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ACC M5: 12.19.12 EditionPosted by KCarpenter on December 19th, 2012
- Wilmington Star News: North Carolina State entered this season as the favorite to win the ACC, but a few shaky games and some tough losses gave fans reason to doubt if this team could live up to its lofty expectations. Now, dodging the question of whether or not these expectations were ever reasonable, the Wolfpack is starting to look like a real contender. In a victory Tuesday night over Stanford, the team's four core veteran starters all scored over 15 points and looked cohesive. Though NCSU's vaunted freshman class was mostly quiet while the veterans did their thing, the signs are clear that this squad could be very good by the time March rolls around.
- Fayetteville Observer: Mark Gottfried has given his team quite a bit of UCLA flavor, drawing upon his experience as an assistant coach for the Bruins for nearly 10 years, but the rest of the staff brings over some of that same culture. Director of Operations Jeff Dunlap played for UCLA, as did the Director of Player Development Larry Farmer. Of course, while Dunlap played during Gottfried's time in Los Angeles, Farmer represents a different era. His teams went 89-1 and won three NCAA titles as a player on the legendary John Wooden squads that featured Bill Walton and Sidney Wicks. Farmer would later coach at UCLA for a few seasons in the 1980s, but those seasons naturally pale before his place as a player on the greatest dynasty in men's college basketball. I can't speak for how effective Farmer is or will be at developing NC State players, but if his talent is anywhere close to his acumen in telling stories about partying with Bill Walton, then he will definitely be a substantial resource.
- Washington Post: Very quietly, the Maryland Terrapins have put together a nice 9-1 record, blemished only by a surprisingly close season-opening loss to Kentucky. Now, granted, since that game, the caliber of competition that Maryland has been playing has been somewhat lacking, yet a win over a George Mason team that beat Virginia, a blowout victory over Northwestern, and a collection of convincing landslide wins over the likes of Monmouth and South Carolina State paint the picture of a team that could be very good. Alex Len has gone from unknown foreign prospect to one of the top prospects in the NBA draft, yet, somehow, Maryland remains unranked. It's a small thing, and something that doesn't really concern the team that much, but don't be surprised when Maryland starts popping up in the polls sooner rather than later.
- ESPN: Dexter Strickland was never a point guard. In high school he played at the wing and, in his own mind, he was always a combo guard. Yet in his college career at North Carolina, Strickland has often been used at the point, spelling Larry Drew II, Kendall Marshall, and now Marcus Paige as needed. Somehow, the defense-and-dribble-drive focused guard became a true point guard, and so far this season, Strickland ranks fourth in the ACC in assists per game. Though he still plays the bulk of his minutes at shooting guard, a combination of experience and a more cerebral approach to the game have made him one of the better distributors in the conference, and an asset to the Tar Heels as a second ball-handler and playmaker alongside the freshman Paige.
- Syracuse Online: Michael Gbinije had a very brief career at Duke before transferring to Syracuse. Yet, because of the strange alignment of this particular historical moment, namely both Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim passing the 900-win threshold and the weirdness of conference realignment, means that Gbinije will have managed to play under the two winningest coaches in college basketball history as soon as Boeheim passes Bob Knight. He is also notable (or he will be notable) as being the only player in history to play on two separate ACC teams once Syracuse arrives in the league next season. I wouldn't say this really means anything in particular, but it's a nice weird footnote.


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This highly successful program has been conducted every year since 1991 during the weekend preceding Christmas. Agencies combine forces in a massive effort to identify and apprehend drunk and drugged drivers, and other traffic violators. IACP staff collect data and serve as a point of contact for media. Impressive results have been achieved.
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The weekend immediately prior to the Christmas holiday is designated as "National Holiday Lifesaver Weekend." This time period was chosen because traditionally, the holiday season is a time of increased travel and alcohol consumption. To ensure motorists reach their destinations safely, state and provincial police and highway patrols are encouraged to maximize deployment on problem roads during times when they know collisions are most likely to occur.
The month of December has been designated as "National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention (3-D) Month." As a result, national attention will be focused on the impaired driver. State and local governments, consumer groups and the media have rallied to support 3-D Month activities. Our efforts during National Holiday Lifesaver Weekend will benefit from this heightened attention.
To heighten public awareness of the tragedy caused by the impaired driver and to lead into the Holiday Lifesaver Weekend, the IACP and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are requesting that law enforcement agencies support and participate in "National Lights on for Life" day. During this day, police are requested to join with the public in turning on their headlights. This is a fitting lead-in to the events of the Lifesaver Weekend.
To improve highway safety through a joint effort of public awareness and enforcement, focusing on the impaired driver, excessive speed, occupant restraint use, and service to motorists.
1. Maximize deployment and visibility of state and provincial police and highway patrols during the project period.
2. Elicit the support of local allied law enforcement agencies. Although reporting from local agencies is not required, it is encouraged. Local agencies may report their activities through the state data coordinator, or directly by fax to IACP headquarters.
3. Emphasize service and assistance to the motoring public.
4. Reduce the incidence of drivers under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.
5. Enforce safety belt and child safety seat laws.
6. Enforce prima facie and maximum speed limits on all roadways within the agency's jurisdiction.
7. Promote media coverage of the project for enhanced public awareness.
Using techniques known by them to be successful, state and provincial police and highway patrols are requested to maximize deployment and enforcement in their jurisdictions during the project period. As always, and especially during this peak holiday travel time, assistance and service to the motoring public will be a priority. By making service and assistance a priority, motorists are assured their safety is of utmost importance to the law enforcement community. Emphasis should be placed on hazardous violations such as driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs; exceeding speed limits; and not using safety belts and child safety restraints. Use of impaired driver detection and apprehension tactics and resources such as drug recognition experts, special enforcement units, saturation patrols, and sobriety checkpoints is encouraged.
State and provincial agencies are encouraged to contact local law enforcement agencies to gain support for the project and to engage in cooperative enforcement operations when possible.
Public awareness activities will be conducted to create a deterrent effect on potential violators and to strengthen public support for the project. "Lights on for Life" is being held this year as the lead-in for Lifesaver Weekend. Agencies may wish to hold joint press conferences with other traffic safety agencies to demonstrate a unified effort to assure a safe holiday season.
State and provincial police and highway patrols are requested to report their activity and any major or unusual arrests or incidents that occur during the project period to IACP. At the conclusion of the project, the IACP will prepare an overall project report and evaluation. In addition, the IACP will provide to participating agencies national totals for crashes and enforcement activities.

