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If you're reading this post, you undoubtedly have positive feelings about universities and colleges. Maybe it's the research that excites you or the promise of engaging classroom discussions. Whatever the reason, though, something drew you to the world of academia.
But institutions of higher learning are not perfect, and neither are the people who teach, study, and work at them. Faculty members; students (both graduate and undergraduate); and staff are subject to the same emotions as everyone else and, at times, these academic folks just don't get along.
But there is something unique about the conflicts that occur in academia. In the business world, if an employee is unable to coexist with her boss, the two parties more often than not can part ways with little long-term, professional damage to either person (assuming, of course, there are no legal issues involved).
Academia is a different ballgame altogether. A seriously strained relationship between a graduate student and an adviser can jeopardize a student's long-term career prospects. For example, maybe a student isn't invited to attend conferences (where important career networking takes place) with her adviser, or the same adviser isn't willing to write the sparkling recommendation the student needs to land that all important postdoc. Because of this strained graduate student/adviser relationship, the student may also feel resentment toward fellow students who appear to have a better relationship with the adviser.
Such a conflict can lead not only to tension between graduate students and advisers, but can also affect the productivity of the research group (as an unhappy graduate student, as a rule, is less productive than a happy one).
Conflicts in academia don't just occur between graduate students and advisers, though. Tense relationships can exist between undergraduates and their instructors, between junior and senior faculty members, or famously between faculty members and administrators. If not addressed, these conflicts can lead to a toxic course (a cohort of students thoroughly displeased with an instructor and/or class) or department (a tenure-track faculty member at odds with a senior faculty member who can influence the tenure case of the junior colleague).
But we do not have to simply live with these realities: drawing from our experience at a workshop administered by conflict resolution expert Sinaia Nathanson, who is also director of Tufts' School of Arts and Sciences Graduate Resources and Development Center (GRAD), in June 2012, we share some common conflicts that occur in academia and how they can be resolved.
Making Time
Besides being arguably the best Star Trek film ever made, The Wrath of Khan also ends with the shocking death of Mr. Spock, who dies shortly after restoring power to the disabled warp drive. Before his last breath, Spock instructs Captain Kirk not to grieve since, "the needs of the many outweigh…" with Kirk adding "…the needs of the few."
For faculty members and teaching assistants (TAs), maintaining the balance between the many and the few can lead to conflict when it comes to class time or office hours. If a student, or students, frequently interrupts class with questions or monopolizes office hours, fellow students may feel resentful that they're not getting all they could from the class.
Some ways of dealing with the needs of the few versus the needs of the many are as follows.
-Faculty members and teaching assistants can hold office hours in an open space so everyone in the class can benefit.
-Office hours can be scheduled at fifteen minute intervals with students using a sign-up sheet—with a list of available times—on the office door.
-Boundaries for the class can be set early on, making sure to discuss the importance of making the most of class time; this may include a period at the beginning or end of class for questions.
-Faculty members can check in with the teaching assistant for the class (if there is one) to make sure that the TA is a good fit and is providing support to students who need it. If the TA isn't working out, a change might be necessary.
"I actually had a student who would take up a significant amount of my time during lab hours," said a Tufts graduate student. "The student was having a very hard time in the lab and was unwilling to help herself. It was stressful because I wanted to help the student but also had to make sure that the other students were getting enough attention as well. I also tried reaching out to the student and scheduling meetings outside of lab sessions. However, you can only take so much of your time outside of lab and office hours because you also have other time commitments. I tried my best to help the student and meet with her. I also made sure that from the moment there was an inkling of trouble the professor was informed and was kept updated on the situation."
A fellow graduate student shared how he might approach this scenario.
"I might direct teaching assistants to try to help this student preemptively. I would also be strict about what sort of help I would provide, and if the student showed up without well-formed questions, I would send him or her off with a set of tasks to complete prior to asking for further help."
Communication Matters
Labs, for better or worse, become the second home for many graduate students. So, while there's a lot work to be done some socializing and levity between lab mates ensures it's not all work, all the time. It's also important for graduate students to feel that their work is valued and that they are making positive contributions to the group. But problems can arise when a lab director believes that "we're here to work, not socialize" and when the student feels that the director "only criticizes my faults and never praises my work."
Some ways of dealing with these conflicting perspectives are as follows.
-The student can communicate with the director early on to discuss what each party needs out of the relationship for it to be successful.
-The pair can create a verbal or written contract which includes clear expectations for both the student and the director. The student can cite the contract if, for example, he or she isn't getting promised feedback or support from the adviser.
-If problems persist, the student can have a third party join the conversation. This third person can be copied on emails and/or attend meetings involving the student and the director to discuss ways to resolve the issue.
-The student can weigh the pros and cons of walking away from the lab. If all steps to resolve the problem have been exhausted, the student can consider joining another research group, but not before considering the repercussions of leaving (for example, the student may be relying on a research assistantship or teaching assistantship with the director) or staying.
"I completely disagree with the lab director's views," said a Tufts graduate student. "Yes, we are here to work, but humans are social beings and need interpersonal relationships. However, socializing in the lab should not interfere with your productivity, which is possibly what the lab director is worried about. If it is that much of a problem maybe seek other ways to interact with your colleagues, such as a summer softball league or happy hours; things outside of the lab that still build a community that improves your working relationships."
Another graduate student believes that walking away might be the best solution.
"Sometimes, there is simply a mismatch between a student and an adviser. If this mismatch cannot be resolved, even through mediation with other people, perhaps that adviser/advisee relationship will not work. I have suggested to colleagues in the past that they seek a different adviser, but this can be difficult at a small school. I would say that a Ph.D. is a large enough undertaking that you can't 'hate' your way through it; if you aren't enjoying your scholarly life, something has to change."
Trade Places
Aside from its overacting (seriously Nicolas Cage, tone it down!) and use of way too many explosives, the film Face/Off is an interesting take on what happens when two people literally see the world from the other's perspective. While faculty members and graduate students won't be changing places any time soon—though faculty members were graduate students once upon a time—one way to resolve or avoid conflict altogether is to try and see things from a different vantage point.
Some scenarios where a different perspective can help alleviate or stop conflict from happening are as follows.
Scenario: A faculty member uses American sports analogies in class because he feels that these analogies are useful in explaining complex topics. The use of these analogies is problematic for some international graduate students who are not as familiar with American sports as their American counterparts; this can also be an issue for other students who don't follow sports.
To resolve this problem, the following step can be taken.
-The professor can meet with the students to discuss the issue, trying to see the issue through his students' eyes. He can ask himself questions such as, "How would I feel if the situation was reversed and I was in a class that used analogies that I didn't fully understand? Are there other ways I can teach these topics and get the same results without using sports analogies?"
Scenario: A graduate student is getting ready for a conference and as part of the preparation process the student presents her talk to her adviser and some fellow students. The talk is well received, but the adviser thinks some things need to be changed. The student makes some of the changes, but is worried how the adviser will react when he notices that not all the edits were made. To resolve this problem, the following steps can be taken.
-The student can find out what specific problems the adviser has with the presentation as soon as possible. If the student does not engage in a conversation at the outset, the issue could escalate.
-Each party can meet and make their arguments for why (or why not) certain changes to the presentation should be made. During this conversation, it is critical for each to try to see the case from the other's point of view, to be as open as possible to other approaches and ways of thinking.
-If the situation becomes intractable, it may help to bring in a third party, someone who can provide a different, and hopefully, unbiased perspective.
"I think that the student should be free to make the edits that they wish. The adviser is there to advise not to determine," said a Tufts graduate student. "However, it is generally good practice to respect what your adviser wants. It makes for a better relationship. If you really have a problem with one of the changes and have a good reason for not making that change, you should tell you adviser exactly that and have an educated discussion about it."
A fellow student agrees with the importance of stating your case.
"I've had this happen, and I've also witnessed it happen. The student should be prepared to defend his or her choices, preemptively if necessary. ('I didn't change this figure, as that change made it less clear rather than more clear.') The adviser/advisee relationship should permit honest discussion about things like this."
By Robert Bochnak, G07, senior writer/communications manager, Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences
We want to hear from you! How have you dealt with conflict in your role as a graduate student, faculty member? Do you have advice for resolving conflict in academic settings? Are there any best practices that we missed? Join the conversation by leaving a comment below.
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Multiple Select Dropdown List with AJAX can be used to dynamically create multiple Select lists with data from a MySQL table. When the user chooses an option from the Select list, it calls an Ajax function which accesses a PHP file, which will return another Select dropdown according to the option selected.
Simple PHP Chat Script is an AJAX chatting system which does not require a database. It works with text files saved on the server, so it is fast and requires very few server resources. It can be included in both PHP or HTML files (in blogs, forums), but the server must run PHP. The script can easily be changed to be used in other languages, just by translating the texts in a single file. It can have one or more chat rooms. The user can add smiles in chat, and can format the text with Bold, Italic, an Underline.
Comments script with pagination adds comments to a website, paginating them without affecting the rest of the page content or the page URL. It can be used with multiple pages of a site, whatever the type of the page URL (modified or not with mod-rewrite). It can be set to allow only logged-in users to add comments, and has many other settings and Admin management.
A fast and secure PHP template engine.
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A driver who struck and killed a nanny pushing a baby in a stroller in Torrey Highlands in February has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter, the San Diego City Attorney's Office said Monday.
Christine Padilla, 35, also pleaded not guilty to two other misdemeanor charges — failing to yield to a pedestrian within a crosswalk and failing to stop at a red light.
Padilla was set to be formally arraigned Monday, but her attorney entered the not guilty plea on her behalf on Friday, said Gina Coburn, a spokeswoman for the city attorney.
She was heading north on Camino del Sur at Via Verrazzano about 11:45 a.m. on Feb. 1 when she struck Monserrat Mendez, 41, who was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk. Mendez died at the scene. The 13-month-old boy she was pushing in the stroller was hospitalized with critical injuries.
Padilla faces a maximum of one year in jail if convicted on the manslaughter charge, Coburn said. She is due back in court on April 24.


