, they invited South Africa to join.
Investors caught on, too. From 2001 to 2007, the BRICS countries clocked better stock gains than the world's most industrialized countries. But the BRICS beat the developed countries only twice from 2008 to 2012, as measured by the MSCI BRIC index and the MSCI G7 index, which encompasses the seven most industrialized countries in the world.
For investors, it's important to remember that even if BRICS are lumped together in hearts, minds and analyst reports, they still should be examined individually.
"Not all BRIC countries are created alike," says Anthony Chan, chief economist for Chase Private Client. For short-term prospects, he likes China best, with Brazil a distant second, but he has concerns about South Africa.
Still, he's optimistic about all the BRICS. If they "pursue the right policy paths," he says, their growth rates will be "much more exciting than the developed markets'."
Here's a quick glance at each country.
Declining demand for iron ore and other raw materials has hurt Brazil. The central bank has tried to stimulate the economy and met only limited success. Growth was less than 1 percent last year and roughly 3 percent in 2011, a disappointment after growth of nearly 8 percent in 2010.
Some analysts think a turnaround is near. The government has been trying to trim energy costs and strengthen investment in infrastructure, according to the World Bank. Much depends on China, which is Brazil's biggest trading partner.
Growth is expected to rise to 3 percent this year.
Stocks: The Brazil Bovespa is down 15 percent this year, after rising 7 percent last year.
Russia depends heavily on oil and gas exploration and production, so it has suffered as prices have flat lined. Labor strikes and a lack of business investment have derailed productivity. Its population, unlike in other BRICS, is shrinking.
Growth has been around 3 or 4 percent for the past three years, roughly in line with the world average but still below where it was before the financial crisis. Growth is expected to be about 3 percent this year, unchanged from 2012. The World Bank says the country needs to shrink the government's involvement in the economy, clamp down on corruption and map out a plan for its aging population.
Stocks: The MSCI Russia index is down 13 percent this year, after rising 5 percent last year.
Growth dipped to 4 percent last year, which is slow by India standards. It's possible that the economy is just taking a breather after years of blistering growth, experts say. India's growth eased to 8 percent in 2011 from 11 percent in 2010.
Some investors see deeper problems, though. There are worries that the country, despite some recent changes, hasn't done enough to open itself up to foreign investors. Others are waiting to see how elections fare next year, and wonder if a new government could stoke stability and tamp down corruption. As more workers move from the countryside to the cities, it's vital that the country spend more on infrastructure like roads and the electric grid. India's economy is projected to grow 6 percent this year.
Stocks: The India SENSEX is flat this year, after rising 26 percent last year.
China has powered forward as it moves toward more of a market-based economy. It propped up the world economy in the depths of the financial crisis, growing rapidly even when the economies of most other countries shrank.
In 2012, China's economy grew about 8 percent. That was down from the 9 and 10 percent range of the previous four years but still one of the fastest rates in the world. Chan, from Chase Private Client, thinks the slowdown reflects the country's rebalancing from an export-based economy to one more focused on consumer spending. The government is pumping more money into social programs, which should also spur consumer spending. Growth is expected to be 8 percent this year.
Stocks: The Shanghai Composite Index is down 3 percent this year, after rising 3 percent last year.
—South Africa:
South Africa has successfully transformed itself from apartheid to a democracy with modern infrastructure. Growth, however, has been around just 2 or 3 percent for the past three years, less than the world average. It is expected to pick up slightly this year to 2.8 percent from 2.5 percent.
The country is saddled with a devastating unemployment rate of 25 percent, and it's expected to get worse. The country was hurt by an electricity crisis in 2007, which was caused by aging power plants. Then the global financial crisis reduced demand for South Africa's raw materials, including gold, diamonds and platinum. This year, the mining industry has been plagued by violent strikes. High rates of HIV and AIDS are straining the health-care system, and deep inequalities between the rich and poor are hindering growth, according to the World Bank.
Stocks: The MSCI South Africa index is down 5 percent this year, after rising 21 percent last year.


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OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian energy company Statoil ASA says it has received approval from the British government to develop the Mariner heavy oil field, the U.K.'s largest new offshore development in more than a decade.
Statoil says it expects production to last 30 years starting in 2017, with an estimated initial daily output of 55,000 barrels.
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Year of Construction: - 1832
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Some of the oil industry's smaller players could be poised to reap the most rewards from increasing U.S. crude oil production.
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Monthly production is expected to surpass imports later this year for the first time since February 1995, according to a report from the Energy Information Administration. By the end of next year, the gap between domestic production and imports is projected to be nearly 2 million barrels per day.
Production may top 8 million bbl/d in the fourth quarter of 2014, the EIA said, which would reflect the highest level since 1988.
Meanwhile, by that period, net crude oil imports are projected to fall below 7 million bbl/d for the first time since 1995.
The timing of the crossover between production and net imports could change, the EIA noted. A decrease in supply, perhaps if a strong 2013 hurricane season disrupts offshore oil production, could delay or prevent production from surpassing imports. An increase in domestic production could mean a reversal happens sooner than forecast.
The EIA explained that its current projection is a result of rising domestic crude oil production, particularly from rock formations in North Dakota and Texas.
Continued growth in U.S. crude oil production will certainly benefit some of the industry's giants like Chevron (NYSE:CVX), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) and ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM).
But others, such as the smaller EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY), rely heavily on domestic production and stand to benefit the most from a continued upward trend.
EOG Resources, valued at $34.3 billion, produces nearly 95% of its crude oil domestically. For the full year 2012, the company's U.S. crude oil and condensate production increased 46% over the prior year.
"EOG has been a pioneer in all these resource plays," Wunderlich Securities analyst Irene Haas said, referring to U.S. shale formations. "It's planted in all the shale plays."
In its financial report released last month, EOG Resources increased its estimate for recoverable oil at the Eagle Ford shale in Texas.
"EOG made strides in increasing the amount of crude oil recoverable from both its Eagle Ford and Bakken resources by testing various drilling densities and further refining completion practices," the company said.
Occidental produced 265,000 bbl/d of crude oil in the U.S. during the fourth quarter, about 54% of its crude oil output and 34% of its total oil production, including natural gas. Occidental, which has a market value of $63.4 billion, produces more crude oil in the U.S. than any other region in which it operates.
Concho Resources (NYSE:CXO), Oasis Petroleum (NYSE:OAS) and Rosetta Resources (NASDAQ:ROSE), three firms with market values under $10 billion, are also major players in U.S. crude oil production.
Oasis, which Wunderlich Securities called in a recent report a "very well-run producer," is very focused on its Bakken assets. The Bakken formation lies beneath 12 counties in North Dakota and parts of Montana and Saskatchewan, Canada.
According to Wunderlich, Concho has more than 10,600 gross locations in the Permian Basin, located in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico.
Innovation Driving Oil Production
Technological advancements in the oil industry have largely fueled the increase in production. Hydraulic fracturing has been around since the late 1940s, but 15 years ago, it was combined with horizontal drilling to allow for oil recovery that previously was impossible.
"We've seen huge advances. They're producing in rocks we wouldn't have dreamt of," Haas said, adding that she expects further innovation and more exploration for oil-rich formations.
Last month, the EIA said overall U.S. crude oil production topped an average of 7 million bbl/d in the final two months of 2012 to reach its highest level in more than 10 years.
Production in North Dakota, largely from the oil-rich Bakken formation, dipped slightly in November before rising again in December, when the state posted a record high of 770,000 barrels per day.
In 2012, North Dakota production, which accounted for 10% of total domestic crude oil production, trailed only Texas and the U.S. Federal Offshore region.
The Bakken and Eagle Ford formations, like others in the U.S., became successful oil plays because of smaller companies, which Haas said were able to build operations quicker than companies with international footprints. Big firms, meanwhile, are increasing their U.S. production primarily through acquisitions.
"Smaller companies have faster cycle times and decision-making times. It requires more nimble organization," Haas explained. "In the U.S., companies are growing organically and through acquisitions."