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text: dakuth 2 Posted February 24, 2013 I think most people disagree with me, but I think Exodus CFB (without Pegasus at least…) is hugely in favour of the humans. Our Humans had essentially never won a game until we introduced the CFB, then afterwards they won several in a row, all by gaming the board. It requires a small amount luck, but typically humans just have to: 1. Try and get a single basestar on the board. If you get two, nuke one, and leave the other. (If you're feeling really confident, shoot it with galactica's guns to damage it a little.) This halts the pursuit track, and gives you a cake walk until the next jump. The cylon's only counter to this is to fastidiously roll on the pursuit track to try and get it right up to the last step (meaning the cylon can't do anything really more productive than wasting time moving the marker.) The basestar will prevent any further movement, so you can be assured that the CFB will jump across early in the jump track… having said that, it's not that hard for the humans, seeing the pursuit marker so close, to finish off the basestar (perhaps with their second nuke) in an attempt to get the CFB to jump in, then jump away immediately. Again, the pursuit track is back to the start, and the humans basically have a milk run until the next jump. 2. Have the CAG out in space, along with a couple unpiloted vipers. Escort all the civvies except for one at the back. With XO and the CAG card AND the far slower rate at which civvie ships are placed it's trivial to clean them up except for one to use as "bait." Even after the CFB jumps in, you usually don't have to worry about the raiders for a good 3 activations. 3. Allow the cylon/s to stack all the ships together in one space square so they are more formidable, and in an attempt to stop a lone straggling base star jumping across by itself on the third basestar activation. Then nuke the square with strategic planning giving yourself a better than 33% chance of wiping the entire enemy fleet out in one action. Or with 2 nukes, over 50% chance. 4. Allow the cylon/s to spread all the ships out on the CFB, so they can't all be nuked in a single strike then take care of them in dribs and drabs in your viper VIIs as they chase your single "bait" civvie ship After playing our first 10-15 games with base, then the next 10-15 games with the CFB (mostly trying to get it to work without gimping the cylons) … we went back to the attack cards for the first time yesterday. I like the cards *a lot* better. Firstly, it totally removes the blatant "gaming" of the system, and secondly it makes for some really awesome space battles - with a couple attacks cards there are raiders everywhere, vipers everywhere, civvies everywhere. It's chaotic, and desperate as the humans try to flee… if successful, then they're like "phew! That was close!" With the CFB it's very much a case of - "ok civvie ships, I'll just mop those ones up, me and my 2 wingmen now have space locked down. No real need to kill anything desperately - we can just handle them as they come in." "Oh yeah! A basestar activation!" "Oh yay! A single basestar! No-one attack it!" The cylon is spending his entire time thinking "How the hell can I time it so my fleet jumps in at a time that's actually useful?" Don't get me totally wrong, the cylons have won quite a few exodus games, and often the CFB is instrumental - a lot of the time by just having the raiders on the board and activating the "damage galactica" roll - or if the humans are really under the pump and they actually can't get the civvies off the board due to higher priorities… but the times the humans have won, it's totally been because of gaming the CFB and the cylon having bad luck in being able to get it to jump at the right time. The humans are *terrified* of attack cards appearing at any moment, and not at all concerned by the CFB. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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I think it is fair to say that we were quite shocked of the deterioration of the grave stones. We photographed some, mainly general views and a few close up shots, some of which appear below and the rest are located on Flickr.
Devon Family History Society has transcribed the gravestone and a fiche of the transcriptions is available. Just as well given the deterioration.
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National Cotton Council and other farm organization leaders are bracing for a donnybrook when House and Senate members return from their August recess and begin debate on the next farm bill.
In the House, members are expected to take up the Farm Security Act of 2001 (H.R. 2464), the bill reported out by the House Agriculture Committee on July 27, shortly after they return on Sept. 5.
In the Senate, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, reportedly will have a draft farm bill ready for the committee's consideration by the end of August or the first week in September. Republicans on the committee may introduce the House Ag Committee bill.
Most farm organizations are making no secret of the fact that they like what they see in the House bill.
"Chairman Combest and Mr. Stenholm have followed a bipartisan, determined path, and they have reported a bill that meets many of the goals we established at our annual and spring meetings," said National Cotton Council Chairman James Echols, referring to the chairman and ranking minority member of the House Ag Committee.
"I know every (industry) segment will have its own wish list as we continue to work for the best possible farm bill," the Memphis merchant said. "Everything I hear suggests that we may have trouble holding what we have in the House bill."
Speaking at a meeting of the American Cotton Producers, Echols called for the cotton industry to be "both united and persistent" as he listed the Council's priorities for what many hope will be new farm legislation passed in 2001.
"Chairman Harkin has some farm policy ideas that are considerably different than ours," he noted. "On the positive side, we will be able to work with Senators Cochran, Helms, Lincoln, Hutchinson and Miller." (Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., Sen. Tim Hutchinson, R-Ark., and Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga.)
While the latter have said they support improving the safety net for farmers through measures similar to those in the House Ag Committee bill, Sen. Harkin and Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., the ranking minority member on the Senate Ag Committee, appear to favor a more conservation payment-oriented approach."
Echols said one of the Council's highest priorities in the new farm bill will be elimination of the 1.25-cent threshold for the issuance of Step 2 payments under the 1996 farm bill's Three-Step Competitiveness provisions.
"It is an understatement to say that our domestic textile industry is under very serious economic stress," he said. "We all have a stake in trying to salvage that segment. If we cannot find a way to deliver some significant assistance, we will almost certainly see more bankruptcies and a corresponding sharp reduction in demand for U.S. cotton."
Other priorities should include permanent cottonseed assistance and freezing the Extra Long Staple (ELS) loan rate. In addition, the NCC continues to seek additional ways to help offset the negative impact on cotton of the strong U.S. dollar.
"Throughout the past two months," he noted, "we have communicated these objectives to congressional leaders and administration officials, pointing out the destructive impact the strong dollar has had on our industry, the continuing weak prices of cottonseed and the need to ensure that ELS cotton remains a viable choice for Western producers."
Echols said elimination of the 1.25-cent Step 2 threshold in the cotton competitiveness program may not be enough to help salvage the U.S. textile sector, but would be a start.
"Beyond that, we need to find a way to help the mills offset the devastating impact of the strong dollar," Echols said.
He said Council economists estimate that if the dollar' value had not risen from its 1995 relationship to other currencies, today's U.S. mill consumption rate would be 12.3 million bales — about 4.5 million bales higher than the current rate.
"Think how far that would go toward solving our price and offtake dilemma," he said.
Echols said exchange rate provisions will cost money and the House already spends all of the $73.5 billion that was authorized for the farm bill. He said the industry may have to consider the possibility that funding for exchange rate adjustments for cotton might have to come from cotton's share of that amount.
Regarding the House Ag Committee farm bill, Echols called it "tailor-made for our industry." The bill includes:
_ Continuation of the marketing loan at current rates;
_ Retention of the Three-Step Competitiveness plan;
_ Retention of fixed, decoupled payments known as Agricultural Marketing Transition Act (AMTA) payments;
_ A new counter-cyclical payment based on the target price system of earlier farm bills;
_ An option for growers to update their payment bases;
_ Retention of full planting flexibility;
_ Maintenance of the extra long staple loan rate and inclusion of the competitiveness provision as an entitlement.
"Although we would have preferred to see payment limits eliminated, the bill does provide for separate and reasonable limits established for each type of payment and continues the availability of marketing certificates," said Echols. "So, while we didn't get elimination, we did get our backup plan."


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I see that Rick Santorum has quit the race to be the Republican candidate for the US presidential election leaving the path clear for Mit Romney.
Rick of course is a bit of a space cadet. However I can't be the only one to worry slightly that the possible future president of the USA believes that God sits on a throne on the planet Kolob.
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Scratch, scratch, scratch....
The sound of Cricket's toenails digging into his belly woke me last night at 3:00 AM. How annoying. The little guy has a flea, and that means today's bath day. Our dogs recognize the bath day ritual pretty quickly. When their beds get stripped and everything goes into the washing machine, they both get that worried look. Then when I put on the red running shorts, they know the time has come. In the past, Cricket - the little scamp - would try to flee and we'd have to chase him down, corner him, scoop up his 30 pounds of indignation, and carry him into the shower. Kanga had a more Gandhi-esque approach to the whole thing. She would curl up on the couch and refuse to move. Since she weighs a full 60 pounds, we'd sometimes practically need a crowbar to get her up and prod her toward the bathroom. Now they seem to recognize the inevitability, so both dogs come - heads hanging low - and submit to the indignity. Afterwards they cavort in gleeful joy for having survived yet again. That night Cricket asks to hop up on the bed, and sometimes we let him because he's so clean, fresh and fluffy...not to mention cute.
Lots of people ask me how to control fleas on pets, and as a pet owner I can relate. I hate fleas. But a trip to the pet store can be a bewildering experience, with all kinds of pesticide products on the shelves marketed to protect our best friends from vermin. Over the past year or so, my team of researchers at NRDC has been looking at these products and we've learned a few things that made me go with my current shower plan.
First of all, just because a pesticide is legally on the shelves doesn't mean it's safe. Many of these products contain potent chemicals that can have adverse effects on pets and kids. I'm especially concerned about flea collars because many of them contain really toxic chemicals - such as tetrachlorvinphos and propoxur - that should probably not be on the market anymore. The collars are designed as a 'slow release' device for the pesticide, and spread a pesticide residue across the animal's fur for weeks. That's fine unless you ever touch your pet. The problem is that the residue gets on your hands (or worse still children's hands) and then can be absorbed through the skin or accidentally ingested.