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Screen's special preview of the Locarno Film Festival 2012 spotlights the 12 projects in Open Doors, examines new industry initiatives, details the retrospectives and talks to Aritstic Director Olivier Pere about his ambitions for the festival this year and beyond.
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Manor Park Cemetery & Crematorium is situated in East London and with 420,000 records is one of the larger London cemeteries. The cemetery is run by a private company and opened in 1875. The cemetery has an interesting website which will give researchers a feel for the place.
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Folks on Techmeme are talking about browser-specific sites. The trigger here is a Microsoft showcase page, but it applies just a well to "HTML5 VIDEO" sites which use H.264 codecs, stiffing the most popular "HTML5"-branded browser.
Worse, the increasing complexity and patent costs of the WhatWG's "HTML5" spec raises a barrier-to-entry for new software… a One-Laptop-Per-Child or $35 Tablet project can no longer afford to create grassroots HTML readers themselves, and will have to go with one of the big, established, and deep-pocketed browser vendors.
Browser-specific features truly Fork the Web.
It's smarter to add advanced functionality through a common extension to any browser. Even if Adobe cannot quickly create Players for every possible environment, this would still let more people enjoy more functionality more quickly, while still retaining the basic markup which every browser should be able to read.
As a bedrock technology, HTML should be accessible to all. This requires resisting the pressure to make wordly webpages which discriminate against existing and satisfactory browsers.


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Building Non Blocking Erlang apps
From ErlangCentral Wiki
Non Blocking the easy way
This HOWTO describes a common design pattern for building non blocking erlang applications. It can be difficult to discover this pattern from just reading the standard documentation as it uses a quite well hidden feature of [1]. It is well suited to server applications which must wait for slow backend systems and where the protocols are multiplexed with some transaction ID to link requests and responses. This covers many common telco and internet protocols with the horrific exception of the most common ones - HTTP and SMTP.
The obvious starting point is to have a single process owning each communication resource. One process will own the input socket, and another process will own the socket communicating with the backend system.
Following the Erlang Way (TM) the input process will spawn a new worker process for every individual request. This should happen as soon as it has worked out the boundaries of the messages and the transaction ID. This provides maximum fault isolation between individual calls - a very important property in these days of malformed requests and denial of service.
Each worker would then ideally want to make a simple synchronous gen_server:call/3 towards the process which owns the connection to the backend, and send the result back to the input process to be sent back down the input socket. The difficulty arises in modelling the backend connection process.
How to not block but still appear synchronous to every caller
The process owning the connection towards the back end system could be implemented something like this:
call(Name, Tr_id, Request) -> gen_server:call(Name, {request, Tr_id, Request}, ?timeout). ... handle_call({request, Tr_id, Req}, From, State) -> Reply = do_time_consuming_remote_operation(Tr_id, Req, State#state.socket), {reply, Reply, State}; ...
The obvious difficulty is that while the process waits for the response from the slow back end system all the requests from other spawned worker processes will queue up.
The gen server behaviour provides an extremely elegant solution to this. The key is to store the From parameter provided to the handle_call/3 function and use this later in a gen_server:reply(From, Reply). call.
Using active socket mode so that packets are delivered as messages the code becomes something along the lines of:
call(Name, Tr_id, Request) -> gen_server:call(Name, {request, Tr_id, Request}, ?timeout). ... handle_call({request, Tr_id, Req}, From, State) -> Data = encode(Tr_id, Req), gen_tcp:send(State#state.socket, Data), ets:store(State#state.ets, {Tr_id, From}), {noreply, State}; ... handle_info({tcp, _Socket, Data}, State) -> {Tr_id, Result} = decode(Data), [{Tr_id, From}] = ets:lookup(State#state.ets, Tr_id), ets:delete(State#state.ets, Tr_id), gen_server:reply(From, Result), {noreply, State};
Notice that the handle_call/3 function returns {noreply, State}. The calling worker process is left waiting, but this process is immediately ready to handle the next message.
The worker process simply waits until a response with the matching transaction id arrives from the back end server. The original 'From' reference is retrieved from the ets table based on the transaction id, and the gen_server call protocol is fulfilled with the gen_server:reply(From, Result) call.
In this way the connection handling gen_server can handle all the workers concurrently while providing a nice synchronous interface to make worker implementation a doddle.
A real implementation would also send a timer message to itself in the handle_call/3 function. This be would handled in another handle_info/2 callback, where it would delete the transaction id from the ets table and return an error to the caller with gen_server:reply(From, {error, timeout}). or similar.
The case where a response is received after timeout would also need to be handled (if transaction id not in the ets table then drop the reponse), and it would be normal to check for re-use of a transaction id and return an error/raise a congestion alarm.


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I've been using the book "Think Python" to help teach me the Python programming language, and it's been pretty great so far. However, at the start of Chapter 4 the author talks about installing a package he created called 'Swampy' which houses several modules to help teach the readers subjects like object-oriented programming and procedural interface design. Here's a link to the page for Swampy.
I clicked "Install Swampy," followed the directions for Windows users, and made sure that I had Tkinter. (which I did) The problem comes down to installing the package. I tried following what the author said about making sure I'd be able to run Python from the Command Prompt first, but when doing what he said (along with this video tutorial) the command prompt still wouldn't recognize me typing out 'python'. Because it can't recognize it, it looks like I won't be able to install the package. These would be the next steps to install the package.
"Right click the file at the bottom of the page and save the file in the site-packages folder (ex: C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages).
Next, right click the .tar.gz file in the folder and click "Extract Here" to extract the file in the folder. The file should create a "swampy-2.1.1" folder with all Swampy files."
So if anyone knows what I'm doing wrong when trying to add the Python27 folder to the search path, I'd greatly appreciate it.


