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After my beautiful yet useless Morphy Richards toaster finally gave up working altogether we decided to invest in a new toaster. I wasn't allowed to base my purchase decision purely on what toaster looked prettiest after the Morphy Richards disaster, so we set about looking for a decent, economical, functional toaster (boring!)
We eventually opted for this - a Breville VTT213 4 slice toaster.
It was never going to live up to its pretty cream predecessor in terms of appearance but to be honest it's not too bad to look at. It's quite sleek and minimalistic and it would be pretty easy to buy matching appliances. It has a nice shiny silver finish which looks nice, but does need a regularly clean to remove finger marks. It's quite bulky so does take up quite a bit of room but considering it holds 4 slices and the size of the bread slots are fairly wide, that's to be expected. Despite its bulk it does have a cord storage which is handy for hiding the cord out of sight and making the counter look tidier. It's not quite as sturdy and robust as I'd hoped - if you press both levers down at the same time with too much force it tips forward, but maybe I'm just picking fault because its not cream and pretty!
The one thing that was nonnegotiable when we were looking to buy a new toaster was four bread slots and thankfully this one does have that. It's so much easier and convenient to be able to toast four pieces of bread at once rather than hanging around waiting for a two slice toaster. The bread slots are wide and great for toasting things like crumpets, teacakes or thickly cut pieces of bread. Bearing this in mind, it does take longer to toast thin slices of bread and the settings may need to be adjusted. One minor complaint is that the slots aren't quite deep enough for larger slices of bread and so the tops of the bread don't get toasted properly. We find that turning the bread mid cycle resolves this problem but its still a nuisance having to do that. We had the same problem with our previous toaster so I think it's a pretty common problem.
The toaster has the usual features you'd expect such as defrost, cancel and a timer which controls how brown you want your toast. There's only one timer for all four slots which means that you can't cant toast your bread on a different setting at the same time. I like my toast to be nicely browned whereas my husband prefers his to be barely more than warm bread, and so it would be handy to have two timer dials, one for each side of the toaster.
We have found that despite the problem with the shallow slots, the toaster does brown the bread nicely and evenly. Our old, more expensive toaster, was useless and temperamental but this one is reliable and consistent. It had 6 different browning settings, and we find that for a standard sized slice of toast settings 2 and 4 are perfect for my husband and I's varying tastes. The setting does need to be turned down for thicker slices and crumpets. As well as toasting the bread more evenly than my previous toaster, it also toasts it quicker which is great when you're in a rush in the morning.
Another handy aspect is the high lift feature which prevents you burning your fingers removing your toast from the toaster. I find that it's great for smaller pieces of bread but you still need to be careful when removing small items such as crumpets and teacakes.
It does have a reheat setting, which was one of the things I liked about our old toaster. The amount of times I've made everyone some toast and buy the time I've got everyone sat down or in their highchair my own has gone cold. The reheat feature is great for times like those.
So would I recommend it? Well yes I would. I had my doubts at first but it is much better than our previous toaster and cheaper in price too. We bought ours on offer in Tesco for around £30 and I think they're currently selling it on Amazon for a similar price. It may not be as pretty as the Morphy Richards one we had but in terms of efficiency and consistency it's a much better buy.
The Breville VTT213 4 Slice Toaster looks great and will fit in with busy mornings helping make breakfast for your whole family / It has lots of features and is simple to use especially useful is the independent controls so if you are only toasting two slices you don't need to run the whole toaster / 4 slice / 4 slotVariable width toasting slotsDefrost reheat & mid-cycle cancel functionsIndependent 2 slice controlsVariable browning controlHigh lift facilityIlluminated controlsRemovable crumb trayCord storage & non-slip feet / Short name: Breville VTT213


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Swapping your 2.5i/rs to a wrx/sti; is it worth it?
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Those that like 02-03 front end... Buy 04 sti and take it to a body shop for front end swap.
Cost depends on how far you want to go and how "proper" you want it.
Also if staying stock brakes, leave abs alone... Easier to send out wiring and have it merged.
Dbw gas pedal bracket not needed, you can bolt on with one bolt ( not recommended)
Rs trans is push style and wrx/sti is pull style clutch.
5x114.3 is only different on the front strut bottom piece (5x100 unit can be drilled out to work or swap collar)
Another option is... Sell your car and use that money + swap money and buy swapped car for cheap.
Swap is not difficult to do. I did mine myself years ago with minimum mechanical experience.
i can see most of your response was directed towards me.. so lets dig deeper
i love how people say "just buy an STI" like everyone just have $15k-25k lying around... for most who do swaps, they do it because they can (and heres the key word) SLOWLY do the swap.. buy things piece by piece, over time.. not to mention, having a REAL bugeye, and doing a full swap is much more impressive then just buying an sti and swapping front ends. some people actually dont mind the hard work, and enjoy it
- my reference to swapping the ABS is directed towards what my title was 02/03 to 05/07 sti! COMPLETE swap! in other words, doing it CORRECTLY. cutting and splicing wires may be easier, but its not right! so MY post is regarding people who want to do a correct swap, with no corners cut!
-i love this one... "Dbw gas pedal bracket not needed, you can bolt on with one bolt ( not recommended)" ... SO, you try to contradict what i say by saying they dont have to buy an adapter, and 1 bolt will do..then say "but its not recommended"...LMAO... no crap it isnt recommended.. your saying "dont listen to the guy whos doing it right, and go my route of half assing things..but i dont recommend it!" pointless! GET AN ADAPTER BRACKET PEOPLE!
as for the coilovers... there are a few different options available to poeple in this situation... drilling out collars is NOT one i recommend to anyone! either replace the coilovers or the sleeves.
and as for your other option... id never buy a swapped car from someone else because they probably cut MANY corners, just like your telling people to do! thats just asking for a headache!
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Q: What would be best for Iraq's security and stability over the next two years?
58%: Significantly fewer troops than we have in Iraq today, and less daily interaction with Iraqis
"Iraq would be most stable if a massive presence of U.S. troops brought order to the country, secured the borders, and enabled the Iraqi government to gradually assert its control. However, this would require an increase in the U.S. presence of several hundred thousand troops — and is essentially out of the question. Accordingly, I think we are inevitably headed toward fewer troops in Iraq, and the U.S. should do what it can to help prepare the Iraqi government and army for a diminished U.S. role."
"We need to demonstrate that we will not be a participant in an Iraqi civil war. As long as Iraqi political leaders believe that we will support them at all costs, they will not make the hard political choices that just might provide the type of political solution to the civil war that has already begun and will only continue to grow — absent a change in the current Green Zone–centric politics of the administration and the Iraqi political elite."
"Drawdown should be to a gradual, residual presence that should focus on giving advice, sustainment, and specialized forms of support to Iraqi security forces, e.g. logistics, mobility, airpower, and electronic intelligence."
"On balance, I would opt for fewer troops. It is the only choice which offers hope of our becoming less of the problem."
"Fewer troops, except that there need to be more daily interactions with nonmilitary Iraqis to complement the lower profile of the military."
"More troops would be best, but is utterly impossible given the politics and the strain under which the Army and Marine Corps now labor —and which has been under-reported in the press, and disgracefully ignored by Congress. We can argue all we like, but fewer troops is where we are headed."
"Unfortunately, the time for ' significantly more US troops' has come and gone, both there and here. We sure should have stabilized the country and quelled the insurgency before handing off to a callow, inexperienced, cobbled-together Iraqi government."
"We need to withdraw all combat forces in 2007 and keep only trainers and U.S. Mission security units. Our over- the-horizon presence can prevent the creation of terrorist sanctuaries."
