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Prospective Study of AI H5N1 in China
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Last updated: May 29, 2008
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The purpose of this study is to see if people in China who have contact with someone infected with bird flu (H5N1) become infected themselves without necessarily getting sick. Adults and children greater than 1 year of age who have contact with someone infected with bird flu may participate in the study. At the first 1-2 study visits, a blood sample will be taken from volunteers in order to test for antibodies, the part of the blood that fights infection. If the result of the H5N1 antibody test is positive after the 1st or 2nd study visit, an additional blood sample will be collected during a 3rd and 4th study visit. Volunteers will be asked questions about their work, home life, and possible contact with poultry, other birds, animals, and people infected with bird flu. Participants will be involved in study related procedures for up to 90 days.
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|Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Prospective Study of Individuals Exposed to Confirmed Cases of Human Influenza A (H5N1) Infection in China
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MedlinePlus related topics: Bird Flu Flu Flu ShotU.S. FDA Resources
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|January 2007
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|January 2008
This will be a prospective cohort study of individuals exposed to confirmed cases of Human Influenza A (H5N1) infection in China. The study will be conducted over a period of approximately one year. Adults and children, greater than age 1, who meet the eligibility criteria will be consented and enrolled in the study. These subjects will undergo up to two blood draws for serologic testing of the presence of H5N1 antibodies according to an algorithm. These subjects will also be administered a structured questionnaire for collection of demographic information, information on potential exposure to poultry, other birds or animals, or infected humans and any clinical symptoms. This questionnaire will have similar data elements to the questionnaires used in the past for collection by the China CDC. The questionnaires were administered in areas of China where there have been poultry and human cases, as well as, other high risk populations in non-outbreak areas. Enrolled participants will complete two study visits no more than one month apart with a third visit for those who test positive for influenza A H5N1 infection. Participants who consent to HIV testing will have a fourth visit to obtain their HIV test results. The primary study objective is to determine the prevalence of antibodies to avian influenza A (H5N1) virus among close contacts and health care workers associated with confirmed H5N1 infected individuals in China. The secondary study objectives are to: describe risk factors for human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in China; evaluate the incidence of seroconversion and increases in titer of H5N1 antibodies; describe risk factors associated with seroconversion and increases in titer of H5N1 antibodies; determine T-cell immune responses in H5N1 infected individuals; and determine the prevalence of co-infection of H5N1 and HIV-1. The primary endpoint is detection of avian influenza H5N1 infection as determined by a positive result on Hemagglutination Inhibition (HI) and confirmed by Microneutralization (MN). Corresponding with the secondary study objectives, the following will be assessed as secondary study endpoints: association of risk factors with avian influenza seropositivity, including demographic characteristics and various exposures to poultry, other birds, and to infected humans; H5N1 serum antibody titer seroconversion or a greater than or equal to 4-fold increase in titer; association of risk factors with avian influenza seroconversion, including demographic characteristics and various exposures to poultry, other birds, and to infected humans; HIV-1 infection as determined by ELISA and Western Blot assays and co-infection of H5N1 and HIV-1 as determined by both assays described above; and T-cell responses to H5N1 as determined by ELISPOT assay and ICS.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|12 Months and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Informed consent for study participation provided by the volunteer or, for children, by a parent or legal guardian. Children aged 10-18 will be asked to assent.
- Adults and children > 1 year old.
- Close contacts or health care worker of confirmed human H5N1 case.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Children under 12 months old.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00428493
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00428493
|Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
|Beijing, China, 100052
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 17, 2017
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|NCT00428493 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 25, 2007
|Last Updated:
|May 29, 2008
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
human influenza A, H5N1, bird flu, avian influenza, China
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Influenza, Human
Influenza in Birds
Orthomyxoviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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Living green walls infuse the dull expanse of interiors with life-renewing greenery. They offer an inspirational and aesthetically intriguing natural boost to employee morale. Whether they are installed on the exterior or interior of a building, the structures of living, breathing plant life create the "wow factor" so many interior designers seek while championing sustainability.
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What's replaced 11+ exams?
Children in Northern Ireland are heading back to school, but there's been a big change in the exam system.
Year 6 pupils who are starting the new school year don't have to study for the 11 plus any more because the exams have been scrapped.
All pupils in Northern Ireland used to have to take the test, and the results decided which school they went to next.
But scrapping the exams may not have changed much, as other tests have been introduced to replace it.
Secondary schools still want to know which children should go to comprehensives and which should go to grammar schools.
So other exams are in place instead of the 11 plus, which children in primary school will still have to study for.


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It was heartening to hear that the first thing he became aware of after his home was hit by a bomb was his daughter crying – she was alive.
Initially Nidal had been knocked unconscious whilst he took shelter with his family and neighbours from the bombardment taking place in his suburb of Damascus. Three died in the attack. Nidal was taken to a hospital with severe leg injuries. After three days the hospital came under attack and was eventually destroyed – thankfully Nidal and his family had narrowly escaped again.
I met Nidal in a hospital in Amman, Jordan, where Caritas runs a range of medical services in association with the Italian Hospital. Here, Caritas Jordan provides primary care including an initial medical assessment, treatment and medicine. Secondary healthcare is also provided including referrals to other services and supporting in-patients, for instance, by paying the costs of their medical care.
Cartas Jordan uses the Italian Hospital and four others across the country, together with five migration centres, to provide direct humanitarian aid such as food, cloths, blankets, stoves and fuel. But the increasing demand being placed on Jordan's healthcare system by the influx of refugees is placing huge strain on services.
Suhad Zarafili of Caritas Jordan told me, "The healthcare system is now very over-crowded. We did not expect to have the high number of Syrian refugees that we have. When we have seen such high demand we have had to establish a new medical centre here in Amman."
Caritas Jordan has seen a six-fold increase in Syrians needing medical attention in recent months. Dr Khalid Shammas, the Director of the Italian Hospital told me:
"We are used to working with refugees since the Iraq conflict, but the Syrian situation is much worse. I believe the Syrian war will continue to run for several years and the impact on Jordan with last for 20years. The Syrian refugees have lost everything and have nothing to go back to.
"There are more people being referred to us all the time. They have a greater need for medical help, and there's also more wounded. To deal with the great number of people with diseases related to poverty and war is extremely challenging. We are not used to dealing with this amount of people.