Even some of the "natural" flea control products can be a problem, since some of these chemicals can cause allergic reactions such as dermatitis and even asthma in sensitive people. There are lots of products out there, but we found relatively few that we can really recommend as safe. For information about specific flea control products that you use, check out the product guide on the "Green Paws" website.
In medical school, I took a course on the history of medicine. I learned the disgusting fact that in the past people were routinely infested with vermin such as lice and fleas. All kinds of chemicals, including DDT, were used for de-lousing humans even within the past 50 years. Fortunately, vermin on people isn't generally a problem in the United States today. That's because most of us bathe and wash our clothes on a regular basis. So why not apply this same rule to our pets? In my house, every two weeks, the dogs get a bath and all of their bedding gets cleaned. Every week the carpets get vacuumed well to remove any possible flea eggs. Guess what - it works! Every so often one of them picks up a flea at the dog park, but as soon as we see the scratching, out comes the flea comb, and that little blood sucker is soon drowned in a cup of soapy water. It's really easy once the whole family has the routine down. And it's great to have dogs that smell and feel clean. Better still, it's great to have dogs that aren't covered with a toxic residue.
This article originally appeared on Gina Solomon's Blog on Switchboard, from the NRDC website, in Oct 2008.


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"...so hungry I could eat a horse"... what does that really mean? Then, Gov. Rick Perry calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme...gets blasted. What's real history? If you pay into it or get money out of it, you should listen very carefully.
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Looking back on my first few months of blogging makes me smile. My very first post; Sunday Evening really started it all. I remember it so well: I wasn't sure what I was exactly doing, what I wanted my pictures to look like, or what my next steps were going to be. What I did know, was that I enjoy and appreciate fashion, and that I wanted to expose this passion in a direct way.
Almost four years have passed since I started this blog, and within this time so many things have changed and occured, yet fashion continues to play a lead role in my life. I am grateful and satisfied with what I have done and accomplished, and very pleased that this blog was able to capture many of these moments.


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ST. LOUIS, MO (April 15, 2013) – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that longtime rivals Southeast Missouri State University and Southern Illinois University will play each other at Busch Stadium on Saturday, September 21st. Kickoff is set for 1 PM.
"We are thrilled to host our first football game in Busch Stadium with two great schools that have such a large following in St. Louis," said Bill DeWitt III, President of the Cardinals. "We are excited to showcase the versatility of Busch Stadium as a multi-use sports venue."
This will be the 81st game between Southeast and SIU, who have close to 40,000 local alumni in St. Louis, as well as thousands of students from the St. Louis area.
"We'd like to thank the St. Louis Cardinals for the opportunity to play this game at Busch Stadium," said Kenneth W. Dobbins, President of Southeast Missouri State University. "Nearly 40 percent of this year's freshmen class at Southeast is from the greater St. Louis region, and playing this game at Busch Stadium is exciting for all our students, and great exposure for our University and the Redhawk football program."
"Southern Illinois is definitely Cardinals' country, so this is a great fit for our University and football program," said Rita Cheng, Chancellor of Southern Illinois University. "It will be a great experience for our student-athletes and for our fans on both sides of the river."
Ticket prices start at $10 and will go on sale June 3rd. For tickets and additional details, fans should go to cardinals.com/football. Be sure to join the conversation with #footballatbusch
As the iconic home of one the most storied franchises in baseball, Busch Stadium is one of the most sought after special event venues in St. Louis. Since it was opened in 2006, Busch Stadium has hosted over a thousand special events ranging from corporate meetings, weddings and charity events to one-of-kind concerts such as Dave Mathews Band, the Eagles and U2. This will be the first football game and the second major non-baseball sporting event held at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals will host an international soccer match between the English Premier League teams Chelsea and Manchester City in May.
About Southeast Missouri State University
Southeast Missouri State University is located on the banks of the Mississippi River in historic Cape Girardeau and is one of Missouri's most academically competitive comprehensive, regional universities. Founded in 1873, Southeast offers 200 areas of study with numerous academic accreditations and is the only university in Missouri to have a separate campus dedicated to art, dance, music and theatre. With nearly 12,000 students, Southeast is an ideal size to take advantage of critical learning and extracurricular opportunities. It offers small classes with 97 percent of courses having fewer than 50 students and an overall student-faculty ratio of 22 to 1. Students come from nearly 50 states and countries around the world. Both U.S. News & World Report and Princeton Review rank Southeast among the best in the Midwest. Athletically, Southeast is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference and has 15 sports which compete at the NCAA Division I level. The Redhawks are in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly I-AA). Southeast won the OVC Championship and made its first-ever NCAA Playoff appearance in 2010.
About Southern Illinois University
From its humble beginnings as the state's second teachers college - founded in 1869 with a dozen academic departments and an inaugural class of 143 - Southern Illinois University is the fourth- oldest of Illinois' thirteen (13) state universities. SIU includes eight colleges and three schools: the Graduate School and the School of Law in Carbondale and the School of Medicine in Carbondale and Springfield. Each year, we welcome students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries who take advantage of outstanding academic programs as they pursue associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral and professional degrees in law and medicine. Athletically, SIU is a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference and sponsors 18 sports which compete at the NCAA Division I level. The Salukis are in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly I-AA). SIU won the I-AA National Championship in 1983 and made seven-straight playoff appearances from 2003-09.


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Earlier we told you that the churches view the claim on gay rights brought against the attorney general by UNIBAM as an attack on the moral fiber of the nation. According to the UNIBAM executive president, however, the lawsuit is simply a means by which homosexuals are standing up for their basic human rights through advocacy at the Supreme Court Level. If you haven't made up your mind on the issue, Caleb Orosco defended his case this afternoon.
Caleb Orosco, Executive President, UNIBAM
"Our case isn't unique in terms of what we're trying to do. We're using a democratic tool. The tool is the Supreme Court and the use of the Constitution. We are not unique in terms of bringing constitutional challenges. There are other groups which have done that and have used the court to for finding redress so our case is not unique in that regard. Beyond them politicizing the sexual rights of individuals that they know nothing about really is a dirty. What it means is that gay people or gay men in particular, bisexual men in particular have stood up for basic human rights. What is means is that this case will and have generated a discussion on the basic consciousness of every individual in this country. How would you treat your own blood if they were gay?"


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Vocal Type: Mezzo-Soprano
Whistle Register: No
Vocal Range: 2.7 octaves (C3-B5 approx)
Vocal Pluses: Powerful, passionate voice, with
a rock tinge. Expressive and well controlled voice that does not lean
on melisma to impress, though she is capable of using this vocal
technique if required. Lady Gaga's low notes are well supported, and
have a dark, solid and weighty timbre to them. The mid-range can be
melodic and lyrical as well be utilised in a talk/singing fashion- see Poker Face.
The lower part of the belting range has a weight, and thick timbre to it
along with a strong resonance. This resonance can be carried into the
higher part of the chest register- past a C5- but it calls for the use
of improper technique, making the sound raspier and raw, as its placed
in the throat. These qualities can be eliminated, at the expense of the
resonance of the voice, by mixing with the head voice. The sound
produced is clearer and brighter with a healthier sound.
The head voice alone can be light and airy- see the chorus of Paparazzi- or thicker and with an operatic like tone- see the intro of Government Hooker.
Lady Gaga's vibrato is strong, quick and reminiscent of that utilised
by stage singers, but she is capable of singing without it if
she chooses.
Vocal Negatives: Lady Gaga's high belting can sound like shouting at times, which would indicate bad technique or singing outside of her range.


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In chemical engineering, it also study about plastic and rubber.
Among these, there are various kinds of polymer processing techniques.