"We must reduce our troop presence primarily to reduce the strain on our Army, which is suffering from recruiting shortfalls, as well as a decline in the quality of people entering the service. However, our troops should have greater interaction with Iraqis through a program of expanded embedding of U.S. troops in newly trained Iraqi Security Force units."
"I see a force presence in the region; however, that may go in and out of Iraq if required."
"Interaction with Iraqis is good —just not with guns!"
"More troops would work better if we were not currently perceived as planning a strike on Iran. But to add many more and visible troops in this circumstance will just further inflame matters, appearing as it would to confirm rumors that this is stage one of a new aggression toward Iran. In the present circumstances, it would be better to have fewer troops. A poor solution, but better than the others."
"I think it is possible that the current situation —a level of violence too high for normal life or investment or growth but short of civil war — will continue for a number of years. Many societies in Africa have lived with this kind of violence for decades. If the United States reduces its troop levels, it will also reduce casualty levels and hence also the immediate pressure and leverage on various Iraqi factions to compromise. We broke it, but we don't own it forever — as a matter of practical politics if not of morality. And sadly, it can remain broken for a long time."
26%: Significantly more U.S. troops than we have in Iraq today, with a stronger daily presence in Iraq's population centers
"More troops would be better for Iraq, but not necessarily for the U.S., and only if it is clearly understood that the U.S. presence was for a finite period."
"The basic condition for successful governance in Iraq — security —is still absent. More U.S. ground forces are needed to secure and hold pacified areas, train Iraqi soldiers over a longer time horizon (at least five years), and seal the borders. More troops are also needed as tensions with Iran increase — U.S. troops may be needed to put down Iran-sponsored militia. More U.S. troops could avert a full-fledged civil war."
"To immediately establish a federalist system of government —divided by Kurd, Sunni, Shia, and Baghdad—with a weak overarching central government, we need a significant increase in the troop level; however, it needs to be from the international community and from the newly formed and trained Iraqi army."
"We need more U.S. troops in Iraq, not to have a stronger presence in population centers but to seal the borders and train Iraqi troops and police so that they can gain control over their country."
16%: About the same U.S. troop levels and visibility as today
"If we do not shift responsibility to the Iraqis, they will not take it ... and they will blame us for continued division and violence."
"The political will does not exist to increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, and the U.S. military would be hard pressed to sustain a larger presence even if it did. Iraqis will read any unilateral U.S. decision to dramatically reduce the number of U.S. troops as a sign they are being abandoned to the wolves, thereby persuading militias to accelerate their plans to go to the mattresses."
"In the best of all possible worlds I would prefer more troops, but that is politically impossible. Having the same number of troops may also be tough politically, but should assure stability. A reduction in numbers would only make sense if Iraq's military and police improve their performance. The question can only be answered on a tentative basis because of the many variables."
"Although the U.S. could greatly benefit from more troops in Iraq if we could find them, the more important shift is to better employ the troops on hand to create the kind of security for the bulk of the Iraqi people to finally allow political and economic reconstruction to take root and begin to build from the bottom up."
None of the above:
"Iraq's security and stability can't be accomplished by just putting troop levels up or down. The key is cutting a political deal that works and drawing down our troops in that context."
"This is the wrong question. The right question is: What kind of political situation in Iraq would allow the troops to leave? You need to use the troops as a way to deal with the politics. That is now, and has always been, the situation."
"There are more important questions concerning 'Iraqization' and greater international political support — a Contact Group — that need to be addressed around or before the time the troop-deployment issue gets addressed."
"This question is impossible to answer independent of assumptions on political developments in Iraq. If it is possible to forge a coalition among Shiites, Kurds, and Sunnis with an understanding on the sharing of oil revenues, then it may be possible to quell sectarian violence. Without a political coalition, then sectarian violence will increase, and it would be hard to imagine any scenario on troop levels that could impose stability and order. The first priority should be to forge a political agreement among the key parties, and revenue sharing must be part of that agreement. There needs to be troop stability to enable political negotiations. If the political process fails in the next six months, troop levels and the entire military strategy need to be reassessed."
"What would be best for Iraq's security and stability would be the Iraqis being able to manage their own problems to the maximum extent possible. Iraq will continue to have problems for years to come, but if they develop the capacity to manage them with minimal help from foreigners, that will be a great success. Also, the magnitude of Iraq's problems may diminish if the Iraqi authorities appear to be in charge of their own country and capable of handling substantial problems."
"What happens in Iraq is no longer a function of the number of U.S. troops, but rather of whether and how an Iraqi national identity can be forged that is stronger and more enduring than any of the sectarian identities that now define Iraq."
Q: Do you think it is likely that the sectarian violence in Iraq will turn into a sustained, all-out civil war within the next two years?
"Today's violence is more like gangs struggling over disputed turf than civil war. Each side is sufficiently strong to largely protect their clansmen, and not strong enough to mount organized war against their opponents. It is likely to stay like this for some time."
"No, but if we [ the U.S.] don't watch what we do, we can cause one."
"The Bush administration will not end the U.S. occupation, and as long as U.S. troops remain in Iraq they will serve as the buffer that prevents an all-out civil war."
"There will be five to seven years of degrees of violence and instability, but it will become reasonably stable over time."
"The prospects are too dark, and unending, of all-out civil war, even for the Iraqis! A sliver of thought convinces anyone of the horrors of civil war, without great outcome to any sectarian group. That thought, however meager, will prevail."
"It is highly unlikely under any circumstances, but perhaps possible if there is a total failure to contain the terrorists."
"Once (and if) we get out of the way there will be a spike in the violence, but leaders on both sides understand that they can't win an all out civil war, and so will have an incentive to find some modus vivendi. Still, there will be chronic violence."
"Chronic violence, yes, but we'd be better off calling it ' sectarian' or ' communal' violence rather than civil war, which conjures up to Americans visions of Sherman's march through Georgia. In Iraq the Kurds have what they want in the north, the Shia what they want in the south. Ultimately, I suspect the Sunnis will get generous autonomy in the provinces in which they predominate, and the only question will be the sorting out of Baghdad, where you will probably see segregation along the lines of Beirut. It will be ugly and violent, but I don't think it will be utter chaos."
"Unless we can increase security, rapidly improve the economy, solve the unemployment problem, and show the Iraqi people that their elected government can govern, we will enter into civil war. The U.S. government needs to have a strategy, demonstrate leadership, and understand the cultures in Iraq —all imperatives that have escaped this administration! "
"Yes, but only in the center of the country. I think it's doubtful that the violence will spill into Kurdistan or become all-out civil war in the south."
"There is little evidence that civil war can be avoided by any strategy, but it is always possible that the leaders of the major factions will decide to embrace the kind of political compromise necessary to end the violence and establish a civil society."
"The security situation hinges on whether Shiites, Kurds, and Sunnis agree on provisions for developing the oil sector and sharing oil wealth. The constitution as written gives provincial law on energy issues precedence over federal law, ensuring that Sunni areas will not benefit. If the legal framework for oil and revenue sharing is not changed, Sunnis will have no reason to buy into an Iraqi state, the insurgency will turn into civil war, and outside forces will not be able to impose order. If all three parties see benefit from a unified Iraqi state, then there is a prospect for a political understanding that can underpin security and economic reconstruction. At this point, no viable compromises on energy issues and revenue sharing have been put on the table to stop degeneration into all-out civil war."
"Yes, unless we succeed in better engaging regional powers in a concerted effort to prevent it."