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Shakespeare's Tremors and Orwell's Cough
The Medical Lives of Famous Writers
By Dr. John J. Ross
St. Martin's Press, 288 pages, $29
IF this irresistibly entertaining collection of medical biographies is anything to go by, its author would make a crackerjack after-dinner speaker.
Each section consists of a whirlwind tour through the life of a famous literary figure from a doctor's perspective, some of it imagined, and all of it punctuated by witty and fun-loving asides.
A typical one is his comparison of Herman Melville's time on a whaling ship, described as tedium alternating with episodes of terror, to watching films by Lars von Trier.
Along the way, Harvard Medical School professor John Ross poses some convincing original theories about the kinds of illnesses (and treatments) they may have suffered from, and how those illnesses affected their creative work. Arguments are ongoing about whether this is a meaningful activity, but its interest can't be denied.
Well-situated to write about both science and literature, Ross is widely published in the field of infectious diseases, and contributed articles on Shakespeare, Melville and George Orwell to scholarly journals as well. Revised and expanded versions of those appear here.
Anton Neumayr's Music & Medicine and Philip Mackowiak's Post Mortem cover somewhat similar territory, though what sets Ross apart is his pure storytelling ability.
Using a fluid and unpretentious style, much like fellow physician and writer Atul Gawande's, he excels at condensing massive amounts of research into pleasurable reading.
One bit of fascinating trivia after the other peppers the brew. Mercury, best practice for the treatment of syphilis in Shakespeare's day for example, was carefully titrated to produce three cups of saliva a day.
Its long-term use also produced personality changes and tremor. As Shakespeare stopped writing in later years, Ross makes his case for mercury poisoning bringing the great playwright's career to an end.
John Milton's abdominal complaints, most likely caused by lead-based concoctions prescribed to halt his vision loss, stopped once he became completely blind. As there was no point in continuing the treatment, which we now know to be lethal, his life was probably saved, and he went on to compose Paradise Lost.
Like the majority of writers in this collection, Charlotte Brontë experienced trauma early in life, in her case when she lost her mother at the age of five. Ross makes interesting connections between the early death of a parent or serious financial problems while young, a family history of mood disorders, and creativity.
Emily Brontë showed a complete lack of interest in social interaction and preferred the company of her pets. Asperger syndrome might explain this as well as account for her literary ability, in Ross's view.
Jonathan Swift's odd aggression in later years, Hawthorne's back problems, Yeats's high fevers, James Joyce's frequent eye operations and Jack London's scurvy while in the Klondike, and all of their romances also get a once-over.
As for George Orwell's cough, it was something that accompanied him from infancy on, but was later complicated by tuberculosis. Illness helped form the writer, and illness deeply affected the tone and depth of his work.
Thomas Mann once said that "medicine and writing go well together, they shed light on each other and both do better by going hand in hand." He could have been talking about Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough.
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G8 summit There have already been rifts over the issue of armaments in Syria.
♦ While leaders have been at loggerheads, Assad's regime has been able to take advantage of the lack of US leadership, writes Roula Khalaf.
♦ The decision to send unspecified military support to the rebels will be dangerous, but it is more risky to stay out, says David Gardner: "Leaving Syria to its present devices will create an Afghanistan in the eastern Mediterranean".
♦ Maureen Dowd thinks that Obama is being "schooled" by the Clintons: "After dithering for two years over what to do about the slaughter in Syria, the president was finally shoved into action by the past and perhaps future occupant of his bedroom."
Tax avoidance will be another G8 hot topic: Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Google, thinks corporate tax systems need to be simplified. If you want to read more about the debate so far, take a look through our reporting on the Great Tax Race.
♦ Mayor Bloomberg takes on a new cause: making it mandatory for New Yorkers to separate their food scraps for composting.
♦ Food for thought: is marriage in decline because there is less demand for husbands?
♦ China plans to move 250m rural residents – that's about five times the population of South Korea – into newly constructed towns and cities over the next 12 years. Elsewhere in the world, cities are turning into vast gated communities for the one per cent.
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A team of education researchers descended on Josephine Washington's freshmen biology class at Kearny High School on Wednesday, hovering over her shoulder with questions about their work with the nonprofit Surfaid International.
Josephine and her classmates talked about malaria outbreaks that can hit third-world countries following natural disasters. They also discussed the biology and social impact of composting.
These hands-on, real-world lessons resonated with education experts sent to gather information on the San Diego Unified School District, one of four finalists for the prestigious Broad Prize for Urban Education.
The researchers will tour campuses and interview some 300 randomly selected teachers, administrators, parents and students this week. Their findings will inform a jury of former U.S. secretaries of education, governors, university presidents and CEOs as they decide which district will win the 2013 Broad Prize, the nation's largest education award.
Superintendent Bill Kowba proudly escorted the experts through Kearny and reveled in the district's first time as a Broad finalist, likening the honor to a nomination for a Nobel Prize or Academy Award.
"For years the naysayers in San Diego and nationwide have repeated the mantra, 'public schools are failing, public schools are failing,'" said Kowba, who will retire from his post June 30. "Well, we now have concrete evidence that public schools in San Diego are working. This really is a validation."
San Diego Unified was chosen as a Broad finalist in March for having topped 71 other large urban districts nationwide for making student gains. The recognition covers a period when public education suffered through the state's fiscal crisis and some critics questioned the district's financial management and academic policies.
The award honors urban districts that demonstrate the greatest overall performance and improvement in student achievement in the nation while narrowing gaps between socioeconomic and ethnic groups.
San Diego Unified is competing with Corona-Norco Unified in Riverside County; Cumberland County Schools in North Carolina; and the Houston Independent School District.
The winner will be announced Sept. 25 in Washington, D.C., at the Library of Congress. The recipient will receive $550,000 in scholarships for its students and the three other finalist districts will each receive $150,000 in college scholarships for graduating high school seniors, for a total distribution of $1 million.
Districts cannot apply for the Broad Prize and they can't be nominated for the honor. Each year a new review board considers the nation's largest 75 urban districts with at least 37,500 students and a minimum 40 percent living in poverty for the award.
The team reviews a variety of data and test scores, including SAT, ACT and Advanced Placement participation rates and outcomes, graduation rates, proficiency rates on state tests in reading, math and science. Also taken into account are the National Assessment of Educational Progress, state test rigor, and per-pupil expenditures.
San Diego was tapped as a finalist because it outperforms other California districts in reading, math and in science. Last year among the state's nine large urban school districts, San Diego Unified tied Garden Grove Unified for being tops in science: 66 percent of students (in fifth, eighth and 10th grades) tested proficient or better, compared to 59.6 percent of students statewide. The district's 87 percent graduation rate last year was the highest among urban districts and significantly better than the county average of 78.4 percent.
"When the education systems work well, and your students improve and excel, we want to share those successful practices with other districts around the country," said Gregory McGinity, the Broad Foundation's managing director of policy, speaking to educators and officials at Kearny. "You're moving in the right direction, and for that, we commend you."
Established by Eli and Edye Broad 11 years ago, the award honors the best urban public school systems and promotes effective reform efforts.
Finalists for the award were selected based on a review of student achievement from 2009 through 2012, a period when the San Diego school board focused on its "community-based" reforms that aim to empower schools.
"This is really a validation of the success of school reform — San Diego style," said school board President John Lee Evans.
Kowba was hired in 2009 to implement the board's education vision following a revolving door of big-name superintendents.
Terry Grier abruptly left his post as San Diego superintendent for the top job in Houston in 2009 following a difficult relationship with the school board here.
Evans said the Broad competition has drummed up some "friendly rivalry" between the two districts.
San Diego and Cumberland are first-time finalists. Corona-Norco and Houston were both finalists in 2012. Houston won the inaugural Broad Prize in 2002.