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Thanks to Caritas Jordan and its partners, many thousands of Syrian refugees have received urgent medical care and humanitarian aid at this difficult time.
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Connor Phillips runs track and cross country at Lodi High School, but his dog, Hurley, made him run even faster, he says.
Phillips, a freshman, crossed the finish line in the 5K race Sunday morning at Lodi Lake in the Jog-a-Dog competition at Lodi Lake. Phillips completed the race in 20 minutes, 25 seconds.


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Sydney, June 19 (ANI): Sri Lankan external affairs minister has asked the Tamil refugees in Australia who fled the nation's bloody civil war to come home.
The Tamils had quietly slipped into Canberra for talks on combating people smugglers.
According to the Age, G.L. Peiris said Sri Lanka was now in a perfectly stable condition, with an economic boom in the once devastated northern Tamil regions.
He, however, warned smugglers sending record numbers of Sri Lankans by boat to Australia were making unconscionable profits.
Professor Peiris said that Sri Lanka was a land at peace, and a perfectly stable society.
Human rights activists have routinely accused the Sri Lankan government of continuously torturing for more than four years after the end of the military campaign against the separatist Tamil Tigers.
According to the report, Professor Peiris met with Senator Carr, Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor, Defence Minister Stephen Smith and deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop this week and will open a new Sri Lankan consulate in Melbourne on Friday.
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Have you ever dreamed of leaving all the stress of your daily life and moving to a restored cottage in Italy? This restored cottage is located in the tiny town of Gubbio, in the far north eastern part of the Italian province of Perugia.
For the homeowners, Sam and Jeremy, the dream of owning a cottage in Perugia had to become a reality. They searched for properties for a long time, but when they saw a small traditional Umbrian farmhouse in ruins, they knew this was the place they wanted to live their dream.
Perugia is a known region of Italy for its peaceful countryside and peacefulness was what Sam and Jerry were looking for.
The old farmhouse was completely in ruins, but the homeowners saved as much original material as they could, including beams, stone and roof tiles. It's an authentic mix of old materials with all the conveniences of a modern house.
The finished result is one of understated luxury played out against an earthy color scheme of browns, beiges, taupes and grey: shades that reflect and enhance the natural surroundings found in this cottage in Perugia.
The cottage was built in 2011 using original materials from the ruins of a traditional Umbrian farmhouse and outbuildings.
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I simply love this cottage in Perugia. It's unpretentious and very easy on the eye.
Do you have the dream of owning a home somewhere? Italy sounds soooo good to me! 🙂
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October 30th, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Hello Luciane, thanks so much for this posting. I absolutely love it!!! As I recently returned from Italy approximately 6 weeks ago- when I saw this posting I was so excited. I wondered what some of the Italian villas looked like inside and here we are, an exquisite example of one.
October 30th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
This one is just beautiful – I want to pin all of it! I hope you are doing well, and that the kidlets are getting excited for Halloween 🙂
October 30th, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Hi Luciane! The tub is divine!
Hope all is well,
October 30th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
I love the arhced doorways in this home. It's such a romantic look for me.
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It's all so lovely! I'm absolutey fixated on the color of the walls in that bathroom…any chance of finding out what it is?


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Credit Suisse Asset Management has purchased the new Australian Taxation Office tower in Brisbane for about $170 million from the Grollo family's Grocon.
As foreshadowed by The Australian Financial Review, and in an Australian first, Credit Suisse will fund the construction of the 15-storey tower to be built by Grocon.
The purchase was through Credit Suisse's Real Estate Fund International. The deal represents a yield between 7.25 and 7.5 per cent and brings the fund's total Australian acquisitions to just over $400 million. The fund also owns the ATO's other headquarters in Sydney.
Grocon chief executive
"This project involved all aspects of Grocon's business, with construction, development and funds management working together in a fully integrated manner," Mr Grollo said.
The purchase of the 20,000 square metre tower on Elizabeth Street was arranged by Grocon in conjunction with Jones Lang LaSalle's Paul Noonan and Simon Storry, with CB Richard Ellis's Rick Butler and Bruce Baker as representatives for Credit Suisse.
"The structure of this deal was very appealing for Credit Suisse who have looked at various deals over the years," Mr Butler said.
It gave Credit Suisse greater control over the asset, including choosing the right developer and builder, "and obviously Grocon fits that bill".
Grocon Queensland development manager Scott Ponton said Grocon was looking forward to partnering with Credit Suisse.
"The rate per square metre is the highest sales rate per square I know of in Brisbane and that's positive news for the market," Mr Ponton said.
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For really big table of content books (e.g. Bible) we sure could use a quicker way to navigate -- We do have the slider for pages showing page & chapter but that is rather a beast when looking at more than a few thousand pages. How about a slider on the table of contents or a >> & << which would advance 10 pages in the TOC and > & < which would do so by 5 (TOC has 126 pages) and I guess a >| and |< which would go to beginning & end. And always the request for search -- only in TOC unique. We'll always accept search in body as well!
When I open this in ADE I see they have nested TOC -- Top Level has the Books & Next level has the chapters (Top level has a + to touch). So I suspect TOC in epub is similarly organized (Very fast in ADE to bring up).
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VisionGate protocol shows promise, pulmonologists say
Two recent surveys conducted by an independent, third-party research group validated the market demand for VisionGate's LuCED test as well as its recently licensed drug therapy, Iloprost, in the diagnosis and treatment of patients at risk of lung cancer. LuCED, represented as "Product X" in surveys among 100 pulmonologists, is a non-invasive test to aid… Read More →
Phoenix Children's Hospital will 'Go Gold' in September
A child is diagnosed with cancer every three-and-a-half minutes and only a staggering 4 percent of U.S. federal funding is earmarked for childhood cancer research. That is why Phoenix Children's Hospital is asking the Community to Go Gold this September during Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month – with the goal of raising $1 million to support the Hospital's Center for… Read More →
ASU professor tests preventive cancer vaccine
For more than 10 years, professor Stephen Johnston and a team of researchers at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute have been developing a cancer vaccine aimed at preventing all types of cancer. Johnston said his vaccine has passed safety trials and is moving on to efficacy trials in dogs. Johnston said one of the biggest… Read More →
Cancer Society hosts Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
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Fouled Lake Erie water spawns emergency in Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio — Toxins possibly from algae on Lake Erie fouled the water supply of the state's fourth-largest city on Saturday, forcing officials to issue warnings not to drink the water and the governor to declare a state of emergency as worried residents descended on stores, quickly clearing shelves of bottled water.