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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott is fighting perceptions that he is sexist and old-fashioned in his attitudes toward women with a taxpayer-funded parental leave policy for working mothers that even his political allies have criticized as too generous.
Abbott's conservative coalition is tipped to win power in Sept. 7 elections after six years in opposition, even though he remains unpopular among women voters. But despite Australia's dwindling tax revenue in the aftermath of a China-led mining boom, Abbott on Wednesday defended his plan to spend 5.5 billion Australian dollars ($5 billion) a year to pay mothers to stay home with their newborn babies.
"Every social advance attracts its critics," Abbott told reporters. "This is a serious social advance. It will be a watershed for the women of our country."
"For the first time in our history, women will be given a real choice to have a family and a career at the same time," he added.
Under the plan, working women would be paid the equivalent of their usual salary of up to AU$150,000 a year to take six months off work with babies born after July 1, 2015. The maximum payment for six months maternity leave would be AU$75,000.
Australian mothers are currently entitled to AU$622.10 a week, the equivalent of the minimum wage, for 18 weeks for maternity leave.
The opposition plans to increase the tax rate for Australia's 3,200 largest companies by 1.5 percentage points to 30 percent to pay for the policy. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a traditional supporter of Abbott's center-right Liberal Party, argues that business can't afford it.
Some lawmakers among the Liberals' junior coalition partner, the Nationals, have threatened to vote in Parliament against the maternity leave plan. But the Nationals' leaders are publicly supporting the policy. The Nationals represent poorer rural communities where few women earn AU$150,000 a year.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who leads the center-left Labor Party government, argues that the tax hike on big business would raise only 40 percent of the required funds. He challenged Abbott to reveal where a conservative government would make spending cuts to pay for the plan.
Rudd's skepticism was shared by The Australian newspaper's editor-at-large, Paul Kelly, who described the policy in a column Wednesday as "extravagant, fiscally dangerous and certain to inflict pain elsewhere."
Abbott, a 55-year-old Rhodes scholar and former Roman Catholic seminarian, has been struggling to improve his image among women voters by attending media functions with his wife and young adult daughters. He was criticized last week for praising the "sex appeal" of a female Liberal candidate.
Australia's first woman prime minister, Julia Gillard, was lauded by feminists around the world for a fiery speech in Parliament last October in which she branded Abbott a misogynist for a string of allegedly sexist comments he had made in recent years.
Gillard was replaced by Rudd in June by government lawmakers who feared they were headed for an election disaster under her leadership.


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Cancer Types – Kidney Cancer
Kidney Cancer: Overview
About the kidneys
The kidneys are a pair of reddish-brown, bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a small fist, that are located above the waist on either side of the spine. They are closer to the back of the body than to the front. The kidneys filter blood to remove impurities, excess minerals and salts, and extra water. Every day, the kidneys filter about 200 quarts of blood to generate two quarts of urine.
The kidneys also produce hormones that help control blood pressure, red blood cell production, and other functions. Although most people have two kidneys, each works independently, which means the body can function with less than one complete kidney. With dialysis, a mechanized filtering process, it is possible to live with no functioning kidneys.
Types of kidney cancer
Kidney cancer begins when normal cells in one or both kidneys change and grow uncontrollably, forming a mass called a tumor. A tumor can be cancerous or benign. A cancerous tumor is malignant, meaning it can spread to other parts of the body. A benign tumor means the tumor will not spread.
There are several types of kidney cancer:
Renal cell carcinoma. Renal cell carcinoma makes up about 85% of kidney cancers. This cancer develops within the kidney's microscopic filtering systems, the lining of the tiny tubes that lead to the bladder. The treatment options for renal cell carcinoma are discussed later in this guide.
Transitional cell carcinoma. This is also called urothelial carcinoma and accounts for 10% to 15% of the kidney cancers diagnosed in adults. Transitional cell carcinoma begins in the area of the kidney where urine collects before moving to the bladder. This type of kidney cancer is similar to bladder cancer and is treated similarly as a result.
Sarcoma. Sarcoma of the kidney is rare and is treated with surgery. For some patients, it may be beneficial to combine chemotherapy with surgery, as sarcoma can grow quite large before it is discovered. It does not spread to other parts of the body as often as other types of kidney cancer.
Wilms tumor. Wilms tumor is most common in children and is treated differently than kidney cancer in adults. This type of tumor is more likely to be successfully treated with radiation therapy and chemotherapy than the other types of kidney cancer, and this has resulted in a different approach to treatment.
Types of kidney cancer cells
Knowing which type of cell makes up a kidney tumor helps doctors plan treatment. There are several types of kidney cancer cells. The most common are listed below. Pathologists have identified as many as 10 different types of these cells. Pathologists are doctors who specialize in interpreting laboratory tests and evaluating cells, tissues, and organs to diagnose disease.
- Clear cell is the type of cell that is found in about 70% of kidney cancers. Clear cells range from slow growing (grade 1) to fast growing (grade 4). This type of kidney cancer is particularly responsive to immunotherapy and targeted therapy (see the Treatment Options section).
- Papillary kidney cancer, which develops in 10% to 15% of patients, is divided into two different subtypes, called type 1 and type 2. They are different from the clear cell type, although papillary kidney cancer is currently treated in the same way as clear cell kidney cancer. However, many doctors recommend treatment through a clinical trial because treatment with targeted therapy is often not as successful for people with papillary kidney cancer as it is for people with clear cell kidney cancer.
- Sarcomatoid is the type of cell that grows the fastest. It may be found with the clear cell or papillary type. It is called sarcomatoid because it looks like sarcoma under a microscope.
- Collecting duct is a rare cancer that behaves in a similar way to transitional cell carcinoma. It is best treated with chemotherapy. Many doctors believe it is less responsive to chemotherapy than transitional cell carcinoma but more responsive than the clear cell or sarcomatoid types.
- Chromophobe is another rare cancer that is different from other types.
- Oncocytoma is a slow-growing type that rarely, if ever, spreads.
- Angiomyolipoma is a benign tumor that has a unique appearance on a computed tomography (CT or CAT) scan (see the Diagnosis section) and when viewed under a microscope. It tends to be less likely to grow and spread and is best treated with surgery.
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Beep is an advanced PC speaker beeping program. It is useful for situations where no sound card and/or speakers are available, and simple audio notification is desired.
Command-line interface to this feature can be installed with Pacman.
# pacman -S beep
By default, only root can run the beep command, but other users can be allowed to run it by changing the permissions of the beep command.
# chmod 4755 /usr/bin/beep
You should also unmute the Beep channel using
$ alsamixer
you may need to press Template:Keypress and select your card. scroll to the Beep channel using the arrow keys and press Template:Keypress to unmute the channel. notice that the "MM" label below the channel will change to "00". you can also use Template:Keypress to increase the volume of the channel.
press Template:Keypress to close alsamixer.
you can also save your settings to ALSA Mixer to make it permanent:
# alsactl -f /var/lib/alsa/asound.state store
Tips and Tricks
While many people are happy with the traditional beep sound, some may like to change its properties a bit. The following example plays slighly higher and shorter sound and repeats it two times.
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The Georgia Force High School football program will host registration for the 2013 football and cheerleading season April 13 at Gary Pirke Park, located in Sugar Hill, off Suwanee Dam Road, just north of Hwy. 20.
Registration will be for players ages 11-18 for middle school, junior varsity and varsity. Players who are home-schooled or attend a public, private or Christian school without a football program are eligible. However, the team will accept up to five players from a public school which does field a football program.
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Microsoft has done a swift about-face on its Xbox One DRM policies, abandoning its need for an always-on internet connection.
That's meant the end of some of Microsoft's plans for Xbox One game sharing, with a "heartbroken" Microsoft employee taking to Pastebin to bemoan the decision. The anonymous Microsoft staffer claims that Family Sharing linked to your Xbox One account was one of the big plans for the console, with members on your sharing plan able to access a special demo mode of your game for between 15 minutes and an hour before choosing whether to purchase.
In terms of innovation, and to a degree, user-friendliness, clinging to physical media is something of a backward step. Microsoft deserves credit for trying something new rather than stagnating – but the public reaction suggests that people just aren't ready for a digital sharing model. And really that's no surprise, because digital sharing models are necessarily built on shaky foundations – the artificial restrictions of DRM.
Manufacturing scarcity
Back in the days of the PS2 and original Xbox, you could only play a console game with a physical disc. With the current generation of consoles, video games publishers are gradually having to confront the same problem that's already dogged the music, film and publishing industries; games can be bought and sold as data, without any physical object involved. And since game data is no longer tied to any sort of physical scarcity mechanic (the number of discs in circulation), publishers are forced to introduce DRM to limit how you can use that data.
Physical limitations are something that people can easily understand. A game disc can be bought, sold and shared; gold is valuable because there's a finite amount of it, and so forth.
But because data can be copied and traded freely without physical limits, it's immediately apparent that any form of DRM is an imposition. It's the same problem faced by the backers of Bitcoin – by introducing artificial measures to restrict the supply of the currency, the absurdity of trying to impose limitations on an effectively infinite resource becomes apparent.
It doesn't help that those limitations have yet to be standardised. The restrictions on sharing ebooks differ from those of sharing music, and those on sharing data – creating further confusion in the mind of us users. After all, if it's all made up of 1s and 0s, why should you only be able to gift your Kindle books to a single friend for a fortnight, when you can share your Xbox One games among friends and family members on an even shorter time limit?
Try explaining the Xbox One's now-defunct sharing measures to the man or woman on the street, and their eyes will glaze over. Or they'll start asking awkward questions like, "But why can I only have 10 people on my sharing list?" The answer, of course, being, "Because that's the restriction imposed by the publishers." Show them the PS4 sharing video, and they immediately get it – because it's based on a trading model that we've used for years. If you own a book, or a cassette tape, or a disc, you feel as if you own the information on it.
But with something as intangible as data – which is relatively easy to copy – for consumers to accept DRM, we need some further incentive beyond access to the data itself. We are, after all, happy to accept DRM if it helps us to do things that we couldn't before; Spotify and Netflix let us access a library of content across different devices, meaning that we don't have any incentive to copy it. As Netflix's Ted Sarandos says, "One of the side effects of growth of content is an expectation to have access to it."
Token gestures
It's interesting that just as we reach the point where we don't need discs to play games in consoles, discs have caused such a furore. It's because they still have value as a token, rather like the little message on a $10 note – "I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of ten dollars."
It's also ironic that Microsoft's planned DRM was, in some ways, more forgiving than a disc-based medium, letting you share your games with 10 people for a limited amount of time, versus lending your disc to one person and being unable to play the game yourself. Maybe we're just not ready to make that leap yet – and that's why the Xbox One had to change.