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Not BurntScience brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.
John spilt some molten metal on his hand. However, he didn't get burnt.
How can this be possible?
HintQ: Is John wearing gloves?
A: No
Q: Is John a real human on earth?
A: Yes
Q: Is the molten metal iron?
A: No
Q: Is John handicapped and wearing a fake hand?
A: No
AnswerThe molten metal is mercury (Hg)!
Mercury's melting point is lower than that of water and is a liquid at room temperature. It's got something to do with the very weak Hg-Hg bonding, and that's due to the fact that Hg atoms do not share their valence electrons readily.
Mercury is poisonous and should be handled with care. However, unlike other liquids, it doesn't stick to or infiltrate solid surfaces unless they're made of metals. Therefore, mercury poisoning is unlikely to be caused by skin contact.
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Three years since cholera broke out in Haiti, prevention and treatment efforts have helped control the epidemic, but the disease is far from gone.
An infectious disease that causes vomiting and diarrhea, cholera can lead to deadly dehydration in as little as 24 hours. In Haiti, where most people lack access to clean water and sanitation, cholera spread rapidly through waterways, accelerated by heavy rains and flooding. Since it appeared on Oct. 19, 2010, it has killed more than 8,000 people and caused about 650,000 cases, sickening approximately one in 15 Haitians.
Haiti's Ministry of Health and aid groups responded quickly to help control the epidemic. Partners In Health, with our Haitian sister organization, Zanmi Lasante (PIH/ZL), has treated more than 105,000 cases in the Central Plateau, representing almost one-sixth of total cholera cases in Haiti. Cholera has declined since the peak of the epidemic, but persists: Last month, PIH providers treated more than 1,700 cases in clinics and hospitals. Meanwhile, funding for cholera prevention and treatment has diminished since the initial emergency.
"We're making progress, and we know what we're doing," said Dr. Louise Ivers, senior health and policy advisor for Partners In Health, who reported some of the earliest cases of cholera in Haiti. "We need funds to keep a sustained response going."
The governments of Haiti and the Dominican Republic have created a 10-year strategy to eliminate cholera from the island of Hispaniola, which they share. Haiti, which has seen the vast majority of cases, has called for a comprehensive response, including short-term measures such as vaccination, to stay the disease during the long-term work of building latrines and piped water systems.
Still, funding to put the plans into action has come up short. Donors have committed only about $30 million of the proposed $2.2 billion plan.
"We have the opportunity now, as cholera is decreasing, to invest in building water and sanitation systems to prevent the kind of outbreak that we had in 2010," said Dr. Ralph Ternier, director of community care and support for PIH/ZL. "Cholera has killed so many people these past three years. We shouldn't forget that."
Cholera cases have continued to spike throughout the epidemic with increases in rainfall, both during the spring rainy season and in the tropical weather season in the late summer and fall. Just a few weeks ago, heavy rains caused severe flooding in a community near Mirebalais in the Central Plateau. About 120 families lost their homes and crops in the floods. A PIH/ZL team responded the following morning, distributing chlorine and buckets to disinfect drinking water, oral rehydration solution to treat dehydration from cholera, and materials to improve hygiene.
Ternier said the PIH/ZL clinic in Lascahobas has been overwhelmed by cases lately. Many people in that area don't have latrines, which creates conditions ripe for transmission.
"That shows you the fight is really not behind us," Ternier said.
Over the course of the epidemic, PIH has monitored cholera cases and deaths to improve care and target vulnerable communities with additional prevention and treatment. Data have shown a decrease in the number of cholera patients who died. In the first two and a half years, about 1 percent of cholera patients that came to PIH clinics died. In the last year, that figure dropped by half to .6 percent, demonstrating that it's possible to manage cholera with a very low fatality rate in Haiti. PIH's work to monitor cholera data and use it to improve care will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in November.
Partners In Health has advocated for a comprehensive response to the epidemic since its start, including the use of vaccination, publishing these views in The Lancet. In early 2012, in partnership with the Haitian Ministry of Health, PIH delivered the vaccine to two rural communities hard-hit by cholera in the Artibonite region. The successful results of this project were recently published in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
With evidence from PIH's vaccination project, the World Health Organization recommended in 2012 to expand access to the vaccine in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The Haitian Ministry of Health has also conducted targeted vaccination campaigns in the Central Plateau and the north of Haiti.
Vaccination is just one part of a comprehensive response that also includes improvements to water and sanitation systems and health care facilities where people can receive treatment.
"We have to take care of cholera, and we also have to take care of other diarrheal diseases," Ivers said. "We need to ensure that funding to support cholera treatment and prevention is also used to strengthen the health system as a whole. Only a strong health system is going to be able to deal with cases of cholera as they come."


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Did you know?
Legend says the word 'mampoer' is derived from Mampuru, the name of a Bapedi chief.
Mampoer tours are a fun way of experiencing local culture and the age-old tradition of home-brewed liquor.
Nineteenth-century Cape colonists routinely distilled brandy from the bi-products of their wine industry. When Afrikaner pioneers left the Cape and trekked north they lost their access to grapes but not their desire for a strong drink at the end of a long day.
The pioneers experimented with a variety of regionally available fruits and wild berries, and a powerful alcoholic drink (it seldom has an alcohol content of less than 50%) called 'mampoer' was born. In addition to mampoer's recreational benefits, its 'medicinal' qualities were prized.
Novelist Herman Charles Bosman has forever linked mampoer with the tiny hamlet of Groot Marico in the North West Province, but you'll find mampoer distilleries to tour from Pretoria to Prieska.
The Marico tourism office runs a tour, which includes up to three farm visits, and mampoer tasting sessions, after which you may never be quite sober again.
In the Magaliesberg, the Monate Sitruskelder (citrus cellar) makes 23 mampoers. Their flagship mampoer is called Adoons (a colloquial term for a baboon), and you can taste fruit liqueurs, brandy and alcoholic fruit beverages. May we suggest a designated driver, or a night in one of the area's guesthouses?
When next you're in Plettenberg Bay, Nyati Distillery JJJ, based at the Buffalo Hills Private Game Reserve, offers distillery tours and a mampoer called Jack's Jungle Juice, with a potency-rating (60%) equivalent to a charging nyati (buffalo).
Wherever fruit is grown in South Africa, you're bound to find a local mampoer distillery to tour. Klerksdorp museum make a karee-berry mampoer; Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum near Cullinan hosts mampoer-making demonstrations and annual Mampoer Festival. Prince Albert in the Swartland, Oudtshoorn, and Philippolis are all-renowned for their mampoer.
Mampoer tours aren't only about alcohol. The real fun is deciphering the cryptic and crazy local names given to the brews, and participating in off-the-wall activities like bokdrol spoeg - a competition which involves spitting mampoer-soaked kudu droppings as far as you can.
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Marico Tourism
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Oudtshoorn Tourism Bureau
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Prince Albert Tourism Association
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Trans-Gariep Museum
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How to get here
All the areas that produce mampoer are accessible by road. Some are accessible by rail and air.
Best time to visit
Most mampoer distilleries are open year-round with the exception of religious public holidays and New Year. Check with the individual establishment.
Get around
A car is your best option, but given South Africa's strict drink-driving laws, you may prefer to go with a tour operator or stay overnight at nearby accommodation.
What will it cost
Mampoer tours vary in price depending on the time involved. A half day mampoer tour including tastings and transport will cost approximately R400.
Length of stay
A mampoer tour should only take you half a day or an evening.
What to pack
The majority of mampoer tours are in the North West Province which is very hot. Summer essentials include sunglasses, a sun hat and sunblock. Woolly hats and a jacket for winter.
What to eat
Potjiekos, a stew cooked outdoors over coals in a traditional three-legged cast iron pot, make the perfect accompaniment to a mampoer drinking session.
What's happening
The Cullinan Mampoer Festival in May, the Philippolis Witblits Festival in April.
Best buys
Herman Charles Bosman: Collected Works of Herman Charles Bosman. Southern Book Publishers. 1993