"It looked like Black Friday," said Aundrea Simmons, who stood in a line of about 50 people at a pharmacy before buying four cases of water. "I have children and elderly parents. They take their medication with water."
The city advised about 400,000 residents in Toledo, most of its suburbs and a few areas in southeastern Michigan not to brush their teeth with or boil the water because that would only increase the toxin's concentration. The mayor also warned that children should not shower or bathe in the water and that it shouldn't be given to pets.
Toledo issued the warning just after midnight once tests at one treatment plant showed two sample readings for microsystin above the standard for consumption.
Gov. John Kasich said it is too early to say how long the advisory will last or what caused toxins to spike suddenly in the drinking water.
"We don't really want to speculate on this," he said. "When it comes to this water, we've got be very careful."
The governor and his staff said state agencies were working to get water and other supplies to areas around Toledo while assisting hospitals and other affected businesses.
"What's more important than water? Water's about life," Kasich said. "We know it's difficult. We know it's frustrating."
Algae blooms during the summer have become more frequent and troublesome in the western end of Lake Erie, the shallowest of the five Great Lakes.
The algae growth is fed by phosphorous mainly from farm fertilizer runoff and sewage treatment plants, leaving toxins that have contributed to oxygen-deprived dead zones where fish can't survive. The toxins can kill animals and sicken humans.
Scientists had predicted a significant bloom of the blue-green algae this year, but they didn't expect it to peak until early September.
"We're going to be prepared to make sure people are not without water," said Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins.
He said the city hopes to know Saturday night how long the warning will stay in place, and he pleaded with residents not to panic. There were no reports yet of people becoming sick from drinking the water, Collins said.
Samples of water were flown to the federal and state Environmental Protection Agency offices in Cincinnati and Columbus and a university in Michigan for additional testing, officials said.
State EPA Director Craig Butler said that the first tests indicating trouble with the water came Friday night and that additional testing confirmed the elevated readings. He said the water coming from the lake into Toledo's water plant had relatively low toxicity levels this summer until this sudden spike that sent residents scrambling for clean water.
Police officers were called to stores early Saturday as people lined up to buy bottled water, bags of ice and flavored water.
"People were hoarding it. It's ridiculous," said Monica Morales, who bought several cases of bottled water before the store sold out of water a half-hour after opening.
Stores in cities up to 50 miles away were reporting shortages of bottled water.
Most water treatment plants along the western Lake Erie shoreline treat their water to combat the algae. Toledo spent about $4 million last year on chemicals to treat its water and combat the toxins.


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April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month
CROSS has countless volunteers and we appreciate them all. Volunteers supported CROSS with nearly 28,000 hours of service during 2013.
Rachael, a CROSS volunteer for over five years tells her story.
Rachael, a widow for about five years now, was looking for something to do in her community. She had heard about CROSS, yet had no idea where they were or even the help they might need. One morning while out shopping in downtown Rogers, the CROSS van passed Rachael and she decided to follow it to find out where CROSS was located.
Once she entered the CROSS building, she found that everyone was extremely appreciative to meet her and she started working that very day. Rachael has been volunteering at CROSS two to three days a week ever since. She enjoys helping the clients at CROSS. One example Rachael gave of helping others was simply showing a client where a certain food items were located. She has learned not to take people for granted and that a simple act of kindness, even a smile goes a long way.
Rachael also joined a widowers' group at her church finding a whole new group of friends. She loves traveling and can be found at many community events with her friends and family.
Rachael was married for 51 years, has three children, six grand children, and seven great-grand children. She ran a home daycare while raising her children. She then took a job cooking in the school district for a few years, and then moved on to a full-time position as a customer service associate for 15 years before retiring.
Her life experience and her incredibly kind attitude about people has made Rachael a core member of the CROSS volunteer team.
Rachael said, "I can't think of not coming to CROSS every week."
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Nicolle Wallace played the quintessential DC insider on today's Morning Joe, proclaiming herself a "groupie" of both conservative Senator Tom Coburn and liberal partisan David Axelrod, while also saying she was "inspired" by Paul Ryan's leadership in forging a budget compromise deal.
But the Sooner senator wasn't letting the inside-the-Beltway bonhomie blunt his criticism, saying the budget deal "sells out" what needs to be done, and gives up "core values." View the video after the jump.
I'll be back with the transcript.
Note: Axelrod arguably had the best line. When Wallace said he was smiling because of the internal GOP rift over the budget, Axelrod said he was in fact smiling "because a guy Tom Coburn's age and my age can still have groupies."
NICOLLE WALLACE: I'd guess that if the camera were on David Axelord he's be smiling and maybe breathing a sigh of relief right now. You and Paul Ryan are so sharply divided on this budget --
TOM COBURN: No, no, no. Paul was given a task, he was told to go do it.
WALLACE: He led. You just called for more leaders. Paul Ryan has led.
COBURN: He has led to make a compromise that sells out what actually needs to be done.
WALLACE: You just called Paul Ryan a sellout. I feel if you and Paul can agree.
COBURN: No, no, I didn't say that. I said he was told to lead a compromise. A compromise is going to give up your principle. He said last night on the TV he doesn't think people have to give up core values: we gave up core values! We called non-tax increases tax increases.
WALLACE: Is there any point, Senator, where you could accept -- I'm a 100% Coburn groupie, and I'm so sad to hear you so disheartened by this deal. Because I was so inspired by Paul Ryan's leadership on this. Again, anything that makes David Axelrod smile makes me cry. And I feel it will make him smile to hear you so negative about this deal . . . You're smiling, David.
DAVID AXELROD: I'm smiling, I'm smiling because I'm happy that a guy Tom Coburn's age and my age can still have groupies.
WALLACE: I'm both of your groupie.


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Everyone has their own reasons for liking, or not liking the desert. Enter your happy place and let imagination take over to discover your own personal desert lure.
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On the dislike side maybe the lack of moisture at first glance everywhere you look. Too hot seems to be a big one. So little green. You add your own items to these lists.