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Department of General Surgery
In surgery, injured body parts are joined or sewn together again so that they heal, or diseased organs are completely removed (ectomy) or partially removed (resection). Obstructed organ systems are opened so that they work properly again. New organs are transplanted or prostheses are implanted.


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Transcend Secure Digital 256MB 45x - Page 1
Transcend was founded back in 1988 and evolved along the consumer electronics
market into one of the bigger memory suppliers. Today they market thousands
of memory and portable storage related products, but also a line of Radeon
graphic cards.
was kind enough to send us a sample of its ?Ultra Performance? 45x
Secure Digital Memory card for testing.
The 256MB module is intended to be
used with digitals cameras, PDAs, mobile phones and portable music players
featuring an SD or MMC memory slot. The line features storage capacities from
128MB and up to 1GB.
Package Contents
The memory module comes in a blister package that also contains a
quick installation guide, the warranty card and a matched protective carrying
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Ligna 2015: outstanding edition!
96,000 trade visitors attended Ligna as Deutsche Messe announced during the closing press conference of the exhibition. Biesse increased of 20% compared to the 2013 edition the number of companies registered on the booth, coming especially from Germany, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Russia and United States.
"If you had the chance to visit our booth you noticed think4ward has been the Biesse motto for this show – stated Raphaël Prati, Marketing and Communication Director – Think4ward was the concept which animated the entire team since the beginning of the project. It was a great challenge for our company: we almost doubled the space compared to the previous edition, we decided to show the latest technologies both for big industrial plants and for smaller companies, as well as a comprehensive range of software. As stated our General Manager Stefano Porcellini, we experienced the best result ever with a 63% increase of order intake compared to 2013. We are very satisfied and proud because we proved that we are supporting our customers' competitiveness with our software and automation for the era of the 4th industrial revolution".