"We are already in a civil war in Iraq. I am reminded of June 2003, when the official line about Iraq was it was only ' deadenders' opposing us. Then, when it became PC to speak of insurgents, the official line was that they were ' foreign' insurgents, and then the line became that while the insurgents might be Iraqis, the suicide bombers were foreigners. Then, when the evidence showed that the vast majority of the suicide bombers were actually Iraqis, we retreated into describing ' sectarian' violence. On each of these occasions, the truth as officially spoken lagged behind what we actually knew, but silence was called for in the hope that the denial of reality would lead to a better outcome that would justify the sacrifices that American soldiers and Iraqis had made and justify the illusions about Iraq with which the administration entered this war. We have concentrated on finding new, acceptable descriptions for what is happening in Iraq to bury our failures to understand, or be willing to face, what is actually happening. In the meantime, the number of Americans and Iraqis that have to be really buried continues to mount, regardless of how we describe it. "U.S. political and military leaders, rather than to face up to the fact that we are now in a civil war, are engaged in a search for a ' strong leader' who will use a newly trained and equipped Iraqi security force—backed by U.S. technology and a smaller U.S. force—to impose a unitary Iraq. The belief seems to be that the Iraqi political elite, now facing the abyss of all-out civil war and/or fragmentation, will see a common survival interest in backing a strong regime as the least-bad outcome, and be able to unite behind a regime that imposes emergency measures while maintaining the facade/hope of transitioning to a more ' open system'— the preferred term to what was once called 'democratic'— once the emergency is passed. My personal view is that this will fail, because we continue to underestimate the dysfunctional nature and corruption of the current crew of Iraqi political leaders, underestimate the depth of the insurgent groups, fail to understand the insurgent penetration of the Iraqi security forces we are training, and do not understand that Iranian interests in stability in Iraq have now shifted to wanting to create a vortex of instability as a warning to us as what the future, both in Iraq and the region, will hold if we move against them. The net result is that we will soon face a civil war that no one will be able to describe as anything else."
"Yes, if there is no real change in how we deal with the crisis."
"Yes, more likely than not, but not inevitable."
"Yes, but this is not inevitable. The current trends points to increasing sectarian violence, which over time will erupt into organized warfare among factions (i.e., civil war). The only thing that will prevent this is the continuing fear of the consequences of civil war among many of the leaders in Iraq. Whether they can turn this fear into a positive inducement to share power in a single, though decentralized, Iraqi state is the fundamental question that will determine the country's future."
"I think the chances of widespread sectarian violence and potential territorial fragmentation are better than 50 percent ."
Not sure:
"Whether or not it happens, we have to anticipate that intergroup violence will increase before they find a modus vivendi. That is not a reason to keep U.S. combat troops in country."
"I don't know whether civil war is likely. I know it is a possibility, and we need to be prepared in case it does happen. But I also know that many Iraqis, including in particular various political leaders, will exert themselves to avert a civil war. They have shown themselves capable of compromising and meeting deadlines, e.g., for completing the interim constitution, the creation of the interim government, the first elections, the drafting of the permanent constitution, the constitutional referendum, and the second elections. That's an impressive list, and it suggests that the Iraqis may be able to prevent the kind of breakdown that would make civil war more likely.
"'Yes' or 'no' answers to questions about predictions of the future are not serious, in my opinion. What is serious, I think, is whether a problem is likely enough to take account of in one's plans, not whether one arbitrarily assigns it a greater than 50 percent chance of happening."
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Country: UK
Detail Information
- Customized silicone implant for the correction of acquired and congenital chest wall deformities: A valuable option with pectus excavatumGiampiero Soccorso
Birmingham Children s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom Electronic address
J Pediatr Surg 50:1232-5. 2015....
- Management of large primary spontaneous pneumothorax in children: radiological guidance, surgical intervention and proposed guidelineGiampiero Soccorso
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Birmingham Children s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6NH, UK
Pediatr Surg Int 31:1139-44. 2015..We aim to highlight the differences and provide a best practice surgical management strategy for PSP based on experience of two major paediatric surgical centres...
- Idiopathic small bowel diaphragm disease identified by laparoscopic-assisted double-balloon enteroscopy in a child: an integrated successful definitive therapeutic methodGiampiero Soccorso
Paediatric Surgical Unit, Sheffield Children s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom
J Pediatr Surg 47:1622-5. 2012..This report describes an integrated successful definitive therapeutic method of double-balloon enteroscopy and minimal invasive bowel surgery for small bowel pathology...
- 20 mm lithium button battery causing an oesophageal perforation in a toddler: lessons in diagnosis and treatmentGiampiero Soccorso
Paediatric Surgery Unit, Sheffield Children s NHS Foundation Trust, Western Bank, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 2TH, UK
Arch Dis Child 97:746-7. 2012..BBs (20 mm) in children should be removed quickly and close observation is required as the damage initiated by the battery can lead to a significant injury within a few hours...
- A ganglioneuroma of the sigmoid colon presenting as leading point of intussusception in a child: a case reportGiampiero Soccorso
Department of Paediatric Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester, United Kingdom
J Pediatr Surg 44:e17-20. 2009..This is the first pediatric case described in the literature of a solitary polypoid GN presenting as a colocolic intussusception. We present a brief overview of intestinal ganglioneuromatous lesions and associated conditions...
- A giant ovarian cyst in a neonateGiampiero Soccorso
Sheffield Children s Hospital, Western Bank, S10 2TH, Sheffield, UK
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 22:e17-20. 2009..Surgery is indicated in the infantile period in case of very large, persisting or symptomatic cysts. Many surgeons feel that watchful waiting can be justified in newborns with simple and complex cysts...
- Acute scrotum: is scrotal exploration the best management?G Soccorso
University Hospitals of Leicester, Paediatric Surgery, Leicester, United Kingdom
Eur J Pediatr Surg 20:312-5. 2010..To validate our approach we investigated the accuracy of clinical diagnoses of all boys with AS admitted to our unit. Clinical features and diagnoses were correlated with operative findings...
- H-type tracheoesophageal fistula with type III laryngotracheoesophageal cleftBrice Antao
Paediatric Surgical Unit, Sheffield Children s Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TH, UK
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 264:1373-6. 2007..We report a neonate with this combination of rare congenital anomalies. These associated malformations can have major implications in terms of resuscitation, diagnosis and surgical management, which are discussed...


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NICE, France - At the Tour de France, it really isn't a cliche to say that every second counts. As a former winner, Cadel Evans knows that better than most.
The 2011 champion was one of the losers Tuesday in the team time trial. Even riding bikes that cost as much as a good used car, with sharp edges to slice through the air and fancy electric gears, Evans and his teammates still couldn't keep up with two of his main rivals - Chris Froome and Alberto Contador.
Evans surrendered 23 seconds to Froome and 17 to Contador. So early in the Tour - the team race against the clock was only the fourth of 21 stages - such small losses are by no means fatal to Evans' hopes of finishing on the podium in Paris on July 21. Riders who have bad days in the Pyrenees, in the second week, or on Mont Ventoux and in the Alps, in the third week, could lose far more than that on just one steep climb.
Still, Evans was the first to acknowledge that handing this early edge to the big favorites for the overall victory was far from ideal. Somewhere, somehow, Evans now has to make up that lost time if he can. Depending on how the race unfolds, the deficit could force the Australian to try to attack Froome and Contador in the mountains. That will be risky because both are better climbers and much younger than the 36-year-old Australian.
That wasn't true of Orica-GreenEdge. The team of six Australians, a Canadian, a Swiss rider and a South African made itself at home on the Promenade des Anglais - "the promenade of the English" - with the quickest ever team time trial on the 15.5-mile route.
Orica beat Omega Pharma-Quick Step by less than 1 second and Froome's Team Sky by 3 seconds. Orica's average speed of 35.9 mph was the fastest ever for a team time trial at the 110-year-old Tour.
The Tour swings westward through Provence to Marseille and then Montpellier on Wednesday and Thursday.