My best like of the central Oregon high desert was the dryness. Living in the Portland area during the fall, winter, and spring requires your feet to always be wet. You get used to it, and go about your business. However some little niggling thought about getting dry encroaches into your thoughts as spring wanes and summer waxes like the cycle of the moon. Being dry (except when in the river) was my trigger to head over the hill to Maupin and the Deschutes. The local Redside rainbow was a perk after I started hooking them.
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Hooked One!
The section of the Deschutes I was exploring is an "Artificials Only" section of water. Initially I brought my spinning gear, and tried a few lures with no success. I began to just take my fly gear after those first couple of times. What the heck was I supposed to use?
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My next trip to Maupin featured the same old swing technique I was familiar with, and the same old results. Fish zero, and angler zero. That evening another angler I was friends with put the bone from his steak in the river right at the shore under some little bankside willow trees. After five minutes, or so, we went over and looked where he had placed the bone. The bone was crawling with crawdads, and fish were dimpling the water only a few feet from shore! I figured now would be a good time to try the crawdad.
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Forty years of glory for Pittsburgh ... and more?
Forty years of glory for Pittsburgh ... and more?
Executives, players marvel that a Steelers victory tonight would mark 'lucky' city's 12th major professional championship since 1971
Sunday, February 06, 2011
By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
FORT WORTH, Texas -- This all began, really, with a Steve Blass pitch that brought the Pirates the 1971 World Series championship.
[IMGR]http://i56.tinypic.com/24q4miw.jpg[/IMGR]It carried into the next year with Franco Harris' Immaculate Reception, a remarkable reversal of fate that set the stage for four Super Bowl championships in six years.
Two decades later, Mario Lemieux and the Penguins hoisted back-to-back Stanley Cups.
And now, tonight, with so many other successes along the way, the Steelers can add to a phenomenal four-decade run for Pittsburgh's professional sports franchises by beating the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV in North Texas. It would be a 12th championship for the city, the seventh for the Steelers, in 40 years.
To fully appreciate that, consider these figures since the championship-clinching pitch in 1971:
Pittsburgh's 11 total championships rank behind only Los Angeles' 14 and 12 each for Boston and New York in that span. All of the other cities with seven or more -- Chicago has nine, Detroit eight -- have much larger metropolitan bases. New York's take would increase to 16 if the four Stanley Cups of the NHL's Islanders were counted, but precious few fans there consider the Long Island-based team a New York city entity.
Of cities that have fewer than four professional franchises, as Pittsburgh does, the next highest-championship total is six, with that many won by each of the Bay area cities of San Francisco and Oakland, Calif.
Of all cities with six or more championships, only Pittsburgh and Boston have seen all of their individual teams win. Eleven of Los Angeles' 14 championships have come from the NBA's Lakers, and another was by the NFL's Raiders, who played there briefly between stints in Oakland.
Pittsburgh teams have appeared in 13 championship series or games and won 34 division titles, almost one per year on the latter count.
Nine individual Pittsburgh athletes have been named league MVP, and seven Steelers have been named NFL Defensive Player of the Year, emblematic of the team's trademark strength. Safety Troy Polamalu just won the latter award this week.
And, just for fun: Cleveland has gone without a championship since 1964, when the Browns won an NFL title. The Indians have not won in 62 years, the American League's longest futility streak.
A victory for the Steelers tonight would only add to it all, Harris said.
"For a little town inside these three rivers to achieve so much in sports for 40 years, that's remarkable," he said. "But, to me, that's the spirit of this area. I can't explain it, but that's how it is."
[HIGH-LIGHT]The Pirates[/HIGH-LIGHT]
It was Oct. 17, 1971, when Blass' final-pitch slider brought a final-out bouncer from Baltimore's Merv Rettenmund, then a joyous leap by the pitcher into the hulking arms of first baseman Bob Robertson.
"To me, the teams and the community are connected," Blass said. "We have a blue-collar work ethic here, so the fans don't see a professional athlete and think they're above anything. You feed off that as an athlete. When I was a player, and after that game, the city of Pittsburgh made me feel like I was a good, hard worker. If you're from Pittsburgh, you're legit. You're solid."
It is easy to forget now, with the Pirates' ongoing professional-sports record of 18 consecutive losing seasons, but they were a powerhouse in the 1970s -- overshadowed at times by the star-studded Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies -- then won three division titles to open the 1990s.
Blass' 1971 team, the 40th anniversary of which will be feted at PNC Park this summer, was joined in 1979 by Willie Stargell's Fam-a-lee. And Stargell was joined on that famous Sports Illustrated cover by the Steelers' Terry Bradshaw with the headline, "City of Champions."
The Pirates have won eight division titles since 1971 and have had four MVPs: Dave Parker, then Stargell shared the honor in that title year, and a still-skinny Barry Bonds won two.
Team president Frank Coonelly has known little but grief since taking over in 2007, but he is adamant that the recent success of Pittsburgh's other two teams is nothing but a plus for the Pirates.
"I get asked a lot: Are you jealous of the success of the Steelers and Penguins? My answer is absolutely not," Coonelly said. "The standards are set high by those teams, but we embrace that. We look forward to meeting those standards, as well."
Coonelly said he is aware of the impact sports championships can have on a city.
"I didn't grow up here, but I've talked to many of our fans who have explained to me how important it was in the 1970s for the city to be proud of the Steelers and Pirates," he replied. "Those were tough times here, and it helps me to understand the way this special bond continues between the city and the Pirates. If that's the way your bond is formed? That's a bond that will never be broken."
Evan Meek, the Pirates' best young reliever, and Coonelly together attended the Steelers' AFC championship victory against the New York Jets two weeks ago at a raucous Heinz Field.
"Loudest stadium I've ever heard," Meek said. "And I thought to myself, 'Well, heck, I work just down the street.' We know what championships mean to Pittsburgh, believe me. And we want that. I want that. I'll never let go of what I felt at that Steelers game that night."
[HIGH-LIGHT]The Penguins[/HIGH-LIGHT]
It was May 25, 1991, when Lemieux took the Penguins to their first championship, in Bloomington, Minn. But it was grinding winger Phil Bourque who stole the show a couple days later at the celebration inside Point State Park before 80,000 fans when he raised the Cup and shouted: "What do you say we take this thing out on the river ... and party all summer?"
"What you don't always understand as an athlete is that the energy, the passion that a diehard fan has for a team. It's even more than what you have as a player," Bourque said last week. "So, to stand there after you've fulfilled the ultimate goal for a hockey player and look into the eyes of all those people ... it was pretty overwhelming."