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A Maserati or a Mugga Way address?
It's the question that one Canberra family no longer has to answer - as one of the four winning ticket holders from the $111 million Oz Lotto jackpot drawn earlier this week, they can have both.
Alongside winners from Victoria and Queensland, the lucky locals will receive almost $28 million to spend as they please - after squaring things with the bank, of course.
''First of all we'll pay off our mortgage then we'll settle the kids' mortgages,'' the local winner told Tatts Lotteries representatives earlier this week.
''There are some other relatives we'd like to take care of too, they've been good to us.'' The family bought their winning ticket during a recent holiday on the coast, gaining them what is believed to be the biggest win by a Canberran. It's almost $8 million more than the prize money won on a ticket bought in Curtin in 2009, and more than four times the payout from a Manuka-bought win last year.
While the mystery winner said he would be celebrating with a beer, his family's recent windfall allows for much more than a few schooners at the local pub.
With almost $28 million hitting their bank account in the coming fortnight, the lucky Canberrans have enough funds to sell up and buy all three properties on the market in the city's own millionaires' row, Mugga Way.
The trio of properties includes the former home of Sir Frank Packer, priced at a modest $4.75 million - or just under $1000 per square metre.
Agent Richard Luton said property would be a great investment for the winners, who could also pick up a fourth home in Yarralumla for the comparatively cheap price of $2.68 million.
Not only has the five-bedroom home at 5 Macgillivray Street got what Mr Luton called ''wow factor'', it also boasts a wine cellar, pool and enough car space for six sets of luxury wheels.
''You can tell it's an expensive home,'' he said.
Or if they feel the need to get out of Canberra, the winners could book a cruise on the Queen Elizabeth for just $247,798 per couple - and that doesn't include the flights to Southampton.
For four months the winners could indulge in lobster Newberg with truffle-scented pilaf rice, served by their personal butler in their 771 square foot suite.
According to Jessica Bryden from Flight Centre Canberra, the package also includes champagne and strawberries on arrival.
As enjoyable as a round-the-world cruise sounds, financial advisers are warning that there are potential downfalls to striking it lucky.
Co-owner of Milestone Financial Services Darren Laudenbach said an influx of funds could create all sorts of strains on relationships, as friends and family come out of the woodwork armed with expectations.
''The statistics around winning Lotto are ridiculous,'' Mr Laudenbach said.
''It's something like 90 per cent of winners after 12 months have no family, no friends and no money left.''
And Mr Laudenbach warned against going off to the real estate agent as a first post-win move.
Drastic changes such as selling up and moving to a different neighbourhood were the worst things winners could do.
''We have had a Lotto winner in our time and we suggested they not make any radical changes as long as they can hold out,'' he said. ''There's a lot to think about, it creates a lot of problems.''
As well as seeking practical advice, Mr Laudenbach said people coming into large amounts of money should undertake financial counselling.
''We call it neuro-finance - it's getting into their heads and figuring out what is important,'' he said.
''It's about trying to get their relationship with money right.''
Tuesday night's winners will have two weeks to absorb the news before collecting their quarter share of the jackpot.
Oz Lotto spokeswoman Zoe Knobel said winners would be encouraged to use the coming fortnight to seek professional financial help before travelling to Sydney to collect their enormous prize from the lottery headquarters.
''It's a really good time to sit back, let the news sink back and plan for your future,'' she said.
''We recommend [to] all of the winners, regardless of the size of the prize, that they do seek financial advice about how they can use that advantage to potentially invest for the future. We like to see it not just change someone's life, but set them up for life.''


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The Glaucoma Service at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) is at the forefront of innovation in diagnostic and therapeutic advances in the understanding and treatment of glaucoma. Research into the causes of glaucoma is leading to new, innovative, and more accurate and successful methods of treatment.
Advances in our ability to image small structures within the eye and their relationships to one another are rapidly altering our understanding of the disease. This research has been the core of the Ocular Imaging Center, where new diagnostic tools are advancing our understanding of the causes of glaucoma. These imaging tools include ultrasound biomicroscopy, optical coherence tomography, confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy, and short-wavelength (blue on yellow) perimetry.
NYEE also serves as a regional center two of the National Eye Institute's nationwide glaucoma clinical research trials.
The Shelley and Steven Einhorn Clinical Research Center
NYEE has an impressive roster of research accomplishments. Throughout its history, researchers have made discoveries that have contributed to our basic understanding of ocular diseases and helped to advance measures for treatment.
Today, scientists and physicians work in seven distinct areas, each devoted to enhancing NYEE's focus on the advancement of ophthalmology though the development of technologies and involvement in clinical investigations aimed at conquering eye disease, preventing blindness, and restoring vision.
Glaucoma Technical Services
Glaucoma technical services, directed by Mr. Arthur Tortorelli, continues to expand in the numbers of services provided and performed. At the current time 2 Goldmann and 2 Humphrey perimeter systems operate full-time, 6 days per week.
In 1994, 2874 computerized fields and 2039 Goldmann visual fields were obtained, continuing the shift towards automation and computerization. In addition, 77 tonograms were performed.
Currently, in addition to Mr. Tortorelli, the glaucoma technical staff consists of 4 full-time and 2 part-time persons.
Basic Science Research
The tissue culture laboratory continues to be productive under the direction of Professor Dan Ning Hu, Director of the Tissue Culture Laboratory. Isolation of cell lines which produce exfoliation material remains a high priority.
Other glaucoma-related work involved tissue fibroblast proliferation, response to antifibrosis agents, retinal ganglion cell culture.
Ocular Imaging Center
Clinical human studies and basic science studies using cadaver and chick eyes using ultrasound biomicroscopy have made the Ocular Imaging Center at NYEE an international leader in this emerging technology.
Key projects have involved the pathophysiology and treatment of pigment dispersion syndrome, malignant glaucoma, angle-closure glaucoma, surgical complications, ciliary body architecture, and uveitis.
In 1994, NYEE received a prototype device for optical coherence tomography. This research tool provides imaging of the retina and nerve fiber layer at a resolution approaching 17 microns.
The recent acquisition of a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope (Heidelberg retinal tomograph) has greatly enhanced our ability to image the contour of the optic nerve head with high precision.
These technologies are providing the basis for a better understanding of the glaucomas. Results of numerous research projects have been presented at major scientific meetings in the United States, Europe, and Asia.