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BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (April. 21, 2007) - ETSU's chances to pick the number one seed in next month's Atlantic Sun Tournament took a huge spill Saturday as Gardner-Webb swept the Bucs in a critical conference battle at Varsity Field. The Runnin' Bulldogs scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to secure a 5-2 victory in game one, and Alison Coffey tossed a three-hit shutout to lead Gardner-Webb to a 4-0 win in game two.
ETSU (23-25-9-7) entered Saturday only a game behind Stetson for the number one seed; however Gardner-Webb (31-21-1, 9-4-1) moved into the second slot after handing the Bucs their third straight loss. The Bucs now hold the third seed, while
In game one, Gardner-Webb plated the first run when Melody Harrell's double to center drove in Jessi Polk from first; however Amanda Haverman (
The Bucs took their first lead of the game, 2-1, in the fourth thanks to Briana Knight's (Brier,
Gardner-Webb quickly rallied back as Harrell recorded her second double of the afternoon to lead off the bottom half of the inning, and eventually scored the tying run on Lindsey Whitfield's RBI single to right. An inning later Gardner-Webb tagged Marissa Hardy (Rocklin, Calif.) for three runs on three hits to take the 5-2 lead. Harrell continued to be a thorn in ETSU's side as she posted her third double, which scored the final two runs of the game.
ETSU had runners on first and second with one out in the sixth, but they could not push any runs across the plate.
Hardy had her four-game win streak snapped and suffered her first collegiate loss after allowing five runs on six hits. The freshman tied her season-high with eight strikeouts, but Taryn Beck got outs when she needed them and improved to 17-8.
Just like in game one Gardner-Webb scored first, but this time they would not lose the lead as Coffey limited the Bucs to three hits in the 4-0 win in game two. Darci Gilbert (
After allowing a one-out hit to Katy Jett (Talbot, Tenn.) in the first, Coffey retired 11 straight ETSU hitters until Vercoe's leadoff single in the fifth ended the run. The single did not affect Coffey as she escaped the inning without allowing any more hits.
Gilbert did an excellent job working out of another jam in the fourth inning as she allowed only one run after loading the bases with one out. The Runnin' Bulldogs pushed its lead to 2-0 on Polk's RBI single.
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Gardner-Webb plated two more runs in the sixth to come away with the 4-0 victory. Gilbert (9-12) allowed four runs (three earned) on nine hits, while Coffey (7-7) did not issue a walk and struck out seven.
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SPIN-UP/TYC Site Visit Protocol
The Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics at Two-Year Colleges (SPIN-UP/TYC) seeks to identify and visit two year colleges (TYCs) that have outstanding physics programs. We are especially seeking colleges that have implemented programmatic change and can provide evidence of the impact of these changes and the excitement of their faculty in making these changes.
Site Visit Team (SVT):
Preparation for the Site Visit:
1. The selected TYC Physics Program Chair/Coordinator/faculty member (PPC) and the SPIN-UP/TYC Project Director will discuss the nature of the site visit. After coming to an agreement concerning the terms of the visit, the Director will mail the PPC a packet containing a letter explaining the purpose of the site visit and its value to the site institution, a Questionnaire to be completed by the PPC and the Site Visit Contract. The PPC will return the signed contract to the Project Director who is coordinating the visit.
2. The Project Directors will select members for the team who will visit the selected site and will coordinate the dates with the site host PPC. The Chair of the SVT, appointed by the Project Director, will then initiate communications with the PPC, informing him/her of the membership of the SVT, will coordinate travel for the SVT, and will assure that the PPC has made appropriate hotel and meal arrangements. The Chair of the SVT will check with the members of the visiting team regarding special dietary needs and room arrangements. Three weeks before the visit, the SVT Chair will send each member of the SVT information about the TYC to be visited, including copies of the Questionnaire completed by the PPC.
3. The PPC will prepare answers to the Questionnaire given to the PPC along with the contract and will send it to the SVT Chair at least three weeks before the scheduled visit. At his/her discretion the PPC may also supply copies of catalog materials, recent external reviews or self-study reviews and any other information he/she may feel of value to the site visit team. The SVT Chair will immediately distribute copies of the completed Questionnaire and supplemental information to the other SVT members.
4. Two weeks before the visit, the PPC will send all members of the SVT a schedule of activities planned.
5. About a week before the visit, the SVT members should schedule a conference call or exchange email among themselves to identify issues and questions to be explored during the site visit.
Site Visit Schedule:
During the visit (which is expected to last about one to one and a half days), the SVT should meet with:
The number of formal presentations to the team should be kept to a minimum with all necessary factual information presented in the materials sent to the SVT members before the visit. Tours of the physics program area and other appropriate facilities on campus should be arranged by the PPC for the SVT.
At the end of the site visit, the SVT members should meet in executive session to discuss their findings and the preparation of their report. Subsequently the SVT will meet with the PPC to summarize their findings during the visit.
After the Visit:


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How currents pushed debris from the missing Malaysian Air flight across the Indian Ocean to Réunion
The scariest inhabitant of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not what you think
Guest post: Playing Detective in the Great Blue Sea
You may have heard me say it once, and I'll say it again: the oceans are a toilet bowl for our waste. Throughout history, our solution to pollution has oftentimes been "dilution". As a consequence, chemical pollution is now ubiquitous in our oceans as a result of industrialization, waste-management strategies (and/or lack thereof), natural disasters, etc….
As such, it becomes my job to try and solve this mystery and basically play detective on the open sea. What puzzle am I trying to unravel? Well, I'll warn you, it's a trashy one…
Guest post: The invisible consequences of mistaking plastic for dinner
The long and windy path to a Ph.D. is lined with blood, sweat and tears. Like a roller coaster, it can be filled with joy, anxiety, fear and even nausea. This story is regarding one chapter of my dissertation, one that filled me with all these emotions and lead me to the conclusion that even in science, sh%* happens. But in this story, what we could not control lead us to better scientific conclusions with greater environmental realism. Due to what may seem like an experimental shortcoming, we were able to answer an important "so what?" question related to plastic marine debris.


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(1) Don't smoke at home. Exposure to tobacco smoke, whether your own or someone else's, increases your risk of developing lung cancer, bronchitis and heart attacks and your child's risk of developing frequent colds, allergies, asthma, and recurrent ear infections.
(2) Remove shoes upon entering your home. In homes where people do not routinely remove their shoes, the house dust is loaded with lead and pesticides which are tracked in from outdoors. Carpeting holds up to a hundred times the amount of dust as bare flooring; the deeper the pile, the harder it is to remove the dust. Dr. David E. Camann of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, isolated dangerous pesticides and wood preservatives from carpet dust five years or more after these had been sprayed outside homes.
House dust is the commonest source of chronic low-level lead exposure for children. A great deal of attention has been focused on old, lead-based paint, peeling and flaking from walls and ceilings, as a source of this contamination. It is less well-known that roadside soil is still poisoned with lead deposited by gasoline fumes emitted before the ban on leaded petroleum additives, or that the soil around houses becomes contaminated with lead during new home construction or home renovations. This lead is tracked into the house, elevating lead levels in air and dust. The lead levels in carpet dust often exceed levels requiring clean-up at Superfund sites. Toxins trapped in home carpets pose a particular hazard to crawling toddlers.
Taking shoes off upon entering the home, wet-mopping of all horizontal surfaces (including window-sills) and regular hand-washing markedly lowers the blood lead concentration of children living in homes with high lead exposure.
Although lead has been banned from house paint, it may still be used in printer's ink, along with other toxic metals. Burning newspapers or magazines can liberate lead into the air.
(3) Control Moisture. People who live in housing that is damp or shows visible mildew have a higher rate of sickness than people whose housing is free of dampness or visible mold growth. These problems are not dependent upon smoking habits, occupation or income; they occur because dampness encourages the growth of mold and of dust mites, microscopic insects that live in dust and secrete enzymes that damage the respiratory lining. Heavy exposure to dust mites and mold in childhood increases the rate at which allergy develops. Exposure to airborne or food-borne mold toxins increases the incidence of cancer. Because high humidity encourages mold and mite growth, you should maintain a relative humidity of 3 5% to 45% in each room of your house. Relative humidity can be measured with an inexpensive meter, available in hardware stores. Detailed advice on measures for controlling excess humidity and its attendant ills is presented in my book, The Four Pillars of Healing.