The Penguins have won three Cups now and gained the final four four times, but their most amazing accomplishments -- no coincidence, given their starry makeup -- have been individual: They have taken five MVP honors and, in a distinction that cannot be matched by any team in any sport, have had 13 scoring champions in the NHL's past 22 seasons.
Most impressive, they have come from four different players: Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
David Morehouse, the Penguins' president, speaks proudly of that sustained success, but he also deflects credit to another team in town.
"You don't have to look any further than across the river at the Pittsburgh Steelers," Morehouse said. "Sustainable winning teams starts with ownership. When you have ownership groups like the Rooneys or Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle with our team, people who are just as passionate about winning as the fans, that's the start of the recipe for success."
And the rest of the recipe?
"We try to emulate a lot of the things the Steelers do, but one of the things I think that's organic for both teams is that we try to treat everyone like a family. How often do you hear a player with the Steelers or Penguins say they're treated there better than they were anywhere else?"
He cited Bill Guerin, the winger who was part of the Penguins' most recent Cup in 2009 but was released this past offseason, leading to his retirement.
"Both us and the Steelers, I think, have been really good at determining when it's time for a player to move on," Morehouse said. "To me, that's a loyalty to the fan. There's still a loyalty to the player -- we'll end up hiring Billy Guerin at some point -- but there are points when you have to make a hard decision. You have to make sure, for your fans, that you're putting out the best possible team."
Morehouse mentioned, too, the University of Pittsburgh's outstanding run in basketball over the past decade.
"What Jamie Dixon has done for Pitt, they're in the top 10 every year, and they're very much in the same mold of how they do things."
Morehouse, like the Pirates' Coonelly, harkened back to the 1970s to find the civic root of this sporting success.
"If you go back to when all this started, when I was growing up here as a kid in the '70s, the sports were the only good thing happening," Morehouse said. "You picked up the paper, and it was all bad news. Your neighbors were getting laid off. Steel mills were closing. You couldn't get a job. But these guys were winning championships, and they were doing it by working hard. They were validation that working hard would pay off."
Defenseman Brooks Orpik said now is "a fun time to be around the city," adding, "I've heard some people say how spoiled fans are here, but people probably don't realize it because it's all some people know."
[HIGH-LIGHT]The Steelers[/HIGH-LIGHT]
It was Dec. 23, 1972, when Harris made the Immaculate Reception, a play that did not lead directly to a championship -- the Steelers were eliminated later in the playoffs -- but contributed immensely to the momentum that led to the dynasty of the 1970s.
"To me, this is all a great American story," Harris said. "For all of us, it helps that it might change how others perceive Pittsburgh. It helps to promote our region, and it makes people reflect on all the great history that has happened here, not just sports."
Asked about Pittsburgh's success over the past 40 years, Art Rooney II, the Steelers' president smiled.
"It's amazing. It's great," he said. "We're lucky, aren't we?"
Luck probably has little to do with the Steelers making an astounding 15 appearances in the AFC championship game and winning 20 division titles, not to mention all the rest.
Best franchise ever?
That topic is raised from time to time, especially because the Steelers compete in the salary-cap NFL, where every team has the same economic shot, and doing things the right way means everything.
The New York Yankees have won 27 World Series, but the modern championships have come in baseball's terribly skewed economics. The Yankees outspend some teams, including the Pirates, by more than 4 to 1.
The Montreal Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cups, but only two since 1979.
The Boston Celtics have 17 NBA titles, and the Lakers have 16, including the 11 in the past 40 years.
The Packers have won 12 NFL titles, but only half the Steelers' six Super Bowls. The rest of Green Bay's titles came in the league's earlier days.
No matter the comparisons, the Steelers fare well. And that is a testament to their steadiness after decades of misery leading up to the hiring of coach Chuck Noll in 1969. The team has employed only three coaches in these 40 years and, of course, has been owned by the Rooney family throughout.
Art Rooney deflects the credit.
"You have to surround yourself with the right people, and we've been fortunate to have that over the years with great players and great coaches," he said.
But those involved with the team invariably point to the owners first.
"With the Rooneys, this is their business. It's football," tight end Heath Miller said. "The Rooneys come to work every day just like we do. They're shaking our hands, asking how our families are. You realize how lucky you are, how grateful you are to be part of this organization."
Coach Mike Tomlin cited another reason.
"To me, it's the carryover of the tradition and how that keeps us humble," he said. "When you're a young man, you can wear your hand out patting yourself on the back for your successes. But to be part of an organization where just about anything we do has been done before ... that's different."
It hardly sounds as if it is getting old, though.
Someone in Fort Worth asked linebacker LaMarr Woodley the other day to explain "the Steeler Way," a term often used inside the team.
"What's the Steeler Way?" he quickly came back. "It's to win championships. That's the Pittsburgh way."
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Solar flares have increased significantly in the past several days due to titanic magnetism creating major clusters of sunspots. A video from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft gives viewers an up close and personal look at the action unfolding on the Sun. A plethora of "tangled lines" in two active, bright regions of the Sun is highly visible throughout the NASA video. The magnetic field lines are visible in extreme ultraviolet light because of the high energy particles spinning around them.
An excerpt from a Discover Magazine report about the emerging solar flares and sunspots reads:
"When magnetic fields on the sun get too tangled up, they may suddenly snap, releasing a gargantuan explosion of energy in the form of a solar flare. In the video, you can watch this process play out as the sun's surface crackles with magnetic energy and then bright flares pop off. In the video you can watch a particularly large cluster of sunspots swing across the view with the sun's rotation. As the little image of our planet used at lower left for scale indicates, just one of the big sunspots could easily swallow up the Earth with room to spare."
As the sun works through its 11-year cycle, solar activity is expected to increase as it reaches the solar maximum stage. The strongest solar flare of this cycle happened on August 9, 2011; the flare registered a 6.9 on the activity scale. A powerful solar flare which occurred last year temporarily kicked military satellites offline.
Solar flares are essentially strong radiation bursts, but scientists do not feel that harmful radiation can pass through the Earth's atmosphere and cause physical problems for humans and animals. NASA and NOAA experts cannot seem to agree on solar flare predictions for the remainder of this 11-year cycle. The space weather researchers only discovered how solar flares were formed during the past 20 years.