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Man chased neighbor with samurai sword, police say
Published: Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 5:11 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 5:11 p.m.
An argument between neighbors escalated Saturday night when one of the men chased the other with a samurai sword, according to a police report.
Gainesville police managed to subdue the man but not before he charged police officers with a mop, struck a K9 dog with the tool, and was hit with tasers multiple times.
GPD gave this account: Robert Chesser, 47, of Gainesville was arguing with another man around 10 p.m. when he went into his home in the 600 block of SW 11th Place and came out with a three-foot-long sword. He pulled it from its sheath and started swinging it, chasing the man into his home.
When police arrived, Chesser ignored orders to stop and went into his home where, his wife told police, he had numerous swords and other weapons.
Police went in and Chesser charged at them with a commercial-style mop, striking a police dog in the head with the handle.
Chesser slammed officers into the kitchen walls as he was being handcuffed and was tased two times by multiple officers.
Chesser tried to break of the police car on the way to the Alachua County jail, where he was being held on charges of aggravated assault, two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with and without violence, and striking a police animal.
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So I just realized it's been over a month since I have updated anything…wow…can I just say it's been really hectic lately and of course the blog was the last thing from my mind.
Currently Bevin is doing well and the meds are maintaining the JA. About a month ago she had a bad couple of weeks; she was starting to fall a lot again, complaining of an upset stomach and bruising…a LOT.
But we ran updated labs and she saw her pediatrician and a few days later it was like the bad days had never happened. So for that I'm thankful and hope it stays like that for while.
Northern California Kaiser is officially getting the new Pediatric Rheumatologist…FINALLY (the previous one retired in January of this year). Dr. Elizabeth Shaw will be starting in the Sacramento area in October (or so the Oakland facility has told me).
I'm looking forward to meeting Dr. Shaw and seeing what she says about Bevin. Currently we've been seeing her pediatrician, who I absolutely love and has on more than one occasion offered to refer us to an out of network Peds Rheumatologist (which means a drive to the Bay) if that would make me feel more comfortable, but I'm more than comfortable with the pediatrician for the time being and can wait until the Peds Rheumatologist is officially here.
Other updates:
Hayden (Bevin's older brother) had a birthday and is now FIVE! Yup, I have a five year old…I'm not sure how that happened…he also started kindergarten and so far he LOVES it.
Hayden on his first day of Kindergarten
Hayden had a birthday party with Sacramento Valley Steamers and the kids got to ride the train over and over
Sacramento Arthritis Foundation held its first annual JA Family Day on September 10th at the Sacramento Zoo. We were able to meet other local JA families and a JA Family friend drove up from the Bay to attend as well. Here's some pictures:
Bevin and Esella, our Bay area JA Friend, like Bevin, Esella is two and has JA
Hayden made friends with a reporter from the Sac Bee who kindly let him play with her camera.
The kids in the blue have JA, the kids in the yellow are their biggest supporters/fans (their siblings)
Me, Katie (Esella's mom), Bevin and Esella-our new friends and trusted confidants
Esella helping Bevin with her new bracelets
There were three giveaways, one for a JA kid, one for a JA sibling and one for a JA parent…well we took the cake…Hayden won the JA sibling raffle-a $50 Target giftcard, he got a camera…and I won the JA parent raffle, the book Raising a Child with Arthritis-A Parents Guide and a $50 dinner giftcard…I already had the book so we passed it on to another JA family, but we kept the dinner giftcard…I could use a night out J


text: Politics 16 July 2009 Only pets win prizes Observations on Westminster Sign up for our weekly email * In politics, as in so many walks of life, it takes only a few people to misbehave to spoil it for everyone. So have some sympathy for the rumpled backbencher whose presence generates little attention in Westminster or at home, whose majority has dwindled so far that it now resembles the share price of a British car manufacturer. Pity him, for the one event of the year meant to give him a whiff of glamour has been snatched away. The annual House Magazine Parliamentary Awards are just like the Oscars, but with Margaret Beckett rather than Natalie Portman, and are a chance for our politicians to congratulate themselves. Voted for by MPs, the awards are usually an occasion on which backbenchers can exercise individual judgement without fear of the whips' recriminations. But not this summer. No. This summer they've been naughty. Gerry Murray, the magazine's publisher, has written to MPs and peers to let them know the awards will not take place on their usual July date. It would, he told them, "be inappropriate to ask parliamentarians to consider candidates for the awards at this time, when the pressing matters of implementing reforms and electing a new Speaker take priority". In other words, there will be no party until they all learn to behave. Poor backbenchers. Now there is nothing to dream of when dealing with the hand-delivered missives from deranged constituents. Nothing to hang on for when they appear on local radio, defending some disastrous party policy that represents everything they went into politics to prevent. They know what awaits them at the election. This time next year they will have only the souvenirs of their working life: a chipped teacup stolen from the terrace, a never-to-be-updated entry in Who's Who. Still, they would be the first to accept that the awards cannot happen right now. To whom could parliament give a gong in this climate? Everything would have to go to Vince Cable, except perhaps a lifetime award for Chris Mullin as he retires. Anything else, and the public would storm Westminster. As each party desperately tries to outdo the others' protestations of remorse and reform, Westminster is beginning to resemble Salem, its occupants crying out that the devil took over their bodies and then pointing to the member of their party currently unstable enough to shoulder their blame. MPs hope the crisis is temporary. Maybe it won't even take that long for things to return to normal. Sure, the public clamours for change, but in a few months people will have forgotten all about it. Give that nice Mr Martin a peerage. He took one for the rest of us. The dim herd won't notice. Perhaps the most telling thing about the awards is that they have not been cancelled, merely postponed until the autumn. By then, the strange fever will have passed; parliament will be back in business and all the talk of radical reform quietly brushed back under the carpet. Our representatives can nominate those who acquitted themselves best in the expenses crisis; the ballgowns will come out, and the fun will continue. Unless, of course, we don't forget at all. And we don't let them forget. Alastair Harper is Head of Politics for Green Alliance UK Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 20 July 2009 issue of the New Statesman, King and Country More


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Danica Patrick Facing Criticism Ahead Of Tonight's Quaker State 400
I had no idea Kyle Petty was so vocal. And boy was he vocal about Danica Patrick. It's tough to really nail down whether he's just frustrated with seeing her make little progress or whether he's ready for her to coast back to the IZOD Indy Car Series. Petty bluntly said on SPEED's Nascar Hub show this week that Patrick is a "marketing machine" not a racer.


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ELLE Accessories talks to jewelry designer Lynn Ban about her move from collector to designer.
You are well known for your incredible collection of vintage, what inspired you to design?
It really came about more by necessity than design. After working with vintage jewelry and clothing for some time I really had the desire to create something modern.
Where do you draw inspiration / what was the inspiration behind your collection?
I draw inspiration from travel, books, old magazines, film, music, photography and my vintage archive. This collection was inspired by ship propellers, martial arts weaponry, armor. Also the idea of things that are dangerous but beautiful and can either harm or protect you.
What has been your best vintage find and which one of your own designs is your favorite?
That is like asking a mother if she has a favorite child! They are all great finds and are all my favorites!
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WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Saint Leo women's basketball team (7-15, 1-11 SSC) dropped a Sunshine State Conference contest to the Rollins College Tars, 86-50, Saturday afternoon from the Warden Arena.
The Tars utilized 13 three-point baskets, including seven in the second half, to post the double-digit victory.
The duo of Chelsea Williams and Kinnara Lewis led the team with nine points apiece, while Shalisa Hill registered a game-best six boards. Meanwhile, three Rollins players posted 12-point games.
Williams, Lewis, and company got the Lions going in the right direction as inside play gave the Lions an 8-2 lead. Unfortunately, the Saint Leo offense went quiet as Rollins went on a 35-8 run to claim a 37-18 lead. Despite the Lions' offense finding the basket near the end of the half, the Tars' three-point shooting kept the Rollins' lead at double digits.
The trend continued in the second half as Rollins went on an 18-9 run to begin the period. Lewis' attempted to keep the Lions in the mix with a pair of three-point field goals, but it was not enough as the Tars lead was substantial enough to overcome a late second half scoring drought.
The Lions shot nearly 35 percent (18-of-52) from the field and connected on 11 free throws.
Saint Leo will return to action on Wednesday, February 15, when they travel to Lakeland, Fla. to battle the Florida Southern College Moccasins from the Jenkins Field House. The SSC showdown is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.
For the latest news, information, and updates on the women's basketball team, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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Pullman São Paulo Vila Olímpia
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Main amenities
- 173 smoke-free guestrooms
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Breakfast available
- Fitness center
- Valet parking
- Spa services
- Conference center
- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Computer station
- Free WiFi
For families
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Private bathroom
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Free toiletries
- Daily housekeeping
What's around
- In Vila Olimpia
- Ibirapuera Park (1.7 mi / 2.7 km)
- Pinheiros Sport Club (1.7 mi / 2.8 km)
- Jockey Club (2.1 mi / 3.4 km)
- Professor Aristoteles Orsini Planetarium (2.4 mi / 3.9 km)
- Shopping Vila Olimpia (0.2 mi / 0.3 km)
Pullman São Paulo Vila Olímpiafrom Rs6,765
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- This hotel has 173 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 18 floors
- Check-in time 3 PM-noon
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- 1 per room (up to 10 kg)
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- Continental breakfast daily (surcharge)
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- 24-hour room service
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DORSET-based defence giant Cobham has signalled its fightback against military spending cuts by forecasting a return to revenues growth by next year.
The business, which is best known for systems that allow planes to refuel in mid-air and antennae for fighter jets, saw half-year profits drop 14 per cent to £118m as a result of the tough conditions in the US defence market.
However, shares rose four per cent after the company stuck by its expectations for the full year and said it was on track to grow organic revenues by mid-single digits in 2015 as a result of efforts to boost its exposure to commercial markets.
This recently saw the company strike the biggest deal in its 80-year history when it paid £548m for US-based Aeroflex, which sells 4G technology and is developing 5G networks for the next generation of smartphones and tablets.
Cobham, which employs 10,000 workers, also makes systems that run radio communications on the Airbus A350 and on yachts in the Volvo Ocean Race.
Chief executive Bob Murphy said Cobham's commercially driven businesses were now the single biggest contributor to revenues, with 38 per cent of the total.
His target for revenues growth next year is also based on a moderating rate of decline in the US defence market and stronger sales from its other regions.
In the current year, Cobham expects revenues to decline by low-to-mid single digits. The figure was four per cent lower in the latest results, with growth of eight per cent in its commercial division offset by falls of 10 per cent in both its US defence and non-US defence markets. Total sales were three per cent lower at £834m for the period.
The group's order book was also slightly lower than at the end of last year at £2.14bn, while its order intake fell by a quarter to £728m because of the non-repeat of some orders from the prior year period.