2.Injection Molding
3.Blow Molding
(a) Extrusion-Blow molding
(b) Injection Blow Molding
(c) Stretch-Blow Molding
5.Vacuum forming
6.Compression and Transfer Molding
7.Rotational Molding
The first three polymer processing techniques are more popular than others.
· Parts of infinite length can be produced
· Some parts, like blown film, can only be made with extrusion
· Extrusion is a continuous process capable of very large production volumes
· Most thermoplastics, and some thermosets can be extruded
· Since the dies contain no moving parts, only continuous cross sections can be manufactured
· Complex geometry cannot be produced
· Complicated feature can be very hard to produce because of difficulties in producing a balanced die
apply in food processing
Injection Molding Machine
Injection molding machine also known as presses, holds the mold in and components are shaped inside it. Presses are rated by tonnage, which expresses the clamping force that the machine can generated. This pressure keeps the mold closed during the process. Tonnage can vary from less than 5 tons to 6000 tons.
The injection molding equipment or machine has three basic components (functional units) (1) injection units (plasticator), (2) mold, and (3) clamping unit.
The function of plasticator is to prepare the proper plastic melt and through the injection unit transfers the melt into the next component that is mold. The clamping system closes and opens the mold. The machine perform certain essential functions –
1. Plasticizing: heating and melting of the plastic in the plasticator.
2. Injection: injecting from the plasticator under pressure a controlled volume shot of melt into a closed mold, with solidification of plastics beginning on the mold's cavity wall.
3. After filling: maintaining the injecited material under pressure for a specified time to prevent back flow of melt and to compensate for the decrease in volume of melt during solidification.
4. Cooling: cooling the thermoplastic (TP) molded part in the mold until it is sufficiently rigid to be ejected until it is sufficiently rigid to be ejected or heating: heating the thermoset (TS) molded part in the mold until it is sufficiently rigid to be ejected.
5. Molded part release: opening the mold, ejecting the part, and closing the mold so it is ready to start the next cycle with the shot of melt.
Injection molding processes
1. The mold is first closed as its two halves come together.
2. The nozzle moves toward the mold, until the parts adjoin.
3. The material is injected into the mold via a hole in the mold, called the sprue.
4. The mold is cooled before the product is ready to be ejected.
5. The material at the end of the screw is decompressed and the shot size of the material is metered.
6. The mold opens.
7. The part is ejected.
• High production rates
• Design flexibility
• Repeatability within tolerances
• Can process a wide range of materials
• Relatively low labor
• Little to no finishing of parts
• Minimum scrap losses
• High initial equipment investment
• High startup and running costs possible
• Part must be designed for effective molding
• Accurate cost prediction for molding job is difficult
It can apply from micro parts to large components such as bumpers and wheelie bins.
Containers, household goods, auto components, electronic parts, flower pots.
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large forming
thin-wall packing
short-run or prototype products[/li]
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Consider finishing is required and considerable waste
the polymer has to heated twice, once to form the sheet (extrusion) and again during vacuum forming
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The largest application is for food packaging such as toiletries, pharmaceuticals, electronics.
Food related applications are meat trays, microwave and deep freeze containers, ice-cream and margarine tubs, snack tubs, sandwich packs and vending drink cups.
Other non-food applications include manufacturing collation trays and blister packaging.
Vacuum forming
- [li]economical for small to medium production runs
low tooling costs
quick startup
high strength to weight ratio
efficient prototyping
no need for painting; the color and texture are formed in[/li]
1. The heated plastic sheet is clamped and sealed across the pressure box.
2. Control air pressure blows the bubble, giving the pre-stretch of 35-40%.
3. The plug is moved down into the bubble; air-pressure keeps the bubble and the plug contact.
4. The plug is lowered to its final position, a vacuum is pulled between plug and sheet, and the pressure in the pressure box causes the sheet to take up the shape of the plug.
Baths and shower trays, ski-boxes, refrigerator liners, parts of vehicle cabs, sandwich boxes, exterior shop signs
Blow Molding
1. Extrusion-Blow Molding
low initial mold tooling costs
flexibility of tooling
flexibility in production: Neck inner diameters (I.D) can easily controlled to varying requirements. Bottle weights are adjustable.
container sizes can range from less than 1 oz. to 55 gallons and up
container shape is not restricted by blow-up ratios. Bottles can be long and flat or have handles.
wide selection of machine sizes: Molds can geared to volume requirements
bottles and containers
automotive fuel tanks
venting ducts
watering cans
boat fenders
Injection Blow-Molding
Process steps
step.1 Injection
step.2 Blowing
step.3 Ejection
Pharmaceutical products, consumable bottles
Stretch-Blow Molding
Carbonated and soft drink bottles
Cooking oil containers
Bathroom and toiletry products
Compression and Transfer Molding
The polymer flows over shorter distance, thus reducing frozen in stress
Polymer is not forced through small gates which can lead to points of weakness in a molding.
Low mold maintenance costs.
Mold design is not complicated by spruce and runner layout
Its ability to mold large and fairly intricate parts
Offers least product consistency
Difficult to control flash
Not suited for some types of parts
superior lighting
Rotational Molding
economically produced large products
minimum design constraints
stress-free products
no polymer weld lines
comparatively low mold costs
rainwater tanks
diesel fuel tanks
traffic cones
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Revision as of 17:01, September 29, 2008Fast Tracks for 5th grade Webelos Scouts: den meeting plans (two den meetings per month) designed to be used in conjunction with the youth handbooks. By following the these plans, active Scouts can earn their Tiger, Wolf, Bear, or Webelos rank by February, usually in time for the Blue & Gold Banquet. After these meetings, Scouts continue to meet to work on other electives, Belt Loops and Pins, and other Cub Scout Awards through the rest of the year. All Cub Scouts must first earn their Bobcat Badge.
Use the Fast Tracks as-is or as a resource for your own meeting plans. MeritBadge.Org offers a wealth of other resources to get you started, Belt Loop and Pin Worksheets and Cub Scout Monthly Themes with Program Helps! Also see the Fast Tracks FAQ.
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The Faithful Reason Project
The Faithful Reason Project is an effort by seminary philosophy faculty to make a quantum leap in the effectiveness of philosophy programs.
The project, hosted by the Athenaeum of Ohio, evolved from discussions in recent years at both the NCEA and American Catholic Philosophical Association (ACPA) meetings. The project reflects the conviction of the relevant committees that, with a broadly organized and sustained effort, philosophy courses can be made much more effective in preparing students for theological studies.
In response to the current Program for Priestly Studies guidelines, the project will prepare for each topic specified: a model syllabus, including an annotated outline, an articulation of the fundamental distinctions, suggested readings, bibliography, and suggestions for making the material lively and relevant to seminarians. The information will be made available on the web and via the Seminary Journal for ready access and easy revision.


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Could an app reverse the early signs of dementia?
New research from the University of Cambridge and the University of East Anglia suggests that Brain training games can boost the memory and may reduce the risk of dementia.
Researchers used an app called 'Game Show' to treat people with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Participants played the game on an iPad and had to try and win gold coins by putting different patterns in their correct places, with the game becoming increasingly challenging as players succeed, in order to keep them stimulated.
42 people over-45 living with amnestic mild cognitive impairment participated in the study, which last for one month. Half of the participants played Game Show for two hours a week and the other half played no video games at all.
The results, published in the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, revealed that players improved their "episodic" memory by about 40 per cent and participants said that they enjoyed playing it, and felt motivated to continue playing.
This helps with the day-to-day activities such as remembering where we put our car keys, or a joke we shared with friends.
Dr Carol Routledge from Alzheimer's Research UK said: "Game Show could hold some benefit for people with mild memory problems.
"But without more research we can't tell if the same benefits could be achieved with any other electronic game.
"The fear of a dementia diagnosis is at an all-time high so there is a lot of interest in cognitive brain training."