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Research Topics
Sami Räsänen
Affiliation: Oulu University Hospital
Country: Finland
Detail Information
- [Doctor on duty, psychiatric patients and home visits]Sami Räsänen
OYS Psykiatrian klinikka PL 26 Psykiatria 90029 OYS
Duodecim 118:293-6. 2002
- Excess mortality among long-stay psychiatric patients in Northern FinlandSami Räsänen
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Box 26, 90029 OYS, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:297-304. 2003..In this study, mortality of long-stay psychiatric patients has been monitored for the years 1992-2000 and contrasted with that prevalent in the general population...
- [Excess mortality among long-stay psychiatric inpatients in Northern Finland--a challenge for health care]Sami Räsänen
OYS n psykiatrian klinikka, PL 26, 90029 OYS
Duodecim 120:179-80. 2004
- Avoidable mortality in long-stay psychiatric patients of Northern FinlandSami Räsänen
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 59:103-8. 2005..However, the concept needs regular updates from the whole field of medicine. From the psychiatric point of view, it was suggested that suicides be regarded as avoidable deaths...
- Predictors of schizophrenia: evidence from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort and other sourcesMatti Isohanni
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, PO Box 5000, Finland
Br J Psychiatry Suppl 48:s4-7. 2005..Subtle motor, emotional, cognitive and behavioural abnormalities are often present in apparently healthy individuals who later develop schizophrenia, suggesting that some aspects of causation are established before overt psychosis...
- Pilot evaluation of the impact of structured child-centered interventions on psychiatric symptom profile of parents with serious somatic illness: struggle for life trialMika Niemela
University of Oulu, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Oulu, Finland
J Psychosoc Oncol 30:316-30. 2012..This study lends support to previous studies that recommend that treatment practice should include structured interventions with parents concerning parenting and the wellbeing of children...
- Genetic vulnerability and premature death in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a 28-year follow-up of adoptees in the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of SchizophreniaHelinä Hakko
Oulu University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 65:259-65. 2011..Excess mortality is widely reported among schizophrenia patients, but rarely examined in adoption study settings...
- Hospital-treated physical illnesses and mortality: an 11-year follow-up study of long-stay psychiatric patientsSami Räsänen
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, PO Box 26, 90029 Oulu, Finland
Eur Psychiatry 22:211-8. 2007..The health care systems apparently offer a range of services, but the latter do not always reach the patients. Why this is so requires detailed further investigation...
- The experiences of mental health professionals using structured family-centered interventions to support children of cancer patientsMika Niemela
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland
Cancer Nurs 33:E18-27. 2010..Increasing interest has been focused on providing psychosocial support and preventive care for the children of adult cancer patients...
- Mental disorder diagnoses of offspring affected by parental cancer before early adulthood: the 1987 Finnish Birth Cohort studyMika Niemela
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
Psychooncology 25:1477-1484. 2016..The purpose of this study is to investigate psychiatric diagnoses given to children affected by parental cancer in psychiatric and somatic specialized health care settings...
- A systematic narrative review of the studies on structured child-centred interventions for families with a parent with cancerMika Niemela
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Finland
Psychooncology 19:451-61. 2010..To perform a systematic narrative review of the current state of published articles on the structured interventions targeted at children with a parent suffering from cancer...
- Developmental precursors of psychosisMatti Isohanni
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu University Central Hospital, PO Box 5000, FIN 90014 Oulu, Finland
Curr Psychiatry Rep 6:168-75. 2004..No powerful risk factor, premorbid sign, or risk indicator has been identified that is useful for prediction of psychoses in the general population...


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The GP1670F incorporates a powerful 600W/1kW Furuno Fishfinder and introduces a host of advanced features. Post-Processing Gain Control allows you to view changes to the Gain setting immediately for all returns on the screen, making it easier than ever to dial in your Fishfinder for local conditions, while the White Line feature shows you fish lying on or near the bottom at a glance. Furuno's Bottom Discrimination feature enables the unit to indicate if a major component of the bottom is mud, sand, gravel, or rocks. The Bottom Discrimination function provides you with valuable information to locate rich fishing grounds while boosting your catch of the day. Plus, in order to assess individual fish size, the echo strength from the fish can be computed and turned into fish size display on the screen.
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Situated in Manilva, this apartment is 1.7 mi (2.7 km) from La Duquesa Golf Course and 2.2 mi (3.6 km) from Dona Julia Golf Club. Casares Costa Golf and Finca Cortesin Golf Club are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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This apartment features a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a bar/lounge. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a poolside bar, a snack bar/deli, and a rooftop terrace are onsite.
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Apartamentos Manilva Green features an outdoor pool and a children's pool. Dining options at the apartment include a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the apartment's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This Manilva apartment also offers a rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and barbecue grills. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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Ruth L. Stoll, age 82, of Isanti, our beloved mother, went home to be with her husband of 62 years, Vernon Leroy Stoll peacefully in her sleep January 9, 2012 at home.
Ruth Lucille Stoll was born Aug. 28, 1929 in Ottumwa, Iowa to Winford and Verna Harris. She was also raised in Ottumwa. Ruth fell in love with Vernon Stoll and they moved to Blaine, Minnesota and raised five children, Rommel, Rita, Michael, Vernon Jr. and Eugene. She retired from Honeywell after 30 years of dedicated service. Ruth moved to Isanti in 1993 to be close to her family. She loved shopping for her children and grandchildren. Along with her many hobbies she loved her trees, flowers and she also enjoyed cooking. She also loved the many years spent with her husband and family camping at the Red Door on Mille Lacs Lake. Ultimately she loved to visit with people.
Ruth will be lovingly remembered by her daughter, Rita (David) Clark of Isanti; Sons, Michael (Christie) Stoll of Mora, Vernon Stoll Jr. of Isanti; sisters, Imogene Collins and Maxine Wratten; 10 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon, daughter, Rommel Droel, and son, Eugene "Buzz" Stoll.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13 at Cambridge Lutheran Church with Rev. David Everett officiating. A visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 at Strike Funeral Home – Isanti Chapel and also one hour prior to the funeral Friday at the church. Doyle Peck will sing and play the guitar and Mary Kay O'Neill will serve as organist. Pallbearers will be Thomas Leeb, Troy Leeb, Thomas II Leeb, Dustin Stoll, Maxwell Peterson and Jimmy McKenzie. Interment will be in Morningside Memorial Gardens in Coon Rapids. Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Strike Funeral Home – Isanti Chapel.


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Reporters continually discuss deflation as though something magical will happen if the rate of price growth crosses zero, and turns negative. This is silly. The point is that a lower rate of inflation raises real interest rates at a time when we want lower real interest rates. We can't lower nominal rates below zero, so any decline in the inflation rate right now is bad news.
In this sense, 0.5 percent inflation is worse than 1.5 percent inflation. The situation gets still worse if this goes to a negative inflation rate of -0.5 percent. But the drop from 0.5 percent to -0.5 percent is no worse than the drop from 1.5 percent to 0.5 percent.
This is important to understand because the fixation on deflation implies that somehow everything is okay as long as our inflation rate is still positive. That is not true: the economy is suffering from an enormous output gap leading to tens of millions of people needlessly facing unemployment or underemployment.


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Feature Article of Monday, 8 October 2012
Columnist: Nana Attobrah Quaicoe
As I listen to the debates and read comments and more literature on the manifestos of the various political parties and personalities engaged in Ghana's 2012 elections, I become more convinced that the NPP has indeed succeeded in making education the front burner of discussions for the elections. Nana Addo, Dr. Kwesi Nduom, Dr. Abu Sakara and incumbent President, John Mahama are all promising to amend the current structure of our educational system.