Concerns that a solar storm equal to the magnitude of the 1859 Carrington Event could hit the Earth prompted some scientists to urge Congress to quickly address the power grid's frailties. The governing body chose to ignore the experts' pleas. Statistically speaking, a massive solar storm is likely to occur about every 100 to 200 years. During the Carrington Event, the Earth was bombarded with a wave of "energetic particles" and then a massive solar flare. Telegraph poles and wires caught fire and papers on operator's desks were also reportedly set ablaze.
Imagining the immediate death and destruction which a Carrington Event strength solar flare would cause in our modern world is a very sobering proposition. During a recent conversation with One Second After author Dr. William Forstchen, he aptly noted that projected death toll figures in a grid-down scenario are decidedly low. Government officials and scientists did not take into account the immediate deaths and fires caused when thousands of airplanes in the sky at any given moment crash during a solar flare. Firefighters and EMTs will not be able to rush to such accident scenes to put out fires or offer medical aid.
Any patient dependent upon electricity to sustain life will also perish rather quickly. Once the oxygen tanks of the ill residing at home or assisted-living centers run dry, they will also become solar flare casualties.. Many scientists agree that such a doomsday scenario would also cause trillions of dollars' worth of damage.
Do you think the federal government should be doing more to safeguard the power grid as the stalled SHIELD Act suggests?


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HERE'S Leonardo da Vinci's famous master-peas Mona Lisa — made entirely out of
Artist Alon Zaid used cabbage, aubergine and broccoli to capture her enigmatic
The 60-year-old also made fruit 'n' veg versions of other famous paintings —
Rene Magritte's The Son Of Man, The Birth Of Venus by Sandro Botticelli and
Dora Maar Seated by Pablo Picasso.
Alon, from Israel, bought the veg from his local greengrocer then spent five
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Hallow is a village and civil parish beside the River Severn, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Worcester in Worcestershire. The village is on the A433 road that links Worcester with Holt Heath.
Until 1876 Hallow was a chapelry of Grimley. Hallow's original chapel of ease was demolished in 1830 and replaced by a modest Georgian chapel on a new site about 300 yards (270 m) south-east of the old one. In 1867 the second chapel was demolished and building began of the present Church of England parish church of Saint Philip and Saint James.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Hallow, Worcestershire. It was the birthplace of several notable people.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Hallow from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
North Hallow
Maps indicate that there were two settlements: North Hallow and South Hallow. A Vision of Britain through Time states that North Hallow became a separate parish in 1885. Descriptions here concern South Hallow.
Broadheath with Lower Broadheath is a civil parish officially known as Lower Broadheath, in the Malvern Hills District of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,713. The parish also includes Upper Broadheath, which is about 3 miles north-west of Worcester.
Broadheath was the birthplace of the English composer Edward Elgar (1857-1934).
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Broadheath from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
Until 1952 Broadheath remained a part of Hallow parish. In that year it was made a civil parish and took its place in Martley Rural District where it remained until 1974. Since 1974 it has been part of the Malvern Hills District, first in the county of Hereford and Worcester, and then, since 1998, in Worcestershire again.
There is a sketchmap of the parishes of Martley Rural District circa 1931 on the rural district page which shows only North Hallow as a parish.
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1. Re: AT&T vs Verizon iPhone?Spiral May 18, 2011 6:15 PM (in response to punisher85)
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Quick question i know some of you may have a different experience than i would but based on your experience does staying on Verizon for the iPhone have better reception than AT&T? I asked several people at school and work and most say they never have a problem. But my brother who works as a marshall down here in CT, he said people with Verizon get service but he doesn't because he works in a building, but everywhere else is ok. What do you guys know honestly?
Reception quality is something that only you can determine (IMO) as it varies so greatly between areas. When I am using my iPhone, I have great reception in my urban on Verizon. My cousin has an AT&T iPhone and also gets fair/good reception when visiting me.
However, when I visit him (200 miles away in a rural area) my reception is reduced but AT&T apparently has a larger presence because he gets great reception.
That is why I am on Verizon and he is on AT&T. We both have what works best for each of us.
You need to decide for yourself which carrier works best FOR YOU because the help from a forum like this will be (pun intended) all over the map.
2. Re: AT&T vs Verizon iPhone?21stNow May 19, 2011 5:41 PM (in response to Spiral)
I second Spiral's post. You have started off well in that you asked people at work and at school about the quality of their reception. I assume that these are places that you are a lot of your time. Now, just find more people to ask where you live and you have the best information with which to make a decision. Finally, use your first 14 or 30 (VZW vs. AT&T) days to see if whichever phone you choose works for you.


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Expediting the Federal Grant Process with an Administrative Partner
If you are interested in ways to expedite the federal grant process, an Administrative Partner (AP) may be a solution. The information below covers some of the most common questions about APs.
What is an AP?
An AP is an organization that supports a governmental entity, such as a health department, with processing federal grants and assuring compliance with grant requirements. The goals of an administrative partnership are to increase the competitiveness of the health department in applying for and accepting federal funding and to expedite implementation of grant activities. Ultimately, the AP and the health department aim to improve the public's health and safety in the most efficient and effective manner.
What are the benefits of an AP?
A functional AP relationship can be a valuable asset to a health department in the following aspects of the grant cycle: applying for and processing federal grants, hiring staff, implementing grant activities, assuring compliance with grant requirements, and submitting reports. A fully-authorized AP can take on some or all of the administrative tasks necessary to obtain and implement federal grants.
What documents will the CDC Office of Financial Resources (OFR) require to officially designate an AP?
Regardless of the terms used to identify an AP, OFR requires an AP applicant to submit documentation that establishes the validity of the entity and proves its designation as an authorized representative of the health department. OFR does not have a set list of documents that must be submitted. Documents could include an authorizing statute, an executive designation letter, the AP's articles of incorporation or charter, or a binding agreement with the health department. The documentation should be included with "Other Attachment Forms" when submitting an application via Grants.gov.
How is an AP created?
An AP is created under state, tribal, local, or territorial authority. Depending on the jurisdiction, APs can be established in a variety of ways, including through statutes, contracts, or executive delegations. The circumstances of all jurisdictions are unique; therefore, it is important to consult with business management and legal staff while planning AP activities.
How much funding is needed to set up an AP, and how is it used?