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White Supervisor Routinely Insulted and Demeaned African-Americans, Federal Agency Charges
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Ralph Jones Sheet Metal, Inc., an architectural sheet metal company located in Memphis, will pay $160,000 to former African-American employees to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that a white supervisor and other employees subjected African-American employees to racially offensive comments. The EEOC charged that the supervisor regularly referred to African-American employees with the epithet "n----r" and used other slurs. In addition, the EEOC charged that racial graffiti was on display in common areas and on company equipment.
Race discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit, No. 2:09-cv-02636, in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Western Division, after first attempting to settle the matter through its conciliation process.
In addition to monetary relief, the 18-month consent decree settling the lawsuit provides for training on employee rights under Title VII, and requires Ralph Jones Sheet Metal to maintain records of racial harassment complaints, provide annual reports to the EEOC, and post a notice to employees about the lawsuit that includes the EEOC's contact information.
"Employees should not have to endure a racially hostile work environment as it is a violation of federal law," said Faye Williams, regional attorney for the EEOC's Memphis District Office. "It is appalling that racial harassment and the use of racial slurs remain so pervasive in today's workplace. The EEOC will continue to forcefully fight against this misconduct."
According to company information, Ralph Jones Sheet Metal fabricates and installs architectural panels made from aluminum composite, copper and stainless steel.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Wakka Wakka Productions Perform at Wabash• November 4, 2013 Share:
Wabash College's Visiting Artists Series will present Wakka Wakka Productions: Baby Universe (A Puppet Odyssey) at 8 p.m., Thursday, November 7, in Ball Theater in the Fine Arts Center.
Baby Universe is an original piece by the New York City-based troupe Wakka Wakka about a futuristic government program to save the population of a dying planet in a dying universe. In a race against the clock, scientist-generated baby universes are placed in the care of lonely spinsters in the hope that one might nurture a savior universe capable of birthing a planet that can support the populace of an entire world.
Wakka Wakka has created and produced six original works of theatre, previously performing, FABRIK: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz in 2009 at Wabash. The troupe creates innovative visual theatre in a wide range of styles, incorporating elements such as object movement, puppetry, and masks.
Baby Universe is presented with over 30 puppets, five actor/puppeteers, masks, a robot, animated video projection, and a space-age score. The New York Times called Baby Universe a "funny and poignant eco-fable" and that "in this age of overproduced spectacle, there's something magical and refreshing about Wakka Wakka's low-tech, rough-and-ready aesthetic."
Seating for Visiting Artists Series events will be by general admission, though free tickets are required.
Contact the Fine Arts Center Box Office by email at firstname.lastname@example.com; or phone: 765-361-6411. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 to 4 p.m. The box office will open 90 minutes before curtain time for Visiting Artists events. Tickets not claimed at the Box Office 10 minutes prior to curtain will be released to the general public.
Photo: Baby Universe presented by Wakka Wakka Productions; Photo by Jim Baldassare.


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BN welcomes all regardless of sex, sexuality, gender identity, age, national origin or race. We extend a caring embrace to all who wish to explore a meaningful and rational life.
The mission of Black Nonbelievers is to:
• Provide secular fellowship.
• Nurture and support nonbelievers in coming out (ie, open identification).
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BN members meet to discuss topics relevant to secular living as well as to socialize and offer support. We also offer workshops, and other gatherings to educate the public on the views of nonbelievers. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings and events are open to the general public.
Why is this a fellowship of 'nonbelievers'?
The word 'nonbeliever' speaks to the kind of mindset we encourage. We encourage people to move from a mindset of faith and belief to reason and rationality. We aren't just nonbelievers in religion. We are nonbelievers in any claim – religious or otherwise – that is not supported by good evidence. Each of us may be at different stages on the journey to rational enlightenment. As freethinkers (rational nonbelievers) we evaluate (and even RE-EVALUATE) beliefs and claims, then reconsider our position when the evidence calls for a different conclusion.
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This section contains photos from our various classes and events. Please click a link below to view the photos for each event.
Grey Wolf Tourney (2005)
This year Hank Reinhardt was gracious enough to again host a Swordplay Alliance tournament at his home in Georgia. There were 15 fighters compeating this year for a beautiful custom dagger. As usual, the competition was fierce but each fighter conducted him or herself with dignity and honor, often calling points against themselves.
This tournament had a couple of changes from previous tournaments. The fist round was best 3 bouts out of 5, & each bout was to 3 points. This allowed all of the fighters a chance to "show their stuff." Also, between rounds the fighters and spectators were treated to a performance by Eddie and Hank, a short cutting demo by Hank, and Rapier and Rapier & Dagger demonstrations by Adam and James.Sorry, this subcategory currently has no items.Oak Ridge Tournament (2003)
Late in 2003 the Oak Ridge Tennessee School hosted their first ever tournament. This tournament was well attended, with 13 fighters participating in the tournament and a number of family and friends gathered to watch the action. Congratulations go to Jody for winning his first tournament and many thanks to the Oak Ridge school for hosting this wonderful event.Chattanooga Tournament (2003)
This event consisted of three separate tournaments held over two days at the Chattanooga Marriott. These tournaments were single rapier, rapier paired with dagger, and okami kenjitsu. We would like to say a big thank you to Howard Toy, the general manager of the Chattanooga Marriott for making this possible. A special thank you goes out to the staff of the hotel. Their courtesy, hospitality, and professionalism helped make this a wonderful weekend for everyone.
The rapier tournament consisted of twenty fighters competing for a beautiful bone handled rapier and the title of champion. As usual, the fighting was fierce. Several tournament veterans showed marked improvement and our first-timers put in some surprising performances. Although winning was important to all the competitors, winning with honor was paramountHank's B-Day Party
Some of us were lucky enough to have the opportunity to help Hank Reinhardt celebrate his 70th birthday!Museum Replicas Limited (2003)
Swordplay Alliance is proud to have been a part of Museum Replicas Ltd's 2003 annual sale. We performed two demos using a variety of weapons including single rapier, rapier & dagger, and small sword. Everyone on the fight team thoroughly enjoyed themselves and would like to thank the staff of MRL for their wonderful hospitality.Tournament of the Grey Wolf (November 2002)
Swordplay Alliance would like to thank Hank Reinhardt for graciously hosting this tournament at his home in Georgia. There were 21 duelists in the tournament, eight of which were women, and six schools were represented. The winner recieved a custom sword rapier. The blade was donated by Hank and was custom hilted by Eddie. Second place recieved a pattern-welded kris dagger also donated by Hank. We met early on a Sunday afternoon. It was overcast and had rained all week. Of course, this did not deter our warriors. There were weapons to be won, antiques to fondle, and friends to test their skills against.Chattanooga (2002)
On October 5 Swordplay Alliance held a demo and tournament at the Southeastern Kung Fu Championships in Chattanooga Tn. This was our first demo at an Eastern Martial Arts event. We would like to thank everyone for a very warm reception and look we forward to next year.Shakespeare and Friends Renaissance Festival Roger
Asheville Mountain Adventure Faire (May 2002)
Dragon Conn Demo (2002)
Once again Swordplay Alliance is proud to have participated in Dragon Con. This year we did two demos and would like to thank everyone who attended for their attention, enthusiasm, and questions. We are looking forward to seeing all of you again.Watts Bar Tennessee Seminar & Tournament (2002)
On June 23, 2002 Swordplay Alliance had its annual Watts Bar Seminar and Tournament. We had 33 people from several states attend the seminar. Nineteen students competed in the rapier tournament and thirteen competed in rapier & dagger. This turned out to be our best seminar ever! In addition to all of the other activities, we even found time for a couple of birthday celebrations.Blade Magazine Demonstration (2002)
Dragon Conn Demo (2001)
Liberty Conn
Swordplay Alliance founder Eddie Floyd joins MRL founder Hank Reinhardt for a cutting demonstration at Chattanooga's Liberty Conn.Asheville Mountain Adventure Faire (May 2001)
Raleigh Renaissance Faire (March 2001)
Winston-Salem Tournament (March 2001)
Oak Ridge Tennessee School
Kennesaw Georgia School
Waxhaw Games
Decatur Alabama Tournament
Roane State College
Watts Bar, Tennessee Seminar (2000)
Red Bank Tournament (December 1999)
Blade Demonstration, Dayton, Tennessee
Bear Den Seminar
These photos were taken at a Swordplay Alliance seminar at the Bear Den campground on the Blue Ridge Parkway. This was the first seminar offered by the SPA.Hixson, Tennessee School
These photos were taken at a tournament at the Hixson, Tennessee school, which has since relocated to Red Bank, Tennessee.Asheville, North Carolina School
Watts Bar, Tennessee Seminar (1999)
Raleigh, North Carolina Renaissance Fair
Blade Magazine Demonstration
The Swordplay Alliance teamed up with Hank Rhinehardt to perform a fighting and cutting demonstration at the Blade Magazine show in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Group Fitness Schedule
All of the classes are FREE and ALL levels of experience and physical activity are welcome to participate. Each instructor will gear the class according to your present fitness level. Check out our schedule and see what classes can work for you!