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College Football 2012 – Week Five Recap
For a week that was supposed to be lacking in big games or traditional rivalries, this week sure gave us a lot of excitement. West Virginia and Baylor showed us an offensive shootout for the ages. Stanford became the latest Top Ten team to bite the dust. And Texas and Nebraska both needed fourth quarter comebacks to keep their conference title hopes alive.
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THE Jubilee has brought out the best in Bridgwater and West Somerset. Everyone, everywhere, seems to have got stuck in.
The long list of special street parties, concerts and events will make history in itself, and the really encouraging element is that people have worked their socks off in a common cause.
It has all been voluntary with no shortage of volunteers.
Even the few hardened republicans I come across admit that they have quite a lot of admiration for the Queen.
The important thing about this celebration is that it has reunited people.
The pace of our busy lives sometimes stops us getting to know our neighbours better.
That's a real pity, and perhaps it needed a great once-in-a-lifetime effort to break the ice again.
People have forgotten the problems of the economy, brought out the Coronation chicken, wrapped themselves in red, white and blue, and celebrated the one thing Her Majesty is rightly famous for – the wave, and, above all, the smile!


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Are you ready for some Football?? I've mentioned before that I'm not as big of a football fan as I used to be. I enjoy watching the end of a great game (and Friday Night Lights, of course), but these days I find it hard to dedicate that much time to when there are so many other things that need done. That being said, I do enjoy the food that comes along with game day snacking!
My friends at Orville Redenbacher gave me a challenge to create a football themed gift basket to commemorate the start of football season and the new line of Orville Redenbacher's Flavor Variety microwave popcorn. Of their three new varieties (White Cheddar, Extra Cheese and Sea Salt & Vinegar) I decided to build my basket with the Sea Salt & Vinegar variety in mind. We are big popcorn eaters at our house and loved the fact that with Orville Redenbacher's new flavor variety, the flavor comes in a separate pouch. You can actually choose how much flavor you want based on your own individual tastes.
I created this basket with some friends in mind who live in the town I went to college at. They are constantly having people come in and stay over for football games. I thought it would be fun to add to their K-State paraphernalia and made the ultimate game day basket for them.
We all know game day isn't really game day without delicious snacks on hand. 3 packages of Orville Redenbacher's Sea Salt & Vinegar popcorn was a must.
Also included in the basket is:
- 1 K-State tote
- 2 K-State tumblers with lids and straws
- 1 K-State party banner, perfect at home or tailgaiting
- 1 K-State Sweatshirt Blanket…football weather is crisp and this comfy blanket is sure to keep our friends warm!
- 1 package of K-State cocktail napkins
- 1 K-State Pen and a K-State notepad (for taking down drink orders, gameday scores or friends orders for popcorn!)
- 1 K-State bottle opener
- 4 purple and silver pom-pom's (It's important to cheer on with style!)
- 1 K-State cookie cutter and some Wildcat logo decorated cookies
- 1 $10 iTunes gift card to download your favorite game day apps
- 1 football… there's something about watching football that makes you want to toss a ball around
- 2 popcorn bowls
- 1 bowl with a lid and small spoon – for sprinkling the perfect amount of Orville Redenbacher flavoring on their popcorn
I hope our friends enjoy their special game day inspired gift basket! A special thanks for the Orville Redenbacher Team for the $150 gift card to create it. It was a lot of fun to shop for!
Now it's your turn for the chance to win. One lucky Dine & Dish reader will win Football themed prize pack of their very own. The Orville Redenbacher team is creating a special surprise football themed gift basket just for you! A different 25 Dine & Dish readers can win a sample pack of Orville Redenbacher's Flavors Variety popcorn. For the chance to win, simply provide your answer to this question in the comments section below:
Do you think you'll snack on Orville Redenbacher's popcorn more now that it comes in new flavors? Which flavors are you most excited to try?
All entries must be received no later than midnight, CST on Monday, October 10th, 2011. All entries require a valid email address. Winner will be chosen via Random.org and will be contacted immediately after the drawing. Thanks and best of luck to you!
This is a sponsored post. I was compensated by Orville Redenbacher for my time as well as received a $150 gift card to create the football themed gift basket you see above. All opinions expressed are my own.


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Even if you don't know your birdies from your bogies, ePromos carries a plethora of promotional golf-themed items ready to earn your next function a hole-in-one from all those who love the great sport of golf! Our products come in all shapes and sizes and are ideal for any function or branding initiative where you want the conversation steered towards your business. Marketing professionals trust ePromos with their custom corporate gifts, great for both work and play. Land a promotional ace by emblazoning your logo onto any one of our golf-themed accessories!
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The term "foreign court" means a court, administrative body, or other tribunal of a foreign country.
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The term "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
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The freedom of speech and the press is enshrined in the first amendment to the Constitution, and is necessary to promote the vigorous dialogue necessary to shape public policy in a representative democracy.
Some persons are obstructing the free expression rights of United States authors and publishers, and in turn chilling the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States interest of the citizenry in receiving information on matters of importance, by seeking out foreign jurisdictions that do not provide the full extent of free-speech protections to authors and publishers that are available in the United States, and suing a United States author or publisher in that foreign jurisdiction.
These foreign defamation lawsuits not only suppress the free speech rights of the defendants to the suit, but inhibit other written speech that might otherwise have been written or published but for the fear of a foreign lawsuit.
The threat of the libel laws of some foreign countries is so dramatic that the United Nations Human Rights Committee examined the issue and indicated that in some instances the law of libel has served to discourage critical media reporting on matters of serious public interest, adversely affecting the ability of scholars and journalists to publish their work. The advent of the internet and the international distribution of foreign media also create the danger that one country's unduly restrictive libel law will affect freedom of expression worldwide on matters of valid public interest.
Governments and courts of foreign countries scattered around the world have failed to curtail this practice of permitting libel lawsuits against United States persons within their courts, and foreign libel judgments inconsistent with United States first amendment protections are increasingly common."
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The Swedish government is pushing for a meat tax to help curb the environmental impact of meat production, but officials don't want to stop there. They would like to see the meat tax enacted throughout all of the European Union to reduce meat consumption.
The proposal was made by Sweden's Board of Agriculture, according to a report by EurActiv.com.
"Environmental regulations and economics incentives like environmental taxes or subsidies are possible alternatives. Preferably they should be implemented at the EU level rather than the national level," the board's report, Sustainable meat consumption: What is it? How do we get there?, said.
Meat is popular among Swedish – and European – consumers. Last year Swedes consumed 191 pounds of meat, but Marit Paulsen, a Swedish Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and vice president of the European Parliament's agriculture committee, said that she would like to see meat consumption in the Scandinavian country drop to 99 to 110 pounds per person annually. Read more from EurActiv here.
In the U.S., the livestock industry is also fighting rumors surrounding meat's environmental impact despite evidence of the contrary. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that animal agriculture accounted for just 2.8 percent of the country's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and Judith Capper, Ph.D., assistant professor of animal sciences at Washington State University, said in a recent "Meat MythCrusher" video report that the livestock industry has been proactive in reducing environmental impact. Watch the Meat MythCrusher video report here.
This isn't the first time that vegetarianism has promoted from Sweden. In August 2012, scientists at the Stockholm International Water Institute announced that a looming water shortage would force the global population to become vegetarian by 2050. Click here to read, "We'll all be vegetarians by 2050, scientists say."