Funding amounts will vary for each AP. However, all APs will require startup funds to hire staff, obtain office space, and cover the initial administrative costs necessary to establish the AP.
Will CDC provide startup funds?
No. However, funds to start an AP may come from a variety of sources, including the state, a regional entity, or a private organization such as a foundation.
How is the process for establishing an AP started?
The first step is to determine legal authority in establishing an AP. The next step should be discussions with health department staff and leadership. Consider including health department programmatic and administrative leadership, advising attorneys, and managers of CDC grants and contracts. Next, consider convening an exploratory group of health department staff and external stakeholders, such as partner academic institutions and others in government who are experienced in administrative and programmatic grant and contract management.
Are bona fide agents and fiscal intermediaries the same as APs?
APs are sometimes referred to as bona fide agents or fiscal intermediaries. AP is a better, more descriptive term because APs truly work in partnership with health departments and can address the range of administrative activities necessary to obtain and implement federal grants.
What are bona fide agents and fiscal intermediaries?
Bona fide agents and fiscal intermediaries are organizations designated by the health department as eligible to submit a grant application in lieu of the health department. The terms are sometimes used interchangeably with AP. These organizations may simply apply for the grant and funnel money to the health department, or may undertake more of the grant activities depending on the local situation. If applying as a bona fide agent or fiscal intermediary of a state or local government, documentation must be submitted that establishes the validity of the agent. The term "fiscal intermediary" can be confusing if used to refer to an AP because of the term's use in the Medicaid system. In the Medicaid system, a fiscal intermediary is a type of claims processing and payment organization.
Where can a health department find more information to determine its legal authority to enter into a relationship with an AP and if an AP is a wise choice?
First, health departments should consult with business management and legal staff about circumstances specific to the health department authorities and jurisdiction.
The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) also can provide resources and contacts related to APs. Some Public Health Institutes (PHIs) have acted as APs, bona fide agents, and fiscal intermediaries. PHIs are nonprofit organizations that improve the public's health by fostering innovation, leveraging resources, and building partnerships across sectors, including government agencies, communities, the health care delivery system, media, and academia. NNPHI is an association of PHIs that convenes its members and partners at the national, state, and local levels in an effort to address critical health issues, including APs and bona fide agents. For more information, refer to the Fiscal/Administrative Management section on the NNPHI website.Top of Page
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April 3, 1974: "Super Outbreak"
Scores of twisters spun across the Midwest — including 20 in Indiana and 26 in Kentucky. In Indiana communities, including Monticello, Rochester, Atwood, Madison and Hanover, storms destroyed about 2,100 homes. In all, 49 people died and 768 were hurt in the state. The outbreak was among nearly 150 separate tornadoes that raked 2,500 miles across 13 states, killing 350 people and injuring 5,484.
Today: Floods are a threat
We face a slight risk for severe storms this afternoon into this evening, the National Weather Service says. Much more likely: heavy rain, which could lead to flooding. Up to 4 inches of rain is possible through Friday morning.
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Action Against Hunger (Karamoja) Uganda: Vacancy for Log-Admin, Head of Region
Job Title: Log-Admin, Head of Region
Location: Karamoja, Uganda
Closing Date: Thursday, 14 April 2011
Action Against Hunger-USA
International Humanitarian Organization
Closing date: 14 Apr 2011
Location: Uganda - Karamoja
Objective 1: Supervise logistics and administration in Karamoja.
Activities :
Manage logistics and administration staff in order to ensure smooth program and operations.
Ensure the respect adherence to ACF logistics and administration procedures within all departments.
Identify staff's training needs set post-training objectives
Invest in improving the functioning of logistics tools and regulations in collaboration with the LOGCO.
Validate logistics reports, before sending them to Kampala for final approval.
Perform regular (fortnightly, monthly) cash controls and bank reconciliations.
Ensure all newly recruited ACF national staff is correctly, thoroughly briefed (ACF charter, security, staff regulations)
Oversee the accountancy and implement the cash forecast on monthly basis.
Ensure timely, purposeful evaluations of staff with the focus on career development.
Provide training and refresher courses on base related to fleet, movement, safety, security, first aid and other issues that must be cyclically assessed for quality and performance.
Objective 2: Ensure safety and security of ACF staff, equipment and bases in Karamoja.
Activities :
Brief all new ACF International staffs on ACF safety and security procedures in region, ensure consistent refreshing / sensitization over changing security context and modified plans..
Follow up security situation at the field / regional level, and take decisions accordingly (especially movements) in collaboration with the CD and LOGCO.
Ensure that ACF rules and regulations concerning staff security and safety are being followed by all regional staff and visitors to the bases.
Update the regional security plan as necessary, in collaboration with LOGCO and CD.
Propose change on Lima (security) levels according to the context.
Ensure that all communication equipment and vehicles are functional, ensure safety and careful usage of the equipment, as per equipment policy.
Report fleet/equipment problems to LOGCO.
Ensure security stock and medical kits are regularly checked by pertinent focal points.
Objective 3: Monitor, analyze and report on political, humanitarian and security contexts in Karamoja.
Maintain and develop a network to collect relevant information.
Promote the image and work of ACF in the sub-region.
Analyze the political, security, social and humanitarian context and feed it into annual strategies.
Prepare weekly updates (sitreps) concerning the context.
Objective 4: Represent ACF externally in all meetings with government, donors, other stakeholders, and the general humanitarian community in Karamoja.
Ensure all stakeholders present in Karamoja have a clear understanding of ACF charter, background, security procedures, programs objectives, activities in the field.
Promote the acceptance of ACF and its programs in host and work locations and communities.
Ensure regular contacts with local authorities (Chief Administrative Officer, LC5, LC3I, Resident District Commissioner, Ministry of Health, District Security Officer, UPDF representatives, etc.)
Ensure regular contacts with all humanitarian partners (NGOs, UN…)
Ensure ACF attends all relevant humanitarian coordination meetings
Represent ACF to the courts and human rights' representative entities in case of judicial actions.
Objective 5: Ensure effective, timely and standardized communication/coordination between all departments on bases / region and capital departments / coordination team.
Activities :
Play the role of facilitator between the capital and the field (sharing information).
Implement/facilitate fortnightly coordination meetings on base and minute the meetings for further follow up.
Organize regular general staff meetings at bases.
Ensure exchange of information between ACF technical departments at regional level.
Visit ACF field activities regularly and report on problems, challenges and obstacles.