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Logjam at linebacker advantage for Rocky Long's 3-3-5 scheme
Bulletin: San Diego State's football team has a problem.
Now that that startling revelation is out of the way, let it be known that in this particular instance, the mess is manageable, even embraced.
At long last, the Aztecs may have too much talent for their own good — at least at one position.
A school that since 2004 has had three linebackers selected in the first three rounds of the NFL draft has a logjam at the position, a development that not only fortifies depth, but figures to factor heavily in defensive coordinator Rocky Long's signature 3-3-5 scheme.
"By far, that's the best position on our defense," said Long, the former New Mexico head coach who put his new charges through their paces yesterday as SDSU opened fall camp. "There are quality players there and there are quality players there with experience.
"I'm not real smart, but if you have a lot of good players at one position, you play them all. You don't make them compete to see who the starter is and then the starter stays in there the whole time. If you have two players at the same position with equal ability or close to equal ability, you play both of them, because it benefits both of them."
While the Aztecs lost Russell Allen, the school's career leader in assisted tackles, they return seven linebackers who saw playing time last year, including senior middle linebacker Luke Laolagi, who has started every game the past two seasons.
Also back is senior Jerry Milling, who was the projected starter at the weakside spot in 2007 before fracturing a bone in his left foot. The same problem shelved Milling last season after he had started two of the first four games, tallying 21 tackles and recovering a fumble.
Inheriting Allen's spot is sophomore Miles Burris, who played in all 12 games last season after arriving at SDSU ranked 30th in the nation among inside linebackers by Rivals.com .
All three, however, are keenly aware that competition awaits. Pushing Burris for playing time are sophomore Logan Ketchum and senior Zach Shapiro, both of whom were impressive during spring drills.
Behind Laolagi is junior Marcus Yarbrough, the former Eastlake High standout who appears to be coming into his own after struggling to find his niche at SDSU his first two seasons.
In re-establishing his spot in the starting lineup, Milling displaced junior Andrew Preston, who has made 20 starts in 23 career games.
"Competition brings the best out in everybody, but if you're playing at the Division I level and you're afraid of competition, you shouldn't be playing," Milling said. "We all know that we can be replaced and that whoever plays the best is the guy that the coaches are going to put on the field."
Long also is cognizant of the contributions that fresh linebackers can make on special teams.
"It's a situation where you've got guys constantly competing against each other for playing time all year," he said. "Plus, they never get tired, they play harder and they play better.
"If we've got five linebackers who can play for anybody in this league, and I think we do, we might have 60 plays on defense where two guys (at the same position) each get 30. I'd like to have that problem at every position."
Extra points
•As he did at Ball State, head coach Brady Hoke is doubling as the defensive line coach. Long laughed when asked if he had the leeway to demote his defensive line coach should the Aztecs struggle.
"I've got to be careful how I put this," Long said. "I don't have any say on who the defensive line coach is. The head coach hires all the coaches and fires all the coaches if he doesn't like them; that's his choice. Do I have the ability to critique our D-line coach? I have yet to see if that's true or not. Usually, defensive coordinators have the ability to do that, but I don't know if that's going to work or not."
•There were no absences or academic casualties among the 105 players taking part in yesterday's two-hour workout. "I think we had a decent day for the first day," Hoke said. "Obviously, we've got a lot of work to do before the (UCLA game Sept. 5), but it was good to be back out on the field. I think the kids came back in good shape from (offseason) workouts, but it's a little different when you get back out here and start running around again."
•After an earlier ticket package sponsored by Applebee's sold out, SDSU is offering a pair of new mini-plans for the upcoming season. Fans who purchase either the SkyShow mini-plan (vs. Southern Utah on Sept. 12) or the Homecoming mini-plan (vs. BYU on Oct. 17) plus tickets to two additional home games will receive one reserved ticket for any 2009-10 Mountain West Conference SDSU men's basketball game. Visit GoAztecs.com or call (619) 283-7378 for more information.


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09 May 2018
IFPW and Gavi expand leadership training for a stronger supply chain
The partnership draws on private sector support to implement an innovative training and mentorship programme for supply chain managers in Gavi-supported countries.
14 October 2016
Africa takes second "step" toward strengthening supply chain management
New Strategic Training Executive Programme opens at Benin's LOGIVAC+ Centre, 12 months after similar course offered in Rwanda
22 February 2016
Meningitis A nearly eliminated in Africa through vaccination
Joint press release first published by WHO and PATH, joint founders of the Meningitis Vaccine Project.
10 November 2015
Scientists mark 'stunning success' of vaccine in virtually ridding Africa of meningitis A
New research forecasts a resurgence of meningitis A epidemics in 15 years should immunization efforts stall.
23 January 2015
Gavi gains new partners at World Economic Forum
Four private sector partnerships announced in Davos.
21 January 2015
New private sector partners bring technical expertise and innovative finance to help save children's lives
Gavi to leverage corporate patent royalties and local knowledge to improve vaccine delivery and injection safety in poor countries.
18 September 2014
Nepal becomes first country to introduce IPV with Gavi support
Nepal is one of 25 countries who have received approval to begin using IPV with Gavi support. Afghanistan and Pakistan are also planning to introduce IPV by end of next year.
04 February 2014
206,000 more girls to benefit from HPV vaccine with GAVI Alliance support
10 countries approved in latest round of HPV vaccine demonstration programmes.
22 May 2013
Surge in support for vaccine introductions in developing countries
More than 200 high-level representatives from GAVI eligible countries attended a technical briefing given by the GAVI Alliance and the Government of Senegal at the 66th World Health Assembly.
03 December 2012
100 millionth person receives lifesaving meningitis vaccine
A revolutionary meningitis vaccine will reach the 100 millionth person this week in a region of Africa that has been plagued by deadly epidemics for more than a century. The milestone will take place in northern Nigeria, part of Africa's "meningitis belt', where the country is conducting its second seasonal immunisation campaign against the disease.
28 November 2012
20 – Trends in the vaccine market and health systems
Partners Forum 2012 - Session summary. This session brought together a wealth of experience from countries, manufacturers, partners and donors to explore the complex interplays between vaccines markets, health and immunisation systems.
16 November 2012
Something to write home about from Benin: meningitis vaccination campaign to protect young people
GAVI and partners, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and PATH, gathered in Cotonou this week to mark an upcoming milestone in public health – later this year the 100th million person will be vaccinated with MenAfriVac, less than two years after the start of our mass campaign programme.
10 October 2012
Dagfinn Høybråten thanks GAVI advocate Bono
GAVI Board Chair meets with Bono and European Commissioner for Development on Brussels visit
04 October 2012
GAVI partners help protect 50 million young people from seasonal meningitis in Africa
Efforts to eliminate meningitis in 26 at-risk countries will take a major step forward over the next three months as 50 million people receive crucial vaccinations in seven African countries.