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South Burnett's nerves wear thin
ISOLATED residents in Kingaroy and Murgon are losing patience as flooding forces evacuations and cuts off road access.
South Burnett Regional Council Mayor Wayne Kratzmann said authorities were coping, but the pressure of facing two major floods in the space of a month was taking its toll.
"We don't want any more rain, but the forecasts aren't looking good... I can't believe I'm saying that," he said.
"We needed rain and plenty of it prior to Australia Day, but it came and has continued.
"We're dealing with it, but we're struggling.
"People just need to take it easy.
"Even when the water recedes, there is going to be significant damage to our roads."
Evacuation centres set up at Kingaroy and Murgon on Tuesday will remain open tonight.
"We also have a couple of other towns (Blackbutt and Nanango) on standby," Cr Kratzmann said.
Cr Kratzmann said people in Byee and Brooklands were evacuated, as were farming families on low-lying properties in Silverleaf.
Murgon has been cut off since yesterday.
"People are getting impatient and wanting to travel, but the bridge between Wondai and Murgon is still under water," Cr Kratzmann said.
"Murgon is still isolated, with access also cut to Cherbourg."
The biggest issue the region faces, apart from road access, is sewerage.
"There are also health issues with pumps for water and sewerage that have gone under," Cr Kratzmann said.
"Everything is okay, but we won't know the full cost of the damage until they're back out of the water.''
Kingaroy SES local controller John Kefford said 19 people spent last night in Murgon's evacuation centre.
"There have been a few sandbagging jobs, but no flooding (of buildings) that I've heard of," he said,
"Some people are getting upset because they are stuck on properties with no way of getting into town.''


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As writers how much attention should we pay to the emotional journey we taking our readers on? Do we have a moral obligation to care about our reader's feelings? Or is the telling of the story paramount and hang the consequences.
I was brought up knowing the story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his ill fated journey to the South Pole. He was one of the star turns in my Grandpa's book of heroes and heroines. On TV I watched the 1948 black and white movie 'Scott of the Antarctic' starring John Mills.Years later it was the adventures of another explorer, Ernest Shackleton that stirred my imagination as I watched the silent film 'South' accompanied by Neil Brand's haunting music.
At the moment at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, there is an exhibition of Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic photography. I find this collection of black and white photographs taken in the first part of the 20th century incredibly moving and inspiring but will 21st century children feel the same?
Fellow author Bridget Crowley and I are currently leading creative writing sessions in the gallery for children between the ages of 7-11years. The children respond to selected photographs and we set them a series of writing tasks.
Then we move on to Captain Scott and The British Antarctic Expedition 1910 -1913. Most of the children have not heard about him and there is an awful moment as they gaze at the final photograph and they realise that this group of weary men 'were destined never to return from the heart of the great alone'
Some children are upset.We move back into the education room and ask them to express their feelings in a letter to Captain Scott. Some children go back in time and rewrite history rescuing him. Others tell him about what is happening in the Antarctic now and thank him for the scientific samples that he sent back. Some just tell him they feel sad.
It just doesn't feel right to end the session at this point so we tell them about the fate of one of the dogs that was washed overboard and then immediately washed back again!
( Spoiler Alert – if you a bringing a school group PLEASE don't give any of this away)
These sessions have been a stark reminder to me to pay attention to the emotional journey in my own writing and that strong emotions need to be handled with care and discharged appropriately before the story ends.


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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved opening a hunting season for deer in Dallas, Collin, Rockwall and Galveston counties as part of changes to the 2012-13 Statewide Hunting Proclamation.
The Commission also adopted rules permitting the use of firearm silencers for the take of alligators, game animals or game birds.
"These devices are already legal for hunting exotic animals, including feral hogs, and there is no resource- or enforcement-related reason to prohibit these devices for hunting alligators, game animals or game birds," said Scott Vaca, TPWD Assistant Chief of Wildlife Enforcement.
Under the new regulations, the current deer season structure in Grayson County will be altered to allow full-season, either-sex whitetail harvest. The amended Grayson County archery-only deer season structure will also be implemented in Dallas, Collin, and Rockwall counties. In addition, the Commission approved implementing the current Harris County season structure in Galveston County.
The deer season in Collin and Rockwall counties has been closed since 1976 after agricultural development had virtually eliminated deer habitat. Since that time, agriculture has been gradually displaced by the extensive urban, suburban, and exurban growth of the Metroplex, which has resulted in highly fragmented habitat and minimal populations of white-tailed deer, mostly in riparian areas surrounding lakes and streams.
In regard to suppressors and their use, the regulation change does not relieve any person of the obligation to comply with applicable federal, state, or local law governing the possession or use of firearm silencers.
Firearms silencers are regulated under the National Firearms Act. They are legal for individuals to possess and use for lawful purposes in 39 states, including Texas. However, a prospective user must go through an application process administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which requires a Federal tax payment of $200 and a thorough criminal background check.
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Energy-10 Developments
A version of this article appears in the September/October 2005 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
September 01, 2005
Q. It's rumored that the release of a major new version of Energy-10 is imminent, though I heard that development of Energy-10 had stopped several years ago. What would you say distinguishes Energy-10 from the many alternatives for building modeling? What exactly are the new features in this next release, and what's in store for the future of Energy-10? —Modeler in Moline A. Energy-10 is a software package designed to make it easy to look at energy efficiency strategies for buildings early in the design process—at the point at which it might actually be possible to make dramatic improvements in a design while working with the architecture. Energy-10 encourages using an integrated design approach. "Under the hood," Energy-10 uses an hourly simulation of the building envelope and HVAC systems. Energy-10 is a unique tool that can rapidly tell you the range of possible energy savings starting from minimal user input, and can quickly identify and rank the most promising directions to explore. It shines in the context of the predesign/schematic design phase of the process. There are indeed a number of alternatives now for building energy modeling. J. Douglas Balcomb ...
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Though we have nothing fancy here, you can enjoy perfect location right at the city center with a rock-bottom price. Just 1 minute walk, you can reach Da-an metro station and can access most of the tourist attractions in Taipei by metro. What's more, you can find banks, sim-card, post office, youbike station and night market within walking distance. Taipei 101, Dongmen (Yongkang Street), CKS Memorial Hall, Taipei Main Station are just few MRT stations from us. Shilin Night Market, Beitou, Tamshui are on the same metro line too. If you put location as top priority, we believe you will like us a lot.
Below are certain points for your consideration:
1. We have perfect location and passionate staff.
2. Good security with staff staying overnight and lockers provided.
3. We have a warm atmosphere and easy to meet friends here. Our guests and our staff are just like friends and family. Occasionally when a group of friends are sharing happily together in the living room, some guests may feel a little bit noisy. (In this case we could provide earplugs for you)
4. Our facilities look old but they're working properly, just not as clean as a new house. If you have a business-hotel-standard for cleanliness and facilities, maybe we are not a good choice for you.
5. We are confident of our value for money.
6. Although we do not have elevator here, our staff is always willing to offer help with your luggage. Of course, keeping your luggage light will always make your trip easier.
7. If you need an absolutely quiet, hotel-class bed and high quality sleep, we're afraid that you may get disappointed with us. However, if you want to find a cozy and homey place, we sincerely invite you to stay with us and we do believe that you will like us very much.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- Air Conditioning
- Free Breakfast
- Cable TV
- Café
- Common Room
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Steam Room
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Washing Machine
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
1. Our place is a shared house, management is similar to hostel.
2. We are not 24 hours at home, hence after you finished your booking, we will send you a confirmation and other information.
3. Our latest check in time is 22:00. With prior notice given, our staff could wait until 00.00 the latest. If you need to check-in later than 00:00, please inform us in advance. We'll arrange staff to wait accordingly and a late check-in fee will apply. (NT200/hour, partial hours are considered full hours)
4. Your luggage is lighter the better (since we have no elevator here :P But we are happy to help you with your luggage). Besides, travelling light makes your journey more enjoyable.
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From Taoyuan Airport:
[By Bus]
Take a bus from the airport and get off at Zhongxiao Fuxing MRT Station (duration: around 50 mins). Take MRT brown-line to Daan station Exit4, walking around 1 minute.
[By Taxi]
Costs around TWD1,000-1,300.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We are located at a very convenient location, just hard to find the entrance when arriving at the first time. Some guests complained that it is hard to find our location with our given address. Therefore we made a detailed instructions for directions with photos included. We will send you the detailed directions in a separate email to your given mailbox when you made the booking. Following our map, you'll definitely find us with no hassle.
If you didn't receive our map (sometimes it is because mailbox delivery failure or it fell into the junk mailbox), please contact us via email before your journey so that we can resend the map to you.
Located Near
Our address: Intersection of Xinyi Road and Fuxing South Road, Daan District, Taipei.
We are located at Daan MRT Station. Daan MRT Station is at the intersection of Red Line and Brown Line of the Taipei Metro System.
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Renter's Aircraft Insurance Coverage: The Quiet Problem
General aviation faces many challenges at the beginning of the 21st century. There is increased security and airspace regulation as a result of the war on terror. The recession in the '90s temporarily slowed the progress of general aviation. As a result, the traditional small- to medium-FBO infrastructure is challenged to survive. Part of this problem is caused by the increase in insurance costs driven by increased costs to repair aircraft and an increasingly litigious society.
Frequently unnoticed in all of this is a general aviation problem that is often "under the radar" -- hundreds of thousands of renters and borrowers of aircraft who are flying without any insurance coverage at all. These pilots are exposed to serious financial loss and legal headaches that may haunt them for the rest of their lives, and yet they blissfully continue to fly unprotected.
What are the "exposures" these pilots face?
The most obvious is damage to the rented or borrowed aircraft itself (aircraft damage liability or ADL). If the borrowing or renting (non-owner) pilot causes that damage, there is a strong likelihood that pilot will be held responsible, if not by the owner of the aircraft, then by the owner's insurer through a process called "subrogation." The insurer will seek to recover the amount it has paid out to the owner, and the owner will want to recover his or her deductible.
Less obvious, but potentially much more serious, is bodily injury to passengers and people outside the aircraft. Another exposure often overlooked is damage to the property of others, including other aircraft, hangars, cars, runway lights, houses, etc. One pilot a few years ago knocked out the power grid to thousands of residences and businesses when he damaged a tower carrying electrical power.
The exposure most frequently overlooked, however, is not the injury or damage caused to others, but rather the cost to defend oneself from the litigation that arises out of the accident. It's a scary prospect to face a plaintiff's attorney alone, and an expensive and difficult prospect to find and fund an aviation-savvy attorney out of your own pocket.
So why doesn't everyone buy this coverage?
And why do they continue to rent or borrow aircraft with no protection from loss?
- Many non-owner pilots think they are covered under the FBO's or owner's policy. In a few instances, they may be, but many FBO's are no longer providing coverage for renters due to the cost.
- In addition, the renter pilot doesn't know what, if any, coverage he or she may have under the owner or operator's policy. What if the owner or operator's policy has lapsed or had been cancelled at the time a loss occurs?
In sum, the major reason for the prevailing ignorance about non-owned coverage is a lack of understanding the need for this coverage. (This ignorance is not because the coverage is complicated or difficult to understand; rather, non-owners don't realize they need it.) Most insurance companies sell their products through commissioned agents, and commissions for non-owned pilot insurance are low. Thus, investing time in helping the pilot community understand the need for this insurance has not been a priority of insurers or their agents. But now Avemco seeks to educate the renting pilot about the critical need for this product.
Part of Avemco's effort in this regard has been to assist FBO's in recognizing the value this product has for their businesses: (1) Renter coverage could take care of the deductible portion of the FBO's loss; (2) ADL coverage could reduce or eliminate the hull loss paid by the FBO's insurer when the loss is a result of the renter's negligence; and (3) Renter coverage may broaden the sources of potential insurance recovery in the event of an accident, which could ultimately result in lower insurance costs for the FBO.
There is one final person that would benefit from increased renter aircraft insurance: the injured person. When an accident causes bodily injury or property damage, a loss settlement is more likely if the responsible renter or borrower has non-owned coverage. And, as mentioned above, the renter will have the benefit of coverage for defense costs as well.
Want to read more about aviation insurance issues? Check out AVweb's Insurance section.