My interest is however particularly drawn to what the NPP and NDC are saying about their offer on education. President Mahama says the problem with our education has to do with access and hence his provision of additional schools will resolve the problem. He further promises to address the accessibility problem at the SHS level by building 200 new schools in the next four years at the end of which Ghana will have enough school spaces to absorb all JHS students. According to President Mahama, his infrastructural development programme will be completed in 2016 and from then on, there will be enough room to absorb all JHS students thereby solving the accessibility problem he identifies as primary and then Ghana will be ready to implement a free SHS which he identifies as a secondary problem involving affordability.
From this same camp of the NDC comes another idea from current Minister of Education Lee Ocran. As far as Lee Ocran is concerned, a free SHS in Ghana is not feasible. He puts a price tag of a minimum GHC1.4 billion annually on such a project. He however does not give a breakdown of the components that will make up this cost. Does this include infrastructural expansion and other related fees or just the fees? Then he says that free SHS is only possible in Ghana in 20 years' time, that is, 2032!
Nana Akufo–Addo, on the other hand, is promising to redefine basic education in Ghana. He promises to extend basic education from JHS to SHS such that every Ghanaian child of school going age would by design have a minimum education of SHS. He identifies affordability and accessibility as problems but insists that it is possible to begin the free SHS in the first term of the 2013/2014 academic year. Akufo-Addo further insists that capital and recurrent expansion in infrastructure can begin early in 2013. Interestingly, Akufo-Addo also proposes to have his free SHS program roll out fully in place by 2016, the same year that President Mahama proposes Ghana will be ready to implement free SHS.
The problems and solutions as identified by Akufo-Addo are thus not mutually exclusive; we can have both expansion in facilities and free SHS side by side. Obviously, there is an admission by all these parties that the quality and structure of our education from the basic to the SHS levels are of the essence.
While all the parties agree to the need to reform the educational system, there are still a couple of pessimists mainly and seemingly from within the NDC who are obstinate that free SHS is not a possibility. And mostly, their argument is on the issue of cost. I beg to differ. What is it about cost that makes this fundamentally necessary reform in our educational sector not feasible? Even the price tag of GHC1.4 billion provided by Lee Ocran which he presented to be too huge, unbearable and unaffordable by the economy is a fallacy! Assuming Lee Ocran's figures are correct, what is the size of Ghana's economy that such an important expenditure will fail to bear? According to the Ministry of Finance's budget for 2012, Ghana's economy currently is valued at GHC69 billion. Indeed, Lee Ocran's GHC1.4 billion is only two percent of Ghana's current GDP. So why is it difficult or impossible to take this bold step to accommodate the supposedly huge cost if indeed we all agree that reforming our educational structure is indeed important?
Leadership will always be about choices and priorities. As a country, we found the need for NHIS and hence created a funding source through VAT; in addressing the fundamental expansion needs in our educational institutions, we provided the GetFund again through VAT, we also created 'Talktax' to help fund NYEP.
Similarly, we will have to make a choice on our education. And for the skeptics, have they attempted a guess at costing the huge dropout rates to our economy and society? In ten years, we will be creating a widening pool of two million unskilled, illiterate, unemployable persons roaming the streets of Ghana. And Ghana would not be too far from the conditions that created room for the 'Arab Spring.'
We cannot allow ourselves to be misguided by the few skeptics who believe that simply because government will be wholly funding a new basic education that includes SHS means that quality will be sacrificed. Hell no! It certainly is not the case! Akufo-Addo proposes a comprehensive integrated policy to address the current status of our educational structure. Free SHS is just the tag but it comes with recurrent and capital infrastructural expansions, increased enrolment, quality and increased number of teachers.
I do not intend to ridicule all the other propositions but I believe this policy when implemented will provide for Ghana a very competent workforce in the next two decades that can harness the exploits of the 500-million people or market of West Africa. And it all starts with quality, accessible and affordable education!
The Author is the Head of Research of Danquah Institute.


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Peace takes more courage than fighting and it is imperative that both sides are encouraged by the global community to find a lasting solution to the ongoing conflict, writes Khulu Mbatha.
Palestinians and Israelis owe their origins to various settlers of the region. No group has a greater or lesser claim to Palestine. Political and academic debates in South Africa and abroad tend to take sides for or against Palestine or Israel.
It is not my intention to equate the South African experience with what is unfolding. Rather, I seek to appreciate the complex nature of the conflict. Instead of holding pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies, we should rally for Palestinians and Israelis to resolve this conflict.
The state of Israel only came into existence in 1948. It is the world's only Jewish-majority state and is a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society. Jewish people of different origins live all over the world and not all identify with Israel as home.
Palestine was historically controlled by several rulers and the region's boundaries have changed throughout history. They were last defined by the Franco-British agreement (1920) and the Transjordan memorandum (1922).
In 1947 the majority of UN member states favoured the creation of two states. Addressing the Palestine Jewry in Jerusalem on October 2, 1947, David Ben-Gurion said: "History has been harsh to us… but it has set conditions too which… will not only allow but will compel Arab and Jew to work together because they need and complement each other."
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel (May 14, 1948) stated: "We appeal… to the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to preserve peace and participate in the upbuilding of the State on the basis of full and equal citizenship and due representation in all its provisional and permanent institutions.
"We extend our hand to all neighbouring states… and appeal to them to establish bonds of co-operation and mutual help with the sovereign Jewish people… The State of Israel is prepared to do its share in a common effort for the advancement of the entire Middle East."
Since the creation of the state of Israel, many wars have been fought and many solutions have been tried. Peace has been elusive. We need to find a lasting solution.
When I was a student I had friends from the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). We had much in common. We were in exile and we cherished the goals and ideals that inspired us to liberate and bring peace to our countries.
We had the support of the UN and massive support from the socialist countries as well as freedom-loving people in the West.
Yasser Arafat and OR Tambo were comrades in arms.
We also had our differences. We used to argue about the ANC's approach to our national question. We did not recognise the South African government and state – our emphasis was the people.
The Freedom Charter states "that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of all the people; that our people have been robbed of their birthright to land, liberty and peace by a form of government founded on injustice and inequality… that only a democratic state, based on the will of all the people, can secure to all their birthright without distinction of colour, race, sex or belief".
There are differences between our situation and the Palestinian-Israel conflict.
The partitioning of Palestine into two states was discussed long before the outbreak of World War II.
Following the establishment of the UN the matter became more urgent and contentious.
The Count Bernadotte's 1948 peace plan was an attempt to create a Palestinian state and a Jewish state – and recognise the State of Israel. It also envisaged a union between the two.
This was rejected by the majority of the Arab states. The Khartoum Resolution at the Arab League Summit (1967) also rejected this notion. As late as last year Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh stated that the movement does not recognise the State of Israel.
Throughout the Cold War era this issue was central to the politics of the region. It also removed the focus from the real issues.
Israel has also rejected the establishment of a Palestinian state. It continues to build settlements in the occupied territories in violation of past agreements.
The PLO, founded in 1964, was recognised as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people" and given full diplomatic status by the majority of states within the UN, the Arab League and the Organisation of African Unity (now AU).
The PLO recognised Israel's right to exist in 1993 (UN Resolution 242 and 338) with Israel officially recognising the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people. This was preceded by the Oslo I Accord that bestowed 1994 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates on the leaders of Israel and the PLO.
The first thing now is to lay down arms. The obvious question is: Should Hamas or Israel do so first? Again when we compare the situation with South Africa, there is no easy answer.
The outstanding matters to be resolved by the PLO (Hamas) and Israel include the question of Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees, Israeli settlements, security and borders. None of these can be resolved by violence which, by its very nature, prolongs the attainment of any goals.