10 November 2011
New studies show progress, value in vaccination against deadly pneumonia
Advances lauded as Malawi becomes next developing country to introduce pneumococcal vaccine on Saturday - World Pneumonia Day.
15 October 2011
GAVI Alliance partners to tackle childhood killer in Ethiopia
Largest introduction to date of life-saving pneumococcal vaccines to be provided to Ethiopian children.
16 September 2011
Burundi's children set to receive pneumococcal vaccine
The Republic of Burundi will next week accelerate its fight against pneumonia, the world's biggest killer of children under five, when it becomes the tenth African country to introduce new pneumococcal vaccines.
30 June 2011
Pneumococcal vaccines introduced in three more African countries
The Governments of Central African Republic, Benin and Cameroon will introduce vaccines in the coming weeks to combat pneumonia, one of the biggest killers of children worldwide.
10 June 2011
Developing countries make record demand for life-saving vaccines
A record 50 GAVI eligible countries have applied for vaccine funding from the GAVI Alliance during the organisation's latest application round, reported GAVI officials today.
19 May 2009
Developing countries increasingly help finance purchase of life-saving vaccines
Twenty seven countries contribute to vaccine costs through the GAVI Alliance; up from just six in 2007.
08 September 2008
Two million people successfully vaccinated in Abidjan following a yellow fever outbreak
Yellow Fever epidemic contained after combined efforts from the Yellow Fever Partnership to vaccinate over 2.2 million people in the Ivorian capital.
16 May 2007
Global health partners mobilize to counter yellow fever
$58 million GAVI contribution to prevent highly contagious disease in 12 West African nations.
13 December 2006
The fight against yellow fever - a global mobilisation for Sub-Saharan Africa
AMP and partners convene first seminar-workshop in Bamako, Mali, to organise fight against yellow fever in Central and Western Africa.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Scottish Ancestors in Scandinavia
The next morning I asked by mother about it and she remembered a bit of his name and found him in her FTM files. The reason he stands out – his birthplace is listed as "i. Skottland." She had entered the birthplace in the appropriate field, I had not. She also found her copy of the article where this information was found: Nordstrom, Torkel, 1980. "Mina och mina syskons anor" in Släkt och Hävd. No. 1-2, pp. 12-59. Stockholm. (Torkel was a first cousin of my grandmother)
This is what the original says on page 48:
Erik Andersson Kiorbiauw (Kirby): F. i Skottland, d. 1646 före 13/5. Inkom till Sverige och tjänada sig upp från menig i de danska, ryska, livländska och tyska krigen på Gustav II Adolfs och Kristinas tid. Fick 1637 tillstånd att besitta Monikkala säteri i Janakkalla, so hans svärmor innehaft som änka. Adlad 1641. Var major vid Tavastehus läns kavalleriregemente, när han 1645 tog avsked för sin undfångna bråck och skada af fienden. gift med
And with some help of internet translators and dictionaries this is what I came up with in English:
Erik Andersson Kiorbiauw (Kirby). Born in Scotland, died before 13 May 1646. Arrived in Sweden and served as a private in the Danish, Russian, Livonian and German Wars during the reign of Gustavus Adolphus and Queen Christina. In 1637, he was authorized to possess Monikkala Manor in Janakkalla (Finland), which his mother-in-law held as a widow. Ennobled in 1641. Was promoted to major in Hämeenlinna County Cavalry Regiment, in 1645, when he took leave "for his undfångna hernia and injury by the enemy." Married to (Judith Ebba von Stilken).
Monikkala Manor has been a manor since the 1500s although the current house dates from the late 18th century. It is located in Eastern Finland near Mikkell. While Janakkalla seems to have been an administrative division in the 17th century, it is now a village in southern Finland. To the northest of Janakkalla is Hameelinna.
It seems that everybody was at war in the 17th century. A couple of years ago, I heard Geoffrey Parker speaking about an unpublished work ('The Global Crisis: climate, war and catastrophe in the 17th-century world' ) who thinks a major factor was climate. The Little Ice Age was at its worst during this time period and caused all sorts of angst and not just in Europe. When you think about it, I'm not terribly nice when I'm cold and hungry either. Oh and who knew there were Livonian wars or even that there was a Livonia; it's part of the Baltic states now. So, apparently, I have a distant ancestor who was involved with these wars and emigrated from Scotland. He also fought in places I never knew existed, not to mention I also have ancestors from Livland, as it is called in my cousin's article.
I don't know much about Scottish emigration within Europe, not to mention during the 17th century. But according to David Armitage ("The Scottish Diaspora" in Scotland: A History) Scots were first recorded in the Swedish Army in 1502 and migration to Sweden peaked in between 1626 and 1632. Not all Scots were in the service of the Swedish king, others went to that country as traders. While many Scots, like Erik Kirby, who served in foreign armies during the Wars of Religion settled abroad, others returned home. This time spent abroad could lead to a stable life in a new country, or to advancement once a man returned home. Or it could result in a permanent migration and burial in a foreign land.
Listen to Geoffrey Parker speak on this topic, Climate and Catastrophe: The World Crisis of the 17th Century. It can even be downloaded in iTunes. There are other podcasts from the Solomon Katz Distinguished Lectures in the Humanities at the University of Washington available.
Further Reading on Scots in this time period:
Scottish Communities Abroad In The Early Modern Period (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, V. 107)
Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe 1603-1746 (The Northern World, 18)
Scotland: A History (Oxford Illustrated History)
In Search of Scotland
I must admit to not having read Scottish Communities or Network North as the first is $154 and the second $239 at Amazon. For a long time neither was available at a library in Ohio. I just checked and now they are, so I can add them to my reading list without breaking the bank. There is a limited preview of Network North on Google books, if you are so inclined.
There is a chapter on this time period in Jenny Wormald's book, Scotland: A History and one in In Search of Scottish History edited by Gordon Menzies. This second book was written to accompany a BBC Scotland series of the same name. It is a good book, and is probably a bit "easier" than Scotland: A History.
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Hi Amanda, I've just been reading Steve Murdoch's Network North so your Scoto-Finnish ancestor really brought this to life. He did well to go from private to noble! Steve points out that most Scottish emigrants to Scandinavia converted to Lutheranism as this helped them to assimilate and progress in their careers. I'd guess your ancestor did this, and also seems to have done well with his marriage!
Thanks for the post,
- July 7, 2010 at 6:23 AM
- Amanda E. Epperson said...
Glad the post helped. I didn't think about conversions from Presbyterianism to Lutheranism, although I'm not surprised. I suppose I'll have to put Network North on my "to read" list soon. I could live from now until doomsday and never read everything I would like to. (sigh!)
- July 7, 2010 at 12:15 PM
If you want to learn more about the Livonian Wars may I suggest p.43-69 (chapter 2 The Periphery of Europe: Russia expands West) in "Bayonets for Hire: Mercenaries at War 1550-1789". By Mark Urban. Greenhill Books 2007. It must have recently been remaindered for i have seen multiple copies at Half Price Books. The book also includes other examples of Scots serving as mercenaries in this time period.
- August 30, 2010 at 11:48 PM
- Amanda E. Epperson said...
Thanks for the book recommendation Paul. I have added it to my amazon list. It's still full price there, so I will keep an eye out for it at Half Price books and at the library.
- August 31, 2010 at 3:14 PM
- Johan sjöblom said...
i found Erik Andersson Kiorbiauw (Kirby)as one of my ancestors .do you know where in scottland he was born?
Johan sjöblom
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It's true of love, life and doubly so of business: When faced with uncertainty, we become slaves to the familiar, torturing logic to avoid discomfort, sacrificing all to appease the devils we know.
Spend enough time around computers and you'll realise that humans execute their programming far more reliably. Need to rationalise something? There's an app for that. Technology brings uncertainty to a business world that approaches problems with alliterative repetition: predictably producing pointless pre-programmed paranoia.
Changing that relationship, convincing others to suspend their code, entertain the unknown and re-evaluate what they take for granted, is the most difficult and valuable thing that one can do for one's organisation, career and life.