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Rangers strike early and often in rout of Mariners
Odor leads charge with historic grand slam; Lewis goes the distance
SEATTLE -- The Rangers' nine starting offensive players on Wednesday were averaging 4.5 home runs and just over 24 RBIs per man this season. Take Adrian Beltre out of the equation and ...
Well, they had three starters batting in the .170 range, another batting .190 in his last 23 games and yet another playing in just his second Major League game. In other words, just another everyday lineup put out by the Rangers in this extraordinary season. It's been a long time since Texas was seriously out-manned offensively by the Seattle Mariners.
Turns out they weren't -- at least on Wednesday. Every player in the Rangers' lineup scored a run and all but one had a hit in a 12-4 victory over the Mariners at Safeco Field. Colby Lewis went the distance for his second complete game this season and the Rangers ended up taking two of three from the Mariners.
"You never know what happens in this game," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "I wish it was that easy to predict, but you have to play. We made good things happen today. We executed, we dropped bunts, we hit the long ball ... just played a solid game."
The big blows for the Rangers were a three-run double in the second inning by Tomas Telis in his second Major League game and a grand slam in the third by second baseman Rougned Odor, who was the one hitting .190 in his last 23 games. Leonys Martin celebrated his return to the leadoff spot by going 3-for-4 with a two-run home run.
"Timely hitting today, a big hit by Odor and Telis had a big hit," shortstop Adam Rosales said. "Everybody had good at-bats. Obviously we have a lot of missing parts but we all have the ability and talent. We are all big league players."
Odor, at 20 years and 205 days old, is the youngest player in Rangers history to hit a grand slam. Roy Howell was 21 years and 230 days old when he hit his first grand slam on Aug. 5, 1975, against the Athletics. Odor is the youngest Major League player to go deep with the bases loaded since Jose Reyes (20 years, four days) with the Mets in 2003.
Odor is the first Rangers player to hit a grand slam on the road since Michael Young on Aug. 4, 2010, at Safeco. The Rangers' last 11 grand slams had been in Arlington.
"I'm always trying to do the best I can to help the team win," Odor said. "Sometimes you do good, sometimes you struggle. I feel good right now. I don't look at the numbers, I just go out and play the game."
The Rangers did most of their damage against Mariners starter Erasmo Ramirez, who allowed 10 runs in three-plus innings. This is the first time this season the Mariners' pitching staff has allowed at least 10 runs in a game. It had gone 144 games without doing so, the seventh-longest stretch in American League history, and the longest since a 194-game streak by the Yankees in 1975-76.
Lewis took advantage of the support and beat the Mariners for the first time since Sept. 17, 2011. He allowed seven hits, walked just one and struck out seven to raise his record to 9-11 with a 5.44 ERA.
"It's easy to go out and pound the strike zone when the guys give me the opportunity like that," Lewis said. "It's real easy to throw strikes when we score that many runs. You just try to get ahead and throw strike one."
Ramirez retired the side in order in the first, but the Rangers loaded the bases in the second on a one-out walk to James Adduci, a single by Rosales and a two-out hit by pitch to Michael Choice. Telis followed with a high drive into deep right that outfielder Logan Morrison got his glove on and dropped as he crashed into the wall. Three runs scored, and single by Martin drove home Telis.
"It just bounced out," Morrison said. "I don't know. That kind of sums up the day, I guess. I make that play and no runs score, we see what happens. I don't make that play and three runs scored and it's a different game. And, obviously, from there it got worse. That's a play I need to make. But it happens. It's baseball."
The Rangers started the third inning with singles from Mike Carp and Adrian Beltre. Adduci dropped a bunt and beat it out for a hit to load the bases. Adduci was bunting on his own, Washington said.
"I was trying to keep the pressure on," Adduci said. "Get them in scoring position and get some more runs. I was going for a hit, but in those situations there is a little more room for error."
Rosales popped out, but Odor hit a first-pitch cut fastball into the right-field seats to make it 8-0, and the inexplicable rout was on from the inexplicable lineup.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The No.20-ranked Saint Leo men's swimming team upset No.11 Tampa for the second consecutive year, taking home a 147-115 Sunshine State Conference victory, Saturday afternoon from the Saint Leo Aquatics Center.
"We came out with a good attitude and race mentality," said head coach Paul Mangen. " We didn't back down and swam our race each time. It was good to see us in attack mode as we head into Savannah."
Owning an 11-point lead at the midway point, the Lions used six victories over the second portion of the meet to propel themselves to the upset. In total, Saint Leo amassed 11 event wins.
The Lions broke four records over the course of the afternoon. Matheus Assis started the day with a record-breaking time in the 100 Backstroke as he finished with a time of: 50.06, more than second better than the previous mark. Additionally, Pavel Trenda asserted himself with the best 200 Backstroke time in history as he closed with a time of 1:50.32. Assis struck again in the 100 Yard Butterfly (:50.13) as he nipped the all-time mark by two-tenths of a second. The 400 Yard Freestyle relay group closed-out the meet by edging the previous mark by two seconds at 3:03.82.
Michael Cozzi, who earned two wins, jumpstarted the afternoon with a win in the 1000 Yard Freestyle at a time of 9:42.56. He made it back-to-back wins as he controlled the field in the 200 Yard Freestyle finishing with a time of 1:41.78. Teammate Patrick Ceddia finished runner-up at 1:43.75.
The Lions made it three in a row thanks to Assis' record breaking showing in the 100 Backstroke. Trenda inked another Lions victory in the 100 Breaststroke as he touched in at a time of 56.99.
Gabe Keown led the field in the 50 Free as he clocked in a time of 20.95.The 100 Freestyle also went the way of the homestanding Lions as Milton Alberto-Requejo nipped teammate Keown by one-tenth of a second at 45.90.
After Trenda's record-breaking performance in the 200 Backstroke, Cozzi made is an impressive three wins as he took home honors in the 500 Freestyle. Assis and Trenda wrapped-up individual action with wins in the 100 Butterfly and 200 IM, respectively.
Led by Assis, the Lions put the finishing touches on a solid day of competition with a record-breaking time in the 400 Freestyle Relay.
Saint Leo will return to the pool on Saturday, November 29, whey travel to Savannah, Ga. to compete at the SCAD Invitational. The three day meet is scheduled to get underway at 8:00 a.m. from the Chatham County Aquatic Center.
For more on the men's swimming program, please visit SaintLeoLions.com. Also, be sure to 'Follow' the Lions on Twitter and 'Like' the Lions on Facebook.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's elections chief is defending an order that places the responsibility of explaining what kind of identification voters use on provisional ballots on the voters themselves.
Secretary of State Jon Husted (HYOO'-sted) said Monday that voters are more likely than poll workers they don't know to get the information right.
Voter advocates are criticizing an order issued by Husted last week that requires voters to check a box explaining what ID they can offer if they weren't able to provide the last four digits of their Social Security number or their Ohio driver's license number.
Alternative ID could include a military ID or a utility bill.
Voter advocates say putting the requirement on voters increases the likelihood that ballots could be wrongly rejected.