In the early 1990s when South Africa was negotiating its transition, the world was experiencing historical transformation, from the era of the Cold War to the collapse of the Eastern bloc. We negotiated because the apartheid regime was, as Joe Slovo said, "no longer able to continue ruling in the old way and was genuinely seeking some break with the past".
The ANC leadership was clear that we were not dealing with a defeated enemy. In his book Song and Secrets, Barry Gilder observed that with the Soviet Union gone and "the stagnation of the South African economy, combined with the international and domestic onslaught against apartheid", there was a possibility of pursuing our interests through peaceful means.
Objective conditions compelled the ANC and the apartheid regime to seriously negotiate a settlement.
No two situations are the same. While new challenges and contradictions have emerged, the global historical transformation from the era of Cold War has not exhausted itself.
The PLO and Israeli leadership only went so far as recognising each other as the true representatives of their people. This allowed radical forces to take the initiative. Nothing much was done to move the negotiations to settle outstanding issues.
The global environment is still in favour of enabling this process to be taken forward. Tambo and Arafat addressed the opening session of the ninth UN International Co-ordinating Committee meeting for NGOs on the Question of Palestine (ICCP) in 1992 in Geneva.
Tambo said the construction of a world order firmly rooted in freedom and democracy was becoming a viable prospect.
He underlined that the ANC supported the peace process and the Palestinian people's right to self-determination, Israel's withdrawal from occupied Arab territories and the security of all states in the region, including Israel.
Arafat said: "I would like to tell our Israeli NGO friends, the supporters of peace and the forces which support our rights and our people, that peace needs more courage than war… Here are our hands, extended to you… It is time now that our enemies should have the necessary courage to make a just and comprehensive peace for our children and their children."
This was a clear call to lay down arms and negotiate.
South Africans must use their influence on both sides to positively influence this process.
The people of our once divided country should take to the streets with one message: Negotiations Now! We also have diplomatic channels to engage Israel.
Israel must know that peace cannot be achieved through war, but dialogue. A state that cannot co-exist with others, is in permanent war with its neighbours, generates thousands of refugees, maims women, children and babies, and demolishes school and church buildings. Such a state cannot avoid being subjected to scrutiny.
Israel's statehood will remain insubstantial, even for its own citizens, as long as this matter is not resolved. Under international law (the Montevideo Convention 1933) a state should have a permanent population, a defined territory, a government and the capacity to enter into relations with other states.
The last requirement means that the state must fulfil international treaty obligations.
The two-state solution is dead. Many aspects of this conflict have changed; not only the political environment but the borders and the population in both territories have changed beyond what was envisaged at the end of World War II.
Rami G Khouri counsels us to go back to the events of 1947/48 when the conflict assumed its current profile of Israeli statehood and Palestinian refugeehood.
Israeli novelist David Grossman's recent call is timely: "I believe that Israel still contains a critical mass of people left wing and right wing, religious and secular, Jews and Arabs, who are capable of uniting – with sobriety, with no illusions – around a few points of agreement to resolve the conflict with our neighbours."
* The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of Independent Newspapers.
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Rockers are Headed to the White House Tonight [VIDEO]
In celebration of blues music, and to recognize Black History Month the President and Mrs. Obama are hosting another edition of 'In Performance at the White House', this one is penned 'Red White and Blues'. Performers at tonight's event include Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, and B.B. King.
This concert series started back in 1978 and has been a part of every administration since President Carter's. If you want to watch the show it will stream live tonight and it will also air on PBS February 27th at 8 PM central. Here is a little preview of tonight's festivities.
Watch Red White and Blues on PBS. See more from In Performance at The White House.


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CORNER BROOK — Marilyn Clark pulls out a copy of the strategic environmental assessment report done on the western Newfoundland offshore oil industry first drafted in 2005.
The roughly 400-page document, which was updated in 2007, is in the process of being updated again.
Clark, who is concerned about the public consultation process currently being undertaken as part of updating the report, said the consultations fall short of addressing the many issues raised by the prospect of continued exploration and production of oil and gas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
"I am very disappointed this has been condensed into eight slides," she said of the session hosted by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board in Corner Brook Tuesday night.
Board staff were stationed at each of a series of maps and informational placards and prepared to try and answer whatever questions the visiting public had.
Clark, who is from the Magdalen Islands and intends to go to all four public meetings in western Newfoundland this week, said the consultation process is lacking an organized exchange of information between the industry and the public.
"We have information on what the CNLOPB (Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board) is, what an environmental assessment is, information on the process, a picture of a big oil rig and three maps," she said. "It's very basic and does not comprise what a strategic environmental assessment should talk about."
Clark is a member of an environmental organization called the St. Lawrence Coalition, that is calling for a moratorium on oil and gas exploration and production in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. She said there should have been more information and open dialogue on the impact the industry could have on the environment, aquatic spawning areas and wildlife migration patterns, the gaps in data that exist and the plans for mitigation in the event of an accidental spill of oil along the coast.
Migrating salmon
Don Ivany, the Atlantic Salmon Federation's director of programs in Newfoundland and Labrador, is concerned about the impact seismic studies and well drilling, not to mention the potential for an accident of some sort, could have on the salmon that migrate throughout the Gulf of St. Lawrence every year. Until that, and other impacts that could affect the region's economy are better understood, he supports a moratorium on the industry in this marine area.
"There is very little baseline data available in the Gulf so, if there are any impacts, nobody can really determine what they are, or the magnitude of them, because we would have no starting point," he said.
Will Baker was one of the 87 people who went to Tuesday's session at the Pepsi Centre in Corner Brook. He too was expecting a format where the offshore board would make a presentation and then open the floor to questions for a joint discussion.
"I think that would be a bit more helpful in having everybody know what's going on and everybody being on the same page and hearing different points that anyone might bring to the forum," said Baker. "The way it is, there is less of a chance to see other people's reactions and points of view. You're not going to hear what each of these people at each of these tables have to say or what the responses are to them."
The format of the public session wasn't Clark's only beef with the process. According to her, board officials are consulting with specific groups during the day before the evening sessions that are open to the public.
She wanted to know who is attending those sessions behind closed doors.
"Why do they need these closed private sessions and what format do those sessions follow?" she asked. "Do they have a question and answer (format)?"
She said every resident of the four Atlantic provinces and Quebec, all of which border the Gulf of St. Lawrence, are equal stakeholders when it comes to what happens with offshore oil and gas exploration and production.
None of the offshore board officials at the session would go on the record for an interview and, as of press time, the organization's public relations officer did not return The Western Star's request for a comment about private meetings with certain stakeholders.
Bob Cadigan, who is president and chief executive officer of the Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industries Association, was also at Tuesday's session in Corner Brook. He said the oil and gas industry is tremendously important to the Newfoundland and Labrador economy and thought the open house format of the board consultations was effective in educating people about the industry and getting their views on it.
"If you take a different setup with presentations and so on, you tend to have a room dominated by a few people," he said. "This kind of approach really lets everybody's views be heard. So, there is an advantage to it in that regard."
There will eventually be a draft of the updated strategic environmental assessment which everyone will have a chance to offer opinions on once again, noted Cadigan.
The public consultation sessions continue at the Community Hall in Rocky Harbour this evening and in Blanc Sablon Thursday.


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The shipment to Israel by the Zionist Organization of America of the first of a group of commercial training planes was announced today by Benjamin G. Browdy, president of the organization.
The aircraft, which has already reached Israel, was presented to the Aviation Council in Tel Aviv, a civil group which trains commercial pilots for Israel's aviation needs. The purchase of the training plane by the Z.O.A. was made under its program of technical aid to Israel, with further purchases of similar equipment planned in the near future.