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DownSlope Distilling is the creation of three enterprising individuals, Mitch Abate, Matt Causey and Andy Causey. They began their experimentation and passion for alcoholic spirits as home brewers. Andy dedicated himself to researching advanced wort production and home brewing techniques; Mitch traveled the country learning as much as he could about how whiskey was made: and Matt perfecting the art of grain mashing and fermentation. Two years ago they decided to combine their talents and produce their brand of hand crafted spirits. Then they spent a year researching how this could be done, selecting the right facility, and acquiring the right equipment. Finally, they set out to establish Centennial Colorado's first craft distillery.
Using their custom designed still and artisan wash production, Mitch Abate, Andy Causey, and Matt Causey are close to realizing their goal of producing spirits of high quality.
Pictured to the right is the Double Diamond Pot Still which is used to produce Downslope Distilling's whiskey. The still was made by Copper Moonshine Stills in Arkansas, by Colonel Vaughn Wilson. The whiskey is produced in the Irish tradition, being made primarily with malted barley. One taste of it however, and you will realize as well that a significant portion must be rye. The whiskey is aged in very small experienced medium toast casks and then blended.
Here is an Excerpt from my review:
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(AP) US military helicopter crashes in Okinawa
By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
A U.S. military helicopter crashed at an American base on the southern island of Okinawa, Japanese and U.S. officials said Monday.
A HH-60 rescue helicopter crashed in a training area at Camp Hansen with four crew members on board, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement. The status of the crew members is unknown, it said.
The helicopter, which belongs to Okinawa's Kadena Air Base, was on an unspecified training mission, the statement said. It said the cause of the crash was not known.
Television footage showed smoke rising from a spot in the forest, with a mangled object that appeared to be the frame of the helicopter ablaze.
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera told reporters that he was told that three of the four crew members ejected themselves from the helicopter and survived, but a fourth person was apparently injured and was taken to a hospital. The condition of the fourth crew member was not immediately known.
Onodera said the accident was "regrettable" and that he was asking the U.S. to provide information promptly, conduct a thorough investigation and take preventive measures.
Okinawan prefectural police said there were no reports of injuries or damage outside the base.
The crash comes amid strong local opposition to the U.S. Marine Corps' additional deployment of 12 MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft on the island. About half of the 50,000 U.S. troops in Japan are based on Okinawa under a Japan-U.S. security pact.
Anti-U.S. military sentiment on the island is a longstanding issue, and many residents have complained about base-related crime, noise and accidents.
Local media said the crash revived memories of an accident in 2004, when a CH-53 helicopter from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma crashed into a nearby university building, triggering a huge anti-base uproar although there were no civilian injuries and the crew survived.
A dozen Ospreys were deployed to densely populated Futenma last year, and another dozen just arrived in Japan for planned deployment. The two countries agreed to close Futenma more than a decade ago, but it continues to operate pending the preparation of a replacement site.