Bonfire of the oblivious
As technologists, we need to be clear. No matter what the business is, today technology is the business, the industry is irrelevant. While the '90s were all about computers replacing tools, the first years of the 21st century have been about technology replacing whole industries.
There are no more phone companies, instead we have technology companies that happen to specialise in communications. Cable companies no longer exist, they've been replaced by technology companies that happen to specialise in media distribution. The purists are all gone. In one sector after another, when technology is ready to invade, the core competency becomes technology, and "the business" becomes "whatever the technology allows it to be."
Publishers and newspapers, comfortable in their prestige, have been decimated by competitors that have ridden a wave of new technologies. Book and video stores are being submerged in the flood of online/digital distribution, having ignored the storm until it was upon them. The bulk of trading on the stock market occurs by algorithm, leaving traditional brokers and investors to fight over table scraps. Banks are so universally undifferentiated that people often choose one over another on the basis of website features and phone apps.
Technology allows every musician to be his own label while the establishment music industry suffers, not from piracy, but from its own inexplicable attachment to a business model that can only be maintained through legal and legislative manipulation.
Polaroid considered itself very technology-oriented, making huge investments in digital imaging in the '80s, but it never brought a single digital product to market. Just as the music industry doesn't understand how to make money off of free music, Polaroid couldn't imagine a business model based on free "film." Polaroid hid in its comfort zone for another decade and died there.
It doesn't have to be that way. Canon merged new tech with its familiar SLR cameras, inventively ushering in an era in which a portrait camera is better at shooting movies than a cinema camera from a few years ago. Canon competed against itself in its own markets, but in doing so it has remained relevant and able to exert considerable influence on future events.
Consequentially, the entertainment industry has exploded with new players and cheap, effective equipment. How will that ripple effect end for Hollywood? See: publishing industry, music industry, et al.
Ignorance is not a defence
Many blame "disruptive technology", innovations causing unexpected changes and unpredictable business outcomes. But, while the theory explains what happens, it implies an unexpectedness that rarely exists for an average technologist.
Put another way, if someone stumbles on cold fusion today and puts it in stores for a couple of hundred dollars next week, that would be disruptive, but that never happens. The innovations we deal with 99.9% of the time were predicted, chronicled and analysed for years beforehand. What business analysts call "disruptive", technologists call "Tuesday", a highly predictable consequence of Monday.
What we're really talking about is "disruptive ignorance", an active denial of innovation causing forced and usually irrational business reactions. Business is a slave to the familiar, sold on the management logic of commoditising, standardising or outsourcing anything not viewed as "the core competency," choking off its own capacity to deal with innovation in an act of auto-technologic asphyxiation.
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Consider a future victim. Academia is a complex industry with merits beyond education, but I will paint with a broad brush because the average consumer doesn't get to see the fine detail.
Just a few years ago, online degrees were met with much condescension in traditional academic circles. Yet enrollments show that people want them, surveys show that employers are warm to them, and once obscure schools have become mainstream in the eyes of potential consumers. Academia has flirted with technology-based learning options for decades, but even today we're still looking at Online Education 1.0. At best, it's just a digital peepshow of the existing collegiate process, replacing the classroom with video streams.
Academia invents much of the technology that revolutionises other industries, but it has been conspicuously shy about upsetting its own apple cart. There are many reasons, but when you corner people on the question, it all comes back to comfort vs uncertainty.
Individually, everyone sees the potential, but collectively, there is great fear that higher education will be commoditised away, that faculty won't matter in a technology-based model. The outcome is uncertain and there is a natural hesitancy to dive in. Teaching is considered a prestigious, creative process, inextricably integrated into research and engagement, all fuelled by the organic nature of "academic freedom."
Personally, I agree: Teaching is creative and important. I make similar arguments about IT, but if that is to be preserved, the customer must be preserved.
Over the past 20 years, average tuition doubled while average income and starting salaries stagnated or decreased, and that trend appears to be accelerating. Customers are much more open to alternatives, which means the whole industry is a prime target for an "iPhone moment." But ironically, after a decade of commoditising and demoting technology, in a process aptly dubbed "the incredible shrinking CIO," higher ed has largely driven away the creative highly motivated base of technologists it now needs to prevent its own commoditisation.
Zombifying IT through ITIL and other '90s-style engines of self-obsolescence has the same effect in all industries. Talent flees bureaucracy and joins a technology company, often returning to steal the business.
Inevitably, all universities will be technology companies that happen to specialise in education and research. It's not a question of money, prestige or history, it's a question of valuing and inspiring innovation. Take Kahn Academy, for example: One guy, two years, and 2,300+ videos later, anyone, anywhere with access to YouTube can get a foundational education for free. No, that's no substitute for a focused, accredited degree at the moment, but this is one guy. Imagine what two or heaven forbid three could accomplish.
Perhaps, like Polaroid confronted with digital technology, you don't think there's a business model for cheap education. It wouldn't be "disruptive" if most people did. Perhaps you don't think Google would ever consider giving away a high quality education to gain an impressionable, highly integrated and ever-growing captive audience. I think it would be foolish not to try. The philosophy of pricing and positioning a degree as a compulsory pre-career debt hassle can easily become higher ed's greatest liability. Hello, Google U.
It comes down to this: Academia is flush with brilliant people and access to technology. There is no industry better equipped to answer consumer desires through technology, creating a better, more marketable student in the process. But academia suffers the same way other industries do, in that technical mastery and distinctiveness are not considered core to the academic business model, creative technologists are not hired to lead and geeks are not inspired to create marketable innovation.
Like many industries before it, academia knows what's coming, but sees embracing uncertainty as far more threatening. It often happens that way, the key to survival comes disguised as the doorway to oblivion.
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The least innovative sentence of the last 50 years is "We need to be innovative." It's easy to pound our chests and shout it proudly, because everyone agrees. But when it comes down to the decisions that actually influence innovation, organisations whisper from the safety of their comfort zones: "We're scared."
That fear is expressed in many ways, but the most destructive is also the most obvious. IT has a personnel problem. In fact, it's become so commonplace over the last decade that no one realises that it's a dysfunction.
Here's how it works: Everyone understands that innovation is good, in the abstract. When a group of non-technologists get together to hire a CIO, they're thinking "innovator" and "leader." They know technology is critical, but they feel a bit in the dark, uncertain of what to expect and how to "make innovation happen." That's where things go tragically wrong and programming takes over.
Information makes people feel more in control, so they want an innovator/leader that is also highly structured, is detailed in reporting and makes few independent decisions. In other words: the exact opposite of innovator/leader. The job description of CIO keeps shifting from "leader" to "manager," from "innovator" to "bean counter" (check the requirements and descriptions for recent job postings).
The CIO looks a lot less like a technologist, the IT group functions more like custodial services, and so on until even the most ambitious technologists become stagnant and cynical. This is the erosive force that creates the stereotypical IT environment we have come to expect, leaving organisations so unable to cope with change that everything becomes "disruptive." Dilbert isn't a comic strip, it's a documentary on this process.
The academic example is important because it shows that even those with a deep appreciation for the value of innovation can fall into the same trap.
Can it be changed? In short, no, not quickly. However, the optimist in me says that if just one person can take one small step out of their comfort zone for just one decision, that can change everything.
Technologists would be wise to take note: Save your anger and blame. If you want to truly help yourself and your organisation, then do the best work you can and influence everything you can. When the opportunities arise, organise your cohorts to make the outcome positive. If that's the hiring of a CIO, be there, tell them what you want, comment on the job posting, help write it if you can. Do it for every job posting. Get people to take just one leap.
Be unified, be clear and be passionate that the way forward is going to be uncomfortable, but lucrative. But again, save your anger and remember why most people wind up stuck in their comfort zones to begin with: They are being lied to, all the time, every day.
It is ironic, but a technologist's highest calling may very well be the deprogramming of humans.


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