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Web Resources for Diane Mavis Schoemperlen
http://www.harpercollins.ca/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=60000468&isbn13=9780006485858&displayType=bookinterview HarperCollins Canada: Author Interview: Schoemperlen, Diane on Our Lady of the Lost and Found
There are many Schoemperlen interviews available, and this is one of her most recent ones. As per the title, she discusses Our Lady of the Lost and Found, touching on her writing and research processes and her engagement with form. Links on the page lead to reading guides for Our Lady and In the Language of Love, as well as links with summaries and purchasing options for Schoemperlen's HarperCollins books.
http://www.tnq.ca/magazine/issue_114 The New Quarterly, Issue 114: To List Is Human
This online link to the New Quarterly issue that Schoemperlen edited in 2009 contains editorials (one by Schoemperlen), a list of the issue's contents, and a few online pieces, including a list of 99 of Schoemperlen's orphan titles which other readers and writers are free to use. The issue can also be purchased online.
http://hpcanpub.mcmaster.ca/case-study/diane-schoemperlen Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing: Diane Schoemperlen
This site provides brief biographical information, a description of Schoemperlen's archives housed at Queen's University and her early career as evidenced therein, and sample correspondence images from the archives.


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NASA has signed a number of agreements to facilitate cooperation between the United States and Europe on matters relating to space.
A memorandum of understanding with the European Space Agency (ESA) signed last month allows NASA and ESA to exchange technical information and personnel, which will aid the eventual development of new space transportation systems. According to a Sept. 14 United Press International article, NASA officials expect ESA's Ariane 5 (pictured) development and flight experience to provide valuable engineering analyses and technology concepts for NASA's new launch and spacecraft systems.
NASA and the French Space Agency have signed agreements involving collaboration on four joint missions involving NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington and France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) in Paris. CNES is responsible for shaping and implementing France's space policy in Europe and for inventing future space systems, bringing space technologies to maturity, and guaranteeing France's independent access to space.
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Sen. Hutchison harshly criticizes Texas Gov. Perry
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Sen. Hutchison harshly criticizes Texas Gov. Perry
By JAY ROOT Associated Press Writer
Posted: 08/17/2009 10:16:22 AM MDT
SAN ANTONIO—If there was any doubt that Texans would witness a red-hot Republican race for governor, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison removed it Monday when she kicked off a five-day announcement tour and delivered her harshest attack ever on Gov. Rick Perry.
Returning to her native Gulf Coast to announce her bid for governor, she said Perry had overstayed his welcome with an administration marked by arrogance and "tragic" mistakes.
Using her old high school about 40 miles southeast of Houston as a backdrop, she also proposed limiting governors to two, four-year terms. She called Perry—a fellow Republican—a "dedicated public servant," but otherwise laid into him. Perry, in office since 2000, is the longest serving governor in Texas history.
Perry took over the remainder of former President George W. Bush's second term as governor and has been elected to two, four-year terms since. If he's re-elected in 2010 and completes his term, Perry would have held the job for 14 years.
"We can't afford fourteen years of one person appointing every state board, agency and commission," Hutchison said. "It invites patronage. It tempts cronyism. And it has to stop, now." She also uttered a line that is likely to be repeated
In a gymnasium that drew about 150 supporters and the La Marque High School cheerleading squad—which Hutchison once belonged to—she delivered a broad and harsh critique of the Perry years and warned Republicans would suffer up and down the ballot without a change in leadership.
Hutchison said Texas is awash in government debt, leads the nation in uninsured children and suffers from the highest property taxes in the country. She also described Perry's embrace of a business tax overhaul as a job killer.
"I call it a tragic mistake," she said. Hutchison singled out the Texas Department of Public Transportation, calling it the "most arrogant, unaccountable state agency in the history of Texas."
Under Perry, the department has shunned local input and built too many toll roads, she said.
The state's senior U.S. senator also belittled Perry's decision to turn down $550 million in federal stimulus money to help the state's empty unemployment insurance trust fund. She called the move politically motivated and "irresponsible."
Her highly critical speech underscored the bitter clash that the Republican primary for Texas governor is becoming. Hutchison had flirted with a gubernatorial run in 2005 but ultimately decided to stay in Washington—avoiding a race that GOP honchos feared would leave the party badly divided.
The rancor was evident from the moment Hutchison's vast entourage pulled into the parking lot of La Marque High School, the site of her first event. Perry's aides had already parked a large truck carrying an oversized picture of the senator with a sign emblazoned across the front: "Kay Bailout Express," it read in reference to Hutchison's vote in favor of the 2008 financial rescue package.
Perry spokesman Mark Miner also showed up at the gymnasium where Hutchison was speaking and delivered a response before the senator even began her speech.
"Once again, the senator is coming up with no ideas," Miner said. "It's easy to criticize after being in Washington for 16 years, but the people of Texas want results not rhetoric."
Miner later popped into an event in Houston to distribute copies of a 1993 speech in which Hutchison advocated term limits for members of Congress. Hutchison had said when first elected that she would only serve two terms but later ran—successfully—for a third.
Experts predict the race will touch off an ideological divide in the party, with Perry carrying the torch of social conservatives and Hutchison, who has supported the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, striking a more moderate tone by comparison.
Hutchison has been itching to come home for years. Hutchison has said she will resign her Senate seat this fall to focus on the governor's race. In that case Perry would get to appoint a successor for her unexpired term.
Hutchison planned to continue her five-day announcement tour in Houston, San Antonio and Austin as well as 15 other cities. The primary elections will be held in March. Then voters can choose the Democratic or Republican nominee in November 2010.
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Repeal of Economic Development Areas and Enactment of New Business Tax Credits
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It's safe to say that the Miami Heat is who the NBA wants to represent the East in the Finals. Sporting a trio of stars that are the top of the league (well, two of them are), the league is all but shoving this team down our collective throats. Unfortunately for Miami, you still need to win the games and make it there and that's not going to happen this year, plain and simple. Here are my five reasons why the Heat won't win it all this year.
No Depth
It's been well documented how bad the Heat roster is outside of the 'big three' but words just can't describe how bad it really is. They are terrible, plain and simple. Their bench is practically nonexistent and their other two starters seem to be just there to fill out the required number of players on the court. Stars are meant to uplift and bring out the best in the players they play with. Wade has done that in the past, as had LeBron in Cleveland, but with the two of them together, it appears that they have made their supporting cast worse, not better.
Chris Bosh is a flake
Bosh has to be one of the softest big men to be labeled a star, ever. This guy is just not what the Heat needs. He doesn't like to play big and his aggression meter is so low that Miami's training staff should carry defibrillators for every break just to kickstart him a bit. Sure, with LeBron and Wade attacking the rim as much as they do, the Heat can get away with Bosh's softness against a team like the 76ers, but against the Celtics and their bigs, the 'Big Softie' Bosh is going to be chewed up and spit out.
LeBron is LeBron
LeBron James is one of the most dynamic, explosive players to ever play the game. He is a freak of nature who can do anything he wants on a basketball court…except in the closing minute. With the game on the line, James is the Heats biggest liability because in these closing seconds, he goes from being Tarzan to being Jane. He just doesn't have the 'clutch gene' that defines the greatest and despite his repeated attempts to find it, it just isn't showing. Doesn't stop him from demanding the ball in late game situations though, which will lose the Heat games.
D-Wade has lost his swagger
The saddest part about the current Heat is that with the addition of James, Dwayne Wade has faded to the background. He has gone from being the MAN to being second fiddle on his own team. Though it hasn't leaked through to the media, you know that inwardly Wade is regretting teaming up with James and he may be even regretting staying in Miami. Can you image the juggernaut Chicago would have had if Wade signed there? Wade and Rose, now there is a pair that would strike fear in the hearts of other players.