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FC København pair Nicolai Jørgensen and Thomas Kristensen bemoaned a lack of killer instinct in the final third after being held to a frustrating goalless draw against Club Brugge KV in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie. For the Belgian visitors to the Danish capital, the achievement of keeping a clean sheet marked a job well done.
Nicolai Jørgensen, FCK forward
I think Brugge only came for the draw. We tried to open them up but it was difficult as they were keeping ten or 11 men in their own half. They will play more openly in their own stadium. We will get a lot more chances because they will have to get the one goal that can send them through.
It is very important in away games in Europe that you keep a clean sheet and we knew Brugge would try to get the draw.
We did not play quickly enough to get the one goal we needed. Playing in the Champions League is always fun and is totally different from the [Danish] Superliga. It is much faster and you feel nervous before the game, but I think today was acceptable for our team.
Thomas Kristensen, FCK midfielder
Brugge were sitting deep in their own half and we had trouble creating chances. We did well keeping the ball and passed it well, but we lacked a bit in the final third. Maybe Brugge are more skilful and a better side than some of the teams in the Superliga. They are strong, but we also learned from last season's experience in the Champions League where we sometimes pushed too hard to get a goal and then got hit on the counter.
We respect our opponents and we know their crowd will try to carry them forward so they will probably operate a bit higher, but maybe we can take advantage of that and play some deep balls in behind them and there could be space for us to run into. It would be amazing [to qualify for the Champions League], but we are taking one game at a time.
Jonathan Blondel, Club Brugge midfielder
We can be satisfied because we knew it would be a difficult game. I think for us the most important thing was not to concede. Beforehand we wanted to win but with it 0-0 at half-time, the second half was going to be difficult, so I think we can be happy with the draw.
At home it will be a totally different game. We are better at home and with maybe 28,000 supporters behind us they will act as a 12th man. If we beat FC København in the second leg we are certain to be in the Europa League at least, so for us it is already looking good. It is eight years since we were last in the Champions League so that is our desire. We need to focus on the next game against København and, if we can go through, it will be a bonus if we can then qualify for the Champions League.
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Love it or not, Dutch King's Song will be sung
Love it or not, Dutch King's Song will be sung
Apr. 22, 2013
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Love it or loathe it, the new and much-maligned King's Song is not being scrapped from celebrations marking the ascent to the Dutch throne of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander.
The committee organizing the April 30 nationwide party to celebrate Willem-Alexander's transition from prince to king announced Monday that the song, which has triggered a storm of criticism, will be sung at a televised concert on the day.
The committee says that "Everybody who wants to sing along can."
Tens of thousands of people signed an online petition criticizing the song's lyrics, which were written using lines of text submitted by people around the country.
The song's composer said Saturday that he was scrapping the song because of all the criticism.


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Watch a frustrated Meghan McCain take down James Comey: Everyone knows Trump has 'weird hair and an orange face'
The View's Meghan McCain lost her patience Monday when some of her fellow co-hosts rallied to the defense of former FBI Director James Comey, who appeared on 60 Minutes on Sunday to discuss his observations about President Trump ahead of the release of his memoir, A Higher Loyalty. "Leaking is a cardinal sin in all forms of politics and it sure as hell is in the FBI, in or out," said McCain, referencing a memo Comey "leaked" through a friend to the media. "And I will say, if you have some information to say, have the cojones to do it on TV."
Former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin jumped in to defend Comey, claiming she didn't agree that Comey had "leaked anything" and prompting McCain to snap back, "I know what a leak is." McCain's frustration eventually boiled over when comedian Joy Behar pointed out Comey clearly "remembers what he saw" while working for Trump.
"But who doesn't know that Trump has an orange face and eyes?" McCain interrupted. "Come on, everybody knows that. It's ridiculous. I mean, that anecdote, I mean, come on. Of all the things we know about Donald Trump, any person knows he has weird hair and an orange face." Watch the show below. Jeva Lange
"Let the wild rumpus start" — on stage.
The 1963 picture book Where the Wild Things Are is being adapted for an off-Broadway play, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Friday.
The classic Maurice Sendak book follows a character named Max as he ventures to a wild jungle after being sent to bed without supper. He meets wild beasts, befriends them, becomes king, enjoys a quick rumpus with his new Wild Thing pals, then heads back to his bedroom. The book was previously adapted into a 2009 live action film directed by Spike Jonze.
Though Sendak died in 2012, the Maurice Sendak Foundation is commissioning the new play for development by New York's New Victory Theater. There's no set date for the production yet, but Sendak's friend and collaborator Arthur Yorinks has joined the project to adapt the script. Read more at The Hollywood Reporter. Summer Meza
Andrew McCabe claimed Rod Rosenstein wanted to invoke the 25th Amendment. But that account is in dispute.
Sources told The New York Times on Friday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed in meetings the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment to declare President Trump unfit to serve and remove him from office, and that he proposed wearing a wire to secretly record Trump. But how the conversation really played out is unclear.
These conversations were reportedly documented in memos written by former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and other sources told the Times that Rosenstein followed up on the suggestions later. The Washington Post reports that McCabe's memos detailed conversations about a wire and the 25th Amendment that both occurred at the same meeting, shortly after Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey. But one person who was at the meeting told the Post that the 25th Amendment was not discussed, in addition to confirming that Rosenstein mentioned wearing a wire "sarcastically." The source says a wire was only brought up because of McCabe's needling for further investigation into Trump, not because of Rosenstein's interest in actually doing so. It was "a sarcastic comment along the lines of, 'What do you want to do, Andy, wire the president?'" per the Post.
Another source told the Post that McCabe had previously claimed in private that Rosenstein suggested invoking the 25th Amendment. Rosenstein has denied the Times report, calling it "inaccurate and factually incorrect."
McCabe's attorney told ABC News in a statement that the former acting FBI director "drafted memos to memorialize significant discussions he had with high level officials ... When he was interviewed by the special counsel more than a year ago, he gave all of his memos — classified and unclassified — to the special counsel's office. A set of those memos remained at the FBI at the time of his departure in late January 2018. He has no knowledge of how any member of the media obtained those memos." Summer Meza
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) says she is "appalled" by President Trump's Friday tweet attacking Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, by name, Politico reports. Speaking to reporters in her native Maine, Collins says she "thought that the president's tweet was completely inappropriate and wrong."
Trump's tweets early Friday morning questioned the seriousness of the alleged assault because Ford didn't file charges at the time of the incident. Ford has said she didn't tell anyone about the alleged assault when it happened, but that she did discuss it with a therapist in 2012. Kavanaugh has denied Ford's claims.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh is a fine man, with an impeccable reputation, who is under assault by radical left wing politicians who don't want to know the answers, they just want to destroy and delay. Facts don't matter. I go through this with them every single day in D.C.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2018
I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, and place!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2018
Collins is considered to be one of two Republican swing votes, along with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who may break party lines to vote against confirming Kavanaugh, CNBC reports.
Collins has previously spoken out against the president, penning an op-ed before the November 2016 election detailing why she wouldn't vote for Trump. She also notably voted against his effort to repeal ObamaCare. But since Trump took office, Collins has voted in line with his preferences 79.2 percent of the time — including casting a yes vote to send Justice Neil Gorsuch to the bench. Marianne Dodson
The New York Times may not be so fake anymore.
Shortly after the Times reported Friday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in 2017 floated the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office, many conservatives are now calling for Rosenstein to be fired. The Times also reported that Rosenstein suggested he wear a wire to surreptitiously record the president, though a Justice Department spokeswoman said Rosenstein proposed the idea "sarcastically."
But that hasn't stopped Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who tweeted Friday afternoon that "Rod Rosenstein must be fired today." Ingraham is one of the 47 people Trump follows on Twitter, and Politico reporter Alex Guillén notes that former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned earlier this year not long after Ingraham called for his removal.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), a Fox News staple, agreed with Ingraham, tweeting that Rosenstein must be fired if the Times' reporting is accurate, because "Rosenstein doesn't seem to have the integrity to resign." Gregg Jarrett, who also appears as a frequent analyst for the network, tweeted that not only must Rosenstein be fired, but that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference must also end. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from any investigations into Russian interference and the Trump campaign in March 2017, leaving Rosenstein to oversee the matter. Rosenstein appointed Mueller that May.
Yet another Fox News analyst weighing in is Jeanine Pirro, who tweeted that Rosenstein should have been fired long ago but that now is the time to act. As The Daily Beast's Asawin Suebsaeng points out, Pirro was once considered for Rosenstein's job. Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman reports that Bill Shine, the ousted Fox News executive who now helps lead Trump's communications team, is "rolling out [a] media plan to build public support for Trump to fire Rosenstein." Brendan Morrow
Incumbent Republicans facing tough re-election campaigns have conspicuously softened on ObamaCare
As support for elements of the Affordable Care Act has increased, political attacks against the bill have quietly retreated. The Daily Beast reported Friday that Republican lawmakers have slowly scrubbed ACA criticism from their websites in recent years, opting instead to promise constituents extended protections on health care.
Republicans, especially ones who are in danger of losing their seats, have further altered their messaging to support some aspects of the ACA, often called ObamaCare. The Daily Beast found 20 instances of GOP House members eliminating ObamaCare criticism from their websites between 2014 and 2018.
But just because lawmakers like Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) have softened their anti-ObamaCare rhetoric, HuffPost notes, it doesn't mean that they're suddenly fans of former President Barack Obama's signature health-care bill. Just three of the 20 lawmakers who changed their websites voted against a 2017 GOP replacement bill that would have unraveled ObamaCare; the repeal bill passed in the House but faltered in the Senate. But their continued opposition to ObamaCare is now obscured as they face close midterm races, their websites show.
Democratic analyst Jesse Ferguson suggested that Republicans were more willing to openly attack the ACA when there was a lower chance of Obama's health-care bill actually being rolled back. Now, GOP lawmakers are going on the defense to assure constituents that they don't want to repeal protections for pre-existing conditions — a provision of the ACA that Americans have increasingly come to value. "If you ask a Republican why they voted for health-care repeal, they'll change the topic faster than you can blink your eyes," Ferguson told The Daily Beast.
Unfortunately for those Republicans, the internet never forgets. Read more at The Daily Beast. Summer Meza
A new bombshell report from The New York Times further fuels the narrative that even senior Trump administration officials feel the president is unfit for office.
The Times reported Friday that in 2017, not long into his tenure in the Trump administration, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed in meetings the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment to declare President Trump unfit to serve and remove him from office. Further, he reportedly told Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe that he might be able to get Attorney General Jeff Sessions and then-Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on his side in this effort. Earlier this month, a senior administration official said in an anonymous Times op-ed that there had been discussions within the White House of invoking the 25th Amendment.
Additionally, the Times reports that Rosenstein proposed he wear a wire to secretly record Trump, as documentation of a White House in disarray. Officials say this plan did not end up moving forward, and an unnamed Justice Department spokeswoman told the Times that Rosenstein made the suggestion "sarcastically." Rosenstein has already denied the report, telling the Times that their story is "inaccurate and factually incorrect" and that "there is no basis to invoke the 25th Amendment."
This report will no doubt raise Trump's ire, sparking speculation that the story was leaked with the express purpose of ousting Rosenstein, as Bloomberg's Jennifer Epstein observed. Already, the president's son — who has said that the "failing New York Times" lives in an "alternate universe" — has weighed in on the story, suggesting that he is not at all surprised that "these guys would do anything in their power to undermine" his father. Read the full report at The New York Times. Brendan Morrow
At least 131 people have died after a Tanzanian ferry capsized on Lake Victoria on Thursday, The New York Times reported Friday. Initial reports put the death toll at just 44.
Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Friday ordered the arrest of "all those involved in the management of the ferry," South Africa's The Sunday Times says. The ferry was reportedly holding up to 300 people at the time, despite its maximum capacity being around 100, per The New York Times. Isack Kamwelwe, Tanzania's minister for communication, transport, and infrastructure, said the government is no longer searching for survivors and that the death toll could continue to rise.
The ferry — which is managed by Tanzania's Electrical, Mechanical, and Electronics Services Agency — was traveling on an hour-long journey between two islands when it capsized, The New York Times reports. Marianne Dodson