Ensure, assist and enforce efficient, synergized, integrated fieldwork and program/movement planning and program drafting by program managers and officers.
Education / Specific Degrees / Special Skills :
Significant experience in humanitarian project management, especially in insecure areas.
Advanced knowledge of donors' guidelines and procedures in humanitarian settings.
Excellent human resource management skills.
Excellent organizational, leadership and motivation/training skills.
Must be self-disciplined, able to meet own deadlines and arrive at decisions and conclusions with minimal guidance.
Must be fluent in spoken and written English (professional English required).
Humanitarian field experience requested: YES
How to apply
Please apply online with a CV and Cover Letter at http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/get-involved/jobs


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On Saturday I went with DC Audubon out to Bombay Hook on the Delaware coast. Bombay Hook, part of the National Wildlife Refuge system, is the best birding spot that I have visited in the mid-Atlantic. The refuge consists of a series of fresh water impoundments, surrounded by woods, fields in various stages of growth, and tidal salt marshes and mudflats.
The diversity and quality of habitats in around Bombay Hook attracts many birds - and birders. Claudia Wilds, in her classic Finding Birds in the National Capital Area, states that "there must be few avid birders in these parts whose life lists have not been substantially lengthened by happily remembered expeditions" there. My own experiences would bear her comment out; in four trips I have seen sixteen life birds. These include beautiful American avocets and black-necked stilts, as well as the rare and declining red knots. On Saturday my one life bird was a clapper rail, which I identified not by sight but by its "clappering" call shortly after a few others saw two swim across a creek. (Yes, I do count heard birds for species that are hard to see.) Our Audubon group as a whole found over 100 species, remarkable for one of our field trips, and possibly a record for recent years.
As one might guess from the timing of our trip, the best reason to make a two-hour trip from Washington to the refuge is to see shorebirds. That mission was accomplished on Saturday as we saw sixteen species of shorebirds, from the tiniest semipalmated plovers to the chunky short-billed dowitchers and graceful willets. The mudflats were enlivened with colorful dunlin and ruddy turnstones; these two species put to lie their family's reputation for being dull and difficult to identify. I spotted one pectoral sandpiper among the other peeps at Shearness Pool; this bird stood out from the others by its more heavily streaked breast and prominent white stripes above the eye and along the back.
The woods and fields were full of songbirds. Blackpoll warblers sang everywhere, a sure sign of late May. A prothonotary warbler greeted us at the entrance to the boardwalk trail; a northern waterthrush skulked in the reeds of Bear Swamp. Graceful purple martins and barn swallows hawked insects around the visitors center. (I think that purple martins are among my favorite swallows, though they are also one that I see very rarely.) Finally, two characteristic birds of coastal salt marshes were present in good numbers: marsh wrens and seaside sparrows added their bubbling and hissing songs from among the reeds.
Port Mahon Road is the follow-up to Bombay Hook on the traditional spring birders' route. This is a good spot to pick up red knots, and sure enough, we saw two standing on a chunk of concrete with about thirty ruddy turnstones. More experienced birders with our group recalled years ago when numbers of red knot at the site equalled that of the turnstones and sanderlings that crowded the beach.
A few of us went on from Port Mahon Road to Little Creek and Pickering Beach. The birds there were pretty much the same as at the previous stops, with two exceptions. One was a northern harrier coursing over an old field. The second was a white-crowned sparrow that flew up from the side of a path and perched in full view, my first for the year.
I would highly recommend a visit to this refuge for anyone in the Mid-Atlantic or for any birder visiting the area. For directions to the refuge, see the FAQ on the refuge website. To learn what birds have been seen there recently, check the de-birds listserve (also available at Birdingonthe.net).
Monday, May 22, 2006
Birds at Bombay Hook
On Saturday I went with DC Audubon out to Bombay Hook on the Delaware coast. Bombay Hook, part of the National Wildlife Refuge system, is the best birding spot that I have visited in the mid-Atlantic. The refuge consists of a series of fresh water impoundments, surrounded by woods, fields in various stages of growth, and tidal salt marshes and mudflats.
Posted by John Beetham at 5/22/2006
Labels: Audubon, Delaware, Field Reports, Red Knot


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6 August 2014
We've performed in some incredible venues over the last fortnight – from the oak-framed hall at Rhos-y-Gilwen in north Pembrokeshire, to Moses und Aron at Royal Opera House and the incredible reception of Nabucco and Manon Lescaut at the stunning Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland.
Here, our chairman, Geraint Talfan Davies, opens up his diary to give an exclusive insight into life on the road with WNO.
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I'm not a sports fanatic but I like to hike and walk, it's my way to enjoy the outdoors. I'd rather go to an art museum than the mall. I also work out and swim laps three times a week.
People tell me they like my sense of humor. I guess I see the irony in many things.
I am humorous, knowledgeable, and kind. I'm really looking for a woman that likes substantive conversations.
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Ha! I like this. You should put it in Pee Review - I think with some work it could be featured. -- §. | WotM | PLS | T | C | A 22:51, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Hm; this article is now thw #1 search result for 1982 Mitsubishi Colt.--The Jeff Killer 06:05, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
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I just received some positive feedback about this from a WotM winner, so I was just wondering how good people think this article is, and if anyone can think of any worthwile contributions to make to it. Thanks. -- Sir Cs1987 UOTM. t. c 14:46, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
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Since I used the Pee Review Table for mu judging for PLS, where someone had a go at rewriting this, I thought I'd let you know what I thought of your article.
|I laughed. A lot. I only laughed at one article more during my entire judging period, and it won second place.
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|This article beat 8 articles that were competing from the PLS prize. Meaning, if those articles had all been placed in a straight up contest with yours, I'd have given you fifth place. Considering the quality of articles in this year's PLS, that really freaking impressive.
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Hunter TR-12 is a 12-person, multi-purpose tactical vehicle designed to carry troops to dangerous destinations. A mono-hull built on an independent chassis, the versatile Hunter TR-12 offers superior protection against guns and rifles, making it ideal for high-risk areas prone to clashes and ambushes. With 4x4 wheel drive action, it is possible for the vehicle to reach remote, difficult-to-access places. The Hunter TR-12's superior features, including high quality technical configuration, a powerful fuel diesel engine, and cutting-edge wheel technology, make it a reliable vehicle for long distances..
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