Lack of confidence across the board
In watching the Heat lose to the 76ers this weekend, one thing was clearly evident, everyone not named Wade or James is scared to shoot the ball. The Heat, or more accurately, the top two players on the Heat, have managed to take some solid players and make them nothing more than court ornaments. Combine that with the non stop close game losses by Miami and you got a team that has absolutely no swagger. Looking into the eyes of the Heat players, you can see the pressure to win building and more importantly, you can see the fear of losing more.
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Raleigh, N.C. – PPP's found a net 14 point increase in support for gay marriage in Pennsylvania over the last year and a half. Voters in the state are now almost evenly divided on the issue with 45% thinking it should be legal and 47% believing it should continue to be illegal. In November of 2011 we found only 36% support and 52% opposition for gay marriage among Keystone State voters. Seniors continue to be opposed to gay marriage by a 28/62 margin, but voters under 45 support it 58/35, suggesting that it's only a matter of time.
Civil unions for same sex couples are pretty uncontroversial now with voters in the state. 74% support either gay marriage or civil unions with only 24% of voters opposed to any sort of legal recognition for gay couples. Even among Republicans there's 68% support for one or the other.
"The massive generational gap on gay marriage in Pennsylvania reflects what we see most places," said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. "Majority support for it is just around the corner."
Looking towards 2016 Hillary Clinton would be an overwhelming favorite in the state- she leads Paul Ryan (52/40), Marco Rubio (52/37), and Rick Santorum (55/38) all by double digit margins. Santorum is not popular in his home state, with 42% of voters rating him favorably to 46% with a negative opinion. That compares pretty unfavorably to Clinton's 55/35 in the state.
Santorum manages only a tie for fourth when it comes to who GOP voters in the state would like to see as their 2016 candidate. Chris Christie leads the way with 20% to 17% for Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, 10% for Santorum and Jeb Bush, 9% for Mike Huckabee, 6% for Paul Ryan, 4% for Bobby Jindal, and 1% for Rick Perry. Paul's doing much better than we've found in most of our 2016 polling other places, suggesting that his filibuster last week might have done him some good.
PPP surveyed 504 Pennsylvania voters, including an oversample of 373 usual Republican primary voters, from March 8th to 10th. The margin of error for the overall survey is +/-4.4%, and +/-5.1% for the GOP portion. This poll was not paid for or authorized by any campaign or political organization. PPP surveys are conducted through automated telephone interviews.
Topline results are below. Full results, including crosstabs, can be found here.
General Election Toplines
Q1 Do you approve or disapprove of President
Barack Obama's job performance?
Approve .......................................................... 48%
Disapprove...................................................... 48%
Not sure .......................................................... 4%
Q2 Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Bob
Casey's job performance?
Approve ................. .45%
Disapprove............. .36%
Not sure ................. .19%
Q3 Do you approve or disapprove of Senator Pat
Toomey's job performance?
Approve ................. .34%
Disapprove............. .37%
Not sure ................. .29%
Q4 Generally speaking, if there was an election for
the state legislature today, would you vote for
the Democratic or Republican candidate from
your district?
Democrat ............... .42%
Republican............. .42%
Not sure ................. .16%
Q5 Do you think that all of Pennsylvania's electoral
votes should go to the presidential candidate
who wins in the state, or do you think one
electoral vote should be given to the winner of
each congressional district?
All of
electoral votes
should go to the
candidate who wins
the state ..................44%
One vote should be
given to the winner
of each
district .....................38%
Not sure ................. .18%
Q6 Would you support or oppose banning assault
Support .................. .52%
Oppose .................. .39%
Not sure ................. . 9%
Q7 Would you support or oppose Congress
passing stricter gun laws?
Support .................. .53%
Oppose .................. .41%
Not sure ................. . 6%
Q8 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of the National Rifle Association?
Favorable........................................................ 42%
Unfavorable .................................................... 43%
Not sure .......................................................... 15%
Q9 Do you think same-sex marriage should be
allowed, or not?
It should be allowed ........................................ 45%
It should not .................................................... 47%
Not sure .......................................................... 8%
Q10 Which of the following best describes your
opinion on gay marriage: gay couples should
be allowed to legally marry, or gay couples
should be allowed to form civil unions but not
legally marry, or there should be no legal
recognition of a gay couple's relationship?
Gay couples should be allowed to legally
marry ..............................................................38%
Gay couples should be allowed to form civil
unions but not marry .......................................36%
There should be no legal recognition of a gay
couple's relationship .......................................24%
Not sure .......................................................... 2%
Q11 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Hillary Clinton?
Favorable........................................................ 55%
Unfavorable .................................................... 35%
Not sure .......................................................... 10%
Q12 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Rick Santorum?
Favorable........................................................ 42%
Unfavorable .................................................... 46%
Not sure .......................................................... 13%
Q13 If the candidates for President in 2016 were
Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican
Marco Rubio, who would you vote for?
Hillary Clinton.................................................. 52%
Marco Rubio ................................................... 37%
Not sure .......................................................... 12%
Q14 If the candidates for President in 2016 were
Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Paul
Ryan, who would you vote for?
Hillary Clinton.................................................. 52%
Paul Ryan ....................................................... 40%
Not sure .......................................................... 8%
Q15 If the candidates for President in 2016 were
Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Rick
Santorum, who would you vote for?
Hillary Clinton.................................................. 55%
Rick Santorum................................................ 38%
Not sure .......................................................... 7%
Q16 Would you describe yourself as very liberal,
somewhat liberal, moderate, somewhat
conservative, or very conservative?
Very liberal ...................................................... 15%
Somewhat liberal ............................................ 20%
Moderate......................................................... 31%
Somewhat conservative.................................. 19%
Very conservative ........................................... 15%
Q17 If you are a woman, press 1. If a man, press 2.
Woman ........................................................... 52%
Man................................................................. 48%
Q18 If you are a Democrat, press 1. If a Republican,
press 2. If you are an independent or identify
with another party, press 3.
Democrat ........................................................ 48%
Republican...................................................... 40%
Independent/Other.......................................... 12%
Q19 If you are white, press 1. If African-American,
press 2. If other, press 3.
White .............................................................. 84%
African-American ............................................ 9%
Other............................................................... 7%
Q20 If you are 18 to 29 years old, press 1. If 30 to
45, press 2. If 46 to 65, press 3. If you are
older than 65, press 4.
18 to 29........................................................... 16%
30 to 45........................................................... 26%
46 to 65........................................................... 39%
Older than 65.................................................. 19%
Republican Primary Toplines
Q1 Given the choices of Jeb Bush, Chris Christie,
Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, Rick
Perry, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, and Rick
Santorum, who would you most like to see as
the GOP candidate for President in 2016?
Jeb Bush................ .10%
Chris Christie ......... .20%
Mike Huckabee ...... . 9%
Bobby Jindal .......... . 4%
Rand Paul .............. .17%
Rick Perry .............. . 1%
Marco Rubio .......... .17%
Paul Ryan .............. . 6%
Rick Santorum....... .10%
Someone else/Not
somewhat liberal, moderate, somewhat
conservative, or very conservative?
Very liberal ...................................................... 4%
Somewhat liberal ............................................ 12%
Moderate......................................................... 21%
Somewhat conservative.................................. 35%
Very conservative ........................................... 29%
Q3 If you are a woman, press 1. If a man, press 2.
Woman ........................................................... 51%
Man................................................................. 49%
Q4 If you are 18 to 45 years old, press 1. If 46 to
65, press 2. If you are older than 65, press 3.
18 to 45........................................................... 40%
46 to 65........................................................... 37%
Older than 65.................................................. 23%


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