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Associate Professor of World Christian Studies
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com: 206-281-2857Office: Alexander Hall
Education: BA, Wheaton College, 1967; MA, Syracuse University, 1969; PhD, Washington State University, 1980. At SPU since 1976.
Dr. Adeney is an anthropologist, a missiologist, and an author whose passions include global Christianity, world religions, gender, oral art genres, economic community development, multiethnic ministry, diasporas, training writers for publication, and preparing workers for cross-cultural living.
She serves on the board of Christianity Today International, is a mission associate of the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission, is a member of the diaspora task force of the Lausanne Movement, is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement award from the Christians for Biblical Equality, and is past president of the American Society of Missiology.
Dr. Adeney speaks regularly for the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement; Overseas Ministry Study Center; Koinos; Encountering Islam; Media Associates International; InterVarsity; and diverse denominational events. She has authored more than 150 articles or book chapters, as well as six books. In many countries, spanning five continents, she is invited to lecture at universities and conferences. Southeast Asia, Latin America, and North American multiethnic communities are areas of long term interest.
Also deeply rooted in the Pacific Northwest, Dr. Adeney is married, the mother of three sons, and a member of Seattle's University Presbyterian Church. Her academic degrees are from Wheaton College (BA, anthropology); Syracuse University (MA, journalism); and Washington State University (PhD, anthropology).
A Time For Risking: Priorities for Women
Regent College Publishers, 1987
Daughters of Islam: Building Bridges With Muslim Women
InterVarsity Press, 2002
Received an award from the International Bulletin of Mission Research as one of the 15 best mission books of the year. More than 30,000 copies sold in five languages.
God's Foreign Policy: Practical Ways to Help the World's Poor
Regent College Publishers, 1993
Received an award from the International Bulletin of Mission Research as one of the 15 best mission books of the year.
How to Write: A Christian Writer's Guide
Regent College Publishers, 2006
Kingdom Without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity
InterVarsity, 2009
"A visceral call to Christians worldwide to engage in something bigger than their own culture and church...Adeney's work can be read by adherents of any religion as a primer to a new view of world Christianity...Not primarily a book about American Christians and what they should do, this is a humble and complex anthem to the diverse kingdom of Christ found in worldwide cultures." (Publishers' Weekly, 10-12-09).
Wealth, Women and God: How to Flourish Spiritually and Economically in Tough Places, with Sadiri Joy Tira
LifeChange Publishing, 2014
Please view Dr. Adeney's CV for additional publications.
"I teach at SPU because I'm curious. I want to explore patterns in God's world, I want to love my neighbors intelligently, and I want to share this journey with the next generation."
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